Spooked

I can't really think of a Halloween-appropriate post so instead I will just link to these great photos of the artist David Altmejd's studio. And here are some photos I took of his exhibition this spring at Andrea Rosen Gallery. And here is an article from W magazine. AND some footage from the opening of the Canadian Pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale.

Alright!! That is it before I carried away. Have a spooky one.

xo

Chris Johanson "Totalities"

(...I especially like those collaged chairs for some reason...)

I really liked this exhibition Totalities by the artist Chris Johanson that I saw at Deitch Projects earlier this Fall. Johanson and his partner Jo Jackson are really inspiring for me. Back in this September post I linked to a lecture they gave at the Walker Center. It made me like them even more. One day I will try to do a more elaborate post on them but for now here are some links just about this particular show.

...artist site...
...wiki...
...some more photos and a video on my flickr...
...an article in the Village Voice...
...a youtube video of the opening (with a voice over - be warned)...
...at whitehot magazine...

Iggy Pop

I am kind of fascinated with Iggy Pop at the moment. I think it is his incredible amount of raw energy. And aside from a few kind of ummmm....iggy-isms - he is totally articulate and weirdly charming in this documentary. I really believe that he did feel like he had something to give people - even if it wasn't done in the most conventional way. I also like the way he explained that his decision to make music and be a performer was a way to carve out his own future instead of falling into the the middle-class trap that the American Dream had set up for him. Not many people are so aware of their own fishbowl...

...here are a bunch of photos on my tumblr (Mon. Oct 27)...
...and here are some great youtube videos (Sun. Oct 26)...

x

ELizabeth Peyton

I went to see Elizabeth Peyton at the New Museum last weekend. What a great show! I love how her portraits are so intimate and full of emotion. What was also interesting was how her subjects seem to be victim of some sort of reverse "male gaze" - she has rendered all her boys as semi-erotic ruby-lipped beauties. This perspective is not unusual in a place like BUTT Magazine of course, but is quite rare coming from a female artist. I thought it was very refreshing. You really do just want to take one of these pretty birds home.

And some links:

...wiki...
...at the New Museum...
...an interview with Peyton for the New Museum...
...at Gavin Brown's enterprise...
...New York Times art review...
...an interview with David Shapiro...
...another NYT art review...
...a profile at the New Yorker...
...a review at New York magazine...
...Village Voice...
...Regen Projects...
...Time Out New York...
...index magazine interview...
...Prince Eagle: An Artist's Book...

Mini Movies

I am trying to get better at taking these little movies with my point and shoot camera. It is really hard. There are so many more things to worry about - timing, things entering the frame unexpectedly, sound...it is so hard to balance everything so it works. But fun! The sound is the thing that always frustrates me the most. I wish I could mess around with it a bit - like add in music or just take it out but whenever I do things like that with imovie I have to compress it and then the quality is really bad. It makes it more of a challenge to get it right the first time I suppose...

There are five million more over here if you are up for it!

Sometimes Things are Crazy

Hello.

I wanted to post but I guess I don't have too much to say. I can't even think of one lousy link. Strange. I am sure it will pass. So here are just a few moody photos for you to meditate on.

Okay - nightie night.

xo

b.

Gilbert & George

Gilbert & George have a huge exhibition on right now at the Brooklyn Museum. I really want to see it - maybe next weekend. After listening to thier interview, I realize just how seriously they take their role as artists. I respect their integrity and I am so glad that they are around and that they have committed their lives to speaking some sort of truth.

...Here is a very funny interview with them at the Brooklyn Museum...
...Here are a zillion images I found of their work online and uploaded to tumblr...
...And here is a good little archive at the White Cube...

Have a great weekend!

Juergen Teller

I am a big fan. This is only a small selection of what is bouncing around on the internet.

Here are some links:

...Wiki...
...At Lehmann Maupin...
...And some photos of his recent exhibition...
...On Design Boom...
...artnet...
...A very good and longish article from The New York Times, August 2008...
...Another NYT article from spring 2008 about his ads for Marc Jacobs...
...An interview from 2000 at index magazine...
...more photos at picsearch...
...beautiful beautiful photos of Lily Cole from Paradis magazine on flickr...
...more Marc Jacobs ads...
...books and books (click on titles for additional info)...
...An article from Times Online...
...Interviews I haven't yet watched but want to on youtube - here, here (part 1), here (part 2), and here...
...flickr search for Juergen Teller...

Well. That should keep you busy!

The week is almost gone but I am glad to be back. I'll try to do one more post before the weekend hits...