“Damian Ortega is known for taking things apart and putting them back together again.”
That’s what it says on the website of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston about his exhibit “Do It Yourself” which opened on Friday with … Read the rest
Rapt Attention
His rapt attention was also mine. His shorts and shirt. His book under his arm. His non-critical gaze of openness. I have always wanted to know what I look like in a museum as it is for me a unique … Read the rest
A Man and His Beets
I watched this older bespectacled man appraise beets for several minutes.
His balding head was bent almost at a 45 degree angle examining bunch after bunch of this scarlet vegetable with long green leafy fronds. He held them up close … Read the rest