Last week in New York

we enjoyed passing by the Morgan Library every day
( I thought it was a 60's building until I learned it's a Renzo Piano from the 2000s)
saw John Armleder glitter drips
Angelo's International Portrait Gallery
a collection of photos of stuff that looks like faces
and neons of faces that look like stuff
plastic fire at the Armory
great Derek Jarman at X (ex Dia)
Adrian Williams great rehearsal performance at the Art Production Fund Lab,
curated by Cay-Sophie Rabinowitz
the white education space at the New Museum
funny Olaf Breuning sculpture
a girl sitting on a golden lion
great John Gerrard at Simon Preston
a cute pink and black building
mirror and plywood shoe display at Project 8
where Angelo tried on some plants
photocopy neoclassicism
fire door window door at Reena Spaulings
rotating face spiritual healing
yellow black under construction
chef reflection
some more yellow black, and it looks like its gonna be less interesting when its built
the building with the worse reviews in NY, suddenly looks cute in the fuzzy weather
another Monet
(looks good from far away but up close its a mess)
great AVAF wool and neon at Modern Restaurant
awesome Kippenberger at MOMA
the Dreamland show at Moma, with unpublished Hans Rucker co. collages
(and there is no catalogue!)
and funny interesting SOM
one of my favorite chairs, Libro by GRUPPO DAM
melting Oldenburg soft ice cream
Yves Tanguy obsession
Thomas Hirshhorn at Gladstone
a universal gym
with sunset posters,
great way to say goodbye

Random Rules

Here's a quick pick from the Random Rules project, a channel of artists' selection from You Tube. Random Rules is curated by Marina Fokidis and had its first screening during the Pulse Art Fair in New York.



Ahmet Ögüt


Aids-3D



Angelo Plessas



Annika Larsson



Assume Vivid Astro Focus



Dominique Gonzales-Foerster




Mathieu Laurette




Pablo Leon de la Barra




Rodney Graham



and me...

check out the complete channel at youtube.com/randomrules09

Eternal Flatness

After Palm Springs we headed to Joshua Tree and the Hidden Valley

apparently discovered after an explosionAngelo seemed to like the Joshua trees
he made friendsand shot friendly monsters for his IPG
that kept appearing everywhere
we stopped to check the 29palms inn
loved the lush oasis, but chose a military motel instead

next day,
fuzzy endless descent into Death Valley,
almost hallucinatory
flatness of forever
and ever
the lowest point on the western hemisphere
for hours on end
finally the legendary Zabriskie point, and it all makes sense

somehow
Shpinx
and highway pyramids
the goldness of Mandalay

and the Wynn bronzeness

strange water homes
for green giants

abandoned mines that could have been houses

and houses that look like mines

faraway screens
white cross drugs
towns with funny names

and roads with bizarre but somehow familiar names that eventually take you to

the edge of the western world