Erik Prince is hot. Yes, I mean that Erik Prince, Blackwater founder, guru of mercenary contractors committing war crimes during the War on Terror largely outside the bounds of human rights laws, and more recently, Trump buddy who allowed Project Veritas goons to scamper all over his Wyoming ranch. The Erik Prince who never met … Continue reading
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Singled Out: Living As Stereotypes In Mike Kelley’s “Singles’ Mixer”
A girl in KISS makeup, a hillbilly, a computer nerd, a couple of witches and four Black women walk into a singles’ mixer. Although it reads like the start of a hack joke, Mike Kelley’s sculptural and multichannel video installation Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #8 (Singles’ Mixer), currently on view at Luhring Augustine’s Bushwick gallery … Continue reading
Unusual Vitrine Shopping in Chelsea: Artworks in Glass Boxes
Two next door neighbor exhibitions in Chelsea are making these invisible walls actually visible for the viewers. Luhring Augustine’s Reinhard Mucha show titled Hidden Tracks and Andrea Rosen Gallery’s new Josephine Meckseper exhibition presents actual vitrines as components of the artworks. Continue reading