Eliot Saarinen on the ImageBlog
"Harmonies" Oil Pastel, Resin, Paper Towels, and acrylic on Panel, 40” x 49” “Harmonies” uses a grid as a symbol for civilized human culture. My interest is turning this grid into a free form like...
View ArticleOrchestras Come Out to Play
Mighty 5 Tour Photo: Courtesy of Utah Symphony Populism runs deep in American orchestras. In 1922 the New York Philharmonic began its outdoor concerts at Lewishon Stadium in the heart of Harlem. In...
View ArticleBoyhood: Not Exactly a Film Review
(for Luka, a bit later in his life) I woke this morning thinking about Barack Obama, and how perfectly he fits the model of manhood proposed by Rudyard Kipling in his unjustly maligned and frequently...
View ArticleAKW's Upcoming EP, and "Acoustic Nights" at House of Blues Demonstrates That...
Music critic and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, among others, believes "for better or worse, live acts and live performers are being squeezed out in favor of EDM." But a recent evening out on LA's...
View ArticleFood and Music Mix It up at These Southern Festivals
Harvest season is underway across the northern hemisphere and with it comes food and wine festivals to tempt even the foodiest of palates. The South, known for its bourbon, barbeque and biscuits, knows...
View Article#childrennotsoldiers
A man stands quietly against a wall. His hands are bound. He indicates the chest pocket of his t-shirt with his eyes. A man with an AK-47 pulls a photo from the pocket. Children, nephews, nieces,...
View ArticleLight
Life is all about finding the light... finding the place where you feel comfortable...Finding the place that gives you that warm feeling inside. Life is all about light and the necessity of keeping...
View ArticleWhere Does Art Come From?
[Takashi Yoshizak at Artbeat event. Sculpture by Kat Herine photo credit: ericjhenderson] The Scene What are the economic and social forces that shape the path of Art? We, as the public, only see a...
View ArticleSchirmacher (R)evolution in Saas-Fee: The Badiouan EVENT Takes For(u)m with...
Alain Badiou: AN EVENT IS A SURPRISE; IF IT IS NOT A SURPRISE, IT IS NOT AN EVENT. Like the proverbial fall of dominos or throwing of the Deleuzian dice, the black and white of the ever-domino(ant)...
View ArticleOn The Threadcount of the American Flag
Will Roberson takes the seat just across from me on an almost rainy day at Tacombi in Nolita. (Tacos are always in the budget.) We're settling into a conversation about his new work (painting) and...
View ArticleAre Documentaries About Artists More Important Than Their Art?
What's your favorite recent artist documentary? Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop? Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry? Gerhard Richter Painting? Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child? Cutie and The Boxer?...
View ArticleWho Do We Perform For?
Every September at New England Conservatory, we kick off the new academic year with an all-school assembly we call "Convocation." This week, in my brief cheerleading moment, I counseled our young...
View ArticleTearful Goodbye to Ensor, Happy Hello To...
Oh boy, last weekend was so hot and humid. The only way I knew how to keep my sanity was to find something cool - very cool - to do. So, into the mountains I go, to say "Goodbye" to a very special man...
View Article'NeoMexicanism,' Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
NeoMexicanism, curated by Edward Hayes Jr., Assistant Curator at the Museum of Latin American Art, is a bold show. It's also a problematic one. While the work is interesting enough, it's hard to...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: 'Bauer' Is Marvelously Artistic About Art
What is it about plays in which two women and a man confront each other, sometimes each against the others, sometimes two joining against the third and then switching alliances? Jean-Paul Sartre...
View ArticleLive from the Toronto Film Festival: Tuesday, Sept. 9
When I started attending the Toronto International Film Festival in 1984, no one had yet thought to position this festival as an awards-season launchpad. While there were a handful of big studio...
View ArticleNUART 2014 Roundup: Activism, Muralism, Graffiti and Aesthetics
The Norwegian mural festival named Nuart took place last week with a marked tilt toward the conceptual and the interventionist, a direct debate about the relevance of activism amidst a rising tide of...
View ArticleBest of Venice: Ghesseha, Iranian Tales That Have Found a Way to Be Told
Fatemeh Motamed Aria in Ghesseha (Tales) by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad The best parts of writing about films is learning the stories behind the story. Meeting the filmmakers, discovering the passion of the...
View ArticleJacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2014 - Daniel Ulbricht/Ballet 2014
Fancy Free performed in BALLET 2014/Daniel Ulbricht at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival I photographed and filmed a lot of top-notch ballet this summer. Nel and I wrapped our fourth season at Vail...
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