Art
Violence Sublime
Libertines, monsters and the spectacle of pain: Aesthetic violence in the Pacific Northwest.
The only film that ever made me flinch is a 1975 Italian movie called Salò. In it, there’s a scene where 18 beautiful, adolescent hostages are forced to eat excrement out of a serving bowl during a banquet...
Events
Fearful Symmetry
Mirror unveiled at SAM.
On a windy Sunday afternoon in March, VIPs hovered on a raised platform to witness the unveiling of Doug Aitken’s Mirror installation...
Honey, please!
Remember back when Regina wrote? Though I liked her sharp-witted, purple prose, one of the things I didn’t especially like about her reviews was the side-by-side,...
Sturm und Drang und Blitzing
What do you do when April showers turn into apocalyptic hail storms? Make hailstone vodka crans, thankyouverymuch!
Thank goodness it wasn’t hailing for the Blitz...
One in a Million: Olson Kundig's Storefront
The great thing about Olson Kundig Architect's monthly storefront installation in Pioneer Square is that it's never boring. For one, it's hard to go wrong with an...
Eric Carle's ArtArt Makes Rare Appearance at Tacoma Art Museum
You know Eric Carle from his wildly bestselling and enduring children’s books—The Very Hungry Caterpillar and some 70 more. But it’s his other work that’s on view...
Encountering the Sublime in a Dive Bar & Other Tales of First Thursday
I wasn’t really feeling it Thursday afternoon. Going to the art walk, that is. It was so dreary, overcast....raining. On top of that, my date for the evening had...
Curator Couture (and a few notes on style)
Last Friday I was hanging out on a couch at the Sorrento with a pen and a yellow legal pad. I never use these things. For Gen Moleskine, that shade of yellow is...
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