warhol superstar billy name talks about “ante art”
Today the art world is living on the dangling threads of the early sixties rug.
Category Archives : Culture Vulture
leigh bowery: my muse for 2013
“Gimme a freak any day of the week…i’m comfortable with those you call demented.” – Boy George Leigh Bowery, one of my favorite fashion icons (right up there with Anna Piaggi), original club kid, transgender pioneer, and performance artist extraordinaire died on New Year’s Eve in 1994. A fact I learned by accident yesterday (New […]
words for 12.12.12
So here are some words I’ve collected that intrigue me largely for their instant visual and aural pleasure (as well as their usage/definitions). Call them high-caliber. Or as Janet Frame put it in Living in Maniototo (1979): “A word, which is exciting to look at and say and which doesn’t slop its meaning over the […]
“if i needed you” – a tale of love and longing
I often rest in the pocket of this song and return to it again and again. I will listen to it repetitively, often crying the first two rounds, until I am lifted, cleansed, released…If you’ve never heard this Townes van Zandt classic (written in 1981), well, prepare for a holy experience. Music is church for […]
fashion matters: anna piaggi, rei kawakubo, and my fantasy wish list for the fall
Thinking about Piaggi’s famous mix of high and low — ie. couture meets Canal Street in a penchant for vibrant colors and clashing patterns — I am reminded of my favorite Jean Genet quote from The Thief’s Journal (1949): “To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.
a murder of crows: janet cardiff & george bures miller in their park avenue debut
It was akin to watching some gearhead-DJ putz around on-stage with his computer while everyone watches and doesn’t dance (white people: can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em).