Tonight I missed Innerscapes by Rachel Madden but I would have rather had seen that show than what was at Six Feet Under (which I did end up seeing);  I just did not show up on time.

INNERSCAPES
Paintings by Rachel Madden
July 13 – September 3, 2006

Opening reception: Thursday, July 27, 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM

NY Studio Gallery
is pleased to present paintings by Rachel Madden.These intimate, mesmerizing oil on canvas landscapes relay an intrinsically meditative quality springing from the human condition of hope amid despair. 

Hopefully this picture is not too large (in pixel size) or else I’ll need to resize it.

Kinda similar, in some respects to Bonnard’s work and does not have a title and is 24 x 30 inches.   Had I arrived earlier – this would have been the show to see.

I have a problem with making it over to the West Side – its’ really out of the way for me.  The galleries that have taken over Chelsea are mixed in with moving companies and the remains of the 3rd Avenue EL.  I have mixed feelings about having so many galleries that far west.  On the good side – you can hit several openings at one time; on the bad side – it’s really an effort to go there in the first place.

I wish the galleries would do something extra to encourage more people to come over to Chelsea – like provide a free meal, or a free something – I don’t know – I just think that sticking all the galleries in Chelsea does not quite feel right or natural – but maybe that’s just me.  I liked all this stuff down in Soho much better. 

And By the way, Park Slope and Brooklyn is up and coming and maybe thats’ the place to be.  Forget about Chelsea, go and build all these galleries in Park Slope.

I showed up to a video installation of Lutz Bacher’s Scences from the Ring at the Six Feet Under Gallery in West 26th street and 10th Avenue.

Jarrett Gregory – July 27th
featuring Lutz Bacher

Six Feet Under is a theme-driven annual summer series featuring six proposals by six curators. As in previous years, the purpose of the series is to offer each curator and artist a weeklong opportunity to tackle White Box’s unique architecture and its six feet below ground exhibition space. The exhibitions are viewed through White Box’s sidewalk-level large window, lobby and in [VideoBox], a division of White Box located in an adjacent outdoor window.

This last and final edition brings to an end the six-year long series with a topic that specifically addresses the impact and scope of the Chelsea Arts District real estate development. Six young and emerging curators are invited to select six galleries, each of which will then suggest an artist to work with. The artists will present and install a work that reflects upon the realities and relationships of Chelsea’s artists’ studios and galleries versus the rampant real estate speculation that has resulted in forever-escalating costs affecting the entire arts industry. Perhaps the real question is whether or not there is complicity between all the forces at play and why some artists and galleries end up losing and others win, which in turn will affect, in unknown ways, the community we have forged.

Organized by Juan Puntes

However, the show I saw does not match up with the program notes, above.  I have usually had a hard time understanding or accepting Video Art in Galleries (presented much as paintings would be) as I don’t understand what the message is  – and I usually haven’t been able to “get it”.  I did not “get it” tonight either.

I love the online videos from YouTube, Google Video, IFilm, etc, that I can stream on my website - but I don’t understand the message and economics here.

For any of ArtNYC’s readers – my work is in both Art and Analytics – Web Metrics to be exact.   I had an interview of me recorded last month at the ClickZ Online Video Conference in NYC.  The Podcast of that interview was just published tonight and incase you want to listen to it, here it is:

Marshall’s Podcast

Enjoy!

Not sure I’ll make it over to the NYU MA Thesis Group Exhibition but it sounds good…

80 Washington Square East Galleries

“NYU MA Thesis Group Exhibition,” Adrienne R. Adar, Irina V. Davis, Matilde Delich, Val Desjardins, Seth A. Firestone, M. Wesley Ham, Jean E. Lee, Pablo Lopez, Robin Oelkers, So Hyun Park, Alexandra Sullivan & Flynn Thomas, June 7-29

“NYU MA Thesis Group Exhibition,” Leslie Carlson, Alicia Cuccolo, Jamie Dwyer, Joyce Haut, Jason Maddock, Chong-Ok Matthews, Ljubisha Milenkovic, Sarah Orner, Elizabeth Perlin, Annie Sailer, Sharon Claire Talmor, Maria Vacas & Ana Zalacain, July 26-Aug 4