The Pencil Review
Year: 2019
What Meets the Eye
Rachel Phillips: Animated Emotion
These paintings remind me of my passion for cartoons as a child. The emotions are so pure. A character is sad; they slump, utterly dejected, or cry a single tear (or an ocean). When mad, […]
Der Defätist / The Defeatist
come to us
Hers is us says the moon waterless arid baked bald but not barren there is a name for dessicated coconut moon no song text available “Free of income tax, old man,” Lime twinkles … […]
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Successes in the Garden for Native Plants: the Monarch and the American Lady, in Brooklyn!
A Monarch caterpillar feeding on a Milkweed in our treebed in Bed Stuy. Two caterpillars ate almost the entire plant in a couple days. So I moved them to another milkweed in an empty lot […]
Der Defätist / The Defeatist
bedrock garden & seas
let’s cast switched back sweltering swinging trees switchboards of swallowtail swallowable swarthy swellfish’s sweltering swankiness swaggering swithering surling morph swooningly tailing swell wellheads, sword & fish swizzled swollen & smitten swarmed swapper washer “Throw the […]
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Sketchbook Number Six: Michele Araujo
Playful offbeat minimalism. Monumental at 10”x 8”. Effortless spatial inventiveness. Or—it does look effortless, right? —CNQ For more of Michele Araujo’s work: michelearaujo.com
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What Meets the Eye
Artistic License at the Guggenheim Part: 2
(Isn’t this one of the most beautiful installations ever? I’ll get to it last.) Such an interesting show that I’ve decided to cover it in two parts. May I also suggest that you visit it […]
What Meets the Eye
Artistic License at the Guggenheim Part: 1
A tip: Don’t elevator up and walk down. By walking up the ramp you start with each artist/curator’s stated modus operandi. Thinking about curating in this show and beyond it is the way to […]
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Sketchbook Number Five: Cecilia Whittaker-Doe
I love the city in the summer. So many people leave–good riddance to them! The Rockaways, the public pools, tables in restaurants, parking spaces, open hydrants to bike through, the near nudity… But why do […]