Haiku Reviews: From The Tempest To John Currin's Tempting Nudes (PHOTOS)

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditional Haiku form of 5x7x5 syllables, others might be a sonnet or a string of words together. This week Dorothy Spears, George Heymont, James Scarborough, and Laurence Vittes give quick takes on performing and visual art from San Francisco to New York. Is there a show or performance that you think people should know about? Write a Haiku with a link and shine a light on something you think is noteworthy too.

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ARTIST: John Singer Sargent (1856 -1925) TITLE: Femme en barque DATE: c. 1885-88 MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas DIMENSIONS: 20 X 27 inches CREDIT: Private collection, Courtesy Adelson Galleries Sargent and Impressionism Adelson Galleries, New York November 4-December 18, 2010 HAIKU REVIEW: A mixed bag of Sargent’s landscapes and portraits from the 1880’s. Here, gorgeous light effects too often vie with overly-precious, idealized faces and occasional muddiness. - Dorothy Spears

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ARTIST: John Singer Sargent (1856 -1925)
TITLE: Femme en barque
DATE: c. 1885-88
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
DIMENSIONS: 20 X 27 inches
CREDIT: Private collection, Courtesy Adelson Galleries

Sargent and Impressionism
Adelson Galleries, New York
November 4-December 18, 2010

HAIKU REVIEW: A mixed bag of Sargent’s landscapes and portraits from the 1880’s. Here, gorgeous light effects too often vie with overly-precious, idealized faces and occasional muddiness. - Dorothy Spears

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Comments

[Violinhunter]

11:20 PM on 11/21/2010

The picture of the attractive lady in her kimono is nice.

[revko]

10:01 PM on 11/19/2010

out of eight reviews
Scarborough's stays true to form
oh well, it's a start

[revko]

11:42 AM on 11/19/2010

at least as artist
respect an ancient pattern
beats five,seven,five

[revko]

11:36 AM on 11/19/2010

apple is not orange
short review is not Haiku
enough already

[Laurence Vittes]

12:21 PM on 11/19/2010

it's easy enough for you to say, but once you sit down and start to type, it's almost impossible to stop - maybe it's the software I'm using

[Mike169]

03:03 PM on 11/19/2010

A poetic Huffpo blogger named revko
says an apple is not an orange - oh no!
Well he does know his fruit
And he's really in to it
As among fruit he never mentioned potato

[revko]

09:48 PM on 11/19/2010

alt. control. delete
the trinity so wholly
needed at this time