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There are small sculptures at Marlborough, Abakanowicz's hallmark figures, molded from resin-stiffened burlap. Headless and repetitious, they look "expressionist" but aren't: their true ancestors are ancient kouroi and Egyptian scribes planted on their plinths. It is amazing to see how much inward dignity Abakanowicz can give to a human figure made of cloth, and how many subtle variations she can infuse into a whole row of them. They are funereal: the wrinkled burlap reminds you of mummified skin. When Abakanowicz lines up 10, 20 or 30 more or less identical figures, as in Infantes, 1992, you think...
...about the filthy famous and filthier rich, political scandals, meat-ax murders, baby killers, horse-race results, used-car ads and, now and then, a scoop. It speaks with a cigarette behind its ear and a toothpick in the corner of its mouth. Its headlines are punchy and raunchy: HEADLESS BODY FOUND IN TOPLESS BAR and BEST SEX I EVER HAD. Men read these papers mainly for sporting news. Women prefer tabloids, jokes Mortimer Zuckerman, owner of the New York Daily News, "because women tend to have shorter arms...
...Aztec's conception of water as life source. But Bravo's provocative title refers to a contemporary socio-economic reality which the commentary ignores. Similarly, the series of female nudes titled "Xipe" are explained solely in reference to the ancient "flayed goddess" of the same name. Yet the headless images of bodies criss-crossed with jagged shadows and leaves bear a resemblence to Man Ray's and other Surrealists' work with their slicing of the female figure. The oddly ahistorical commentary aligns Bravo only with the past, drawing no connection between his art and the ideas of his contemporaries...
...bounced around the stage for a while, tripping on his own rubbery intestines. In the next song, Jizmach sliced off the head of a "security officer" while singing the catchy refrain to the band's tune "you Ain't Shit Until You've killed a Cop." The cop danced headless around the stage for 20 minutes, his jugular spurting a jet of red water into the slam-dancing audience. The fans jumped up gleefully to catch it in their mouths. Gross, but sort of funny...
Wouldn't be caught dead, you say, wearing an unabashedly garish $60 tie or a $255 men's long-sleeve shirt blaring BEST SEX I EVER HAD, HEADLESS BODY FOUND IN TOPLESS BAR or RUN DOWN LIKE A DOG? At stores like Bloomingdale's, Saks and Bullock's, as well as the Nicole Miller shop in Manhattan, such clothing is selling faster than an extra-edition sex scandal. And you can forget about wearing the news discreetly under your suit. The $55 silk boxer shorts, like most of the other items, are already sold out. In just one week, sales...