We are all BananaRepublicans. Obama has claimed the right to assassinate American citizens whom he suspects of “terrorism,” merely on the grounds of his own suspicion or that of the CIA, something Bush never claimed publicly.” — The World Can’t Wait Also, “Obama says that the government can detain you indefinitely, even if you have […]
Archives for September 2010
Because You Never Heard of Him …
May I add an annex to The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, which is now on in New York at The Museum of Modern Art? The MoMA show features works by lotsa biggies — Atget, Bellmer, Brancusi, Brassaï, Duchamp, Frank, Friedlander, Gaillard, Höch, Kertész, Man Ray, Nauman, and too many others to […]
Carolee Schneeman’s ‘Fluxus’
Went to see the exhibition “Experimental Women in Flux” at the MoMA Library. There was much to like, although it’s a small exhibit. I got a kick out of this feminist blast: fluxus can be lots of fun when the boys let you on their boatsometimes they throw you off the boatyou have to be […]
It’s 9/11: Eraser-in-Chief ♥ Bullshitter-in-Chief
When Barack Obama rebuffed calls for an independent truth commission, choosing not to investigate George W. Bush and his cronies as war criminals, he forfeited whatever moral authority he might have had as president. In his Aug. 31 Oval Office speech announcing “the end of the combat mission in Iraq” he even heaped praise on […]
Too Funny Not to Post
Yes, we know about 9/11. We’re still reeling from it. The event itself was catastrophic. But the pols and war profiteers have put it to ruinous use ever since. So I’ll save my customary Best 9/11 Memorial posting for next year, when the 10th anniversary comes around. Besides, how many times can you post Still […]
Women Who Experiment
Have a look at the Web site for the Fluxus exhibition Experimental Women in Flux at the Museum of Modern Art Library. The curators write: In the spirit of MoMA’s publication of Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art in June 2010, the Museum Library features experimental works by women that form […]
Way Out West
Abbie Conant, that is — the trombonist, actor, singer, poet, feminist, and professor, whom Malcolm Gladwell wrote about in Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit