Little Big Man
His canvas giant, his studio not so much
By Elizabeth Fasolino
Michael Bilsborough, a 29-year-old artist with a waif-like demeanor (think “Oliver Twist”), a ribald imagination (think the Kama Sutra), and a tiny apartment (think Craigslist), pursues his large-scale visions of desire, mythology, and Euclidian geometry in a subterranean studio that doubles as his bedroom on 24th Street in New York City.
Contemporary Lessons
By Elizabeth Fasolino
They came by bus from the city to spend a sunny Saturday in late June on the South Fork. Their aesthetic bent and cultural diversity — not to mention their ages (late 20s to 60s) — announcing that these were no Fresh Air Fund kids.
New, Temporary, Terrific
Two galleries freshen up downtown Sag Harbor
By Jennifer Landes
The real estate slump might have some benefit after all. Sag Harbor’s art gallery roster, always impressive, seems to be bursting with new and newish players this year, a few of them on a month-to-month basis while the owners of the buildings they occupy anticipate property sales.
A Tropical Storm Heads North
By Janet Goleas
If the art world made action figures the way Hollywood does, one of them might be a likeness of Fredric Snitzer, a gallery owner, collector, and occasional sculptor who is affectionately known as the godfather of the Miami art machine.
Travels: South Africa Seen Musically
By Molly Josephs
With a hosepipe flute, an African guitar, white skin, and hand-rolled cigarettes, Syd Kitchen is an anomaly, a combination of many cultures, many times, and many experiences. The South African poet and musician visited Montauk over the weekend to record a soundtrack for “Africa Is Not for Sissies,” a documentary by Joshua Sternlicht, a New York City filmmaker.
LONG ISLAND BOOKS
Spaced Out
Alastair Gordon
Review by Nilay Oza
Alastair Gordon’s new book, “Spaced Out,” reveals something fundamental about how and why we build our habitats. This book underscores a basic truism: Our lifestyles define what we choose to build, while our built environment, in turn, determines significant aspects of who we are.
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