Ken Hiratsuka open studio [NYC, events]

Received email couple days ago from Gloria McLean (dancer-friend in NYC) that her husband, sculptor Ken Hiratsuka, is about to do an open studio showing new work. Was also bit surprised / interested to learn they had lately been in India (witness the photo showing Ken with one of his works done there). Ken works in stone -- like a troll? In a way. He takes peculiar delight in carving certain line-drawn-ish patterns and figures on the surface of all manner of stone, and all dimensions, too. Some Manhattan sidewalks have also been known to bear his images (perhaps the one in front of the New Museum remains extant? Or was that the downtown Gugenheim? -- I forget which.)

Though short notice, here's details of Ken's opening. Anyway, he'll have the show in place for two months.

Gloria was a principle dancer in the Eric Hawkins company for many years -- though for many years since she's been doing her own choreographic work. It's been rather too long since I've seen some of it. (Perhaps the last I'd seen was in the Merce Cunningham studio, more than a decade back.)

They make an interesting creative couple.