Comments on: Not directly related to comics but… http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:34:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Brian Spence http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/#comment-597321 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:30:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/#comment-597321 I went to the Modernismo exhibit at the Corcoran, which was excellent. I've been meaning to get over there again for this new one. I think either artist alone would be worth the price of admission, and combining them sounds great! Weird, but great! I went to the Modernismo exhibit at the Corcoran, which was excellent. I’ve been meaning to get over there again for this new one. I think either artist alone would be worth the price of admission, and combining them sounds great! Weird, but great!

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/#comment-593798 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:57:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/#comment-593798 I think Heidi meant the Washington Monument, so called because it was started when he was alive, but not completed until MANY years later. You can see the difference in coloration on the marble where work was halted. Having lived (94-97) in the District during the Golden Age (1993-2000), I did perceive strange realities and ironies. National Airport being named after Ronald Reagan, who fired the air traffic controllers. A blizzard shutting down the government the day after the '94 budget impasse was resolved. So, no, it's not a surprise. Typical inside the beltway effect. But I am curious... did she photograph Robert Mapplethorpe? THAT would be the ubermetaironic moment of the exhibition! I think Heidi meant the Washington Monument, so called because it was started when he was alive, but not completed until MANY years later. You can see the difference in coloration on the marble where work was halted.
Having lived (94-97) in the District during the Golden Age (1993-2000), I did perceive strange realities and ironies. National Airport being named after Ronald Reagan, who fired the air traffic controllers. A blizzard shutting down the government the day after the ‘94 budget impasse was resolved. So, no, it’s not a surprise. Typical inside the beltway effect. But I am curious… did she photograph Robert Mapplethorpe? THAT would be the ubermetaironic moment of the exhibition!

]]> by: jim d. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/#comment-591107 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:43:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/#comment-591107 DC is a strange place, of course, but for reasons probably other than the ones you've mentioned. Are the curatorial decisions of the Corcoran a reflection on the city at large?* That's like saying NYC is a bizarre place because you didn't like the way an exhibit at the Whitney was laid out. BTW, referring to a memorial in DC as The Memorial is probably not specific enough. I'm guessing you mean the WWII Memorial, which is nearest to the Corcoran. Boy, I'm tetchy this morning, aren't I? Sorry. *The abandonment of a Gehry-designed addition to the museum, however, very well may be. DC is a strange place, of course, but for reasons probably other than the ones you’ve mentioned. Are the curatorial decisions of the Corcoran a reflection on the city at large?* That’s like saying NYC is a bizarre place because you didn’t like the way an exhibit at the Whitney was laid out.

BTW, referring to a memorial in DC as The Memorial is probably not specific enough. I’m guessing you mean the WWII Memorial, which is nearest to the Corcoran.

Boy, I’m tetchy this morning, aren’t I? Sorry.

*The abandonment of a Gehry-designed addition to the museum, however, very well may be.

]]> by: CEK http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/#comment-590998 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:50:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/29/not-directly-related-to-comics-but/#comment-590998 The most fascinating and meta moment of both those shows is the Annie Leibowitz portrait of ... Ansel Adams. The most fascinating and meta moment of both those shows is the Annie Leibowitz portrait of … Ansel Adams.

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