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Tag Archives: Melissa Stern
Disco-era Bushwick
May 30, 2014 Published in Hyperallergic Meryl Meisler, “The Village People Stepping Out” (The Grand Ballroom, Manhattan, June 1978), and detail of “Three Amigos” (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 1983) (all images courtesy the artist) In the late 1970s and early 80s, Meryl … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, Disco, Drag queens, Jefferson Street, Manhattan, Melissa Stern, Meryl Meisler, New York City, Photography, Village people
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Dina Park…..
The first day in Israel was a total blur. Arrival, customs, bags, pick up at airport, go to see new apt, go to the art center, my wonderful friends mark and Yael showed up to whisk me away to lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Rants and Raves
Tagged Arts, Cliff, Dina Park, Israel, Jaffa, Melissa Stern, sculpture, Visual arts, Yael
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Hitting History Hard
by MELISSA Feb 18, 2014 • Frohawk Two Feathers brings revolution to art and politics Frohawk Two Feathers is re-writing American history. In his current exhibition at Morgan Lehman Gallery, “Heartbreaking and Shit, But That’s the Globe. The Battle of … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, drawing, Frohawk Two-Feathers, Melissa Stern, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Works on Paper
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Joy in Darkness
Nov 14, 2013 Lester Johnson The dark brooding men that are hanging on the walls at Steve Harvey Fine Art Projects these days are a powerful presence in a tiny gallery. The exhibition ”Lester Johnson: Dark Paintings” consists of six paintings and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract Expresionists, Art, Impasto, LES, Melissa Stern, Oil paint, Paint, Shopping, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, Visual arts
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Media Men- Munch and Warhol together at Scandinavia House
Published in CityArts Aug 6, 2013 At first glance the pairing of Andy Warhol and Edvard Munch seems an unlikely coupling. However, as expertly explained by the curators at Scandinavia House, these two artists shared a startling number of common … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Warhol, Brooch, Camouflage Self-Portrait, Edvard Munch, Madonna, Melissa Stern, Munch, Scandanavia House NYC, Scream, Screen printing, Silk screen
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Further Thoughts on the Art of Melissa Stern
Paul J. Karlstrom 19 January 2013 On a recent trip to New York my wife and I managed to see several exhibitions during what was primarily a family Christmas week in Brooklyn. Although we were staying … Continue reading
Posted in Rants and Raves
Tagged Ann Karlstom, Archives of American Art, ceramic sculpture, Children's Museum of the Arts, drawing, Freud, Images of childhood, Melissa Stern, New York Cirt Artist, Oral Histories, outsider art, Paul J. Karlstrom, Peter Selz, QR codes, San Francisco, sculpture, smartphone technology, Smithsonian
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M at MOMA
A recent visit to The Museum of Modern Art.