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You are invited to comment on these postings by either becoming a 'Follower' or by sending Polly an email at pollytalknyc@gmail.com.Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.comBlogger491125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-41475488529758249132020-10-04T10:09:00.001-07:002020-10-04T10:12:10.978-07:00LOVE IN ACTION By Polly Guerin<div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_tcKKvg679evb_2no1mSYAZ4D1xXYgyrJHg0kPYi57eGom7Si-ERApS4TReDaGDKkKm1i75DEa-6CWYZHozL8zK4iS2wQLrlSgrPODezMpjevM2a4hS1-v7PkRm1LvLj7CNGzwrThVdB/s640/monkimage.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_tcKKvg679evb_2no1mSYAZ4D1xXYgyrJHg0kPYi57eGom7Si-ERApS4TReDaGDKkKm1i75DEa-6CWYZHozL8zK4iS2wQLrlSgrPODezMpjevM2a4hS1-v7PkRm1LvLj7CNGzwrThVdB/s320/monkimage.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b><i><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div>Love goes deeper than the heart</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Even before dreaming, let's start</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>To smile a little more each day</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Dispel gloom, cheer on and say</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>"Hello" to everyone you meet</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Your message, so kind so sweet</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Treat others with unexpected kindness</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Lend a helping had to other's blindness</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Silently bless a passerby's transgression</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Pardon their rudeness and did I mention</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Anticipate need before it is requested</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Put out your arm, help and elder guest</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Share love in a ripple effect it spreads</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>More love to love from love instead</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Send loving energy into this world, I beg</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>The power of love brings peace instead</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Put love in action every minute today</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Capture love's rich reward I pray </i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Share good new and like spun gold</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Everyone's life enriched is foretold</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-26130001778154752522020-10-01T09:00:00.000-07:002020-10-01T09:00:12.002-07:00DAVID HOCKNEY: DRAWINNGS FROM LIFE at The Morgan: Review By Polly Guerin<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxayTHkuhp4TVZyODliI8OXvUsBPEBqXw7cSrIxPjZwmeuq8NsaBPO0BJf1WR9jqJO1dCIvPSj5-ac8eTjhinR8PRRMEfdN1QB61AqYeRIo2eDx9QK3DA-kZQaJede70p6xbpAbzWEgg1/s600/hockney-crop_t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p></p>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-8820477901935986042020-09-09T11:11:00.000-07:002020-09-09T11:11:15.723-07:00CALL and RESPONSE: BETYE SAAR EXHIBIT at THE MORGAN<p> <b><i> </i></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-zhyphenhyphenzB2ariL19ebtfyBeh_Z4_9jQaMqgUIzOdWiO5N2XiJoTRLZqrJ8G0lCdYm02r8JwRvYWKCPbMR0m_NHpNzFpO5QPHpkvaJ-r6v-97wXkkzG3b7FE108e_dktt4Y2b1TvNKLH8xuD/s502/Betye-Saar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="475" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-zhyphenhyphenzB2ariL19ebtfyBeh_Z4_9jQaMqgUIzOdWiO5N2XiJoTRLZqrJ8G0lCdYm02r8JwRvYWKCPbMR0m_NHpNzFpO5QPHpkvaJ-r6v-97wXkkzG3b7FE108e_dktt4Y2b1TvNKLH8xuD/s320/Betye-Saar.jpg" /></a><b><i><br /><br /></i></b><b style="font-style: italic;"><i>nd in the in the world of contemporary art. An African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage, Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished print maker. She is known best for her incisive collages and assemblage sculptures that confront and reclaim racist images.</i></b></p>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-64564296537277462102020-08-12T10:41:00.001-07:002020-08-12T11:07:54.246-07:00DAYTRIPPING TO THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: By Polly Guerin<p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvkXOQWbCyHzhkab-TXw7Y3vHadQKfJWZ11kCoVwFsTZRiRFcKsanlsoFCeFw6YK4B3NdXNZDrRI5kWYy8jGCKAYBAb-FjTxe9vYa1pdSM9PyUEiabMiueNImuXiI2I_Abi9Rz11_MDkj/s640/MCO-PANO0007_16.9-scaled.jpg" width="640" /></i></b></div><b><i>As New York City slowly opens up people anxious to get out, after months of guarrantine, need only Day Trip it to The New York Botanical Garden, to reconnect with nature. The reopening of Outdoor Gardens and Collections marks a welcome general oublic. The best way to get there is by public transportation and Metro North where 250 acres and one million plants await your pleasure to experience nature in all its glory. New safety protocols in accordance with State of New York requirements wearing masks and social distancing. As the great outdoor adventurer John Burroughs wrote "I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses in order." NYBG is an urban oasis and integral part of he cultural fabri of New York City, located in the Bronx. The verdant landscape currently features a trove of vibrant daylilies, hydrangeas, water lilies, and lotuses among its one million plants. Take a leisurely stroll waking paths and trails that crisscross the Garden providing moments of discovery through nature. As the French painter wrote "There are always flowers for those who want to see them." The reopened gardens, outdoo collections and natural features include the Native Plant Garden with its meadow , woodland promenade and centerpiece water feature, Bronx River with its waterfall which runs through the 50-acre Train family forest, layered and colorful patterns and plant group-ings of the Perennial and Herb Gardens, lushly shaded Chilton Azalea Garden, the award-winning Rockefeller Rose Garden, tropical and aquatic plant-filled Conservatory Courtyards and Pools, and so much more to enchant you and soothe your eyes by the glorious colors that have so much significance. As the color therapist's say: Red for life itself, green for healing, blue for spiritual growth, yellow for happiness and sunshine to name a few that remind us that the colors in nature are the perfect tonic to restore one's pent up feelings. As Albert Einstein wrote "Look deep into nature nd then you will understand everything." The reopening incorporates enhanced safey measures including staff and visitors over the age of two to wear face coverings and obseerve social distancing pratices; rewuiring time-entry tickets purchased in advance which will promote social distancing and mitigate the risk of crowding in high-traffic areas. TO RESERVE TIMED TICKETS IN ADVANCE visit the NYBG website nybg.org. Visitor Amenities include: Pine tree Cafe (10 a.m-6p.m, limited menu and outdoor seating) Hudson Gardeb Grill Terrace (12-5 pm; snacks and refreshments, including water, and beer. The Clay Family Picnic Pavillion. Please check the NYBG websute for a ccmplete list. THE NEW YOK BOTANICAL GARDEN IS LOCATED AT 2900 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, bRONX, New York 10458. Visit nybg.org.</i></b><b><i> </i></b><p></p><p><b><i> </i></b><b><i> </i></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></b></p>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-46226603979651343522020-08-05T09:23:00.004-07:002020-08-05T09:38:06.171-07:00HOPE WANTED Exhibit at NYHS By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<b><i>As New York City slowly gets back on track, the New York Historical Society is the first museum to </i></b><b><i>reopen on August 14 with an outdoor exhibit, HOPE WANTED NEW YORK CITY UNDER QUARANINE. As the title indicates, the exhibit takes a look back at New York City's traumatic and recent past, its people and environments. Treating the quarantine of New York City as history </i></b><b><i>the New York Historical Society presents images and interviews </i></b><b><i>relating to the lockdown as early as April of this year.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Installed in the museum's rear courtyard located at West 76th Street between Central Park </i></b><b><i>West and Columbus Avenue, the exhibition also includes a quiet seating area, surrounded by plants where visitors can record their own experiences of the pandemic in an open aided story booth. These oral histories will be archived by the New York Historical Society. </i></b><br />
<b><i> Admission to HOPE WANTED is FREE, but access is limited, and face masks are required for</i></b><br />
<b><i>entry, with social distancing enforced through time entry tickets and on-site safety measures. Tickets are available online at <span style="color: red;">nyhistory,org/hopewanted.</span> The exhibition will be open on Thursdays </i></b><b><i>11 am-5pm for visitors 65+ and to the general public on Fridays from 10 am - 8 pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am-5pm. Audio interviews are accessible to visitors though their cell phones, and exhibition text and audio are offered in both English and Spanish.</i></b><br />
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"Hope Wanted" is a joint project between writer and human rights activist Kevin Powell and photographer Kay Hickman. At the height of the quarantine they spent and intensive two days, April 8-9, traveling the five boroughs to interview and take photos of ordinary New Yorkers living during an extraordinary </i></b><b><i>time of quarantine in New York City.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Hickman's empathetic photographs of people and their neighborhoods across all five boroughs and Powell's searching interviews capture both the tragedy of the pandemic as well as the remarkable resilience of New Yorkers---like "Mama Tanya" Fields, an activist and urban famer whose whole family contracted coronavirus, pictured smiling with her six children in the hallway in her Bronx home and photographed on their balcony and in the middle of the street in Queens, </i></b><b><i>Mark Zustovich and Melton Sawyer shar that "self-care has taken anew meaning for us in this </i></b><b><i>era of COVID-19. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>"I'm honored to be part of such a historic exhibit featuring more than 50 of my photographs," said Kay Hickman. "This will be my most important exhibit to date. In documenting the City at the height of the COVID pandemic you see a rare glimpse of grim and deserted streets, both though Kevin Powell's 12 audio interviews you also get a sense of hope. In viewing </i></b><b><i>this exhibit it is my hope that there is a sense of healing." </i></b><b><i>Kevin Powell is a poet, author and </i></b><b><i>a </i></b><b><i>human rights activist and Kay Hickman is a documentary </i></b><b><i>photographer and visionary artist. The exhibition is on views from August 14 to November 29, 2020.</i></b><br />
<b><i> "Our goal with HOPE WANTED is to honor and celebrate the strength of New Yorkers," said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of New York Historical. "We hope this exhibition can offer our visitors a moment of solace to reflect on what they and the city as a whole have experienced in recent months and to better understand this moment in time. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to the New York Historical Society."</i></b><br />
<b><i> HOPE WANTED is part of All in NYC, Public Art Exhibition, showcasing dozens of programs across the city, and initiative launched by NYC and Company. The New York Historical Society is </i></b><b><i>located at 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street) New York, NY 10024. Follow the museum on social media at @nyhistory on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Tumblr</i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-28656320456407703332020-08-02T15:18:00.001-07:002020-08-02T15:21:20.918-07:00Serenity in GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: By Polly Guerin<b><i>Serenity in a Cemetery? You may have reason to consider that question, but let me remind you</i></b><br />
<b><i>that within the wrought iron walls of American cemeteries, beneath the oak trees and glorious tombs here you will find a sacred space to escape the cacophony of the city. </i></b><br />
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While some people came, as the earliest did, to honor the deceased, individuals of the still-</i></b><b><i>breathing sort gathered </i></b><b><i>in the cool comfort of a cemetery, to rest, read and even picnic in peace. During the 19th century and especially in its later years, snacking in cemeteries, beneath the shade of oak trees and tombs happened across the United States. Since many of the towns lacked proper recreational areas, many people even had full-blown picnics in their local cemeteries. The tombstone laden </i></b><b><i>fields were the closet thing, then, to modern day public parks. Of special note, </i></b><b><i>Green-Wood's popularity helped to inspire the creation of public parks, including New York City's </i></b><b><i>Central and Prospect parks.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Like the Victorians, though picnics are not encouraged, today we can find sanctuary in a cemetery for these places offer sacred spaces where one can find serene serenity and only the gentle wind will caress your face. Although I am writing about Green-Wood Cemetery, </i></b><b><i>just about any park-like cemetery with magnificent ancient trees, winding paths and wild flowers might be more convenient</i></b><b><i>, </i></b><b><i>because Green-Wood Cemetery is located in Brooklyn, New York. </i></b><br />
<b><i> Wherever your destination for contemplation or meditation, I suggest that like any other outdoor excursion, that you bring a bottle of water. </i></b><b><i> In some instances you may find a bench which may at one time welcomed the bereaved and now may</i></b><b><i> serve to accommodate your visit. So sit down and center yourself and release the cares of the day that </i></b><b><i>are shouldering your thoughts and weighting you down. Breathe in the clean un-polluted air and </i></b><b><i>clear your mind for a refreshing meditation that releases you from the mind wrenching grip of the city.</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i> </i></b><br />
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There is no more peaceful place than a cemetery and Green-Wood with its 478 spectacular </i></b><b><i>acres of hills, valleys, glacial ponds and winding paths provide one of the most sacred and serene </i></b><b><i>areas in which to sit down and contemplate, restore one's</i></b><br />
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<b><i> And you will be in good company, too. Among the permanent notables are baseball legends, politicians, artists, entertainers and inventors. Leonard Bernstein. Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose </i></b><b><i>stained glass adorns many tombs, the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat rests there as do many other </i></b><b><i>celebrities of stage and screen and prominent families including the Roosevelts.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Green-Wood's spectacular acres of hills, valleys, glacial ponds and paths presents four seasons of beauty from century and a half old trees and the largest outdoor collections of 19th and 20th-century statuary and mausoleums.</i></b><br />
<b><i> You will be in good company among the permanent residents who will not disturb your</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Although the focus of this feature is Green-Wood with its sacred spaces there is first time news that is rather exciting. Over its nearly two-century history Green-Wood has served as inspiration for countless </i></b><b><i>artists--from musicians, to poets, to painters. Quite recently they announced their first ever</i></b><br />
<b><i>ARTIST-in-RESIDENCE PROGRAM. One artist will have the opportunity to create in Green-Wo0d's </i></b><b><i>Fort Hamilton Gatehouse, using </i></b><b><i>Green-Wood's landmarked cemetery as their muse.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Applications remain open through September 2. 2020. It's an extraordinary opportunity for emerging or mid-career artists in the visual or performing arts. The nine-month residency will run from January through September2021. The selected artist will be provided with a $7,500 honorarium, a private studio space in the Gatehouse, and access to the cemetery's professional staff and archives, and historical collections. For further information please contact: </i></b><b><i>artistinresidence@green-wood.com. </i></b><br />
<b><i> In conclusion: Green-Wood Cemetery is located at 500 25th St., Brooklyn, NY 11232, www.green-wood.com. It is a NYC National Landmark and is listed in the National</i></b><br />
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<b><i> </i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-10476085885941039902020-03-11T10:25:00.001-07:002020-03-11T10:43:52.277-07:00STUDIO 54: NIGHT MAGIC at The Brooklyn Museum: Review By Polly Guerin<div>
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<b><i>The first exhibition to trace the groundbreaking artistic achievements and social politics of the </i></b></div>
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<b><i>historic nightclub Studio 54 takes center stage in the NIGHT MAGIC: STUDIO 54 exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum through July 5, 2020.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>With its lasting influence on nightclub design, cinema and fashion STUDIO 54 remains a nostalgic </i></b><b><i>reminder of the revolutionary creativity, expressive freedom, and sexual liberation celebrated </i></b><b><i>at the world-renowned nightclub. You can be there vicariously viewing over 650 objects ranging from fashion photography, drawings, and film to stage sets and music. Behind the velvet rope, partygoers of all backgrounds and lifestyles could come together for radiant nights of music, dazzling lights, and the popular song and dance, "The Hustle." Image: </i></b><b><i>Bianca Jagger </i></b><b><i>riding a white horse at Studio 54. Photographer Rose Hartman. </i></b><br />
<b><i> LOCATION/LOCATION: Set in a former opera house in Midtown Manhattan, with the stage innovatively re-envisioned as a dance floor, Studio 54 became a space of sexual, gender, and creative liberation, where every patron could feel like a star.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Studio 54's cutting edge décor and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems set it apart from other nightclubs of the time, attracting artists, fashion designers, musicians, celebrities whose visits were vividly chronicled by notable photographers.</i></b><b><i> </i></b><br />
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<b><i>The Brooklyn Museum presentation which takes cues from Studio 54's famed interior design, presents the nearly 650 objects drawn from both the Museum's collection and Studio 54 cofounder Ian Schager's personal collection. Featuring fashion photography, film, original blueprints, music and never-before-exhibited costume illustrations, set proposals, and designs, STUDIO 54: NIGHT MAGIC documents the 33 months that the club was open, and the talented stage and lighting designs, DJs, artists, fashion designers, and who brought the iconic showplace to life. Image: A party reveler in costume.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Although it was open for only three years---April 26, 1977 to February 2, 1980---Studio 54 was arguably the most iconic nightclub to emerge in the twentieth century. Set in a former opera house in Midtown Manhattan with the stage innovatively re-envisioned as a dance floor, Studio 54 became a space to be seen and to mingle among the multiple personalities of stage, screen and celebrity. STUDIO 54 has come to represent the visual height of disco-era America: glamorous people in glamorous fashions, surrounding by gleaming lights and glitter dancing the night into dawn away in a magical night. </i></b><br />
<b><i> STUDIO 54 was founded in 1977 by Brooklyn-born entrepreneurs Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, who met while students at Syracuse University. They had dreams of opening of opening a nightclub in in the center of New York City, where roller-skating rings, Black and Latinx dance culture, and gary underground were gaining popularity. </i></b><b><i> </i></b><br />
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<b><i>From the moment STUDIO 54 opened, its cutting-edge décor and state-of-the-art sound system and lights set it apart from other clubs at the time, attracting the fashion intelligentsia, musicians and celebrities to bask in its limelight. Celebrities including Andy Jackson, Bianca Jagger, Cher, Elizabeth Taylor, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minelli, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Truman Capote. Singers Grace Jones, Diana Ross, and Donna Summer all performed </i></b><b><i>at Studio 54. Fashion designers Stephen Burrows, Diane von Furstenberg, Halston, Norma Kamali, KENZO, Calvin Klein, Issey Myaki, Claude Montana, Zandra Rhodes, Yves Saint Laurent, Fernando Sanchez, and Georgio</i></b><br />
<b><i>Sant'Angelo were frequently present. Image: Celebrity visitors: Jerry Hall, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry, Truman Capote, and Paloma Picasso at Studio 54 in New York City. Photo: Getty Images.</i></b><br />
<b><i> The design of th exhibition itself is inspired by SUDIO 54's original lighting and features innovative sets and audio elements that highlight the popular music and film of the era---including chart-topping songs like "Le Freak" famously written after the band Chic was denied entry to the nightclub's 1977 New Year's eve party, and "I Will Survive," Gloria Gaynor's B side that became an anthem after it was championed by Studio 54 DJ Richie Kaczor. <span style="color: red;">STUDIO 54 IS A TIMED TICKET EXHIBIITON.</span> The Brooklyn Museum, 290 Eastern Parkway. 718-638-5000. 8www.brooklynmuseum.org.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Ta Ta Darlings! Let's wear some outrageous outfit and trip over to the Brooklyn Museum</i></b><br />
<b><i>where vicarious thrills of a bygone era will ignite STUDIO 54: NIGHT MAGIC once again.</i></b><br />
<b><i>Fan mail welcome email pollytalknyc@gmail.com </i></b></div>
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<b><i>Color is around us, shaping our emotions, our actions and our surroundings yet, we pass through each day unaware of the great impact color has on all aspects of our lives and the living species in nature.</i></b><br />
<b><i> . THE NATURE OF COLOR, which opens today at The American Museum of Natural History, simutaneously celebrates its 150th anniversary. The museum demystifies the meaning </i></b><b><i>and influence of color , with a new interactive exhibition that lets visitors explore the role and the power ot color in the natural world, in human </i></b><b><i>cultures, and in our personal lives. It's vibrant, it's entertaining, and answers questions that stir up our emotions as we learn: Why do colors make us happy, while others make us, well blue? How did pink come to be associated with femininity in Western culture and blue become America's favorite color? This fun, family-friendly exhibition resonates with all the child-like wonder of discovery. It is immersed in color themes with models, cultural objects, </i></b><b><i>interactive exhibits that invite visitors to play, experiment and explore the science of color, how colors make us feel, and how plants and animal use color to help them survive and reproduce. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>FEELING COLOR: Color affects our mood, our perceptions and our behavior. The color red for example may elicit emotions and dramatic behavior, red correction ink may be negative but a stunning red gown by American fashion designer, Brandon Maxwell introduces </i></b><b><i>a dramatic, entrance-making statement. The dress was the finale in Maxwell's Fall -Winter 2020 show, which was hosted by the Museum during New York Fashion week in February COLOR IN NATURE Visitors will be able to see an example of camouflage in the Nature of Color with live leaf-tailed geckoes, which evolved to</i></b><br />
<b><i>blend with dried leaves and tree bark. Color is just as important in the plant world, where pollinators get cues on which flowers to visits based on the color. Humminbirds, for example, prefer red flowers, bees are attracted to blue, moths seek white and other light-colored blossoms, and flies are drawn to dark flowers. PHYSICS OF COLOR explores the physics of color in an immersive color-changing room and a ight lab with hands-on activities to discover that white light is actually a mixture of colors, play a video interactive---on kiosks or from their mobile devices---that examine how colors affect</i></b> <b><i>emotions and "paint" without the mess in a floor to ceiling color play interactive just by moving</i></b><br />
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<b><i>FEELING COLOR; Colors affect our mood, our perceptions, even our behavior. There is plenty of evidence that colors inspire deep feelings in almost everyone. For this reason</i></b><br />
<b><i>marketers choose colors carefully, as consumers often make up their minds based on color alone. An example, BLUE is the most popular color for corporate logos, as this color is often </i></b><b><i>associated with trustworthiness and competence. In this section visitors will explore the different feelings colors can evoke by arranging colored tiles to create pleasing or clashing combinations and share their personal reactions to colors on a big screen. MAKING COLOR: The Nature of Color explores the rich history of BLUE PIGMENTS in particular, with objects from the Museum's anthropological collection and an interactive that will demonstrate the process of dying indigo fabric. Natural indigo has been used o create some of the blue hues of Japanese artwork, African textiles, and the first blue jeans. </i></b><br />
<b><i> Ta Ta Darlings. THE NATURE OF COLOR resonates with interest for everyone with exploration and entertainment whilst demystifying the colors in our daily life. Fan mail always</i></b><br />
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<b><i>The designer and architect Eileen Gray, whose highly original and daring designs anticipated many of today's modern design, receives </i></b><b><i>due homage at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery</i></b><b><i>, located at 18 West 86th Street on view through July 12, 2020.</i></b><br />
<b><i> This is the first in-depth exhibition in the United States to examine her total oeuvre with</i></b><br />
<b><i>200 works, including never before exhibited furniture, lacquer works, architectural drawings and archival material. Gray's long and distinguished career began in the early 1900s and</i></b> <b><i>continued until her death in 1976. On view are rarely seen architectural drawings and photographs of Gray's most famous house, E 1027, and other architectural projects. EILEEN GRAY was a pioneer in modern design and architecture, and one of the few women to practice professionally in those fields before WWII. Although she was born into a distinguished household in Ireland Gray remained steadfast to her creativity at first in London and later in Paris. By 1910 Gray and fellow schoolmate Evelyn Wyld, established a workshop to produce carpets and wall hangings. Gray's interest in Japanese lacquer forged an alliance with Japanese craftsman Seizo Sugawara with whom she formed a successful partnership, and Gray's lacquer screens attest to her achievement as a superb lacquer artist. </i></b><br />
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In 1922 she opened in Paris, Galerie Jean Desert, at 217, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honore, where she sold furniture and rugs. Distinguished luminaries of the day including James Joyce, Ezra Pound and Elsa Schiaparelli were among her customers. The Galerie also served as an exhibition space for modern art, making Gray, albeit under a male pseudonym, one of the first </i></b><b><i>female gallerists. <span style="color: red;">Image: Eileen Gray Dresser, 1926-1929. Painted wood, aluminum, glass, cork, aluminum leaf. Centre Pompidou, Musee national d 'art modern, Paris. Purchase, 1922, AM 1922 -1-6, (c) Centre Pompidou, Mnam-CCI, Dist. RMN-GP, Jean Claude Planchet,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: black;">From the 1920s Gray produced architectural projects for private the public commissions. In 1926 she started work on a new holiday home near Monaco on the French Riviera where she</span></i></b><br />
<span style="color: black;"><b><i>planned to live with her lover the Romanian architect, Jean Badovici. Together, they experimented with ideas about modern, vernacular architecture, and worked on Architecture Vivante, one of the first French magazines devoted exclusively to architecture. The construction of thei house took three years was named </i></b></span><span style="color: black;"><b><i>E 1027, a code for the lovers' names. </i></b></span><br />
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</i><i>The multiple facets of E 1027---an iconic work of modern architecture---are presented though drawing, photographs, and furniture. </i></b></span><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Located above a dramatic site above the Bay of Monaco, Gray created furniture for the house that elucidates her unique approach to modern design. Eleven pieces of furniture Gray designed specifically for E 1027 include the Transat Chair, an adjustable side table and a dressing table with pivoting drawers. </i></b><span style="color: red;"><b><i>Image: View of the South façade of E 1027 taken from the sea, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, n.d. Centre Pompidou, Bibliotheque Kandinsky, Paris. Fond Eileen Gray.</i></b></span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><b><i>A replica of E 1027 is on display. </i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><b><i> The exhibition reveals Gray's versatility as a designer of many types of furniture including the Bibendum chair which resembled the Michelin man with tube-like shapes sitting on a chromed steel frame. GALLERY PROGRAMS and EXHIBITION TOURS and for information about hours and admission visit: bgc.bard.ed</i></b></span><span style="color: black;"><b><i>u/gallery.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><b><i> Ta Ta Darlings!!! Eileen Gray is as modern today as she was in the Art Deco era. Her designs</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><b><i>resonate with collectors and new buyers discovering her today will find her furniture a perfect fit in modern interiors. Fan mail weleome: pollytalknhc@gmail.com </i></b></span>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-21110377772053721352020-02-24T08:57:00.000-08:002020-02-24T08:57:03.639-08:00The Book of Ruth: Medieval to Modern at The Morgan: Review by Polly Guerin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>A stunning modern artistic take on The Book of Ruth is the focus of a major attraction at The Morgan Library & Museum and you have until June 14, 2020 to see the exhibition THE BOOK OF RUTH: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN.</i></b></div>
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<b><i> The story of Ruth has been recorded in ancient manuscripts but this exhibition introduces an interpretation of remarkable skill and innovative interpretation. It celebrates the gift of Joanna S. Rose of the Rose Book of Ruth to the Morgan Library & Museum. The accordion-fold vellum manuscript, measuring nine inches tall and an astonishing eighteen feet long was designed and masterfully illuminated by New York artist Barbara Wolff who worked tirelessly on the project two years (2015-17). The complete biblical text of the book of Ruth is written in Hebrew on one side and in Engish on the other side the work of Izzy Pludwinski The Hebrew side features twenty colored illustrations and a continuous landscape with accents and lettering in silver, gold and platinum; the English side has forty executed in black ink. The manuscript is housed in a modern "treasure binding" a custom designed box in shot silk and decorated with 24-carat gold lettering that reads "Your people shall be my people and your God shall be my God in Hebrew. The Book of Ruth speaks of courage and devotion. Ruth and her daughter-in-law craft the means of their survival, and their strength helps build the foundation of the House of David. </i></b></div>
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<b><i> Visitors will discover how Wolff was inspired by the techniques of medieval illumination. Her approach iconography, however, differs from that of her medieval forebears. Medieval illuminators illustrated pivotal events in the</i></b> <b><i>biblical narrative by depicting people involved, mainly Naomi and her family, Ruth and Boaz---arranged like characters on a stage set. Wolff takes a different approach. On the Hebrew side of her manuscript she paints few human figures, illustrating instead such elements as a landscape,</i></b> <b><i>harvest grains, flowers, a sandal and a significant wedding belt to tell the story. <span style="color: red;">Image: The Barley of Beth-Lechem. The Joanna S. Rose illuminated Book of Ruth in Hebrew and English. United States New York, and Israel, Jerusaleum 2015-17. Commisioned by Jonnna S. Rose, written by Izzy Pludwinski, designd and illustrated by Barbara Wolff, Ms M 1210. fol 9r. Gift of Joanna S. Rose, 2018. The Morgan Library & Museum. Photography by Rudi Wolff. Artwork (c) Barbara Wolff.</span> The vignettes on the English side function almost like an archaeological gloss to the text, illustrating tools, weights, pottery and other artifacts of the early iron age, in which the story is set. With no Jewish tradition for</i></b> <b><i>illustrating the book of Rufh, Wolff created her own illustrative scheme, one in which the characters </i></b><b><i>are evocatively conjured up by the objects they would have touched, handled or worn. </i></b><b><i> </i></b></div>
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<b><i>leaves from the Morgan's famed Crusader bible, the exhibition brings into focus the techniques of medieval illuminators that inspired Wolff , as well as her innovative</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">threshing grain. Ruth lays at the feet of Boaz. "Crusader</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">Bible," added inscriptions in Latin, Persian and Judeo-Persian . France, Paris ca 1250. MS M 638, fol. 18r. Purchased by J. P. Morgan, 1916. The Morgan library & Museum. Photography by Janny Chiu, 2018, </span><span style="color: black;">RELATED</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i>PROGRAMMING:Your People Shall be My People Illuminating the Book of Ruth March 27, 7 pm, May 19,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>3 pm and June 8, 7 pm. Lectures and Discussion: Join Roger Wieck, Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department head of Medieval and Renaissance </i></b><br />
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<b><i> Ta Ta Darlings! This is jewel of an exhibit. I suggest you bring a magnifying glass to get a closer view of Wolff's delightful objects that serge as storytelling images of what people wore or </i></b><b><i>the work they engaged in Biblical times and their interaction with one another. Fan mail welcome: pollytalknyc@gmail.com. </i></b></div>
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Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-91891731075469683732020-02-17T08:49:00.000-08:002020-02-17T08:49:28.815-08:00THE ORCHID SHOW, Jeff leatham's Kaleidoscope at the New York Botanidal Garden: Review by Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<i>T<b>he multi-fascinating colors in nature at THE ORCHID SHOW, at the New York Botanical Garden, immerses the visitor in a wonderland where thousands of orchids are on display in dazzling creations by icon and floral designer to the stars Jeff Leatham.</b></i><br />
<b><i> Leatham's captivating designs and installations have transformed each gallery of the exhibition, in NYBG's historic Enid A Haupt Conservatory, into a different color experience, like the turn of a kaleidoscope.</i></b><br />
<b><i> THE ORCHID SHOW: JEFF LEATHAN'S KALEIDESOPE, on display through April 19, 2020, invites you to get out of the chill of winter and be greeted by purple verandas suspended above a 10-foot-tall mirrored orchid sculpture with a fountain of water streaming into a black pool. Other galleries and spaces of the exhibition, each designed in its own color</i></b><br />
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<i><b> "Color is the first and most important aspect of my work, always," Jeff Leatham said when describing his creations for THE ORCHID SHOW. "I want every gallery to be a different color experience for visitors as they move from through them, like looking into a kaleidoscope. I loved kaleidoscopes as a child. You start dreaming as you look through one. People have seen the interiors of the conservatory</b> <b>already, but with this exhibition, I want them to look through them like never before." </b></i><br />
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<i><b> The popular Orchid Show now in its much anticipated 18th year, thousands of orchids provide bursts of forms and colors---in purples, red, oranges, and hot pink---revealed through overhead arches, vine-inspired ribbons, mirrored sculpture, and dramatic lighting, and other artistic embellishments. Leatham worked with horticulturists from NYBG, including Senior Curator of Orchids Marc Hachadourian, to assemble orchids from its collections as well as from the finest growers in the</b> <b>world. </b></i><br />
<b><i> ABOUT THE DESIGER: Jeff Leatham has been creating a sensation with his floral installations since he began his career in 1995. His work is a combination of his love for flowers and passion for design Leatham has produced spectacular displays in Paris for nearly two decades and among his accolades in 2014 he was knighted with The Order des Arts et des Lettres---the highest honor for artists and others who have made a significant contribution to French culture. His client list includes the most celebrated movie stars and personalites. His books remain best welling design books worldwide. </i></b><br />
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<i>STYLISH ORCHID EVENINGS, A DEISGNER TALK and more: During Orchid evenings on select dates, throughout the run of THE ORCHID SHOW, Jeff Leatham's Kaleidocope adults 21 and over can experience the exhibition at night with music, cash bars and light bites. Top of the list, Princess</i></b><i> <b>Lockerdoo teams up with renowned musician Harold O'Neal for a fierce and fabulous performance. You are invited to come dressed in your boldest floral-inspired fashion. Advance ticket purchase is recommended to gain admission to these special events, Visit:</b></i><br />
<b><i>www.nybg.org/event/the-orchid-show/orchid evenings/ for more details.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Other exhibition programming includes Orchid Basics Q&A Saturdays and Sundays, 1-4 p.m. at the NYBG Shop where staff help customers select the best orchid for the home, and Orchid Care Demonstrtions on Sundays at 1 and 2 p.m. in the Haupt Conservatory GreenSchool where orchid experts provide advice on how to choose and successfully grow these elegant plants. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORCHID SHOW: JEFF LEATHAM'S KALEIDOSCOPE and to purchase tickets visit: nybg.com.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Ta Ta Darlings! Nothing like taking a color immersion to inspire and warm up our imagination</i></b><br />
<b><i>in Leatham's kaleidoscope world of wonder and fascination. Please send your comments and</i></b><br />
<b><i>fan mail to pollytalknyc@gmail.com. </i></b><br />
<b><i> </i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-13939451628522207752020-02-10T11:46:00.000-08:002020-02-10T12:17:23.269-08:00Jean-Jacques Lequeu Visionary Architect at The Morgan: Review By Polly Guerin: <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>A builder of architectural fantasies, Jean-Jacques Lequeu, (1757-1826) dreamed of becoming an architect and draftsman. With the zeal of youthful endeavor he began his career working on building sites, but ultimately he spent the majority of his life as a bureaucratic </i></b><b><i>draftsman. However, before he died in poverty and obscurity, Lequeu donated one of the most singular and fascinating oeuvres of his time to </i></b><b><i>the Bibliotheque nationale de France. Lequeu's oeuvre is rampant with curiosity, mystery and </i></b><b><i>fantasy. Whether you are an architect or merely a voyeur, Lequeu's work deserves a look beyond</i></b> the <b><i>ordinary into the realms of extreme interpretation. You will not be disappointed, but perhaps be transfixed and mesmerized by the magical quality of his interpretations. The exhibit has much to offer young architects today.</i></b><br />
<b><i> The MORGAN MUSEUM & LIBRARY is the first institution in New York City to present a selection </i></b><b><i>of these works in the exhibition, JEAN-JACQUES LEQUEU: VISIONARY ARCHITECT, through </i></b><b><i>May 10, 2020. Some sixty of Lequeu's several hundred drawings are now on view in the </i></b><b><i>first museum retrospective to bring significant public and scholarly attention to one of the most </i></b><b><i>imaginative architects of the Enlightenment. <span style="color: red;">IMAGE: Jean-Jacaues Lequeu (1757-1826) HE IS FREE, 1798-1799. Pen and black ink, brown and red wash. Bibilotheque nationale de France, Department des Estampes et de la photographie. A semi circular niche from which a nude woman leans out to free a songbird.</span></i></b><br />
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Lequeu's meticulous drawings in pen and wash include highly detailed renderings of and </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black;">imaginary monuments populating invented landscapes. Solitary and obsessive, he created </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black;">fantastic worlds shown in his drawings without ever leaving his studio, and enriched them with characters and stories drawn from his wild imagination and his library. Working on his own, Lequeu produced animated self-portraits, erotic drawings and over one hundred designs for imagined projects. It is said that his drawings demonstrate a remarkable degree of skill and creativity, as well as an inventiveness inspired by antiquity and the Enlightenment. </span><span style="color: red;">IMAGE: Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757-1826) Draftsman's Tools, from Civil Architecture,.1782. Pen and ink, brown and gray wash, watercolor, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Department Estampes et de la photographie. </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Lequeu's brilliant career was upended by historical</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: black;">He was born during the reign f Louis XV and was witness</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: black;">to the death throes of the ancient regime, the upheavals of the new order established under Napoleon's Empire. His work created in solitude, and fueled by self-study, reflects his troubled times and his vision of architecture that defied</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: black;">academic boundaries. The exhibition is accompanied by a 192-page hardcover volume in French. The publication provides unique insight into an extraordinary time, and allows the reader to follow Lequeu on the his obsessive and solitary course. </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: black;"> <span style="color: red;">IMAGE: Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757-1826) TOMB OF Isocrates, Athenian Orator 1789. Bibliotheque nationale de France, Departament des Estampes et dela phtographie. </span> Related programming includes WHERE IN THE WORLD IS JEAN-JACQUES LEQUEU? Meredith Martin, Associate Professor at New York University will explore various ways that Lequeu's corpus has proven to be fruitful for scholars as well as architects over the past two centuries. Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 6:30 pm. Then, too, there is a Curator Guided Tour on April 3, 2020 at 1 pm. for more information about this exhibition, tours and admission, visit www.themorgan.org. The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at 36 Street. </span></i></b><br />
<b><i>TA TA DARLINGS!!! It's amazing how solitary work can produce such unique renderings</i></b><br />
<b><i>of imagined architecture and with such draftsmanship finesse. Don't miss this exhibit, It's a thrilling adventure into the realm of fantasmagorical imagination.</i></b><br />
<b><i>Fan mail welcome at pollytaknyc.gmail.com.</i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-73184115160541350882020-02-03T10:09:00.000-08:002020-02-03T10:23:06.572-08:00ALFRED JARRY: The Carnival of Being at the MORGAN: Review by Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfred Jarry</td></tr>
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<b><i>An artist who would play a seminal role in the radical upheaval in the arts, more than a century ago, ALFRED JARRY stands on Terra Ferma as a exceptional artist who worked beyond the bounds of restraint and carved an important place in art history. He was an inspiration for Dada and Surrealism and a touchstone for the Theater of the Absurd. </i></b><br />
<b><i> Alfred Jarry's remarkable and innovative body of work is presented in the first major United States exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum though May 10, 2020. Jarry</i></b> <b><i>was a multifaceted creative force unto himself. He was a puppeteer, a critic, a novelist, an artist and a bicycle fanatic. His works suggested that technology, popular imagery, and the performance of everyday life could</i></b> <b><i>constitute works of art. Jarry's statement that "living was the carnival of being," embodies his anti-authoritarianism and subversive theatricality expressed in being larger than life itself in excess, wordplay, alter egos, and the unfettered imagination. Since his death in 1907, Jarrry's eclectic works and ideas have continued to <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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for figures of the twentieth- and twenty-first avant-gardes. Image: Alfred Jarry, ca. 1894-96. Attributed to Nadar. Photograph courtesy of Thieri Foulc. ALFRED JARRY: The Carnival of Being celebrates the gift to the Morgan Library and Museum of the books and manuscripts in the Robert J and Linda Klieger Stillman Pataphysics </i></b><br />
<b><i>Collection. </i></b><br />
<b><i> The exhibition considers some of Jarry's many innovations by his engagement with printed matter and the graphic arts. On of the first writers to experiment with visual typography, Jarry forged new relationships between image and text in the experimental approaches to book and magazine design. His use of assembling anachronism, collage, and appropriation are bellwethers of modern and contemporary practices. <span style="color: red;">Image: Alfred Jarry (1873-1907). Les minutes de sable memorial (Paris: Mercure de France, 1894). The Morgan Library & Museum gift of Robert J and Linda Klieger Stillman, 2017. PML 197917 . Photograph by</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: red;">Janny Chu. </span><span style="color: black;">Drawing primarily on the Stillman's collection, the exhibition is contextualized with other objects in the Morgan's collections as well as loans from private and institutional lenders, comprising manuscripts, drawings, photographs and ephemera. Paintings and prints by figures in Jarry's circle, such as Henri Rousseau, Pierre Bonnard, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec are also featured. </span></i></b><br />
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JARRY is best known today for his revolutionary play Ubu Roi (1896). With only one legendary performance recorded it remains one of his most significant works. The final portion of the exhibition points to ways in which Jarry's writings have inspired pataphysical organizations and visual artists at particular historical moments, featuring works by Marcel Duchamp, Mary Reynolds, Joan Miro, Dora Maar, Max Ernst, Thomas Chimes, and William Kentridge, among</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: black;">others. Gallery Talks, Readings and Performances including a Symposium, Alfred Jarry: Paraphysicist and Prophet on Saturday, April 25th. For more information about the exhibition visit www.themorgan.org.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: black;"> Ta Ta Darlings!!! Alfred Jarry accomplished an astonishing body of work in his short life.</span></i></b><br />
<b><i>THE CARNIVAL OF BEING will<span style="color: black;"> jolt your creative juices, visit the Morgan's celebration of </span><span style="color: black;">the iconoclast Alfred Jarry. Fan mail welcome at pollytalknyc@gmail.com.</span></i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-83184334894179620912020-02-02T11:18:00.000-08:002020-02-05T09:01:11.131-08:00VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FESTIVAL: March 8: Canterbury Choral Society<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>With its nod to spring and glorious music, the Canterbury Choral Society presents the VAUGHAN WILLIAMS </i></b><b><i>FESTIVAL on March 8, 2020, at 4 p.m. at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, located at 1085 Fifth</i></b><br />
<b><i>Avenue at 90th Street. Tickets are available on EVENTBRITE, www.canterburychoral.org/tickets or at the Door, $25 General Admission, $20 Seniors and $l0 Students with ID.</i></b><br />
<b><i> With a stellar vocal cast and conductor Jonathan </i></b><br />
<b><i>De Vries leading, the Canterbury Choral Society presents Toward and Unknown Region, Dona Nobis</i></b><br />
<b><i>Pacem, Sancta Civitas and the piano Concerto in C</i></b><br />
<b><i>with concert pianist, Steven Graff. </i></b><br />
<b><i> This is a rare and delightful opportunity to hear Vaughan Williams' masterful works as he is among the best known British symphonists and his large scale choral pieces soar to the heights of musical achievement.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>In </i></b><b><i>addition to fulfilling the Canterbury Choral Society's mission </i></b><b><i>to revive and present important music, conductor and artistic director De Vries is a multifaceted artist. He is also affiliated with the </i></b><b><i>Upper School Choral and is Musical Theater Director of the Greenwich County Day School in Greenwich, Connecticut. </i></b><b><i> </i></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steven Graff</td></tr>
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PIANO CONCERTO IN C: A special presentation, on this Festival occasion, is the performance of the Piano Concerto in C with Steven Graff who has not only been affiliated with the Canterbury Choral Society for twenty years, but he has appeared on the stage, over the airwaves and in the classroom and serves as Professor at Hunter College and </i></b><b><i>t the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York.</i></b><br />
<b><i> </i></b><b><i>Soloists include a stellar cast with soprano, Hannah Spierman who has appeared in major roles with Canterbury Choral Society on numerous occasions, and has been Soprano One Section Leader since 2017. </i></b><br />
<b><i> Tenor Blake Friedman returns to the spotlight. He sang most recently in the Canterbury Choral Society, November 2019 production of J S Bach's Christmas Oratorio. His voice has been cited by the New York Times for its "plummy fullness and dusky hue.: He has been heard in performances at Chautauqua Opera singing the role of Almaviva in both Il Barbiere de Siviglia by Rossini and The Ghost of Versailles by John Congliano. </i></b><br />
<b><i> The third soloist, Robert Balonek has been praised by Opera News as having a "commanding, steely baritone and a direct crystal clear delivery." Among his many credits, last season he performed in the Canterbury Choral Society's </i></b><b><i>revival of Ariani's Oratorio di San Francesco.</i></b><br />
<b><i> The Canterbury Choral Society looks forward to presenting the Vaughan Williams Festival.</i></b><br />
<b><i>Be there, are in for a</i></b> <b><i>most inspiring and entertaining afternoon.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>The WINTER SHOW, steps forward into the limelight eliminating the word "antiques" from its title, and in its 66th year it remains the quintessential show with plaudits not only from New York City. but as an international icon in cultural and art circles With its refreshing facelift the show sparks with bright lights and innovative booth presentations that entice visitors with eye-popping wallpapers and reflect the theme of the artifacts on display.<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Speaking of wallpaper, Carolle Thibaut-Pomeranz, noted for antique wallpaper panels is also represented. </span></i></b><br />
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THE WINTER SHOW On view through February 2, 2020, at the Park Avenue Armory, offers visitors a rare opportunity to step into</i></b> t<b><i>he ever fascinating world of art, sculpture and antiques. Whether one is a collector, an antique enthusiast or an individual with novice interest, the show offers an opportunity to view, up close, artifacts from ancient times to modern paintings and sculpture.</i></b><br />
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The show's UNRIVALED loan exhibition from the Hispanic Society Museum and Library greets visitors at the entrance features masterworks from across the Hispanic world and is co-curated by the esteemed art historian and curator, Philippe de Montebello, Chairman of the Board of the Hispanic Society Museum and Library and acclaimed architect Peter Marino At the press opening the sage Mr. Montebello alluded to the fact, "I do not think many of you know about the Hispanic</i></b> <b><i>Society Museum & Library but the exhibit UNRIVALED represents significant masterworks from the Paleolithic age to the 20th century."</i></b><br />
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</i></b><b><i>THE WINTER SHOW is indeed UNRIVALED and with over 70 exhibitors to visit there's</i> <i>more than a day's visit to explore the booths. Other highlights include Daniel Crouch Rare Books display of over 50 terrestrial and celestial globes dating from the 16th to the 20th century, Joan B Mirviss LTD, presents Kin to Gin/Gold and Silver, Luster in Japanese modern art, Lobel Modern, Inc. focuses on mid 20th century design while Peter Fetterman</i></b> <b><i>Gallery highlights vintage and contemporary photography. The show range of art and antiques includes international booths including Keshishian (London) brings a selection of rare carpets and tapestries. <span style="color: red;"> </span>Visit THE WINTER SHOW online at </i></b><b><i>thewintershow.org@thewintershownyc. For full events and programming, exhibitor information </i></b><b><i>visit www.thewintershow.org</i></b><br />
<b><i> TA TA DARLINGS!!! THE WINTER SHOW is owned and produced by East Side House Settlement a community-based organization serving the Bronx and Northern Manhattan. Visit</i></b><br />
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<b><i>the antiques, but the decorative arts and a gentle sweep into modernism gives it an upbeat flair</i></b><br />
<b><i>that is refreshing and inviting to everyone. Fan mail to: pollytalknyc@gmail.com.</i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-79582760811911580162020-01-20T10:16:00.000-08:002020-01-20T10:16:38.297-08:00VIDA AMERICANA &The Mexican Murialists: Review By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>Art speaks of social and political upheaval and this tenet especially bore witness when Mexico underwent a dramatic cultural transformation at the end of its revolution in 1920. Artists </i></b><b><i>responded by creating art that spoke directly to the people about social injustices and national life. You may not remember, but following the decade-long Mexican Revolution that ended in 1920, the muralist movement emerged when president Alvaro Obregon's administration established a public art program. Painters such as Rivera, Orozco and Sigueiros were offered walls to create frescoes that in large part paid tribute to the heroism of everyday Mexicans. While many post-war American artists traveled south to take in the street-art sights, the trio became the toast of New York City art circles in the 1930s and exported the homegrown Mexican art form abroad.</i></b><b><i> <span style="color: red;">Image: Diego Rivera, UPRISING 1930 (c) Banco de Mexico-Rivera-Kahlo ARS. Reproduction authorized by the National Institute of Fine Art and Literature (INBAL) 2019. </span></i></b><br />
<b><i> VIDA AMERICANA: MEXICAN MURALISTS REMAKE AMERICAN ART 1925-1945 at the Whitney Museum will be on view from February 17 to May 17, 2020 in a stunning exhibition that will reveal the profound impact of Mexico's three leading muralists---Jose Clemente </i></b><b><i>Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Diego Rivera---on the style and subject matter of art in the United States during 1925-1945 With more than 200 works by more than 60 Mexican and American artists showcases the influences of Mexican artists on American counterparts. </i></b><br />
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United Kingdom. These include works that are rarely exhibited in the United States, including Rivera's two 1932 studies for "Man at the Crossroads," Rivera's controversial fresco commissioned by New York's Rockefeller Center. After paying the full contract fee $21,000, Nelson Rockefeller had the mural demolished because Rivera</i></b><br />
<b><i>refused to remove a likeness of Vladimir Lenin from the composition. Borrowed from Mexico City's Museo</i></b><br />
<b><i>Anahuacalli, the two sketches will be exhibited in the United States for the first time, Other artists represented include Maria Izquierdo's My Nieces (1940) and</i></b> <b><i>Siqueiros's Proletarian Mother (1929) on loan from the Museo Nacional de Arte, and two paintings by Japanese-born artist Eitaro Ishigaki, on loan from Japan' Museum of Modern Art in Wakaayama. <span style="color: red;">Image: Jose Clemente Orozco's Barricada 1931 Artist Rights </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red;">Society (ARS) New York SOMAA Mexico City image (c) The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA Art Resources, New York. </span>The Whitney's ongoing initiative to improve access for Spanish-speaking visitors include a number of resources in both English and Spanish. A family guide will feature texts and in-gallery activities. The Whitney also announced plans including a full-day symposium featuring artists, curators, educators and scholars presenting new perspectives on the role of Mexican Muralists in the United States. </i></b><b><i>For further details contact www.whitney.org. COMMUNITY AND ACCESS</i></b><br />
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PROGRAMS: Tours for Immigrant Families Feb 1, March 7, </i></b><b><i>April 4, May 2, 2020 with Spanish speaking staff. Immigrant Justice Night, April 20, 2020 6-8 pm and </i></b><b><i>COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MURAL PROJECT with The Door and Sophia Dawson. The mural will be painted over four sessions by students at The Door. Participants will also receive a guided tour of Vida Americana. Mexican muralists in particular had a "seismic influence" on the development of social </i></b><b><i>conscious art and street art, says Barbara Haskell, curator of Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945. "This exhibition seeks to turn art history on its head," she said. "It's a good time to assess the creativity and aesthetic innovation that came out of the relationship between artists from Mexico and the United States," she explained, framing the show as a counterpoint to the physical and psychological borders that the Trump administration is seeking to enforce between the neighboring nations. <span style="color: red;">Image: The painter from Uruapan, Alfredo Ramos Martinez 1929., University of Arizona Museum of Art. </span><span style="color: black;">TA TA DARLINGS!!! This is a ground breaking exhibition, timely and provocative. The new Whitney exhibition pays tribute to the Mexican Muralists too-long-forgotten legacy. Fan mail welcome at pollytalknyc@gmail.com.</span></i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-73047238445790150592020-01-13T09:53:00.001-08:002020-01-13T10:13:46.199-08:00ILLUSIONS of the PHOTOGRAPHER: DUANE MICHALS at the MORGAN: Review By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>Contemplative, confessional and comedic the six-decade retrospective of photographer, Duane</i></b> <b><i>Michals, </i></b><b><i>ILLUSIONS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER at the</i></b> <b><i>Morgan Library & Museum, transcends the conventional audience of photography and is an emotional tour de force.</i></b></div>
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<b><i> On view through February 2, 2020</i></b> <b><i>the exhibition features the artist's choice selection of works from all corners of the permanent collection. The exhibition takes viewers on a tour of the artist's mind, putting work from his expansive career in conversation with Old Masters and modern drawings, books, manuscripts, and historical Objects. <span style="color: red;">Imge:</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">Self-Portrait Asleep in a Tomb of Mereruka Sakkaram 1978, The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018.42 (c) Duane Michals, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i> A storyteller, Michals is known his picture sequences, inscribed photographs, and more recently films that pose emotional, conceptual and cosmic questions beyond the scope of the lone camera. Since the early 1960's, Michals worked past what he sees as the limitation of the camera. He writes in the margins of his prints, creates sequences of images that explore intangible human</i></b></div>
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In this first retrospective on Michals to be mounted by a New York City institution, the exhibition is organized around animating themes in the artist's work: Theater, Reflection, Love and Desire, Playtime, Image and Word, Nature, Immortality, Time, Death and Illusion. It showcases his storytelling instincts both in stand-alone staged photographs and in sequences <span style="color: red;">Image: Duane Michals A Letter From My Father 1960-1975. Gelatin silver print. The Morgan Library & Museum. Gift of Duane Michals, 2019.78 (c) Duane Michals, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York. </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b><i> For Michals photography is not documentary in nature, but theatrical and fictive: the camera is one of many tools humanity uses to construct a comprehensive version of reality In his imaginative, visually rich photographs, the artist exploits the medium's storytelling capacity. For example, the six images in I Build a Pyramid (1978) find the artist in Egypt, staking stones in a modest pile that, from the camera's perspective appears to reveal the scale of the ancient pharaoh's monument. Michals reveals that the scenario echoes his childhood habit of building stones in his backyard in McKeesport, Pennsuylvania </i></b></span></div>
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In the exhibition, Michals staged scenes are juxtaposed with those of his creative heroes, who include William Blake, Edward Lear, and Saul Steinberg. In his dual role as artist and curator he matches wits with writers, stage designers, toy makers, and his fellow portraitists of the past an present. <span style="color: red;">Image: Duane Michals</span></i></b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">A Story about A Story, 1989 The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018.47 . (c) Duane Michals, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black;"> Since 2015 Michals has focused his creative efforts on filmmaking, a natural outgrowth of his directional habits as a photographer. On a screen in the exhibition, three short films are featured amid a cycle of over 200 photographs from the series</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Empty New York (1964-65), the project through which the artist first recognized his theatrical vision of reality. Illusions of the Photographer: Duane Michals is accompanied by a 88-page soft-cover catalog featuring a wise ranging interview with the artist and illustrations of seventy works, including his selections from the Morgan's collection and the previously unpublished 1969 title sequence.</i></b></div>
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<b><i> TA TA DARLINGS!!! Just to on view till February 2, it's time to view Duane Michals artistic storytelling in photographs to amuse, entertain, and bewilder. Fan mail pollytalknyc@gmail.com. Visit Polly's other Blogs visionary men, women determined to succeed, fashion historian and poetry at www.pollytalk.com, click on the links in the left-hand column.</i></b></div>
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Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-85122710016615318372020-01-06T10:33:00.002-08:002020-01-06T10:48:43.991-08:00POWER MODE: The Force of Fashion: Review By Polly Guerin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>"Clothes make the man." The old adage, attributed to Mark Twain, rings true. From </i></b><b><i>ancient times to today we distinguish ourselves in society by </i></b><b><i>the peaceful or protest clothes we wear. From "Power Suits" and </i></b><b><i>"Power Heels" there is a plethora of power symbols to consider.</i></b><br />
<b><i> The Museum at FIT presents POWER MODE, The Force of</i></b> <b><i>Fashion in an engaging FREE exhibition that is on view through May 9, 2020. POWER MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES. Consider the rules for court dress in the royal courts of the bygone centuries. The opulent fashions of the time made it perfectly</i></b> <b><i>clear who had the power and who were the peasants. Today, people and entertainers go to extremes </i></b><b><i>to express powerful statements, but one point is clear, POWER means different things to different people at different times. The role fashion plays in fashion dynamics both historical and today is POWER MODE's most fascinating theme. </i></b><b><i> </i></b><br />
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<b><i> The exhibition is divided into five thematic sections, each devoted to a certain sartorial "power." The first section considers military uniforms and their transformation into fashion items, which calls to mind the Chanel suit </i></b><b><i>jacket that Coco Chanel appropriated from military uniforms. Image Right: Burberry by Christopher Bailey, fall 1210</i></b><br />
<b><i>Gift of Burberry. Here it is the association with the military that gives the </i></b><b><i>fashion garment its suggested power. The second section looks at status dressing from ermine</i></b><br />
<b><i>capes and luxurious brocade fabrics to contemporary "it" bags. Accessible luxury is a status symbol that anyone can obtain for the exorbitant price. From status dressing the exhibition moves on to consider the history of the suit. In courtrooms and offices, the suit isn't just a symbol of authority, it is also a sign of blending in--submitting to established norms and dress codes. The relaxing of the rules with casual Fridays gave way to the absence of men's ties and an</i></b><br />
<b><i>open neck shirt, yet politicians and senators still adhere to the well-suited-tie rule. Another section</i></b><br />
<b><i>considers the role of resistance dressing. Fashion can also be a vehicle for protest as in the recent work of Kerby Jean-Raymond for his label Pyer Moss. </i></b><b><i> </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Most interesting is the fifth section, which analyzes objects associated with sex and sexuality. Corsets, leather, lingerie, high heeled boots and </i></b><b><i>killer heel shoes are but a few examples. The power of dynamics of these garments are inherently </i></b><b><i>complex. POWER MODE aims to let the visitor understand the complex nature of power in fashion as ways in which fashion can be key to a broader understanding of the power dynamics in culture.</i></b><br />
<b><i> Ta Ta Darlings!!! POWER MODE, The Force of Fashion is an eye-popping revelation that what we</i></b><br />
<b><i>wear each day is an expression of the power we wish to convey in the workplace and then, too, even to our family</i></b><br />
<b><i>or social events. Some of us go to extremes to express our</i></b><br />
<b><i>outlook on life, while others choose to conform to current cultural influences. No matter the case, there is much to be considered when making fashion choices each day. Fan mail welcome pollytalknyc@gmail.com.</i></b><br />
<b><i>Visit Polly's other Blogs visionary men, women determined to succeed, fashion historian and poetry on the links on www.pollytalk.com. </i></b><br />
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<b><i><br /></i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-50974957659905744612019-12-16T11:34:00.001-08:002019-12-16T11:34:29.179-08:00STANLEY FELDERMAN Design Visionary By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>It's astonishing to think that an environment that incorporates nature into its environment can resonate in such a positive and creative manner that </i></b><b><i>such spaces 'elevate the spirit.' It has even been said that people feel better, dress better and tend to linger longer</i></b> <b><i>in such places designed by the Los Angele-based dynamic duo Stanley Felderman and his wife and partner Nancy Keatinge. The center core of their oeuvre provides installations with unique nature-centric environments. Felderman's interest in trees lends a unique dimension to his current creative expressions. </i></b><br />
<b><i> Keynote speaker, Stanley Felderman, recently presented at the Molly Barnes lunch time cultural meeting at the Roger Smith Hotel, which, by the way, is known for its patronage of art and sculpture installations. The full house audience was populated with artists and aficionados of the art world, who sat riveted in their seats to view </i></b><b><i>Felderman's image presentation and commentary.</i></b><b><i> </i></b><br />
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An architect, designer and artist, Felderman is a pioneer of the "Total"</i></b> <b><i>design concept, mixing art and design for cutting-edge residential projects, tech-forward work </i></b><b><i>spaces, product design for renowned brands and manufacturers, award-winning restaurants and large installations for Creative Artists Agency, </i></b><b><i>Universal Pictures, Fabrege, Disney Studios and Viacom. His work has been shown at the Whitney Museum for Product Design and in 2018 won the "IIDA "CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. </i></b><b><i>Their trendsetting oeuvre has won them recognition by MoMA, The Whitney and Newport Harbor Art Museum.</i></b><br />
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<u>Felderman states "Our designs address the requirements of technology, communication and interaction. We want people to work anywhere, without having technology be the focal point.</u></i></b><br />
<b><i>We create spaces (image right) that look visually non-tech driven, but things are available when ---push a button and monitor pops up."</i></b><br />
<b><i> Felderman is a native son, born in the Bronx</i></b><br />
<b><i>inspired by Buckminster Fuller, creating the maximum out of the minimum. "Since I was a kid I always loved art and wanted to be an artist. Then there was Italy: The New Domestic Landscape which introduced Italian Modern Design to America.</i></b><br />
<b><i> His creativity has a chameleon quality, it is never</i></b> <b><i>stagnant, always changing into fresh areas of</i></b> <b><i>expression. The latest is his love for nature, particularly trees</i></b> t<b><i>hat he feels communicate and have a life worth listening to. His prolific tree designs respond like sculpture, mosaics and fine textile designs. "I'm always reinventing, looking at things with a fresh eye." Felderman works in</i></b><br />
<b><i>Southern California and the weather has a lot to do with a positive outlook. </i></b><b><i>"When there's beautiful weather almost every day there are more days to bring the outside in. "I'm a native New Yorker, so I bring an East Coast sensibility to the West Coast, It's always about strong design and color. </i></b><br />
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The team of Felderman-Keatinge stay open minded. They take potential clients on a tour </i></b><b><i>of and have them talk to past clients. "We create vision boards for them to show a different way, An ideal client understands that a space is an extension of they are." Yet, this dynamic duo is still reaching for the stars and creating world-class environments that resonate with nature and </i></b><b><i>tech-centric purpose. Contact: Felderman Keatinge + Associates, 5976 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232. 310.449 4727 or 310 721 7048</i></b><br />
<b><i> Ta Ta Darlings!!! Nature, Art and Architecture what a perfect environment to live and work in. Fan mail welcome at pollytalknyc@gmail.com. Visit Polly's other Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and </i></b><b><i>click on the links in the left-hand column to visionary men, women determined to succeed, poetry</i></b><b><i>and fashion historian. </i></b><br />
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<b><i> </i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-22909873412182723732019-12-09T11:27:00.000-08:002019-12-09T11:27:09.318-08:00MARK TWAIN and the Holy Land: The First Tourism Trip in American History: Review By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>JOURNEY ABROAD WITH AN AMERICAN LEGEND on THE FIRST ORGANIZED TOURISM TRIP IN AMERICAN HISTORY. The quintessential American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)--known professional as Mark Twain---set the bar with high</i></b> <b><i>standards in his legendary travelogues. With keen observations, "He set sail from New York for a great adventure abroad whilst capturing the feelings </i></b><b><i>and reactions of many Americans exploring beyond their borders and thereby inspired generations </i></b><b><i>of travelers to document their voyages," stated Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New York Historical Society where the exhibition is on view through February 2, 2020.</i></b></div>
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<b><i> The new exhibition, MARK TWAIN AND THE HOLY LAND, traces the legendary American humorist's 1867 voyage to the Mediterranean and his subsequent 1869 book--The Innocents Abroad or, The New Pilgrim's Progress---through original documents, artwork, photographs, and costumes as well as an interactive media experience. MARK TWAIN departed New York harbor on the steamship QUAKER CITY for a five-and-a-half-month excursion, the first of its kind in world travel. Known at that point for his biting satire and humorous short pieces on California and the West, Clemens had serendipitously discovered a "pleasure cruise" to Europe and the Near East, and successfully inveigled his way onto the journey with an assignment from the San Francisco newspaper Alto California. Twain was to supply the paper with weekly columns about the trip and his fellow passengers. THE QUAKER CITY TRIP WAS THE FIRST ORGANIZED TOURISM TRIP IN AMERICAN HISTORY . The steamship was opulently outfitted with a library, printing press, piano, and pipe organ. A Quaker City passenger list, an oil painting of the ship are on display as well as a </i></b><b><i>journal</i></b> <b><i>entry by Mark Twain.</i></b></div>
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THE INCARNATION OF THE INNOCENTS ABROAD When Twain returned to New York and then to Washington, D.C. he began reshaping those columns and other notes made during the trip into a book, The Innocents Abroad (1869), It was this work that catapulted Twain to national fame, selling more copies during his lifetime than any other book he ever wrote. Musing about the voyage in a passage later published in Innocents Abroad, Twain so aptly noted: "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness." That his travelogue espoused such a liberal sentiment is the very reason we can find Twain;s biting perspective as relevant today. THE HOLY LAND After stops in Europe travelers were greet in Beirut by a grand caravan of horses and mules for a journey of 155 miles to "Baalbec, Damascus, the sea of Tiberias, and thence southward by way of the scene of Jacob's Dream and other notable Bible localities to Jerusalem. But the pomp was in strong contrast to the reality of a small barren land, which was not the vast and monumental landscape suggested by the Bible. image: THE HOLY LAND</i></b></div>
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Twain <b><i>was disappointed that "a fast walker could go outside the the walls of Jerusalem and walk entirely around the city in an hour." Then too, adding to the artifacts on display a manuscript leaf features Twain's withering satirical soliloquy about the Tomb of Adam at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. "The Tomb of Adam how touching that it was here in a land of strangers, far from home, and friends, and all who cared for me, thus to discover the grave of a blood relation." TWAIN'S CAUSTIC VIEW OF THE HOLY LAND WITH ITS NOMADS, BEGGARS AND RUINS WAS THE AUTHOR'S WAY OF PROCLAIMING THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW AMERICAN TRAVELER, SOMEONE WHO SAW THE WORLD FOR WHAT IT WAS, WITHOUT THE DISTORTING LENSES OF TRADITION AND PERCEIVED AUTHORITY. </i></b><b><i>TWAIN HAD SAMPLED THE GUIDES AND TRAVEL VOLUMES AND FOUND THEM ALL</i></b><b><i>WITHOUT FOUNDATION.</i></b></div>
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<b><i> TA TA DARLINGS!!! After this incredible trip to the Holy Land I'm just about ready to fly</i></b></div>
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Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-54650568499151833252019-12-02T10:52:00.001-08:002019-12-02T10:52:34.230-08:00DESIGNS FOR DIFFERENT FUTURES at Philadelphia Museum of Art: Review By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>We often think of art museums as places that venerate past art treasures but the Philadelphia Museum of Art's exhibit, DESIGNS FOR DIFFERENT FUTURES, brings to light the fact </i></b><b><i>that museums can and should also be places that inspire us to think about the future. This enlightening exhibition, which runs through March 8, 2020, "Offers visitors an opportunity to</i></b><br />
<b><i>understand how designers are imagining---and responding to---different visions of the future, but also an </i></b><b><i>opportunity to understand just how profoundly forward-looking designs contributes in our own time to shaping the world we occupy and will bequeath as a legacy to future generations," stated Timothy Rub, Director and Chief Executive Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. <span style="color: red;">Image: Phoenix Exoskelton , designed around 2013 by Dr. Hom- ayoon Kazerooni for suitX (courtesy of the manufacturer) Photograph (c)suitX . Image courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art 2019.</span></i></b><br />
<b><i> Thinking about the future has always been a field of inquiry by designers and architects. whose speculations on this subject---ranging from the concrete to the whimsical---can profoundly affect how we imagine what is to come. Among the many forward-looking projects in view visitors will encounter lab grown food, robotic companions and textiles made of seaweed. </i></b><br />
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The exhibition is divided into eleven thematic sections. In Bodies, designers gribble with choices about how our physical and psychological values might look, feel and function in different future scenarios. Featured here is one of the world's lightest and most advanced exoskeletons, designed to help people with mobility challenges to remain upright and active. The EARTHS section of the exhibition speculates on the challenges of extra-terrestrial communication in Lisa</i></b><br />
<b><i>Moura's alien nation installation and showcases typeface from the 2016 science-fiction film Arrival.<span style="color: red;"> Image: Recyclable and Rehealable Electronic skin, designed 2018 by Jianliang Xiao and Wei Zhang. (courtesy of the</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: red;">designer). Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.</span><span style="color: black;"> Additional sections of the exhibition focus on the future of jobs and how cities will function and look 100 years from now, with robotic</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: black;">baby feeders, driverless cars, and other developments offering a glimpse about how we might navigate living beyond this planet. </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><b><i> In a section devoted to MATERIALS on view are shoes grown from sweat and POWER looks at how design may affect our citizenship. INTIMACIES explores how technologies and online interfaces may affect love, family and community. Through Internet</i></b> </span><span style="color: black;"><b><i>generated devices, designers explore the possibility digitally meditated love and sex, suggesting </i></b></span><b><i>what advanced digital networks hold for human sexuality. Image: CIRCUMVENTIVE ORGANS</i></b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-3y4z5J2Z9rzjjrSBVx7XZADTGP3ykOuWIKh0_pm7PG29qNFHaKK0OnU0v1pgYbI3a5Qo1bvWSquMt62SlYjtKE4mfTNXQBcxX0owEirMLNFbi2ofmY4DjLv8i2pZhWGjVHO-B-F2lsD/s1600/bth-60.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1600" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-3y4z5J2Z9rzjjrSBVx7XZADTGP3ykOuWIKh0_pm7PG29qNFHaKK0OnU0v1pgYbI3a5Qo1bvWSquMt62SlYjtKE4mfTNXQBcxX0owEirMLNFbi2ofmY4DjLv8i2pZhWGjVHO-B-F2lsD/s400/bth-60.jpg" width="400" /></a><b><i>Electrostabilies Cardium (film still) designed by Agi Haines (Courtesy of the designer). Image courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art. FUTURES THERAPY LAB: Weekly programs, many of which occur on Pay-as-You-Wish Wednesday Nights, will connect visitors with designers, artists, and locally based creatives. The Futures Therapy Lab contains a crowd-sourced Futures library that includes everything from science fiction books to the exhibition catalogue. The Futures Therapy Lab is a place for conversation, and critique and creativity in which visitors can imagine their own hopes, fears and solutions for the future through reflection, discussion, and art making. www.philamuseum.org.</i></b><br />
<b><i> TA TA DARLINGS!!! I look forward to meeting you in the Futures Therapy Lab where we</i></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"></span>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-55097608198015340782019-11-25T10:03:00.001-08:002019-11-25T10:03:31.524-08:00WATERFALLS, Sparking "AWE!" in Central Park By Polly Guerin <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waterfall at the Loch in Central Park </td></tr>
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Ah! Wilderness!!! The breathtaking views will spark "AWE!" As you contemplate the beauty of nature, the powerful waterfall engages our senses and help us to feel less stressed out. No need to trek up to the Adirondacks, go no further than Central Park to get that "AWE" feeling. <br />
Nature is the healer and the health benefits of waterfalls is due negative irons that are released as the water cascades down the rocks. It leads to fresh cool water that creates a feeling of calm for serene contemplation or meditation. Central Park's waterfalls allow escape from the cacophony of the city with it blaring orchestra screaming at us with daily sirens. Just sitting still and listening to the cascading water helps to reduce that stress and even depression.<br />
In Frederick Law Olmstead's plan he sculpted meadows, knolls, ponds and waterfalls At the entrance to Central Park West between 101st street and 106th street in the North Woods , you'll find water flowing from the grassy banks of the Pool and the ravine of the Loch in the center, before connecting o the Meer on the East Side.<br />
"It's not an area in the park that is as visited as others," Central Park Conservancy guide Juan Jesus said. "And they are kind of hidden in the sense that they are shrouded or like hidden by this canopy of trees that we have all around us." <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the Lush Cascading Waterfall</td></tr>
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The man-made stream called the LOCH contains several dams, which have created three magnificent cascades or waterfalls that have gone surprisingly unnoticed for years. Take the challenge and go to west Central Park and find your special respite.<br />
There are several components to the waterfalls that have made it some of the greatest features of engineering and art. "The big boulders of Manhattan make up a schist, which happens to be the foundation that we have on the island of Manhattan," Jesus said. "There's also elements like coconut husk fibers that are used to maintain the edge of the LOCH---of this continuous stream--and regular New York tap water." <br />
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Waterfalls are a gift of nature providing the soothing sounds of birds chirping and the flowing water that continues our stream of consciousness to become refreshed and invigorated with a new sense of peace and harmony in our life. What the sound of waterfall does is rather magical, too, it allows us to enjoy the beauty of the people and the pulsating city and, at the same time, to escape the madness going on around us. It's free, it's nature's gift where peace and solitude provide refuge and restoration, to feeling connected with the cascading rhythm of the waterfall and life itself. <br />
Ta, Ta DARLINGS!!! It's time to get back to the simpler joys of life where waterfalls transcend the<br />
ordinary and bring us to heights of greater enlightenment. Fan mail: pollytalknyc@gmail.com.<br />
Visit Pollys other blocks at www.pollytalk.com. .Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-77825447286606416282019-11-18T10:57:00.002-08:002019-11-18T11:26:05.326-08:00A WONDER T0 BEHOLD: Craftsmanship and the Creation of BABYLON'S ISHTAR GATE: By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reconstructed panel of bricks with a Striding Lion</td></tr>
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A little known treasure, and one of my favorites, is The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW). It's fascinating exhibition A WONDER TO BEHOLD: CRAFTSMANSHIP and the CREATION OF BABYLON'S ISHTAR GATE, is a new venue for understanding the most spectacular achievement of the ancient world. On view through May 24, 2020 at 15 East 84th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenue, the exhibition is a time capsule of ancient history with Free Admission. It will illuminate your vision of the spectacular and the extraordinary achievements of old-world craftsmanship. It features 180 objects that bring to life the masterful craftsmanship and ancient beliefs that transformed clay, minerals, and organic materials--seen as magical potent substances---into this powerful monument. <span style="color: red;">Image: Reconstructed panel of bricks with a striding lion. Neo-Babylonian period (reign of Nebuchadnezzer 11, 604-562 BCE).</span><span style="color: black;"> WONDER OF THE ANCIENT WORLD is an eye-popping demonstration of how the master craftspeople who designed and built the Ishtar Gate and its Processional Way were not merely skilled technicians, though they were certainly that, </span>but also artists, historians, and ritual practitioners known as "experts"(ummanu). They were capable of creating artworks that manifested divine powers on Earth, and the Ishtar Gate, offering entry into the imperial city of Babylon. The exhibition opens with an introduction to the gateway with a variety of archival drawings, photographs, and objects that demonstrate the immense of this undertaking. A 1901 watercolor by archaeologist Walter Andrae, for example, shows the Babylonian system of fitters' marks that he deciphered, revealing the painstaking process through which the monument was created. This process began by marking out the design on a wall of unadorned bricks, and continued with he molding, glazing, and baking of each individual bricks before fitting them together, a task that is something like designing and assembling an intricate puzzle.<br />
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Travelers to Ancient Babylon were met with an astonishing sight--a gate nearly 50 feet high and 100 feet wide--made of jeweled glazed bricks and adorned with bas-relief lions, dragons and young bulls believed to be powerful beings associated with the king's role as protector of the people. The beasts are depicted in bold relief, projecting the space of the viewer, as they intimidated unwelcome visitors while protecting the inhabitants. A colossal undertaking it was built over the course of King Nebuchadnezzar 11 reign,<br />
The Ishtar Gate (named in honor of the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar, goddess of fertility, love and war, was at the epicenter of a major empire that extended from present day Iran to Egypt. In its final and most spectacular phase, imagine the stunning edifice, the monument was built with brilliantly glazed bricks, molded in relief to depict hundreds of dragons, lions, and bulls--all set against a background the color of Lapis Lazuli. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar</td></tr>
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Treasures within the exhibit include a cuneiform tablet from the Middle Babylonian Period (ca, 1300-1200 BCE) which records a recipe for making red glass that sheds light on the secret alchemical knowledge of ancient Middle Eastern craftspeople, while an Egyptian glass vessel from (ca. 1400-1300 BCE) showcases the range of brilliant colors that these experts were able to achieve.<br />
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) is an independent research center within NYU for advanced scholarly research and graduate education with the aim of forming a new generation of scholars who will enter the global academic community and become intellectual leaders. GALLERY HOURS: Closed on Monday and Tuesday. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 6pm and Friday from 11an to 8 pm with free guided tour at 6pm.<br />
TA TA DARLINGS!!! This exhibit is a golden opportunity to realize the tremendous talent and production of the ancient world's craftsmen, It's a "Must See!" cultural experience. Send fan mail to pollytalknyc@gmail.com. Visit Polly's other Blogs on www.pollytalk.com.<br />
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Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-44513761012478581872019-11-11T08:58:00.000-08:002019-11-11T08:58:33.555-08:00COST OF REVOLUTION. The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier at theMuseum of the American Revolution: Review By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>The American Revolution and its fight to be free of British rule is an inspiring battle cry that also</i></b><br />
<b><i>spirited on the cause for rebellion in other countries, particularly Ireland. </i></b><br />
<b><i>COST OF REVOLUTION: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AN IRISH SOLIDER at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia tells the untold story of RICHARD ST. GEORGE, an Irish soldier and artist, whose personal trauma and untimely death provide a window into the entangled histories of the American Revolution and the ensuing Irish Revolution of 1798. "You may not have heard the name Richard St. George before, but you'll be astonished by what his life can tell us about America and Ireland during the Age of </i></b><b><i>Revolution," said Dr. R. Scott Stephenson, President and CEO of the Museum of the American Revolution. "This exhibit extends the Museum's internationally acclaimed, story-driven approach into the global stage to examine the broader influence of the American Revolution through St. George's remarkable personal journey."</i></b><b><i> On view through March 17, 2020. </i></b><br />
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St. George, mind you, did not fight on the American side, yet his story is a compelling reference to the time and place when history took on the monumental cry for liberty. As a young officer in the </i></b><b><i>British Army, Richard St. George crossed the Atlantic in 1776 to try and stop the growing American Revolution. He returned home to Ireland after surviving a severe head wound at the Battle of Germantown, near Philadelphia in 1777. Back in Ireland he found his native country roiled by the effects of the revolutionary spirit sweeping across America and Europe. Inspired by </i></b><b><i>the rally call for freedom St. George became an outspoken critic of the growing movement to establish an Irish republic, independent of the British Empire in the late 1790s. Sadly, a few months before the outbreak of the Irish Revolution of 1798, St. George was ambushed and killed by a group of Irish tenants in County Cork who were influenced by the United Irishmen and the Defenders. He was eulogized at his funeral in 1798 at St. Mary's Church in Athlone, Ireland for having devoted his life to defending the British Crown. </i></b><br />
<b><i> American Revolution history buffs will appreciate the </i></b><b><i>KEY ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY: The 1775 bound maps of the estate of Richard St. George in County Galway, on loan from the Galway County Council Archives, Galway, Ireland. A rare silk flag carried by the Delaware militia tha the British light infantry captured during the Philadelphia campaign of 1777, on loan from the Delaware Historical Society, Richard St. George's personal sketches from the American Revolutionary War, on loan from a private collection. One sketch depicts St. George being carried off the battlefield following his wounding at the Battle of Germantown in 1777. </i></b><b><i><span style="color: red;">Image: A portrait of Richard St. George by English </span></i></b><span style="color: red;"><b><i>artist Thomas Gainsborough (1776) that depicts him just before he shipped out for New York to fight against the growing American Revolution, on loan to the Museum from Australia's National Portrait Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne). </i></b></span><span style="color: black;"><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="color: black;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br />
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</i><i>Five portraits of Richard St. George, created over a span of 25 years, are known to survive and are reunited in the exhibit for the first time since they left the possession of St. George's descendants more than a century ago. Every piece of surviving artwork by St. George himself, including cartoons, sketches from his military service in America, and a self-portrait are also assembled for the first time in this exhibit. Together, the portraits, cartoons and sketches reveal the physical and emotional toll of revolution. Among the other portraits are paintings of the Battles of Paoli and Germantown by Italian artist Xavier della Gatta that St. George helped to create in 1782 to reflect on St. George</i></b><b><i>'s participation in those battles. The paints are in the Museum's permanent collection. SPECIAL PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS: The Museum's monthly History After Hours Series includes COMIC RELIEF on November 19; CAMPED OUT on December 10, and A WINTER'S BALL on January 21, 2020. For more information visit www.amrevmuseum.org/exhibits/special-exhibitions. Or call 215.253.6731.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><b><i>MUSEUM of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 101 S. Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106</i></b></span><br />
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<b><i><br /></i></b>Polly Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350403789639176075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959550295252008676.post-91067539267600318272019-11-04T09:02:00.000-08:002019-11-04T09:02:18.234-08:00ARTIST IN EXILE: THE BARONESS HYDE DE NEUVILLE Review By Polly Guerin<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>Rare depictions of early America by the pioneering woman artist and French refugee, the little known Baroness Hyde de Neuville, illuminates by meticulous and charming detail what it was like in America in the 1800s. A keen and particularly sensitive observer, the Baroness traveled extensively and recorded individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds and landmarks that you may recognize. Other historically correct and mesmerizing images may no longer exist but they serve as historical references to the fledgling nation. <span style="color: red;">Image: Greenwich & Dey Streets, New York City. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Collection of Art, Prints and Photographs. Stokes Collection 1810.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i> The New York Historical Society's exhibition, ARTIST IN EXILE: THE VISUAL DIARY OF BARONESS HYDE DE NEUVILLE is on view through January 26, 2020 in the Joyce B. Cowin Women's History Gallery of the Center for Women's History with 115 watercolors, drawings, and oher works by Anne Marguerite Josephine Henriette Rouille de Marigny, Baroness Hyde de Neuville (1771-1849). Self-taught and ahead of her time, Neuville's art celebrates the young country's history, culture, and diverse population, ranging from indigenous Americans to political leaders. The Baroness' oeuvre is an enchanting observation of early America, views so well recorded with such fine and innocent detail that her images vicariously take you, like a time traveler, back into an early American place, its people or an event. <span style="color: red;">Image: Indian War Dance for President Monroe, Washington, D.C. in 1821. Colonial Willamsburg Foundation Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.</span></i></b><br />
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</i></b><b><i> "Neuville could never have envisioned that her visual diary---created as a personal record of her travels and observations of early America---would become an invaluable historical of the early republic. Yet, her drawings vividly evoke the national optimism and rapid expansion of the young United States and capture the diversity of its individuals," Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New York Historical Society. </i><i><span style="color: red;">Image: Among the notable events the Neuville's attended was an "Indian War Dance" performed by a delegation of the Plains Indian tribes in front of </span><span style="color: red;">President Monroe, and 6,000 spectators at the White House, Washington, D.C. on November 29, 1821. Neuville's watercolor documenting the event includes likenesses of half-chief Shaumonekusse (Praire Wolf) and one of his five wives, Hayne Hudjihini (Eagle of Delight) Later the "War Dance," was performed at the Neuville's house.. Black and brown ink. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b><br />
<i><b><span style="color: black;">THE BARONESS HYDE de NEUVILLE, the artist who stated in 1818 that she had but one wish "and that was to see an American lady elected president." A woman ahead of her time she was born to an aristocratic family in Sancerre, France. She married ardent royalist Jean Guillaume Hyde de Neuville, who became involved during the French Revolution in conspiracies to reinstate the Bourbon monarchy and was accused </span><span style="color: black;">of participating in a plot to assassinate Napoleon, In an effort to disprove the charges against her husband, the baroness took her cause directly to Napoleon who was impressed with her courage and allowed the couple to go into exile. </span></b></i><span style="color: black;"><i><b> </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><b><i>They arrived in New York in 1807 and stayed for seven years. During their second American residency (1816-22) when her husband served as French Minister Plenipotentiary in Washington, D.C., Henriette became a celebrated hostess. John Quincy Adams described her as "a woman of excellent temper, amiable disposition, profuse charity, yet judicious economy and sound discretion. <span style="color: red;">Image: Self-portrait Baroness Hyde de Neuville, Black chalk, black ink. New York Historical Society purchase 1953-238.</span><span style="color: black;"> A GALLERY TOUR OF ARTIST IN EXILE, Led by curator, Roberta M. Olson, will take place on January 6. In honor of the Baronesses' heritage, several French movies will be shown as part of the New York Historical Society's Friday night film series. 1938's The Baker's Wife on November 8 and 1946's Beauty and the Beast on December 6. On select weekends throughout the exhibition's run, young visitors can explore the Baroness' life and the art she created with touch objects and living historians. TA TA DARLINGS!!! Wonderful exhibition of</span></i></b></span><br />
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