Erik Parker: New Soul

By Robert C. Morgan

FEB 2019 | ArtSeen

New Soul is Erik Parker's second exhibition with Mary Boone. Once again we may experience the artist's penchant for bright flaming colors and zany surfaces.

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By Oliver Baer

FEB 2020 | Poetry

Oliver Baer does many things. He was the editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine and Two Backed Books. His poetry has appeared in Literary Yard, Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea, Dream People, Bare Bone, Boog City, Infernal Ink Magazine, Cthulhu Sex Magazine, Horror Between the Sheets and Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase Vol. II. His book of poetry, Baer Soul came out in 2011. His CD of poetry set to music, which came out in 2013, spawned a biannual poetry set to music show A Conclave of Baer. In addition, he has written essays and horror stories. His book, Letters to the Editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine, came out in October 2019. Recently, his likeness has been seen on film in the documentary, "Tai Chi Club" and heard on radio for the experimental improvisational music show "Improbable Confetti". He has performed as an unspeakable horror from the depths of the ocean as well as helped to produce Broadway and Off Broadway theater. He is visible using the virtual spectrum of social media by following him on Twitter @obaer and/or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/obaer3 Much of his work can be found at http://tentacularity.wordpress.com

Listening In: Olivier Conan, The Soul of Barbés

By Scott Gutterman

OCT 2020 | Music

I’ve sometimes puzzled over what people mean when they say, “be fully present.” But my nights at Barbès often provided a natural version of that phrase. It was like a literal expression of that beautiful Rumi line, “I have fallen into the place where everything is music.”

Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell: The Art of Marriage

By Alfred Mac Adam

NOV 2019 | ArtSeen

Humor is not a matter we associate with great artists, but it is with these star-crossed lovers, both dedicated body and soul to their craft but with the good sense to periodically stop making sense.