Spooner, Pete Dexter’s latest creative nonfiction masterpiece, published in 2009, 469 pp. by Grand Central Publishing, steers away from his tradition of fundamentally exposing fundamental bigotry, misanthropy and corruption. Chronicling the minutest details of his turbulent childhood, in a series of quick-shot synapses, fractals come to saturate readers’ foreheads, like milk does an animal’s bones. […]
Author: Farrah Sarafa
COSMINA at Max Laniado Gallery
“There are so many cosmic themes in the etymology of her name, it is as though she was born to paint this way” – Ellie Jahrling Representing about 12 artists on exclusive terms, Max Laniado gallery hosts Cosmina’s second solo exhibit (after 100 solo exhibitions in Europe) “The External Facets of […]
Private vs. Public: George Lewis’ The Other Within Exhibit
“This is not a woman thing; this is a human thing. Until men soften and see themselves as emotional creatures as well as rational ones, we will continue to be nihilistic.” –George Lewis New York City epitomizes the reconciliation of opposites: Rich and poor, dark and light, or high and low. George Lewis re-privileges the […]
“Veils, Clouds and Stardust”—A David Prentice exhibit at GR Gallery
GR Gallery hosts yet another spectacular contemporary art exhibit: One that hypnotizes and heals. A re-visitation of work he created almost 50 years ago, 25 of David R. Prentice’s minimalist abstract paintings from the past 5 years attempt and succeed to elevate abstract-minimalist to a new avant-garde. […]
Our place in the Universe: “Cosmogonies” exhibit at AFA Gallery
I return often to AFA Gallery, a landmark in SoHo’s historic cast iron district. SoHo has more cast-iron buildings than any other global district, and AFA occupies one of them. The way light bounces off one creature on a busy, sunny Saturday changes so wildly on a slow, rainy Monday. It only makes sense then […]
