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Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon My Passage Through the South and Reconfigured for the Benefit of Enlightened Audiences Wherever Such May Be Found by Myself, Missus K.E.B. Walker, Colored. At the Carpenter Center Through...
Talking about form in Kara Walker's racially-charged art may sound a bit like commenting on lighting in Mapplethorpe. But Formalism isn't always a fancy cover for prudishness, and when discussing such inflammatory art it's all too easy to get caught up in political generalities, as most of Walker's critics do. Words like "sexism," "racism," and "stereotype" circulate with little direct attention to how the art object conveys meaning through its form. It's time to start looking closely...
...black and white. Kera Walker's recent installation in the Carpenter Center for the Arts appears in conjunction with Harvard's Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke: A Series of Conversations on the Use of Black Stereotypes in Contemporary Visual Practice." Walker's exhibit consists of silhouttes "Presenting Negro Scenes" that span the walls of the lobby...
...anarchy of individual freedom. Very few people understand the Faustian bargain they have made. This shop is dedicated to those who have rejected the bargain. It is open to those who might reconsider." "Anarchy"? "Faustian bargain"? That's pure bohemia. Packed 12-foot bookshelves tower above Beringer and Johnnie Walker boxes overflowing with books. Rolling metal ladders facilitate browsing. Old black-and white postcards of Dorothy Parker and Charles Baudelaire cover the ends of the shelves. A dark gray cat named Blue stalks the aisles, and its owner (also owner of the store), Vincent McCaffrey, is available for a chat...
DreamWorks partner JEFFREY KATZENBERG has taken some ribbing since a photo of him by DIANA WALKER seemingly embracing the Vice President from behind appeared in these pages two weeks ago. Was this an example of Sammy Davis Jr.-hugging-Nixon-like enthusiasm? Not quite. What happened was that Katzenberg was hanging out with SIR ELTON JOHN following John's rehearsal before the state dinner in honor of British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR. Katzenberg had been lobbying John to sing a tune he didn't write for the very-high-stakes upcoming DreamWorks animated film Prince of Egypt. Unfortunately, John doesn...