On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Laurie Price sent me this list of words with no English equivalents. She didn’t say where she got them but even if they’re lexical legends…well, read on: 1. Zhaghzhagh (Persian) The chattering … Read More
Tom Fink had a long conversation with Baz about his book, Learning to Draw, which can be found on Tom Beckett’s excellent blog, ASK/TELL. Available on line or inquire at Skylight. In the meantime, Daniel Staniforth’s blog for Skylight Press … Read More
Keith Haring (American, 1958–1990) Untitled, 1982. Sumi ink on paper. 107 x 208 in. (271.8 x 528.3 cm) Collection Keith Haring Foundation. © Keith Haring Foundation The Keith Haring show now up at The Brooklyn Museum seems almost exclusively to be … Read More
Oh Arcimboldo, who brings portraits of George Bellows, Hubert Selby, Charles Darwin, Gustave Courbet, Joan Mitchell, Agnes Martin, D.H. Lawrence, David Hockney, Edward Hopper, Fielding Dawson, Gene Swenson,Amiri Baraka, Eva Hesse, Nicholas Poussin, and Norman Rockwell out into view, one following after … Read More
Six circles of his work at the Guggenheim. On those damned tilted floors, and those whimjammy alcoves courting vertigo! Still another occasion to curse Frank Lloyd Wright, who hated any art but architecture. Or really to despise the Guggenheims for … Read More
Items variously on the web: http://poetryproject.org/multimedia/basil-king-reading-12512.html for a film of Baz reading “14 Eyes” from his Learning to Draw/A History at the Poetry Project in New York on January 24, 2012 And for a slideshow I called “The House of … Read More
We all collected stuff back in 1947, 48, when I was ten or so. Seashells, matchbooks, playing cards. Playing cards were huge. They were prized for the pictures on the back…we called them trading cards – avidly sorted by categories … Read More