Jan

17

Life In Black And White.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The exhibit of artwork by Jeanette Martone at the Sarratt Art Galley on the Vanderbilt University campus is a beautiful testament to the “common linkage found in our humanity” which, as she says in her artist’s statement, “inspires the foundation of” her work. Simple black and white drawings of people, mostly from the Dominican Republic [...]

Oct

3

Costumes!

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 3, 2007 | 1 Comment

There’s a down town fairy singing out “Proud Mary”
as she cruises Christopher Street,
And some Southern Queen is acting loud and mean
where the docks and the Badlands meet.
This Halloween is something to be sure
Especially to be here without you.
-Lou Reed

Don’t feed the plants!
I’ve always enjoyed costumes. In recent years I’ve been a gargoyle, Seymour [...]

Sep

24

Book ‘Em: You Say You Want A Revolution.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Before she was known for directing the stage production of Disney’s The Lion King, Julie Taymor was known for her work with experimental theater, particularly puppets. Naturally she was known to a much smaller crowd; no doubt when she was asked to stage The Lion King a lot of people scratched their heads and said, [...]

Aug

15

The Eyes Have It.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

An exhibit currently on display through October 7th, 2007, at the Frist Center For The Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, features the work of ceramic artist and Nashville resident Sylvia Hyman. This is also the year Hyman turns ninety, but she’s still going strong, producing new work, and has, for several years, been producing extraordinary [...]

Jun

27

Palaeolithic Genius.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

June 27, 2007 | 1 Comment

The elders would test him
beyond doubt & blood. Mica
lit the false skies where
stalactite dripped perfection
into granite. He fingered
icons sunlight & anatase
never touched.
–Yusef Komunyakaa, “Memory Cave”
Scientists at the University of Tubingen are excited about the recent discovery of a tiny (less than two inches) mammoth figurine found in Southwestern Germany. After 35,000 years [...]

Jun

11

Book ‘Em: Don’t Know Much About Art…

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

June 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Scandals, vandals, and Da Vincis : a gallery of remarkable art tales
By Harvey Rachlin
(Penguin Books, 2007)
Sometimes as you’re walking through a museum you probably often think, “What makes this picture interesting or special? What’s the story behind it?” Harvey [...]

May

25

Bucket Of Money (Part 2)

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Art imitates death.
When I said that Roger Corman’s film A Bucket Of Blood made art history, I wasn’t joking or trying to be facetious. It is easily the best of Corman’s films, and if that seems like setting the bar low, bear in mind that Corman gave early assistance to some of Hollywood’s biggest [...]

Feb

21

Dancing About Art.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

February 21, 2007 | 4 Comments

In an interview, Elvis Costello once said, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it’s a really stupid thing to want to do.” Actually I’m not so sure about that. I’d love to see some dancing about, say, I.M. Pei’s pyramid in front of the Louvre, or even some of Frank Lloyd Wright’s [...]

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