This summer, I’ve forgone an extended vacation away from NYC in favor of taking Fridays off from my day job, and the shortened work week / extended weekend has added immeasurable value to my life. I highly recommended it.
As tempting as it is to just stay inside with the AC blasting and stare at my iMac all day, I make sure to plan a little urban adventure each Friday so I can get outside and enjoy the lovely sun and hot hot heat. Because if you are lucky enough to live in NYC, you owe it to yourself and your surroundings to cultivate an Explorer Mentality! Continue reading Hogs & Heifers, A Legendary Meatpacking District Fixture, to Close on August 23rd!→
The triangular mass of Claes Oldenburg’s Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich”)1963, is actually constructed from many smaller sculptural components including wood slabs, stuffed cushions and fabric pieces, which must be restacked each time the work is shown, allowing ample room for creative variation. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Claes Oldenburg, Giant BLT→
Even though the menu item highlighted above actually describes a way to order your Marinated Chicken Breast Sandwich at Jackson Hole Restaurant, we are just going to pretend that the menu describes an order of “Bacon Topped with Bacon.” Because that’s much funnier.
Pop Surrealism is a genre of painting that never gets tiresome for me. Connecticut based Artist Robert Deyber paints realist-style visual renderings of clichés, euphemisms and popular sayings or phrases, to create surreal, dreamlike tableaus that really take the viewer elsewhere. I love his work. Continue reading Robert Deyber at Martin Lawrence Galleries→
