Some interesting shows currently up in Chelsea. Here are some that I visited yesterday.
Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Security House, 2008-10, Wood veneer, shellac 93" X 122"
Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Forclosure at James Cohan Gallery. Her level of craftsmanship went up a notch compared to the last show. Was not sure whether she was making fun of or sympathetic to these “white-trash” looking people. Shirazeh Housiary at Lehman Maupin was just yawn inducing.
William Pope. L at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
Amy Sillman, Nose, 2010, Oil on canvas, 90 x 84 inches
William Pope. L’s landscape + object + animal at Mitchell-Innes & Nash was as usual thought provoking, and the installation of Snow Crawl video mesmerizing. I will have to come back for the performance on Saturday. Another noteworthy show was Nicolas Touron’s The Kingdon at Virgil de Voldère Gallery. But I had to end the short visit to Chelsea by going back to Amy Sillman’s show at Sikkema Jenkins on 22nd Street. She really makes gutsy gestural abstract paintings absorbing the influences of Guston, De Kooning and Gorky, but making it feminine and all her own. Go see it if you have not, yet.
I am a Korean-American painter living in New York city. I started this blog as a food blog, intending to share recipes (often requested by friends, as I am known to be a pretty good cook among my friends) and occasional restaurant reviews. As many of my Korean friends point out, all Koreans are obsessed about food (including me). I love shopping, making, looking at and reading about food, too. Food is my porn. Even my art is about food. Over the years, however, the blog evolved into sharing more of the things that interest me at the moment; classical music (especially opera), theater, books, French language, political and cultural ideas, and of course, food. I am also writing about the exhibitions that I am involved in as well as other exhibition reviews. In the end, I hope that I am showing my engagement as an artist with the society and the culture in general. Hopefully, some of it interests you, too.
