{"id":836,"date":"2010-09-04T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raulmourao.com\/blog\/?p=836"},"modified":"2012-07-13T20:43:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T20:43:53","slug":"jclaca-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archive.raulmourao.com\/blog\/?p=836","title":{"rendered":"JC\/LA\/CA #3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joshua Callaghan<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(o artista pl\u00e1stico\u00a0correspondente do b\u00aeog<\/a>\u00a0em LA com foto e mini perfil a\u00ed na barra lateral) segue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>viajando sem parar e depois das noticias\u00a0de espanha<\/a> nos manda agora novas de novaiorque<\/span><\/span><\/span>. L\u00e1 vai:<\/span><\/span>
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\nHello Raul and everyone,<\/span><\/p>\n

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It has been summer in these parts and I have been busy with relaxing and catching up on my VHS watching. \u00a0 I have done some traveling this summer, and everywhere I went was very hot.<\/div>\n
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At the top of this list I put New York, which was an inferno, but I’m sure it’s all different now. \u00a0Trudging through the sweaty streets it occured to me that L.A. has made me soft. \u00a0New York is a constant marathon, a battle for survival. \u00a0After a week in NY this summer I was physically exhausted. \u00a0Now, some weeks later, I have finally regained the composure to send a few notes.<\/div>\n
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While there, a friend took me to one of the hidden gems of the city, the Neue Galerie. \u00a0This little museum dedicated to German and Austrian art, is one of the many great small museums that the city has, that I had never been to.<\/div>\n
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The Otto DIx show there was by far the best art show of the week. \u00a0Dix’s amazing etching collection “Der Krieg” (War, 1924), perfectly captured the way I felt poaching on the subway platform.<\/div>\n
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I highly\u00a0recommend\u00a0this museum for a classy date!<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.neuegalerie.org\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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I got a great\u00a0souvenir\u00a0of my trip. \u00a0While in town, a New York living friend, Ken Habarta, gave me a copy of his book “Bank Notes.” It is a fascinating collection of real bank robbery notes culled from the files of some law enforcement agency that Ken wouldn’t specify. \u00a0Each page has different note, and each one has personality, humor and lots of pathos.<\/div>\n
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A favorite of mine is \u00a0 “I know where you live and my friends know where you live.”<\/div>\n
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Ken also has a blog where he publishes a note per day and where you can buy the book!<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.banknotes365.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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I also had the chance to visit the New Museum for the first time. \u00a0I was able to see the Rivane Neuenschwander. Say that 10 times fast!<\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.newmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/423<\/wbr><\/a><\/div>\n
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Before even talking about the show I have to complain about the architecture. \u00a0If you have been there you know what I mean. \u00a0It is a vertical stack of seven floors that get smaller as they rise. \u00a0It looks cool from the street, but the coat check is bigger than any of the galleries. \u00a0The is too slow. \u00a0I foolishly decided to take the stairs. \u00a0I saw the show hyperventilating and sweating. \u00a0Lovely show by a great artist though. \u00a0I particularly liked the small sculptures made of scraps of everyday objects, paper and trash. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
I heard some Brasilians enter the gallery and say (they didn’t know I could understand them) “Porque o parede esta raspado assim…? \u00a0\u00c9 arte?…..\u00c9 arte!.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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I could have done without the\u00a0saccharine\u00a0wishes in the\u00a0<\/span>Nosso Senhor do Bonfim ribbons in the piece “I Wish Your Wish.” \u00a0That piece is just so “museum friendly”, and after those stairs, I just wasn’t!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Next, Greater NY!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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