Viewing Inka Essenhigh’s ‘Minor Sea Gods of Maine’ reminds us of turning the first page of a wonderful storybook. We delve back into our imaginations and explore the celestial images of our dreams on canvas. A ghostly green sea seeps over rocks. Finely drawn waves form a frothy beaked gargoyle, sitting on the edge of a rocky precipice. A long green limb emerges from the sea and penetrates the sky: Dimensions and boundaries become meaningless aside from one fine line marking the horizon. Brush strokes seem gentle but precise in creating this mythical otherworldly scene, a throwback to religious pagan imagery.
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After a tedious run of Othello at the public theatre, a more exciting prospect has arrived in the form of an Irish export. ‘Silver Stars’, a home-grown collaboration by Sean Millar and Brokentalkers theatre company, is a song cycle based on the lives of older Irish gay men.
Candice Breitz’ work, while definitely not purely novelty, has always been refreshing for its pure entertainment value. So often in contemporary American culture, artists strive to be artistic, to say something powerful through abstract means. Breitz has never fallen prey to this form of existential expression that requires a phD in literary criticism to decipher. She has always been an artist in and of her times, using digital technologies to make social comment on the celebrity hype cycle that pervades pop culture, and addressing issues to which even the average Joe B.A. can relate.
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