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...book contract or bodyguard or a big pair of designer sunglasses trumpet an intriguing, even dangerous level of fame. In wartime, that same status is signaled by a white powder spilling from an envelope. We want to be possessed of a reputation that even enemies lurking outside the blue glow of American popular culture can recognize. If the price of such fame is a life-threatening respiratory infection, then so be it; it’s a small price...
...drops a perfume stopper, which rolls toward the wall; behind a loose brick she discovers something else, a boy's prized chest of trinkets, 40 years old. She resolves to find out who the owner is. She gets the box to him and, when she catches the transfiguring glow on his face, decides to make a career of doing good...
...seven images in the show consist of five large portraits and two very large still lifes. Under dim lighting (important to their preservation) the grass canvases seem to glow gently. At the request of the artists, only five visitors at a time are allowed into the show. Whether this is because of the delicate nature of their work, or an impression they wished to create, this choice makes Presence feel like a quiet, spiritual space...
...contrast to these naïve efforts, Schneider’s prints capture motion. The hands and lips glow to the extent that they were pressed against the negative. Some are incandescent and pulse with life, as if trying to burst out of the glass; one from a two-year old boy sits curled and silent like a raccoon’s paw, taking up almost no space on the black matte. The life that animates each hand’s outline creates tension between the jet-black background and the dark, mottled interior with its rune-like lifelines...
...step off the elevator into the Barbara Krakow Gallery, a bright light fills the room. But while it is impossible not notice the green glow that illuminates the current exhibit, New Light Works by Cameron Shaw, it takes a while to realize that this is actually one of the pieces in the show. In fact, it makes up one fifth of the works in the exhibit right now. It is a risk to have such a small number of artworks in a show like this; they all have to be captivating and original to make it successful. Unfortunately, Shaw?...