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Repository 138: Kara Walker and the Cocaine of Food
This weekend Kara Walker premiers her installation sponsored by Creative Time in the Domino Sugar Factory on the eve of its demolition. The installation is billed as a departure from the artist’s usual highly sexual, dark narratives of antebellum slaves of the South within the confines of the black silhouette. The exhibition promises to be photogenic, as there is a unique hash tag for users to post their selfies and installation shots, which will stream live into the exhibition. The…
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Repository 63: Pop Goes The Easel
Image of Peter Phillips in the 60s, courtesy Whitford Fine Art. The other night I had the pleasure of dinner with Peter Phillips, the 73-year old who started his career firmly in the 60s as one of the original British Pop artists. He was featured in a documentary from the 60’s by Ken Russell, “Pop Goes the Easel“, and went to school at the Royal College of Arts along with David Hockney, Allen Jones, R.B. Kitaj, and has been making…
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Repository 11: Kara Walker at Reed College
“You should definitely stay and try to talk to her after the reception….she’s only three years older than you…and she went to RISD”. These are kind and encouraging words from my husband regarding the lecture I am attending this evening with Kara Walker. While I appreciate the idea of talking to her, I am an introvert and more shy than a snail on my toddler’s finger. My response to him, “I won’t have anything to say.” Which is pure baloney,…
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