Saturday, January 15, 2011

La Boca, Buenos Aires























One of the oldest and most colorful  barrios of Buenos Aires
Home of Boca Juniors  The club of Argentina's Working Class
Soccer team which famous  Maradona played for.
 One of the first tangos dedicated to a street is 
the one called Caminito (Little Walk),
located here.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

The Face of Another

 
"Notwithstanding respectful reservations, The Face of Another is an
indelibly powerful film that never found its audience. "
Dan Harper, Senses of Cinema, Issue 26

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

The Getty Center, LA (3)

Marino Marini-The angel of the City "La Angelo della citta"
That Profile/Martin Puryear
Giacomo Manzini- Seated Cardinal (1975-1977)

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

 Matthias Rudolph Toma, Messerschmidt's Character Heads (detail), 1839

Monday, January 3, 2011

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

 
Neue Gallery, NY
A curious series of head figures from Franz Xaver Messerschmidt


Saturday, January 1, 2011

The Getty Center, LA






about a year ago, this time of the year
I flew down to LA to see my nephew, he assured
me that the weather would be fine & pleasant.
He was wrong.