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LAX to MIA
It’s funny, now that I’m a mother I am ultra-prepared when I travel, even when I’m on my own with no kid to mind. Good thing too, because on the plane they ran out of turkey sandwiches ($5/each) before they … Continue reading
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Is it Because of Roy?
I’ve been scheming to go to Miami for the last year and a half now – ever since my essay was published in The Killing Machine, the catalog for Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s show. The eponymous show has … Continue reading
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Art in Chinatown
I grabbed a list of Chinatown galleries culled from ArtForum’s Picks and Flavorpill’s “Back-to-School Gallery Opening Guide” and hoofed it up to LA today, after first dropping Bella off at school, my brother-in-law at his friend’s house, and my sister-in-law’s … Continue reading
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Is it just me?
Am I the only one who finds it appealing when artwork is accessed by an inconspicuous door on the street on the Lower East Side? and described as an “amusement park dreamed up by squatters” in this week’s New Yorker? … Continue reading
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For the narcoleptics among us…
I present you with the PILLOWIG. I wonder if I can get one of those things with twelve pillows, for Chad. Thanks for passing this one along, Songbae and Donna!
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To Be Someone
While I made (organic) chicken soup for Chad’s brother when he was sick, and then again when Chad got the same thing, when I finally caught the head cold, I didn’t make soup. Instead, I dragged myself out of bed … Continue reading
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Art in Bangkok
Last time I was in Asia (three years ago), Bella and I got to see lots of contemporary art in Seoul and Tokyo, but consistently got lost trying to find galleries in Bangkok. This time I was armed with a … Continue reading
Gego in NYC Until July 21, 2007
This a show I would like to see: “Gego, Between Transparency and the Invisible” at the Drawing Center at 35 Wooster Street in Soho. Read Holland Cotter’s article about it in the NYTimes here.
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Better Than Photocopying Your Butt
Chad’s dad, Al, shared this link with me. It takes you to the website of Katinka Matson, an artist who makes her images by scanning live objects.
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Spring Break plans
I’m just taking a little break from working through my thesis here and thinking about spring break. I will not be going to NYC, but to Laguna to see my honey and go house-shopping. (I also found out that the … Continue reading
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