Category Archives: Henry Art Gallery

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. William Kentridge revisited

    I am writing again about South African artist William Kentridge because I have learned a lot more about him from the catalog for the amazing exhibition in San Francisico, which I won’t be able to see. This image is from Stereoscope, eighth of nine animated hand drawn films that Kentridge made about Soho and Felix. […]

    This entry was posted on April 27, 2009 and is filed under Henry Art Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Art, William Kentridge.

  4. William Kentridge takes Seattle by storm

    This week we were on the cultural map with a performance by William Kentridge on Monday and an opera by Kentridge on Wednesday.At the Henry Art Gallery, the performance, “I am not me, the horse is not mine”had its North American Debut. Naturally, I wasn’t allowed to take pictures. This is a picture of a […]

    This entry was posted on March 13, 2009 and is filed under Henry Art Gallery, Kentridge I am not Me The Horse is not mine.

  5. Black Panthers and the White Art World

    Never have I felt more acutely the separations in Seattle between white art and the real world than this weekend in Seattle. On Thursday night we had a moment of intersection (of sorts) thanks to Aperture Foundation and their publication of the amazing photographs by Stephen Shames of the Black Panthers. Stephen Shames, who is […]

    This entry was posted on April 28, 2008 and is filed under Black Panthers, Henry Art Gallery, Stephen Shames, Western Bridge.
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