“this is a nervous little decade we’re
playing with”
-Richard Fariña, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
This quote was meant to describe the 1960s, the decade in Richard Fariña’s beloved classic. And yet, each age, each time has its own feeling. What might we say of the current moment? Is this a nervous little time? A large and in charge kind of moment? What is the shape of things, where will this decade lead us to – individually, communally, globally? It is an interesting pursuit to consider the time in which we live as a moment in history, to think what future generations may say when
they look back.
Adam Erlbaum joined us to talk about his show, Flag
Building, running until March 16 at Amos Eno Gallery. Erlbaum intentionally chose the title to keep the audience wondering, saying that while on the face of it a flag is flimsy nylon, when we think of building materials we think of brick and mortar and the like. For this show, he wanted to convey the idea of a step upon step journey, much like the slow start of his painting practice 12 years ago. To learn more, listen to the complete interview.
Graham Marks chatted with us about his show, For Joy and Grieving, on view until April 19 at HB381 Tribeca. The duality in the title and the work in the show, Marks says, come from being older – the artist is in his 70s now. There is a good measure of joyful improvisation in the work, but Marks admits that sometimes the images of his life that arise shock him. Memories that are steeped in both joy but
also grief for the many he has lost along the way. To hear more of our conversation about these things, listen to the complete interview.
