{"id":1443,"date":"2010-01-11T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T20:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/01\/mark_newport_-_the_droopy_sple\/"},"modified":"2010-01-11T12:24:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T20:24:16","slug":"mark_newport_-_the_droopy_sple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/01\/mark_newport_-_the_droopy_sple.html","title":{"rendered":"Mark Newport &#8211; the droopy splendor of men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If masculinity were a bubble, Mark Newport would pop it. He has the knitting needles to get the job done. His hand-knitted, 6-foot, 8-inch tall hero suits line the walls and step out in the gallery space to mingle with visitors at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregkucera.com\/newport.htm\">Greg Kucera Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"marknewportblured.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/marknewportblured.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"898\" width=\"350\" \/>The artist looks like a mild-mannered nerd, which is why the photos of him knitting his way through his superhero fantasies are compelling.<br \/><i><br \/>Alter Egos: At the Game<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"marknewportgamephot.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/marknewportgamephot.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"333\" width=\"450\" \/>Just dreaming of them works too.<\/p>\n<p><i>Alter Egos: Cowboy<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"marknewport.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/marknewport.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"540\" width=\"400\" \/>Through Feb. 13.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If masculinity were a bubble, Mark Newport would pop it. He has the knitting needles to get the job done. His hand-knitted, 6-foot, 8-inch tall hero suits line the walls and step out in the gallery space to mingle with visitors at the Greg Kucera Gallery. The artist looks like a mild-mannered nerd, which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}