March 2012 – Art From Behind

Ewe had me at “baaaaaaaaaa”

this is a narcoleptic post for those of you working 20 hour days

arden’s bday

at this amazing park ave apt where were we?
i took a salmon sandwich home in my purse

was woken up at May’s house by eight kinds of herring at 8am

raw food couple enjoying their own private “caravan of dreams”

Brendan Fowler had taken me here to torture me once
these ravioli were actually good

RAWvioli

Ravioli Beracasa hahahahaha

it was Sarah Perpich’s bday!

what else

night blossoms

since i am asleep at my desk this is very mellow for me

somnambulatory

wait i thought i spelled that right

ZZZZZZZZZZZdream of blossoms

my dream came true!

oh shit
DCT show
#kembraslang

new desks

hat fulla phones guess who?

how is every day a DCT day

then this thing!

DCT article

“tall and imposing”
what??? i will beat the shit outta you

hahahaha how is that for imposing maybe i am

the rugby comes out

when i am asleep at my desk

DCT all over this show

if i were in a graffiti crew it would be called DCT

am i right???

sisyphean turf wars

ha!

ok i am about to spoiler alert myself so i will just go home and sleep and awake to another Dream Come True exhibition at the Hole

see you guys tomorrow in Giverny!

big girls blouse

stretch it out
we have a bunch of old things to poke prod tease and pester us

this is what i was really looking back to see

i was looking back to see if you were looking back to see

i guess pat got a shot of dash finishing this piece! amazing

eating cereal like a baby

fantastic expression, that
“big girls blouse”
be sure it is not “big girl’s blouse” or “big girls’ blouse” that would change the meaning entirely

this is right when suzanne g and i almost ended up with DFW tattoos

oh man the other problem i created while looking at old photos was making a “nick outtakes” folder

i will prob foist that on you soon too

i saw this man on the street two days ago i shit you not

i think this is the last photo i took of pat…

i dont remember this at all where did this come from

sometimes i come to the conclusion that i am completely unloveable

then there were all these photos that must be from Rosson’s camera maybe?

i think rosson went to this
i wasnt there
looks awesome

ha ha
all clammmmmed up down there

is that supposed to be like “picasso south beach” ?

so many weird things

and lovely things WOW look at that dress

ha ha look at this old photo of jorge

maybe everyone at the hole should dye their hair white

is this really what my hair used to look like woah

maybe i should go back to brown

playduck is sponsoring our next show

this thing

hmm i should wear that big girl’s blouse more

i have hypothetically amazing drug addict eyes because they are so black you can never see my pupil size

fuck look at that asssss

nighlife kathy

bathtub turtle

outtakes

this is how i like nick best of all different nicks
nick up a tree!
the best

countenancing the past: and dont think that acting like a big girls blouse will get you out of it

the barking spider

we are in full install mode here and it is just about the funnest thing i can think of

eating sandwiches

taking photos of graffiti

back to basics

oh man nothing reboots the ol system like a spring bloom

joe brought some new dearrindrop clothes

spring fashions

super cute

smile

i like this little globule

we had a converse event

with miss lily food, amazing

i just wanna take photos of night blossoms

i think i finished this thing

oh no

haha

this is all that’s left of Billy’s

look a this thing

i bet roxy would do a good dye job on that thing

why is this the most fun show ever

the gallery is about to blossom

look at this shit

i am sittin in a lily pond

shit i had the best outfit yesterday oh well

today we walked around and looked at stuff

hmmm

ive been making new techno tennis stills to paint

i quite like this one

or maybe that

i dunno

maybe i should do somethign else for a while

like look at daffodils

just one daffodil!!!
much nicer than nice painting

we went back to brucennial to see more stuff

crabby

so much stuff!

this is kinda a cheap trick but very nice

i like christian’s boob on a rope

this i think was the most photographed piece

did brendan make this?
its hard there arent many names on the wall

little anslem reyle all the way up there

was staring at this guy in my place

while sitting on this couch
notice anything???

really freaked me out
im working on an article about Dash and had to go through my iphoto to visually prod myself and oh no, looks like the next post will be iphoto cleanup post….

just pee in your butt

jack said that to some dude who had to pee on the way to:

hotel party

it’s not a party till someone puts a lampshade on their head

nothing is better than being woken up by eggs and coffee

and cute things

hey

WWWWWhat should we do today

omg spring really puts a spring in my step

natural?

pinkberry floor is like gravel rice krispie treat
that i would want to eat
if i were not so full of pinkberry

Levi kept going back to his therapist but progress in uncertain

this was in a book at the Art Institute!!! amazing

amazing

cant resist
sorry you have to look at again
i sure enjoyed looking again!

look how nice he cleans up

we were happy

we make each other happy more than we make each other miserable
i think

we popped into a Marilyn Minter lecture

the lecture was great
i am her new huge fan

we went to Longman and Eagle and this is cheese

this is rabbit terrine

this is scallops with buttery butt sauce
(i drank many flights of whiskey)

this looks like a complex turd but is actually
maple cornbread pudding with burned olive oil ice cream and berries

BLARG! this is what that looks like

amazing
why is this thing just sitting out in the street?

the next day

Levi set a learning goal so we went on an architectural boat tour

soooo dorky

and amazing

we learned so many fun facts

like Streeterville
that this guy bought a boat, the boat got stuck in a sandbar, so the guy convinced his builder friends to dump their building trash all around him, making an island
he got drunk wtih his buddies and sold them plots of land for $1 each, they declared themselves an independent state, were essentially a lawless shantytown, the boat was full of guns, the cops were terrified, until one day they got caught selling liquor on a sunday and finally were shut down

we learned about the chicago fire, about the main guy who designed the city for the 1893 worlds fair this dude Burnham who build TWO HUNDRED buildings in six months after the fire.
he also created all the public spaces parks and different bridges

also how air rights works which is VERY interesting and defines the chicago skyline

then also how the guy who designed Wacker Drive, this complex and multi tiered loop of roadway that also defines the city, and built it in 1903!!! there were barely any cars back then and it is this super futurist amazing network that is better than any highway anywhere

they didnt say much about graffiti
maybe i should lead a graffiti tour
(i know nothing about chicago graffiti; Levi told me about this guy who writes NO TEEF and he has no teeth)

all i remember about this building is that she said Kurt Russel lives here. and Sammy Sosa. Who cares.

I didn’t take any photos of the rest of the day before my plane left at 5pm because I mostly just cried. I think I am hormonal. Or that life is crushingly sad and well lets just post a poem about it:

You left me – Sire – two Legacies –
A Legacy of Love
A Heavenly Father would suffice
Had He the offer of –

You left me Boundaries of Pain –
Capacious as the Sea –
Between Eternity and Time –
Your Consciousness – and me –

something fresh

that is the title of the PG Wodehouse book I am reading

“fresh” is also how i would describe eric’s work

as in “gettin fresh”

or “sealed for freshness”

fresh used to be jeffrey’s favourite word to describe good art

this piece makes me wanna barf i cant look at it i am horrified by it
what is this piece about???

all those baseballs on the walls: hilarious
–and sold!

robert lazzarini in the malborough booth with justin and jonah

looks like marlborough is trying to freshen their program a bit!

sayre

reeder

rando that i liked

scharf monster!

inchy

this artist was crazy looking. nick at kasmin told me about him

this booth had me until the cardboard started pokin out
STOP MAKING JUNK im over it

Richard Woods floor

who made this

may was in hurry

APF

simmons and burke

rando i liked

dirty mirror guy now making canvas bits
check

art fair dress

bjarne

mellegarde

no no thats not how to spell it

nordic artist focus group
we are going to focus on some northern artists here soon too

april will be full of surprises

everything here is getting refreshed march 31st!

pigs in trainin

terence house warmin

glow in the kathy

after squishy

omg its the theo + chelsea piece!

OMG the grossest tattoo removal bandage
i am just trying to scare any teens out there into not getting tattoos
i am not a tattoo fan myself
except on guys
sigh!

outta here

this trip will be hard to explain to those who dont know me so i guess i will just NOT explain

i know why the caged bird tweets

omg i have to pee i have been sitting out here four hours already

i had to check my laptop and suitcase at the hot food truck for five dollars

oh and some guy gave me a ride part of the way from the subway and then offered me money to give him a blowjob
DONT accept free rides to Cook County Correctional Facility, word to the wise

yay!

oh man

this is just what i wanted

from institutional use only bologna to beet and sunchoke crostini with salmon roe at Avec

pork shoulder something something
i feel bad not remembering everything

i dont know why we always go here

there must be something metaphorical happening

like, we like climbing on top of garbage

instead of being buried in it

we like to triumph over shit piles

put all the trash behind us

onward and upward

both these pictures i like

i will post both then

both these pictures i like

both these guys i like

breakin in to urban outfitters
hold on i gotta make two posts on this bed

exeunt, pursued by bear

oh man if you can only believe the hell that has been planning our April show

dont worry i will write all about it in the press release for whatever i come up with

its weird how much goes into show planning

is it weird to take pictures of one’s own hairballs
i thought this hairball was so pretty

this hairball is art
cuz i said so

may and i went to Prune because we both read the same John Waters book that said it was his favourite restaurant

may is the most textacular dinner date

GWARRRRRRGGGGG i am an angry beast today

i want everyone to do what i want at all times, is that too much to ask

do you think weird women who get manicures all the time get finger cancer?

things are changing
inching imperceptibly towards the better

spring is a sinking feeling and a melting into something

the schnabelvator

we had the funnest time looking at art

art poses

art hang out
does that new painting say MAY on it???

you get no more sneak peeks but it was pretty special to get to tour julian’s amazing house and studio and watch him paint. wow!

kembra is always saying “dream come true” this “dream come true” that

how many of my dreams can come true at once?

how much is that drummer in the window?

sitting with aurel seeing her new hubby and the virgins live at le baron was pretty dream come true

i have lots of dreams
i dream about the ocean all the time, i dream about sorting through piles of things a lot, i dream about cats chasing me. what else?

facebook people gave me fun painting advice

i like the guy that told me to put a sock in it
like literally attach my sock to the painting

maybe i need to get more experimental
here is an experimental street snack

woudl you guys think i was an insane person if i actually did a solo show by “new york city”

new york city wont cancel their show at the last second

new york city will do what i fucking tell it
new york city will not let me down!

here is a show that was like a year in the making!

i dont know whether this is the “official” opening of Suzanne’s gallery but it sure was a great show

apparently my hair is black light activated (!)

tee tee, a-ron

chris johanson

and jo jackson

martha cooper
lee quinones

pretty weird to be back in 76 grand street deitch! wont lie

had dinner with my favourite nordic collector JP and my favourite art power couple Eddie Martinez and Sam Moyer, whose show is up at Rachel Uffner by the way! and gonna be in the NYtimes maybe today!

yup here it is!

lucien is best restaurant for art dinners

spooky veggie thing

what is that oh no i hate runny egg!

speaking of runny look at May’s butt!
tattoo removal holy shit that looks painful

the cleanest this bathroom has ever been

halfway done with a new one!

i like this one so far

i like spring so far!
if only it will let me wrangle it!

la marchesa

how is it fucking march
here are the photos i owe you

so close to getting another plane halo
oh well

forgot who much i love getting stuck in teh window seat

and we’re here

and here!
TERRYWOOD at OHWOW

capital letters

A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S
one of the funner things about grafffiti is making acronyms about crew names

Bless This Mess

Down For Weiners

Eat Everything crew

Mad Society Kleptomaniacs

Dont Even Intimate The Cherished Halcyon (days of yore)

this was the best part
the photo he had of craze paparazzi
with lindsay lohan in front
getting paparazzid

you know

this was a cute note in the bouquet of flowers at the afterparty

may bouquet

Eberly

you know
afterparty

you know
room service

LA is craze
how awesome is this??

Ray bouquet

how would you like your may today?

she finished her big shoot and stopped having to diet so we went straight for the Astro Burger

Daniel Richter

at Regen Proejcts

peek a boo

URSus Major

Urs is major

May said the show looked like that Magritte painting

now we are at blum and poe
whose new show has singlehandedly changed the history of earth and minimal art

how many galleries can say that?

yes that is Murakami in the background

this is water

best part of LA
why don’t i do that in NYC?

waiting for Stefan

he is a rug dealer now

looks like he is onto some new shit

CHEN

Eric Cahan
stefan you really should put this in a window

Parker Ito

CHEN

Tauba

sheesh stefan is kinda exhausting

now the OS opening!

video

they moved when you moved your hand!

this floor installation was killer

these rule

kids love os gemeos

awkward family photo

this was the best one

sick

BEST EVER
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY
I WANT THIS FOREVER

see the bump?

see the PC?

weird painterly moments

ANDVANCED OP OS

their moms sewed this

yup

pretty awesome, PC!
keep it coming!

rushed rushed rushed to catch end of Rosson’s new opening

this made me think of owls

rosson in a corner?

this was my favourite

new painting and totally new look for Rosson, huh?

may’s bag looks like a scrotum

the dinner was funny because they just put one small morcel on the plate at a time
here is ONE ravioli for you

the afterparty for OS was super fun and someone gave us mushrooms and the photo after this photo is the first photo from last post and NOW!~ we are up to speed