Will Kurtz @ The Mike Weiss Gallery
I was early for week 3 of my surfSET surf camp at Chelsea Piers this afternoon so I popped into a few galleries on 24th street to kill some time. It's been ages since I've done a gallery tour and I miss them, but every time a tour came up I was either surfing or away somewhere, so I haven't been able to make one yet. One additional perk of the position I talked to the folks at Company2 about is that the office is in Chelsea, close enough for some lunchtime art without the weekend crowds. It was really busy down there today, although I'm guessing the Damien Hirst exhbit, The Complete Spot Paintings, is a significant draw at the moment. I couldn't even be bothered to go into that gallery, it looked to be bursting at the seams, but I was very glad I stopped by the Mike Weiss Gallery and saw Will Kurtz's exhibit, Extra F***ing Ordinary, of life sized sculptures of New Yorkers, largely using newspaper, whom the artist photographs stealthily via his iPhone. This newspaper dog was my favorite, I love the texture of his fur.
The exhibit runs through February 18th. Catch it if you can.
4 comments:
From newspaper? WOW...now I can't look at newspapers the same way again he he...
Isn't he amazing? I think even the tongue is newspaper!! The exhibit was great.
oh, to be an artist and create art all day!
very cool sculpture.
Hi Kitty, it's a nice idea right!! Although I've been told by the guy who runs NY Gallery Tours that most artists - even the ones showing in Chelsea - have day jobs and spend their free time on their art, which makes me feel extremely lazy!!
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