A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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A Joke Played On the Eagerly Pretentious

A Joke Played On the Eagerly Pretentious

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John Mendelssohn
Feb 13, 2010
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Drove down on Thursday night to the opening of a two-artist show featuring artist friend James W. H2O at a gallery in the reportedly arty Chelsea sector of Manhattan. On the way down, James said he wished For All In Tents weren't so fanciful. It is his view that real life is wacky enough without my making things up, and I promised I’d stop.

The sidewalk…

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