I was over at Spot Draves opening last night, which was great (wish I was there when the hallway was darker) and ran into Phillip Torrone of Make Magazine, who I have spoken with before.

Was good to see Spot again, and I think this exhibition space, which I often pass, has potential (wish the New York Times would come over and see it at night).

Speaking to Phillip was a great opportunity as I also found out a bit about what kind of person reads Make Magazine and I got to invite Phillip Torrone to Amy Crehore’s Opening at Ad-Hoc-Art on July 25th.

Jenn Porreca, Amy Crehore, Molly Crabapple, Ewelina Ferruso & Lizz Lopez

July 25th – August 24th, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday, July 25th, 2008

more details soon

Here’s a video I made last night at Spot’s opening.

All I can say is the  J. M. W. Turner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was fantastic.  I was never a Turner fan, his work was interesting, but somewhat “unresolved” – and yet there were paintings I liked, particularly the Venice paintings – but when you see all of see so much of J. M. W. Turner work in one place – all the paintings seem to look different – and I appreciate them much more – which is why I spent almost 3 hours on Saturday afternoon, in the J. M. W. Turner exhibition area.

The New York Times just published a long article about the Storm-Tossed Visionary of Light- Turner.

Hard to believe, but this show, which has been organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Met in association with the Tate, is the first major retrospective in this country devoted to Joseph Mallord William Turner.

The show was exhausting, but I think, well worth seeing.

This show may be wearying because there is something imperious and impersonal about the sheer force of Turner’s ambition. It is almost as if his drive to capture nature or history in motion was so intense that it didn’t leave room for anyone else, including the viewer. Maybe that’s why despite all his hard work and even the majesty of his vision, you can emerge from this exhibition impressed but oddly untouched, even chilled.

I found there’s so much blog spam that is in my comment stream that it’s not worth going through it to fish out the occasional comment that’s real – ongoing, I turned commenting off, not because I want to, but due to not having the time to wade though all the spam