Michael Mahalchick

Michael Mahalchick, at Museum 52, through 5/12.






Michael Mahalchick

Anya Kielar

Anya Kielar

Anya Kielar, in The Ankle Bones Are Higher on the Inside, at Museum 52... with Benjamin Degen, Julia Goldman, Dana Schutz. Reviewed by Roberta Smith in Friday's NYTimes.

Anya Kielar at Casey Kaplan, on anaba 2/2/09.
Anya Kielar in Without Walls, at Museum 52, on anaba 12/22/08.
Anya Kielar at Daniel Reich, on anaba 4/6/07.


A web of cut and collaged blue-painted canvas, loosely draped over a large plain canvas inset with rays of painted fabric shards.

Joe Bradley and Sarah Braman at Museum 52

Joe Bradley, Bax, 2009 - Crooked door, top hat, leaning building. I don't know what Bax means, but he makes good titles... one of the paintings from the Schmagoo show was called Abelmuth, which is probably a reference to the Dick novel Radio Free Albemuth... don't know if Bradley's re-spelling is intentional or was a typo.

Jason Fox presented a copy of Radio Free Albemuth in the display case at his recent Peter Blum show... Fox was included in Bradley's Peanut Gallery.

Joe Bradley and Sarah Braman at Museum 52.


Sarah Braman, Wrong Thing, 2009


Sarah Braman, Love Lock Future, 2009


Sarah Braman, July Again, 2009

Joe Bradley is also currently included in the Steve DiBenedetto-curated show at David Nolan. I don't think I'll get a chance to see it, but it looks good... lots of interesting artists including Tony Feher, Malcolm Morley, Larry Poons. Steve DiBenedetto's show at SUNY Albany was fantastic.


Took this photo at Tony Feher's current show in the front room at D'Amelio Terras... nice... sort of like one of Lynda Benglis's glittery twisties. Red + Blue is always nice. Plus, saw Tony Feher at Bennington early this month... more red and blue - (buckets) - suspended from the ceiling.

RELATED: Sarah Braman at Armory Show, Sarah Braman at Apartment Show XOXO, Joe Bradley at Canada with a LOT of good comments to read.

Sarah Braman

Sarah Braman, at Museum 52, at the Armory Show.

She had the whole booth, and it looked great. I was talking to her and sort of captivated because it looked so good with two pieces in the background on either side, but our attention(s) were diverted before I could get a picture.

I saw her Museum 52 show last year, and the smart two-person show with Joel Shapiro at Andrea Rosen, and the piece at Artist's Space a couple weekends ago... liking it more and more each time.

Sarah Braman, at Museum 52, at the Armory Show.

Without Walls, at Museum 52

Matthew Lusk - like

Without Walls, at Museum 52 - more than fifty artists on two floors; the artists were instructed only that the walls were not to be used, and given approximate dimensions. The dimensions and layout sort of remind me of Keith Tyson's Large Field Array (which reminded me of Martin Kippenberger's The Happy End of Franz Kafka's Amerika)...  and also the first version of the nearby New Museum's Unmonumental, with the bare walls.

Nathan Carter - little David Smith dreamcatcher thing....

So much personality in the work in this show....

David Altmejd -  a Gremlin thing.

David Altmejd - looks so fluffy and light on the floor.... you need to study it close to see it's made up of casts of open mouths and ears... creepy magic.

i see a howling wolf shadow

can you see it?

Ryan Johnson - his Guild & Greyshkul show looked good.

Anya Keilar - liked her work at Daniel Reich last year...  I guess she is not with him anymore, she's got a show coming up at Museum 52.

The gallery is closed December 21st through January 6th. Show closes January 17th!!!