Original Article on The New York Times

The Moment is proud to introduce We Three Things by Leanne Shapton, a roundup of three items from the current visual landscape that share a common theme. Shapton a former art director of the New York Times Op-Ed page as well as an author (Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry), illustrator and publisher connects the dots. Schroeder was my favorite Peanuts character. He flew into artistic reveries and rages and was devoted to his bust of Beethoven. Busts and life masks are meant to elevate, inspire or commemorate, but they are also mini-tombs: dignified, mute and cold. Ive begun to notice a lot of disembodied head forms lately, especiall...(read more)