Category Archives: Art

A Tree Falls in Brooklyn

September 18, 2010 – 3:13 pm

Several severe micro-bursts of tornado strength wind ripped across the borough of Brooklyn knocking down thousands of trees. Big and small. Only one was toppled in Manhattan. High winds. Not a storm. The rain was finished by the time that I left work. Richie Boy and I subwayed to 23rd Street. He had to pick […]

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Maya Lin WAVES at Storm King

September 18, 2010 – 1:13 pm

My landlord/friend designed the biggest cottage in the Hamptons this year. Construction was finished in late August. AP invited several of his male friends for a tour of the beachfront mansion. Massive with a spectacular ocean vista over pristine dunes. The female client hated how the dune grass blocked a sliver of the Atlantic horizon. […]

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The Past Refound

August 31, 2010 – 6:57 am

My possessions are scattered across two houses in Thailand, a mountaintop cabin north of Santa Cruz, two farms in upstate New York, my apartment in Fort Greene, and my sister’s house outside of Boston, however I was surprised this weekend to hear my host Billy O say at his Easthampton house, “I have several boxes […]

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An Elegant Biker

July 6, 2010 – 6:57 pm

Eric Mitchell rode a bike to an art opening in Red Hook. He wore a white shirt and black jacket. All his shirts are white. The cotton was dry. It’s a long hump from the East Village to the Gowanus Canal. Eric is part Cherokee. He doesn’t sweat. I’m slightly surprised that Eric is not […]

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Bike Guy by Scott Taylor

July 6, 2010 – 5:01 pm

Scott’s “Bike Guy” has been installed on the corner of Bedford and 12th street in McCarren Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I attended the opening last week. Mark Benecke of Studio 54 fame was the big name for the showing. A few more faces from the age of heroes and heroines were there. Scott asked for me […]

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