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      • Philip Guston Standing On His Head, Standing Philip Guston On His Head (2004/2006)
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      • Stripe & Spot (learn to) Get Along (2014/2015)
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      • A Gift for Planet BX63 (2010/2011)
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Created by Paul Herwig
Directed by Jennifer Ilse

​Set, Lights, Sound - Paul Herwig
​Music by - The Lonesome Organist
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Performed by Paul Herwig, Jennifer Ilse (with set animators Taous Claire Khazem and Jodi Hodgeson)
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Philip Guston, a quintessential American Painter, rose among the socially conscious muralists of the WPA and went on to create hazy abstract vistas that sought to inter the persistent ghosts of his haunted life. At the peak of his career, to almost universal condemnation, he abandoned "all that purity" and forged a deeply personal, brutish and cartoon-like iconography that were confined to a series of hot-pink loony landscapes that were his canvasses. Guston has since become a touchstone for several generations of young artists who are the contemporary scene.
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  • HOME
  • About
    • History - Mission - Vision
    • Directors
    • Awards
  • support
    • connect the dots
  • our work
    • COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
    • Mainstage >
      • The Oldest Deer - The Longest Path - The Highest Bough (2025)
      • Minotaur (2022)
      • Mulier Dierum (2021)
      • The Time Is (2018/2019)
      • Paws & Effect (2018/2019)
      • Dancing on the Belly of the Beast (2017)
      • AfterWind (2016)
      • Maggie's Brain - revival (2006/2014)
      • Psst! - revival (2005/2013)
      • Rip Romp & Howl (new short works) (2012)
      • Now Eye See You, Now Eye Don't (2011)
      • Expedition of Coat (and me) (2010)
      • The Jury (2009)
      • Our Town (after T. Wilder) (2009)
      • Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe (2008)
      • Border Crossing (2007)
      • Our Perfectly Wonderful Lives (2006)
      • Crimes & Whispers (2006)
      • Predator Prey (2004)
      • The Sunrise Cafe (2002)
      • Archy & Mehitabel (2001)
      • ZAP Kunst! or PRESTO It's Art! (2001/2003)
      • The Gryphon: Ancient Tragedy, Modern Myth (2000)
      • The Bellman's Song (1999)
    • Micro-Stage >
      • The Knave of Knives - The Duchess of Dawn (2024)
      • i want to change the subject, again (2021)
      • S.A.M.O. (2015)
      • Le Squat (2010/2011)
      • A Cupboard Full of Hate (2005/2006)
      • Philip Guston Standing On His Head, Standing Philip Guston On His Head (2004/2006)
  • Neighborhood Garage Tour
    • About the Neighborhood Garage Tour >
      • Stardust Rendezvous (2025)
      • The Medicine Show of the 25th Century (2023/2024)
      • Stripe & Spot (learn to) Get Along (2014/2015)
      • The Picnic (2012/2013)
      • A Gift for Planet BX63 (2010/2011)
  • about off-kilter
    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Human Alchemy (2025)
    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Inside, Outside, Inside-Out (2023)
    • Off-Kilter Cabaret: Organ Recital (2022)
  • Connect
    • Contact Us
    • Accessibility
    • Job Opportunities