“Do you boogie a lot?… You don’t boogie?… Just a tiny bit? Just a little bit?… Never?!” Barely audible over the grating squeals of a locked-in keyboardist dominating the band’s groovy rhythm, Tim Curry attempts to wrangle a listless German audience member into some light audience participation. Rebuffed by this “very cold person,” as he … Continue reading
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Reclaiming Abstraction From The Dude-Bros: Louise Fishman At Cheim & Read
“I feel kind of bad for AbEx…It’s vulgar, it’s the phallocracy, it’s nothing but an empty trophy, it celebrates bourgeois subjectivity, it’s a cold-war CIA front, and well, basically expression’s really embarrassing. A dandy wouldn’t be caught dead doing something as earnest as struggling, or channeling jazz with his arms. An old-style dandy, at least,” … Continue reading
Potentials of Queer Abstraction: “Read My Lips” at Knockdown Center
“In putting together a show about complicating visibility, it is necessary to acknowledge that there have been times when queer visibility was life or death. It also must be acknowledged that without violence against queer people — whether physical or the violence of mandating identity — it wouldn’t be necessary to have a conversation around … Continue reading