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A corridor of books leads to a small card table covered in plastic shopping bags. Two young women dressed for cold weather, kept company by an overflow of shopping bags sitting on the floor, busy their hands manipulating scissors to trim excess plastic into likable shapes. One of the two, Flannery Steffens, temporarily transplanted from... Continue Reading →
A stylized historical rendering spruced up with overlays of contemporary subject matter, Vaudeville! hearkens back to the Gilded Age, just as its title self-explains. Danceworks' current production, Vaudeville!, opened Friday night with little buzz, nearly selling out its first three performances to the contrary. The production spotlights a series of choreographed vignettes driven by a... Continue Reading →
Always enjoyable Gallery Night yielded a few notables during the winter 2011 edition. Originally posted to the Sane Artworks Blog January 26, 2011. ---- -- ---- Gallery Night Milwaukee: Green Gallery, Patricia Terry, Berkeley and other splashes The winter edition of Gallery Night in Milwaukee took place Friday and Saturday this past weekend. I took... Continue Reading →
February's installment of MAM After Dark kept it fun and snooty, truly befitting of the Calatrava. Although the recently opened Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition fills the main gallery space, providing the draw of a registered trademarked name, New York artist Chakaia Booker concluded her MAM co-starring role. The MAM atmosphere, ambient with disc jockeyed music... Continue Reading →
Borgs and Ugly Sweaters originally posted to the Sane Artworks Blog January 10, 2011. ---- -- ---- Borgs and Ugly Sweaters "So there was this cool cat with an autotunes guitar who went to the bar to tune his guitar... the bar tender asks if he wants a tune-a-sandwich..." If you walked in at this... Continue Reading →
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