Wednesday May 14, 2008

May gallery walk

You missed Christina Lei Rodriguez’s show at Perrotin, right? Shame, because it’s gorgeous. By dropping the overt references to natural forms, the new work achieves a sort of post-apocalyptic disco grandeur.

Detail.

Take an exterior wall, paint it flat black, and write something on it in block letters. It’s pretty hard to miss, as Locust has been demonstrating for the last few months.

Amber Hawk Swanson’s sex-doll twin shows off her business end. As you lean in to look, a camera’s watching you, with a live feed showing on a screen on the other side of the wall.

Photos of the doll making friends accompany the installation. These leave something to be desired, actually.

Map Magazine’s coffee lounge. Cold espresso in little cans distributed.

In a trailer at the back of the lounge, Snitzer’s trailer hold’s COOPER’s latest work, ass-kick