1. T.J. Clark on Guernica

    Two great minds, Picasso and T.J. Clark matched in a lecture. At first I was dubious, when the first statement Professor Clark made was “Space was the form truth took for him as a painter.” This seemed unduly formal, detached. But by the end I was fascinated, and only slightly unhappy, with his analysis. At the beginning […]

    This entry was posted on April 30, 2010 and is filed under T.J. Clark on Guernica.

  2. Two plays about war and one "quilt"

    Theaters can make statements about war, directors care, but sometimes it is a little ambiguous what the plays actually say. Two plays in Seattle, Henry V and An Iliad (a modern play performed by one actor, that refers back to the classic but also inserts contemporary references), each one is obviously responding to our permanent […]

    This entry was posted on April 29, 2010 and is filed under Henry Vi Seattle Shakespeare Company, Srebenica Quilt, The Iliad Seattle Rep Theater.

  3. From Oppression to Liberation

     “Boycott Israeli Apartheid” the  pro Palestinian protest at Westlake Plaza in downtown Seattle had a huge audience last weekend because it coincided with a “flash”, a coming together of young people. The Boycott, Divestment Sanctions campaign is a long project. It is just beginning. The people of Palestine and pro Palestinian Israelis and other people around the […]

    This entry was posted on April 13, 2010 and is filed under Arundhati Roy, Chaya, Gazelle Samizay, PowWow, Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid, Tasveer.

  4. Kiki Smith 2 and Milton Rogovin

    So  I went back to the Henry Art Gallery’s Kiki Smith exhibition “I myself have seen it” for another look. It is a complex exhibition and deserves a lot of looks. First I watched the Art 21 video which was really helpful . She talks about death masks, her grandmother’s, her father’s, her sister’s. She herself […]

    This entry was posted on April 10, 2010 and is filed under "I myself have seen it", Henry Art Gallery, Kiki Smith 2, Milton Rogovin, violence against women.

  5. Kiki Smith

    The Kiki Smith exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery, curated by Elizabeth Brown, in collaboration with the artist for many years and years, is a tour de force, not to be missed. Together they went through about 80,000 photographs to arrive at the show. Hats off for a great show and a great installation. Brown […]

    This entry was posted on April 3, 2010 and is filed under "I myself have seen it", Henry Art Gallery, Kiki Smith.
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