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THE WEEK IN D.C. ART

Jewish Gangsters, And Of Course, More Photographs Of Obama

  • “Real Machers: Portraits of American Jewish Gangsters,” an exhibit of pen-and-ink drawings by graphic artist Pat Hamou, is opening tomorrow at the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery. Hamou’s portraits of the “machers” (Yiddish for “big shot”) are hardly threatening in their fedoras and bow ties, but you can guarantee, as Hamou does, that they have “bigger matzoh balls than most.” Feb. 18-May 17. [DCJCC]
  • Artist Dave Montgomery uses computer programs to alter his photographs into a completely new medium (something he calls “digital composition”), making no effort to mask his manipulations. The results are sort of cheesy, but interesting — there are giant marbles in a park, bikers on a roof, a table made of a giant flower. At the Orchard Gallery of Art until March 5. [Orchard Gallery]
  • Touchstone Gallery is displaying 60 pieces of artwork from 60 local artists in “Double Vision II.” It’s called “Double Vision” for a reason — 30 member artists get to bring a new artist friend on board, pumping fresh blood into the DC art community. [Touchstone]
  • Bigger isn’t necessarily better at Irvine Contemporary’s exhibit, “Aspect: Ratio 2,” a study on small-scale art of different mediums. “Aspect” includes toy sculptures of sweets, Japanese figurines and of course, photographs of Obama (how did he manage to weasel his way into this exhibit?). [Irvine]


12:49 PM on Tue February 17 2009
By Malaka Gharib
1544 Views

  1. Tommy Says Soooo says at 12:56 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Doug Feith wears a fedora and bow tie?

  2. Red Zeppelin says at 12:58 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Hey, I am wondering if they have my grad school advisor up there? He would certainly fit right in.

  3. Fear of a Black Reagan says at 1:08 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Oh, I thought this was an article about Geithner and Summers!

  4. chascates says at 1:12 pm, February 17th, 2009

    This WILL have a picture of Joe Lieberman, yes?

  5. The Helvetica Scenario says at 1:15 pm, February 17th, 2009

    This WILL have a picture of Rahm Emanuel, yes?

  6. Serolf Divad says at 1:16 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Starting with “Robin Hood, Men in Tights” Mel Brooks has done more harm to America than any of those gangsters (yes, and I’m counting Bernie Madoff, too).

  7. Boo_Boo_Hoff says at 1:28 pm, February 17th, 2009

    I don’t think Geithner is Jewish.

    And that’s Meyer Lansky to you, boychik.

  8. Tommy Says Soooo says at 1:35 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Wikipedia says he’s Prod, so when did he convert??!!11!!!

  9. Boo_Boo_Hoff says at 1:43 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Tommy Says Soooo: Timothy is a goyische name.

  10. Tommy Says Soooo says at 1:50 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Boo_Boo_Hoff: That’s odd. They usually change the last name. No wonder we’re screwed, we got the dumb Jewish guy at Treasury!!!!11!!!!

  11. Mr Blifil says at 1:56 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Problem with Jewish gangsters is when they are brought to trial.

    “Do you plead guilty, or not guilty?”

    “Guilty? Oy! Vey is mir! Very, VERY guilty, it gives me such tsuris, how guilty…”

  12. tennisballz says at 2:54 pm, February 17th, 2009

    COME BACK TO ME

  13. AfghanVet says at 2:55 pm, February 17th, 2009

    Do they have the pamphlet of Jewish sports legends?

  14. DanginMpls says at 12:47 am, February 19th, 2009

    I highly recommend this show. The captions alongside the artwork are quite extensive, and although a several of them end with the subject being executed at Sing-Sing or having his skeleton found in the Nevada desert in 2006 (Hmmm…Ken Layne lives in the desert…), several of them end with the guy opening a flower shop or a steak restaurant.

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