ha! well i definitely don't know them. i was their age in the 80s. on that note, know the mod look of which you speak. i loved it when my friends dressed that way back then. ah the dark garden show i was in in was in... 1996. ack! where. has. the. time. gone?!

i'm glad you recognize elizabeth peyton, i do like her work, and hate it, too. i love the brush strokes, the simplicity. she makes people look beautiful, which to be honest really makes me not trust her... i suppose it is the vacantness, or vapidity, as you said. they make me angry, isn't that lame? yet i love them. who knows if there is any room for my work after her. but i'm coming from a different place. i'm looking for anything but vacant, looking for the person. the one waiting to be found.

i want to see your sculptures... do you have a web site, or a place where you are showing your work right now? for someone who loves the past, you know more about contemporary art than most people who are into all that is fresh fresh!