my two cents

Here are some picks for a few of my favorite things in 2012 -- things I saw, things I wish I saw, things I wish I had had time to write about, and other things...in and around New York and the East End. A little late, but wrapping up 2012 took longer than I expected -- a nice surprise all around. And things are heating up on the East End...looking forward to events at the new Parrish and all things 2013.
  

 most made me want to paint: 

KELTIE FERRIS, [[[O]]][[[O]]], 2010 -- her show at Mitchell-Innes Nash up thru JAN 12

MATISSE, IN SEARCH OF TRUE PAINTING, at The Met, thru March 17

Every show I see at Halsey McKay makes me want to paint -- they find the most awesome artists. Here, a few highlights from their last 2012 show, Habeas Corpus:

Lisa Sanditz, Frito Lay Study, 2012

Ted Gahl, Village, 2012

 

Jeanette Mundt, I AM WORKING: WAVING BUT DROWNING, (with DVD projection), 2012

 

most fun:

POWERPLAY at Hayground School, Bridgehampton
 

 

organized by The City Firm, 

a Chelsea based art-advisory firm, 

POWERPLAY featured the work of 

28 artists whose use of recycled 

materials, invention and a 

communal spirit made way for 

the East End's coolest 

temporary sculpture farm. 

Let's hope they do it 

again next summer.

Hayground has always been amazing -- a true laboratory. Great summer event. Bravo.

biggest surprise: 

everything Scott Bluedorn does

These are pix from a few shows at Scott's gallery

in Amagansett, Neoteric Fine Art -- cool and

young and a lot of fun. He's off to a fantastic start.

 best 2 for 2:

Two curatorial ventures on the East End by Mary Heilmann

wonderful summer show at Ille Arts in Amagansett

and...

  

Roy Fowler

InsideOutsiders, Mary Heilmann and Friends at The Fireplace Project in Springs

Rick Liss, Bus Lane, 2012

Claudia Spinelli, Untitled, 2012

best sculpture:

Bevery Pepper at Marlborough Chelsea. What an amazing woman. Breathtaking.

Beverly Pepper, Curvea in Curvea, 2012, cor-ten steel

 Biennial favorites:

Nicole Eisenman, Untitled, 201, 45 monotypes

 

Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 2011

Wu Tsang, Green Room, mixed media

most made me wish I lived in LA: 

CHRIS BURDEN's Metropolis II at LACMA

quintessential California (and beyond): Chris Burden

click below to see it in action, courtesy New York Times:

best blockbusters:

PICASSO BLACK AND WHITE, Guggenheim thru JAN 23

 the older you get the stronger the wind gets -- and it's always in your face.

Pablo Picasso 

MICKALENE THOMAS, ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE, a must see...at the Brooklyn Museum thru JAN 20

WADE GUYTON OS, Whitney Museum thru JAN 13 -- THIS Sunday!

 

connect the dots:

The new Islamic wing at the Met

Everything Mark Wilson does

Sharon Horvath, White Night, 2012 at The Drawing Room

Daniel Wiener's dizzying creations

Olafur Eliasson, Your thinking bridge, one of five installations in Dnepropetrovs, Ukraine, 2012

and there's so much more...