Helen Levitt
Laughing Baby in Carriage, c. 1942
Gelatin silver print
The Whitney Museum of American Art
September 10th, 2016
Tag: september 2016
Fragile
Joseph Cornell
Grand Hotel Bon Port, 1952
Painted wood, paper, photolighographs, glass, coloured pencil, metal hardware
Hoboken, Hudson river, night, mobile camera, reflections
The Whitney, 2016
Behind the glass
September 10th, 2016
Berdie
Double Portrait of Berdie, 1955
Oil, fabricated chalk and charcoal on linen
Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers depicts his mother-in-law who was his primary model at the time, while she was living with Rivers and her daughter in Southampton, New York. Admiration of the artist’s style, brushwork and palette equals my surprise to learn about his relationship with the model. I’m thinking how strange to use your mother-in-law of all people, as a sitter for your nudes.
September 10th, 2016 at the Whitney
Steve
Steve depicts a young man the artist met on the street; a rather cool dude, if I may add.
Steve, 1976
Acrylic and oil on linen
Barkley L. Hendricks
September 10th, 2016 at the Whitney
My Egypt
My Egypt, 1927
Oil, fabricated chalk and graphite pencil on composition board
Charles Demuth
September 10th, 2016 at the Whitney
I got my eyes on you
Spied on from down below.
September 10th, 2016
Becky
Mermaid, by Liz Craft. Bronze, steel, paint.
She was part of the ”Mirror Cells” exhibition at the Whitney. When the exhibition ended on August 21st Becky decided to linger awhile. She loved the attention so much she couldn’t bear the thought of parting from one of Manhattan’s most creatively designed terraces.
September 10th, 2016
Roof Terraces & Water Towers
My fascination with Manhattan’s roof terraces is equal to my admiration of its water towers. There is something incredibly beautiful, nostalgic and lyrical about these round wooden fixtures, I find particularly attractive.
September 10th, 2016
The Standard
7:16pm
Built in 2009 around The High Line, the hotel offers unobstructed views of the City, Hudson river, people visiting restrooms and, scandalously, hot amorous couples showing off through the floor-to-ceiling windows in their rooms, turning unsuspecting passersby into unintended peeping toms.
From where I stand it’s too far to see – or is it?
May be if I waited for the lights to be turned on…
8:45pm
By the way, remember that incident when Solange Knowles lost it and attacked Jay Z in an elevator? That’s were it happened. Fame and Notoriety make good partners, I think as I gaze at life going on behind the windows.
September 7th, 2016
On my way to work
On my way to work one day, I stopped at a traffic light. While waiting, I looked up.
September 9th, 2016
The Humble Fabulist 