tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119670477065858962024-03-19T04:59:48.177-04:00Pearing the AppleNew York, New York, ...and all that art!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-15062606344356962522016-12-22T11:21:00.000-05:002016-12-22T11:23:08.152-05:00Happy Christmas
Christmas Eve, 1965
4:58 PM
“Merry Christmas, Happy Harris! Merry Christmas, Mrs. Mongoose!”
Dozens of six-year-old faces, augmented by fuzzy brown ears and painted whiskers, smiled up at the little stage, appearing oblivious to the cameras and lights, just they always did, five days a week, week in, week out…
“And Merry Christmas to you, my Happy Hamsters, and all the kids in New Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-7641310000502431712016-12-07T12:59:00.000-05:002016-12-07T12:59:05.400-05:00The Gift Of Flight
When I was a little guy, going on my first Christmas, my dad lifted me high over his head on the escalator down to the main floor at Macy’s. I wasn’t scared for a minute. I smiled and watched the world float by, around and beneath me. I thought I was flying.
And my father laughed, the way he always did, like a rushing stream that would never stop. The way he laughed when we asked him if he Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-1700296824886015642016-11-20T10:05:00.000-05:002016-11-20T10:14:06.322-05:00Parable of the Wave and RockThe Ocean kissed the beach as it always had thanks to the Tides, who kept their regular schedule in and out to smooth the sands and nurture the little sea creatures because.
One day part of a cliff that had been still forever fell, sending down a giant boulder to the sea edge and many small rocks behind it, covering the beach.
Keyhole Rock (c) courtesy Jacqueline Sferra Rada
The Tides Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-19091734764501397012013-03-19T22:22:00.001-04:002013-03-23T00:12:40.214-04:00Fedele Spadafora's Creative Geography
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Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-82858796811098234572012-05-05T12:14:00.000-04:002012-07-24T10:36:11.011-04:00Mixed Messages
So much importance in the media and gallery settings is
placed upon what an artist says about the meaning of their own creations and/or
how the anointed writer understands and contextualizes the art -- intelligible
mainly to the equally anointed reader. Is this is visual art for the viewer to
experience according to his or her own context, or is there only one way to
“see” the art?
In Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-7665244595700153272012-03-06T12:26:00.004-05:002012-03-06T13:36:10.365-05:00Day one...A step ahead of most you, dear readers, The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory has it's public opening tomorrow (tonight's preview gala benefits Henry Street Settlement and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the ADAA). What I saw was a temporally and stylistically eclectic array of works via many of the world's top dealers, some booths naturally in a marketplace vein but also several monographicLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-62582128131643222002012-03-01T14:38:00.016-05:002012-03-03T13:30:35.532-05:00Farewell, Hello and Welcome Back... Armory Week 2012551 West 21st St, Studio 210, works by Mark WienerFirst days of March find us already in a whirlwind, pulling highlights together at Resolve40, still trying to absorb the fresh approach at the Whitney Biennial, and getting ready for the fairs and activities collectively know as Armory Arts Week.As artists, we are also gearing up for "Chelsea Saturday" - and our participation in the High Line OpenLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-13862177822249958882011-12-30T08:58:00.003-05:002011-12-30T09:00:30.375-05:00Happy New Year!Untitled (Local Bosc Pear ) 2011, chalk on paper, 6 x 6 inches, private collectionLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-57358575075763867642011-11-27T11:05:00.009-05:002011-11-27T14:32:29.934-05:00Earthly Delights - paintings by Lena Viddo"I'm an observer, a witness, and in the end and most importantly I am an image maker" -- Lena ViddoLight My Fire In conversation with Lena Viddo, any subject will elicit an interesting story that has moved her – some are personal, like a bikini-clad, too-close encounter with a colony of wasps in an unwanted shrub. She gathers interesting information as well – the personal habits of bees, Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-227724491385385322011-10-06T12:10:00.003-04:002011-10-06T12:46:46.036-04:00Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day October 13, 201113 Facts Everyone Should Know about Metastatic Breast Cancer: 1. No one dies from breast cancer that remains in the breast. The lump itself is not what kills. The metastasis of cancerous cells to a vital organ is what kills.2. Metastasis refers to the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, typically the bones, liver, lungs and brain.3. An estimated 155,000 Americans are currently livingLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-28378057487680855802011-10-01T04:57:00.004-04:002011-10-01T14:11:46.922-04:00Surrender -- Artist Lin Evola's Flight of AngelsJerusalem Peace Angel (detail) by Lin Evola"The Peace Angels are what I and my team of artists do. Hopefully, this will inspire artists to do art that compels, provokes change." - Lin EvolaSurrendered weapons at Sims Metal Management, NJ<!--StartFragment--> On October 3rd 2011 artist Lin Evola will be joined in Los Angeles by Sheriff Leroy Baca of Los Angeles County, LAPD Chief of Police Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-41974684429974269272011-09-14T09:50:00.003-04:002011-09-14T10:15:30.932-04:00Fall for Molly!Starting the season right, next week Molly Barnes returns to New York for brown bag lunches with 2 super guests...Courtroom drawing of John Gotti (c) Marilyn ChurchOn Thursday, September 22nd, see for yourself why the Library of Congress recently acquired 4000 amazing courtroom drawings by Marilyn Church, as Molly talks with the artist and author of "The Art of Justice."August Biehle (1885 - Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-67206879668033256112011-06-11T11:49:00.003-04:002011-06-11T12:13:03.660-04:00Hot Topics, Cool Guests, and Lunch with Molly!Already a talented personality at the swirling center of New York’s art scene in the 1960’s, Isabelle Dufresne met Andy Warhol and went on the become a leading figure in his iconic entourage under her nom-du-guerre, Ultra Violet. Her memoir, “FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES, My Years with Andy Warhol,” is a page-turner, an engrossing history laced with just the right measures of humor and tragedy to Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-58151972893875194762011-04-16T18:28:00.004-04:002011-04-16T18:52:54.232-04:00Come out, rain or shine - Molly's back in town!Art and fun take up residence once again at the Roger Smith Hotel, as Molly Barnes presents 2 more of her amazing Brown Bag Lunch talks with the most interesting people in the art world.Thursday April 21st, join Molly and her guest, artist Elaine Grove, for a discussion of Elaine's work - and toys!On Friday the 22nd artist, banjo player and lyricist Audrey Flack will front "The History of Art Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-12308620053967713202011-02-10T19:17:00.005-05:002011-02-11T10:39:11.477-05:00Brown Bag Lunch Talks Return With Mimi Gross on Thursday and Stephen Haller on FridayFor the first time in 2011, this Year of the Rabbit and this decade, Molly Barnes has landed on the East Coast with a post-Valentine treat for art-loving New Yorkers - 2 more in her series of lunch talks with the most interesting personalities on the scene!On Thursday, February 17th artist Mimi Gross, who also happens to be the daughter of sculptor Chaim Gross and the former wife and Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-23454757346371077292011-01-29T13:53:00.003-05:002011-01-29T13:56:14.504-05:00An Artist's Book With Bite -- From the Mighty Pen of Anthony Haden-GuestAnthony Haden-GuestFar from the right wing diatribe, Anthony Haden-Guest's new book is a hilarious and terrifying ride in words and pictures through the times in which we live. "In The Mean Time" presents Haden-Guest's signature cartoons and drawings alongside passages in verse, which he explains is not poetry ("The difference is rather like the difference between cartoons and fine art, I think."Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-50220266789837122882010-11-08T09:46:00.009-05:002010-11-10T11:51:10.614-05:00Art of Our Neighbors - ¡Viva Pinta!Priscila De Carvalho, wonderland, mixed media, 132 x 304.8 cm. Courtesy of PraxisGallery, New YorkPinta has grown...the fair’s 4th edition in New York, celebrating the art and artists of Latin America, will take place this weekend at Pier 92 on the Hudson.Rochelle Costi, Bano Series- Desmedida , 2009, Photo, 100 x 150 cm. Courtesy ofCelma Albuquerque, Belo HorizonteBRASILThis year, in addition toLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-71656122482055250802010-10-02T11:33:00.004-04:002010-10-07T10:00:30.600-04:00Do Lunch With Molly!The new Molly Barnes Gallery, 8591 Sunset BoulevardOn the heels of the successful opening of her new Gallery on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, Molly Barnes launches a new season at the Roger Smith this week, with two “Brown Bag Lunch” talks on Thursday and Friday, October 7th & 8th...Glenn O’Brien, former editor of Art in America & Interview, currently writing for Vogue, GQ and Vanity Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-26548030301744478182010-09-19T18:02:00.004-04:002010-09-19T18:27:06.473-04:00The Other Side of the American DreamIt is often a good practice, in my opinion, to look at something - an object, an abstraction, a concept - upside down, inside out, or backwards, just to see what else may appear.The buzz about an “enthusiasm gap” afflicting Democratic Party supporters as opposed to highly motivated Republicans has therefore led me to examine the notion of whether or not politicians have any enthusiasm for us. Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-2375399292044307122010-08-28T13:46:00.003-04:002010-08-28T14:14:38.560-04:00Armory Art in August?Works of Corrina SniderYes, and in a spirit that will remind you of the days when big art fairs and Chelsea galleries alike celebrated their edge and bravado...Central Installation DetailThe site of the groundbreaking 1913 Armory Show is where you will find this summer surprise, featuring many regional artists while raising money for families of American military women and men serving abroad - Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-73937971583528697232010-07-12T20:00:00.001-04:002010-07-16T14:55:13.615-04:00The season of non-stop art...Is it really July?Westbeth is the gateway to the intimate/cool/wicked-sexy/thought provoking world of artist Chris Twomey, during the mid-career survey of her work and the inaugural installment, curated by Jayne Holsinger, of the exhibition series Core Constellation.Chris Twomey, from the series "Triumph of the XX" - 2007-2009Springing from a strong background in both fine art and film and taking inspiration fromLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-57699837727103152852010-07-09T13:30:00.003-04:002010-07-10T19:23:53.528-04:00Come Out, Come Out...and party with a purpose on Monday and Wednesday!"In 1971, novelist and Academy Award winning screenwriter Budd Schulberg, having already started a writers’ workshop in the Watts section of Los Angeles, asked Fred Hudson, playwright and former staff writer for Paramount Pictures, to co-found a similar program in New York. Knowing full well the dearth of professional opportunities for minority writers in America, Mr. Hudson agreed, and the Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-51718724722696502862010-07-04T11:34:00.005-04:002010-07-05T22:27:43.013-04:00Art for LunchSurely you've heard the buzz about "Shred," the group exhibition of collage-based works that recently opened at Perry Rubenstein Gallery - it's possibly the hottest show of what's shaping up to be a stellar summer in Chelsea.Erik Foss, Look Out - image courtesy Perry Rubenstein GalleryThursday, you won't want to miss Carlo McCormick - author, curator, critic and champion of the downtown art sceneLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-29793027926550415482010-06-24T14:30:00.005-04:002010-06-24T15:12:51.688-04:00For the EarthAs the importance of wise use of energy looms as the largest issue of our times, it's good to know that small actions make a big difference. This weekend, we will let the world know we want clean energy, and we can always eat more locally sourced foods, which is what the NYC Greenmarkets have been about for decades.Agretti photo by Stefan Proud via Wikimedia CommonsLocal means anything but Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111967047706585896.post-13797476802751990512010-06-17T16:30:00.006-04:002010-06-17T16:52:36.126-04:00Art From the HeartOn Tuesday and Wednesday, 2 art events support causes at the heart of the way we live and love...."Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing." - Louise BourgeoisLouise BourgeoisI do, 2010 Archival dyes on cloth with embroidery 16 × 12 inches; 40.6 × 30.4 cm Edition of 300 with 35 APs Gift of the Artist; Courtesy of Cheim & ReadLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17013097272985698027noreply@blogger.com