In the "new" demolished Pocket Utopia space with Benay, me and Donald discussing the installation of the "Queen and I."
I met Donald Steele in Hudson, New York while co-organizing a show called Pop-up Gallery Portraits with Scot Cohen. Donald is a playwright. He sent me one of his photographs of the Queen.
Donald Steele, 2012 "The Queen and I"
I liked it and sent it to Hrag Vartanian. Hrag also liked the images of the Queen.
Donald's Queens from Hrag's tumblr.
Donald is a swimmer and so am I. I ran into him (I did not swam into him) in the slow lane 4 days a week. I saw a few of his plays. I met Roger, below:
Roger, me and Benay planning out next week's one night grand reopening of Pocket Utopoia. There's a little bit of John Kenny on the left-hand side.
We all talked about art; Weegee, the current Paul Graham show at Pace, and the Renaissance Portraiture show at the Met. More Queens came into my inbox. I decided to reopen Pocket Utopia although some argue it never closed. We decided to have a show, "The Queen and I," which opens next week, Wednesday, March 28, from 6pm to 8 pm!! God save the Queen!
Roger's mock-up by for the window.
More planning pics below, which were beautifully shot by Cat Kenny! Thanks Cat!!
As Donald says, we're having "fun with Her Highness."
