What do floating croissants, melting lampposts, and giant silk screen posters of Ashanti have in common? Well, it’s hard for anyone to be too sure, including Urs Fischer, the Swiss artist whose work is currently on exhibition at the New Museum.
The exhibit, “Marguerite de Ponty,” which opened on Wednesday, Oct. 28, takes its title from one of the pseudonyms of French poet Stéphane Mallarmé, and is the museum’s first show dedicated to a single artist.
What do floating croissants, melting lampposts, and giant silk screen posters of Ashanti have in common? Well, it’s hard for anyone to be too sure, including Urs Fischer, the Swiss artist whose work is currently on exhibition at the New Museum.
The exhibit, “Marguerite de Ponty,” which opened on Wednesday, Oct. 28, takes its title from one of the pseudonyms of French poet Stéphane Mallarmé, and is the museum’s first show dedicated to a single artist.
The spit that flew out of John Zorn’s alto saxophone and onto my face as I sat on the cramped floor of downtown jazz club was alone more than worth the $20 donation at the door.
The spit that flew out of John Zorn’s alto saxophone and onto my face as I sat on the cramped floor of downtown jazz club was alone more than worth the $20 donation at the door.
