Mickalene Thomas: The Origin of the Universe at Brooklyn Museum

1. Picasso Black and White Picasso is back, this time in black-and-white. Only. Before Picasso, few painters depicted the world without color. This thrilling show of over 100 works will put forward his massive graphic power and also demonstrate how much can be done with little. Socks should be knocked off. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; opens Oct. 5.

2. Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists; Fifty Years It wouldn’t be a museum season without a Warhol show, and the Met’s jump into the Warhol ruckus is a look at the ever-expanding cloud of artists who emanate from Andy. The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Sept. 18–Dec. 31.

3. Wade Guyton OS Of all the artists not in the Met’s Warhol show, Wade Guyton is the one who today may be doing the most to extend Andy’s reproductive processes. This mid-career survey will let us see just how germane these investigations are. Whitney Museum of American Art; Oct. 4–Jan. 13.

4. Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos The New Museum continues its ever-improving march toward non-annoying excellence with this three-floor show of a German artist who since the seventies has pushed boundaries around social sculpture, craft, political art, neo-conceptualism, and elegant beauty. The New Museum; Oct. 24–Jan. 21.

5. Mickalene Thomas: The Origin of the Universe
Few artists hit you with a glammed-up multicolored retinal blast as shocking and smart as Thomas’s. Her massive landscapes and portraits embellished with rhinestones, enamel, and paint exude sheer aesthetic gall and visual intelligence. Brooklyn Museum; Sept. 28–Jan. 20.

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That’s right, HOOLIGANISM

Not just for the struggling artist, NYU now offers a certificate in the highly competitive field of art handling. Classes such as “Object Care and Display for Collections Managers” and “Exhibition Design: Practices Workshop” teach fledgling installers how to use a measuring tape and a level.

Now, that’s money well spent!

Patrick Jacobs
Raked Leaves (2011)

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Excellent write up by Cool Hunting!!

“Hello.”

“Did I wake you up?”

“Why do people always ask me that? It’s 3pm here.”

“Can we say ‘demimonde’?”

“‘Demimonde’?”

“Yeah, in press releases or whatever…?”

“Let me see…’Demi-monde refers to a group of people who live hedonistic lifestyles, usually in a flagrant and conspicuous manner. The term was commonly used in Europe from the late 18th to the early 20th century, and modern use often refers to that period—citation needed…Its connotations of pleasure-seeking contrasted with wealth and high-class behavior make it comparable to the later jet set or nomenklatura.’…maybe I’m in the nomenklatura…”

“Are your subjects hedonistic? Do they seek pleasure?”

“MANDY? DO YOU SEEK PLEASURE?”

“I SHOULD WALK DRAX FIRST.”

“WOULD IT BE FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE YOU AND YOUR IMMEDIATE COHORT AS ‘HEDONISTIC’?”

“IN STRIKING CONTRAST TO THE DESCRIPTION OF EXISTENCE OF LIFE AS A NEUROTIC PLEASURE/PUNISHMENT CYCLE AS ENVISIONED BY FREUD, LACAN, AND MOST POST-STRUCTURALIST THEORISTS, I GENERALLY HOLD TO THE NOTION HELD BY CERTAIN POST-DARWINIAN PSYCHOLOGISTS THAT THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE, CONCEIVED OF AS POSSIBLY A LONG-TERM BUT NOT TRANSCENDANT PROJECT, IS ACTUALLY EXHAUSTIVELY DESCRIPTIVE OF A CERTAIN KIND OF WHOLLY PSYCHOLOGICALLY EXPLICABLE AND SUSTAINABLE POSITION VIS-A-VIS ALL HUMAN INTERACTIVITY. AS DO, IMPLICITLY OR EXPLICITLY, MOST OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE ADULT INDUSTRY WITH WHOM I AM ACQUAINTED AND, INDEED, MOST PEOPLE UNALLIED WITH THE RECEIVED METAPHYSIC OPENLY ESPOUSED BY PROPONENTS OF BOTH ORGANIZED AND DISORGANIZED RELIGIONS AND COVERTLY ASSUMED IN THE ACADEMIC PSEUDOLEFT. NOT UNLIKE THE SITUATIONISTS, I SEE HUMANITY ESSENTIALLY ENGAGED IN A CONTINUAL AND CONTINUALLY-FRUSTRATED ‘WAR OF LEISURE’ WHEREIN THE ASSERTION OF ANY FORM OF ‘EMPTINESS’ AT THE CENTER OF THE PLEASURE PROJECT IS SIMPLY A CONTINUOUS RE-NAMING OF THE WEAPON OF A CLASS ENEMY OLDER THAN TEOTIHUACAN OR THE PYRAMIDS. HAVE YOU SEEN THE DOG’S LEASH?”

“WELL ANDY WANTS TO SAY ‘DEMIMONDE’.”

“I HAD WEIRD SEX WITH A SKINNY ASIAN GIRL ON GLENN DANZIG’S CAR.”

“I think you can say ‘demimonde’.”

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