a magazine review that reads more like a stream of consciousness
The magazine I got from Mencher was the ARTnews magazine – the December 2011 issue. Altho you’re not supposed to judge something by its cover, I do it all the time. It’s abstract in the way it’s designed. It looks so watercolor or water got spilled onto something that used to be colored a bit more geometrically & now it’s running all over the place. I like it. Since it’s an art magazine, you’re immediately blasted with images. Altho these images are advertising for shows in various places. A lot of the shows are high end & are located in New York. I don’t think I could afford those. However the Smithsonian “Black List” show featuring black figures of higher standing who have achieved things in art, sports, politics, activism, business, & wherever else sounds like something I would’ve went to if I was around Washington DC. But the magazine on the whole is just like a fashion magazine, filled with tons & tons of a...