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Artists I admire: Shakespeare
Last evening in my Shakespeare class, I had one of those humbling reminder moments that tend to happen when I least expect it.
Artists I admire: Sarah Ruhl
My first experience with playwright Sarah Ruhl's work came with Eurydice produced by Second Stage in NYC. My friend Jenni Werner had an extra ticket, and she brought me along. I remember a number of different visual moments from the play, but more importantly, I remember not being able to get out of my seat for a long time after it was done.
Artists I admire: Aliza Sarian
This week, the artist I admire is NYC theatre teacher and dramaturg, Aliza Sarian.
Artists I admire: Paul Cadmus
I first learned about the the work of Paul Cadmus (1904-1999) when I was researching the photographer George Platt Lynes for a theatre piece called mindlynes. That work eventually lead to my play III about the 15-year relationship between Lynes, Glenway Wescott and Monroe Wheeler. Cadmus traveled in their circle as a friend and artistic contemporary. He even painted a picture called Conversation Piece, a portrait of the three men outside of their New Jersey home, Stone-blossom.
I never forgot Cadmus' work, his paintings in particular, as he found a way to create images that captured the beauty of the human body and juxtaposed it against the often times garish reality of the human condition.
