Issue 27 - Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art

Sometimes the boats seem distant as the rigid bodies of Pompeii,
no longer desiring to unsway themselves.
They don't navigate a dizziness swirling underneath the skin.
If I were one of them, I, too, wouldn't fear the panicked
rush of crimson pulsing wildly through heart and skull.
It's calm, so calm, like a storybook nursery, this sea—
while I, who have feared my own hands, my own brain,
—each sharp unculled intention half-hidden from my overseeing
eyewalk
this rocky beach where the sand roses waver in dryness
and the beach grasses bend slowly downward
like secrets released, bit by bit, into a waiting ear.
INTERVIEW
COLUMBIA talks with
Curators Coast to Coast
When COLUMBIA learned that the Bronwyn Keenan Gallery in New
York had arranged an exchange exhibit with Griffin Linton Contemporary
Exhibitions in Los Angeles, the editors wondered if viewing art from one
coast on the other might create the sensation of a cross-country drive. The
editors approached the following interviews, conducted separately, with
questions about differences, but found that such an exchange instead
demonstrates how much the art world shares, regardless of place.
curate (ky^r'it) noun
1. A cleric, especially one who has charge of a parish.
2. A cleric -who assists a rector or vicar.
[Middle English curat, from Medieval Latin curatus, from Late
Latin cura, spiritual charge, from Latin, care. See cure.]
curate (ky^r"at') verb, transitive
To act as curator of; organize and oversee.
Usage Note: The verb curate is widely used in art circles to mean
"arrange or supervise (an exhibition of art)," as in, She has curated
two exhibitions for the Modern Museum.
—The American Heritage Dictionary, Tliird Edition
Columbia: Does the definition of curate as a verb, to lead or
shepherd, removed from any religious context, apply to your work
in a gallery?
Bronwyn Keenan: I'm not sure a gallery curator is a leader
figure. I'm sure that some curators look at it that way, but I've