A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF March 29, 2021
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‘It’s a Sensual Kind of Experience of the World’: Julie Mehretu on Why She’s Letting Intuition Guide Her Art Practice Now More Than EverOn a Zoom call from her Chelsea studio, which overlooks the Hudson River and New York Harbor, Mehretu said the wall for her new site-specific work at the Whitney faces windows onto the same view of the Statue of Liberty. The artist, who was born in Ethiopia and raised in Michigan, described the symbolic point of entry to the United States as a conceptual departure point from which to consider the history of migration, as explored in her multilayered abstract painting. For the piece, she also incorporated blurred photographs of riotous anti-immigration protests screen-printed onto the canvas, and considered historical artworks such as Théodore Géricault’s Raft of the Medusa when approaching her gestural mark-making.
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Here are some simple, very easy to do and functional home decor cork pieces. Hope you enjoy this video from craft Bazaar
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Looking for a documentary that goes behind the scenes as theater workers put together a high-profile production? How about a live-captured performance? Whatever your preference may be, here are five films that provide insight into the theater-making process, from inception to presentation.
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Julien Baker finds ways to intensify and expand her already incisive communication style. Her visceral imagery and poetic yet conversational language animates her fatalistic, life-and-death reflections, and veers from the familiar austerity of her voice-and-Telecaster arrangements.
