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The great American artist Edward Hopper captured urban and rural American. HIs images are now among the most enduring and popular images of the 20th century. His paintings were contemporary with the emergence of 'film noir' and, interestingly, both capture an edgy side of American cultture. Hopper would have denied this, having said once that he had no other goal but that of capturing the effect of light on the side of a building.
Some of the buildings he captured still stand in New York. One of them was the setting of his most iconic image: Night Hawks.The great American artist Edward Hopper captured urban and rural American. HIs images... more
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Annie Leibovitz’s life has now taken a decidedly dark turn. In the past five years, Susan Sontag and both of Leibovitz’s parents have died. Her debts now total a staggering $24 Million, payment of which is due on Tuesday, September 8th. If she can’t meet that deadline, she may lose her homes and the rights to her lifetime body of photographic work. Leibovitz has begun to think of herself less as a celebrity artist leading a charmed life and more as a single mother of three, fighting to keep a roof over her head and food on her family’s table. The fear of no longer working is terrifying to her. She has to work.
This comprehensive piece presents a detailed biography, a remarkable, historic slideshow that ranges from Leibovitz’s earliest photography to her more contemporary work, music audio, an extensive, memorable video photo-gallery and links to additional coverage of her work.Annie Leibovitz’s life has now taken a decidedly dark turn. In the past five... more
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Ooof!! OMG...the only thing I could think of when I first saw this scene is "Very Creepy!" Who on earth would paint would paint such a thing?! Looks like Creepy Ronald is mocking this poor unsuspecting guy here. The street photographer who shot this really knows that sometimes what reality gives you is too good to walk away from. As for me, I could give this scene here many names...hair vs. no hair, makeup vs. no makeup,"Resting Wit Ron." But whatever you call it, this really is a modern day classic. Cartier-Bresson would be proud. Okay, now I'll sum this whole weird thing up: The Universe truly is laughing behind our backs!Ooof!! OMG...the only thing I could think of when I first saw this scene is... more
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My first reaction when I saw this scene here was, “What the....!” Looks very spooky...It made my face look like I got a lemon wedge stuck in my butt-hole thingee, because I cringed so much! Seems like these things or peoples have been mutated by some horrible virus. Are those real people's human faces behind those costumes, or are they just mannequins? It looks so weird that I really can't tell. Yes, it's very surreal...a bit scary and comical too, quite unusual. Um, refresh my memory. Just when is the world supposed to end exactly?My first reaction when I saw this scene here was, “What the....!” Looks... more
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Holy Golly Smokie! What on earth is this? Looks like a scene from “Fast and Furious” version 5.05, all ready to be revving up their engines! I usually think of small town main streets when I see shiny, shiny glittering motorcycles like this. But think I saw some like this down in Greenwich Village last week. Wowee me, this is one really hot, sexy beast mama! Makes me think of Bob Dylan's old song, "The motorcycle black madonna, Two-wheeled gypsy queen, And her silver-studded phantom..." The photographer of this really captured those glimmering blue and black lights very well. This is just awesome!Holy Golly Smokie! What on earth is this? Looks like a scene from “Fast and... more
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When Kirsten Major and her friends decided to make a short film she had written, she asked if they could find time to shoot in the next few days, even though that would mean taking time off from work. The four of them just looked at each other in the coffee shop and realized that, as a matter of fact, they were all unemployed and free every day for the foreseeable future. Ms. Major described the plot for “Jonathan, Just Because” as a simple romantic film: two men take a chance on each other. “Both characters are heartbroken,” she said. “They have no money, they don’t have a lot to give. Everyone’s a little desperate.”
They named themselves the W.P.A. Players and worked with a budget of exactly nothing, but from that nothing came something. Artwork fueled by unemployment may be very good or painfully bad, but it will do something for all the people who make it.
Includes photographs and the short film, “Jonathan, Just Because.”When Kirsten Major and her friends decided to make a short film she had written, she... more
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"The Oscar Wilde Bookshop in Greenwich Village, which is believed to be the oldest gay and lesbian bookstore in the country, will close on March 29, its owner announced on Tuesday, citing economic troubles.
The store nearly closed six years ago, only to be sold and given a last-minute reprieve.
The bookstore, which occupies a storefront not much bigger than a typical Manhattan studio apartment, became a popular place for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
The store said it would continue to take orders through e-mail and through its Web site until mid-March. Ms. Brinster said the store would extend special offers and discounts to liquidate its inventory.""The Oscar Wilde Bookshop in Greenwich Village, which is believed to be the... more
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The ghoulish citizenry of New York City come out in force to show their creative stripes in the 25-year old Village Halloween Parade!The ghoulish citizenry of New York City come out in force to show their creative... more
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The American painter, Edward Hopper, is among the few artists who truly captured the soul of an era. HIs paintings --of lonely lighthouses, nude women staring into space from nearly empty rooms, brick store fronts the color of dried blood --capture, as few other artists have captured, both the spirit and the alienation of an age.
It could be a still-frame from an Alfred Hitchcock movie –a stately lighthouse towering above eye level. Were not the blues so beautiful and rich it would be bleak. A window lit interior would be reminiscent of Vermeer but for the missing tapestries. There are no virginals, no Sixteenth Century maps. Just a young woman staring blankly out the open window at nothing at all.
Hopper's most famous painting is Night Hawks of 1942 --a depiction of three people together, at night, but alone in a near empty diner in Greenwich Village in the wee, small hours of a morning. It's American "film noir" set against an imagined sound track, perhaps a sax.
A parody of this painting is almost as famous as the original. In it, the diner is peopled by Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Humphrey Bogart. If the street outside is not wet, it should be and will be, soon; if not tonight, some night! Hopper is relevant today in the same way as is Casablanca --also a product of the war year 1942. Both capture the frustration of people alone in an uncaring world. As Rick might have put it then or now, the problems of two people don't amount to a hill of beans in a crazy, mixed-up world, nor our world on the brink of WWIII, another great depression, a police state.
Hopper himself claimed no such intention. His purpose --he says --was merely to capture the play of light and shade. He wrote: "The picture is an attempt to paint sunlight as white, with almost or no yellow pigment in the white. Any psychologic [Sic] idea will have to be supplied by the viewer."
Hopper never intended to develop an “American” style but did so in spite of himself. His goal was more modest. 'All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.'"
He succeeded admirably. His "House by the Railroad" of 1925, is a study of sunlight on the side of a house, to be sure, and much more besides. For a younger generation, it was the Bates Motel. We are curious but not enough to want to go inside. Like his silent, lonely human observers, the façade stares back at you!
In 1951, Hopper returned to the open window theme. This time he left out the staring woman. We are left with an open window to an open, flat sea.
Stare at a Hopper long enough and you will find yourself in Hopper’s universe beside the young woman staring out the open window, among anonymous souls together but alone in a diner, beside like the stately lighthouse regarding a vast but empty ocean. It was Friedrich Nietzche who said that if you stare into the abyss long enough, it will stare back at you. Is that what it means to be alone? The American painter, Edward Hopper, is among the few artists who truly captured the... more
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Robert Rauschenberg, the amazingly prolific American artist who was instrumental in reshaping 20th century art, has died the age of 82. Rauschenberg was a major icon in contemporary art; he was a painter, photographer, printmaker, choreographer, on-stage performer, set designer and, during his later years, even a composer. Mr. Rauschenberg challenged the traditional idea that an artist had to stick with one particular medium or style.
Rauschenberg initially attended The Kansas City Art Institute, later studying at both the historic, experimental Black Mountain College (NC) and at The Art Students League (NYC).
This article also includes photographs, a video and a wonderful gallery of Rauschenberg's paintings.Robert Rauschenberg, the amazingly prolific American artist who was instrumental in... more
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During the 1970s and 80s, an adventurous blonde named Jill Freedman with a quick eye for the unusual and bizarre focussed her camera upon the spirited characters and gritty sidewalks of a now-bygone era in New York City life. This modernist documentarian was a self-taught photographer who captured raw, intimate images in black and white, transforming urban scenes into theatrical dramas.
Freedman’s portrait of New York reflected a fallen city that was strewn with piles of garbage. Prostitutes and bag ladies walked the streets, while junkies staked out abandoned tenements next to children playing in vacant lots. For reasons involving both a shift in photographic styles and her own declining personal circumstances, Ms. Freedman faded from the popular scene in the late 1980s. But today, at a moment when much of Manhattan is awash in money and glamour, Freedman’s photographic legacy offers us a vivid portrait of a metropolis once defined by violence, poverty and disarray, a New York that once was.
Photographs, a video and photo-gallery are included.During the 1970s and 80s, an adventurous blonde named Jill Freedman with a quick eye... more
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This article describes the life and times of Patti Smith, the godmother of punk music. It discusses the new documentary about her, Patti Smith: Dream of Life, which is not a nostalgia act, but rather a journey about real things, like art, family and loss, and not the romantic death found in rock and roll lyrics, but the literal kind.
Photographs, videos and a photo-gallery are included.This article describes the life and times of Patti Smith, the godmother of punk music.... more
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In Bob Dylan's 1969 Portland concert, he was joined by the legendary Paul Simon. Dylan and Simon did historic duets together, beginning with the memorable "Sound of Silence."
Includes photographs, videos of the 1969 Dylan and Simon "Sound of Silence" duet, as well as of Simon and Garfunkel's 1981 Central Park reunion performance of it before 500,000 fans.In Bob Dylan's 1969 Portland concert, he was joined by the legendary Paul Simon.... more
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Paul attends The New School in NYC, which is located in Greenwich Village and house a well-known international think tank.Paul attends The New School in NYC, which is located in Greenwich Village and house a... more
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This documentary tells the real story of Christopher Street, one that's never been told. On this street, in New York's West Village, you see a side of Gay life that's rarely exposed. For more info, visit - http://www.77filmsinc.comThis documentary tells the real story of Christopher Street, one that's never... more
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