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I am back in New York and Peter Blum has a painting for us by Rosy Keyser, she is brilliant and worth her weight in gold. He described the work as HUMDINGER, a very American expression and I totally agree with him.
Then it was Sunday and we visit the photographer Josh Kolbo and he shows his beautiful and poetic work reminding me a little of Robert Morris. However the finish of the work gives me more of an impression of being a car hood than a photograph.
The studio is shared with Ned Vena who we will show in our painting show in May.
Chelsea turned out to be quite a spectacle and the galleries were stronger than ever making a post-Sandy comeback. Huang Yong Ping at Barbara Gladstone Gallery took my head off. Actually I believe he had taken a few of his animals’ heads off in his work called “Circus”.
Huang Yong Ping had managed to find the heads and had sewn them together on a rope.
The animals had been sewn together with the help of this Camel.
Then a little more serious but just as theatrical as Huang Yong Ping was the work of Olafur Eliasson at Tanya Bonakdar. He had managed turn water into beautiful glass objects. It was a trick of the eye but very beautiful.
Another show-stopper was Glenn Ligon’s neons at Luhring Augustine.
Lehmann Maupin showed fabulous work by Mickalene Thomas which she had produced when she was on a residency in Arles.
Jack Shainman was showing an African artist called El Anatsui. The work was magnificent and I would have loved to acquire this work for the collection but he is already well established.
The subject of Art or Not Art Came up this work by Lisa Spellman called Highway Divider at “The Perfect Show 2012” in Gallery 303.
I had great delight in visiting Marion Dana’s new space where she had a wonderful show curated by Chris Sharp. I particularly liked this work by Camilla Wills
We headed toward the basement at Ramiken Crucible and I was transfixed by the new photographs of the works by Lucas Blalock. We acquired a few for the collection.
The best part of the Bowery for me was visiting the New Museum. We meet first the longest and proudest Museum worker in New York. His name is Elon Joseph and he showed us the amazing new installation by Haroon Mirza.
Haroon's show.
Then the highlight of our whole trip was our visit to Marilyn Minter who may be a little older than me but has the spirit of a teenager. She looked fabulous posing amongst her wonderful paintings in her lively productive studio. Her assistants were from the four corners of the globe and her work was sexy and brassy and good.
Now it is holiday time and back to Miami. Why bother leaving the vicinity if I am already there? However this time no Miami Basel, just pure holiday.I forgot to mention at Miami Basel this lovely early painting by Damien Hirst called Happy Happy which definitely reflected the mood of Damien and Jay. The big news in Miami was the Larry G and Damien split.
The aftermath of the extraordinary show in town had left some great art still on show. We loved the work of Walead Beshty at the Bass Museum.
Also I found the work of Hans Peter Feldmann interesting. His work is not yet in our collection.
Muriel from the Cranford collection and I had time to check out the new fashions in Bal Harbour. The Cranford collection opens its first show in Madrid in February.
Roy did some painting hugging at the Mondrian.<br><br>
