Carrie Moyer, Mythic Being (detail), 2008, acrylic on canvas, 50 × 30 inches
Work stuff is not leaving much time for blog posts, so I’m posting images of some of my favorite things seen lately. That definitely includes Carrie Moyer excellent show of paintings at Canada, up through June 7. Do not miss it.
Angela Dufresne, Some Like it Hot, 2009, oil on canvas, 40 × 60 inches (via Monya Rowe Gallery)
Angela Dufresne, Nosforatu Street Scene with Italian Hookers (from Herzog’s ‘Nosforatu’), 2008, oil on canvas, 84 × 132 inches (via CRG Gallery)
My own photos didn’t turn out so well, so here are two images of Angela’s work from the gallery websites. I’ve been following her work for a while, and the latest paintings are my favorite work by her so far. The Monya Rowe show closes June 13, and the CRG show closes July 2.
I love this part of the New York Times review of Reynold Price’s latest book.
Mr. Price applies the word “queer” and dislikes “gay” because he thinks the latter hurt homosexual men during the early years of the AIDS crisis. It fit the assumption of bigots, he writes, that “homosexuals were giddy irresponsibles, negligible creatures.” Mr. Price quotes a friend who says: “Please don’t call me gay. If you need an adjective, call me morose.”