Rev. Al Sharpton with James Brown's coffin on the stage of the Apollo Theater...
Photo: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
NEWSgrist wishes everyone a Happy New Year; in spite (in defiance?) of some nasty stuff out there, we insist on invoking the spirit of Mr. Brown:
"I feel good."
Regretting those no longer with us:
Kyoko Kishida, "Woman in the Dunes." (Janus Films)
Jason Rhoades (left) during his Black Pussy Soirée Cabaret Macramé in Los Angeles, 2006
Allan Stone. Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Robert Rosenblum, 1982. Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Nam June Paik
William A. Garnett, who elevated the genre of aerial photography to a form of artistic expression... Photo: The Getty
Arlene Raven: art historian, author, writer, editor, critic, lecturer, art curator, feminist and founder of the Women's Caucus for Art, (1972).
Barbara Guest, poet, New York School
Robert Altman
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Coda:
Damien Hirst's The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), bought by Hedge-fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen for $12 million in 2004
HAPPY 2007!
