- 30 Sep 07
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Upcoming New York
Up next at the MCASD is Robert Irwin. It opens on October 21st.
Yesterday, I went to San Diego on the penultimate day of a friend’s (Peter Simensky) exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD). It was nice to see the project installed in a museum. The piece below is a collage of various currencies from countries with unstable economies reordered into what he calls “Neutral Capital.”
Peter Simensky, NC 1000-Revolution Series (Neutral Capital), 2005
Another show closing today at the museum is Robert Therrien’s chairs and tables. I had helped out in his studio (mostly standing around and taking pictures) with an earlier version of the folding table and chairs (pictured below). I think it is safe to say that most people would like to climb on them and sit there in their largeness. Although as far as I know, no one has. The person who collects the fees at the parking garage near the museum was excited about “the large furniture” as well.
An image from the installation at Therrien’s studio.
On my return to Los Angeles, it began to rain along I-5. This picture was taken on Olympic Blvd. in East LA.
I just read Charlie Finch’s article on artnet about Natalie Frank’s exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash. He claims her work would not have been possible 10 years ago because conditions were not right. He attaches her work to artists like John Currin, Odd Nerdrum and Lucien Freud as precedents as well as Neo Rauch and Max Beckmann.
Where She Stops, 2007 by Natalie Frank
To me, her work reminds me of Jerome Witkin—twin brother of Joel Peter Witkin, who has been painting in this fashion for years, but I guess collectors don’t salivate at hearing his name.
The German Girl, 1997 by Jerome Witkin
I have talked about making a video for a long time, but the plans never got past the note taking stage. Recently, I have been editing a video that I think relates quite closely to the paintings I have been making.
I was thinking about embedding it in the blog, but will instead provide a link to youtube. It is only a small section of the video (I think it is only the first 35 frames not including the title sequence). click here to view.
(I wrote this on the 11th and forgot to post it.)
I just read Tyler Green’s first post on 9/11 and art. When I think of 9/11 related art, I think of Thomas Ruff’s exhibition in March/April 2005 at David Zwirner. In that exhibition there were two images of the WTC on fire taken from the internet and made into large photographs. Of the two, Ruff’s jpeg ny02 from 2004 is the most memorable.
(today)
The show was simultaneous with Robert Gober’s exhibition at Matthew Marks that Paul Schimmel mentioned in a subsequent post on MAN.
Thomas Ruff, jpeg ny02, C-Print with Diasec
Image Size: Framed: 105.91 x 143.31 inches, 2004
In the past, I have blogged about some things of less than minor importance. So, in a continuation of this, I loaded a new image to the front page of my website. I also want to mention that I shot this from my chair—in case anyone thinks I put any effort into this (the previous image was also done this way).
I finally decided on a background color for this painting. I was debating whether to post this or not since the image is so shiny.
The Union 76 balls—once feared to be wiped out of existences—have instead got a new color. The formerly orange balls are now red.
Here is a link to a website devoted to the rotating glowing spheres.
Recently, I have been looking at storm drains for things like: their general size, how they drain, what is inside them, et cetera. This drain seems fairly typical and is located at the end of my street.
