The Week Before Christmas
Swooned at Andreas Gursky’s show, which closed last Saturday @ the Gagosian Gallery. GURSKY IS GOOD!!! The size of his photos is necessary so one can see the subtleties in the work. Like his famous photograph of sneakers in the Prada store lined up row after row, if you peruse the photograph as a whole you’ll miss Gursky’s charming surprise, one golf shoe. The attention to detail, conceit, & formal composition in these new works doesn’t disappoint & are filled with many of his surprises and they are also beautiful to look at. Anybody know him, I would love to meet him.
On to Yancey Richardson to see Saran Core’s photographs of painterly still lifes. One photograph was especially alluring & I was inspired to do a new series of my own.
Stopped by Eyebeam where technology meets art. The works were astoundingly imaginative & creative, I’d love to be able to to do work like that. It was like seeing the future which has all ready arrived.
Went to see “Shame” the movie. The acting was terrific, especially Michael Fassbender, but while it was disturbing, it didn’t affect me emotionally at all. Then there is David Fincher’s ”Girl With The Dragon Tatoo.” Fincher is a fantastic director, the editing was tight, the pace fast, and the performances were dynamic, especially Rooney Mara. However, while it was enjoyable I preferred the Swedish version more.
Themocracy