Exhibitions | NYC, November 2016

Below are snapshots of my pick from the November exhibition in different neighborhoods of New York, from Chelsea to the Upper East Side.

Mike Kelley "Memory Ware" at Hauser & Wirth

Iván Navarro "MuteParade" at PaulKasmin

-Duchamp's spirals from "Anémic Cinéma" on view at "Impasse Ronsin" exhibition at Paul Kasmin.

In Duchamp iconic film (1926) spiral shaped rotolreliefs optical devices were alternated to puns:

"Bains de gros thé pour grains de beauté sans trop de bengué." (BenGay was invented in France by Dr. Jules Bengué)

"L'enfant qui tète est un souffleur de chair chaude et n'aime pas le chou-fleur de serre-chaude."

"Si je te donne un sou, me donneras-tu une paire de ciseaux?"

"On demande des moustiques domestiques (demi-stock) pour la cure d'azote sur la côte d'azur."

"Inceste ou passion de famille, à coups trop tirés."

"Esquivons les ecchymoses des Esquimaux aux mots exquis."

"Avez-vous déjà mis la moëlle de l'épée dans le poêle de l'aimée?"

"Parmi nos articles de quincaillerie paresseuse, nous recommandons le robinet qui s'arrête de couler quand on ne l'écoute pas."

"L'aspirant habite Javel et moi j'avais l'habite en spirale."

"Impasse Ronsin" exhibition at Paul Kasmin

Rotko "Dark Palette" at Pace Gallery

Josef Albers "Grey Steps, Grey Scales, Grey Ladders" at David Zwirner

Dan Flavin's fluorescent light installation (1996) at Hauser & Zwirth new location
former Dia Foundation building ,548 West 22 street

Chelsea Tower, view from West 23 Street

Vernissages | NYC, Chelsea, January 29

Hugo McCloud "Palindrome" at Sean Kelly

Alec Soth "Songbook" at Sean Kelly

From the "Outsider Fair"

Dan Flavin light installation in the staircase of 548 West 22 Street, former Dia Foundation building

A view of the High Line

Art Fairs | Independent

In the former New York City exhibition space of Dia Art Foundation (with remaining Dan Flavin's light installation in the staircase), the Independent art fairs offer a more conceptual flavors du jour.

Lectures NYC | Richard Aldrich on Walter De Maria

We headed to DIA Chelsea last evening to hear Richard Aldrich tell us about Walter De Maria. Expecting to hear a lot about land art, earth art, and other such installations, we focused our thoughts on such works as The Lightning Field, The Broken Kilometer, etc.

However, Richard Aldrich gave us an entirely different perspective. Noting that he wasn’t all that interested in land art, he was drawn to De Maria by his sound art. His pursuit of the land artist work started from his exposure, as a DIA bookstore employee, to the CD of Ocean Music and Cricket Music.

Ocean Music begins with the sound of the ocean which is superseded by De Maria’s drumming. In contrast Cricket Music starts with the drumming and ends with live cricket sounds. Aldrich was attracted to the “feeling” creation in these CDs, a process oriented creation, as opposed to a “thing” creation.

It is the “feltness” of the experience that Aldrich favors in Walter De Maria's work. De Maria as land artist takes a long time to create the final artwork,flattening the its final understanding and fruition. His work is about time; time is his medium and how he utilizes it is its feltness. This slow experience is out of documentation, and even not available by computer viewing: computer images are flat; they can reveal only how art is seen and how it functions, not how it is felt.

Art Fairs | NYC, Armory Week: Chelsea

Besides exhibitions related to video and film, more Armory related fairs take place in the capital of (mainly) commercial art: Chelsea.


INDEPENDENT, at its second edition, takes place at the former DIA Center for the Arts and building at 548 W 22nd Street. Dan Flavin light installation in the staircases still remains from the glorious days of what once was one the most exciting spaces of contemporary art.


Along the Hudson Pier 66 hosts the younger crowd of Fountain Art Fair showing quite eclectic works and performances.