Category Archives: The Arts

Humble Work and Mad Wanderings

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Janet Steen

In which Janet Steen ponders the working poor, the creative class, and the search for meaningful work. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged barbara ehrenreich, chick lit, creative class, david foster wallace, dick lit, james frey, jeffrey eugenides, jt leroy, ken appollo, working poor | 5 Comments

Megan Whitmarsh Rueful Pop

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

Through sewing and embroidery Megan Whitmarsh looks at art and the everyday, from Pop to Pop Culture and remakes it. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Claes Oldenburg, Jack Hanley, Judy Chicago, Megan Whitmarsh, New Image Art Gallery | Leave a comment

Peggy Lee, Life, and the Apocalypse

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Janet Steen

In which a seven-year-old Janet Steen contemplates sex and melancholy Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, The Arts | Tagged bridge over troubled water, gilbert o'sullivan, harry nilsson, labelle, melancholy, Mitt Romney, peggy lee, randy newman, rick james, Sex | 2 Comments

Hurricane Irene and Mike Kelley’s Ghost

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

Hurricane Irene nearly destroyed Prattsville; now art is part of the solution. Jennifer Kabat looks at how the town is now changing the Art World’s perception of itself. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Alex McQuilkin, Carrie Pollock, Damien Davis, Hurricane Irene, James Woodward, Jonathan Wang, Marisa Mandler, Michelle Rikard Petricini, nadja Marcin, Nancy A Barton, NYU, Paco Marcial, Prattsville Art Workshops, Prattsville NY, the Catskills | 4 Comments

Class: The Fabric of Society? And the Fabric of Grayson Perry

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Alex Clark

How a cross-dressing potter turned tapestry maker manages to weave a tale of class and taste, akin to Hogarth’s The Rake’s Progress and sets Alex Clark wondering about the difference between tea and dinner. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged art, class, Grayson Perry, Hogarth, social mobility, tapestry, Victoria Miro Gallery | Leave a comment

Who Is John Galt, and Why Does Paul Ryan Think He’s So Wonderful?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Greg Olear

Greg Olear on Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, and Mitt Romney’s fatal error. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, The Arts | Tagged Ayn Rand, fucking morons, Gary Gygax, GOP, Harper Lee, Harry Potter, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, VP | 17 Comments

A Life Aquatic: The Glass Sculptures of Kait Rhoads

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Melissa Stern

“The animal in the sea that I feel the closest affinity to is coral,” says Kait Rhoads. “There are so many different kinds, both ridged and soft; their basic building block a hexagonal tube made of calcium carbonate. Like bees constructing wax cells to fit any negative space, coral colonies exist in endless variation.” Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art, The Arts | Tagged blown glass, coral, Kait Rhoads, mixed media sculpture, Murrine, oceanograhy, Seattle, Venetian glass techniques | Leave a comment