December 2011
6 posts
bespokenn asked: Interesting and flamboyant are two different things. If this gentlemen was not posing for maximum exposure, I highly doubt that his "partly undone working cuffs, and polka dots" would be all that noticeable. Also, dull and interesting are relative terms that are subject to the evaluator's perspective - if you were to compare this man with to typical CBD (conservative business...
“Verily I am the creature of circumstances. Here I have swallowed an...”
– H. D. Thoreau, aged 20, Journals, Aug. 27, 1838 (from the NYRB Searls edition)
A Dissertation on Alchemy (1937)
When you search the indexes of art books for the name “Kadish, Reuben,” they usually point you to quotes from interviews with him. The Archives of American Art has two long interviews, one from 1964 and one from 1992, just before his death. They focus on his involvement in the art scenes of the era, mostly in San Francisco, but also briefly in New York, Los Angeles, Mexico, and elsewhere. The...