“Morley is often discussed in relation to the Photorealist movement, which sought to strip any sense of authorship from the act of painting through the creation of carefully worked images that mirror their photographic sources. However, Morley said he preferred the term ‘super-realist’ to describe his work, because it aligned it with Suprematism, the early 20th-century Russian avant-garde that sought to distill painting to its most basic forms.”
Tag: 06.02.18
Are Republicans Souring On Netflix?
Thousands of right-wingers have taken to social media to express their unhappiness with Netflix’s left turns. They’ve condemned Netflix, announced they have dropped the streaming service, and urged like-minded folks to also cancel.
Could Pro Sports Offer Some Lessons For The Ailing Gallery System?
“It’s not just because of my brain’s well-documented penchant for drawing outlandish parallels that I bring up sports here. As preposterous as it would have seemed to me when I was a disaffected art kid growing up in Midwestern (American) football country, professional sports at least offer food for thought, if not a full game plan, for how the gallery sector could claw its way out of this mess.”
Houston Grand Opera’s Heroic Post-Flood Story Is One Of Resilience
Recently, I found myself blinking back tears while chatting with a colleague as I was summarizing the story I had seen at the Houston Grand Opera’s Resilience Theater. It really was a beautiful story about, and told by, people who had refused to accept the risk of losing the place that they call home.
This Comedian’s Teenage YouTube Videos Helped Make His Mom A Bollywood Star
Sure, this is a story of the wildness of YouTube videos and the daring role that Mawaan Rizwan’s mother, Shahnaz Rizwan, took on – but more than that, it’s a tale of Shahnaz’s life coming full circle. “At age 3 she made her film debut. Over the next decade, she told me, she went on to star in more than 30 black-and-white Pakistani films. By 12, she was supporting her family with her earnings. She was basically the Macaulay Culkin of Karachi. But when she was a teenager, she had to stop acting. People told her it was no profession for a young woman and that only prostitutes worked as actresses.”
The Apple Programmer Who Challenged Steve Jobs, And Figured Out How To Make Apps Talk To Each Other
Sal Soghoian “is a guy who’s built a long career creating technology that lets users hand the tedium of repetitive grunt work off to their computers in creative ways” – and he changed the way we use our computers and phones. Now he’s called “the dean of automation” and is working on new ways to make everything faster, more productive, and more automatic.
The Rise Of Audiobooks Snags Famous Authors For Audio-Only Options
Audible, which is owned by behemoth Amazon, has a surprising new author in its fold: Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and The Blind Side. Lewis has been a contributing author to Vanity Fair for decades – but Audible has now poached him for four audio-only stories. “Lewis — arguably one of the most successful nonfiction writers working today, with book sales topping 10 million copies — is betting Audible will expand his audience and draw even more people to his work.” And he’s not alone.
Eight Of The Most Intriguing Designs At The Venice Biennale
Although “there are 60-plus national pavilions in the exhibition — all exploring some facet of architecture related to ‘Freespace,’ the central theme established by biennale curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects in Ireland,” here’s a list of some of the most interesting among the throng.
‘Social’ Is Now Simply ‘Media’
The argument: “All the prayer hand emojis in the world can’t change one simple fact: Platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are as powerful, and divisive, and reliant on audience-drawing controversy as any 24-hour cable news network.”
What Makes Romance Matter To The New York Times Right Now?
In a rather hostile between-Times critics interview, the new romance reviewer says, “Romance is one of the biggest genres in publishing. That’s unfortunately been part of why, I think, it’s so often written off. The Times covering romance is an important recognition that these books are a vital part of literary culture. Some readers stick to romance, but plenty of romance readers — including myself — read it among many other genres. And we read The New York Times, too.”