a metaphor for manhattan . . .

the opening exhibit for the smithsonian’s national museum for design was entitled, “MAN trans FORMS”. when the cooper hewitt museum opened in october 1976
in the former andrew carnegie mansion, dianne pilgrim and her crew had invited, among others, oswald mathias ungers to give a direction for what this institution could be. ungers used visual examples […]

pattern: variations on a theme in red & white . . .

i would encourage you to go and see infinite variety. it’s a special
free exhibit from the american folk art museum of 650 red & whites
quilts that span 300 years, on loan from joanna rose’s collection. this
rather unique exhibit is only up until this wednesday, the 30th of march,
between 66th & 67th streets and park avenue: […]

hank de ricco’s sculpture in the snow & otherwise

david weinrib’s notes* about hank de ricco’s 27 pole piece:
think totem poles . . .
think brancusi . . .
think david smith forged shaft series . . .
walter de maria lighting field project . . .
out west & west . . .
broadway dia centimeters room . . .
one hundred buddhas in kyoto . . .
arlington […]

x-mess photo from fire island girl . . .

today is the fourth sunday of advent and let us not forget that popular culture
has made much of the inclusion of nikolaos the wonderworker (*greek:
nikolaos o thaumaturgos) and his feastday of december 6th. saint nicholas
(model for santa claus, whose modern name comes from the dutch word, sinterklaas) is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, […]

walking the earth . . .

people put their foot to the ground everyday without even thinking about it or being consciously aware of what’s happening; the behavior that we call walking can also be described as a physical repetitive motion of a body falling forward. usually people are wearing some sort of boot, shoe or sandal and if their inside, […]

art & design books . . .

wonderful art & design books for the * five senses at the new york art at book fair at moma’s ps 1 in queens, this past weekend, november, 5th through 7th. philip aarons, of printed matter, said, “the new york art book fair is the premiere venue to find what’s new in art publishing. while […]

mm roadtrip & philip johnson’s glass house . . .

making meaning was able to pilgrimage from brooklyn to new canaan connecticut, on two occasions (october 22nd & 23rd) to see philip johnson’s estate with it’s cultivated menagerie of architectural splendor. for more information on how to visit philip johnson’s 47 acre, 50 year diary of architectural interpretation, please see the following link: philip […]

melancholy mysteriously constrained, yet rich with implications: photography by bernhard fuchs

i would encourage you to see the current exhibit of photography by bernhard fuchs entitled, autos, at jack hanley’s gallery at 136 watts street, tribeca, before it closes on saturday, october 2nd 2010. included below are also two other of fuchs’ recent publications: streets & paths as well as portrait photography . . .

storm king turns fifty & making meaning turns five . . .

on saturday september 11th, at beginning of autumn semester at pratt and the fifth year of making meaning, we went to storm king art center, which happens to be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary . . . the weather couldn’t have been better for our all day excursion in the hudson river valley, what a wonderful […]

neil was right, rust never sleeps . . .

rust never sleeps is the name of an album released in 1979 by neil young &
crazy horse, and recorded live at san francisco’s cow palace. neil was right* . . .

cowgirl In the sand
*hello ruby in the dust, has your band begun to rust.
cowgirl in the sand, neil young . . […]