Tlingit artist Alison Marks made it to answer the male gaze that permeates the contemporary Pacific Northwest market. She said, “Many of the male artists working today are kind and gifted and admirable people, but there are these very detailed anatomical works on the market representing the female form.”
Tag: 09.07.18
Britain Scraps Plans To Increase Tax On Lower-Paid Theatre Workers By 500 Percent
Er, yes, that cancelation seems like a good idea for everyone who’s self-employed and earning less than £6.205 per year.
Irving Petlin, Artist Who Used Symbolism To Paint About Social Upheaval, Has Died At 83
Petlin “strove to preserve history in a style that was neither realistic nor abstract. Rather than depict brutal events graphically, he reimagined them with subtlety and surrealism.”
Poet, Novelist, And Picture-Book Writer Jacqueline Woodson Explains Where Her Books Come From
Woodson has two books out this week – and both immediately made bestseller lists. Where does the prolific award-winner get her ideas and her lyrical style? The South.
Terry Crews’ Accused Abuser Is Finally Gone – And Crews Wants Hollywood To Listen Up About Sexual Assault
After Crews wrote tweets about being groped by an agent, he thought he’d be the one facing serious, possibly career-ending consequences. “‘The first thing I did when I came home after tweeting those tweets, I told my wife, ‘Hollywood is over. I think we may have to leave.’ That was the reality,’ the actor said. Still, he felt it was his duty to speak out. ‘Hopefully, me coming forward with my story will deter a predator and encourage someone who feels hopeless,’ he wrote at the time.”
What Happens When You Just Let Netflix Do Its Thing?
When you let the algorithm go in Netflix Roulette, things can get interesting. “No one could have predicted binge-watching, which means that once again reality has outstripped our wildest, grimmest imaginings.”
Amanda Kyle Williams, Mystery Writer, Has Died At 61
Williams was dyslexic but instead of getting tested, she was told she was lazy and stupid. She dropped out of school and got addicted to drugs – but when a psychologist gave her the learning disability diagnosis, her life changed. Then, “becoming fascinated by how the written word could convey a story, she went on to publish her first book at 28 and eventually landed a $1 million contract to write a mystery series about a tough female private investigator named Keye Street.”
Let’s Take These 15th Century Wooden Church Sculptures And Paint Them Neon, OK?
Said no one ever … except this woman in Spain, who gave Mary eyeliner and a bright pink headscarf, and who said, “I’m not a professional, but I always liked to do it, and the figures really needed to be painted. So I painted them as I could, with the colours that looked good to me, and the neighbours liked it.”
Sonny Rollins At 88
The jazz saxophonist’s creativity is unmatched – and here’s the music to prove it.
Taking Charge Of Your Career By Playing Lizzie Borden Is A Bold Move
And Chloë Sevigny is making that move. But “will we ever allow her to be known first as an actress and second as a downtown personality — the epitome of cool”?