Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in January 2013 If you’re reading this, then the world didn’t come to an end on December 21, 2012. But was that…
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2013: We Have Well Arrived
Articles
Sociopolitical Art: Ai Weiwei retrospective in Washington D.C.
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in December 2012 “Liberty is about our rights to question everything.” — Ai Weiwei In early 2011, the artist Ai Weiwei was arrested…
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Flea Market Find turned Stolen Goods: The adventures of a Renoir painting
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in November 2012 Treasures are found in the strangest and most unexpected of places, sometimes in our own backyard. That’s what a…
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Francis Picabia’s “I Am A Beautiful Monster” released by The MIT Press
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in October 2012 Picabia has destroyed “beauty” and built his work with the leftovers. —Tristan Tzara A self-declared poet, painter, idiot, failure,…
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Remembering Gore Vidal
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in September 2012 Gore Vidal died on July 31, 2012. Since then, much has been written about him. Some retold the story…
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Man Ray and Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism at the Legion of Honor
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in August 2012 I told him boldly that I was his new student. He said he didn’t take students, and anyway he…
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Cindy Sherman retrospective comes to the SF MOMA
Originally published in the July 2012 Marina Times San Francisco “I feel I’m anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren’t self-portraits….
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The Meridian Gallery’s “The Painted Word”
Originally published in the July 2012 edition of the Marina Times San Francisco “The Painted Word” features artworks by 80 writers and poets of the San Francisco Renaissance and Beat…
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