3rd NE Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Obama Posters by Jacob Resneck
Jacob Resneck of the blog COOL HUNTING posted:Though the name may not hold as much clout as Kennedy, Shepard Fairey has apparently made his choice for the next President of the United States. Throwing his weight and talent behind the junior senator from Illinois, the illustrator has produced two striking posters with the man's likeness and main slogans. He's offering the 24" x 36" silkscreens for $50 a pop on his website with an aim to get its iconic image across the nation in time for Super Tuesday (5 February) and beyond.
Proceeds will go to a larger, statewide (California) poster campaign. Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina) is a contemporary artist/graphic designer/illustrator, who emerged from the skating scene. Fairey created the "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign, which he created while attending the Rhode Island School of Design in 1989, and was a founding partner along with Dave Kinsey and Phillip DeWolff of the design studio BLK/MRKT Inc. from 1997-2003 which specialised in guerilla marketing, and "the development of high-impact marketing campaigns." Clients included Pepsi, Hasbro and Netscape -- Wikipedia
Sandeep Jauhar’s "Intern"
2nd NE Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
Book Description:
Intern is Sandeep Jauhar’s story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question our every assumption about medical care today. Residency—and especially the first year, called internship—is legendary for its brutality. Working eighty hours or more per week, most new doctors spend their first year asking themselves why they wanted to be doctors in the first place.
Jauhar’s internship was even more harrowing than most: he switched from physics to medicine in order to follow a more humane calling—only to find that medicine put patients’ concerns last. He struggled to find a place among squadrons of cocky residents and doctors. He challenged the practices of the internship in The New York Times, attracting the suspicions of the medical bureaucracy. Then, suddenly stricken, he became a patient himself—and came to see that today’s high-tech, high-pressure medicine can be a humane science after all.
Now a thriving cardiologist, Jauhar has all the qualities you’d want in your own doctor: expertise, insight, a feel for the human factor, a sense of humor, and a keen awareness of the worries that we all have in common. His beautifully written memoir explains the inner workings of modern medicine with rare candor and insight. -- Amazon
Rarely has a more conflicted or unpromising candidate entered the field of medicine, and this mismatch gives “Intern” its offbeat appeal. There are many accounts of American medical training, but none related by a narrator quite so wobbly, introspective, crisis prone and fumbling.
-- WILLIAM GRIMES\New York Times
Book Description:
Intern is Sandeep Jauhar’s story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question our every assumption about medical care today. Residency—and especially the first year, called internship—is legendary for its brutality. Working eighty hours or more per week, most new doctors spend their first year asking themselves why they wanted to be doctors in the first place.
Jauhar’s internship was even more harrowing than most: he switched from physics to medicine in order to follow a more humane calling—only to find that medicine put patients’ concerns last. He struggled to find a place among squadrons of cocky residents and doctors. He challenged the practices of the internship in The New York Times, attracting the suspicions of the medical bureaucracy. Then, suddenly stricken, he became a patient himself—and came to see that today’s high-tech, high-pressure medicine can be a humane science after all.
Now a thriving cardiologist, Jauhar has all the qualities you’d want in your own doctor: expertise, insight, a feel for the human factor, a sense of humor, and a keen awareness of the worries that we all have in common. His beautifully written memoir explains the inner workings of modern medicine with rare candor and insight. -- Amazon
Rarely has a more conflicted or unpromising candidate entered the field of medicine, and this mismatch gives “Intern” its offbeat appeal. There are many accounts of American medical training, but none related by a narrator quite so wobbly, introspective, crisis prone and fumbling.
-- WILLIAM GRIMES\New York Times
“Oltremare” at the New York City Ballet
Alastair Macaulay of the New York Times wrote in a review of the ballet:
[“Oltremare” is] both effective and evocative. Even if a program note didn’t confirm this, it would be easy to assume that Mr. Bigonzetti’s ballet is about immigrants (very possibly Italians) to the New World.
Their suitcases tell us they are traveling; the action tells us, after a prologue where they cross the stage in single file with the suitcases, that they are aboard a ship. And their costumes, by Mr. Bigonzetti and Marc Happel, tell us that this certainly isn’t “Now, Voyager”: these folks are working class. “Oltremare” means “beyond the sea.”
The ballet, without anything amounting to much of a narrative, is a dramatic study whose dances are largely in expressionist mode, moving from one pose of gestural weight to another in staccato, fragmented sequence.
[“Oltremare” is] both effective and evocative. Even if a program note didn’t confirm this, it would be easy to assume that Mr. Bigonzetti’s ballet is about immigrants (very possibly Italians) to the New World.
Their suitcases tell us they are traveling; the action tells us, after a prologue where they cross the stage in single file with the suitcases, that they are aboard a ship. And their costumes, by Mr. Bigonzetti and Marc Happel, tell us that this certainly isn’t “Now, Voyager”: these folks are working class. “Oltremare” means “beyond the sea.”
The ballet, without anything amounting to much of a narrative, is a dramatic study whose dances are largely in expressionist mode, moving from one pose of gestural weight to another in staccato, fragmented sequence.
The Frick's One-Painting Parmigianino Show
2nd NE Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
Kim DeMarco posted on her blog one piece:
The Frick Collection borrows a few precious works of art each year, and from them rich historical tales emerge. The mysterious identity of Antea — the hauntingly beautiful woman whose portrait was painted in the 1530s by the Italian Renaissance master Parmigianino — will be the subject of the next tale.
The Capodimonte Museum in Naples, Italy, is lending the portrait to the Frick for the one-painting show, which opens on Jan. 29. Widely considered one of the most important works of the Italian Renaissance, it was last seen in New York in a 1987 show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
... [The] subject has puzzled art historians for centuries. The portrait depicts a woman clad in a sumptuous yellow dress, wearing rubies and pearls, with a fur throw over one shoulder. Antea stares directly, almost eerily, at the viewer. Yet no one knows who she is or what message Parmigianino wanted to convey.
The Frick Collection
1 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-288-0700
Kim DeMarco posted on her blog one piece:
The Frick Collection borrows a few precious works of art each year, and from them rich historical tales emerge. The mysterious identity of Antea — the hauntingly beautiful woman whose portrait was painted in the 1530s by the Italian Renaissance master Parmigianino — will be the subject of the next tale.
The Capodimonte Museum in Naples, Italy, is lending the portrait to the Frick for the one-painting show, which opens on Jan. 29. Widely considered one of the most important works of the Italian Renaissance, it was last seen in New York in a 1987 show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
... [The] subject has puzzled art historians for centuries. The portrait depicts a woman clad in a sumptuous yellow dress, wearing rubies and pearls, with a fur throw over one shoulder. Antea stares directly, almost eerily, at the viewer. Yet no one knows who she is or what message Parmigianino wanted to convey.
The Frick Collection
1 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-288-0700
Monday, February 4, 2008
Irving Penn at The Morgan Library
2nd NE Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
(Irving Penn, Pablo Picasso, Cannes, France, 1957)
Close Encounters showcases a group of sixty-seven portraits of notable subjects by Irving Penn (b. 1917). The exhibition demonstrates Penn's incredible achievement as a portraitist, and photography's vital role among the twentieth-century arts. The portrait subjects are chiefly writers and visual artists, with a smaller number of figures from dance, music, theater, and film. The group covers the range of Penn's portrait production to date, beginning with a 1944 photograph of the painter Giorgio de Chirico, made in Rome, and ending with a remarkable 2006 portrait of the painter Jasper Johns, made in New York. Every decade of Penn's work is represented in the exhibition.
Irving Penn has long been recognized as one of the great portrait photographers of the twentieth century. He made many of these portraits for Vogue...Penn's signature portrait style consists of placing a figure in the natural light of the studio, with only rudimentary props included to facilitate the composition. -- The Morgan
Close Encounters
Irving Penn
Portraits of Artists and Writers
January 18 through April 13, 2008
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
New York, NY 10016
(Irving Penn, Pablo Picasso, Cannes, France, 1957)Close Encounters showcases a group of sixty-seven portraits of notable subjects by Irving Penn (b. 1917). The exhibition demonstrates Penn's incredible achievement as a portraitist, and photography's vital role among the twentieth-century arts. The portrait subjects are chiefly writers and visual artists, with a smaller number of figures from dance, music, theater, and film. The group covers the range of Penn's portrait production to date, beginning with a 1944 photograph of the painter Giorgio de Chirico, made in Rome, and ending with a remarkable 2006 portrait of the painter Jasper Johns, made in New York. Every decade of Penn's work is represented in the exhibition.
Irving Penn has long been recognized as one of the great portrait photographers of the twentieth century. He made many of these portraits for Vogue...Penn's signature portrait style consists of placing a figure in the natural light of the studio, with only rudimentary props included to facilitate the composition. -- The Morgan
Close Encounters
Irving Penn
Portraits of Artists and Writers
January 18 through April 13, 2008
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
New York, NY 10016
Young Heckles Schnabel
1st NW Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
Sean Young heckles "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" director Julian Schnabel at the Directors Guild of America Awards.
Sean Young heckles "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" director Julian Schnabel at the Directors Guild of America Awards.
Another HBO Therapy Show
1st NW Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
About the Show:
An innovative and emotional new series, ‘In Treatment’ brings dynamic focus to a staple of modern society – the psychotherapy session. Adapted from a popular Israeli series, the show follows psychoanalyst Paul Weston through his week, capturing a session each night with his patients – Laura, Alex, Sophie and married couple Jake and Amy – before concluding each Friday in the office of Paul’s own therapist, Gina. Stepping inside the tangled mind of a man who counsels others for a living, ‘In Treatment’ renders an intricate portrayal of the experts we rely on for perspective. -- HBO
Alessandra Stanley of The Huffington Post wrote:
"In Treatment," however, is hypnotic, mostly because it withholds information as intelligently as it reveals it. Each night a new half-hour episode follows a different patient's session. In every session the patients' words are veined with allusions and elusions, clues to problems or patterns that are invisible to them but absorbing for the viewer.
Sometimes, however, a series is just a series. "In Treatment" is not a sign of network post-traumatic stress disorder but of HBO's inner resilience. This show is smart and rigorous, with a concentration that bores deep without growing dull.
About the Show:
An innovative and emotional new series, ‘In Treatment’ brings dynamic focus to a staple of modern society – the psychotherapy session. Adapted from a popular Israeli series, the show follows psychoanalyst Paul Weston through his week, capturing a session each night with his patients – Laura, Alex, Sophie and married couple Jake and Amy – before concluding each Friday in the office of Paul’s own therapist, Gina. Stepping inside the tangled mind of a man who counsels others for a living, ‘In Treatment’ renders an intricate portrayal of the experts we rely on for perspective. -- HBO
Alessandra Stanley of The Huffington Post wrote:
"In Treatment," however, is hypnotic, mostly because it withholds information as intelligently as it reveals it. Each night a new half-hour episode follows a different patient's session. In every session the patients' words are veined with allusions and elusions, clues to problems or patterns that are invisible to them but absorbing for the viewer.
Sometimes, however, a series is just a series. "In Treatment" is not a sign of network post-traumatic stress disorder but of HBO's inner resilience. This show is smart and rigorous, with a concentration that bores deep without growing dull.
Dia Moves from Chelsea
1st NW Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
The Dia Art Foundation, a pioneer in the now-flourishing art scene of Chelsea, has officially checked out of the neighborhood, as the organization late last month sold its building at 548 West 22nd Street for $38.55 million to an unknown buyer.
Dia’s director, Jeffrey Weiss, said the museum is searching for other Manhattan space, though he declined to offer any specific neighborhoods it was targeting. He did, however, rule out another Chelsea location. -- The New York Observer
The Dia Art Foundation, based in New York City, owns a leading collection of art from the 1960s and 1970s, including major works by Joseph Beuys, Dan Flavin, Richard Serra, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, and Andy Warhol. -- Wikipedia
The Dia Art Foundation, a pioneer in the now-flourishing art scene of Chelsea, has officially checked out of the neighborhood, as the organization late last month sold its building at 548 West 22nd Street for $38.55 million to an unknown buyer.
Dia’s director, Jeffrey Weiss, said the museum is searching for other Manhattan space, though he declined to offer any specific neighborhoods it was targeting. He did, however, rule out another Chelsea location. -- The New York Observer
The Dia Art Foundation, based in New York City, owns a leading collection of art from the 1960s and 1970s, including major works by Joseph Beuys, Dan Flavin, Richard Serra, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, and Andy Warhol. -- Wikipedia
Are Bush's Writers on Strike, Too?
1st NW Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
"Lifelines of learning"? "Beloved leaders taken by the assassin's hand"?
The above quotes are taken from President Bush's final State of the Union address that occured on Monday January 28, 2008.
The entire transcript of the speech can be read here.
"Lifelines of learning"? "Beloved leaders taken by the assassin's hand"?
The above quotes are taken from President Bush's final State of the Union address that occured on Monday January 28, 2008.
The entire transcript of the speech can be read here.
NOW President Accuses Obama of Gangbanging
1st NW Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
Psychological Gang Bang of Hillary is Proof We Need a Woman President
January 11, 2008
by Marcia Pappas, President NOW - New York State
"We've all witnessed scenarios where, on the playground little girls are being taunted by little boys while both girls and boys stand idle, afraid to speak up or even cheering. Or, in the workplace males tease young and older female co-workers; make obscene gestures, inappropriate comments, laughing and expecting (often correctly) that everyone will join in. Then there was that movie where Jodie Foster portrayed the true story of woman who was ganged raped in a bar while others looked on and encouraged the realization. Still others pretended the rape didn't happen. In short, gang raping of women is commonplace in our culture both physically and metaphorically.
This past week, we witnessed just such a phenomenon involving men who are afraid of a powerful woman. Hillary Clinton, in her quest for her Presidential nomination, has in fact endured infantile taunting and wildly inappropriate commentary. Indeed we have witnessed almost comical attacks by John Edwards who in turn sided with Barak Obama as both snickered at Clinton's "breakdown," which consisted of a very short dewy-eyed moment. Now John Kerry, who should certainly know better after his own "swiftboating," has joined the playground gang."
The full press release can read here.
Psychological Gang Bang of Hillary is Proof We Need a Woman President
January 11, 2008
by Marcia Pappas, President NOW - New York State
"We've all witnessed scenarios where, on the playground little girls are being taunted by little boys while both girls and boys stand idle, afraid to speak up or even cheering. Or, in the workplace males tease young and older female co-workers; make obscene gestures, inappropriate comments, laughing and expecting (often correctly) that everyone will join in. Then there was that movie where Jodie Foster portrayed the true story of woman who was ganged raped in a bar while others looked on and encouraged the realization. Still others pretended the rape didn't happen. In short, gang raping of women is commonplace in our culture both physically and metaphorically.
This past week, we witnessed just such a phenomenon involving men who are afraid of a powerful woman. Hillary Clinton, in her quest for her Presidential nomination, has in fact endured infantile taunting and wildly inappropriate commentary. Indeed we have witnessed almost comical attacks by John Edwards who in turn sided with Barak Obama as both snickered at Clinton's "breakdown," which consisted of a very short dewy-eyed moment. Now John Kerry, who should certainly know better after his own "swiftboating," has joined the playground gang."
The full press release can read here.
French Guy Ruined World Economy
1st NW Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
By Blogging Stocks\Peter Cohan
Januanry 24th 2008
The Associated Press reports that France's second-largest bank by market capitalization, Societe Generale, has uncovered a rogue trader [Jerome Kerviel] who reportedly stole $7.14 billion -- forcing the bank to raise $8.02 billion and suspending trading in its stock on the Paris stock exchange.
It said [Jerome Kerviel] at the futures desk had misled investors in 2007 and 2008 through a "scheme of elaborate fictitious transactions." The [Jerome Kerviel] used his knowledge of the group's security systems to conceal his fraudulent positions. The unnamed trader beats Nicholas Leeson, whose 1995 $1.38 billion trading fraud in Singapore brought down Barings Bank and was made into a movie.
According to The Huffington Post, Jerome Kerviel is a 31-year-old Frenchman who enjoys judo and sailing, and Kerviel's colleagues described him as a "computer genius."
By Blogging Stocks\Peter CohanJanuanry 24th 2008
The Associated Press reports that France's second-largest bank by market capitalization, Societe Generale, has uncovered a rogue trader [Jerome Kerviel] who reportedly stole $7.14 billion -- forcing the bank to raise $8.02 billion and suspending trading in its stock on the Paris stock exchange.
It said [Jerome Kerviel] at the futures desk had misled investors in 2007 and 2008 through a "scheme of elaborate fictitious transactions." The [Jerome Kerviel] used his knowledge of the group's security systems to conceal his fraudulent positions. The unnamed trader beats Nicholas Leeson, whose 1995 $1.38 billion trading fraud in Singapore brought down Barings Bank and was made into a movie.
According to The Huffington Post, Jerome Kerviel is a 31-year-old Frenchman who enjoys judo and sailing, and Kerviel's colleagues described him as a "computer genius."
Darth Vader Gets 15% of Primary Vote
1st NW Quadrant\The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2008
Rudy Giuliani got 285, 937 votes (14.7%) in the January 29, 2008 Presidential Preference Republican Primary before bowing out the next day.
Paul Jenkins of the Hufffington Post called Giuliani, "...the original Darth Vader..."
Darth Vader is depicted as the cunning, brutal head enforcer of the Galactic Empire's rule across the galaxy in the movie Star Wars, much like Giuliani's rule over New York City as mayor. (Wikipedia)
Rudy Giuliani got 285, 937 votes (14.7%) in the January 29, 2008 Presidential Preference Republican Primary before bowing out the next day.
Paul Jenkins of the Hufffington Post called Giuliani, "...the original Darth Vader..."
Darth Vader is depicted as the cunning, brutal head enforcer of the Galactic Empire's rule across the galaxy in the movie Star Wars, much like Giuliani's rule over New York City as mayor. (Wikipedia)
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