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Jason deCaires Taylor – Vicissitudes – Moilinere Bay, Grenada – 2011
Sculptures placed in the bay are forming a new reef. Continue reading
Imagine waking up to this view. Continue reading
From its outgrowth of the graffiti movement of the 1980s, contemporary street art comprises of many techniques and has since grown into a global movement. Often providing social and political commentary, street artists rejuvenate public spaces and initiate lively discussions on the democratization of art.
Brooklyn film maker Matt Finlin has made this sweet documentary short about Brooklyn’s annual Giglio Feast. It’s a wonderful slice of New York in the summertime. Enjoy. Continue reading
I don’t believe that art has meaning and I don’t believe that it should. What I do believe is that the purpose of art is to create an experience and to tell a story (or convey an idea), but, again, I don’t like to believe in the story (or idea) as told by the artist (with the exception being biblical paintings) because I like to stretch my mind a bit. It’s cheating to just take the description on a placard at face value. Won’t you join me as I participate in one of my greatest pastimes? Let’s devise book summaries in the Contemporary Art department of The Detroit Institute of Art!
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If the lady in the picture here woke up, I would be the first thing she saw. She is opposite the small secretary desk in the Crocker boudior, facing the bed. Continue reading
Hugh Laurie, the English actor who plays America’s most self-destructive television doctor, has released a blues album. Laurie enlisted Joe Henry and the great Allen Toussaint to produce the record, signifying that he has lofty goals for the album. According to Laurie people came up to him and suggested that he record a blues album. I suspect that these are the same people we have to thank for the supply of talent on American Idol. Please feel free to indulge the urge to roll your eyes at this barely disguised vanity project. Continue reading
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga
Directed by: Duncan Jones
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Ah, the Three Stooges. Countless hours of my formative years were spent watching their short films, usually on high-numbered UHF stations that mostly aired re-runs of “Get Smart,” “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Petticoat Junction,” “That Girl,” “Green Acres” and “The Flying Nun.”
Did you know that a “Three Stooges” movie has been in pre-production since 1998? This is something I learned today, courtesy of Deadline.com. The film, which is scheduled to begin production this month, has announced that Sean Hayes is signed to play the role of Larry Fine, and Will Sasso will lend his complex multi-talents to the role of Curly.
The question remains — who will give life to the surly, menacing mug of Moe Howard? Rumors have been swirling around this project for longer than the entire span of Miley Cyrus’s career. Will it be noted Stooges fanatic Mel Gibson? Not a bad choice and someone we wouldn’t mind seeing on the receiving end of some physical abuse. Not a bad choice at all.
Will the next “face of Moe” be Sean Penn? He was originally slated to play Larry Fine, which does not make sense, because he’s got a mug that only a mother could love, and a bowl cut wig would go a long way towards making us believe that Moe had come back to life.
Interesting to note is that many actors have been attached to this project over the last decade — Benicio del Toro, Jim Carrey, Johnny Knoxville, Andy Samberg, an Australian actor called Shane Jacobson. Johnny Depp and Paul Giamatti have been attached to this movie as well, but later dropped out of the project.
Mel Brooks attempted to write and produce a Three Stooges movie in the 70’s, but said his effort fell short because there was no way he could sustain the action for 90 minutes. The film would have starred Mel Brooks as Moe, Dom DeLuise as Curly, and Marty Feldman as Larry. When the writing just wasn’t working, Mel turned the project turned into the unique “Silent Movie.”
Apparently the Farrelly brothers have solved Mel’s conundrum — they decided to divide the movie into three 27-minute segments which complete one story arc. This should give the audience a breather in between all the action, so when Mel Gibson gets crowned (please, please, let him get crowned) for the umpteenth time, we’re still cheering for more.
Also of note — this is not a biography of our beloved Stooges. This is a newly written story of the Stooges’ antics. Should be interesting to see if it is set in modern times or in the 1920’s or 1930’s.
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