Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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...


























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