April 2010 – Art From Behind

if i was the marrying kind, which thank the lord i’m not sir

Why were you born so beautiful
Why were you born at all
You’re no fucking use to anyone
You’re no fucking use at all

we used to sing that when we drank a shoe full of beer after rugby games

it just popped into my head

lets look really fast at two things in the dark and whisper

when people whisper in texts they put a LESS THAN sign around the text but when you do that in HTML your text disappears. look:

that was me whispering in HTML

when i see this i want to whisper the words DASH and AUREL

i thought i was going to name the gallery today but apparently not today

not today gallery?

you guys have realized that we are at Scooty Cambell’s big NYC de-butt right?

a new version on the steve standard

getting fun with scale on his bills

ooOOOooo

best part of show i think was the black ink on the rainbowy paper? smoking vagina pretty sweet too…. what do yous think?

forehead tattoo?

nathan (this thing) invited me to paper beautiful losers party

The Gossip; worth hiding in the bathroom most of night because i didnt know anyone there

shes like a soft round Klaus Nomi sometimes

her voice feels like playing rugby

its pummeling and euphoric

i think i love their new songs even more than their old songs

and i thought that they had already had their masterpiece

love is a four letter word, that song is so good, might have been being at a party surrounded by people i didnt know tho thought in theory i should know, but it made me like have “a moment”

its funny because having “a moment” is very similar in autonomic response to “having a panic attack”

the back of your neck hair gets all kooky

you drop out of time and space for a second

but instead of feeling pantinly pursued by death you feel like you have reached a higher plane of understanding

am i getting too metaphysical?

went home after, instead of to the ‘rump tower soho where scoot was partying

loney walk home with the moon and the quasi-panic attack

oh. you’ve. got. to….

drink a little bit, fuck a little bit, follow the band

follow the band with your tits in your hand

(thats a rugby song too)

GG Allery

that won the comedic name contest

close second: Punky Wooster

close third: ‘Eitch Projects

one friend suggested WET ONES

Jordan Wolfson just suggested THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

rafael suggested ARCADE at lunch which is really good

nick suggested THE WORKS which is good too

i wish there weren’t already a thing called ART UNLIMITED because i would LOVE a hamlet reference going on in here

you have to look at these camera photos now

not because they are good but because i went to the trouble to send and resize and then upload them

so there

SNIFF PROJECTS

SLIME HOLE

DUCK TALES

WET ONES its true

how about MODERATO CANTABILE

also one of my favourite french 3 books

moderate but singing!

bearded but fresh

meditating but dorky

brother but dorky

whimsical but droopy

should i just call the gallery FARTFORUM and call it a day?

how about LOOKY LOO

i took lossa photos out the window of the 4 train coming home from the bronx

nothing specific

just ambiance

AMBIANCE GALLERY

how about DANGER ZONE

or another nick suggestion: YANKEE STADIUM

the name’s available!

how about FTW gallery

FILL IN PROJECTS

BLESS THIS MESS

REPETITION AND DIFFERENCE

two of the most important things in art to me

BISQUE

WURST GALLERY

KUNSTGARTEN

AT LARGE is good

deep breath

if you have an idea, hit me with your best shot!

this is this morning, it is warmer than this dude’s parka suggests

hey whats going on over there

did i mention i joined a softball team?

SOFT GALLERY

our handshakes and our clothes are soft

we tread lightly and graze on salads

Amanda Huginkiss

gallery nomenclature is spinning my brain!

i think if i call the gallery THE HOLE then terence’s ASS will have to be my partner

my brother came to visit this past weekend and finally i had a real tennis partner!

another dirty doggie

i finished Rosson’s essay FINALLY so good i think; you will get to read it soon

it’s such a nice day i am trying not to be mad that i am not in Athens right now

here is an old picture just to set the mood for old or weird pictures just so you dont anticipate IMMEDIATE PARTY COVERAGE from todays blog because i have not been immediately partying

this is me in dash’s temp LA apartment so like 2006? the only good part of this photo is that i have a pin on that says MORE BRAINS

speaking of dash i have been intersted in half-loaded JPEGS, both of the above actually

especially this one of cute with some sushi

still speaking of dash look at this old photo i took

we drove (i drove dash couldn’t drive) to providence for the fort thunder show at the museum and to shoot Paper Rad for Brendan’s AMP Quarterly

speaking of paper rad, ben was just in Fort Worth for his solo show at the Fort Worth Museum how awesome is that?

waiting for final install photos from the curator but that is the Ben Jones iphone update

speaking of ben here is a photo for him

speaking of patrick (were we?) check out his huge new thigh tattoo

terence beat the ashcloud to get to tokyo to hang out with Gaga

goin downtown

goin shoppin

🙂

harajuku terence

terence and diaper man

my brother is at a wedding in chicago

suzanne’s cat is named mmmmmmmMAPPUMS and has a funny new haircut

poor mmmmmMAPUMS

where i am?

that funny mobby restaurant on kent and the water

yum

we had fun making fun of boys and brainstorming silly gallery names

gallerywise, things are goin pretty good but we need a name

if you were to name the future, what would you name it?

they’ve almost finished closing this up huh?

my friend and i re-watched clayton’s CAPTURED and it was funny to go walk around the super nice new Tomkins

hard to romanticize tent city with such nice tulips

the lights seemed a bit overly ambitious

i was just trying to take a writing break and read some DH Lawrence but apparently it was evening and time to go home

i meandered this weekend, a little More Drugs than Me Asked for had made my brain a sad desert again

meandered thinking about the past and future

meandered thinking about “the scene” and the status of the scene and “the downtown” still, looking at how the past has transpired and what it might indicate for the future

making nihilistic dinners like this dishwasher salmon

it worked!

wearing the past like a dirty badge of honor

vulcan mind melt

i had to cancel my trip to Paris and Athens just now because of the goddam unpronoucable volcano pooting shit all over europe

i will try not to let my extreme displeasure infect the excitement of these photos

whee!
we went to Katherine Bernhardt’s opening at CANADA

from the middle east with love

we were there super super early is why it is not crowded

dont think that like no one came to her opening or anything

is this the alley where the blood accumulates from the artist slaughter?

rosson and katherine

rosson and an old steve T for T magazine

rosson was going to a Zac Posen TARGET party that night is why she is Zac Posened btdubs

ALIFE threw this great party in their tiny backyard

ninjasonic, some other people, cypress hill

cypress hill did i type that right???

i did!

omg

arnaud and josh wildman

super awesome

i wish you could have smelled and seen what i did

running home

ryan let me take a picture of his awesome bike

i gave him a rolled up green thingie i got at the alife party

fair trade!

am i really going to go subject my ears to more music?

yay!

remember that dude from LIARS i said i met on the plane from LA?

he put rosson n me on his list for bowery ballroom show

thumbs up!

i thought they were great

main dude is such a spazz, music was all DOUGE DOUGE DOUGE made me want to punch and kick

rosson actually suggested going to the fish after

yay! it has won her over. maybe a little bit

this dude Rehab was there who i really like, Colin came by, ALIFE rob, Aurel and Rachel, this is why hanging out at the fish is fun

and the randoms of course

next morning experiments in breakfast food, avocado bagel is pretty good if you put enough salt and pepper on it

came home to this

which if you know me is nothing short of a miracle!

ill end with this random suggestion: VICE magazine, i say through semi-clenched teeth, did this great photo shoot with Kembra JR and shot by Bijoux. go to their website and check it out. i got to see the outtakes too and wow the outtakes were hottt as fuckkkkk

volcanic!!!!

look down your shirt and spell ADEK

you guys get the joke, right?

wow i am hilarious today

home sweet home!

the cherry trees bloomed while i was on the dumb west coast!!!

look at these tulips all open-arsed

spring is SO HORNY

if you were a bee wouldnt you just wanna ram this thing?

even the cabs!

rammin’ away like there’s no tomorrow

im glad somebody finally went for this wall

it was begging for it

all right all right

no more sexy talk

here is a prophylactically sealed Standard Hotel room

guess what is about to happen here?

i fucking love new york

i am full of love for new york

because it will provide for me after june 1

i know it will!

or rather, it will provide me with the means to provide for myself and it will love me with much trampling

why is rosson in her underwear?

doesnt she look all john singer sargeant-y

doesn’t she look all bodies:the exhibition here?

dont i look all BBMing again here?

ah! tickles

kembra is at it again

kembra: always going for it

photobucket can’t tell those are boobs and vag right?

i guess we will learn about that tomorrow

the MAC people made us so pretty!

girls gone wild

girls gone gross!

as kembra would say

im so happy i captured this on camera

lets do this

we are at the Art Production Fund party benefit thing

it was amazing i wish i had been able to shoot Doreen Yvonne and Casey they looked, as always, fucking banging

we performed here

i hope someone took photos

rosson and i just stood on stage looking tough while kembra sang

yay!

can i have another drink please i am all red

rosson dont kill me that the only photo i got of you and Fab Five Freddy is blurry!

he said we had nice titties

aron looking awesome

marilyn minter, one of many former teachers rosson got to terrorize there!

kembra stealing a waiter outfit

learning the trade

servin the guests

yay!

ooOOOoo

i love terence, i love garrick, rosson, kembra, nudity, fucking this city seriously? this is my life?

terence was pretty… awesome last night

seriously?

i hope he isnt in boob shock this morning

or poon shock

sorry andre!

seriously

i hope it comes out

we like to stick our butt on things

we like to leave a bit of ourselves on the world

just a bit

wow

kembra!

i have an awesome photo of handing rosson champagne while she is in the shower but i dont think, as kembra would say, that you guys deserve it

instead you get this photo from the wall of the bar where

i had very PG drinks with PG

another blurry morning

i think ive posted that SACER but have i ever posted this wee old ESPO?

Goldman wall caught in transition by some young men

pretty weak display tho

and i dont even wanna tell you whats coming here next!

and lastly, i think the flowers are really overshadowing the real heroes of spring, the light light green newly leaves

i am totally sprung

pupuseria!

there has to be a joke in there somewhere

i made it to LA

the works made it to LA

we got the corvette

we….like dick

and fabulous fur finds

rosson went through her dress stash to suit me up for my opening

my preferred outfit

rocrow

ahhh!
look at jeff vespas yard

amazing

i stayed at his house it was super

i didnt really take photos at the opening

i think this is the only one!

she said she liked my blog so i said i would put her on it 🙂

kim and crew threw this great party after in their cool garden area with tacos and margaritas and a million blasts from my past people

i looked like this

someone somewhere has some photos of the opening

it went great!!!!

corvette cram

corvette photo shoot!

oops

dont worry the photos get even sloppier

we stopped for a drink at this lady’s house

judger pit

her own diagram

i have a hard time staying out of the judger pit when in LA

you will see why in a sec

this place is called…trusdale?

something bougie and lame sounding 🙂

thank god rosson was there to try to have some fun

look at those “bros” high fiving

look at all the cool people

dont worry i took LOTS more photos of rosson

BBMing

butt baring message

i was blackout drunk

the only you know what i could find was some nice kid at the opening who handed me a bag of weed

and i dont smoke weed

thats cool ill just get more wasted and grab rossons boobs

i dont mind if she doesnt

at this point i am just suprised i am managing to work the camera at all

the next afternoon

medical blog!

just kidding ohhhh it hurtssss

i wore my I HEART NEW YORK shirt that aurel made so everyone would know that LA SUCKS

just kidding no need to start city bitching

only in LA can you find a dress that comes with its own boobs

at least its not paris, right?

double just kidding

but seriously, look at this thing

things best viewed from cars

we went to this frozen yogurt place that was trying really hard to make everything SEXY

sexy time: rosson changing from one red dress to another in a parking lot

aw man she’s too good at it

robert did a talk!

which reminds me i havent shown you his show!!!

danger zone!

canted walls, horror show

duck and cover!

look how amazing these are

you cant IMAGINE what your insides do when you reach out and touch one

UNHEIMLICH

ah! i did take a few installs

here is Corinna who is great

the show

short and sweet!

this is jack (sorry bad photo he is super cute and not yawning normally) who helped with the show and was great too. yuval not pictured, and kim somehow not pictured!!! boy i did a shit job on that one

i did get a photo of this nice barf

priorities!

liz and rosson in front of an olllld rosson

robert’s dinner at this great pupuseria!

i’ve always wanted to try some pupusas it sounds do dirty

putting the ‘vette back in it’s pen

rossons’ brother (tall texan see earlier post) made this for her when she graduated how cute is this???

the rental car place reminded me i had left ALL my floppy disks in the car

the starbucks lady though i was a bitch, apparently

rosson gettin drunk before getting on the plane

we bumped into a dude from Liars and a dude from Fischerspooner in the security line

WOW we really lucked out

party plane

they have seat to seat chat on Virgin flights

i helped the LIARS guy get his bags up to his place and got a free CD out of it

which is good because i have never heard their music

getting all chatty at the end here, huh?

out of photos but still chatting

chatty kathy!

virgin surgeon

no i am not rewatching KIDS i am on an airplane!

welcome to the future

the future looks like this

my future show looks like this!

it opens tomorrow

Kim Light

6-8

come see me!

after a blissful hour of sleep i went to get rosson

put her to work hauling my shit

rosson is afraid of airplanes!

rosson has found ways to cope

coping

checking out the new sterling ruby show

this view

rosson is scared of this view

one more for good measure?

this is the KATHY! pay attention to me gesture

oops she got too drunk and fell asleep

we are over nebraska

here are photos from rosson’s iphoto to make you laugh and forget that i said blogging from planes is the future

rosson had to put this fluff in doggie daycare 🙁

cuteoverload.com!

rosson is a cupcake

rosson is a shirley temple

rosson is a spider

rosson is in high school

oh man look at these

is this the first time i hung out wiht jules??? wow

ah when we were young and full of hope

and had good hair

and dreamt of… OUR FIRST SOLO SHOW!

half a baby

“the cool half”

rosson get out of the picture!
oh wait that reminds me of:

ahahahahahahaha!!!!

cute overload did this great rosson impression

they have been killing it in general lets take a brief cuteness break

“killiing it”

get it?

for suzanne

for easter

from rosson

rosson rebuttal!

i have very calculatingly never let me life be connected in any way with this horrible comic.

C kathys are so gross

what else??

here is something funny

i cleaned the house and in flipping the mattress over noticed that patrick didnt stain the whole bed frame as i had asked him, just the visible areas and then wrote this nice note to me

here is a note i made for him

i know i know

bumped into Tdiggis trying to get his HUGE NEW HERMES BIKE out the door

he bumped into his real estate dude while walking with us and the real estate dude told us he would show me this building!!!!
jeffrey has been coveting this huge oddity for a while, maybe i will scoop him!

there was a boarded up alley that i wanted to see into but could only scoot my arm and camera between the boards and this is what it looked like back there!!!

up, periscope!

EE crew

my favourite crew at 3pm when i have forgotten to eat lunch

worst gallery name ever?

cool space tho

when i drive i like to sit back on my 2008 custom seat cushions and reflect on the year 2008

2008 and 2009 can still eat dicks

i havent forgiven them yet!

for this guy mostly. you think theese were made on the way to the memorial?

it’s possible

“no pooting”

ahhhh rosson and i are still walking, walking everywhere

stopping to sniff shit too

i thought spring was my second to least favourite season but it’s growing on me

“growing on me”…”get it”?

rosson can ham here but i will never ham here i think

turn that frown upside down

i love graffiti and the sky and the downtown

i am

one lucky bitch

check out my new gallery!!!!

that building would be perfect i wonder how i can get it “uncondemned”

this post is way too fucking long stillllll

this is monday i guess still

takahatchi with aurel after chrissie got her mom to read my birthday

shit is GETTING BETTER ALREADY she said

this blackened tuna certainly helps

blossoms bloomin under scaffolding: thats me

this is me too

god this is taking so long

my friend said he “didnt like this part” too

ARGH

carrying art on planes: sucky job but procrastinators have to do it

LA people see you thursday!!!

lone and lorn

nightblossoms

make me feel feelings

that i am too busy to enumerate

listen to this!

so saturday i had a really fun evening that began with rosson in this wig store

face the wall in shame, bald women!

suzanne took me meghan and rosson to the most delightful luxurious and out of space out of time restaurant called LA GRENOUILLE

which if my french serves means little froggie

they serve frogs

and this amazing pate

and meghan ordered “sweetbreads” which i accidentally tasted because i thought she said it was made of “clams”

suzanne’s fish face was awesome

rice barf

i wish this photo had more color detail it was awesome!

its all mirrors and blossoms in there

holy hairdo!

is that rosson?

the wig store photo in action: rosson is not afraid to streak the restaurant

bathroom’s all mirrors too

please note that i both have purple fake eyelashes on and a periwinkle ruffly dress (not black)

i blame both these things on rosson

bumped into Teddy at Stacy Engman’s house later with a “vintage” pat pin

this piece is right above the toilet

an AVAF by the bed

a sparkle tray

sparkly girls (stacy in pink!)

woke up the next day to this out my window

i really should go OUTSIDE

i bought these new plants arent they dainty?

took a walk with rosson to check out some hottttt COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

im serious

“superior”

somehow never saw this before

ooh i want you

ooh and you

i want all buildings!!!

downtown is full of ears

and just lost a year

chinatown

we are walking around taking it all in oh man we walked everywhere!

tous les poisson son mes amis

my favourite new york city behaviour!

fill the hole with cones and surround it with fence thingies

doyers; the best street

bless this mess

or as the english say, Fo’ Sho’

hidden arcade on mott street

Wo Hop

amazing

im sorry rosson and i are such dorks today

rosson is such a ham and when i am around her i am a dork and it is fine

fuck this post is too long i have to make it into two hold on
split the baby down the middle!