_________________________________ When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden’s green and gold, Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould; And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, “It’s pretty, […]
I can hardly be called an unbiased reviewer when it comes to this book, since I contributed an interview with Gary Graver and Oja Kodar that serves as an afterward, but I must say in all candor, I was absolutely delighted when I received a copy of it today. First of all, having talked with […]
Fake? is a labored and dispiriting jape… No more than a home movie, an indulgent, desperate bit of trick editing; for Welles’s sake I hope that it is quickly forgotten. —Stephen Farber, Film Comment July, 1974 ___________________ F For Fake is a talentless concoction of unparalleled ineptitude… It would have been a more generous gesture […]
Who are the experts? Elmyr de Hory had dramatized the question of whether or not art exists. It has always existed, but today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make—jazz, a wooden spoon, or graffiti on the wall. All of these are expressions of man’s creativity, proof […]