Evan Rachel Wood and Larry David in Whatever Works.By Hap ErsteinYou would not need to know that Woody Allen first wrote the screenplay for his latest film, Whatever Works, more than 30 years ago to recognize it as a refreshing throwback.To say that the past decade or so have been artistically fallow for Allen, despite the arrival of at least one movie a year, would be an … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
‘Whatever Works’ slight, but at least it’s funny
You would not need to know that Woody Allen first wrote the screenplay for his latest film, Whatever Works, more than 30 years ago to recognize it as a refreshing throwback.To say that the past decade or so have been artistically fallow for Allen, despite the arrival of at least one movie a year, would be an understatement. To those of us who feel Allen has made some great … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 25-28
The Flower Is Always in the Almond (After Bachelard),by Justin Rabideau.Art: Opening Friday at the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center in West Palm Beach is Native Offerings III, an exhibit in which four South Florida artists interpret their surroundings. Curated by Talya Lerman, the show demonstrates how Isabel Gouveia, Brigid Howard, Justin Rabideau and Carolyn Sickles … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 25-28
Art: Opening Friday at the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center in West Palm Beach is Native Offerings III, an exhibit in which four South Florida artists interpret their surroundings. Curated by Talya Lerman, the show demonstrates how Isabel Gouveia, Brigid Howard, Justin Rabideau and Carolyn Sickles uses his or her environment as either a medium or muse. Contemporary … [Read more...]
Film review: Engaging ‘Away We Go’ marks advance for Mendes
Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski in Away We Go.By John ThomasonHas Sam Mendes turned into an old softie?The proficient director has earned the reputation, perhaps unfairly, as a chronicler of suburban discontent and alienation, thanks to the breakthrough success of American Beauty and last year’s Revolutionary Road, a histrionic study of a couple’s picket-fence-stifled … [Read more...]
Engaging ‘Away We Go’ marks advance for Mendes
Has Sam Mendes turned into an old softie?The proficient director has earned the reputation, perhaps unfairly, as a chronicler of suburban discontent and alienation, thanks to the breakthrough success of American Beauty and last year’s Revolutionary Road, a histrionic study of a couple’s picket-fence-stifled disintegration.Like Revolutionary Road’s subtler, inverted flipside, … [Read more...]
Art review: Locksley-Shea collection explores urgency, vitality of contemporary art
With You I Want to Live (2007), by Tracey Emin.By Emma TrellesFORT LAUDERDALE -- With You I Want To Live, a pink neon sculpture by British artist Tracey Emin, is a bit of a triple-threat. In its own right, the work reflects Emin’s millennial-tinged obsessions with ardor - its pleasures, its unavoidable pratfalls. She is, after all, also the author of Everyone I Have Ever Slept … [Read more...]
Locksley-Shea collection explores urgency, vitality of contemporary art
FORT LAUDERDALE -- With You I Want To Live, a pink neon sculpture by British artist Tracey Emin, is a bit of a triple-threat. In its own right, the work reflects Emin’s millennial-tinged obsessions with ardor - its pleasures, its unavoidable pratfalls. She is, after all, also the author of Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995, a pup tent stitched with the 102 names of … [Read more...]
Art review: Lyrical Abstraction show demonstrates resilience of American painting
Red Isle (1981), by John Seery.By Jenifer A. VogtIt is often a delight when a museum reaches into its permanent collection and unearths hidden treasures that are rarely, if ever, seen. It’s a practical impossibility for any art institution to display all the works acquired throughout the years.This leaves the curatorial staff charged with the disheartening task of labeling some … [Read more...]
Lyrical Abstraction show demonstrates resilience of American painting
It is often a delight when a museum reaches into its permanent collection and unearths hidden treasures that are rarely, if ever, seen. It’s a practical impossibility for any art institution to display all the works acquired throughout the years.This leaves the curatorial staff charged with the disheartening task of labeling some works worthy of display and others not. But … [Read more...]