Out of winter: warmth / Out of death: beauty
Stills from the “Winchester” Series I Multi-media I 2003 by Jeremy Blake:
A short film tribute to the late fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: To Lee, With Love, Nick. Film by Nick Knight, styled by Edward Enninful, exclusive soundtrack by Bjork I 2010
I have seen spandex-wearing fabulousness, but never as sweatery or glamorous as the gem-tastic Leslie Hall! She came to town in a purple van and brought more joy than had been seen in these parts for many a moon. I have been filling my ears and days with her lady jams putting smiles on my faces ever since. Not only is she a Midwest Diva and purveyor of gold pants, but also a trained artist. If you are not yet a junior gem, go forth and learn well the tale! SHAZAM!!!
Circus Love l oil on canvas l 76” x 112” l circa 2007 by Leslie Hall:
This is my lowly, humanistic, nearsightedness on recent losses- yet only one side of a tarnished coin…
Cut the cord,
tie the line.
Life is naught
but fraying twine.
Measuring Your Own Grave l oil on canvas l 55 1/8” x 55 1/8” l 2008 by Marlene Dumas:
I idolize. I mimic. I adore.
I will take. I will break. I will become.
I am…
My Own origiNaL.
Guns l Silkscreen l circa 1981-1982 by Andy Warhol:
I’m slowly collecting you.
A leaf in my hand;
dust in my eye
creating a pearl.
You leave me stuck
with that old romance.
A slow-fading stain;
watercolor heart.
I am the soil
beneath the snake-
clutching at heels,
depositing bones.
I’ve been gathering
fragments,
assembling facsimiles;
Faint echoes of you.
-Jeremy Hill
Field Guides l photocollage, gouache, acrylic, resin on wood l 60” x 84” l 2003 by Fred Tomaselli:
