{"id":208,"date":"2012-03-27T16:42:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T20:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2012-03-27T17:40:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T21:40:06","slug":"208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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My cousin Greg came to the Big City last week for the first time.\u00a0 His employer shipped him and his co-worker Dan out here for a week-long training class in lower Manhattan.\u00a0 They accomplished job-specific computer software training in a classroom by day but had evenings and the weekend free to roam and explore.<\/p>\n

I was able to meet up with them two nights last week.<\/p>\n

Cousin Greg lives with his wife in the Upper Peninsula town of Hancock, MI.\u00a0 About three months my senior, Greg is one of ten living cousins I have on my Mom\u2019s side and the one I most closely identified with as a youngster when the extended family would gather either in Chicago\u2019s northwest suburbs or at our Grandparents\u2019 place in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

The highlight of this visit came Friday night.\u00a0 We met up at the Museum of Modern Art and walked in for nothing.\u00a0 Admission is normally 25 bucks but a national retail chain underwrites the freebie fun for four hours every Friday night.<\/p>\n

Up on the sixth floor, the Museum is currently presenting a comprehensive retrospective of work from the artist Cindy Sherman.\u00a0 Cousin Greg\u2019s familiarity with Sherman and his delivery of a brief primer before entering the exhibit space heightened the excitement for me.\u00a0 I\u2019m totally in the dark on art of the type that hangs on walls.\u00a0 But I love being in the company of people who are seriously into it – and who offer on-the-scene commentary while being in the presence of it.<\/p>\n

Sherman\u2019s work will grab you.<\/p>\n

We walked through the maze of rooms containing 170 some portraits spanning four decades of output in reverse chronological order.\u00a0 I call them portraits – and they are – but Sherman\u2019s technique is an extremely unique form of photography that will leave you scratching your head at the brilliant application of depth, thought and creativity.\u00a0 Sherman doesn\u2019t title individual works, she numbers them.\u00a0 She mocks the notion of aging gracefully.\u00a0 She also incorporates New York City style into her work without many clear-cut giveaways on the location of her shoots.<\/p>\n

The museum doesn\u2019t allow picture-taking in the Sherman space, but check out \u201cUntitled number #299.\u201d\u00a0 <\/a>It was made in 1994 and shows Sherman in a zoned-out, semi-slouched position.\u00a0 She was 40 years old at the time.\u00a0 Seen up close, there is great detail beneath the sheer outer garment.\u00a0 The attitude is fierce despite the tired eyes and usage of index finger to simulate a revolver.<\/p>\n

Every so often, Sherman\u2019s photos are sold at auction.\u00a0 Buyers have spent in excess of $3 million for a single work.\u00a0 All of the black and white stills from an early series of Sherman photos are owned my MOMA.\u00a0 The current exhibit there runs through mid-June.<\/p>\n

After museum staff announced it was time to leave at 8 PM, we headed down to Artichoke Basille\u2019s on 14th<\/sup> Street for the city\u2019s best pizza pie.\u00a0 Basille\u2019s has added a new dining room adjacent to their original narrow space.\u00a0 They sell big beers in Styrofoam cups now as well.<\/p>\n

It was great seeing cousin Greg.\u00a0 I\u2019m hoping the next time I see him will be to celebrate the completion of his made-from–scratch home up in the U-P.\u00a0 Greg and his wife have created a website to document this endeavor.\u00a0 The amount of work and thought that is going into it is pretty amazing.\u00a0 Check it out.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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