Since the 1970s, as American screenplays have striven for an ever more realistic dialogue patter, one thing is often lost among the ums, the likes, the stammers, the deliberately botched words and the half-finished thoughts: elegance. Nobody actually talked like Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, but we still watch His Girl Friday for the exasperating perfection of its … [Read more...]
The art of anxiety: Dana Schutz’s disturbing visions
If ever it could be said of a person that she lives in her own imaginary world, American painter Dana Schutz would be that person. A 10-year survey of her work, Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels, is currently on view at the Miami Art Museum until Feb. 26. The exhibit contains 30 paintings and 12 drawings. At first glance, the work seems colorful, cheerful even. However, … [Read more...]