No, Puddles! NOOO! and other thoughts from the Kings County Biennial

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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Olivier Zahm @ Half Gallery, NYC

So, Tuesday 12/1 was Olivier Zahm’s opening at Half Gallery @ 208 Forsythe.  In attendance:  yours truly, and a swarm of European fashion trend-stars.  The show features big, small, and naked printouts of the Purple Fashion magazine editor’s Diary.  Arriving early (during installation), I missed out on the concept of being fashionably late… but the crowd got considerably more fabulous as the night went on.  That, my friends, is what I really came for.

(and of course to knock off the photo stylings of the guest of honor.)

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RISD Exposé opening

Last Friday was the opening of RISD Exposé, a pop-up store in downtown Providence that is dedicated toward current RISD students slinging their art and design work like there’s no tomorrow.  Here are a few standouts from the show.

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