Jen,
By a coincidence, I picked up a Stranger and read your review right after viewing Max's show at the Frye this afternoon. The show was outstanding. I especially enjoyed his renditions of women. Specifically, "Per Aspra", "Baccahante", "The Last Token", "The Vivisectionist", "Outside the Arena" and "Mater Dolorosa". His monkey paintings were cool too. And, the photos, sketches, books and memorabilia were fascinating. "The Anatomist" is just amazing. I didn't know she drowned. Eerie.

When entering Beauty & Bounty, there is an interesting cultural juxtaposition that I found to be very ironic if not obviously purposeful:There are African traditional dancers wearing western style tennis shoes placed directly outside the entrance to Beauty & Bounty. I always leave there feeling lectured in the platitudes of cultural, environmental, and individual destruction. At least at Frye's (Always make the cheaper, smaller, and/or less advantaged seem better because this is the Stranger) I can feel puzzled and unsure on some of the pieces. This allows me to be creative and make up whatever meanings I feel like. For example, von Max was showing us that Americans like cutting trees down and Germans like having monkeys help them paint. And the DAE exhibit was there to terrify O'Dea band students and keep them from playing their string instruments after dark. Thank you Frye Art Museum for having a cafe that carries a variety of San Pellegrino products.