A Relationship Left for Dead on the Lower East Side
This exhibit @ Cuchifritos was born through a found album of two men who never appear together, but always seperated on different pages and sometimes the same scenes. Curated by Bill Previdi, the show brings together pieces that reflect on these men, relationships as we know them, and an overbearing sense of loss. It’s up for another week so there’s still plenty of time to check it out. I love Geoffrey Chadsey’s work and his drawing brought the different emotions present in the exhibit back to this page in the photo album.
Some more pics after the jump (more…)
Some things I wanna See
Hopefully I can find some time in my “busy” schedule to check these out:
Michael Bevilacqua @ Gering & Lopez
January 8th – February 21st
Kitten (Andres Laracuente, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, John Patrick Walsh III ) @ Thrust Projects
January 16th – March 8th
Zoe Leonard, “Derrotero” @ Dia @ The Hispanic Society of America
November 5th 2008 – April 12th 2009
Clark V. Fox
Last week when gallery hopping I had the fortune to meet Clark V. Fox. It was truly a great experience to speak with him as he explained many of the pieces up in the show. He has a social message that he’s putting out, which is wonderful to experience in any art work. His work is currently on view at the Cue Arts Foundation in an exhibit curated by Mary Heilmann.
More info here.
Black Light
Kehinde Wiley puts down the brush for one of his latest projects, a powerHouse book titled, “Black Light”.
Check out the article here.
Everything about being indie is tied to not being black.
“I hate the city, but I love the city. San Francisco is beautiful…you shouldn’t have to be upper middle class to be a part of that.” – Micah
I’ve finally gotten to see this wonderful film from Barry Jenkins of two people’s ( part of the 1% of “indie” folks who are of the 7% of black folks in SF) experience after a one night stand. In his own words: ““It’s like Before Sunset meets Do The Right Thing…with a dash of the French New Wave to sweeten the pot.” And yes…I know that makes no sense.”
Everything about this film was beautiful and “different” to the films we often see in theaters…most noticeable is the use of color and saturation shifts throughout the film. I felt myself sympathizing with Micah (played by Wyatt Cenac) and his views on race and community. In one scene he breaks down who he is into one word: Black. Our shared view on life was overwhelmingly evident once the film finished, and I looked around the surprisingly crowded theater to see that I was the only Brown person there. *womp womp*
Click here for some more info on the movie.
p.s. it’s playing in NYC @ Cinema Village
The New Old Family Photos
Lately I’ve been thinking of the state of family photographs and albums…funny how I came across this cartoon:
We usually think of “old” family photos as Black and White…and the newer members of our family being seen as babies in color. However, with people taking more digital photographs and printing lesser quality images, what will happen in the future when we look back?
Happy V-day
Although many of my conspiracy following friends will rather talk about the bloody beginnings of this commercially induced holiday, I will just post a slew of my fave love whiny girl songs (videos):
