Dave LaMorte, M-16’s, 2005, wood foam cardboard, handmade paper, steel, astro turf. 300 x 40 inches

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I’m out of town today so posting will be decidedly slim. In the meantime, I will leave you with the observation that the luxury housing developers 520 West Chelsea are now advertising in Artforum’s magazine. I’d post a picture of it above, but I loath the thought that a jpeg representing the high end condo business might replace legitimate art endevors.

Neil Rough 

I’m out of town today, so enjoy an old favorite: Photographer Neil Rough

I’m in Canada right now tying up some last minute family business so part two of the Automatic Update review will have to wait.  In the meantime I’ve posted a few more links to painters talking about painting courtesy of the commentor _Meh_.

Carroll Dunham part one of two

Carroll Dunham part two of two

Chuck Close part one of two

Chuck Close part two of two

Thomas Lendvai doesn’t reinvent the post-war wheel, but I’m a fan of any sculpture that imposes photographically pleasant limitations on the gallery space. Speaking of pleasing shots, it’s a whole new world at Art Fag City as we are now working with a new camera. Say goodbye to photo credits with disclaimers about our shitty camera, and hello to those that complain about our inability to work hand held digital devices. Photo credit AFC

Thomas Lendvai’s Between Pain and Boredom transforms Winkleman’s space, at least for the next month while on exhibition. As mentioned in the photo credit above, Lendvai isn’t about making ground breaking art, which is fine with me, since I’ve never thought artists should have to come up with something radically new in the first place. In Lendvai’s case, his work simply means to force visual disruption and physical interaction within a largely enclosed space. It’s actually a really fun and engaging piece to experience.

Matt Keegan, Any Day Now, Installation Detail, Photo credit, AFC

Probably my favorite show of the evening opened at D’Amelio Terras. Matt Keegan’s Any Day Now, was the runaway hit of the Thursday night receptions in my opinion, but since I have a full write up scheduled to appear Wednesday, I won’t be issuing any grand statements on the show. I will however note that D’Amelio Terras has the shiniest of all Chelsea floors. Such an observation may seem banal, but I truly believe that the floor would make even the most makeshift art look slick and commercially viable.

Notice: The majority of this post seemed to have disappeared after I wrote it Thursday evening. The above was rewritten Saturday and published. Apologies to artists and galleries mentioned.

Video by Julie Ruin (Kathleen Hanna), directed by video artist Sadie Benning. via bblagojevic

It’s sort of a shame since I’ve got all kinds of posts to be writing, but due to necessity, content will be a little slim on AFC until next week.  We have a lot of house cleaning projects to take care of prior to the art world opening up again September 6th.

In the meantime a couple of links of note:

Tomorrow I will be competing in ROFL! the Internet gong show at Joe’s Pub.  The competition starts at 9:30, and has turned out to be a really popular event, so do get your tickets early.  Personally, I am excited about taking on Miss Information.  I am guessing a lot of her found web content to be sex related, which should be, well, fun. Also note that Andrew Baron of Rocketboom  and Petra Cortright of Nasty Nets will be competing

ArtCal has relaunched!  I will talk more about the design next week, but in short, I can’t tell you how excited this makes the art Internet nerd in me.

Image via girls.c64.org

Remember how I mentioned Friday night that I might have a cold? I wasn’t wrong.

As a result, I’m taking the day off to get some sleep. However, I did manage to line up the above image for you all, a variation on last week’s Dungeons and Dragons porn. The image uses a commodore 64 to render the piece which reduces the painting to 16 colors. Technology brings us so much.

Heather Rowe, Persona, (Blue, black and beige), 2007, Wood, frame, mirrored glass, paint, 29.8 x w: 21.6 x d: 7.2 in

Well, I tried, but it looks like the last emerging artist will appear on the site this coming Monday. I’m out of town today, so that certainly puts a cap on what I can do during the day. In the meantime I encourage you to consider the work of Heather Rowe [above].

Also, I suppose inviting readers to come watch me surf the web “live” at Eyebeam with a bunch of dudes is a bit of a tough sell, but I invite you all regardless. Meet me there at 8:00 pm. Chances are I’ll be late. Because I always am.

FourFour aptly asks why Laura Dern is so confused in his write up of David Lynch’s Inland Empire.  I don’t get to have an opinion on the movie since I haven’t seen it, but being something a Lynch fan, the gif certainly meets our approval.

The next piece in the Emerging Artist Series is scheduled to post later today.

Richard Serra; “Core,” 1987; Paintstick on silkscreen; Sheet: 49 1/2 x 57 inches; Printed and published by: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA; Edition: 30 + proofs

After noticing that most galleries closed their summer shows this past Friday, I decided to run the emerging artist series this week;  after all, why not give people a few new artists to look at while Chelsea is down? The first piece in the series will appear later on today, but for those who prefer the real thing,  Susan Sheehan Gallery has an excellent black and white abstract print exhibition up until September 8th that includes three commanding Richard Serra prints.  I’ve included an image from their website, but it barely represents the power of the actual piece.

Full disclosure: I worked at Susan Sheehan Gallery 4 years ago.

I’m out of town again today, but I’ve lined up two early Indiegirl videos for your viewing pleasure. Witness the antidote to Lonelygirl.

Rantings of a Retail Drone 1

Rantings of a Retail Drone 2

We’re on the road today, but will return Tuesday.

Ilse Murdock

I had originally planned on running the Emerging Artist Series this week, but that’s not happening for a number of reasons not the least of which being the 28.8 Modem I happen to be working with. I’m on vacation all this week in Canada, so there won’t be a lot activity on this site during this time other than a few fresh links.

Maria Dumlao, Interrogation Mark, (cream livingroom) digital collage, 2006

The digital collages of Maria Dumlao may owe a lot to conceptual artist Martha Rosler, but it has to be said that Dumlao’s voice remains distinct in these constructed interiors, which suggest a quite dread simmering just beneath their cream colored surface.

In other news, Corporate America once again removes me from the city. I’ve got a bunch of content I’m pretty excited about scheduled to arrive in short order however, so look forward to that.

Well, this week is a wash, but there are some great projects in the pipe which will appear after the weekend.   I leave you with the work of Anne Polashenski.

Sometimes best intentions just aren’t enough to get a post up before 6 pm.  Luckily, there’s Tom Rubnitz to help you get through the last hour of work.