January 2008
8 posts
Robert Rauschenberg, "Runts"
Pace Wildenstein, 534 W 25th Street January 10, 2008 This was for sure the most exciting and star-studded show i’ve been to so far in the year. The outfits were not as scandalous as at the Schnabel show, but i did feel that the crowd was a little more art-y and less Hollywood. The work is awesome and the space is perfect for it, even nicer than the show they hung 2 years ago at 57th...
"The (Self-)Promotion Show"
Apex Art, 291 Church St January 9, 2008 Apex Art is a cozy non-profit that is really close to where I work, so I try to attend their events when I can. I didn’t expect much from this mid-week opening but actually it was a great time. The gallery commissioned different video artists to create promotions for the gallery. Many were mediocre, some were awful, one or two were totally brilliant....
Julian Schnabel "Navigation Drawings"
Sperone Westwater 415 W 13th St January 8, 2008 I’ll be the first to admit that I am not the biggest fan of Mr. Schnabel’s artistic output. Though he seems to be a fine filmmaker and a talented art star, his paintings leave me undernourished. These are no exception. Simplistic paintings on antique maps seemed almost like a waste of perfectly good maps. Crowd-watching was...
