one million new york adventures with an aritst prodigy

Meet "Granteeny", a visual/conceptual artist prodigy (seen here being jealously karate kicked at by his artist father) whose work you may find linked to the title of this post.






His father and I considered ourselves prodigies through college and on until we realized that the cut-off year for being a prodigy is age 33; a number i meet in less than seven days.
















Granteeny after critiquing my work at the opening of "Commune"






ShakeShack











Yayoi Kusama at one of the Gagosians


















Ernesto Neto at the Armory

The awe of the Guggenheim
The awe of Dylan's Candy Bar
































it was a great week

one million summer shows

BLACK & WHITE GALLERY is pleased to host COMMUNE – group exhibition organized by the independent curator and critic Dominique Nahas.





Curated by Dominique Nahas

May 21 - June 27, 2009

Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 6-8pm







COMMUNE brings together twenty-two nationally and internationally recognized artists whose diverse and surprising works examine networks of forces brought to bear by exchange through the social bond, be it through family, fellowship of friends, lovers, school affiliations, secular and religious organizations, class structures, collectives, and nations.

NORIKO AMBE, OSVALDO BUDET, BRIAN BRESS, CAROLINA CAYCEDO, JARED CLARK, BLANE DE ST. CROIX, OANA FARCAS, CAOIMHGHIM O FRAITHILE, CHARLEY FRIEDMAN, CHITRA GANESH, ISHII HIDENORI, ODED HIRSCH, STEVE KEISTER, JULIA KUNIN, OLIVER LUTZ, MAURIZIO PELLEGRIN, JOHN POWERS, MICHAEL REES, PETER ROSTOVSKY, JULIANNE SWARTZ, JACQUES LOUIS VIDAL, ROBERTO VISANI





The Studio I've been sharing with Alexis Semtner to make work for the show