Like sugar-induced hyperactive children, David and I went to the only place where grownups ring doorbells to see art: The Upper East Side. Were we tricked? Yes. Were we treated? Yeah, that too.
Our first stop was Michael Werner Gallery, where their new and stunning second floor space houses a Peter Saul exhibition. This was a treat to see in the temple that is the Upper East Side. I have always thought Saul's work a precursor to Pop-influenced artists such as Kenny Scharf as well as walking lockstep with R. Crumb's social irreverence.
"Good grief, Elizabeth," quipped David, "it was a group show, with the coyly crass title Tumescence. And yet, you’re right to remember Saul over the others (Peter Doig, Sigmar Polke, and Michael Williams) as his was the only work that actually gives evidence of a truly turgid imagination. For me, the best piece was the recent Saul painting 'Head',...
Our first stop was Michael Werner Gallery, where their new and stunning second floor space houses a Peter Saul exhibition. This was a treat to see in the temple that is the Upper East Side. I have always thought Saul's work a precursor to Pop-influenced artists such as Kenny Scharf as well as walking lockstep with R. Crumb's social irreverence.
"Good grief, Elizabeth," quipped David, "it was a group show, with the coyly crass title Tumescence. And yet, you’re right to remember Saul over the others (Peter Doig, Sigmar Polke, and Michael Williams) as his was the only work that actually gives evidence of a truly turgid imagination. For me, the best piece was the recent Saul painting 'Head',...
- 11/9/2013
- by Elizabeth Stevens
- www.culturecatch.com
Michael Williams/Startraks
Reese Witherspoon may be accustomed to researching her on-screen characters, but there’s one role she admits to feeling unprepared for — being the mother of a teenager.
The Oscar winner, 35, tells Britain’s TV show Daybreak that she’s feeling apprehensive about her daughter Ava Elizabeth‘s upcoming 13th birthday, in September.
“I don’t know anything about teenagers, so I’m on a big learning curve here,” the This Means War star says.
“This is the time where I start asking all my friends who have kids who are older, ‘What do you do about a cell phone?...
Reese Witherspoon may be accustomed to researching her on-screen characters, but there’s one role she admits to feeling unprepared for — being the mother of a teenager.
The Oscar winner, 35, tells Britain’s TV show Daybreak that she’s feeling apprehensive about her daughter Ava Elizabeth‘s upcoming 13th birthday, in September.
“I don’t know anything about teenagers, so I’m on a big learning curve here,” the This Means War star says.
“This is the time where I start asking all my friends who have kids who are older, ‘What do you do about a cell phone?...
- 2/29/2012
- by Sarah
- People - CelebrityBabies
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