i saw upwards of 40 shows in the last week 😝& the one artist that inspired me immensely was elene chantladze… had only ever read about and seen photos of her work and it was such a treat to see not one, but two shows during my week in nyc, here are some of my fav works (the rock paintings don’t photograph well 😔), dm me if you want my top 5 shows that are still up and worth seeing
“sister and brother find diamonds down at the big muddy”, toy piano, apple stickers, crystal rocks from the missouri river, flocked rubber deer, wood massager, 2023
snow day, what i’m thinking about and looking at… 1. hannah wilke, “so help me hannah”, series of photos, 1978 2. betye saar, “liberation of aunt jemima; cocktail”, 1973, glass, paper, textile, metal 3. wendy red star, “four seasons: winter”, 2006, archival pigment print on sunset fiber rag 4. ana mendieta, “dog”, 1974, lifetime black and white photograph 5. ed ruscha, “she sure knew her devotionals”, 1976, blue pastel, touches of graphite, on off-white wove paper 6. aria dean, “fragment from skinning cattle by power 1867 (fig. 122 in gideon)”, 2022, red lacquered wood, silicon rubber 7. rosemarie trockel, “living means not good enough”, 2002 8. coco klockner, “girl-sounding (transpessimist lovers)”, 2022, silver sounding rod, 1991 definitive bp-10 speakers, stereo receiver, custom silver faceplates, burnt plastic, 10’00 site-responsive 2-channel audio, lavalier microphone 9. karen kilimnik, “jane/creep (R.I.P.)”, 1991, crayon on paper