one million there may actually be one million things going on in my studio right now

one million art fairs to come

I'm back from one art fair (Scope New York) and now its time to work every night to prepare work for the next one called NEXT (Chicago), a little confusing to mention in conversation. Gracias ADA Gallery for giving me so many opportunities to show!

so I will be driving to Chicago in late April with a load of fragile sculptures

one million more pictures from Brigham's photoblog for those who haven't yet gotten enough of the Armory

one million photos i took at the Whitney Biennial...in my mind

After blogging a bit of the Armory I got a little excited about documenting art museums again after such a long hiatus without a camera. It was a real party balloon deflater however when the Whitney told me i couldn't take any photos...not even from their permanent collection! Before I realized this rule, I had taken my first photos of this David Hammonds piece on the top floor.

weird fake plants you ask? 

yes, very weird plants, dred locks growing from rocks and shedding wherever they please.

one million walks from the Armory up to Lincoln Center for Scope

John and Kirsten my ADA family

Sharing the stage with www.gianpierotti.com !

one million maybe interesting photos from two days at the Armory

Alexis in front of Bernard Frieze

I would have died to make this as an undergrad ( i tried to make one in steel)

Dawn Clements (see studio visit early on this blog from five years ago)

Pierogi Gallery's booth, may they continue to live long and prosper. 

this guy made me feel like i should take my figurine stacking to the next level. His statues are actually moving very slowly up and down on chains connected to a motor, hence the bits of cement you see on the pedestal as they rub against each other. I met him later, John somebody, nice dude.

can't go wrong with neon at the Armory 2010

(more on that at www.david-grainger.blogspot.com)

colors make us so excited!

these kids are so sexist.

i said it at the Allan Mcullom and i'll say it again, you can't go wrong with a little repetition

fascinating

not a real skull everyone, its carved from a phone book

this is how Australia stacks up

wish i wrote this painter's name down for Allan

one million returns to painting

My Brooklyn room a year ago, from which i now post as a visitor for the first time since leaving to Utah.

one million ways to stack some owls, a bunny, a cupid and other people, and an irish setter

one million things to draw in a middle school classroom

one million Ruel glimpses into my salt lake city studio

one million art favors i did for andy kozlowski three years ago on a trip to chicago

here you go andy! finally, the missing pieces to your portfolio.

one million soaps, trophy bases, and knife blocks

more from the GARFO show

with mom and her favorite piece, made of marble trophy bases

a soap workshop room, in process of being welded with water to a pedestal

one million soaps and where they used to stand

my new soap piece from the show Oh So Material at the GARFO of VAI in SLC.

one million awesome unexpected combos of Mexican artists and temples

Martin Ramirez and the St. George Temple

(thanks to Ben Howell for delighting me with this)

one million pipes on a roof

After three tries this year (rain and tardiness thwarted my first two visits) i was finally successful in reaching the roof of the Met to mingle with this masterpiece of plumbing by a favorite of mine, Mr. Roxy Paine

one million spectacles

Dear Music,
I'm late, but i'm back with a new hero.


Last night Jeffrey (on Paul Jacobsen's urging and jealousy) obtained free tickets to Spectacle, Elvis Costello's TV show, about songwriting. Its filmed in the famous Apollo theater of Harlem. The following clip is just for an example the interviewing that went on in addition to the concerts (i did not see the police).

The line up: JOHN PRINE - LYLE LOVETT - RAY LaMONTAGNE
Theme: one man (singer/songwriter) alone in the spotlight.


This song blew me away.


Lyle, always the gentleman, looked very sharp and complimented others sincerely profusely.



Mr. LaMontange, possibly even shyer than Michael Stipe (was).


All four legends kept talking about this one legend:
Townes Van Zandt, maybe my next hero.

one million spokes on post

3rd street and Avenue B.
Across the street from Mama's Foodshop...where you will find me tonight saying goodbye to New York.