a thing in 65 photos in 2012 art showing 2012 only · show all years Awesome wheatpaste transformation of the facade on the corner of 7th & C. This was one of thirteen awesome interactive portals (see the QR code at the bottom?) hidden throughout the East Village by artists Nicolina Johnson and Perola Bonfanti . As your footsteps vibrated the soil, the lights on the ceiling would dance. Very dreamlike and beautiful! ...and a whole field of grass with light rods that projected light-rings onto the floor of the elevated building above! ...Chaim Soutine's Order out of Chaos . (This was excellent! I wish I could've taken some photos in the gallery). Portrait of Dali by Philippe Halsman entitled... ...and you see a caricature of the artist! This form of graphical projection is called Anamorphosis . I also really liked this painting At first glance it looks like some kind of mosquito-like insect, but then you notice the metal cylinder... Knee-key, bottle-leg, lobster-claw detail. The sculpture installations are pretty great. I'd never really gotten to see all that much of Dali's work. I liked a lot of the stuff they had at this museum. Spotted this space invader on the way down. Loved the piece next to it: A bird holding a rat from a record cut-out. So neat. Next I headed over to... Awesome flower of life stencil I saw on my walk over to the... ...Musee du Luxembourg. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that some museums in Paris are open until 7 or 8pm. The height of the ceilings and incredible windows are stunning. Close up of the condemned, in chains, being led to hell. I like how there's a devil at both the front, and end of the line. The guy in the back is so excited to shepherd everyone to hell. He's like the worst camp counselor of all time. "It represents the Last Judgement as described in the Gospel of Saint Matthew.
On the lower lintel, the dead are being resuscitated from their tombs. Just above that, on the upper lintel, the archangel Michael is weighing their souls according to the lives they led on earth and the love they showed to God and to men. The chosen people are led to the left towards Heaven (to Christ’s right) and the condemned are lead to the right, to hell, by a devil." Above the entrance of Notre Dame, an incredible bas relief called The Portal of the Last Judgement . I bought this amazing drawing of Japanese schoolgirls from friend and favorite artist, Vin Ganapathy . (Covered with tissue paper about to be framed). ...for the final day of sitting practice. Yvette Mattern's "Global Rainbow", a super-neato light installation projected from the Standard hotel. Rainbow lasers in the sky on Tuesday night when I walked over to the West Village to meet up with Meredith (for our last session of couples therapy). Hung this painting I love in my living room. Maybe I'm just partial to the captioned-photo format, though. Strong stuff. My favorite thing there was Carrie Mae Weems' "From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried" (1995-96) They are strange. Got to see Leo Tanguma's "conspiracy murals" in the Denver Airport. Not only is Theresa a talented and prolific painter, she also puts on elaborately staged performance pieces as well. I don't think she would've have approved of the artwork in the men's room! Mons pubis to bellybutton chipshot. Scandaleux! Huge carved buddha head on the porch. Snapped a few more pics of artwork I liked while we were packing up and cleaning. I got lost in this intricate woodcarving hanging in one of the hallways. ...and a house filled with beautiful art works. On Thursday I went to a client that has office space in Marc Ecko's building. Crazy mural when you enter. "The mural, designed by Ecko, puts visitors on the red carpet being photographed by paparazzi as they enter the front door." (source ) Enjoyed watching this guy paint at the dog park. My change included a dollar with a message. Proverbs 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Later that afternoon I went to the Chrysler Building building for the very first time to meet with a new client who has offices there. The guy in this Alice Neel painting from 1971 looks just like David Cagiarri ! Alex Hartley It was a long time ago , 2011.Here are some pics of things I liked! Bench. Yarn, not paint! Los Carpinteros Two motors on the floor with pieces of rotating oak tag attached... ...when they collided, they'd push each other up into the air. Gorgeous. ...mostly made of BEADS! I loved these paintings which upon closer examination turned out to be... ...that featured this portrait. (Very similar to the V/H/S movie poster that came out just a few weeks later!) Gregor Hildebrandt? Lutz Bacher Big Boy , 1992Especially, this one. As you approach it, you can see that the inside... ...is made of mirrors! Whoa. I liked these hanging sculptures. ...80lbs of lipstick. I also really liked this sculpture that was stuck to the wall and looked like it was made out of... Meredith's sketch of Vin! This entire room was filled with TVs that are making crazy patterns. Megatron Matrix by Nam June Paik. Not for the epileptic . I first saw Alex's art when I came into NYC during my high school years when I somehow ended up wandering into the Psychedelic Solution Gallery in the early 90s. The documentary features a ton of his mindblowing art. Back at the apt I watched the awesome documentary The Sacred Chapel of MIrrors, about the art of Alex Grey, on Netflix. Grey skies over the garden. 
