Blank's

Mr. Blank's festive chronicles of indigenous American subjects, whether the Cajun musicians he often celebrates or the sensual grins that light up the funkily feminist "Gap-Toothed Women," echo with a promiscuous, polyglot joy.

Aliens, Operas and a Blank Slate of Documentaries Steve Dollar 2011

As friends, relatives, and ex-girlfriends describe Blank's irresistible combination of naiveté, curiosity, artistic passion, and eccentric behavior, the audience gets a look at someone who marches to a set of drummers that very few people can hear.

George Heymont: The Unadulterated Joy of Wretched Excess George Heymont 2011

The drum beats on Fifth Avenue and 125th Street drew a select audience into the National Black Theatre for the eagerly awaited world premiere of Radha Blank's SEED.

Regina Weinreich: Classical Theatre of Harlem's SEED Premieres in Harlem Regina Weinreich 2011

This retrospective begins with Mr. Blank's first film, 1964's "Dizzy Gillespie," and continues into the digital era with the feature-length "All in This Tea" 2007, a trek to the far corners of China with American tea importer David Lee Hoffman—with an appearance by Werner Herzog, another favorite focal point.

Aliens, Operas and a Blank Slate of Documentaries Steve Dollar 2011

First of all, her hardened countenance reminds me of Jerri Blank's.

fourfour: 2009

The drum beats on Fifth Avenue and 125th Street drew a select audience into the National Black Theatre for the eagerly awaited world premiere of Radha Blank's SEED.

Regina Weinreich: Classical Theatre of Harlem's SEED Premieres in Harlem Regina Weinreich 2011

The drum beats on Fifth Avenue and 125th Street drew a select audience into the National Black Theatre for the eagerly awaited world premiere of Radha Blank's SEED.

Regina Weinreich: Classical Theatre of Harlem's SEED Premieres in Harlem Regina Weinreich 2011

The drum beats on Fifth Avenue and 125th Street drew a select audience into the National Black Theatre for the eagerly awaited world premiere of Radha Blank's SEED.

Regina Weinreich: Classical Theatre of Harlem's SEED Premieres in Harlem Regina Weinreich 2011

The drum beats on Fifth Avenue and 125th Street drew a select audience into the National Black Theatre for the eagerly awaited world premiere of Radha Blank's SEED.

Regina Weinreich: Classical Theatre of Harlem's SEED Premieres in Harlem Regina Weinreich 2011

And then there's the much-hyped Lil 'Wayne/Drake/Amber Rose (/Kanye?) cohort Nicki Minaj, whose work falls somewhere between Muldrow's and Blank's ways of multitasking.

fourfour: 2009