The Wizard of Speed and Time
By Mike Jittlov, 1979. Pretty rad stuff. I like the way all those girls are like “HEY TAKE ME TO CLEVELAND!”
Shaun Kessler
So awesome: graphics ripped from b-ball t-shirts of the early Jordan era, crossed with an episode of Flash Gordon featuring wormholes and teleportation devices. More at the artist’s website. Or here:
John McCracken
Everyone’s favorite metaphysicist has a new show at David Zwirner opening on Sept. 11:
My own work has puzzled me-especially as it relates to the plank. I kept wondering if I was being habitual or obsessive or responding to demand, or if there was more to this plank form than I consciously realized. I wondered if [...]
More Horse Lulz
Mini ponies!! If you are blind, and allergic to dogs, then you could get yourself a little tiny pony that will even sleep in the bed with you. Be sure to check out this vid of Cuddles (above), who is not only potty-trained but will poo on command. (The magic word is “bombs away.”) And [...]
Public Art
Roberta Smith is a straight-up genius. This isn’t a genius article, but here she rounds up notable recent works of public art, and makes a seemingly obvious point: It’s finally gotten good. Her article is a good scrapbook of good shit from the last 15 years:
ART adores a vacuum. That’s why styles, genres and mediums [...]
Lebbeus Woods
An interesting article about Woods—pegged to a new show at MoMA. He’s the quintissential paper architect, who produces drawings rather than buildings. The article makes him seem valiant, rather than retarded and naive (which is where my inclination lies):
In the early 1990s this irreverent New York architect produced a series of dark and moody renderings [...]
What is this building?!!
Anyone know? More pictures here. It’s amazing—like something straight out of a Borges story. (My fave might be Tlon, but the effects of these stories build upon one another, making it hard to get the full force by reading just one.) Via ***/*
UPDATE: Thanks to Mark: I found out that it’s a “step-well” in India.
Josh Mannis
I’d never heard of Mannis before, but Fecal Face has an interview up and now I’m kind of intrigued. (Check out this amusing video.) His works seems very much in the vein of the faded psychedelia we’re seeing so much of lately.