{"id":39042,"date":"2019-01-19T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T17:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=39042"},"modified":"2019-01-19T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T17:55:09","slug":"me-rufus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2019\/01\/19\/me-rufus\/","title":{"rendered":"me &#038; . . RUFUS !!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>just realized . . . knock knock !!<\/p>\n<p>me &#038; RUFUS TUREEN share a similar fascination for mysterious, dramatic creatures, all glamed up in . .  mask-like white make-up,<br \/>\nand very BIG hair with lots of cascading ringlets.<br \/>\nexcept, while <strong>his<\/strong> &#8216;connect&#8217; is focused  . . boldly pantomiming 17-18th C. French courtiers, mine is half-way around the world, though very much in the same time period (1615-1868) but with the opposite sex, the women of the great Edo period Woodblock prints of japan.<br \/>\nand, though I also try to &#8220;lift the mask&#8221;, my pursuit is purely graphic, pencil or, pen &#038; ink on paper, or more recently vellum.<br \/>\nbut, at then end of the day, I believe <strong>we<\/strong> are <strong>both<\/strong> using these &#8216;attractions&#8217; to find out more &#8211; about . . ourselves.<br \/>\nthe elusive, infinite . . search \/ the never-ending story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NANCY-SMITH-drawing.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NANCY-SMITH-drawing.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39043\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNANCY SMITH, self-portrait, &#8216;after Ukiyo-e woodblock print&#8217;.<br \/>\nearly 1970s, Montreal. pencil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nancy-Smith-ink-line-drawing.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nancy-Smith-ink-line-drawing.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39044\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ndetail, NANCY SMITH, self-portrait, &#8216;after Ukiyo-e woodblock print&#8217;.<br \/>\nearly 1990s, NYC. pen &#038; ink on vellum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nancy-smith-ink-line-drawing-on-vellum.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/nancy-smith-ink-line-drawing-on-vellum.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39045\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nclose-up \/ detail.<\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS &#038; ARTWORK: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rufus-Tureen-at-essex-Flowers-2018.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rufus-Tureen-at-essex-Flowers-2018.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39029\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRUFUS TUREEN, &#8216;OLDE MAN&#8217;. solo performance, Essex Flowers, Nov 3, 2018<br \/>\nPHOTO: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>just realized . . . knock knock !! me &#038; RUFUS TUREEN share a similar fascination for mysterious, dramatic creatures, all glamed up in . . mask-like white make-up, and very BIG hair with lots of cascading ringlets. except, while his &#8216;connect&#8217; is focused . . boldly pantomiming 17-18th C. French courtiers, mine is half-way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39042"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39051,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39042\/revisions\/39051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}