- “Real Machers: Portraits of American Jewish Gangsters,” an exhibit of pen-and-ink drawings by graphic artist Pat Hamou, is opening tomorrow at the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery. Hamou’s portraits of the “machers” (Yiddish for “big shot”) are hardly threatening in their fedoras and bow ties, but you can guarantee, as Hamou does, that they have “bigger matzoh balls than most.” Feb. 18-May 17. [DCJCC]
- Artist Dave Montgomery uses computer programs to alter his photographs into a completely new medium (something he calls “digital composition”), making no effort to mask his manipulations. The results are sort of cheesy, but interesting — there are giant marbles in a park, bikers on a roof, a table made of a giant flower. At the Orchard Gallery of Art until March 5. [Orchard Gallery]
- Touchstone Gallery is displaying 60 pieces of artwork from 60 local artists in “Double Vision II.” It’s called “Double Vision” for a reason — 30 member artists get to bring a new artist friend on board, pumping fresh blood into the DC art community. [Touchstone]
- Bigger isn’t necessarily better at Irvine Contemporary’s exhibit, “Aspect: Ratio 2,” a study on small-scale art of different mediums. “Aspect” includes toy sculptures of sweets, Japanese figurines and of course, photographs of Obama (how did he manage to weasel his way into this exhibit?). [Irvine]
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Doug Feith wears a fedora and bow tie?
Hey, I am wondering if they have my grad school advisor up there? He would certainly fit right in.
Oh, I thought this was an article about Geithner and Summers!
This WILL have a picture of Joe Lieberman, yes?
This WILL have a picture of Rahm Emanuel, yes?
Starting with “Robin Hood, Men in Tights” Mel Brooks has done more harm to America than any of those gangsters (yes, and I’m counting Bernie Madoff, too).
I don’t think Geithner is Jewish.
And that’s Meyer Lansky to you, boychik.
Wikipedia says he’s Prod, so when did he convert??!!11!!!
[re=245181]Tommy Says Soooo[/re]: Timothy is a goyische name.
[re=245188]Boo_Boo_Hoff[/re]: That’s odd. They usually change the last name. No wonder we’re screwed, we got the dumb Jewish guy at Treasury!!!!11!!!!
Problem with Jewish gangsters is when they are brought to trial.
“Do you plead guilty, or not guilty?”
“Guilty? Oy! Vey is mir! Very, VERY guilty, it gives me such tsuris, how guilty…”
COME BACK TO ME
Do they have the pamphlet of Jewish sports legends?
I highly recommend this show. The captions alongside the artwork are quite extensive, and although a several of them end with the subject being executed at Sing-Sing or having his skeleton found in the Nevada desert in 2006 (Hmmm…Ken Layne lives in the desert…), several of them end with the guy opening a flower shop or a steak restaurant.
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