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Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94

January 6, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

He was a painter, a musician, a photographer and a sculptor. But he was best known for experimental (and often contentious) films like “Wavelength.” New York Times, Jan. 6, 2023 “I am not a professional,” he declared in a statement written for a group show catalog in 1967. “My paintings are done by a filmmaker, … [Read more…]

Barry Le Va, Whose Art Defied Boundaries, Dies at 79

February 22, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

I had never heard of Mr. Le Va until his obituary in the New York Times today, February 22, 2021. Extolling horizontality, he made sculptures from felt, flour, glass sheets and even meat cleavers. Elsewhere, in a performance piece, his body was a sprinting projectile.