Zenana: Altar to Silvia Elena and too many others

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A touching installation by Swoon and Tennessee Jane Watson—an attempt to reach beyond the unconscionable and unhoped-for, in an unexpected gallery, more open than any other in Chelsea, yet with more sense of barrier to enter.

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http://flickr.com/photos/43516280@N00/2554295988
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmDHDSfpqxM

 
 

Portrait of an Artist During the Morning Commute

In the age of multitasking it only makes sense that Artist’s would take to the streets and try to fit in their passions along with their duties…

 
 

Selenography: “moon games”

Driving at night in a cab I glance out the window and find a shinny ball bouncing along. It’s almost as if I was riding steady through the city and this light was playing with me, hiding, jumping, shaking -at one point seemingly disappearing. I think the moon is alive.

 
 

Elutriate: Fassbinder’s Lola

When I was a kid, I ever so much wished that all the corruptions, crimes, and unpleasantness in my neighborhood would one day be washed away, elutriated. How naive a kid’s mind is! As I grew older, I realized that everyone would have to live with and even become an active observer or a willing participant to what society in general regards as “evil”.

Watching Rainer Fassbinder’s Lola tonight reaffirmed my beliefs: that no one is incorruptible, and that morality will always take a back seat to love and desire.

 
 

Rete: Broadway Boogie Woogie

Broadway Boogie Woogie

Piet Mondrian
Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-1943)
Oil on canvas
50 x 50 in. (127 x 127 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York