Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism.SANTA FECritic turned indie curator Dave Hickey, our flaneur flâ·neur n. An aimless idler; a loafer. [French, from flâner, to idle about, stroll, of Germanic origin; see pel du jour, welcomes us to his world. It's not the usual biennial, earnestly investigating local conditions to expiate the sins of globalism glob·al·ism n. A national geopolitical policy in which the entire world is regarded as the appropriate sphere for a state's influence. glob ; Hickey, like Baudelaire, just wants to fall in love. Look for his trademark passions: cool classics (Ellsworth Kelly, Bridget Riley), upbeat California color (Ken Price, Jorge Pardo), sex & drugs and rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. (Kenneth Anger, Jeff Burton, Stephen Prina), and the just plain eccentric (Big Chief Allison "Tootie" Montana & Darryl "Mutt Mutt" Montana). Quirky or no, the artworks vie for attention with the exhibition's installation, courtesy of LA-based Graft Design, which favors interlocking interlocking /in·ter·lock·ing/ (-lok´ing) closely joined, as by hooks or dovetails; locking into one another. interlocking Obstetrics A rare complication of vaginal delivery of twins; the 1st spaces that evoke architectural traditions from around the world. July 14, 2001-2. |
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