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So, last weekend I did that hilarious thing at a gallery opening. You know, where first you confuse a piece trash for a sculpture, and then confuse an actual sculpture with a piece of trash. Ha ha ha ha ho ohmyGOD contemporary art, I LOVE IT when you painfully confirm all those things my mom says about you.

Apparently I wasn’t the only one confused. Moments later the crowd ceremoniously parted, giving me a perfect view of a little dog lifting its leg and pissing on the above sculpture. Not kidding. I’m very, very sorry to say I don’t know whose piece it is, or what the title was– but gentle jury, please know that I tried to stop it. Cue the slow-motion outreach and open-mouthed horror: “NOOOoooo…….!”

Wow.

But don’t take that one (doggy) critic’s opinion: Kidd Yellin’s “The Kings County Biennial” is an uneven but sprawling and fun show featuring some top-notch mid-career artists’ work, and it runs through Feb 28. A few pics after the jump.

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You can’t tell from this off-the-cuff snapshot of this Patrick Brennan, but this is super awesome. This little oil-on-panel gem gave me the biggest painting boner. Mr Brennan, can we be friends?

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A Yuri Masnyj drawing.

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THIS video installation was so fucking rad that it makes me crazy I can’t remember whose piece it is. Anyone? The woman in the film crawls through a window that takes her into a van where she crawls through its window which takes her into the same mini-room… never mind. Trust me, it’s cool. If you go see “Kings County Biennial,” write it down and send it to me, ‘kay?

- Tatiana Berg out. Pics courtesy Greg O’Malley.