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BETWEEN AN ELEGY AND THE MOUNTAINS

MY FATHER'S WORK SHED: PAINTINGS AND POEMS by Bart O’Reilly [Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications, 2022]

Dec 14, 2023 •

November 2023

SIGHT INTO MIND

3-D EXPERIMENTAL VR AND ART PRACTICES: UNTANGLING ANOTHER DIMENSION by Rebecca Hackemann, Ph.D. Bristol UK & Chicago, USA: Intellect Books, 2023

Nov 25, 2023 •

November 2022

ALSO A DAUGHTER

"Also A Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me" by Ada Calhoun | Grove Press, New York, 2022

Nov 10, 2022 •

October 2022

THE POET UNMASKED

No Mask No Talk, The Corona Poems 2020-2021 by Eve Packer | Autonomedia, 2021 I searched out, and found, this new book by Eve Packer because I w…

Oct 1, 2022 •

June 2021

Andre Dubus: The Power of the Ordinary

Jun 2, 2021 •

December 2014

"100 Paintings: An Artist's Life in New York City" by Rob Mango

The memoir of the artist is often considered to be a compelling story. For those who are interested in the private lives of cultural figures…

Dec 22, 2014 •

August 2014

READING (ABOUT) ART

I find the experience of reading a really good book on an artist or art subject nearly as satisfying as the art event itself. Perhaps better in the…

Aug 10, 2014 •

July 2014

BOOK VIEW: JERRY IN THE BARDO: POEMS by Tsaurah Litzky | NightBallet Press, Elyria, Ohio, 2014

Jul 16, 2014 •

December 2009

Arshile Gorky at the Philadelphia Museum of Art | Review by Eliot Markell

Gorky is one of those well known artists whose work we think we know, but this retrospective is a like finding an open diary. All sorts of intimate…

Dec 12, 2009 •

7 Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton | Review by Eliot Markell

by Eliot Markell Hi Joel, Thanks again for sending me the hardcover edition of Seven Days in the Art World, I think. Truly the most irritating piece of…

Dec 3, 2009 •

September 2009

THE BUSHWICK BIENNIAL | Review by David Gibson

The constant flowering of bohemia is not a construct of advertising, nor of the whims of a dozen infamous gallerists. It is the generational engine of…

Sep 3, 2009 •

February 2009

Erik Guzman at The Front Room Gallery | Review by David Gibson

Every artist these days has more than a simple aesthetic, they have their own mythology to promulgate. It’s as if they want to present their art work…

Feb 3, 2009 •

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