Essay: Temple Ligon on Jasper Johns’s Flags
South Carolina’s Jasper Johns of Allendale, arguably the 20th century’s most important American artist, turns 82 on May 15th. Born in Augusta, GA, Johns lived with his grandparents at their home in Allendale until his mother brought him into her home in Columbia for his fourth grade, where he attended at A. C. Moore Elementary School. It was about this time that Johns visited his father in Savannah, where the two walked past the bronze statue... Read More
Camden Native Claire Bryant Finds her Dream in New York City
By Jeffrey Day Claire Bryant had a problem. Like many classically trained musicians, she wondered where her art form fit in 21st-century American life. “You’re trained and trained and trained to master your instrument. You play a concert and walk off the stage. What is a classical musician in this society? What is the value? How does our music tradition relate to the rest of the world? It’s a kind of a mystery we were facing together.” The... Read More
Chris Bickel: Columbia’s Dark Lord?
By Kyle Petersen He’s made stage entrances royally hoisted on a platform carried by his able-bodied underlings. And that trash littering the stage? It’s gay porn. He encourages his audiences to smash stuff and scream at the top of their lungs. Dressed as a preacher, he’s brazenly doled out open-mouth kisses from a booth at an area fund-raiser. He’s hosted a private party to see how many naked humans he could stuff into a phone booth. And he... Read More
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