Visual Art In Praise of Interns
posted by on April 22 at 12:00 PM
1. Nancy Stoaks, my previous intern and a scholar of Niki de Saint Phalle’s shooting paintings, has been invited this week to speak at the Tate Liverpool’s Niki exhibition. Not only that, but I am pretty sure Stoaks is sharing a billing with Griselda Pollock. Not bad. Stoaks also is the new director of James Harris Gallery. (Congrats!)
2. This morning, I got this email from artist/former intern/general maven of life Elysha Rose Diaz:
i’m in paris at centre pompidou. i just cried my way thru the most beautiful exhibit of louise bourgeois. and now i’m completely overwhelmed in the main section of the museum.
3. My current intern, artist Lauren Klenow, has a show up now of drawings, sculptures, and assemblage at Cafe Racer in the University District. Later, I’ll add a link to the show—the reason I can’t now is that she was too humble to enter her own show in the calendar listings she puts together every week so she’s doing one now at my request.
UPDATE: Here’s the link!
4. Another former intern, Carly Dykes, is now, in addition to being a regular and levelheaded Slog commenter, working in development for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art—which means she’s helping to keep LACMA alive.
5. Craig Brownson, yet another former intern and general personage, in addition to being a Stranger freelancer, has to his credit these immortal words: “Untitled (Gene Simmons Inspires Me) … is a sculpture of the iconic, giant tongue resting on some old weathered foam, a kind of homemade stage fit for that awesomely vile thing” and “A woman sprawls across an armchair, a toddler hanging upside down on her lap. Both seem bored as hell.”
Today is a day of love, and I love you, interns.
Ah, Liverpool. Be sure and see the Banksy on Duke Street; it's better than anything in the Tate Liverpool (except the building itself). I don't know how long you're going to be there; I have loads of recommendations of things to see. Most of them are pubs. But the city is full of architectural wonders too, starting with Oriel Chambers, my favorite building in maybe the whole world. Hint: stay away from almost everything Beatleish, except for the National Trust tour of Paul and John's childhood homes.
OK, I'm a twat. I didn't read very closely and thought YOU were going to Liverpool. But I'd be happy to give clever advice to Ms. Stoaks as well.
Yes, the Stranger does love its interns. Nothing like exploiting starving artists and students for free labor.
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