January 30, 2005
weekend New York gallery visits
Some highlights from a weekend of visits to galleries in Chelsea and Williamsburg: Kota Ezawa The Simpson Verdict 2001 DVD still in installation view Murray Guy (unfortunately the site hasn't been updated) has a very smart group show, "in words...
January 29, 2005
the honest George
Juan Cole has written a speech George Bush could have actually delivered in the fall of 2002, but only to his real base (most interestingly, it's actually an outline of the administration's entire domestic agenda as much as it's about...
sepiae
untitled (parlor wall) 2005 I was sleepy and didn't feel much like moving, but I picked up the little camera as I lay on the couch late last night. This is roughly what I saw in the light available...
January 26, 2005
"Work In Process" [sic] at EYEBEAM
Beeoff Tentacle TransatlanticReverb 2004-2005 installation detail neuroTransmitter Offshore 2004-2005 installation detail Mariam Ghani Kabul: Constitutions 2003-2005 installation detail I was a little scared. Would I understand it? What would I say to those smart people? It seemed to be...
January 24, 2005
Gwon, O-sang
Gwon, O-Sang On the languishment of 340 pieces 2000 C-prints, mixed media 79" x 25.5" x 12" Los Angeles's 4-F gallery (unfortunately the site hasn't been updated for quite a while) has opened a solo show, "Deodorant Type &...
January 23, 2005
dead of winter
This picture was taken from the quiet side of the apartment. It's a view of our Shadblow as seen early in the afternoon of the day after. And, I really hope it's not dead....
January 22, 2005
somewhat snowed, but not snowed-in
the corner of 23rd Street and 8th Avenue tonight at 7 o'clock We were on our way to a gallery opening. The "impressionist" blur is the result of the slow shutter, but it's pretty close to what it looked...
help with Luke Murphy
As I indicated he might, Barry has now done a post explaining what Luke Murphy actually does to create his computer art and enthusing about its wonderful painterly animation.A lot of artists are working with technology and art, but I...
the bumper sticker's still good
I just spotted this reassuring headline in the "Reuters: Top Stories" section of the MY YAHOO! home page on my browser:"Bush Freedom Speech Not Sign of Policy Shift - Aide"Goodness! That's a relief. For a while there I was...
Sterling Ruby
Sterling Ruby Geometric Study 2005 inkjet print with red pen on paper 13" x 19" Sterling Ruby 90-Degree-Cryer 2004 Lambda print mounted with sintra and plexiglas 20" x 25" I've seen Sterling Ruby's work in Foxy Production's rooms before,...
January 21, 2005
WORST EVER
the president, his tank, his guards, his people Seems like we're just spitting in the wind now, as an activist friend said the day before the republic's formal obsequies. Still, it was good to see these noble souls lining...
Artists Space: homos and Reaction
Julia Scher Security Landscape of the Year 2004 metal, monitor, Styrofoam, camera, knife, string, metal frame 24" x 47.75" (dimensions vary with installation) installation view In spite of their other, more social pleasures, opening receptions are never a good...
January 19, 2005
Evan Schwartz and Michael Waugh
Evan Schwartz Birthday Party 2004 digital C-Print 30" x 24" Evan Schwartz Waiting by the Phone 2004 digital C-Print 30" x 24" Evan Schwartz has his first solo gallery show and it dazzles, with both the bold inventions of...
January 17, 2005
Hearst Tower diagonals
I hadn't noticed until recently that Sir Norman Foster's exciting project for completing the 1928 Hearst Building in midtown Manhattan includes a relatively small but significant salute, or nod, to the design of the art deco original. In the...
January 16, 2005
Paper Rad and Cory Arcangel
where the magic lives Last night's opening at Deitch was an almost ecstatically-happy sorta-rave made up mostly of artists and computer nerds. The output of this little machine, an altered vintage Nintendo cartridge, sitting on a black platform in...
January 15, 2005
Cory Arcangel travels with sound and light
a view of some of the pleasures of the Cory Arcangel opening at Team Gallery last Thursday He's a creative genius and a master with the modern tools he has chosen. Cory Arcangel is also one of the nicest,...
January 14, 2005
January 12, 2005
Thomas Lendvai at Plus Ultra
Thomas Lendvai's installation at Plus Ultra, as seen during the opening reception, with Ed Winkleman and Barry Hoggard showing as prairie dogs* It's great fun, even if you couldn't be there for the cheer of the opening. Thomas Lendvai's...
January 10, 2005
Cuchifritos really goes to market this time
Janice Taylor, one plate from the series, JustDesserts Peter Missing, handmade poster Charlie Becker, handmade action figures, from a series There are few spaces where a show called "Represented by Retail" would be more appropriate. The non-profit art gallery/project...
cardboard art
I love cardboard. It's warm, accessible, forgiving and versatile, and it comes in all sizes, colors and surfaces. It's also totally without pretension, even when it's pretty expensive. All these virtues describe the stuff before it's been worked, and...
Patrick Grenier and Silo
Patrick Grenier Make Room for Dada, Constructivism and Suprematism 2004 cardboard, ink, glue, metal, wood and paper 120" x 252" x 204" installation view of interior It's a beautiful space, and it's in an alley much too interesting to...
January 9, 2005
Luke Murphy
Luke Murphy Porno Painter/Eroloop 2004 file on disk, still from installation projection Luke Murphy Cascade 2004 file on disk, (slow-shutter) still from installation projection I'm going to leave a discussion of this one to Barry; real computer genius is...
Klara Liden at Reena Spaulings
Klara Leiden Paralyzed 2003 video, 3 minutes, stills taken from installation This is what keeps some of us going. The wonderful energy of a new gallery located where none have gone before, and the first exposure to an exciting...
January 8, 2005
January 6, 2005
Alberto Gonzales
I AM NOT A TORTURER! Contact your senator now! We deserve a top law enforcement officer with a better resume. For those who have a senator on the Judiciary Committee itself, which began hearings on the nomination this morning,...
January 5, 2005
more at Caren Golden
Nicole Cherubini G-Pot with a Rose 2004 stoneware, fake gold and silver silver jewelry, red rabbit fur, enamel 41" x 15.5" x 15.5" I now have a jpeg of one of the Nicole Cherubini pieces which really is in...
January 4, 2005
the Austrian Cultural Forum
Günther Domenig, on the architect's imagination. I love visiting the Austrian Cultural Forum building. Once you've greeted the very-New York concierge guy behind the desk inside the door of the narrow 24-story tower on 52nd Street, you could actually...
January 2, 2005
Nicole Cherubini at Caren Golden
installation view of works by Emily Keegin and Andrew Sendor at Caren Golden Gallery Caren Golden has assembled a fascinating group show, "The Twilife," curated by Brit Shapiro. I'm not sure I understand the conceit which brought the work...
January 1, 2005
the United States, tsunami relief no-show
Meulaboh, Sumatra, Indonesia, today I have no status in and no experience of emergency relief operations, planning or administration, but anyone could have foreseen that the immediate challenge in responding to the tsunami disaster would be the logistics of...
must be the rural part of the South Bronx
including at least one farmer and feed dealer There's a fairly happy story in Newsday this morning, reporting the relatively unaggressive approach of NYC police to last night's local Critical Mass. The monthly event promoting pollution-free transportation went off...
