◇ After
The Warriors · Walter Hill · Paramount Pictures, 1979
Behind the foreground figure stands a Baseball Fury: white pinstriped jersey and cap, greasepaint face with a dark mask, hair frizzed at the sides, bat held upright. The WONDER WHEEL burns behind them, Coney Island, where the film ends.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
No owners on the platform yet. The room is waiting for the first.