Slog - Comments on Sylvia Wolf's First Four Weeks http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks Sylvia Wolf has been director of the Henry Art Gallery for four weeks now, and already we have a few indications of what she's made of. First, Wolf's exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's Polaroids—documenting for the first time the young photographer's first lens love—opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art May 3. This morning, Karen Rosenberg of the New York Times wrote about the show in the context both of Mapplethorpe and the endangered camera. "The beloved instant photograph could not have hoped for a better sendoff," Rosenberg wrote. I need to get my hands on a copy of... Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:08:14 -0800 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:26:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball "I see people with pink hair in slippers holding a cup of coffee at 8 in the morning, and I think, ‘Yeah, this is good."

1. Such high standards. She's too impressed with bargain basement rebellion.

2. Frizzelle better not catch those pink-hairs wearing flip-flops.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks#c1026573 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks#c1026573 Visual Art Fri, 16 May 2008 12:11:39 -0800 Comment by Wolf I'll buy this...if I think it's decent. NOT if it's trendy. I thought Mapplethorpe's trendiness ended in the early 90s.

He did have a good eye for his subjects. His composition is terrific, especially in his black and white photos.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks#c1027040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks#c1027040 Visual Art Fri, 16 May 2008 17:24:47 -0800 Comment by tamara YES.

]]> tamara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks#c1027500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks#c1027500 Visual Art Mon, 19 May 2008 10:55:39 -0800 Comment by Carolyn Seattle, we are lucky to have her.
Glad to see she is settling in.

]]> Carolyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks#c1028817 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/sylvia_wolfs_first_four_weeks#c1028817 Visual Art Tue, 20 May 2008 21:26:29 -0800