Monthly Archives: June 2018

Norman Street (Queens)

Posted on June 8, 2018 by zjb

Norman Street in Queens is modest, low slung and leafy

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Philosopher & Abraham Lincoln (Leon Golub)

Posted on June 7, 2018 by zjb

Two more figures, massive, bloody, and lacquered,  from Leon Golub’s shop of horrors.

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Philip Roth (Jewish)

Posted on June 6, 2018 by zjb

Writing about Philip Roth in the New Yorker, Zadie Smith proffered that there is something “ancient and rabbinical” in Roth’s “attraction to paradox and imperfection.” That may or may not be true depending on what one means by either of … Continue reading →

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Leon Golub Raw Nerve Radical Art

Posted on June 3, 2018 by zjb

Leon Golub was a one-note painter of political art active in the 1960s. But on what an eviscerating note. Most interesting paintings are now on view at the Met Bruer. Anti-racist and anti-war, they are all of them epic in … Continue reading →

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