Posts Tagged ‘Michael Fensom’
WC Gallery: A Fine Black Line
Words by Michael Fensom I've known Amit Greenberg for nearly two years, and at no point in that span have I not been impressed with what struck me as his relentless enthusiasm, the steam that powers his lithe frame. Between the two of us, he is older by three years, but almost always seemed, outwardly at least, the more boyish. I never knew him as boy — he grew up in Haifa, Israel, far from my home in New Jersey — but stories about his childhood, such as diving to the bottom of a [...]
A Moment with Suzanne Rae
Photography by Allan E. Schoening Words by Michael Fensom Video by Jeff Croghan The models stood in a row along a faux wall fabricated from black curtains. Hung from a garment rack along the wall was a placard listing the contents of each girl’s wardrobe and the contents themselves: silk blouses, a woolen cocktail dress, a velvet jumpsuit. The girls disrobed mechanically and idled with varying degrees of disinterest. Their bodies were remarkably similar -- long legs and torsos, sloping [...]
AA Bronson
Photography by Tracy Morford Words by Michael Fensom “Troublemaker” is a word AA Bronson uses to describe himself, and it is apt. A torchbearer in the 1960s counter-culture movement, Bronson has always maintained a sort of rebellious streak. His art -- originally with Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal as part of the conceptual art collective General Idea, and on his own since Partz and Zontal died in 1994 -- has reflected a level of shrewd honesty and social involvement that became lodged [...]
WC Gallery: Javier Piñon
Words by Michael Fensom The artist Javier Piñon grew up in Kingwood, Texas, a suburban enclave of Houston that, in the 1970s, billed itself "The Livable Forest" to attract families fanning from the oil-fueled metropolis. Kingwood had the trappings of a “suburban hell,” Piñon remembers -- escape from which etched a migration to Austin, Providence, New Orleans and eventually Williamsburg, where he has resided for 17 years. But, in the woods beyond the backyard fence that hemmed his [...]
New Bohemians
Photography by Allan E. Schoening Braving the artistic lifestyle in this wild town is no small feat. From sewer rats to seedy pickpockets, if you can make it here, you must be slightly deranged. On the flip side, spending a day in the park basking in sunlight or watching the Mets win the World Series at Shea Stadium (even if it was in 1986) makes it all worth while. Meet the New Bohemians. Like a lot of New Yorkers, they’re charming, opinionated, and overwhelmingly talented. SANTANA [...]