Warehouse Rat

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There is a certain type of vagabond-age which may be included in the term Bohemian. It is a euphemism, to be sure, but like the derelict's descent from prescription pain killers to Heroin, it is the path of a lifestyle commitment having taken a wrong turn. Vagabondage differs in spirit from the loft-living, Bohemian, adventurer. Artists are willing to sacrifice comforts for art. What holds them back from the downward spiral of homelessness is the physical demands of art. Think of the artist in his studio. A cliché, it is true, and tediously so, because it is reality, not a product of the creative imagination. Before skid row loft living defined "artist's studio," the artist in his garret defined Bohemian. Improved circumstances allowed Bohemians to move up to more respectable residence. This usually marked the start of the decline of a great artist's creativity. The very thought of de Kooning occupying the imitative Eames House-inspired post-industrial claptrap shed he retired to in New York's Hamptons is enough to set one's teeth on edge. Is it too much of a stretch to relate the house's banality to the banality of the artist's last work? If you've been to New York's Flat Iron District the contrast cannot be clearer. What used to be called SoHo (South of Houston), is indeed rough living, if not exactly living rough in the current sense of the word, and yet it has the kind of roughness that gives traction. His breakthrough success certainly owes at least modest homage to his residency there during the inspired phase of his work. I'm not saying de Kooning was a skid row bum who made it big and moved to Long Island... 

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