C. Michael Norton: When Paintings Awake David&Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn April 14, 2017 - May 7, 2017
There was a time, over a century ago, when the idea of a purely abstract painting, one which referenced only the means of its creation, was a far-off goal, a seemingly unattainable dream. In the following decades this idea was tested, tried, worked, and re-worked until the project engendered many and various permutations. Post-modern, appropriational, deconstructed -- the list of approaches to this idea is legion; yet there endures some compulsion, some drive that seems hardwired, to create paintings of pure visuality. Just when we think we have come to the end of this story we find new characters waiting in the wings, new gladiators wanting into the arena. In C. Michael Norton’s current exhibit at David&Schweitzer Contemporary we see that this project still has viability. Indeed, Norton seems to open new fields of exploration.
There was a time, over a century ago, when the idea of a purely abstract painting, one which referenced only the means of its creation, was a far-off goal, a seemingly unattainable dream. In the following decades this idea was tested, tried, worked, and re-worked until the project engendered many and various permutations. Post-modern, appropriational, deconstructed -- the list of approaches to this idea is legion; yet there endures some compulsion, some drive that seems hardwired, to create paintings of pure visuality. Just when we think we have come to the end of this story we find new characters waiting in the wings, new gladiators wanting into the arena. In C. Michael Norton’s current exhibit at David&Schweitzer Contemporary we see that this project still has viability. Indeed, Norton seems to open new fields of exploration.
- 4/21/2017
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
The Weather Channel doesn’t think so, even though the No. 1 satellite service dropped it on January 14.“We have resumed discussions with DirecTV and hope to resolve our differences,” says Weather Channel rep Shirley Powell. But DirecTV strengthened its bargaining position today by reaching a multi-year agreement to offer WeatherNation. The deal “ensures our customers will have a service that is fully committed to providing all weather related information all the time,” DirecTV Chief Content Officer Dan York says. “The overwhelmingly positive comments we’ve been receiving from customers made the decision to extend our agreement easy and expedient.” Related: TWC Pushing Public Safety Image After DirecTV Blackout DirecTV wanted to cut its payments to Weather Channel, saying that the channel too often offers reality programs such as Deadliest Space Weather and Coast Guard Alaska instead of the latest local weather. But TWC – owned by NBCUniversal, Blackstone Group and Bain Capital — wanted a penny increase.
- 4/2/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
Washington, Feb 11: A new study has found that when two people are set up by a mutual friend, the person who will be the happiest at the end will be the match maker.
Lalin Anik, from Duke University, said at some point, most people have made matches between others like grabbing two strangers by the arm at a party and introducing them to each other.
She notes that the rising popularity of social networking websites such as Facebook and LinkedIn has made matchmaking effortless and central to social life.
Anik, with her colleague Michael Norton of the Harvard Business School, conducted an in-depth investigation of modern-day matchmaking, examining what motivates us to match others - even when it often goes wrong -.
Lalin Anik, from Duke University, said at some point, most people have made matches between others like grabbing two strangers by the arm at a party and introducing them to each other.
She notes that the rising popularity of social networking websites such as Facebook and LinkedIn has made matchmaking effortless and central to social life.
Anik, with her colleague Michael Norton of the Harvard Business School, conducted an in-depth investigation of modern-day matchmaking, examining what motivates us to match others - even when it often goes wrong -.
- 2/11/2014
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
The best and the brightest in TV came together at the Nokia Theatre this evening (September 22) for the 65th Annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
Neil Patrick Harris held down the fort as the year’s Mc, entertaining the star-studded crowd with show-stopping performances and hilarious skits with “How I Met Your Mother” cast members and former Emmy hosts.
As for the winners, Claire Danes scored a big win, taking home a trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, while Jeff Daniels took home the prize in the Lead Actor category.
Meanwhile, Jim Parsons won his third Emmy for Lead Actor in a comedy for his role in “Big Bang Theory,” and Julia Louis-Dreyfus scored the prize for her lead role in “Veep.”
And last but not least, the cast of "Modern Family" and "Breaking Bad" were honored with Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series, respectively.
Check out the...
Neil Patrick Harris held down the fort as the year’s Mc, entertaining the star-studded crowd with show-stopping performances and hilarious skits with “How I Met Your Mother” cast members and former Emmy hosts.
As for the winners, Claire Danes scored a big win, taking home a trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, while Jeff Daniels took home the prize in the Lead Actor category.
Meanwhile, Jim Parsons won his third Emmy for Lead Actor in a comedy for his role in “Big Bang Theory,” and Julia Louis-Dreyfus scored the prize for her lead role in “Veep.”
And last but not least, the cast of "Modern Family" and "Breaking Bad" were honored with Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series, respectively.
Check out the...
- 9/23/2013
- GossipCenter
Melbourne, May 24: Researchers have suggested that happiness can be bought by money, if it is spent in the right way.
Harvard Business School associate professor Michael Norton and University of British Columbia professor Elizabeth Dunn wrote a book called 'Happy Money: The Science of Spending,' News.com.au reported.
The book is based on 10 years of research that was undertaken in Canada, the Us, Uganda and South Africa and shows that changing the way a person spends even small amounts of money can lead to a raise in happiness.
To prove their point, the authors conducted a test in which they handed out Starbucks gift cards at a university campus.
The authors said that they told one group of people to head.
Harvard Business School associate professor Michael Norton and University of British Columbia professor Elizabeth Dunn wrote a book called 'Happy Money: The Science of Spending,' News.com.au reported.
The book is based on 10 years of research that was undertaken in Canada, the Us, Uganda and South Africa and shows that changing the way a person spends even small amounts of money can lead to a raise in happiness.
To prove their point, the authors conducted a test in which they handed out Starbucks gift cards at a university campus.
The authors said that they told one group of people to head.
- 5/24/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Related: Nikki Finke: Live-Snarking The 64th Emmys 2012 Primetime Emmys: By The Numbers Refresh for latest… Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker Modern Family ABC; Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Louis C.K., Written by Louie, “Pregnant” FX Networks; Pig Newton, Inc. in association with FX Productions Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy Modern Family ABC; Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series Steven Levitan, Director Modern Family, “Baby On Board” ABC; Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television Steven Levitan, Director Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series Jon Cryer as Alan Harper Two And A Half Men CBS; Chuck Lorre Productions Inc., The Tannenbaum Company in association with Warner Bros. Television Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series...
- 9/24/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Modern Family, Downton Abbey, and the other winners of the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards “often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music) and Tony Awards (for stage).” The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the 2010-2011 Primetime Emmys® for programs and individual achievements last night in Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. I was happy to see Peter Dinklage win for his work in Game of Thrones. He deserved it. The full listing of the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards winners is below.
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy ABC (Modern Family)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy ABC (Modern Family...
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy ABC (Modern Family)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy ABC (Modern Family...
- 9/19/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Buy others' unused, unwanted Groupons with a new iPhone app. Call it the "day after" deal.
A new smartphone app from DealsGoRound helps you take advantage of "Groupon remorse"--social-buying coupons for resale by people who know they won't ever redeem them.
Kris Petersen, DealsGoRound's founder and CEO, first got the idea for the the service (whose main incarnation is this website) a few years ago. A Chicago native and early adopter of Groupon, he had purchased a four-person Segway tour of the city for $160, and was certain he'd use it that summer. But the summer came and went, Petersen didn't use the Groupon--and DealsGoRound was born soon thereafter. "It wasn't an impulse purchase. I really wanted to go on that Segway tour, and still do to this day," he tells Fast Company. But the scheduling and weather just didn't work out, and he could have benefited from the opportunity...
A new smartphone app from DealsGoRound helps you take advantage of "Groupon remorse"--social-buying coupons for resale by people who know they won't ever redeem them.
Kris Petersen, DealsGoRound's founder and CEO, first got the idea for the the service (whose main incarnation is this website) a few years ago. A Chicago native and early adopter of Groupon, he had purchased a four-person Segway tour of the city for $160, and was certain he'd use it that summer. But the summer came and went, Petersen didn't use the Groupon--and DealsGoRound was born soon thereafter. "It wasn't an impulse purchase. I really wanted to go on that Segway tour, and still do to this day," he tells Fast Company. But the scheduling and weather just didn't work out, and he could have benefited from the opportunity...
- 3/15/2011
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
Dismayed by the way the professional game is heading, a group of Manchester United fans set up their own club five years ago. They don't have a ground and their striker is a tiler on £80 a week, but already Fc United is the focus of passionate local support. Here, an astonished fan charts their remarkable rise from small-fry idealists to Fa Cup giant-killers
It was a sight Manchester has seen many times before. Hordes of fans wearing red, white and black scarves, piling off a late-night train at Victoria, after a November night fixture away from home. Triumphant chants reverberating around the station forecourt. Dancing football players in red pictured on the front page of the newspaper the next day. Not unfamiliar stuff in a city that sees itself as the "new Milan" of world football. But there was one crucial difference.
This time the headlines made no reference to the reds of Manchester United.
It was a sight Manchester has seen many times before. Hordes of fans wearing red, white and black scarves, piling off a late-night train at Victoria, after a November night fixture away from home. Triumphant chants reverberating around the station forecourt. Dancing football players in red pictured on the front page of the newspaper the next day. Not unfamiliar stuff in a city that sees itself as the "new Milan" of world football. But there was one crucial difference.
This time the headlines made no reference to the reds of Manchester United.
- 11/21/2010
- by Julian Coman
- The Guardian - Film News
Michael Norton inherited the reigns of director for the Katoomba Short Film Festival almost by accident. He was approached by a couple of motivated locals who had started a small film festival. They enlisted his help after they heard he had worked for the ABC as an editor on compelling programs such as Four Corners. This is Norton's second year as festival director and he has found the experience to be enriching. It has been his first time, not only working behind the curtain in the events industry, but also up close with short films. "It was a real eye opener, especially when I saw what people could achieve with a film in such a short space of time," he enthuses.
- 5/21/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
Why is it that we enjoy being scared half to death by films and books?
One wild and windswept recent afternoon – I know it should have been late at night, but it wasn't – I finally got around to watching Paranormal Activity, the ultra-low-budget horror film that became an underground success thanks to the curious pleasure so many people take in being scared half to death. (Don't watch it twice, or you may get scared fully to death.) Even at 3.30pm, when watched alone at home, it's an extremely creepy movie, documenting the haunting of a couple whose apartment becomes the target of a vengeful force intent on driving them to the edge of sanity with some old-school ghostly techniques: doors that suddenly slam, TVs that switch themselves on, scrapings and groanings with no discernible source. At one particularly tense point, the fridge in my kitchen started to buzz; I wheeled around,...
One wild and windswept recent afternoon – I know it should have been late at night, but it wasn't – I finally got around to watching Paranormal Activity, the ultra-low-budget horror film that became an underground success thanks to the curious pleasure so many people take in being scared half to death. (Don't watch it twice, or you may get scared fully to death.) Even at 3.30pm, when watched alone at home, it's an extremely creepy movie, documenting the haunting of a couple whose apartment becomes the target of a vengeful force intent on driving them to the edge of sanity with some old-school ghostly techniques: doors that suddenly slam, TVs that switch themselves on, scrapings and groanings with no discernible source. At one particularly tense point, the fridge in my kitchen started to buzz; I wheeled around,...
- 3/13/2010
- by Oliver Burkeman
- The Guardian - Film News
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