richard tuttle or robert gober


don’t you hate blogs that post shit and dont credit people? like jjjjound lets say? well i can’t remember where the hell i got this but its either richard tuttle or robert gober, probably richard tuttle… or maybe just some asshole who didn’t study art history and thought he was onto something. poor sod… by dd

walton ford – king kong

“i don’t like to look at him, jack. it makes me think of that awful day on the island.”

for those who haven’t seen it yet, the above sentence is the enigmatic title of this walton ford show at paul kasmin (until x-mas). it’s about king kong’s feelings and it’s grand. those watercolors are the size of a street advertisement, gigantic! and yes you read well, this is watercolor, and yes it’s on paper. by pp.

amazing show: maurizio cattelan at the guggenheim

the maurizio cattelan show at the guggenheim is a must see. its fantastical, whimsical and  imaginative to say the least; not to mention its unconventional display that can only have been done at the guggenheim. this was despite all the nay-sayers who criticize the museum for its less than ideal space for art work. case and point. lucky for us kl used her VIP access and got us in without the wait, and for free. you can’t go wrong there. by dd

robert mapplethorpe x sofia coppola

paris gallery owner thaddeus ropac who is in charge of the estate of photographer robert mappelthorpe is having different people with an art background curating an exhibition of mappelthrope pictures every other year. after hedi slimane and robert wilson, here is sofia coppola to pick her favorite image from the archives of the photographer. it’s always very interesting to see the choices someone with a particular eye makes. hedi slimane picked images that looked like his own photos and miss coppola’s selections look like her movies of course. sofia coppola’s are less obvious and less known. by pp.

Simon de Pury: solidarity with occupy wallstreet

well not really but could have been. simon de pury stand next to maurizio cattelan’s cop piece titled frank and jaime (2002). the amazing show is up for view at the guggenheim museum. i saw it last weekend but prepare to stand in line. it’s a nice piece not just as art but as just a cool object-of-desire. it’s almost like a kid robot mega munny. only difference is that the piece made in edition of 3 goes for an estimated $1 – 1.5 million dollars. by dd