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It is amazing what the Crimson Tide's Mark Ingram has done this season. I mean even Sasquatch
came to see him get the Heisman.

"Myth comes to life at the British Museum as, in the climax to a series of turnstile-spinning exhibitions that have focused on the lives of four of the worlds great historical rulers, the tragic last emperor of the Aztecs Moctezuma becomes the subject of the show."

video here entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/moctezu... [entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/moctezu...]

From the page: "Chinese artist Liu Bolin blows at his sculpture "Burning Man Obama" as it is being tested at a workshop in Beijing November 11, 2009. The sculpture represents U.S. President Barack Obama's impact on the world."

Quanzhou Marionette Theater, from China,Wednesday at Zankel Hall, part of Ancient Paths, Modern Voices.

"The 10 impressive puppeteers in the Quanzhou ensemble are also compelling singers. As they worked their puppets, they chanted Chinese tunes and songs, which sometimes spin in complex cyclic patterns, and spoke their dialogue in a singsong style that was hauntingly musical."

This is an installation view of one wall of the gallery that I am opening this Sunday.

Annie Wedler, Fan, Oil on Canvas

Annie's work will be the opening show for my gallery in downtown Gadsden, AL. The Walnut Gallery opens on Oct 11, 2009.

More of her work can be found here anniewedler.blogspot.com [anniewedler.blogspot.com]

Leonardo Erlich,Swimming Pool, Installation at P.S.1

Leandro Erlich is known for installations that seem to defy the basic laws of physics and befuddle the viewer, who is introduced into jarring environments that momentarily threaten a sense of balance or space.
When approached from the first floor, visitors are confronted with a surreal scene: people, fully clothed, can be seen standing, walking, and breathing beneath the surface of the water. -Alanna Heiss

More of Erlich's work is found here leandroerlich.com.ar/works.php [leandroerlich.com.ar/works.php]

Pipilotti Rist's "Pour Your Body Out" installation. MoMA's second-floor atrium.

Ms. Rist, who emerged as a video whiz in the 1990s, has dealt with intimidating architectural spaces before. As the Swiss representative to the 2005 Venice Biennial, she projected video on the ceiling of the San Stae church. There, as at the Modern, visitors could take their shoes off and rest on plush artist-designed sofas.

Visually "Pour Your Body Out" is a kind of vanitas -- a still life symbolizing the transience of earthly pleasures -- set in motion. The camera lingers on ripe apples, luscious strawberries and fields of trembling tulips; fruits are smashed and petals are crushed, plucked and bitten. Fields of flowers, shot from ground level and projected 25 feet high, create a disorienting, Wizard of Oz sensation. -NYT


Lots of multimedia info here moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/307 [moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/307]