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Live 'Dead' Live 'Dead'
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h N
ew Y
ork
’s f
lag
ship
mus
eum
s o
ffer
-in
g b
lock
bus
ter
exhi
bits
thi
s su
mm
er –
it’s
Pi
cass
o’s
gre
ates
t hi
ts f
rom
the
co
llect
ion
of
the
Met
rop
olit
an M
useu
m o
f A
rt, K
and
insk
y &
Mal
evic
h at
the
Gug
gen
heim
, and
Cha
rles
Bur
chfie
ld a
t th
e W
hitn
ey –
man
y cu
lture
vu
lture
s w
ere
surp
rised
at
the
hum
an w
aves
g
roo
ving
thei
r way
to th
e N
ew Y
ork
His
toric
al
Soci
ety.
Beh
ind
its
sta
id,
bea
ux a
rts
faça
de
and
cla
ssic
al c
olu
mns
on
Cen
tral
Par
k W
est,
th
e so
und
s an
d
artif
acts
o
f Th
e G
rate
ful
Dea
d w
ere
dis
pla
yed
in a
n ex
hib
itio
n w
hich
ju
st c
lose
d o
n Ju
ly 4
.
Like
pilg
rim
s fu
lfill
ing
re
ligio
us
ob
li-g
atio
ns
for
un
tap
pe
d
spir
itu
al
pie
ty
in
Jeru
sale
m,
Ro
me,
o
r M
ecca
, m
ulti
-tu
des
of
“Dea
d H
ead
s” b
eat
thei
r w
ay t
o
“The
Gra
tefu
l D
ead
: N
ow
Pla
ying
at
the
New
-Yo
rk
His
toric
al
Soci
ety.
” In
a
mys
ti-ca
l m
anne
r si
mila
r to
vie
win
g s
acre
d r
el-
ics,
in
ter-
gen
erat
iona
l af
icio
nad
os
clad
in
ev
eryt
hing
fro
m t
ie-d
ye a
nd B
ierk
enst
ock
s to
Her
mes
sca
rves
and
Pra
da
pum
ps
wer
e sp
ott
ed in
tw
irlin
g a
bo
ut t
he g
alle
ries.
A
s “S
carl
et
Beg
oni
as”
was
w
afti
ng
thro
ugh
the
spea
kers
, th
e co
nser
vati
ve
New
Yo
rk l
and
mar
k, f
oun
ded
in
1804
, w
it-ne
ssed
ho
w t
he D
ead
’s en
erg
y an
d m
usic
al
gen
ius
wer
e a
corn
erst
one
o
f ro
ck
his-
tory
. C
eleb
ratin
g h
ow
“th
e sk
y w
as y
ello
w
and
the
sun
was
blu
e” t
he e
xhib
it co
mes
fr
om
vas
t D
ead
mem
ora
bili
a ar
chiv
es a
t th
e U
nive
rsity
of C
alifo
rnia
San
ta C
ruz.
It
tra
ns-
po
rted
vie
wer
s b
ack
ont
o t
he M
agic
Bus
, th
e Su
mm
er o
f Lo
ve,
Bill
y G
raha
m’s
shrin
es
at t
he F
illm
ore
Eas
t an
d W
est,
and
dec
ades
o
f in
tern
atio
nal t
our
ing
in t
he e
xhib
itio
n.
Bum
pin
g i
nto
fel
low
dev
ote
es o
f th
is
unp
red
icta
ble
tr
ibe
whi
ch
incl
udes
A
nn
Co
ulte
r, V
P A
l G
ore
, Ph
il Ja
ckso
n, S
enat
or
Patr
ick
Leah
y, G
ov.
Pat
rick
Wel
d,
and
Bill
W
alto
n, a
tten
dee
s fe
lt th
ey w
ere
at a
fam
-ily
reu
nio
n.
Am
ong
the
ob
ject
s d
isp
laye
d
wer
e vi
ntag
e Fe
nder
s an
d G
ibso
ns, p
sych
e-d
elic
art
wo
rk p
ost
ers,
tic
kets
, t-
shirt
s, r
are
LP
[rem
emb
er
viny
l?]
test
p
ress
ing
s fr
om
W
arne
r st
udio
s, d
eco
rate
d f
an m
ail
[incl
ud-
ing
an
enve
lop
e b
y “M
ike
Ko
sins
ki o
f R
ed
Oak
Lan
e, F
airf
ield
, C
onne
ctic
ut”]
and
life
-si
ze s
kele
ton
pro
ps
dre
ssed
up
to
rese
mb
le
ban
d
mem
ber
s fo
r th
e “T
ouch
of
G
rey”
vi
deo
. A
lthou
gh
Unc
le
Ger
ry’s
ashe
s w
ere
toss
ed i
nto
the
Gan
ges
and
San
Fra
ncis
co
Bay
, his
rei
ncar
natio
n se
ems
com
ple
te a
s th
e b
and
pla
ys o
n.
For
thos
e w
ho m
isse
d o
ut –
the
re’s
a ni
ce c
hanc
e to
“tu
rn o
n yo
ur l
ove
light
.”
Feat
ured
at
th
is
sum
mer
in
tern
atio
nally
kn
own
“Gat
herin
g o
f the
Vib
es F
estiv
al”–
Jul
y 29
- A
ugus
t 1,
the
re w
ill b
e p
lent
y of
“d
anc-
ing
in
the
stre
ets”
at
Brid
gep
ort’s
Sea
sid
e Pa
rk!
With
ap
pea
ranc
es
by
Phil
Lesh
, B
ob W
eir,
Mic
key
Har
t, D
onna
God
chau
x,
the
New
Ri
der
s of
th
e Pu
rple
Sa
ge
and
D
ark
Star
Orc
hest
ra [
“if
you
clo
se y
our
eye
s --
yo
u th
ink
it’s
Co
rnel
l ’7
7!”]
– t
he g
old
en
road
co
ntin
ues.
Fo
r in
form
ati
on
: g
ath
eri
ng
oft
he
vib
es.
com
.
PH
ILIP
ELI
AS
OP
HS
en
ior
Art
s E
dit
or
>>
DEPA
RTM
EN
T: EVEN
TS +
GATH
ERIN
GS
>>
DEPA
RTM
EN
T: EVEN
TS +
GATH
ERIN
GS
Alo
ng
this
su
mm
er’s
it
iner
ary
of
mus
e-u
ms,
gal
leri
es
and
his
tori
c si
tes,
a v
isit
to
the
ho
me
and
stu
dio
of
Jack
son
Pollo
ck
(191
2-19
56) a
nd h
is w
ife L
ee K
rasn
er (1
908-
1984
) at
The
Sp
ring
s ne
ar E
ast
Ham
pto
n is
a
des
tinat
ion
for
Am
eric
an a
rt c
onn
ois
seur
s an
d a
nyo
ne w
ho w
ants
to
see
an
auth
entic
p
lace
whe
re g
eniu
s to
uche
d d
ow
n. P
ollo
ck
is r
egar
ded
as
the
und
isp
uted
lead
er o
f th
e A
bst
ract
E
xpre
ssio
nist
m
ove
men
t.
With
a
loan
in
1945
fro
m h
is a
rt d
eale
r Pe
gg
y G
ugg
enhe
im, t
hey
pur
chas
ed a
sm
all h
om
e-st
ead
ove
rloo
king
Acc
abo
nac
Cre
ek i
n Th
e Sp
ring
s, n
ear
Eas
t H
amp
ton.
The
ho
use
and
st
udio
-- w
ith it
s o
rigin
al w
oo
d fl
oo
r pre
serv
-in
g t
he s
pill
s an
d d
rips
of
Pollo
ck’s
cho
reo
-g
rap
hic
mo
vem
ents
- h
ave
bee
n lo
ving
ly
pro
tect
ed u
nder
the
aus
pic
es o
f th
e St
ate
Uni
vers
ity o
f New
Yo
rk a
t St
ony
Bro
ok.
A li
vely
sch
edul
e o
f gal
lery
talk
s an
d to
urs
are
hig
hlig
hts
of
the
sum
mer
sce
ne i
n th
e H
amp
tons
. O
n Su
nday
aft
erno
on,
Aug
ust
29th
, V
EN
Ü’s
Seni
or
Art
s E
dito
r, D
r. Ph
ilip
Elia
sop
h, w
ill p
rese
nt a
tal
k:
“Sw
ept
Aw
ay:
Re-
thin
king
Rea
list
and
Ab
stra
ct P
aint
ers
in
the
Wak
e o
f Id
eolo
gic
al H
urric
anes
.” R
ec-
og
nizi
ng t
he a
esth
etic
and
po
litic
al t
ensi
ons
w
hich
fr
agm
ente
d
Am
eric
an
pai
ntin
g
at
mid
-cen
tury
, Elia
sop
h w
ill a
ttem
pt
to r
eco
n-ci
le th
ese
po
larit
ies
find
ing
co
mm
on
gro
und
in
th
e o
ngo
ing
p
roce
ss
of
art
mak
ing
. “W
ork
ing
in
bet
wee
n Po
llock
, R
oth
ko a
nd
de
Ko
oni
ng a
nd H
op
per
, W
yeth
, an
d C
ad-
mus
, E
liaso
ph
trie
s to
brid
ge
the
gap
be-
twee
n re
alis
m a
nd a
bst
ract
ion
as s
epar
ate
pat
hs t
ow
ard
s ar
tistic
uni
ty.
BR
AM
BLE A
ND
BR
AM
BLE
Rem
nants
, G
lyp
hs
and
Palim
pse
sts:
In
th
eir
pa
inti
ng
an
d m
ixe
d-m
ed
ia w
ork
, a
rtis
ts F
ran
k a
nd
Pa
me
la
Bra
mb
le i
nd
ep
en
de
ntl
y e
xam
ine
th
e b
eau
ty o
f th
e w
orn
su
rface
an
d
the
te
nu
ou
s an
d f
rag
ile n
atu
re o
f ti
me
-alt
ere
d s
urf
ace
s. B
oth
art
ists
ack
no
wle
dg
e t
hat
tim
e h
as
the
cap
aci
ty t
o t
ran
sfo
rm a
rt. It
can
ch
an
ge
it
s re
leva
nce
; it
has
the
ab
ility
to
ab
rad
e i
t p
hys
ically
. F
or
som
e p
iece
s th
e e
ffe
ct o
f ti
me
pu
lls w
ork
ap
art
, fo
r o
the
rs,
tim
e f
orc
es
the
me
ldin
g
of
ele
me
nts
. Bri
efly,
th
e B
ram
ble
s are
a m
arr
ied
co
up
le w
ho
have
be
en
p
ain
tin
g f
or
mo
re t
han
30 y
ears
. P
am
is o
rig
inally
fro
m E
ast
on
, an
d s
he
an
d F
ran
k liv
e in
To
rrin
gto
n.
Pam
ela
Bra
mb
lePa
m h
as b
een
a p
rofe
sso
r at
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Co
nnec
ticut
, Dep
artm
ent
of A
rt a
nd A
rt H
isto
ry,
sinc
e 19
89. H
er t
each
ing
sp
ecia
lties
incl
ude
dra
win
g, p
aint
ing
, fo
und
atio
n st
udio
and
art
ap
-p
reci
atio
n. S
he h
as s
erve
d a
s a
juro
r fo
r exh
ibits
with
in th
e st
ate
and
del
iver
s le
ctur
es a
nd ta
lks
on
art a
nd th
e ar
tistic
pro
cess
. Pa
m’s
wo
rk is
rep
rese
nted
in p
ublic
and
priv
ate
colle
ctio
ns a
nd
has
bee
n re
view
ed b
y Th
e N
ew Y
ork
Tim
es, T
he H
artf
ord
Co
uran
t and
Art
New
Eng
land
. Bra
m-
ble
’s aw
ard
s in
clud
e th
e Pr
esid
ent’s
Go
ld M
edal
lion
for
her
pai
ntin
gs
in t
he e
xhib
it E
mer
gin
g
Art
ists
at
The
Gre
gg
Gal
lerie
s in
New
Yo
rk C
ity a
nd s
he w
as t
he re
cip
ient
of a
Res
earc
h Tr
avel
G
rant
fro
m t
he U
nive
rsity
of C
onn
ectic
ut t
o s
tud
y 13
th a
nd 1
4th
cent
ury
Italia
n fr
esco
es.
“My
wo
rk is
ab
out
the
vis
ual r
epre
sent
atio
n o
f th
e se
arch
and
the
find
— a
nd o
f ho
w p
roce
ss e
s-ta
blis
hes
cont
ent.
My
artis
tic p
roce
ss is
one
whe
re e
ach
pai
ntin
g is
wo
rked
and
rew
ork
ed u
ntil
form
and
co
nten
t m
erg
e.”
Fra
nk B
ram
ble
Fran
k ha
s b
een
pai
ntin
g f
or
mo
re t
han
30 y
ears
, as
bo
th a
n ab
stra
ct a
nd a
fig
urat
ive
artis
t,
allo
win
g t
he d
isci
plin
e o
f ea
ch o
f th
ese
form
s to
infl
uenc
e an
d d
evel
op
the
oth
er.
“I fi
nd a
co
mp
ellin
g s
ymb
iosi
s in
the
se t
win
ap
pro
ache
s to
art
and
art
mak
ing
.” B
ram
ble
’s tr
avel
s, p
ar-
ticul
arly
in C
entr
al A
mer
ica,
hav
e p
rofo
und
ly a
ffect
ed h
is v
iew
of t
he a
bst
ract
in a
rt.
“To
see
all
of t
hose
gre
at s
truc
ture
s —
chu
rche
s, t
emp
les,
fort
ress
es in
rui
n —
par
ts o
f the
m h
eld
up
with
b
raci
ng a
nd s
caffo
ldin
g,
and
all
thei
r fo
rm a
nd f
unct
ion
strip
ped
aw
ay,
led
me
to in
vest
igat
e th
e p
roce
ss o
f m
akin
g a
nd u
nmak
ing
my
ow
n ar
t.
My
pai
ntin
gs
are
offe
red
as
vig
nett
es t
hat
sug
ges
t b
oth
an
exp
erie
nce
of a
rt a
nd it
s la
stin
g im
pre
ssio
n. T
hey
striv
e fo
r a
com
bin
atio
n o
f im
med
iacy
and
reve
rie, a
chie
ving
tha
t b
alan
ce t
hro
ugh
pai
nter
ly a
pp
licat
ion.
” B
ram
ble
’s w
ork
is
in c
orp
ora
te, u
nive
rsity
and
priv
ate
colle
ctio
ns a
cro
ss t
he c
oun
try.
San
Fran
cisc
o,
New
Yo
rk C
ity,
Seas
ide
Park
Liv
e ‘
Dead
’
Bri
gh
t S
un
Gly
ph
– F
ran
k B
ram
ble
de
asp
ect
uu
m d
ive
rsit
ate
— P
ame
la B
ram
ble
Po
llo
ck-K
rasn
er
Ho
use
Fo
r in
fo c
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r vi
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roo
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ove: J
acks
on
Pollo
ck a
nd L
ee K
rasn
er in
Po
llock
’s st
udio
, Eas
t H
amp
ton,
194
9. P
hoto
gra
ph
by
Law
renc
e La
rkin
co
urte
sy P
ollo
ck-K
rasn
er H
ous
e an
d S
tud
y C
ente
r. Left
: Int
erio
r o
f the
Po
llack
-Kra
sner
st
udio
, with
Jac
kso
n Po
llock
’s ar
t m
ater
ials
and
the
flo
or
on
whi
ch h
e w
ork
ed fr
om
194
7-19
52.
On
exh
ibit
fro
m J
un
e 3
- J
uly
17
, at
th
e
Th
om
as J
. W
alsh
Art
Gal
lery
, F
airfi
eld
Un
ive
rsit
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