why i dislike the art world, and its coverage
Isn’t it appropriate that the East Bay Express‘ cover story this week, “Hipster Invasion,” about the conflict of white hipster art scenesters invading a predominantly African American neighborhood in Oakland, is rather cluelessly mirrored by the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s cover story “Everybody wants Mission District painter Keegan McHargue,” which features a young white male [...]
because "people here in the US don’t understand these things about constitutional rights"
http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2006/08/back-from-mideast.html
hmmm…Christian terrorists…I buy it
http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2006/08/christianist-terrorists-man-named.html
Memoirs of Björk-GeishaStraight-up brilliant! I got to see Tina as Björk-Geisha at a different venue; wish I could have been there at the opening to also see Jennifer Parker as Matthew-Whaler. Suffice it to say it’s the only way I’d have gone anywhere near that temple of white-boy self-indulgence.
Make sure you go to Youtube to [...]
what is crime?
Makes you think: http://newyorkhack.blogspot.com/2006/08/just-regular-night.html
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81 Press
- PITCH BLACKNESS BY HANK WILLIS THOMAS (APERTURE, 2008) December 8, 2008Pitch Blackness. Hank Willis Thomas, Aperture, October 2008, 128 Pages, ca. 125 four-color images, 8×10 inches (20×25 cm), ISBN: 978-1-59711-072-3, Hardcover, $35 On February 2, 2000, Songha Thomas Willis was shot to death outside a Philadelphia nightclub. He was 27 years old. The takeaway? A $400 gold chain. It’s the story [...]
- Hank Willis Thomas interview December 4, 2008Check out this interview with Hank Willis Thomas in PhotoEye magazine online, http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/features/2008/12_03_Hank_Willis_Thomas.cfm, in which he talks about his monograph Pitch Blackness.
- Obama at #15 November 24, 2008Poli-Book Best Seller List Based on sales for weeks ending Oct. 25 through Nov. 15, 2008 15. Obama, by Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida. (Amistad, $26.95.) Photographs capturing Obama’s 18-month campaign to the presidency. Rankings reflect aggregated sales for the weeks ending October 25 through November 15, 2008 at many thousands of venues where a wide range of [...]
cadre $10 artist grant
- Updates from Simone Leigh November 7, 2008Archeology of Wonder curated by Kristina Newman-Scott REAL ART WAYS October 4, 2008 —January 4, 2009 Opening reception: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 4-7PM Performance by Valerie Garlick, 4:30PM Closing reception: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 3-5PM 56 Arbor St Hartford CT 06106 860 232 1006 www.realartways.org Archaeology of Wonder brings together two disparate approaches to the past - archaeology with its meticulous discipline, and wonder with [...]
- Fall Exhibitions: ?Evocations? at Rose Issa Projects, London? Kala Fellowship Exhibition, Berkeley November 7, 2008I have a few projects coming up to share with you. I will be at Kala’s opening this Thursday, October 9, in Berkeley, and on October 20 at the artist reception for my first exhibition in London. Presented by Rose Issa, I will be exhibiting works from a number of series including The Alphabet of Silence, Most Wanted [...]