I saw Iggy Pop perform live for the first time when he was 50 and he was fucking amazing. This Iggy Pop action figure helps to immortalize in plastic what Iggy looked like at about that age. You need to own it. Pre-order for just $14.99 right now at This Link for an estimated ship date of June 3, 2011. Oh, and you also get Free Shipping! Iggy Pop!
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Fuckin’ Pink Shoes, Man!
Photo By Geoffrey Dicker
Saki the Sad Dog is the creation of artist Michael George. Michael sells Saki on tiny 3 x 3″ canvases from a table he sets up on either Spring or Prince Street (I found him on Spring just a few steps east of the former home of the Opera Gallery). Continue reading Saki the Sad Dog By Michael George
If I didn’t have a calendar in front of me I’d swear it was April Fools’ Day, because I just read about a new musical coming to off-Broadway which is based on the true story of the late sixties’ all female rock band, The Shaggs. For those unfamiliar with this pop cultural phenomenon, the band was composed of sisters Dorothy “Dot” Wiggin (vocals/lead guitar), Betty Wiggin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Helen Wiggin (drums), and later Rachel Wiggin (bass). The Shaggs were formed by Dot, Betty, and Helen in 1968 on the insistence of their father, Austin Wiggin, who believed that his mother foresaw the band’s rise to stardom.
Continue reading Shaggs: Philosophy of The World Comes to the Off Broadway Stage!
Even if you’re a jaded art scenester who thinks he’s seen every kind of art on the planet, I’d venture a guess that you’ve not seen anything like the sculptures of Stephanie Lempert that make up Reconstructed Reliquaries; the latest exhibit at Claire Oliver Gallery in Chelsea. For Reconstructed Reliquaries, Lempert interviewed close to 100 people from all walks of life, exploring the rationale behind the reasons certain memories stay with us and why we form attachments to particular objects.
Continue reading Stephanie Lempert’s Reconstructed Reliquaries at Claire Oliver Gallery