Gesamtkunstwerk? Gesundheit! I'll pass on poetry for this afternoon's look at Gesamtkunstwerk. It's tough enough to splutter off the tongue, much less massage into melody. Ever interested in matters curatorial, I recently discovered Swiss art curator, critic and historian Hans-Ulrich Obrist who is currently working as the Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery in London. My ...
Protean creation
Protean
"A chameleon," I explained with a smile, as high above Paris as one generally gets for appetizers and cocktails. Excepting the silly Tour Montparnasse, of course. The mother of my friend –– not quite a girlfriend, but an attractive, charming young lady who distracted me briefly at the tail end of my twenties –– was shocked. A chameleon, she assured me without wavering even out of politeness, is ...