Slog - Comments on Zoe Strauss http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss This morning, United Artists Artists announced its picks for 2007--artists who'll receive $50,000 each--and Philadelphian Zoe Strauss is on the list. By coincidence I was glued to Strauss's web site yesterday, looking through dozens of her photographs, which form a portrait of her neighborhood in Philly. The influence of Robert Frank is unmistakable, especially this side of Frank (SAM recently had this up but the museum changed photography exhibitions two days ago): Here are a few of Strauss's images: Strauss will be the next artist-in-residence at Open Satellite, the new contemporary art space in Bellevue fascinatingly funded by a developer.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:05:11 -0800 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:39:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by yawn why the hell would i go to a gallery to look at polaroids of mattresses and old ladies in bath robes?

i think we're entering a phase of art similar to when people put toilet bowls on walls.

]]> yawn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850677 Arts Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:29:50 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle her whose?

talk about broken links - not just bad grammer but malformed code ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850680 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850680 Arts Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:35:55 -0800 Comment by sniggles Will, every time you make a comment on the slog, I wish you were dead a little more. But you never die.

]]> sniggles http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850724 Arts Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:18:00 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Will is just trying to stay in accordance with the rule that says every internet post about bad spelling or grammar must contain bad spelling or grammar itself.

I do see better photos on Flickr every day, except that last one -- that's a corker.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850732 Arts Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:24:30 -0800 Comment by hiding because i like jen and dont want to be a big meanie I'm sorry, but this is official. Everything Jen Graves finds "art" in is laughably poor and pathetic.

]]> hiding because i like jen and dont want to be a big meanie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850745 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850745 Arts Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:34:01 -0800 Comment by come again?
I'm sure all of you critics @1,4 & 5 have received $50,000 prizes lately.

]]> come again? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850853 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/zoe_strauss#c850853 Arts Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:39:18 -0800