Posts By annette monnier

ALEX DA CORTE, FOREVER AND EVER.

Alex DaCorte Alex Da Corte has an exhibition opening, Love Explosion, on Friday (with Jack Sloss) at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. It’s not the sort of thing you should miss out on. The text below is the transcripted version of a talk with Alex DaCorte over the hum of traffic outside The Last Drop. If you would like to actually hear that hum, please visit: oneculture.mypodcast.com and download the podcast. For a quick primer on Alex visit his work on the web, or read this review I wrote not long ago. IN WHICH THE INTERVIEWER CALLS THE INTERVIEWEE A HUSTLER AND THEY ... More » »

MURAKAMI WITH A COPYRIGHT SYMBOL IN FRONT OF IT

At The Brooklyn MuseumApril 5th-July 13th Going to The Brooklyn Museum to see the Takashi Murakami exhibit is a bit like going to the movies to see Spiderman 3. (Excuse the metaphor because Spiderman 3 sucks way more then Murakami with a copyright symbol in front of it, Murakami etc. is actually way more like the ending of The Host, which is a great movie, with an ending that is maybe just a little bit too long.) You’re really excited to see it, even though you know it’s going to suck. But it doesn’t matter that Spiderman 3 sucks because ... More » »

Dark Fair at Swiss Institute, NYC

I was surprised to see a large queue of people out in front of the Swiss Institute, but happy, in a way, to see if the Armory Show VIP card I was holding would get me in before all the rest. I had been told, earlier that day that “it would grant me special powers”. A man was holding a clip-board that said “Armory VIP” with an arrow, so it looked promising but,

THEY SHOULD ALL BE DESTROYED (A JURASSIC PARK PLAY)

Presented by Wham City So, I went to the Rotunda last Thursday night and saw “Jurassic Park”. Since then I’ve been wondering what I was going to say about it besides awesome. People have been throwing the prefix “meta” (meaning something that is about itself, or an abstraction from another concept. We couldn’t really understand a parody-play on Jurassic Park without there first being a movie, we couldn’t have the movie without the book. . . etc.) around pretty often lately because it makes sense to.This play was mega meta but also really funny with cool costumes. It was also ... More » »

MICHEL GONDRY AT DEITCH PROJECTS

BE KIND REWINDDeitch Projects February 16, 2008-March 22, 2008. Michel Gondry has the sort of not-easily defined and boundary-stepping career that many people seem to have these days. No longer can film-makers stay film-makers, or music-video-makers stay music-video-makers, or artists stay artists, or commercial-makers stay commercial-makers. No. You have to be all of thee above. I wonder how the kids are going to turn out without any of these distinctions? I missed Gondry’s first foray into installation art, for The Science of Sleep, at Deitch Projects on Grand. In fact, it didn’t even cross my radar so I was surprised ... More » »

Unmonumental at the New Museum (NYC)

Ugo Rondione’s Hell, Yes! graces the front of the new New Museum. Unmonumental investigates collage in contemporary art practices and it does so by turing the exhibition itself into one large collage. The outcome is just as confusing as it sounds like it should be. I supoose the ideal way to have viewed Unmonumental was to visit the museum three times. First, when Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century opened on December 1st and the galleries hosted only the sculptural assemblages. Then it might have been a treat to re-visit when Collage: The Unmonumental Picture was added to the ... More » »

Wooden "gunfiti" spotted on northeast telephone lines

Visual reminder of the violence in Philadelphia? An artistic plea for peace? A grave marker? Or just a take-off on the classic shoefiti? Looking at this I am reminded of predecessors to the thrown-over art movement such as the Skewville brothers: Extended Browsing: Shoe Tossing

A.V.O.W (Amps, Volts, Ohms, and Watts)

Painted Bride Art Center February 1 – March 15, 2008 Jeremy Boyle, Pablo Colapinto, Kara Crombie, Max Lawrence, Justin Marshall, and Huong Ngo. Curated by Sean Stoops. Painted over outlets were dug out for A.V.O.W at Painted Bride I’m tempted to call Sean Stoops’ exhibition at Painted Bride a Max Lawrence solo effort with some Jeremy Boyle mixed in for good measure. Which is not really a horrible critique, as I enjoyed the show, especially the offerings by Maximillian Lawrence. I just might be a little annoyed if I was Pablo Colapinto’s video in the downstairs’ back corner or even ... More » »

Alex Da Corte, I Attach Myself to You

Stonefox Artspace, December 11th 2007-february 12th 2008. Just Give me a Fucking Chance The bit of printed paper matter provided as a didactic (read the PR on artcal) for Alex Da Corte’s one-man show at Stonefox Artspace (and only the second exhibition hosted at the architectural firm) informs me that Alex’s photographs and related sculptures “explore the nature of intimacy in a digital world where online dating, chat rooms, Mspace.com, blogs, etc. increasingly supplant real human interaction.” but I don’t really agree with that at all. To my mind I Attach Myself to You is a rather dark exploration of ... More » »

Paul Coors on Publico part 2

Part One SO WHY STOP? Annette: Why are you shutting the doors? Paul: Some of my favorite times here have had to do with people coming in from out of town. Annette: The shows that have included people from out of town? Paul: Yes. For instance, there are no local artists in this current show, and that’s nothing I was trying to do, it just sort of happened that way. Ironically the show is called Local Color. A Steve Mumford watercolor from Publico’s current exhibition, Local Color. Annette: But it’s exciting? Having people from out of town? Paul: It’s exciting. ... More » »