...Reason and Squalor: Archive

From Frieze magazine

Lady Gaga - Frieze Magazine I wonder if Lady Gaga has ever heard of Meat Joy? Not Carolee Schneemann’s 1964 performance piece of the same name, a dance of sausages and naked bodies, but the short-lived Texas band, who released one self-titled LP in 1984 and promptly broke up. Meat Joy’s album is eclectically unclassifiable, though you might call it punk – punk in the best sense, like The...

Oct 9th

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The consumer and the second life

Photographer Brian Ulrich, born in NORTHPORT NY explores not only the everyday activities of shopping, but the economic, cultural, social, and political implications of commercialism and the roles we play in self-destruction, over-consumption, and as targets of marketing and advertising (his personal statement). Focusing on the middle class and their reliance on big box-malls and the hyper reality...

Sep 13th

Simply Breakfast

Found this by accident. A blog all about breakfast, with the least misleading title ever. Simply Breakfast

Sep 13th

The Classical Navi...

Just wanted to post Rachel Thorlby’s piece as a follow up/ comparison to Jerry’s Fave Paintings. She is a london based artist who re-apporpriates classical images and sculpture with a contemporary twist. Busts, paintings etc… Here is her website: http://www.axisweb.org/seCVWK.aspx?ARTISTID=10548

Aug 14th

Forever Young.

“Sherry is Ms. Young’s outré persona, a trashy Southern blonde who never met a confrontation she didn’t like…” The saga of Anne Live Young and P.S 1 continues here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/arts/design/12young.html

Aug 12th

In no Particular Order...

I’m beginning to think that my tumblr is becoming an ode to Jerry Saltz. But I stumbled across a blog he did for NY Mag about his 16 favorite paintings in NY in no particular order. Jerry is a self- proclaimed lover of painting, and while I think he harbors a soft spot in his heart for the classical use of the medium, he still manages to approach contemporary works with an open mind....

Aug 6th

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Just an Idea...

I do my best thinking when I’m riding my bike. And in a brief Julia and Julia epiphany, I thought it would be fun to maybe embark on a sandwich journey, partly planned out by NY Mag’s 101 best sandwiches Article from a couple months ago. Nothing too serious, just an attempt to try and eat one every week. Next week = Mile End Deli

Aug 3rd

Jessica Craig-martin in High Society

Jessica Craig-Martin, Untitled I discovered Jessica Craig martin when I was interviewing for an assistant position at the Greenberg Van Doren Gallery. In an effort to acquaint myself with their artists and past exhibitions in a quick Cram session, I slowed down at Jessica’s blown-out, tongue-in-cheek celebre-real snap shots. Her photos shine light on the darker underbelly of the rich...

Jul 12th

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Make Ryan a Dancer

Ryan McNamara, I thought it Was You “I know that the art I’m creating may seem silly, even stupid, or that it might have been done before, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t serious,” —Jerry Saltz Sincerity, vulnerability, the 2010 artistic trend. I think I like this piece is because it channels that self aware, exhibitionist feeling I getting when I dance. I’m not a great dancer....

Jul 11th

Scaped.

One of my dear friends, Meghan Wilbar is having an opening tonight from 6-9 at Chashama Gallery in west Harlem. I had the pleasure of working with Meghan on and off for about a year and a half at the Brooklyn Museum as a freelance Art Handler where I learned that she was in fact a phenomenal painter and exceptional partner in crime. Inside Meghan’s humble Greenpoint abode that acts as...

Jul 9th

Mart.

This is too perfect: “Two weeks ago, the art dealer Gavin Brown signed a lease on the just-vacated Pat La Frieda Wholesale Meat Purveyors butchery next door to his gallery. After barely a lick of renovation, his first exhibition opens there on Sunday, and amid the tile, exhaust fans, thermometers, floor drains, and faint eau de boeuf, he’s showing art made of … tofu? Yes, tofu. The...

May 7th

The Artist is Present.

Marina Abramovich, The Artist is Present, 2010.

Mar 12th

Condest

The new free NYC condom. Likes.

Mar 10th

Valentime

Feb 22nd

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Watch

snowed at 117 Maujer St.

Feb 11th

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LOST - In the Vernacular

Well well well…Last nights episode only made me more confident about my theories.. while I have no idea how it ends…I do think I know who Jacob and the MIB are, or what they represent. Ready? Chess scene from Bergman’s Seventh Seal (1956) I think that J and MIB are either fallen angels… Jacob being a mixture of Gabriel and Michael, and the MIB is allegorical to...

Feb 10th

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Imagine a World

A few, unedited words on the premise of LOST…ergh Last Tuesday, while watching the season premiere of LOST, I had my first legitimate ‘Ah-Ha’ moment of the entire series. Never being one for following LOST theory blogs I plodded along half heatedly to this abysmally confusing show. And while, at this point watching LOST is akin to any taxing task you dont really want to do,...

Feb 10th

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I've figured it all out.

coming soon…

Feb 5th

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Its Going to be a good year for Beef Jerky.

“You may not have even noticed it, but New York is in the midst of a jerky craze. Suddenly, the barklike jawbreakers—once a survivalist food associated with Native Americans and fur trappers, and more recently with nature hikers and liquor-store habitués—are everywhere.” —NY Mag And a website to Design your own personal Jerky I have to stop writing about Meat..

Feb 2nd

Mark Malkoff

Click!

Jan 31st

More Importantly...

The Blob Fish

Jan 30th

Gentle Felines

K: I think thats a retarded Antelope D: More importantly I think those are a bunch of retarded Cheetahs

Jan 30th

Can I hate Catcher in the Rye?

YES, but… I didn’t have time to reread Catcher in the Rye in the two days since J.D Salinger’s death, but I recalled that 7 years ago when I first read his coming of age novel of a 17 year old boy, I remember hating it. Which, is exactly the opposite reaction that most everyone I know experiences. ”.. . I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do,...

Jan 29th

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Fate of the Union

I’ll preface this by saying, rarely do I sit through the entirety of the State of the Union Address. Normally I usually watch on until about 37 minutes in, then give up on the soupy mess of gratuitous Americana, and political double-speak for something slightly more believable. And while I don’t think Obama’s speech will go down in history as one of his presidency’s most...

Jan 28th

The Rise of the Curatorial Celebrity.

Apparently the news of Jeffery Deitch fleeing to the West Coast to be the director of LA MoCA is Gawker worthy… Jeffery Deitch When did low brow media gossip start caring about mainline art dealers…probably when this began: naked! WHO WILL TAKE HIS PLACE as the leading man in avant garde soho shockism.

Jan 27th

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Once More With Feeling...

I finally found name/artist of the song that’s been running laps in my head for the past month (no not you Empire State of Mind) Artist: Passion Pit Album: Chunk of Change Song: Sleepyhead. This song will put you in a better mood. Download the Album: http://www.mediafire.com/?yfy0j5jd1mw Yo Ho!

Jan 25th

Jan 24th

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A Tool to Recieve and Offer

A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter (2009) Artist: Caleb Larsen Dimensions: 8”x8”x8” Medium: Acrylic, custom electronics, programming, internet connection, online auction. Description: This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. NB: Before bidding you must agree to the below terms. This purchase...

Jan 24th

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Oh, Brave New World

Dear Tumblr, I hereby promise, in conjunction with Jackie Perrone, to update this Blog once a day. Uploading something, anything just to contribute a little molocule into the Matrix. Maurizio Cattelan —http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2009/11/maurizio_cattelan#slide=3 Meat, my favorite medium Meet my favorite medium

Jan 23rd