The Sartorialist

Yet another exhibit I want to go see (they are really starting to add up).

Scott Schuman, The blogger-turned-digital photographer, is exhibiting his pictures of street fashion. He has gained fame through his blog, where approximately fifty thousand people visit each day. This "blogenomenon" (totally trademarking that) has caused Schuman to be listed as one of TIME Magazine's top 100 design influencers, and now does photo shoots for style.com, the official VOGUE website.

Plus he originally hails from Indiana, my neighbor-state. Let's give two Hoorays for blogs, photos, and Hoosiers*.

When: thru February 23rd, Wed-Fri 11am-6pm; Sat noon-6pm
Where: Danziger Projects, 521 W. 26th St., between Tenth & Eleventh Aves


*Interesting sidenote, Anna, a native of STL, uses this term in a different way as I have seen witnessed before. Courtesy of Wikipedia, "In St. Louis, the word is used in a derogatory fashion in similar context to "white trash".^[6]"

Aussie Love in East Village

SATURDAY DOWN UNDER
Two Aussie Buffets
In honor of Australia Day, two of Manhattan's Aussie establishments are following their national tradition of excess, in the form of Beer Chugging and Pie Eating contests at the Sunburnt Cow and free beach juice shots at Bondi, along with all-you-can-eat shrimp and a buffet. Ozzie ozzie ozzie, oi oi oi...
411: The Sunburnt Cow, 137 Ave C (between 8th and 9th), 212-529-0005
Bondi Road Fish and Chips, 153 Rivington St (between Suffolk and Clinton) 212-253-5311
-- content taken from UrbanDaddy Newsletter

Horst P. Horst Exhibit

Horst P. Horst
What: An exhibition of fashion-shoot perfection from the avant Vogue photographer.
Why: A Horst is a Horst, of course, of course.
When: Thru Mar. 15. Opens Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular hours, Tues. & Wed., Fri. & Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: The Forbes Galleries, 60 Fifth Ave., at 12th St. (212-206-5548).
--- taken from Daily Candy Newsletter


I know Chrissy is down for this.

Jose Gonzalez on March 12th

Jose Gonzalez is playing at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple (Clermont & Lafayette) on March 12th and I have two tickets. Want to come along with me? This is part of a "green" tour, so just think of the good you will be doing by coming along!

Etiquette at Velseka

U.S. Premiere of Etiquette
What: Take a seat at a 24-hour Polish diner, put on headphones, listen, and follow directions to pre-recorded live theater.
Why: The chance to be the audience and the actor? It’s your pierogi-tive.
When: Thru Jan. 20. Daily, every half hour, noon-midnight.
Where: Veselka, 144 Second Ave., at 9th St. (212-228-9682). Tickets can be purchased (pairs only) at 866-811-4111; online at thefoundrytheatre.org.
--- taken from Daily Candy newsletter

Also covered on NYTimes.com in this video. Looking for someone to partner up with me so that we can eat Ukrainian food and put on our acting hats!

Brooklyn Arts Council Gallery Exhibit

The Lack of Desire
January 17 - April 11, 2008
BAC Gallery, 111 Front Street, Suite 218, Brooklyn
Curator: Scott Henstrand

"The Lack of Desire seeks to visually represent, from a side glance, what our desires imitate: the universal lack existing in the multiple recesses of our psyche from which our fleeting and never-ending desire springs. The artworks chosen for this exhibition offers the viewer a way to be present with lack rather than escape into the endless feedback loop of desire.

In many ways, human beings desire to keep desire from being fulfilled. Without it, we would be empty, our Self would disappear. We hunt and create objects that articulate desire, but simultaneously point to its inherent lack. In fact, lack is revealed as the positive object and desire becomes a nebulous abstraction.

How do we experience this lack? Desire drives narrative. We spin our tale around desire. Lack is the absence of this narrative and reads as a “block,” a loss of narrative and direction. This is manifest in an individual viewed from behind or the smoke of an ambiguous fire. It is disclosed in the incomprehensible blankness of a doll, inanimate and pre-language."

Transforming Reality: Patten and Design in Modern and Self-Taught Art

Galerie St. Etienne currently has the exhibit, Transforming Reality: Patten and Design in Modern and Self-Taught Art on display through March 8th.

I think this would be a great exhibit to check out. Any takers?

Artists in Exhibition:
Ilija Bosilj Basicevic (Serbian, 1895-1972)
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)
André Bauchant (French, 1873-1958)
Camille Bombois (French, 1883-1970)
Joseph Crépin (French, 1875-1948)
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969)
Lyonel Feininger (German-American, 1871-1956)
Conrad Felixmüller (German, 1897-1977)
Johann Fischer (Austrian, b. 1919)
Erich Heckel (German, 1883-1970)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1939)
Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879-1940)
Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918)
Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886-1980)
Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945)
Augustin Lesage (French, 1876-1954)
Anna Mary Robertson 'Grandma' Moses (American, 1860-1961)
Emil Nolde (German, 1867-1956)
Gertrude O'Brady (American, 1904-1985)
Hermann Max Pechstein (German, 1881-1955)
Heinrich Reisenbauer (Austrian, b. 1938)
Vasilij Romanenkov (Russian, b. 1953)
Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890-1918)
Matija Skurjeni (1898-1990)
Louis Vivin (French, 1861-1936)
Scottie Wilson (Scottish, 1888-1972)

The Black Keys in NYC!

Thanks to Mark's sleuthing, The Black Keys are releasing a new album in April and going on a massive "Keyed Up" tour, with a stop being at Terminal 5 on 5/15 in NYC! Hopefully tickets will be on sale in the near future.

Yay oh yay! Someone must go with me. And we must drink whiskey. From my flask.