What’s Bluer Than Blue?

What’s Bluer Than Blue?

For as long as pigments have been made and ground up the rule of thumb has been, the farther along the visual spectrum you go the harder and more expensive it gets to create that color. Blue has had a double hit to it’s reputation in that the best solutions to...

Tuesday’s Video Pick | 11.24.09

I feel like I am one of the only people that did not grow up on Sesame Street. So, there is not much nostalgia when it comes to this week’s video pick of Philip Glass for for the famed television show. If you are interested in minimalist inspired Muppet themed...
Museum Exhibitions and The Book

Museum Exhibitions and The Book

I’m fascinated (alas, only from afar) by the Louvre’s Special Guest program and in particular with its use of acclaimed novelists as guest curators. (I’ve posted on this program before, here). The Louvre has featured Toni Morrison in this capacity in...
Top 5 Picks (11/20-11/22)

Top 5 Picks (11/20-11/22)

Hey ya’ll. There are quite a few shows I’m interested in the weekend, not all of which are getting dropped into the Top 5, but which still bear a mention: Bob Jones at 65 Grand, Ann and Maria Ponce at Packer Schopf, Joe Hardesty at Western Exhibitions,...
e-flux/journal #10

e-flux/journal #10

The new issue of e-flux/journal is up online and I am giddy over it. This is their tenth episode as the journal, which makes it nearly a year old, as they publish monthly. Though the journal is a relatively new application of the e-flux program, e-flux.com has been...
Review: “Spirit” by Henry Roy

Review: “Spirit” by Henry Roy

Henry Roy’s Spirit seems to live even as it lay open on my kitchen table. The cover image depicts a sleeping man in breathtaking color. The man’s rich, dark skin and the green of a plant in the background pop against the amorphous beige interior that...