Kristin Lucas's top ten art picks for 2004
(listed in the order that she witnessed them)


1. Tom Moody online
http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/

2. Joe McKay's "Accidental MPegs". VertexList, Brooklyn, NY. January.

3. Paper Rad at Foxy Production, NY. April - May.
http://www.foxyproduction.com/ExhibitionPaperRad.html

4. Lisa Choinacky's "My Bodyguard". A drawing of a person about to take off on a motorcycle. Riding double is blue bear. Also her encaustic paintings of album covers. I bought "The Pretenders." Both works on presented by Fresh Up Club in Austin, TX. February and April.

5. Wangeshi Mutu, collage work
The Altoids Collection tour at ArtHouse Texas in Austin, TX. April. http://www.africana.com/articles/qa/ar20030305mutu.asp

6. Jude Tallichet's "It's All Good" from "Treble" exhibtion at Sculpture Center, NY. Curated by Regine Basha. May.
A pink and white pearl drum set hung upside down from the ceiling like a chandelier.
http://www.sculpture-center.org/pe_treble_img1.html
(roll over the images to 'no. 15' though not a great pic)

7. 2nd Grade Toy Inventions at Creative Research Laboratory in Austin, TX. "Now and Tomorrow" exhibition. June.
The Education Program of CRL in Austin worked with school teachers who then conducted art projects with students pre-kindergarden to 12th grade. My favorite was the 2nd grade project. They invented thier own toys, and exhibited them as if they were pitching them: a drawing, clay model, and a marketing profile outlining materials, noise, how to use it, age req., special effects, cost). My favorite toy was titled "Monkey". According to the available information, you throw it and it screams.

From the Austin Chronicle: "Alfred Galvan's Discoman, a blue and gold doll bursting with disco magic, is designed to be made of "plastic and solid gold" and sold for $4,000 under the slogan "Little Children Out of Site.""

8. The Infinite Fill Show at Foxy Production, NY.
My favorite works were Michael Bell-Smith's animation and Ryan Compton's hand-drawn sneakers on a brick wall pattern. July - Aug.
http://www.foxyproduction.com/Infinite.htm

9. Scott Hewicker's napkin drawings of cats with laser eyes. I keep finding them lying around abandonned. San Francisco, CA. Beginning in October.

10. Jovi Schnell at The Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, CA. November.

- sally mckay 12-31-2004 5:52 am




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