"I always say that inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work."

--Chuck Close

(Photograph by Terri Hooper.)

(Photograph by Michael Jenner.)

@ the center of the contiguous continental United States now (click here)

Omer Fast's The Casting at the Cleveland Art Museum right now:




I got to see this at the Whitney a while back. Two discrete narratives from the experiences of a U.S. army Sergeant in Germany and Iraq are brilliantly and confoundingly imbricated in this 4-channel video installation--with a completely surprising ending. Go and see his work if you get the chance.

Lake Erie:

Rauschenburg's White Painting (1951) at the SFMOMA today:

"There is nothing else but my work. My dear ones, I have been well and I have been working and my way of working is challenging. For this reason I always feel extremely anxious. I am not content and perhaps will not ever be satisfied with my work, not even for one day."

--Arshile Gorky

Nancy Rubins at Gagosian today:

A Chris Johanson at Roberts and Tilton today:

Jefferson's Monuments:








A recent legislative agreement to dismantle four controversial dams on California’s and Oregon’s mighty Klamath River has been described as the largest river restoration effort in all of U.S. history. These dams have straddled nearly one hundred years of protracted conflict over the abundant economic resources offered up by this historically bountiful waterway, and now the conflicts (along with the dams) appear to be heading for closure. This video memorializes these imperiled, unexpectedly grand, and undeniably problematic monuments in their dramatic Cascade Range environment. (© 2010, running time: 8 minutes.)