Gray Loft Gallery Uptown ~ Tom White

      

Tom White - Puzzle 2025                                     

 

 

Tom White, is Professor Emeritus at California College of the Arts, where his groundbreaking journey with Butohdrawing started in 1997 with his first performance, ButohDrawing and the Passage of Time, at CCAC. That same year, he collaborated with Betty Jo Costanzo, Malia Oliver, and Styrous® on Action/Reaction, launching a series of performance projects.    

 

 

Betty Jo Costanzo & Tom White - 2005  

Butohdrawing: Pentagon VS Hexagon 

photo by Mark Neibauer 

Tom, with artists Betty Jo Costanzo and Styrous®, brought the Butohdrawing Project to the Monagri Foundation in Cyprus in 2000. During his sabbatical in Barcelona that same year, he introduced Butohdrawing workshops at La Poderosa and expanded the practice internationally with performances in Europe, China, Mexico, and the US.         

 

installation photos by Styrous® 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Boogie Woogie

 

 

 

 

Cat Girl 

 

 

Kitchen Sink 

 

 

 

Nautical 

 

 

 

Sharp & Shiney 

 

 

 

 

Trine E 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Orchard / Galleries on 25 

489 – 25th Street, 

Oakland, CA 

 

Gallery Hours: 

First Fridays, 5:00 - 8:00 pm 

Fridays and Saturdays 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

and by appointment     

     
      

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Betty Jo Costanzo           

Styrous® 

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La Strada ~ Anthony Quinn, Federico Fellini & Giulietta Masina

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La Strada movie poster - 1954
   

Today is the birthday of Mexican-American actor, painter, writer, and film director, Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, better known as Anthony Quinn, born on April 21, 1915, in Chihuahua, Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution.        

          

Two of his films demonstrated to me his brilliant acting ability, the 1954 Italian film, La Strada, directed by Federico Fellini, and in 1962, Requiem for a Heavyweight, written by Rod Serling (link below). Both are fantastic but La Strada holds a special place in my heart. It is one of the great tragic love stories of cinema and one of my all-time favorite films; the casting was superb and the score by Nino Rota was out of this world. There is a beautiful interpretation of the music from the film by l'Ensemble Ô-Celli (links below).      

 

 

l'Ensemble Ô-Celli - 2018
 photographer unknown

 

 

The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman (Giulietta Masina) bought from her mother by Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), a crude and cruel strongman who takes her with him on the road. It also starred Richard Basehart as the acrobat and clown, Il Matto ("The Fool") (link to complete plot and cast below).    

          

 

Anthony Quinn as Zampanò

La Strada - 1954

film still

           

 

Fellini has called La Strada "a complete catalogue of my entire mythological world, a dangerous representation of my identity that was undertaken with no precedent whatsoever."       

 

 

Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina
 La Strada - 1954

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The film demanded more time and effort than any of his other works, before or since. The development process was long and tortuous; there were various problems during production, including insecure financial backing, problematic casting, and numerous delays. Finally, just before the production completed shooting, Fellini suffered a nervous breakdown that required medical treatment so he could complete principal photography.       

 

 

Richard Basehart as Il Matto ("The Fool")

La Strada - 1954

film still

 

 

Initial critical reaction was harsh, and the film's screening at the Venice Film Festival was the occasion of a bitter controversy that escalated into a public brawl between Fellini's supporters and detractors.   

 

 

Anthony Quinn & Giulietta Masina

La Strada - 1954

film still

 

 

La Strada has become "...one of the most influential films ever made," according to the American Film Institute. It won the inaugural Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1957. It was placed fourth in the 1992 British Film Institute directors' list of cinema's top 10 films.         

      

 

Federico Fellini & Giulietta Masina

 La Strada - 1954

photo: © 1954 Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografia  

          

           

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina:  

"Masina's character is perfectly suited to her round clown's face and wide, innocent eyes; in one way or another, in Juliet of the Spirits, Ginger and Fred and most of her other films, she was always playing Gelsomina."        

 

 

Giulietta Masina ~ La Strada - 1954

 

 

 

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1940's Wrestling Wonders ~ Requiem for a Heavyweight           

Richard Basehart         

Lene Lovich ~ Flex & The Freeze               

Giulietta Masina          

Anthony Quinn          

Nino Rota           

Martin Scorsese             

Rod Serling        

          

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The Guardian ~ The film that makes me cry: La Strada

La Strada cast          

La Strada Plot           

          

          

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La Strada ~   

         Official Trailer           

         "È arrivato Zampanò!"     

              Gelsomina       

Dick Cavett ~ Anthony Quinn on The Method Acting (6 mins.)   

l'Ensemble Ô-Celli ~ La Strada (musique du film)           

Federico Fellini: Fantasy & Reality           

Jay Leno ~ Anthony Quinn: "Never Bend for Money"  (9 mins., 55 secs.)   

David Letterman ~ Anthony Quinn (13 mins., 32 seccs.)              

Anthony Quinn: An Original (58 mins., 42 secs.)     

Anthony Quinn Discusses His Favorite Roles       

Martin Scorsese on ''La Strada' (13 mins., 46 secs.)    

          

          

          

          

          

          

          

Anthony Quinn ~ La Strada - 1954 

 

          

"I have lived in a flurry of images, 

but I will go out in a freeze frame." 

                 ~ Anthony Quinn

          

          

          

          

          

Styrous® ~ Wednesday, April 21, 2021 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Corona Virus isolation ~ Day 69: Anita's Chilequiles

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Chilequiles, egg & toasted cauliflower

prepared by Anita Cadena Sanchez

photo by Styrous®

Chilequiles is a dish native to Mexico often served as breakfast with eggs, however, it is terrific for lunch! It consists of strips of fried corn tortillas simmered in salsa, and served with cheese, eggs, or beans. There are a bazillion ways to prepare them (link below).       

        

chicken strips       

fried tortillas       

black olives       

toasted cauliflower
egg, scrambled
cheese drawn together by enchilada sauce       

pan-cook 
or bake as a casserole       

       

       

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Anita Cadena Sanchez              
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Chilequiles Recipes     
The Kitchen ~ 

    How To Make the Absolute Best Chilaquiles in Just 30 Minutes
         

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How to Make Chilaquiles   
       
          
          
        

Ay, Caramba!

        

       

         
         

Styrous® ~ Thursday, May 22, 2020         

     

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The Doc is in

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V. Silva ~ Oaxaca ceramic platter

photos by Styrous®

 

 

Styrous® ~ Sunday, December 27, 2015

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Dia de los Muertos

     Dia de Los Muertos poster

      photo of poster by Styrous®

October 28, 2012, the Day of the Dead

More than 500 years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadors landed in what is now Mexico, they encountered natives practicing a ritual that seemed to mock death. It was a ritual the indigenous people had been practicing at least 3,000 years; one the Spaniards would try unsuccessfully to eradicate. The ritual is known today as Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

The Jingletown section of Oakland, California celebrated it in fine style this year. The photos I got tell it all.

All photos by Styrous®

(click on any image to see slideshow)

 

Styrous® ~ October 30, 2012

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