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...renaissance is taking root on Harlem's 125th Street, and anyone searching for the artistic soul of the community will invariably be drawn to Thelma Golden, deputy director and chief curator of exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem, who is not only reinvigorating one of the neighborhood's most venerable institutions but also helping redefine the image of African Americans in American...
Last year Golden was brought to the Studio Museum by her mentor, Lowery Stokes Sims, a former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Golden's debut Harlem show, "Freestyle," an exhibition of 28 young artists, included such works as a sound installation by Nadine Robinson that mixes political speeches by George W. Bush and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. against laugh tracks. Says Golden: "I'm here to present new and daring contemporary...
...next, and many of the audience members were forced into the back aisles in an attempt to find space to dance. Song highlights included “Wassiye” and “Fatima,” both of which were considerably more energetic than their studio takes, as well as Koité’s original hit, “Cigarette Abana,” a cheerful anti-cigarette song that first brought Koité international recognition. Afer a 90-minute set, Koité came running through the audience to serenade the dancing audience members. Each member...
...mean to say they never knew? You mean to say they didn't take a certain satisfaction in the way he bent the system to his own advantage? This resort to conventional morality betrays the amoral logic of the movie. It is perhaps the price you pay for big-studio backing, but it takes some of the edge off an otherwise smart, nasty, potent movie...
...support of their upcoming album on Wednesday night at Axis to a sold-out crowd. After listening to their EP The Modern Age, the advance international relase of Is This It and then finally seeing them in flesh, it is clear that the Strokes are a live outfit. Their studio-recorded songs attempt to recreate the immediacy and anguish of Julian Casablancas’ vocals, the tight guitar riffs of Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi, the bouncy bass of Nikolai Fraiture and the aggressive drumming of Fabrizio Moretti. Even the band members’ names have a novel quality...