Mappelthorpe & Polaroids

When I was in art school I had a dream that I found a suitcase under my bed with all of Robert Mapplethorpe's negatives. I am not sure of the meaning of the dream (Mapplethorpe is not an obvious choice for me), but all Freudian interpretations aside, I like to think it just had to do with owning one's creativity.
Not included in that suitcase were his Polaroids, but they will be exhibited at The Whitney through September 7, 2008.
Karen Rosenberg wrote an article about the show titled "Spontaneity Was the Medium and the Message" that is published in the New York Times today.

Cai Guo-Qiang & Louise Bourgeois

Something to look forward to:
In 2008 The Guggenheim Museum in New York will show retrospectives for artists Cai Guo-Qiang and Louise Bourgeois. (Yes, the same Louise Bourgeois that is missing from the permanent display of the collection at the MOMA, but who the Guggenheim calls "one of the most important artists of our time"
-- in their press release announcing the retrospective.)
Having missed Mr. Guo-Qiang exhibit at the Guggenheim Berlin in 2006 I am excited to see that work in New York. Ms.Bourgeois has been a long time favorite and I can only hope that I remain as young at heart & creative throughout my life as she is and has been. Oh, and if you click here you can find a very memorable portrait of Ms. Bourgeois by Robert Mapplethorpe.