November 30, 2006
November 29, 2006
Trevor Paglen at Bellwether
Trevor Paglen Janet Pass By/Cactus Flat, NV/Distance ~19 miles 2006 2-minute video loop [still from video installation] Trevor Paglen The Workers/Las Vegas, NV/Distance ~1 mile 2006 8-minute video loop [still from video installation] The still and video images each...
diamond in the rough
untitled (star crack) 2006 West 18th Street, the view from somewhere inside: Chelsea can still be a little edgy if you know where to look....
November 27, 2006
Claudine Anrather at 31 Grand
Claudine Anrather Dreaming Electric Sheep 2006 oil on linen 72" x 96' [installation view, very large detail] Claudine Anrather Flower 2006 18" x 20" [installation view] 31 Grand is showing some gorgeous paintings by Claudine Anrather through December 3...
Iraq war now as long as WW II, but with no end in sight
American involvement in World War II lasted exactly three years, eight months and one week. As of today, the American war in Iraq has lasted exactly three years, eight months and one week. There is of course no other equivalence....
November 18, 2006
rural-ish Village with a dark urban history
Some of the last roses and last leaves of, er . . . autumn, seen Friday through the tall iron fence which surrounds Jefferson Market Garden which, through much of the mid-twentieth century, was the site of the New...
November 17, 2006
The New York Art Book Fair
Joshua Smith's Book Fair posters, seen on a wall near the entrance It's way more fun than a regular art fair, and you get to decide for yourself what to look at and how much looking you want to...
guerilla gorillas on the wall
I captured these four charming apes on Marcy Street in Williamsburg yesterday afternoon. Their keeper's name, "GoGorillaMedia.com" appears, rather discretely, on the lower right corner of each poster....
November 14, 2006
November 11, 2006
November 8, 2006
two more "Dangling" reviews
Peter Corrie Untitled (from suite of drawings, "No Time Swan" 2005-2006) mixed media, approx. 16" x 10" [installation view] We have two more exciting blog reviews for "Dangling Between The Real Thing And The Sign In The Window". Short...
the continued shame of an entire people
Regardless of whether the Democratic Party gains control of one or two houses in the Congress which convenes next January, the entire nation ought to be deeply ashamed tonight. After what the Republican majority has clearly done in the last...
November 7, 2006
Violet Hopkins at Foxy Production
Violet Hopkins Heavens Above 2006 colored pencil and acrylic ink on archival paper 80" x 100" [installation detail] There's no way a photograph can begin to describe Violet Hopkins enormous dark drawings installed at Foxy Production in a show...
Sterling Ruby waiting in the wings at Foxy Production
Sterling Ruby drawing Yeah, maybe Chris Martin, Xylor Jane and now Sterling Ruby. I don't know that they would show so well together in a curated physical space, but they definitely can and do share a brilliantly-appointed chamber inside...
November 6, 2006
sentence first - verdict afterwards
"Let the jury consider their verdict," the King said, for about the twentieth time that day. "No, no!" said the Queen. "Sentence first -- verdict afterwards." "Stuff and nonsense!" said Alice loudly. "The idea of having the sentence first!"...
November 2, 2006
Joyce Pensato at Parker's Box
Joyce Pensato Homer 2006, charcoal and pastel on paper 120" x 130" [installation view] Joyce Pensato Hello Stranger 2006 enamel on linen 90" x 72" [installation view] [detail] Joyce Pensato This Must Be The Place 2006 charcoal and pastel...
