Breaking News....

I scheduled my Edgewood solo show yesterday, complete with lecture and reception! Here is a list of upcoming shows.
Memorial High School Sale/Silent Auction- June 1st 5-7pm, June 2nd 8am-4pm
Off Broadway 2006, Commonwealth Gallery- July 6th-14th, Reception July 7th 6-11pm
Madison Memorial Alumni Show- September 2006
Dericci Gallery, Edgewood College- Solo Show, Feb 25th-March 16th 2007, Lecture/Reception March 1st 6:30 pm

Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz's new column, raises several questions. First, why must his critiscm so lazily resort to art historical name dropping as the primary way to understand Sillman's work? Are we supposed to be impressed by Saltz's aesthetic thesaurus, or did he run out of things to say about the actual work, yet had a word count to make? If the only way to have a discussion about a creative artifact is through other bodies of work what is the point? It reduces new work to reactions, as opposed to revelations. Yes, I want to be informed of possible influences and relationships, but leave the Gardner's index alone. Also, anyone who has your column in the last year knows where you stand on the sexist state of the art world. Stop reminding us of your enlightened crusade to cure Manhattan of its misogyny. And tempering your reviews of females by devoting portions to a male artist is a bit pot and kettle. (See the past two weeks)

CDs of the Week

Rhett Miller-The Believer: Not Elliott Smith as pop idol as some have said, but instead an aesthetically accessible investigation of the BIG THEMES, like sex, love and death. (Don't miss the Jon Brion cover) Plus he has a gold tooth and a model wife. For more domesticated singer-songwriters, see Eef Barzelay's Bitter Honey.
Favorite Lyric- "Tonight, I'm gonna sleep on the train tracks.
It's gonna be peaceful,
then its gonna get rough."

The Mountain Goats- Babylon Springs EP: Ten year high school reunion-type nostalgia for ex-girlfriends wrapped in hipster keyboards and plucked Telecaster. Not to mention the most tragic song of the first third of the year, Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise, an imagined conversation with the one who got away.
Favorite Lyric- "I'm under no illusion, just what I meant to you.
But you made an impression,
sometimes I still feel the bruise"

First Farmer's Market

First Farmer's Market of the season tommorrow. Don't forget about brunch at the Old Fashioned.