http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter Just another Walker Blogs weblog Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:59:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Robert Pattinson's got nothing on Francis Bacon! Who needs fan sites and movie trailers when you have ArtsConnectEd.org? See the slideshow presentation created by a Twilight fan, who uses artworks by Bacon and others to illustrate an outline of this, uh, literary sensation. It's not too early to get ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/11/16/bits-pieces-from-twilight-to-zaire-and-points-in-between/ "I traced out that Morandi drawing … Traced that son of a bitch out on a blank piece of paper, and I said, ‘There's the artwork.’ " Who says curators aren’t badasses? Read, via Greg.org,a brief yet fascinating account of curatorial license by the legendary Walter Hopps—all with the noblest ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/10/29/bits-pieces-curatorial-edition/ Who are the Walker's avian neighbors? My father and I went "city birding" to see the surprising ways wildlife dovetails with the urban environment. In May and then in October, we wandered the grounds of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, then migrated to Loring Park, and concluded our observations perched atop ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/10/21/flitting-species-put-together-to-present-a-semblance-of-a-whole/ Sekou Sundiata – Voice and Passage Today, I ponder death. I am thinking of life's inevitable end because it is gray and I have just returned from Paris and feel the demise of my own vacation, acutely (and remember some vain and heroic graves in Pere Lachaise cemetary that now ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/10/20/singing-the-legacy-of-sekou-sundiata/ The Huffington Post has an AP story today about the contemporary art revolution that has taken place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue since the Obamas took up residence there. There have been a few reports on this development since the election -- including excited reactions from gallery owners and museum directors ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/10/07/look-whos-hanging-in-the-white-house/ That's the rhetorical question the author of a new book posed to the New York Times in a fascinating -- and still unfolding -- story concerning Mexico's most famous artist (not counting Kahlo's husband, Diego Rivera). The material Barbara Levine refers to is a trove of some 1,200 recently discovered ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/09/29/%e2%80%9cwould-this-material-be-interesting-if-it-wasn%e2%80%99t-frida-kahlo%e2%80%9d/ In anticipation of the sold out Brian Eno and Jon Hassell conversation on Sept 22, here is a gem for your pleasure.  Eno performs here with legendary Roxy Music in the early 70's, freaking out on tambourine and, er, keyboard?  Here he is rocking his crucially dangerous "vampire peacock" look.  Check out that skullet![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UODv3aCVxg[/youtube] Also, ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/09/18/eno-gets-freaky/ "Through humor and human drama, to questions about the way we live" --- Huffington Post has a short post about No Impact Man, with links to several other influential pieces that brought Colin Beavan to international recognition. No Impact Man is screening at the Walker next week. Bad ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/09/11/centerpoints-10-5/ Many locals who know the Walker also know the Soap Factory, given that both are devoted to contemporary art. Last year I was disappointed to have missed the Soap Factory’s annual fundraiser, the $99 Sale. What better way to fill my walls than by contributing to an organization that I ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/09/09/soap-factorys-99-sale/ As the Walker book buyer for the last eight years, I routinely come across unusual titles. I thought it would be interesting to blog these notable discoveries as I see them.  Typically, I’m attracted to quirky material and seek out books that just haven’t been conceived before.  During some recent ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/08/28/warhol-tv/