It is hard to know where to begin and what to say first when it comes to Dennis Hopper, both on screen and off. As an actor he began in the late 50s with small roles in films like Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and numerous TV performances. James Dean was a hero and friend to Hopper. A great way to view Rebel Without A Cause is to watch Hopper’s intense studying of and admiration for Dean on screen in that film. Hopper was witness to so many periods of American culture, a complex masculine figure much like his friend and contemporary Harry Dean Stanton, the whiskey, cigarettes and American highway mythology follows his legacy. This mix scratches the surface of an iconic figure of 20th-century popular culture and a great artist, it is a time capsule with no linear trajectory, bending back and forth across genre and feeling.Coming...
- 5/17/2021
- MUBI
Take a look at "Black Widow" actress Scarlett Johansson posing for "As If" magazine in collaboration with contempo artist David Salle:
"You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out," said Johansson.
"I've always been very competitive, and a part of that is pushing your boundaries - taking a risk and being able to live with the loss that comes with taking a risk. But one of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy. I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim..."
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"You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out," said Johansson.
"I've always been very competitive, and a part of that is pushing your boundaries - taking a risk and being able to live with the loss that comes with taking a risk. But one of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy. I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek 'Black Widow'...
- 12/11/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Scarlett Johansson was put under fire again this week when she made some comments about political correct casting that didn’t go over so well with many people — and they reacted as such on social media.
The Daily Mail published parts of an interview she did with As If magazine. “You know, as an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job,” she was quoted. “I feel like it’s a trend in my business and it needs to happen for various social reasons, yet there are times it does get uncomfortable when it affects the art because I feel art should be free of restrictions.” This led to a severe outcry on social media.
In a statement she gave to Entertainment Weekly, the Avengers: Endgame actress clarified her remarks and said...
The Daily Mail published parts of an interview she did with As If magazine. “You know, as an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job,” she was quoted. “I feel like it’s a trend in my business and it needs to happen for various social reasons, yet there are times it does get uncomfortable when it affects the art because I feel art should be free of restrictions.” This led to a severe outcry on social media.
In a statement she gave to Entertainment Weekly, the Avengers: Endgame actress clarified her remarks and said...
- 7/14/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Scarlett Johansson drew the ire of plenty of fans recently after speaking out against her previous casting controversies. Now, the actress is coming forward and claiming that her comments were taken out of context in order to draw more attention to the interview as a whole.
In her own words:
“An interview that was recently published has been edited for click bait and is widely taken out of context. The question I was answering in my conversation with the contemporary artist, David Salle, was about the confrontation between political correctness and art. I personally feel that, in an ideal world, any actor should be able to play anybody and art, in all forms, should be immune to political correctness. That is the point I was making, albeit didn’t come across that way.
I recognize that in reality, there is a widespread discrepancy amongst my industry that favours Caucasian, cis...
In her own words:
“An interview that was recently published has been edited for click bait and is widely taken out of context. The question I was answering in my conversation with the contemporary artist, David Salle, was about the confrontation between political correctness and art. I personally feel that, in an ideal world, any actor should be able to play anybody and art, in all forms, should be immune to political correctness. That is the point I was making, albeit didn’t come across that way.
I recognize that in reality, there is a widespread discrepancy amongst my industry that favours Caucasian, cis...
- 7/14/2019
- by Evan Lewis
- We Got This Covered
Scarlett Johansson wants to clarify remarks she made in an interview about politically correctness, following fresh controversy. Almost exactly a year ago, the 34-year-old actress pulled out of the movie Rub & Tug, in which she was set to play a transgender character, following criticism from some members of the Lgbt community and allies who believe a transgender performer should get the role. Johansson recently came under fire again following some media coverage of comments she made about political correctness in art in an interview with artist David Salle for As If magazine, published last week. "An interview that was recently published has been edited for click...
- 7/14/2019
- E! Online
Scarlett Johansson is speaking out against the backlash regarding recent comments about politically correct casting.
“An interview that was recently published has been edited for click bait and is widely taken out of context,” the actress said in a statement to Variety, referring to a recent article from the arts and culture publication As If. “The question I was answering in my conversation with the contemporary artist, David Salle, was about the confrontation between political correctness and art.
She clarified her stance, saying, “I personally feel that, in an ideal world, any actor should be able to play anybody and Art, in all forms, should be immune to political correctness. That is the point I was making, albeit didn’t come across that way.”
Johansson also went on to clear up some of the points made during the original interview, noting that not every actor gets the same opportunities as their Caucasian,...
“An interview that was recently published has been edited for click bait and is widely taken out of context,” the actress said in a statement to Variety, referring to a recent article from the arts and culture publication As If. “The question I was answering in my conversation with the contemporary artist, David Salle, was about the confrontation between political correctness and art.
She clarified her stance, saying, “I personally feel that, in an ideal world, any actor should be able to play anybody and Art, in all forms, should be immune to political correctness. That is the point I was making, albeit didn’t come across that way.”
Johansson also went on to clear up some of the points made during the original interview, noting that not every actor gets the same opportunities as their Caucasian,...
- 7/14/2019
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Update: Scarlett Johansson clarified that her controversial comments in an As If interview were “edited for click bait.” “An interview that was recently published has been edited for click bait and is widely taken out of context. The question I was answering in my conversation with the contemporary artist, David Salle, was about the confrontation between political correctness and art,” the actress said in a statement Sunday (via Variety). “I personally feel that, in an ideal world, any actor should be able to play anybody and Art, in all forms,...
- 7/14/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Scarlett Johansson made headlines this weekend over her recent comments about political correctness and casting. The 34-year-old actress discussed the topic during an interview for As If magazine published Thursday. During her interview with artist David Salle, the Black Widow star mentioned how "acting goes through trends." When asked if the industry was seeing any particular trends today, Johansson said there were "certainly trends in casting right now." "Today there's a lot of emphasis and conversation about what acting is and who we want to see represent ourselves on screen," she replied. "The question now is, what is acting anyway?" Discussing the...
- 7/14/2019
- E! Online
Previewing events happening in the next few days: Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days (1995), new work by Péter Forgács and an exhibition curated by Paul Schrader featuring work by Sally Mann and David Salle in New York, Jesse McLean in Los Angeles, four films by Harun Farocki in Barcelona, work by Paul Sharits and Eric Baudelaire in Kassel and a symposium in Vienna on film in the museum with lectures by Nicole Brenez, Jacques Rancière and more. » - David Hudson...
- 11/22/2014
- Keyframe
Previewing events happening in the next few days: Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days (1995), new work by Péter Forgács and an exhibition curated by Paul Schrader featuring work by Sally Mann and David Salle in New York, Jesse McLean in Los Angeles, four films by Harun Farocki in Barcelona, work by Paul Sharits and Eric Baudelaire in Kassel and a symposium in Vienna on film in the museum with lectures by Nicole Brenez, Jacques Rancière and more. » - David Hudson...
- 11/22/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Gina Magid is a Brooklyn-based painter who creates psychologically and visually layered imagery in paint, charcoal, satin, and other materials. She was the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2003 and a McDowell Colony Fellowship in 2004. Magid has had solo exhibitions at Feature Inc., New York; Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles; and Artists Space, New York. Her work has been included in group shows at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York; DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Exit Art, New York; and Greater New York 2005 at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York. Her work is currently at Ana Cristea Gallery, 521 West 26th Street, New York.
Bradley Rubenstein: Growing up on Long Island and being near New York City with all of its museums and galleries, did that have a big effect on you?
Gina Magid:...
Bradley Rubenstein: Growing up on Long Island and being near New York City with all of its museums and galleries, did that have a big effect on you?
Gina Magid:...
- 9/16/2014
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Domenique Lévy and Emmanuel Perrotin have collaborated on presenting a survey of figurative sculptures by Germaine Richier, who Lévy, -- in perhaps, overly bold rhetoric -- claims to have been “the mother of post war sculpture in Europe.” It has been fifty seven years since her first one person show in New York at the Martha Jackson Gallery. Hardly a forgotten figure in France and Europe, during her lifetime she was in five consecutive Venice Biennales, and in recent decades her work has been seen in major surveys of the period: Paris-Paris (1981) at the Centre Pompidou, Aftermath (1982) at the Barbican Art Gallery, Paris Post War (1993) at the Tate Gallery and a retrospective at the Foundation Maeght, Saint-Paul (1996), followed by another at the Academie der Kunst in Berlin (1997). In America, she fell from sight after her untimely death in 1959. The exhibition is on three floors of the two galleries 73th street townhouse.
- 6/6/2014
- by David Carbone
- www.culturecatch.com
Whitney Biennial 2014 Whitney Museum of American Art Through May 25, 2014
"I think of the media as a cannibalistic river… that absorbs everything." Gretchen Bender
"The image is dead. The icon is dead. The painting is dead." Patricia Cronin
"I am a deeply superficial person." Andy Warhol
Fade In
Int. Dining Room/Brant House
Table, Bjarne Melgaard “nude African American female” fiberglass figure chairs, “giant stuffed Pink Panther dolls,” enormous ceramic phalluses.
Hypnotic atmosphere.
Adam Driver, Idris Elba, Ellen Barkin, Heath Ledger, Michael Lee Nirenberg, James Franco, Billy Cyborg, Narrator, [Seven Background/Evening Dresses] stoned on their milk-plus, their feet resting on faces, crotches, lips of the sculptured furniture.
Narrator (V.O.):
“Righty right right,” I say. “So what will it be tonight then?”
Camera Pans Slowly Across Darkened Room [Set Dressing: Vintage Gretchen Bender lighted wall sculptures that flash “Korova,” “Moloko Plus,” and “Moloko Vellocet.”]
Move in slowly to Narrator slumped in chair and:
Narrator (V.O):
Well, there we were: my brothers, that is, me and Billy Cyborg,...
"I think of the media as a cannibalistic river… that absorbs everything." Gretchen Bender
"The image is dead. The icon is dead. The painting is dead." Patricia Cronin
"I am a deeply superficial person." Andy Warhol
Fade In
Int. Dining Room/Brant House
Table, Bjarne Melgaard “nude African American female” fiberglass figure chairs, “giant stuffed Pink Panther dolls,” enormous ceramic phalluses.
Hypnotic atmosphere.
Adam Driver, Idris Elba, Ellen Barkin, Heath Ledger, Michael Lee Nirenberg, James Franco, Billy Cyborg, Narrator, [Seven Background/Evening Dresses] stoned on their milk-plus, their feet resting on faces, crotches, lips of the sculptured furniture.
Narrator (V.O.):
“Righty right right,” I say. “So what will it be tonight then?”
Camera Pans Slowly Across Darkened Room [Set Dressing: Vintage Gretchen Bender lighted wall sculptures that flash “Korova,” “Moloko Plus,” and “Moloko Vellocet.”]
Move in slowly to Narrator slumped in chair and:
Narrator (V.O):
Well, there we were: my brothers, that is, me and Billy Cyborg,...
- 3/14/2014
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Dean Tavoularis was the production designer on the one and only film I worked on, Farewell My Lovely. Aside from Dean, the entire crew from The Godfather was on this film, produced by Elliott Kastner (stepfather of Cassian Elwes and his illustrious brothers), associate produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, with a cameo of the new upcoming heartthrob Sylvester Stallone, and starring truly stellar actors Charlotte Rampling and Robert Mitchum. It's hard to believe that 1975 was 37 years ago!
And now, the 40th Telluride Film Festival (August 29 – September 2, 2013), presented by National Film Preserve Ltd., proudly announces Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis as its 2013 poster artist. Tavoularis will attend the 40th Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend to present his poster design to the public and hold a poster signing for festival guests.
As a student, Dean Tavoularis studied painting and architecture at different art schools and went on to work at Disney Studios as an in-betweener in the animation department where he worked on the 1955 film Lady and the Tramp. He then transitioned to the live-action department where he worked on the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. His career as a production designer began in 1967 when filmmaker Arthur Penn asked him to lead the artistic direction for Bonny And Clyde. Three years later, he and Penn teamed up again on Little Big Man. He began working with Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 on The Godfather, which was the beginning of much collaboration including the latter two films in The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.
Tavoularis has spent the last ten years focusing on his work as a painter. His return to film came in 2012 when he was the production designer on Roman Polanski’s Carnage. He has worked on over thirty films spanning four decades, landing five Academy-Award nominations and one win for The Godfather Part II. Tavoularis lives in Paris and Los Angeles with his wife, actress Aurore Clément.
“We are thrilled Dean agreed to do the poster art for the 40th anniversary,” said Executive Director Julie Huntsinger. “The 40th edition will be a remarkable celebration of Tff’s past and present, and Dean’s work with Telluride is a wonderful parallel. He was a part of Telluride in its very early years when he designed a poster for a Tff celebration called the ‘Spirit of Zoetrope.’ We are excited to have him back and to present his vision for this special year. ”
Tavoularis remarks, “When I was asked by Tom Luddy and Julie Huntsinger if I would design the poster for the 40th Telluride Film Festival, I was first flattered and then thoughtful of being part of the Telluride film history. In my own way I pondered Telluride’s past and in fact all film festivals. Like the word implies, a festival is a fair; people gathering to show their films. It just as well could be their tomatoes. It’s an exchange. I wanted a poster that was simple and joyful, that looked homemade with pure colors in shapes that symbolize a 1:85 screen and an audience. One cannot exist without the other. I am very happy to be a small part of Telluride’s history.”
Dean Tavoularis joins a prestigious list of artists who have shared their talents with Telluride Film Festival. Past poster artists include Ed Ruscha, John Mansfield, Julian Schnabel, Dottie Attie, Doug and Mike Starn, David Lance Goines, Chuck Jones, David Salle, Alexis Smith, Jim Dine, Seymour Chwast, Frederic Amat, Francesco Clemente, Dave McKean, Gary Larson, Chip Kidd, John Canemaker, Mark Stock, Laurie Anderson, William Wegman, Ralph Eggleston, Maira Kalman and Dave Eggers.
To view and download the 40th Telluride Film Festival poster art, visit: here.
40th Telluride Film Festival posters will be available for purchase throughout the five-day Festival or by visiting the Tff website at www.telluridefilmfestival.org.
40th Telluride Film Festival passes are now available here.
40th Anniversary of the Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival is celebrating its 40th Anniversary August 29 – September 2, 2013. To commemorate this special occasion an additional day has been added to the usual four-day Festival, making room for a five-day bounty of special programming and festivities. Passes are now available for purchase here.
About Telluride Film Festival
The prestigious Telluride Film Festival ranks among the world’s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and critics. Tff is considered a major launching ground for the fall season’s most talked-about films. Founded in 1974, Telluride Film Festival, presented in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, is a four-day international educational event celebrating the art of film. Telluride Film Festival’s long-standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great cinema. The exciting schedule, kept secret until Opening Day, consists of over two dozen filmmakers presenting their newest works, special Guest Director programs, three major Tributes to guest artists, special events and remarkable treasures from the past. Telluride Film Festival is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational program. Festival headquarters are in Berkeley, CA.
About Our Sponsors
Telluride Film Festival is supported by Land Rover North America, Turner Classic Movies, Ernst & Young, Film Finances, Audible.com, Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association, Universal Studios, Meyer Sound, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bombardier Business Aircraft, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Américas Film Conservancy, Telluride Foundation, Pine Ridge Vineyards, The London Hotel Group, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Dolby, Telluride Alpine Lodging, Crumpler, ShopKeep Pos, The Hollywood Reporter, Boston Light and Sound, among others.
And now, the 40th Telluride Film Festival (August 29 – September 2, 2013), presented by National Film Preserve Ltd., proudly announces Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis as its 2013 poster artist. Tavoularis will attend the 40th Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend to present his poster design to the public and hold a poster signing for festival guests.
As a student, Dean Tavoularis studied painting and architecture at different art schools and went on to work at Disney Studios as an in-betweener in the animation department where he worked on the 1955 film Lady and the Tramp. He then transitioned to the live-action department where he worked on the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. His career as a production designer began in 1967 when filmmaker Arthur Penn asked him to lead the artistic direction for Bonny And Clyde. Three years later, he and Penn teamed up again on Little Big Man. He began working with Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 on The Godfather, which was the beginning of much collaboration including the latter two films in The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.
Tavoularis has spent the last ten years focusing on his work as a painter. His return to film came in 2012 when he was the production designer on Roman Polanski’s Carnage. He has worked on over thirty films spanning four decades, landing five Academy-Award nominations and one win for The Godfather Part II. Tavoularis lives in Paris and Los Angeles with his wife, actress Aurore Clément.
“We are thrilled Dean agreed to do the poster art for the 40th anniversary,” said Executive Director Julie Huntsinger. “The 40th edition will be a remarkable celebration of Tff’s past and present, and Dean’s work with Telluride is a wonderful parallel. He was a part of Telluride in its very early years when he designed a poster for a Tff celebration called the ‘Spirit of Zoetrope.’ We are excited to have him back and to present his vision for this special year. ”
Tavoularis remarks, “When I was asked by Tom Luddy and Julie Huntsinger if I would design the poster for the 40th Telluride Film Festival, I was first flattered and then thoughtful of being part of the Telluride film history. In my own way I pondered Telluride’s past and in fact all film festivals. Like the word implies, a festival is a fair; people gathering to show their films. It just as well could be their tomatoes. It’s an exchange. I wanted a poster that was simple and joyful, that looked homemade with pure colors in shapes that symbolize a 1:85 screen and an audience. One cannot exist without the other. I am very happy to be a small part of Telluride’s history.”
Dean Tavoularis joins a prestigious list of artists who have shared their talents with Telluride Film Festival. Past poster artists include Ed Ruscha, John Mansfield, Julian Schnabel, Dottie Attie, Doug and Mike Starn, David Lance Goines, Chuck Jones, David Salle, Alexis Smith, Jim Dine, Seymour Chwast, Frederic Amat, Francesco Clemente, Dave McKean, Gary Larson, Chip Kidd, John Canemaker, Mark Stock, Laurie Anderson, William Wegman, Ralph Eggleston, Maira Kalman and Dave Eggers.
To view and download the 40th Telluride Film Festival poster art, visit: here.
40th Telluride Film Festival posters will be available for purchase throughout the five-day Festival or by visiting the Tff website at www.telluridefilmfestival.org.
40th Telluride Film Festival passes are now available here.
40th Anniversary of the Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival is celebrating its 40th Anniversary August 29 – September 2, 2013. To commemorate this special occasion an additional day has been added to the usual four-day Festival, making room for a five-day bounty of special programming and festivities. Passes are now available for purchase here.
About Telluride Film Festival
The prestigious Telluride Film Festival ranks among the world’s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and critics. Tff is considered a major launching ground for the fall season’s most talked-about films. Founded in 1974, Telluride Film Festival, presented in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, is a four-day international educational event celebrating the art of film. Telluride Film Festival’s long-standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great cinema. The exciting schedule, kept secret until Opening Day, consists of over two dozen filmmakers presenting their newest works, special Guest Director programs, three major Tributes to guest artists, special events and remarkable treasures from the past. Telluride Film Festival is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational program. Festival headquarters are in Berkeley, CA.
About Our Sponsors
Telluride Film Festival is supported by Land Rover North America, Turner Classic Movies, Ernst & Young, Film Finances, Audible.com, Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association, Universal Studios, Meyer Sound, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bombardier Business Aircraft, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Américas Film Conservancy, Telluride Foundation, Pine Ridge Vineyards, The London Hotel Group, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Dolby, Telluride Alpine Lodging, Crumpler, ShopKeep Pos, The Hollywood Reporter, Boston Light and Sound, among others.
- 6/3/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Telluride Film Festival chose Dave Eggers as the poster artist for their 39th edition. Feast your eyes on the goods. The writer-editor-publisher-philanthropist will attend the festival (running August 31-September 3), where a reception will be held in his honor. Eggers says he was thrilled to be asked to design the poster; “I decided to make the poster look a bit like the national parks posters from back in the day, and to go with a light, almost washed-out palette. That’s how I think of Colorado in the summer: sun-drenched and with incredible color combinations. From there, it just seemed appropriate to have a bear filming an elk.” Eggers joins the ranks of past poster artists Ed Ruscha, John Mansfield, Julian Schnabel, Dottie Attie, Doug and Mike Starn, David Lance Goines, Chuck Jones, David Salle, Alexis Smith, Jim Dine, Seymour Chwast, Frederic Amat, Francesco Clemente, Dave McKean, Gary Larson, Chip Kidd,...
- 7/9/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
Julie Tersigni: Paintings and Drawings Lolita Bar, 266 Broome Street, NYC May 1 through July 7, 2012
Bradley Rubenstein: You are showing paintings and drawings in your exhibit. Can you give us a little backstory -- where you are from, things like that?
Julie Tersigni: I was born in Akron, Ohio. But I’ve been in N.Y.C. since 1982. It was possible to survive in Manhattan on very little money then! I worked as a model for many artists: Eric Fischl, Audrey Flack, Alex Katz, Robert Kushner, David Salle, Raphael Soyer, to name a few. I was able to see how professional artists work. It made me want to use my own figure as the "ground" of the large collages I was making at the time. My photographer boyfriend took photos of me in poses I thought I could work with. Then I would adhere photocopies of them to the canvas, and paint and draw over them.
Bradley Rubenstein: You are showing paintings and drawings in your exhibit. Can you give us a little backstory -- where you are from, things like that?
Julie Tersigni: I was born in Akron, Ohio. But I’ve been in N.Y.C. since 1982. It was possible to survive in Manhattan on very little money then! I worked as a model for many artists: Eric Fischl, Audrey Flack, Alex Katz, Robert Kushner, David Salle, Raphael Soyer, to name a few. I was able to see how professional artists work. It made me want to use my own figure as the "ground" of the large collages I was making at the time. My photographer boyfriend took photos of me in poses I thought I could work with. Then I would adhere photocopies of them to the canvas, and paint and draw over them.
- 6/1/2012
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Eric Fischl: Portraits Mary Boone Gallery Through March 17, 2012
We are eating lunch at La Mer. Fish tacos, something called Bischon Frise Ceviche, and churros y sea urchins chocolat. There are seven empty bottles of a 1983 Dom Perignon on the table, along with several empty phials of what I thought was cocaine, but wasn't. Spike Lee, David Salle, Winona Ryder, and Trent Reznor are trying to discuss a new Julian Schnabel film, but I can't hear them as Oleander, a model/actress/waitress (my date), keeps interrupting. Alba Clemente (sans Francesco), Gwyneth Paltrow, and Dave Navarro are discussing the new Coldplay CD.
There is silver glitter everywhere, and it keeps blowing into my glass. Outside, past the dry-ice machine, a limo is waiting to pick us up. My screenplay (Mutant Pussy) has mysteriously disappeared, but a Pa has gone to fetch another copy. Juliet, my assistant, is, as usual, in the toilet,...
We are eating lunch at La Mer. Fish tacos, something called Bischon Frise Ceviche, and churros y sea urchins chocolat. There are seven empty bottles of a 1983 Dom Perignon on the table, along with several empty phials of what I thought was cocaine, but wasn't. Spike Lee, David Salle, Winona Ryder, and Trent Reznor are trying to discuss a new Julian Schnabel film, but I can't hear them as Oleander, a model/actress/waitress (my date), keeps interrupting. Alba Clemente (sans Francesco), Gwyneth Paltrow, and Dave Navarro are discussing the new Coldplay CD.
There is silver glitter everywhere, and it keeps blowing into my glass. Outside, past the dry-ice machine, a limo is waiting to pick us up. My screenplay (Mutant Pussy) has mysteriously disappeared, but a Pa has gone to fetch another copy. Juliet, my assistant, is, as usual, in the toilet,...
- 2/28/2012
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Mira Schor is a painter and writer living in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts. She is the author of A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life (Duke University Press) and the blog A Year of Positive Thinking. She is an associate teaching professor in Mfa Fine Arts at Parsons The New School for Design. She is represented by CB1 Gallery in Los Angeles and Marvelli Gallery in New York City where she will have a one-person exhibition in March 2012.
Bradley Rubenstein: You grew up in New York City. Your mother was an artist; your father was an artist; you were exposed to art at an early age, both at home and in the museums. Can you remember when you decided that you were going to be an artist?
Mira Schor: The precise moment was during a 19th-century art history class in college. I...
Bradley Rubenstein: You grew up in New York City. Your mother was an artist; your father was an artist; you were exposed to art at an early age, both at home and in the museums. Can you remember when you decided that you were going to be an artist?
Mira Schor: The precise moment was during a 19th-century art history class in college. I...
- 12/30/2011
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
David Salle: New Paintings Mary Boone Gallery, NYC
It was not that long ago that David Salle seemed to strike a collective nerve with his simulations of paintings: for some, he resurrected Painting; for others he fucked its necrotic corpse. Among critics he was praised for revivifying the art form, along with his colleagues Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl, and vilified by feminist critics for his reified soft-core porn subject matter. Artist and writers such as Peter Halley and Mira Schor drew up highly articulate sides in the battlefields that Salle called paintings.
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It was not that long ago that David Salle seemed to strike a collective nerve with his simulations of paintings: for some, he resurrected Painting; for others he fucked its necrotic corpse. Among critics he was praised for revivifying the art form, along with his colleagues Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl, and vilified by feminist critics for his reified soft-core porn subject matter. Artist and writers such as Peter Halley and Mira Schor drew up highly articulate sides in the battlefields that Salle called paintings.
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- 6/2/2011
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Miral, an adaptation of Rula Jebreal's coming of age story of an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the Arab-Israeli War, has become a hot button film for director Julian Schnabel. When the painter/filmmaker showed the film to the MPAA, he got an R for upsetting images (he was able to have the rating overturned to PG-13). Before showing it at the United Nations this week, he had to first respond to a public letter of protest from the American Jewish Committee. Here, Schnabel discusses his personal awakening to Israel's controversial settlement policy, one he feels has turned Palestinians into second class citizens in the name of security. Deadline: Were any members of the American Jewish Committee at the screening? Schnabel: I asked from the stage and no one responded. I invited them and thought it would be good for them to see it. It was such a beautiful evening,...
- 3/16/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Deborah Kass: More Feel Good Paintings for Feel Bad Times
Paul Kasmin Gallery, NYC
There is a great Roy Lichtenstein painting from the 1960s called "Image Duplicator" that shows a comic book mad scientist with a thought bubble that reads, "What do you know about my Image Duplicator!" Whether this mythical machine ever existed outside the realm of Lichtenstein's imagination is besides the point -- dozens of artist from the '60s through the '90s used image replication and deconstruction as their primary motif, from Jasper Johns and Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol through Sherrie Levine and David Salle and Jeff Koons. Deborah Kass has largely followed this model, with the twist of appropriating the appropriators -- using Warhol's images (already appropriated from newspapers and magazines) and then combining them with Jewish themes and pop icons (e.g. Barbara Streisand in Yentl), giving the works a post-modern, feminist, and political...
Paul Kasmin Gallery, NYC
There is a great Roy Lichtenstein painting from the 1960s called "Image Duplicator" that shows a comic book mad scientist with a thought bubble that reads, "What do you know about my Image Duplicator!" Whether this mythical machine ever existed outside the realm of Lichtenstein's imagination is besides the point -- dozens of artist from the '60s through the '90s used image replication and deconstruction as their primary motif, from Jasper Johns and Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol through Sherrie Levine and David Salle and Jeff Koons. Deborah Kass has largely followed this model, with the twist of appropriating the appropriators -- using Warhol's images (already appropriated from newspapers and magazines) and then combining them with Jewish themes and pop icons (e.g. Barbara Streisand in Yentl), giving the works a post-modern, feminist, and political...
- 10/8/2010
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Renowned contemporary artists from around the world including Jenny Saville, Tracey Emin, and Isaac Julien have responded to an invitation from curator and independent producer Nadja Romain and Jose Martos of Martos Gallery, New York, to appear in a special Art Attack edition of Tank Magazine.
Alongside the usual print run of the magazine, a limited edition of Tank will be issued to be launched on October 12, in aid of Women for Women International; a charity which helps women in areas of conflict to rebuild their lives.
Nadja Romain and Jose Martos who curated the Art Attack collection said “Artists really liked the idea of showing in a magazine format and having the opportunity to support traumatized women in areas of conflict to help them rebuild their lives. We are so grateful to the community of 23 artists; major historical figures including David Salle and Lawrence Weiner, alongside contemporary stars such as Tracey Emin,...
Alongside the usual print run of the magazine, a limited edition of Tank will be issued to be launched on October 12, in aid of Women for Women International; a charity which helps women in areas of conflict to rebuild their lives.
Nadja Romain and Jose Martos who curated the Art Attack collection said “Artists really liked the idea of showing in a magazine format and having the opportunity to support traumatized women in areas of conflict to help them rebuild their lives. We are so grateful to the community of 23 artists; major historical figures including David Salle and Lawrence Weiner, alongside contemporary stars such as Tracey Emin,...
- 10/6/2010
- Look to the Stars
Donna Karan and Ross Bleckner. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Olivia Chantecaille and B. J. Topol.Saturday evening in Southampton, more than 500 movers and shakers turned out in their summer’s finest for the 16th annual Parrish Art Museum Midsummer Party, an event that this year honored philanthropist and mega art collector Beth Rudin DeWoody and celebrated artist Ross Bleckner. Powerhouse artists such as Chuck Close, Eric Fischl, April Gornick, David Salle, Hunt Slonem, Michele Oka-Doner, Dennis Oppenheim, and Keith Sonnier mingled with big-time collectors including Adam Sender, Christoph DeMenil, Jane Holzer, and Jonathan Sobel, while writer Jay McInerney chatted with New York first lady Michelle Paterson. The dinner and after-party raise more than $700,000 for the museum. Sitting at Parrish Art Museum trustee Philip Isles’s table ensured interesting dinner partners. Isles owns one of the most prestigious art collections in New York, so collecting was a popular topic of conversation. Fashion...
- 7/12/2010
- Vanity Fair
Photo (c)Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, all rights reserved. On February 22nd, 1995, Dennis Hopper sat for this portrait. Artist/filmmaker David Salle brought him by the studio. Hopper had just starred in Salle's film, "Search and Destroy." What I remember most about the afternoon was Dennis' extraordinary love for art. As we toured my studio and home, he pointed at each work of art and named the artist, even the most obscure ones. That's a Resnick, that's Taaffe, that's Rick Prol, that's a Joop Sanders, that's Martin Wong, that's Judy Glantzman, that's The Starn Twins, that's Richard Hambleton. Two years ago, I saw Dennis at Cinevegas, the Las Vegas film festival into which Robin and Danny Greenspun had put so much love and energy. One evening, just before a Steve and Elaine Wynn dinner honoring Takashi Murikami, Dennis and I were invited by Wynn to...
- 6/1/2010
- by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- Huffington Post
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