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September 19, 2005
Smart Art
It's fall and while we're still dressing, acting, and eating like it's the middle of summer, the rest of the city is getting on with it. Fashion week came and went, there were elections, and the art world is doing it's thing, with exhibits opening and whatnot. I'm never ready for fall when it gets here. It's the season where everyone comes home from vacation and does something really productive. People start school or big projects or have art shows, and I'm always sitting there, going, "can we spend one more weekend at the beach?" I'm a little slow.
Anyway, this week was art gallery week for Derek and me. Clay and his wife, Rie, are both currently showing artwork at Planet Thailand in Williamsburg. We went to the opening (pdf) on Tuesday and had a great time drinking free beer and wine (perhaps a bit too much) and chatting up whoever happened to be nearby. The impressions of two manhole covers in New Orleans that Clay did just before the hurricane were there ("Alarm" and "Water"), along with some larger pieces and some digital animation from Rie (all intriguing and worth a look, here's a description (pdf)). I tend to take pictures when I'm drunk -- here are a couple from that night.
Derek has also been helping out with the Laurie Anderson exhibit, since a Sony projector is involved. We missed that opening but are thinking of stopping by some other time.
Other exhibits we might see are The Obsessive Drawing exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum (seems like doodling gone mad, or, what your absent-minded meeting/phone drawings might have been, had you quit your job and concentrated on them for a month) and the Russia! Exhibit at the Guggenheim.
Posted by csageday at September 19, 2005 01:20 AM
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I'm dying to see the Obsessive Drawing exhibit, and also want to go see the Laurie Anderson thing. Perhaps a joint outing?
Posted by: Rose at September 20, 2005 09:24 PM
You should have gone to the Laurie Anderson opening. She's married to Lou Reed!
Posted by: melissa at September 21, 2005 12:05 PM
I know! Derek saw Lou Reed when he was helping set things up. My brother's 25th birthday was that night, though, so we celebrated with the family instead.
I probably would have obsessed about what to wear anyway, so it was kind of a blessing. And I never know what to talk about during an opening -- I know nothing about art. I can bullshit about it, but not as well as professional opening-going art bullshitters.
Posted by: Cindy at September 21, 2005 01:29 PM