Art Talk
Thanksgiving Art Recipe
Edward Goldman talks about his Thanksgiving day filled with art.
By Edward Goldman • • 3m ListenTraditionally, during the holidays, many of us travel, but I like to stay in town. With half of the population in Los Angeles seemingly gone, traffic is so friendly. All of a sudden, LA looks almost the way I remember it, 40 years ago…
Interior of the Wayfarers Chapel built by Lloyd Wright. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Photo by Edward Goldman.
. But on Thanksgiving, I aimed for the world-famous Wayfarers Chapel, high on the cliffs above the Pacific Ocean.
Interior of the Wayfarers Chapel built by Lloyd Wright. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Photo by Edward Goldman.
Stills from the Roma trailer. Dir: Alfonso Cuarón. Courtesy of Netflix.
Roma, written and directed by Mexican Director Alfonso Cuarón. It’s named after a district in Mexico City, “Colonia Roma,” and partially inspired by Cuarón’s childhood memories there. I swear, it took me 10 minutes before I realized that the film was in black and white – it had such refined cinematography, with a hundred gradations of grey, that I didn’t miss color at all. It’s no surprise that Roma has already won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival, and has been accepted as the Mexican entry for Best Foreign Film for the upcoming Oscars.
Top and Bottom - Installation shot: One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art. MOCA. Photos courtesy MOCA.
One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art." For those of you who are movie aficionados, Manny Farber’s name will ring a bell – he was one of the most acclaimed American film critics of the mid-century.
Installation shot: One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art. MOCA. Photo courtesy MOCA.
Installation shot: One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art. MOCA. Photo courtesy MOCA.
