December 2009
19 posts
Wordsworth Reincarnated in EmoPunk?
“I realised that song is romantic philosophy in a nutshell,” says Schuftan to me. “It’s exactly the theme that poets like Wordsworth were picking up on at the time of the French Revolution, when the early romantics turned inward. They began to look for salvation in the world of their own dreams, hopes and emotions.”
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“When I look at the philosophy of...
Running for cover(age)
Panel Discussion THIS MONDAY Running for cover(age) A panel discussion on arts criticism in the DC area Moderator: Kriston Capps Panelists: Jeffry Cudlin, Isabel Manalo, Danielle O’Steen When: Monday, January 4, 2010 from 6:30-8:00pm Where: Capitol Skyline Hotel (lounge), 10 I Street SW, Washington, DC 20024 (Free and open to the public)
Coverage of Mera Rubell’s DC studio tour by...
"Local Museums Use Web 2.0 to Spark Arty... →
Am duly horrified and pleased.
“Visiting art museums, once a mostly passive and individual experience, has become much more interactive lately, thanks to the advent of social media.”
Click away and decide for yourself.
Drawings, Darkness and the Darkroom
Twas the day after Christmas and it was a rainy, melty, miserable sort of day. Bogged down by post-wrapping paper blues and Virginia’s inability to comprehend the necessity of plows during snowstorms, there was nothing to it but to take advantage of our Nation’s Capital’s greatest (matter of opinion, I suppose) resource: the National Gallery of Art.
One tourist filled metro...
Desperately seeking love stories! →
Did you fall in love at the Phillips? Since the story of love behind Duncan and Marjorie is an the center of the Phillips history, anyone with a little love to share will be invited to the Phillips in January to share their stories. Contact
Cream (of the crop)
“The gallery audience is very suspicious,” Mera says as she moves toward the cab idling at the corner. “They think art is some kind of product. If only the audience could see the commitment behind the work. Artists really share something intimate.”
-Collector Mera Rubell
Jessica Dawson’s article in today’s post was a great little look-see into DC’s...
Fieldwork for Mixed Disciplines
THIS WEDNESDAY
The Dinner Party Presents Fieldwork for Mixed Disciplines
December 16, 7:30pm $10/ $8 DCAC Members For reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833 The Dinner Party is an ongoing monthly alternative venue for experimental dance, music, and performance art produced by Ilana Silverstein (email her!). For the December installment of Fieldwork for Mixed Disciplines, six...
WatchSean Peoples calls this a “sensory package”; truly it entertains every idea of experimental theater notably satired in 90s-teen-dream-classic She’s All That with the moon-time-esque background music—but to lose ones self in the moment is the only way to experience District Calling’s true meaning.
“From this singular picture,” she explains, “a novel unfolds.”
– Sargent’s (Creepy) Daughters
“I was not against the object. I was trying to understand why we make objects.”
– A Whale of a Return
Miami Art Basel
I love GoogleReader. It allows me to spend my free time scrolling over depressing news headlines while keeping up to date with my fav fashion, smorgasbord-cute-effing-overload, and arts sites. I’ve been doing a lot of reading up lately in Miami Art Basel. With barely enough $$ to take the Megabus to NYC to visit my boyfriend, a Miami visit was out of the question. Thank you internet for...
“Ms. Beckwith clearly has an eye for artworks and their presentation, which can’t...”
– Art Review - ‘30 Seconds Off an Inch’ - Work With a Beating Heart of Social Import - NYTimes.com
“Kandinsky’s growing love affair with the circle: The circle, he wrote, is “the...”
– Basics - The Circular Logic of the Universe - NYTimes.com
WatchFor those who missed it (and I am one of them):
“Last night’s District Calling performance really came together and I couldn’t be more excited by the result. Lots of hard work and collaboration made the night really special for all of the artists involved and, I hope, for the audience as well. Our friend Denman Anderson came through and graciously offered to document and...
Why the Cult of the Celebrity Artist? →