Thursday, May 21, 2009

Art Block

No amount of coffee seems to help. So I have been looking at art on the net. I was told about this gallery, Maccarone, by my buddy Jacob who lives in the city. It is run by Vito Schnabel, Julian's son, and the paintings below are by Nate Lowman, boyfriend of Mary-Kate Olsen. He makes work that is all over the place, which I love. And it isn't labored over, which I also love.
http://www.maccarone.net/




The other gallery I looked at was Luhring Augustine, where Janine Antoni shows, another favorite of mine. Currently they have an exhibit of large paintings by Albert Oehlen. They feel like late Warhol's to me. I like the large scale and simplicity of the work. I always want my work to be like that. I think that is where the block is coming from. I am almost done, and I don't want to do too much.

http://www.luhringaugustine.com/