Brâncuși v. United States": A Legal Case That Redefined Art Theater workshop presented as part of “The Brâncuși Month in New York”

ROMANIAN INSTITUTE 200 E 38 ST 3 WEEKS OF BRANCUSI: MUSIC, ART AND A COURT TRIAL ON fEB 21 THE US GOVERNMEENT ARRESTED HIM WHEN HE ARRIVED WITH HIS SCULPURES CALLING THEM MECHANICAL ITEMS. THEY WENT TO COURT . Did you know Brâncuși once went head-to-head with U.S. Customs officials over whether his works were "art" or "industrial objects"? Adapted by Amanda L. Andrei and Codin Andrei from Tatiana Niculescu’s acclaimed book, Brancusi v. United States dramatizes the moment the great Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși sued the United States after his iconic sculpture, "Bird in Space", was denied recognition as art. The outcome of the trial, held in 1928, forever changed the legal definition of art in America and signaled the dawn of modern art. in the 20th century.   Brancusi v. United StatesWritten by: Tatiana Niculescu Adapted for stage by: Amanda L. Andrei Directed by: Dina Vovsi This play was part of a three part series at the Romanian Institute which included music of the time, and modern painters after Brancusi. Peggy Gugenheim, called Constantine Brancusi "half peasant, half God" He had studied with Rodin but his sculpures are devoid of the organic approach He simplefies his bronzes to structure, like the skeleton of the body alone, without the muscles nor skin...down to the essence alone, down to the idea. to the aesthetics. The U.S. Goverment had called his works "industrial works. Surrounded by his peers, Duchamp Modigliani, Steichen, he won the fight for the definition of "modern art",an art which made you .feel "

 SAD and ANGRY.....COLLISION AT REAGAN INT. AIRPORT..... Why are training helicopters heading straight towards a functional airport at all????

There are so many directions to go....lets start with the opposite direction where there is NO AIRPORT..

There is North South East West ...THEN there is Northeast, Northwest, Southeast Southwest and everything in between.

It is stated that "one goes, one comes," every minute as we see in the video...

Why is the helicopter heading crossing the paths of those planes at all??? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY??????????????????????????????— feeling unhappy.

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13Mia Lancaster, Wendy Tucker and 11 others

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    A  I  NATIVE PLATFORM, COLLABORATE IN HARMONY

At a recent lecture, organized by Boris at La Brochette in NY,   CEO  Massoud Alibakhsh  presented new applications and AI architecture and AI  Native Tech Stack for every domain.

He inserts  a new element into an existing computer.

This element  co-ordinates  information  and then makes its own choices as in the medical field,as

how to remove a tumor in the brain.

His new book is 'AWAKING.THE CREATOR'S DREAM,: A BRIDGE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SPIRIT -exploring  consciousness intelligence the bridge between physical and spiritual  between human and AI.

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KINKY   BOOTS, the musical written by CYNDI LAUPER  ,  book by HARVEY FIERSTEIN,, 

 DIRECTOR &  CHOREGRAPHER  - RYAN HENDRICKS  ,PRODUCED BY DOMINIC CUSKERN played recently as the  best kept secret in all of Brooklyn   - GALLERY PLAYERS  at 199 14 st BROOKLYN a gem of a hidden theater.

A fabulous journey  from creating mens shoes to fashionable boots.  red  with large heels, and

winning audiences from London to Milan.  

Lots more on their agenda:  SUPERB

 
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI   the  LIGHT A ND  THE DARK  at 59 east  59 THEATER

BEST PLAY     THE LIGHT AND DARK (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi)

This recent play was at 59E59 st Theater. It was brilliantly  written  and starred Kate Hamill, Directed by Jade King Carroll and produced  by Jamie de Roy   Ms Hamill  has a huge grasp of art and words, tracing the 7 -year old to adulthood.

This artist lived at the begining of the 1600s, or the Baroque era. And was qualified to study  paintings and models with the other male students. is the only female artist celebrated. Her paintings reflect her feminism as in "Judith slaying Holofernes'  where 2 women kill the victim not one. 

Her subjects are taken from, the Bible and highlighted  with strong dramatic lighting (chiaroscuro) such as used by Caravaggio in the 1500s. She studied under her Father. Her life was not easy.  Seduced by her Fathers friend who promised to marry her (who was already married) her Father brought him  to trial.  

The court in 1612 was not in her favor.It was there that she was tortured to tell the truth undergoing her hands almost  crushed in a box with clamps .But the testimony  of her assistant Mateo help make her free.

She did have the backing of the Medici family who gave her commisions.  But  even though,    women were not allowed to join the Guild of male painters. She married, lived in Florence,  had 5 children and did join  the Artists Academy 

She did travel with her Father and painted in London under King Charles 1 in 1638 

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      THE LIGHT AND DARK (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi)   

                     (FIRST FEMALE PAINTER - FIRST FEMINIST)

This recent play was at 59E59 st Theater. It was brilliantly  written  and starred Kate Hamill, Directed by Jade King Carroll and produced  by Jamie de Roy   Ms Hamill  has a huge grasp of art and words, tracing the 7 -year old to adulthood.

This artist lived at the begining of the 1600s, or the Baroque era. And was qualified to study  paintings and models with the other male students. is the only female artist celebrated. Her paintings reflect her feminism as in "Judith slaying Holofernes'  where 2 women kill the victim not one. 

Her subjects are taken from, the Bible and highlighted  with strong dramatic lighting (chiaroscuro) such as used by Caravaggio in the 1500s. She studied under her Father. Her life was not easy.  Seduced by her Fathers friend who promised to marry her (who was already married) her Father brought him  to trial.  

The court in 1612 was not in her favor.It was there that she was tortured to tell the truth undergoing her hands almost  crushed in a box with clamps .But the testimony  of her assistant Mateo help make her free.

She did have the backing of the Medici family who gave her commisions.  But  even though,    women were not allowed to join the Guild of male painters. She married, lived in Florence,  had 5 children and did join  the Artists Academy 

She did travel with her Father and painted in London under King Charles 1 in 1638 ❤

                                                       JUDITH SLAYING HOLOFERNES

 NEW YORK:  DANIEL PENNY  AQUITTED  12.9. 24

DANIEL PERRY is on my mind.
I and those that ride the subways every day,and every night (F -train) and are continually harassed by vagrants, mentally -ill patients, released criminals etc. cheer anyone who would rise to the occasion to protect us. We have suffered the ride home at night.
DANIEL PERRY rose to the occasion to protect us and we must
thank him for standing up ,and being our hero because ALL our lives matter. Condolences to the family.
This event was not planned, It is not an intended murder,it was an UNFORTUNATE accident.

This is NOT a racial issue.

The issue amd blame here is that Jordan Neely was not NOT protected, by his Father. He was NOT protected by his family. He was NOT protected by the criminal system, that kept letting him out to wander the subways and he was NOT protected by the mental institutions where he belonged, and would have been safe.
There is where the blame stays.

It is indeed a very  sad event.  Everyone is sorry.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DONALD J TRUMP 

I CALCULATED HIS VICTORY:  320  to  238 Kamala

How did I do that?

Well, it was the very first time I tried:  And it was the day before!

first  I researched the Rust Belt, then the Sun Belt took a look at the East coast,  researched the polls, threw in some womens intuition, and alot of GREEK LUCK and analyzed  the electoral votes.

And voila....320  versus  238.

It was all easy 

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What Donald Trump did not tell us when he was frying french fries at McDonalds was there is an entire new system to get your Big Mac.

No longer is the personal touch there.  Now you stand in front of a machine...look at a screen, with lots of choices of single order or a meal, then press lots of buttons  and choose cash or credit card and coins...fhew....and ask someone to help you.  Oh, extra tartar sauce is 63 cents!