February 2004 Archive

Into the nabes

Big Easy viewing

Stella and I went to New Orleans last week to visit our friends Chuck, Iris and Lianna, and while I can’t really call Mardi Gras art, the whole thing is one long, giddy performance that comes pretty darn close. So here are a few pictures — a little lagniappe (see definition below) — of the pre-Lenten bacchanal that, regardless of what you call it, employs a lot of artists in the making of floats and decorations. (My friend Chuck took the great, night-time float shot…I’m responsible for the rest.) It’s the pattern and decoration holiday. And while colors are dictated ... More » »

Art politics across the pond

Just politics as usual

Where it’s hot–or not

Faces of the living and the dead

Hopper still hopping

You gotta have a system

Artshwager’s Miami show

The Romantic edge

Post by Cinque Hicks