Sunday, July 29, 2007

new 2 me

some new stuff I'm excited about...

Aurel Schmidt




Violet Hopkins



Saturday, July 28, 2007

more Chris

Beauty On a Budget.


St. Irene

my friend Anastasia dancing with the Greek American Folklore Society in Astoria.

It was Saint Irene weekend and we visited the gorgeous church where a few years ago an icon started to weep.





Friday, July 27, 2007

do you ever feel like this?

Rainer Ganahl



Roman Signer















in a great group show at Tanya Bonakdar

Thursday, July 26, 2007

how to spend a hot day

Alyson Shotz at the Guggenheim is magic can't take a picture of the magic though everyone tries.
























these are fresnel lenses, which create a sort of holographic effect- multiple images seen through the plastic float a few inches in front of the surface of the sculpture.





















also
divisionism
















Emilio Longoni, Glacier (Ghiacciaio), 1905. Oil on canvas, 156.5 x 200 cm.


then to the movies...

Saturday, July 14, 2007

looking at art, watching art

31 Grand Gallery opened up a new location on Ludlow Street and downstairs neighbor Karen Heagle had a painting in the show.




















"Laocoon (Tom DeLonge)", 51" x 54", acrylic and ink on paper, 2006


I heard the cops came....Way to Party!




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I'm crazy about Takeshi Murata! He makes video using found film.



















































This one is called "Pink Dot"

















--at Foxy Production


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Jesper Just has a short haunting film at Perry Rubenstein Gallery The soundtrack is a whistling version of "Nights in White Satin" --so creepy








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Andrea Rosen had a show of Kinetic artworks from the 50's and 60's. Just about every piece had a little on/off switch.




Tuesday, July 03, 2007

D. Hill crew caravan to Atlantic coast











AHHHHHH the beach was excellent!


















sorry about the music :)