steven parrino at gagosian
rc baker for vv
It took me 20 years to get Steven Parrino’s work. From the time I first saw his art, in the mid-80s, I almost always dismissed it as mannered, Romantic, formulaic, conceptualist-formalist heavy-metal boy-art abstraction. But thanks to a very large survey of his work in no fewer than seven of Gagosian’s handsome Madison Avenue galleries, I’ve come around. Yes, he is mannered and repetitive, but that’s on purpose. saltz for an and nym
art lovers
black noise
Gagosian presents all this with its customary immaculate finesse, which is, of course, a problem. Live anarchy is missing. In a 1998 note about arranging the pickup of work for a European solo exhibition, Mr. Parrino wrote to a dealer: “Nothing needs to be protected. Don’t worry about damaging anything. (Damage is good.) Nothing will be for sale. All will be thrown out after the show. Nothing has value. This will be one of my BEST shows.” I bet it was. I wish I’d seen it. HOLLAND COTTER
the show was great, the drawings the best part.....
frieze
Which band was it that released an album with no cover so that resulting scratches from the bins would contribute to the sound?
that sounds like a christian marclay stunt.
its kind of funny reading all these repentant reviews after neglecting the dude all these years. oh i see they are worth millions so they must be good. woops.
Back in 2000, during our first Persona Volare show, we defaced a Christian Marclay record by using it as our beer sign for the opening.
I heard about the record in the early 80's and assumed it was a punk outfit, but yeah, it does sound like a Marclay thing.
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- bill 1-04-2008 12:33 am
rc baker for vv
- bill 1-04-2008 12:38 am [add a comment]
saltz for an and nym- bill 1-04-2008 12:42 am [add a comment]
art lovers
- bill 1-04-2008 1:01 am [add a comment]
black noise
- bill 1-04-2008 1:03 am [add a comment]
- bill 1-04-2008 1:12 am [add a comment]
the show was great, the drawings the best part.....
- Skinny 1-04-2008 1:15 am [add a comment]
frieze
- bill 1-04-2008 1:22 am [add a comment]
Which band was it that released an album with no cover so that resulting scratches from the bins would contribute to the sound?
- steve 1-05-2008 9:39 am [add a comment]
that sounds like a christian marclay stunt.
- bill 1-06-2008 1:41 am [add a comment]
hey steve see 008 here.do you think thats it? i wouldnt be surprised if he lifted the concept from a real punk band though im not finding any mention of it out there. i always enjoyed cm's audio work immensely but no so much the objects de arte.
- bill 1-06-2008 11:14 pm [add a comment]
its kind of funny reading all these repentant reviews after neglecting the dude all these years. oh i see they are worth millions so they must be good. woops.
- bill 1-06-2008 1:44 am [add a comment]
Back in 2000, during our first Persona Volare show, we defaced a Christian Marclay record by using it as our beer sign for the opening.
- L.M. 1-06-2008 2:38 am [add a comment]
I heard about the record in the early 80's and assumed it was a punk outfit, but yeah, it does sound like a Marclay thing.
- steve 1-06-2008 7:29 am [add a comment]