“Once,” opens the caption of the first of Jess Collins’s multi-panel collage, “a misanthropic Goblin was perplexed by the dilemma of a fleshless cupboard modulated by the friendliest ravening crew unadorned by a penny.” Jess (he went by first name only), alongside his partner, the poet Robert Duncan, was something of an unofficial steward of… Continue reading “West Coast Collage and Assemblies” @ Tibor de Nagy Gallery (Jul 17th 2021 — Aug 27th 2021)
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Given “Time: The Gift and Its Offerings” @ Aicon Contemporary (Jul 15th 2021 — Aug 14th 2021)
“I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire,” a character in Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury recalls his father saying to him, alongside the gift of a watch. It’s a generational present—the watch was the narrator’s grandfather’s—as well as a generational curse: he’s obsessed with the passage of time, wracked with guilt and despair.… Continue reading Given “Time: The Gift and Its Offerings” @ Aicon Contemporary (Jul 15th 2021 — Aug 14th 2021)
Alex Hubbard, “In the Near Field” @ Galerie Eva Presenhuber (Apr 16th 2021 — May 28th 2021)
Piano keys, a feather, a belt buckle, what might be a meat thermometer, and the illusionistic brass swoop of a trombone all drift through Alex Hubbard’s paintings—and might be some of the only recognizable features in them. Like music itself, his canvases are un-illusionistic but somehow rhythmic, with harmonies which form and, especially, dissipate, shimmering… Continue reading Alex Hubbard, “In the Near Field” @ Galerie Eva Presenhuber (Apr 16th 2021 — May 28th 2021)
David Hammons, “Body Prints, 1968–1979” (Feb 5th 2021 — May 23rd 2021)
Across a group of intimate silver gelatin print photographs, a young David Hammons leans shyly against the doorway of his studio; rubs vaseline on his hands in preparation for a print; and beatifically presses his cheek to the sheet as if in prayer. Photographed by Bruce W. Talamon at Hammons’s West Slauson Avenue studio—as well… Continue reading David Hammons, “Body Prints, 1968–1979” (Feb 5th 2021 — May 23rd 2021)
41 – Various Small Fires and Milk
Various Small Fires and Milk New paintings of common objects and taught me to see & to distinguish his beauties over that of other “The Sun is God” Year without a summer weather backward Man, offering a tube: “November?” Woman, smiling as she smells: “Earth!” Pleasant Breath of The Black The subtle knife Inside the… Continue reading 41 – Various Small Fires and Milk
8-10-20
Monday August 10th 2020 5:56pm: Yellow had multiple connotations, which included both “serene” and “happy,” as well as “toxic” and “impure.” 9:44 PM I’m always fascinated by the way the beginning of the month begins to turn into the middle begins to turn into the end. It’s interesting. Currently propped up by three pillows. Took… Continue reading 8-10-20
8-6-20
Thursday August 6th 2020 11:13 AM []? paid $3500 for mockup. Minimal pay and work? says []. Translation 500. Design 1000. Production — wood, 200. Normal exhibitions 40,000-70,000 in hard costs
8-4-20
Tuesday August 4th 2020 2:41 PM Sent all the emails so not bad. Isaïas. Can’t see. Whatever. More transcribing. [11/24/20: [] built the computer today].
8-3-20
Monday August 3rd 2020 1:30 PM 7:29 PM: Not sure why anymore I did that. I know just to mark it. Oh maybe when I started working. So much I haven’t said. Did I mention that I — all that erased once the institution email erased. A shame. I remember downloading all of this stuff… Continue reading 8-3-20
8-2-20
Sunday August 2nd 2020 9:12 PM On couch. Frontera wine playlist. I arrive on the fourth floor and the door, of course