I had a good time writing about one of my favorite artists, Demetri Broxton, and his new exhibit at MoAD. My latest for The Voice of San Francisco.
thevoicesf.org/reclaiming-hi…
David Hockney (British Artist, 1937–2026)
"Large Interior, Los Angeles", 1988.
Oil and Ink on cut and pasted Paper on Canvas,
183.5 × 305.4 cm.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
… Elvis Presley was also a genuinely nice guy. When I met him with my sisters and two others in ‘75, his bodyguards kept urging him to move along, but he brushed them off and stayed to chat with us. I got three autographs and later gave one to Sharon…
Here’s proof of my selfie brazenness when sat next to someone I admire in a theater. This is me and Jack Walls at Patti Smith’s appearance at The Music Box Theater, Chicago. He gave me quite the cultural history during the wait.
If you’ve not already seen it, and if you have the interest, I can highly recommend this brilliant BBC documentary on John Minton...
youtube.com/watch?v=4X13a829…
Today I'm remembering a grotesque Xmas party on a yacht in Newport Beach. Black leather sofas, silver chrome, glass. Bob Seger music. Like an 80's cocaine nightmare. Inside the bathroom & directly across from the shitter was a gorgeous Hockney print. I wanted to steal it. RIP.