I WANT YOUR TAIL

So, apparently, due to having written essays on my poetry which are featured in, amongst other places, Punctuations and Pinoy Poetics, Leny just got tenure at Sonoma State University (Humanities Dept). For Leny: Wooooot!

Yes, award-winning Leny has done other things besides write about Moi in order to get her new title of "Assoc. Prof." But I'm happily taking credit as Lazy Moi loves nothing better than latching on to your coattails. So swish your tail my way --

And Moi can do this for you who look with your ears: my "best of..." pick in the current (humongous Summer) issue of Artforum. Subject to reproduction effects, my picks are the smiling gargoyle by Tom Friedman, part of his June 1-July 21 exhibition at the Lever House, NY; and the painting of naked babe with guns by Maria Lassnig for her exhibition from June 10-July 28 at Hauser & Wirth Zurich. Yawn, I mean, yadda...

MONTHLY PICK FROM ART FORUM

Cutting through the hype, here's my monthly pick(s) of best visuals from Art Forum. So, in the May issue ... well, so first of all, Jackson Pollock's "Number 16" (1949) blows everything away. But it's not that interesting to say Pollock. Nothing unpredictable either about the rest of my picks, except perhaps to note that the young un's need to step up their game. I laud (subject to reproduction's effects):

Glenn Brown (ad for a Gagosian exhibit)
Richard Tuttle (ad for Sperone Westwater)
Francis Bacon's "Study for Innocent X", 1962

GETTING REAL WITH ART FORUM

Subject to reproduction constraints, here's my monthly pick(s) for best image(s) in Art Forum, in this case the April 2007 issue:

--for most effective photograph, Mitch Epstein (available viz an ad on P. 82)

--for most effective painting, Brenda Zlamany (available viz an ad on a page I'm too lazy to figure out for you coz it's in the midst of many pages of ads...). I've seen Brenda's work before -- it's nice to see her brushwork get better and better over time.

I do this exercise to let off steam because, um, I won't allow myself to think this way in poetry. I share it with you because if you must know, some ears can benefit from Moi's eyes...