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“Lines of the Sublime”

We went to the AIC (Art Institute of Chicago) the other day and saw a nice exhibit called “Abstraction at Midcentury” where I was quite taken by this pen-and-ink drawing by the German-Venezuelan artist Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt) from 1968. Due to her Jewish ancestry, she was forced to leave Germany in 1935 during the oppressiveContinue reading ““Lines of the Sublime””

“You Only Need One”

I’m harkening back to that glorious day When I first felt the pull of the scene. On the gallery wall, I unlatched a door Setting something inside of me free Can you recall that wondrous day when The magic first fell on your ears? The record’s slow turn, the joy in its throw Like aContinue reading ““You Only Need One””

“Still Life with Shoe”

Went on a morning walkabout and passed this unusual tableaux featuring a shoe, a plastic fork and some uncertain green vegetable material. I just snapped the pic and later, using my iPhone, had fun fiddling around with it. Here it is in black-and-white. I’ll let you judge which has more reach… Next, I used Chat-GPTContinue reading ““Still Life with Shoe””

“Carnival Life (with Tommy Treacle)”

Host: Great Exudations has the supreme pleasure to welcome back Tommy Treacle, our timeless troubadour, with his tales from the backroads of America and thoughts on the present state of our culture. Tommy, how have you been since — was it Christmas? TT: It was the Yuletide! Well, I’m mostly on the diagonal of late.Continue reading ““Carnival Life (with Tommy Treacle)””

“DEMAGOGUE Records presents…”

… the complete back catalogue of the incomparable and highly consequential musical artist COVFEFE. The sound of an entire socio-political movement that broke like a category-5 tropical (septic) cyclone. No graphics required. He neither asked permission nor forgiveness. No shits were left to be given — it was all there in the music. The highsContinue reading ““DEMAGOGUE Records presents…””

“No Kings, Just Bling!”

The National Portrait Gallery, which shares space with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is an underrated experience for visitors of Washington, DC. For starters, it’s free. Secondly, it boasts a panoply of American artworks that include paintings by Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell, and Grandma Moses, sculptures by Frederic Remington and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, as well asContinue reading ““No Kings, Just Bling!””