Interview of New Yorker cartoonist, Edward Koren, with Dr. Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:56:07 +0000

In this interview at the Luise Ross Gallery on May 1, 2010, Dr. Lisa turns her sights on getting to the bottom of what makes star New Yorker cartoonist, Edward Koren tick. He’s complicated but his love of drawing and firefighting are obvious.

Btw: Note to Ken Johnson of The NY Times re this comment: “But he is not a big risk taker, and not one to stir up the censors.” I find it hard to perceive a man who runs into burning buildings is not a risk taker. -Dr. Lisa

“Edward Koren: The Capricious Line” continues through June 12 at the Wallach Art Gallery, Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, Morningside Heights; (212) 854-7288, columbia.edu/cu/wallach. “Edward Koren: Parallel Play, Drawings 1979-2010” is on view through June 2 at the Luise Ross Gallery, 511 West 25th Street, Chelsea; (212) 343-2161, luiserossgallery.com.

Jane Fine @ Pierogi 2000

Paul H-O — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:27:22 +0000

Paul and Dr. Lisa visit Pierogi 2000 to see the Jane Fine show and try to get into the head of the artist with all of the interpretive power we can muster. We don’t usually do that – preferring to let the work speak on it’s own, and we haven’t talked to Jane Fine for a better insight. No we do it cold turkey, even with absurd distractions.

Yet in the end the work is the work, and it’s mighty Fine, distinctively complex with intuitive eruptions of emotive execution. The show was back in the fall 2009, and we use the critical calendar set by Art in America Magazine, where timeless is months behind.

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Interview of New Yorker cartoonist, Edward Koren, with Dr. Lisa

Jane Fine @ Pierogi 2000