“Los Angeles is not what you see in the movies. It’s like Detroit with palm trees.”–Don Draper I never liked the Los Angeles episodes of Mad Men. Well, at least at first. Something about Don losing himself in the sun, sand and vivid colors of California just felt wrong. He belonged guzzling an Old Fashioned … Continue reading
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Move Over Spiral Jetty: Robert Smithson’s Early Celebrations of Sleaze
When thinking of artist Robert Smithson, Times Square porn cinemas, sci-fi horror flicks, beefcake magazines and pulp fiction book covers probably don’t immediately come to mind. Changing the typically one-sided conception of Robert Smithson’s all-too-short artistic career, the recently closed exhibition Pop at James Cohan’s newly opened Lower East Side gallery space reveals the tacky, … Continue reading
Under The Posing Straps: 80 WSE Excavates Bob Mizer
The first institutional solo exhibition of Bob Mizer’s expansive career, “DEVOTION: Excavating Bob Mizer” at 80 WSE delves into the little known and barely seen photographs separate from his career as the penultimate beefcake photographer Continue reading