Monthly Archives: August 2009
John & Yoko & Political Performance Art
Two of our all-time favorite New Yorkers and their best known piece of political performance art: the 4oth anniversary of the Bed-In for Peace, covered by NPR here. My version: (original in the Grabel Collection of New York)
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Luv from NYC to Rhode Island, and Back
I’m a beach boy. I grew up near the clean, wide, sandy shores of Lake Michigan, and out here on the east coast, I’ve found a slice o’ heaven on earth called Block Island, part of Rhode Island, which isn’t … Continue reading
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ArtinBrooklyn.com: 3 Steps to Exposure for ARTISTS in Brooklyn
Mike Sorgatz has been doing the blog artinbrooklyn.com for over a year now. He features a wide variety of artists and gets more than 5,000 hit a month, a number which is climbing. It’s a good way to keep tabs … Continue reading
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How Chuck Close Redefined His Art and Came Back Stronger
Chuck Close painted like no one else ever quite had. His gigantic, hyper-realist portraits (based on extreme close-ups he’d taken in his studio) were almost indistinguishable from photographic enlargements. His was a work about process, and he did it tremendously … Continue reading
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Portrait of a Magic Man: David Byrne
A couple months ago I promoted a contest on this blog. The challenge to readers was to tell me why they dug their favorite musician. My favorite response would receive a custom-made portrait of this musician. The responses were so … Continue reading
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