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10/09
His own hostile critic
OVER AT THE RUMPUS, I HAVE AN IN-DEPTH, ILLUMINATING INTERVIEW WITH WRITER/ARTIST ALASDAIR GRAY
Read more of me at The Rumpus- GENERATION GAP #1: Tomokazu Matsuyama’s Quiet Compass for a Noisy RevolutionOne unintended consequence of David Ross’s appearance on the Colbert Report last year has been the misunderstanding of intention. It probably has to do with editing–Ross is endlessly insightful and the context is the confusing thing here–but effects are effects. A few weeks after inauguration, the former Whitney and SFMOMA director stopped by America’s favor […]
- Javier Marias on KCRW’s BookwormAllen Ginsberg claimed that his reading voice was an imitation of the voice with which William Blake spoke to him in his visions and dreams. Once you hear Ginsberg read, you are stuck in his dream forever. Javier Marias, the prolific Spanish author who blends wit and private conspiracies in unparalleled ways, was on KCRW’s Bookworm [...] […]
- Amor FatiThe group exhibition Amor Fati (Love of Fate) opens at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland tonight. Curator Lian Ladia has put together a potent mix of artists who aren’t afraid of politics and aren’t afraid of the subconscious. Highlighted by a “visual anthropological sculpture” by SFAI instructor and Bay Area gem Carlos Villa, the show [...] […]
- In the Art RagsLarry Sultan is dead. The photographer behind Pictures from Home passed away from cancer on Sunday at the age of 63. The SF Chron, NY Times, and LA Times have similar obits. In 1990, Catherine Liu (yes, that Catherine Liu) talked to Sultan for BOMB about his home movies project; in the interview, Sultan says: [...] […]
- GENERATION GAP #1: Tomokazu Matsuyama’s Quiet Compass for a Noisy Revolution
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