"Artists enjoy being in control. They’re puppeteers. And as you can see in the Institute of Contemporary Art’s The Puppet Show—actual puppetry is popular with some of today’s leading artists." (Philadelphia Weekly 2/6/08)
Click here for Roberta Fallon's complete article.
The Puppet Show opens at the Santa Monica Museum of Art on May 23, 2008.
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Monday, May 5, 2008
Puppet Love
Friday, March 28, 2008
Top Five Autobiographies for your Ironical Bookshelf
Two Smart Dogs, an excellent education database for classes from clay therapy to improv, asked me for a "Top Five" submission to their new eMag. Rather than something totally subjective like "Five Books That Will Change Your Life," I went with the universally beloved genres of celebrity tell-all and self help—blended together like a daiquiri at one of Bob Seeger's infamous after-parties:
"I’m a big fan of ironical bookshelves. Guests will either think you are hilarious or idiotic when they see it. An added bonus - cheesy autobiographies are chock-full of hysterical anecdotes to entertain your friends at parties.
1. Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr.
The gold standard
2. Still Hungry After All These Years: My Story by Richard Simmons
Richard gushes over beignets and alternate uses for Pam cooking spray.
3. My Lucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoir by Shirley Maclaine
Pricelessly idiotic
4. FOOTNOTES: What You Stand For Is More Important Than What You Stand In by Tommy Tune
A mix of the quaint and the pornographic; the Broadway icon fastidiously warns readers before launching into his escapades with Japanese businessmen, etc.
5. Solipsist by Henry Rollins
Spooky"
Read the full post and "Top Fives" by other contributers at Two Smart Dogs.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Next Meeting: June 24 at 7 pm
This summer, The Puppet Show, a group show organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania and featuring work by Paul McCarthy, Mike Kelley, and Charlie White, will open at the Santa Monica Museum of Art.
The next SMMoA Book Club will feature a short story chosen by Charlie White, "One Arm" by Yasunari Kawabata. The story can be found in Kawabata's haunting House of the Sleeping Beauties. Discounted books are available on Amazon and at the SMMoA book shop, GRACIE.
Join us on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 7 pm for a discussion of Kawabata and White. It will be preceded by a paired sake tasting, presented by Venice's Hama Sushi, and tour of The Puppet Show. Reservations required; contact anna.nickila@smmoa.org or call 310.586.6488, extension 116.
Friday, February 15, 2008
February 12 Meeting: Inside the Non-White Cube
The SMMoA Book Club met inside the Michael Asher installation to discuss Brian O'Doherty's Inside the White Cube.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Calling All CalArtisans
The SMMoA Book Club is chock-full of CalArtisans. Michael Asher, Stephan Pascher, Martin Kersels—the list goes on and on. Because the Book Club is for SMMoA members only, we are offering the brilliant students of CalArts a special deal in 2008—a $25 Museum membership that includes a year of Book Clubs, exhibition previews, and cocktail parties. Bring your CalArts I.D. to the meeting on February 12 to take advantage of this limited-time offer.
An Ideal Syllabus
Hol Art Books is a new publisher dedicated to great writing on visual art. Its founder, Greg Albers, just wrote this kind article about the SMMoA Book Club. He also sent me a fantastic book, edited by Jerry Saltz, which asks artists, critics, and curators the same question that the SMMoA Book Club asks—what texts are relevant to the art being made today or, as Saltz puts it, “What would be the beginning of your ideal syllabus?” An Ideal Syllabus compiles book lists by luminaries like Cindy Sherman (Mad magazines) and Thelma Golden (the Whitney’s 1993 Biennial Catalogue and Hal Foster’s The Return of the Real, among others). I highly recommend this little gem, if you can find it!
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Their lack of planning couldn't be more perfect
"It's a coincidence. But Elsa Longhauser, director of the Santa Monica Museum of Art, thinks it's great. What could be better than an installation by Michael Asher to headline a yearlong celebration of the museum's 20th anniversary?" (Los Angeles Times 1/20/08)
Click here for Suzanne Muchnic's complete article.
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