2026.09.11
museum open .260911pm
Stephen Lauf The Problem Child 2026.09.11
Stephen Lauf The View Comes Extra 2026.09.11
2025.09.11
451 Rhawn Gallery
Stephen Lauf Black and White and Black and White and Color 2025.09.11
2021.09.11
page from an as yet unfinished, untitled book
page from an as yet unfinished, untitled book
2014.09.11
The End of History?
"Most prevalent in our time: the assimilating imagination, the metabolic imagination."
It's still over a millennium before the osmotic imagination and the electro-magnetic imagination are the most prevalent. Humanity's furthest reach occurs almost exactly the year 4000. But then the ultimate cut-off happens 4371, which ushers in approximately 1780 years of omni-frequency imagination. And after that humanity is simply a nimiety of keratin.
2001.09.11
1949.09.11
1949. Sunday, New York City
"I am delighted to hear that you have finished the first part of your writings," Marcel tells Helen Freeman [15.4.1949], who is composing an "inner description" of him. "I wish you would send me a copy." He confirms that of the two original drawings entitled Vierge [7.8.1912], only one belongs to the Arensbergs, and explains that he "had lost complete sight of it for 25 years" [16.5.1939]. Uncertain whether he put the original in the lid of the Boîte-en-Valise [7.1.1941] (which he completed for the Arensbergs in April 1943) or "a coloriage by hand of the reproduction in black and white to show the stencil man how to put the colours on the 300 reproductions", Marcel suggests that Helen ask Man Ray to look at it, "to see if the support (black-and-white) is hand-painted or a reproduction."
Ephemerides
1935.09.11
1935. Wednesday, Paris
As Roché is now back from Saint-Martin-en-Haut, Tatar meets him at Arago. They settle their account for the Rotoreliefs [30.8.1935] and discuss their failure [1.9.1935] at the Concours Lépine.
Ephemerides
1929.09.11
1929. Wednesday, Paris
"You have all the rights to be furious, but I have been actually unable to write: I had so many things to decide on... You must understand," Dee tells Miss Dreier, "...It can be no more a question of my life as an artist's life: I gave it up ten years ago; this period is long enough to prove that my intention to remain outside of any art manifestation is permanent.
"The second question is that, according to my attitude, I don't want to go to America to start anything in the way of an 'art' museum of any kind.
"The third question is that I want to be alone as much as possible.
"This abrupt way to speak of my 'hardening process' is not meant to be mean, but is the result of a '42-years-of-age' summing up.
"I am a little sick--physically," he hastens to add, explaining, "my bladder is beginning to speak--so I have to take care of myself--doctors included.
"My opinion is that anything one does is all right and I refuse to fight for this or that opinion or their contrary.
"I don't see any pessimism in my decisions: they are only a way toward beatitude.
"Your life," he reminds Miss Dreier, "has been and is connected with the actions and reactions of so many people that you can hardly approve of my choice between a snail and a butterfly for a disguise.
"Please understand I am trying for a minimum of action, gradually.
"I would never let Waldemar George write anything about me, if it were in my power.
"My brother never said a word... yet to me.
All this is very annoying, so let's forget it..."
Closing the letter, he writes: "10000 apologies for this rough letter and affectueusement Dee."
Ephemerides
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