No More Rock Stars

Hi

So I haven't been updating as much as I should have over the past few months.  Mostly because of my shift focus my exhibition at the start of the year No More Rock Stars.  The show was a huge success, It even got a great review in the galleristny which is linked below.  I have had bad luck with press as some of you out in the world are aware of so I was truly grateful to this year starting off well.



http://galleristny.com/2013/01/no-more-rock-stars-at-galerie-protege/

Fred Wilson on 20th st

        The art world is a better place because of Fred Wilson. Very few have had the impact he has.  I 

          was grateful he was willing to talk with me for a few moments.  His work has changed the way I  

     personally view art, I can honestly say not many other artists have done this, maybe a handful

Hirschhorn vs Sandy

          If we could have read The Hirschhorn exhibition at Galdstone as foreshadowing for Sandy many galleries could have been saved.  I know I shouldn't joke but my neighborhood you know 

Under the Brooklyn Bridge on the Manhattan side is still in horrible shape and its March!     

DC for the Swiss

It's fun getting to go into archives for work.  Reading notes between artists and collectors from back in the day.  I have really seen a ton of cool stuff in the Archives of American Art and at the Morgan library perhaps the best is a Telegram from Duchamp to Teeny Matisse.  In this pic I was headed back to the Airport in DC just leaving the Archives and this made me laugh.

literally hanging with Eric Yahnker

Eric is Rad this was taken while I hanging his G-String Theory.  You all know my love for String Theory and it relation to art...

Its fun to post about the Golden Unicorn

Today I had Dim Sum.  Normally this really doesn't matter but one of my early posts I talk about a night I ended up at The Golden Unicorn.  In the pic to the left was another strange night I ended up at a great place for dumplings. It was Christmas Season and I ended up at the Opening Ceremony Christmas Party.  It was strange but fun!

Moments when you step back in life

When I helped out at Alexander Grey Associates I got to help install and care for works in the Melvin Edwards exhibition.  I was in an empty space next door to the gallery cleaning the work.  It was in this moment when I realized It's crazy how lucky I am. Not everyone would feel that way, cleaning a metal sculpture with wd40 and rags alone in a 3000 square foot loft, but you can't argue that there was poetry in the moment.

Helping Adam Green

I was working at The Hole briefly
it was really a fantastic time. I know I'm not really hipster enough for that, but this was one of the best moments of my brief time... helping move work back after the Adam Green show.

Chuck in Chelsea

Chillen at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Jayson’s “Halcyon Days” opens at Salon 94

I was reading all the press and blog reviews of Jayson’s show today compelling me to write.  Now he can put the Journal under his press belt.  I’m sure there will be write ups in every major publication form artforum to the Times about this show.  His first solo in New York!  The show out preformed my expectations as his first Coogi piece was constructed for our thesis show back in 2011 and although the ideas are the same the actual execution of this work for exceeded what he put on the walls back then.  These pieces are simply elegant and a real step forward for the notion of object making for Jayson.  In the past people might have criticized him for making rough punky drawings, I happened to always love them.  I know he views him self as an object maker not a mere performer like many think he is from his Hennessy fame and this is the perfect way to step in the arena.  It might be time to put Henny on hold and simply ride the wave of being Jayson from this point forward.  But I guess he can’t do that and he probably won’t want to as he say’s it was for his online presence he would not be where he is at right now.  I am simply thrilled that my fellow Penn alum are getting such recognition from the art world these days. Jacoby was just featured in the Brooklyn rail and now this for the Pharaoh.  I can’t wait to see what happens next! The only thing that kind of rubs me the wrong way about all of this is a quote from the galleristny where they talk about a conversation between Jayson and William Powhida where Powhida tells Jayson he is now an “insider.”   Honestly where all aware of this notion, he has been an insider since grad school when the Ali G article came out. From that point it was just a matter of time to what major gallery would step up to the plate and give Jayson the shot he totally deserved.   I simply found it in bad taste of the galleristny to publish this in the story about him but Jayson handled it with grace!  … I guess I’m just as bad drawing attention to it.  Now Jayson make those Benjamin’s cause you know he did found our school. And through some of the extra paper my way, help a brother out. (and by brother I mean smallish Jewish man)  

 http://www.salon94.com/