THE PIT

Get your squirrel on.

This summer's shows at the LES galleries are pretty fun. And rather than write about them all, I'm going to stick to my favorite thing: posting pics.

Squirrel images are from Mario Ybarra Jr.'s "Black Squirrel Society" exhibition at Lehman Maupin's space on Chrystie. Bottom row thumbnails are of SUNDAY gallery, which I didn't manage to get into. They were by appointment only that day. sad. But thought I'd at least share what I could see through the windows.

If you manage to swing by Mario Ybarra Jr.'s exhibition, be sure to check out the video upstairs. I leave you now with a snapshot of the choreographed 'dance video':

Rob Carter @ Art Omi

Above: Rob Carter enjoys Art Omi (he's actually back at work now, but this photo was a great excuse to blog about Rob. It's been awhile since we've had a random Rob-related posting.) Thank you to AA Rucci for sending me this picture [so Rob, if you have an issue with the picture, you can take it up with him]

Until tomorrow

Today, I am a bit too busy to put together an art-related post. So until tomorrow, please enjoy this pic of Moo:

And I hope you all are enjoying Shark Week as much as I am.

(Dr.) Heather at work

NYArts magazine has an interview with Heather! Read it here. And after reading it, please note the following:

1. Heather is not a doctor, but she did participate in NYFA's "Doctor's Hours" (not doctoral program)

2. Mixed Greens is excited to be referenced so closely with Olafur Eliasson, Do-Ho Suh, Uta Barth, Ian Burns, Jeppe Heim, and Doug Aitken. Just to clarify, they are not Mixed Greens artists, but Heather (and the rest of us) still think they're awesome. Just wanted to clear up that confusion in case anyone started to think Mixed Greens funded Eliasson's "Waterfalls"

3. That pic above is in no way associated with the NYArts article. Other than the fact that it's of Heather, and it's of Heather working (visiting an artist's [Howard Fonda's] studio ). So actually it does have a lot to do with the article.

yay heather!

Trees, trees, and more trees

Heather and Courtney drove out to New Haven yesterday to visit Joseph Smolinski's studio. Below are pics of one of his Tree Turbine Prototypes. Joseph is demonstrating how the wind-powered metal tree will eventually spin. Click on the thumbnails to see larger pics.

And on the drive back to NYC, we spotted the large cell-phone tower tree on CT-15. Crraazzzy.

As you can see, it was a very rainy afternoon. SHOUT OUT to Zip Car for the easy-breezy trip experience.

Linder in Boston

Joan Linder's newest ink-on-paper drawings are currently on view in her solo exhibition More Fun in the New World at Judi Rotenberg Gallery in Boston. Courtney made the journey up north this past weekend to see the baby-inspired exhibition in person (it's wonderful!). Images are below [images courtesy of Judi Rotenberg Gallery]

Weekend Getaway

Heather had the good fortune to be invited up to Art Omi this week. She did studio visits with 15 amazing artists and enjoyed her time on the front porch, sipping wine and watching the fireflies. This weekend is their Open Studios and we highly recommend taking the trip up there. It’s gorgeous and there’s some great art to view.

Check out a couple of favorites:
Rob Carter (full disclosure – Rob works at Mixed Greens)
Kate MccGwire
Taras Polataiko – no website. Rats!
Julie Lequin – no website, but I found this link to a video she made:

The residency culminates in Open Day weekend, on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20.

Friday is Fun Day

Courtney + Heather enjoyed lots of attention from Moo [pictured above] while on a studio visit.

After 6pm

Thursday, July 17--it's just after 6pm and Mia Pearlman's "cloudscape" Updraft emerges from the green glow room.

More street scenes as an opening at Whitebox starts to heat up. Where's that loud music coming from?

Oh.

Things to Get Excited About

I suppose this post was inspired by the "Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator" I mentioned in an earlier post today. It got me excited about art-things. Which got me excited about other exciting things.

PAPER FACES: looks like someone else is a fan of paper.

SHOUT OUT: to Mark Mulroney for emailing me "i like the paper city install shots on the blog". Mulroney, that earns you a shout out. Here's a haiku to celebrate:

Mr. Mulroney
here is the promised shout out
because you emailed

SHARK WEEK: begins July 27th. [i guess i should mention that the above screen-capture is from Discovery.com]

ADIA MILLETT: her newest installation at the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans as part of the exhibition City Stage. Check it pics of the installation here.

TOMATOES: are safe to eat again.