Old Friends John Doe and Michael Mogavero Combine Paintings and Poetry to Reach the "Promised Land"
Courtesy of Bale Creek Allen Gallery To understand what's so special about the exhibition "Promised Land," opening this week at Bale Creek Allen Gallery, it helps to go back to Baltimore and the Washington, D.C., area in the early Seventies, when Nixon is sweating through Watergate and John Waters is shaking up Charm City with Pink Flamingos. A guitarist meets a drummer, and they hit it off and play in a band together – original songs mostly, but they aren't above playing covers for a gig at a D.C. Holiday Inn. (There's a fun story there, but maybe later.) This goes on fo...
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