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April 26th, 2012 11:55 AM |
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BRANDON VARGAS
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Art
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© Robert Overby / Andrew Kreps Gallery
PAINTINGS FROM
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80'S
Beginning in 1969, Robert Overby (1935–1993) produced an eclectic body of work that was rarely exhibited in his lifetime. Despite a diversity of mediums and an equally wide range of subject matter, Overby returned consistently to the human form. Culled from high-end fashion magazines and pornography, the women of Overby’s quasi-figurative paintings are disembodied from the forms they suggest. His polyurethane stretches and ghost-like latex casts of walls and doors belong to the history of late 60’s and early 70’s experiments in anti-form, process art, and post-minimalism. His 1980’s image paintings are post Pop combinations of figure and abstraction that explore similar issues of surface, decay, and the skin between the real and its incorporeal other.
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April 24th, 2012 05:11 PM |
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BRANDON VARGAS
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Film
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CARMEN MIRANDA
BANANAS IS MY BUSINESS
A true delight to the senses and one of Hollywood's great excursions into surrealism, The Gang's All Here will be on view this week at Film Forum. Directed by innovative choreographer Bubsy Berkeley, this camp classic casts Carmen Miranda as the unforgettable Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat in the infamous musical number stemming straight from Freud. Which, if interpreted, could bring a rosy blush to countless cheeks.
Described as a "technicolor freak out" and "utterly deranged" this sense boggling movie is Berkeley's own special brand of fantasy; with realistic scenes morphing seamlessly into psychedelic displays of waving fruit, detached body parts, human kaleidoscopes, ridiculous shtick, and mind-boggling transitions.
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carmen miranda, the gang's all here, bubsy berkeley, film forum |
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April 20th, 2012 04:21 PM |
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BRANDON VARGAS
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Culture
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© Manuel de los Galanes
BALLET
This past Tuesday marked the return of Ángel Corella to New York City Center with his dance company Barcelona Ballet, which until recently was known as Corella Ballet. This year we find the primier danseur and his troupe doing things a bit differently than their 2010 appearance, most notably with the world premiere of the third and final set, Pálpito.
Choreographed by Spanish dancers Ángel Rojas and Carlos Rodríguez, Pálpito is a mixture of several traditional Spanish styles of dance infused with a classical ballet influence. Set to a score by Héctor González, the performance is haunting and driving at the same time, filled with eerie flamenco vocals and magical tango rhythm and strings, a mixture of Spanish heartbeats with striking and ornate Spanish flavored costumes by Vicente Soler. Pálpito also marks Ángel Corella’s only appearance of the evening and it is well worth the wait. With each twist and turn Corella shows strength, stamina, and grace as his energy practically erupts from the stage during his intense and contemporary solo.
Its final viewing tonight, Barcelona Ballet with a new name, a new style, and new choreography shows that its artistic growth and development continues as this young company vies to establish it self further as Spain's only classical ballet company.
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April 12th, 2012 03:43 PM |
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BRANDON VARGAS
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Fashion
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© Shochiku Costume Co, Ltd, Tokyo
JAPANESE COSTUME
FROM NIPPON TO PARIS
The Fondation Pierre Bergé | Yves Saint Laurent has devoted its 17th exhibition to the exquisite art of Japanese Kabuki costumes. The first exhibit of its kind held in Paris, the exhibit displays costumes accompanied by accessories, engravings, photographs, and documentary footage of Kabuki performances.
Kabuki, a form of classical Japanese drama, emerged at the beginning of the Edo period (1603-1868) and is still quite popular in Japanese culture. The costumes tend to be extravagant, sumptuous and colorful, contributing to the flamboyance of the show. Performances historically took place over the course of a whole day and are based on popular legends and characterized by striking costumes, highly stylized acting, impeccable keshô face paint, and the use of both male and female roles by male actors.
© Shochiku Costume Co, Ltd, Tokyo
The exhibition is divided in three parts. The first displaying costumes belonging to iconic Kabuki plays. The second, to costumes used for dance scenes and the last devoted to costumes manifesting certain special features. Iconic and inspiring, this offering of extravagant fashions will take you down the fantastic history of this avant-garde theatrical art form.
On view at Fondation Pierre Bergé | Yves Saint Laurent till July 15th
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April 10th, 2012 05:50 PM |
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BRANDON VARGAS
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LET THERE BE LIGHT
THE LOW LINE
The world's first subterranean park, Delancey Underground, moved one step closer to reality this past Friday when the public funding drive, via KickStarter, for this innovative design proposal closed. Since dubbed The Low Line, the initial target of $100,000 was easily surpassed attracting donations totaling more than $150,000 since February 22nd.
The underground space, formerly The Williamsburg Trolley Terminal, was built in 1903 and served as a depot for streetcars and ferrying passengers between Williamsburg and the Lower East Side. When the trolley service ended in 1948, the terminal closed, and has lain dormant since. Despite six decades of neglect, the 1.5-acre space still retains some of its original features; including remnant cobblestones, crisscrossing rail tracks, and vaulted ceilings.
With no natural light, the underground terminal may not seem like the most natural park locale. However, creators Dan Barasch and James Ramsey plan to utilize new technology that directs sunlight below ground transforming The Low Line into a "year round public space", supporting farmers markets, concerts, and art installations.
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BRANDON VARGAS
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Culture
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This past weekend, Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence, opened at the American Museum of Natural History. The exhibit reveals some of the most magical, wondrous, and truly extraordinary creatures and phenomena found in the natural world and aims to educate us on how and why these fascinating creatures emit light.
However academic, Creatures of Light manages to preserve that other worldly mystery, even cherishes it. Treating its installations as if they were an actual bioluminescent bay of glowing plankton in Puerto Rico, or bright strands of glow worms hanging from the massive ceilings of the Waitomo Caves of New Zealand, and the pitch blackness of the deep sea where angler fish use a luminous bulb of bacteria dangling above their heads to lure prey into its gaping jaws.
The exhibition department has worked hard to create a hushed, dimly lit habitat throughout. Recreating the conditions under which any bioluminescence is actually seen, giving you a pretty good sense of these worlds and there inherent strangeness.
Visitors will surely treasure the experience of exploring the deep sea homes of luminous fish, shuffling through a field of flashing fire flies, investigating caves strung with jewel like glow worms, and wading through a digital bioluminescent bay that glitters underneath each step. Creatures of Light's fabulous simulations are encaptivating and provide an insightful glimpse of a world that we cannot readily sample.
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