This is continued from yesterday, you might want to scroll down for the earlier post…
Eric Brown at Goff+Rosenthal
Beautiful presentation – very interesting use of volume and space. Faint echoes of Italian Futurism and modern architecture. Super clean lines, smart transparency with touches of the human hand. That said for some reason the show left me a touch cold and I’m not sure why, because in theory I should like this show a whole lot more than I do.
Keith Haring at Alona Kagan Gallery
I love Keith Haring – especially his early work and this show of 6 or 8 drawings were produced during December 80 and January 81 – this is the critical time period of Haring’s ascending star. 4 of these are subway drawings – one is actually a movie poster with comments on Haring’s work next to the drawing. This is a fun show – it’s not going to change your mind (about Haring in either direction) but it does give a view of what was to come and where it started. Recommended.
Bodo Korsig at Cynthia Broan
I found this to be an interesting show of personal iconography – really nothing universal but at the same time deeply personal. Black reliefs that seem to come from a background of cave painting modernized to somehow connect with a viewer living in modern times. Interesting…
Mapplethorpe/Warhol @ Sean Kelly
This is really a Mapplethorpe show – the Warhol’s are primarily Polaroids and seem like prep images for portraits. To me the true stars of this show are the two portraits of Patti Smith that were out takes from the “Horses” album cover session. Since I’m a complete sucker for that record and Patti Smith in particular – I was curious to know what a secondary Mapplethorpe would go for – $18,000. Interesting show but really mostly a celebrity picture show. Not terribly interesting unless you resonate with a particular image as I did with the PS portraits. Your mileage may vary.