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Barbara Laube and the Final Frontier

November 8, 2023 Talking Pictures 0

From the invitation card (and I was not familiar with Laube’s work before), I expected something larger and lusher. So, it took a minute to get over my expectations… (Some wit put Guy Goodwin and […]

Letters to the Editor

Adam Simon responds to “Queer Eye” Is Great but the Wall Décor Ain’t

May 15, 2022 Talking Pictures 0

There’s something wonderful about the idea that five gay guys can come into anyone’s life and transform it into a better, truer version of itself. I had my doubts, suspecting that ‘better’ really meant more […]

The Collector

The Collector#14

May 10, 2020 Talking Pictures 0

Adam Simon / John Dougill   We were in London for a week or so and went to visit Vanessa Jackson, an artist Michele had gotten to know at a residency in England. After visiting […]

Jasper Johns, “Cicada” (1979) Oil on canvas, 48” × 36”
What Meets the Eye

Quarantine Gestalt Exercise #1: Feeling the Actual

March 31, 2020 Talking Pictures 1

Gestalt exercise #1: Try for a few minutes to make up sentences stating what you are at this moment aware of. Begin each sentence with the words “now” or “at this moment” or “here and […]

What Meets the Eye

Adam Simon and Object Constancy

March 28, 2019 Talking Pictures 0

After dropping my wife at the A train, it was too early for Harry’s* and I passed McDonalds, thinking about Simon’s show, the ultra-recognizability of the golden arches and stopping off for a sausage biscuit […]

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Talking Pictures 2nd Invitational: Drawing: Interpretations (now with images!)

November 27, 2018 Talking Pictures 0

Talking Pictures 2nd Invitational    Drawing: Interpretations Curated by Paul D’Agostino, Jeffrey Bishop and Cathy Nan Quinlan Jeffrey Bishop + Bianca Boragi +  Ford Crull + Don Doe + Robert Franca + Lisa Hein + Andrew […]

Parables

Parable # 6: Walker

June 26, 2016 Adam Simon 0

    I took my 87-year old mother and her dog Jasper to Central Park. My mother inched along the pathway with her walker while Jasper and I chased a ball in the grassy parts. […]

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Adam Simon at Studio 10: “Nike to Nike”

May 17, 2016 Talking Pictures Comments Off on Adam Simon at Studio 10: “Nike to Nike”

This excerpt was originally published in “from Nike to Nikephorous to NIKE” by Keith Sanborn, written to accompany Icons by Adam Simon at Studio 10 in Bushwick, New York (May 13 – June 12, 2016). […]

Parables

Parable # 5: Bowl

April 26, 2016 Adam Simon 0

  I came to NYC when I was 17 to go to the New York Studio School. It was a little crazy because the school was unaccredited and most of the students were much older […]

Parables

Parable # 4: Busy

March 25, 2016 Adam Simon 0

Back when industry first abandoned New York and there was a glut of available loft space, we rented what had been a tie factory in Hoboken for $300 a month. There was a business that […]

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