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Hold on to your hats and prepare to become part of American history: the largest painting exhibition in the United States will be shown at the Museum of Modern Art (commonly known as the MoMA) in New York City.  Starting December 14, 2008 and running until February 16, 2009 artist Marlene Dumas will be showing a total of about seventy paintings and thirty five drawings (that’s right, approximately 105 pieces from a single artist in a single show!).  The show, entitled Measuring Your Own Grave, although not strictly chronological, includes works from her earlier years and displays her tendency to work in series.  Although the figure is a main part of her work, themes such as race, sexuality,  and a combination of social identity with personal experience and art-historical antecedents.  Dumas is claimed as being an acclaimed painter, with extreme technical ability who produces thought-provoking work (some examples are shown below).  Take a trip up to the Big Apple and see for yourself, do you agree?

The Passion

Jule-die Vrou

Intimate Relations

The Blindfolded Man

Answer: I’m young enough to not have been alive for World War I, but old enough to have lived through the Vietnam War.  I’m young enough to have been born in the 20th century, yet old enough to call you youngin’ without being hypocritical.  Still not sure? I’m young enough to not have been alive for the sinking of the Titanic, but old enough to have been alive for the sinking of the Titanic, in the movie.  I’m young enough to not have been alive for Black Friday (the original one), but old enough to have experienced Black Monday, and maybe a Black Tuesday.  I’m young enough to not have been able to meet Gustav Klimt, but old enough to have partied with Andy Warhol.   There ya go, that outta clear things up for you; and if you still need an exact number, remember that age is simply a mindset.  A number will not tell you a person’s true age, it will simply give you the number of years they’ve existed on earth, not the number of years they’ve lived.  The difference between those two things is extraordinary.