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The Sound of the City – Jimi Hendrix´“Crosstown Traffic“

Celia-D. Klaue — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:01:12 +0000

In this song Jimi was addressing a girl, who confused him obviously, but for me it is yet also one of the best songs describing the mood of a vibrant City.
A lifestyle I could never do without.

„You’re just like crosstown traffic
So hard to get through to you“….

„Crosstown Traffic“ written by Jimi Hendrix, 1968 on the Album „Electric Ladyland“

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Afropunkfestival 2014 NY-Brooklyn

Celia-D. Klaue — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:14:00 +0000

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Beyoncé´s Surfboard Crew Neck

Celia-D. Klaue — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:20:00 +0000

The end of a beautiful summer is near. Spending it in New York City, there was not even one Party where the Beyoncé track „Drunk in Love“ wasn´t part of the Dj´s menue and pushing the All City Kids to a heyday of bouncing together. By using the term „Surfboard“in the Beyoncé context, urban language translations refer to it as a sex position, but it also turned out, to be a fashionable arrangement of letters on a black sweater.

It will keep you warm in the upcoming fall nights and yet you´ll be reminded of an intense summer in the City.

http://shop.beyonce.com

Available at the Official Beyonce Shop, $ 65.00

For those who can´t get enough: DRUNK IN LOVE

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A Bronx Tale

Celia-D. Klaue — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:18:00 +0000

Yesterday I was following the trail of one of my all time favorite movies:

„A Bronx Tale“.

The scenery of the film begins in the dark of the night and with a poetic declaration of love for that notorious district, which is commonly regarded as a synonym for the atrium of “hell on earth”. In the tales context, however, so in 1960, the Bronx is still a warm and vibrant neighborhood, certainly not innocent, but beyond all violence and corruption a refuge of almost Mediterranean street life and neighborly communication.

Trailer

Pic. Source

The little boy, who observes the streetlife from the intersection of the steps of the parental house, is fascinated by the hustle and bustle of the men in his hood..

Nowadays one street still captures this vibe from the Movie: The Arthur Avenue, which is also referred as to be the “real” little Italy of New York. I could also imagine sit there all day and observe the people passing me by. For me growing up with family members of Italian Background it was also a MUST DO to try the highly recommended Eggplant Parmigiana in the neighborhood.

The place to be for this occasion in the Bronx: Mike´s Deli.

Mike´s Deli

Been here done that. The waitress treated me just like an Italian mother who is not just looking after your nutritional needs, she is also looking after your soul. Conclusion: I would go there at least once a week,if that would be my neighborhood: “Deliciosa”!

The Bronx is still a poor and rough neighborhood, but or maybe even more because of that, the warmth and attitude of the residents is largely comparable to what I remember from being in Italy.

For those of you who won´t make it to the streets, go enjoy the Movie one more time!

A BRONX TALE

USA 1993. R: Robert De Niro.

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Mike´s Deli

2344 Arthur Ave
Bronx, NY 10458 Belmont

Text: C.Klaue

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Jeff Koons: A Retrospective

Celia-D. Klaue — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 04:34:00 +0000

New York these days is showing off more Jeff Koons to see than you can actually handle at these temperatures. Not only the Whitney Museum lets us witness the largest retrospective ever, even infront of the Rockefeller Center you can marvel at an eleven meter-high-rocking horse made of flowers plus thanks to the infamous photographer Annie Leibovitz, who portrayed the artist for the current issue of the American “Vanity Fair Magazine”, we all know now, how the artist looks like naked from the front and the back, today, by the age of 59. Namley pretty and in good shape.

Since June, the dark, characteristic Marcel Breuer Building on Madison Avenue shows the whole 35 years of the artists making. The curator Scott Rothkopf arranged a chronologically, frugal selected and surprisingly modest show, which leads into Koons self centered cosmos and shows that the artist at an early stage deals with sujets he picks up again in his later work.

Jeff Koons is known for using products of consumer culture as starting points and alienates or imitates them. He works mostly with objects from the fine art, industrial products and advertising. Especially the latter always takes back to sexual cues. His artworks mostly convert because of their ironic effect between kitsch and context. Koons counts according to an auction in 2013 of the piece “Balloon Dog” (Orange) for 58.4 million dollars at “Christie’s” in New York, as the most expensive living artist in the world.

The people who don´t like the artist´s perfectionist fetish objects, will not be convinced to the contrary by this exhibition. Koons fans, however, will largely enjoy the loud and shrill show at New York’s Whitney Museum.

Hennessy, The Civilized Way to Lay Down the Law//oil inks on canvas

JEFF KOONS: A RETROSPECTIVE
JUNE 27th – October 14th, 2014

Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, New York, NY 10021

Text: C.Klaue

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