Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Vernissages | Ouattara Watts's Vertigo and Full Moon


In a full moon night and a scene reminiscent of a 2K reading of the " Bonfire of Vanities" (or out of "Ugly Betty" world) Ouattara Watts: Vertigo opened at an unusual art venue,—a warehouse between West Village and Tribecca, 560 Washington Street. I have to admit, that in spite of the crowd of the sfaccendati, the large scale paintings of the Cote d’Ivoire-born artist were intriguing —or perhaps my fascination with numbers and symbols made them look so...