this recording reviewed paper cone stories, an event i’ve never heard of but may or may not be hosted by a present-or-past girlfriend of a boy i used to know. anyway the synopses of readings seem both apt and witty and worth listening to. someone named akiva gottlieb was talking about the man who grabbed the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘performance art’
on art and objectification
Posted in art, tagged alexander mcqueen, bettie page, carolee schneemann, feminism, feminist art, marina abramovic, MoMA, orlan, performance art, porn on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
marina abramovic has an exhibition at moma in which two naked people flank a doorway and museum goers have to squeeze past the naked in order to continue on their way. marina abramovic, although prolific and strong and innovative, makes my stomach churn. a huge part of her oeuvre deals with self harm and mutilation [...]
karl lagerfeld is crazy
Posted in art, design, fashion, tagged chanel, colette, free free free, hong kong, karl lagerfeld, london, moscow, new york, new york magazine, paris, performance art, the gap, tokyo, wallpaper magazine, zaha hadid on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
as residents of virginia, philly, and virginia, we are always bitter when super things happen in new york and we can’t make it to the city in time to attend. i.e. it really sucked when, after spending quality time with the original paris-based colette, we didn’t have a chance to see the gap + colette [...]
