French director, and artist, MICHEL GONDRY, exhibited actual sets and props from 'The Science of Sleep', in an extensive exhibit at DEITCH PROJECTS on Grand St - this car, reportedly hand crafted by Michel Gondry himself, was displayed in the gallery window, DEITCH PROJECTS, Sept 29, 2006

MICHEL GONDRY, another view of the car in the window, DEITCH PROJECTS, Sept 29, 2006
MICHEL GONDRY is often a 'luminary' guest on the MARK KOSTABI - 'NAME THAT PAINTING' - TV game show on Manhattan cable access - a photo of him, with his son, PAUL GONDRY, on the KOSTABI set - posts shortly.

detail, MICHEL GONDRY, the car in the window, from the set of 'The Science of Sleep', DEITCH PROJECTS, Sept 29, 2006

MATTHEW BRANNON, opens 'Cum Together', at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Oct 5, 2006 - an exhibition of new work, the show featured .."6 new tapestries, 7 new silk-screens and 9 of Brannon's signature letterpress prints, which continue his use of printed matter to discuss the promotional and the pathological".

MATTHEW BRANNON, 'Don't Call, Don't Even Write', 2006, Letterpress on paper, 38 x 29", 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006 - according to the press release: the title of the exhibit - ".. hinders a single interpretation. Beyond the musical reference and immediate obscene sexual image the title can be read as mocking the impulse to agree and lamenting the current political climate of conflict."

up close, MATTHEW BRANNON, 'Don't Call, Don't Even Write', Letterpress on paper, 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006 - these pieces had small poems imprinted under the image - this one:"~IT'S HARD TO SAY~I'M ASSUMING THE ANSWER WAS NO~DIDN'T SAY A WORD~THREW THE RING IN THE TRASH~THE FRIENDS LEFT BEHIND~THE CHEAP SUBSTITUTES FOR TALENT~THE LATE NIGHTS~MISSED MEETINGS~THE COFFEE IN YOUR LAP~HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN~HOW IT WAS~I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE ONE TO TELL YOU~

MATTHEW BRANNON, 'Crossing Swords', 2006, Letterpress on paper, 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006

MATTHEW BRANNON, 'Slut Best Friend', 2006, Letterpress on paper, 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006

up close, MATTHEW BRANNON, 'Slut Best Friend', Letterpress on paper, 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006

MATTHEW BRANNON, 'Los Angeles', 2006, Letterpress on paper, 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006

detail, MATTHEW BRANNON, 'Los Angeles', Letterpress on paper, 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006

MATTHEW BRANNON, 'Ambition Alone isn't Anything', 2006, Silkscreen and embrodiery on canvas, 95 x 64", 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006

MAATTHEW BRANNON, 'Social Ashtray', 2006, Silkscreen and embroidery on canvas, 95 x 60", 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006

detail, MATHEW BRANNON, 'Social Ashtray' 'Cum Together', FRIEDRICH PETZEL GALLERY, Oct 5, 2006

the card for: CHRIS VERENE, "GALESBURG", SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 28, 2006, ALONA KAGAN GALLERY - image: "My Cousins Candi, Cody, and Caity - Candi and Craig Lost Their Jobs When the Factory Moved to Mexico.", 2005, Chromogenic Archival print with handwriting in Oil, Edition of Six.

CHRIS VERENE. "Max is a Bachelor" - "Our Friend Max is 93. He has lived most of his life alone in his house in Galesburg", "GALESBURG", ALONA KAGAN GALLERY, SEPT 29, 2006

CHRIS VERENE, "Max's Kitchen" - "Max escaped from the camps and came alone to Galesburg", "GALESBURG", ALONA KAGAN GALLERY, Sept 29, 2006

detail, CHRIS VERENE, "Max's Kitchen", "GALESBURG", ALONA KAGAN GALLERY, Sept 29, 2006 - "When I was sixteen, I knew that I wanted to photograph the three generations of my family in my hometown of Galesburg. I began an unstaged documentation process in the mid-1980's that I am still devoted to today, spending months every year in the community. This work is born out of deep, long-term relationships and mutual trust with the people. Recently, Galesburg has turned from boomtown times to economic depression. I find there the major ills of our society living next door to beauty and joy and hope." - CHRIS VERENE, 2006
PHOTO: CHRIS VERENE, NOV 2005

CHRIS VERENE, "Mercedes will soon have a half sister named Lexus" - "Crystal says, "I'm that baby's father", "GALESBURG", ALONA KAGAN GALLERY, Sept 29, 2006

CHRIS VERENE, "The girls and their mom have been staying with Darleene", "GALESBURG", ALONA KAGAN GALLERY, Sept 29, 2006

CHRIS VERENE, "East Galesburg", "GALESBURG", ALONA KAGAN GALLERY, Sept 29, 2006

SU-MEI TSE, 'Proposition de detour', 2006, her 2nd solo show at Peter Blum Chelsea. The show ran from Sept 7 - Nov 4, 2006

detail, SU-MEI TSE, 'Proposition de detour' is a unique wool carpet measuring 29'6" (9 meters) in diameter .. "it takes the form of the famous labyrinth found at the Chartres cathedral. Tse superimposes this symbolic maze with imagery lifted from a Persian rug from the first quarter of the 16th century. Fabulous bestiary, elaborate flora, and other themes from this Persian Paradise Garden enter into a playful dialogue with conceptions of the Christian Middle Ages" - press release, PETER BLUM CHELSEA, Sept 29, 2006 - you were allowed to remove your footwear and walk the 'transcendental' path.

detail, SU-MEI TSE, 'Proposition de detour', PETER BLUM CHELSEA, Sept 29, 2006

detail, SU MEI-TSE, 'Proposition de detour', PETER BLUM CHELSEA, Sept 29, 200

SIMONE SUBAL, director, PETER BLUM CHELSEA, Sept 29, 2006

Heather Hubbs' buddy, GRAHAM WATLING, lead singer & frontman for the MIAMI ICE MACHINE, caught a little offguard, on the Lower East Side, Sept 30, 2006

the NYPD (New York Police Dept) hi-tech solution to the afterhours teenage wasteland in Chelsea, a flashing & illuminated - DYPTYCH - on wheels! - CHELSEA, Sept 8, 2006

NYPD DPYTYCH - PART II - CHELSEA, Sept 8, 2006

ANTHONY JAMES, in the showcase window on 10th Avenue in Chelsea, withh a 3D project sponsored by ART PRODUCTION FUND, Sept 29, 2006

LALA BROOKS - a guest 'luminary' on a recent MARK KOSTABI - 'NAME THAT PAINTING' - taping. 'NAME THAT PAINTING' is a GAME SHOW where guests (and assorted jury 'interlopers') vie for cash prizes. WEDNESDAYS, 8:30 PM - MANHATTAN CABLE ACCESS TV. KOSTABI WORLD, Soho, Sept 29, 2006

LALA BROOKS was the lead singer of the legendary 60's group - THE CRYSTALS - she was 15 years old when she sang the lead on 'Da DU Run Run' and 'Then He Kissed Me' for PHIL SPECTOR. (Cher was doing background vocals - she was 16 or 17 at the time !)