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Indeed, watching her lecture for an hour without once referring to a specific work of art while combing through the rebus of her career made me think of Smith as Papillion as memorably portrayed by Steve McQueen: bars, tests, drudgery and deprivation cannot contain her.
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As to her own distinguished work, Roberta is both humble and jejune, saying that "she doesn’t mind being a consumer guide for art" and that art criticism itself is "pure, strange and peculiar." Hard to imagine, considering the unique power that Leo Castelli famously claimed for her ("all you have to do is read Roberta Smith on Friday morning to know what shows to see"), but Roberta maintains that dealers often say to her, "Why don’t you just review shows that you like?", to which she confesses to enjoying writing negative reviews as much as raves (here! here!).
ha ha. dead link. "this video removed by user." got to be a damned good reason.
- bill 12-06-2008 4:33 pm [link] [add a comment]

Mr. BC as a boy
Mr BC
- jimlouis 12-05-2008 9:16 pm [link] [1 ref] [3 comments]

herb and dorthy

food art

brain art


- bill 12-04-2008 12:17 pm [link] [1 ref] [add a comment]

Documentation of the recent event I participated in at Calvert Vaux Park. Keep in mind that it was very cold and windy that day.
- alex 12-01-2008 9:58 pm [link] [1 comment]

tampon crafts


- bill 11-25-2008 12:24 pm [link] [add a comment]

mouse teddy bear
- linda 10-24-2008 6:45 pm [link] [1 ref] [add a comment]