I adorn you with pink flowers, loose edges of petals dripping from my tongue. I adore you from afar, across the green grass of the schoolyard. The gym teacher punts the rubbery red ball my way; I ignore it. I gaze at you. I stand here, silently worshipping at your altar of adolescence. For you [...]
By Alicia Eler & Patricia Herrmann American culture idealizes the beautiful boy as one who lives “between the innocence of babyhood and the dignity of manhood.” Unlike adults, he is alive to “enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day…” The beautiful boy can do no wrong. His natural habitat is [...]
I had the honor and pleasure of writing a letter to Latham Zearfoss for his upcoming show Selected Works By Latham Zearfoss this Saturday, September 4 at 7 & 9pm at the Nightengale. Facebook Invite for “Trust Me: Selected Works by Latham Zearfoss” Here’s the letter, dated September 1, 2010: Dear Latham, A few years [...]
I tried to sleep in today but I couldn’t. Typical. It’s 6:30am on a Saturday morning, and I’m out on my back porch staring at the sun and watering my basil plant. The other weekend I took a three-day trip to New Mexico for a gay wedding, and forgot to ask my housemates to water [...]
FEATURE: Trying something new: Rugby (Issue 206) FEATURE: Inauguration ’09, Our wish list for Obama (Issue 203) FEATURE: Several galleries shut their doors. Should we worry? (Issue 174) FEATURE: Starving artists (Issue 165) PORTRAIT: Peregrine Honig (Issue 119) REVIEW: Tony Fitzpatrick at the Chicago Cultural Center (Issue 170) REVIEW: Rosemarie Trockel at Donald Young Gallery [...]
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