URS FISCHER excavated, that's completely dug out - the entire bottom of the Gavin Brown exhibit space - left it in a vulnerable and raw state - and called it -'you'. JONATHAN HOROWITZ steps in to view the scene, at the opening, Gavin Brown's enterprise, Oct 25, 2007

URS FISCHER, 'you', runs thru NOV 24, 2007
note: the show has been extended thru DEC 22, 2007

a narrow rim of the original concrete floor, was left in place - to navigate, and speak up for the recent past. URS FISCHER, 'you', Gavin Brown's enterprise, Oct 25, 2007

artist FRANK SCHRODER, who showed with COLIN DeLAND, strikes a telling pose. URS FISCHER, 'you', Gavin Brown's enterprise, Oct 25, 2007

to see: more pix from the opening
to see: the show's card
to see: archival photo/URS FISCHER

artists, ANGEL OTERO, (in front), currently in the MFA PROGRAM at the ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO and HECTOR ARCE-ESPASAS, in the MFA PROGRAM at HUNTER, survey the scene, URS FISHER, 'you', Gavin Brown's enterprise, Oct 25, 2007

from left, collector PETER BRANT, art dealer TONY SHAFRAZI and GAVIN BROWN, in the small ante-chamber. URS FISCHER, 'you', Gavin Brown's enterprise, Oct 25, 2007

contemplating the 'dig' - URS FISCHER, 'you', Gavin Brown's enteprise, Oct 25, 2007

visitors had to bend down and scramble thru an 'Alice in Wonderland' sized doorway to gain entry/exit to and from the ante-room - from the gallery office area. URS FISCHER, 'you', Oct 25, 2007

a view from the ante-room leading to the exit doorway. the gallery felt completely re-configured - it was hard to visualize how it had been originally. this new ceiling is faux, designed to lower the cubic head space - URS FISCHER, 'you', Gavin Brown's enterprise, Oct 25, 2007

the site was (authentically) precarious and there was a small typed WARNING SIGN on the gallery wall, saying you entered at your risk. URS FISCHER, 'you', Gavin Brown's enterprise, Oct 25, 2007

THOMAS DEMAND at the opening of his show of large scale, minimally tense, politically charged photographs, 'Yellowcake', 303 GALLERY, Nov 3, 2007

THOMAS DEMAND, 'Yellowcake', runs thru DEC 22, 2007

on the left, ANDREW SILEWICZ, the new director of MONIKA SPRUTH PHILOMENE MAGERS in LONDON, with THOMAS DEMAND, at the THOMAS DEMAND opening, 'Yellowcake', 303 GALLERY,
Nov 3, 2007

at right, LISA SPELLMAN of 303 GALLERY, THOMAS DEMAND, 'Yellowcake' opening, 303 GALLERY, Nov 3, 2007

THOMAS DEMAND, 'Yellowcake',
303 GALLERY, Nov 3, 2007

the 'exterior' of the EMBASSY of the REPUBLIC of NIGER, in ROME. THOMAS DEMAND, 'Yellowcake', 303 GALLERY. Nov 3, 2007

the gallery walls were painted a deep shade of a kind of slate gray dark green - which set off the visuals of the large scale photographs, to great effect.

it takes a while to understand that some of the photographs' mystery and alarming minimalist beauty, comes from the fact that they are reconstructions, (from flat surfaced board and paper) because they are so seemingly hyper realist. THOMAS DEMAND, 'Yellowcake', 303 GALLERY,
Nov 3, 3007

the opening, THOMAS DEMAND,
'Yellowcake',
303 GALLERY,
Nov 3, 2007

the press release says the photos/reconstructions - are based on "recollections" - from actual visits, THOMAS DEMAND was able to make to the Nigerian embassy in Rome.

A phony paper trail purporting that SADDAM HUSSEIN was contracting to buy 'yellowcake' or enriched uranium from NIGER, (and which President Bush sited as cause to go to war) was traced back to a theft at this embassy.

AMY GARTELL opens 'FUNCTION CREEP' at DANIEL REICH - taking interior space to an - entirely - different level: the metaphysical and the magical. above: 'A Source (Sun)', a lighted, free standing assemblage, with a stained glass centerpiece, and several odd, excruciatingly beautiful organic/botanical accessories - which sits on a shelf. Oct 20, 2007

AMY GARTRELL, 'FUNCTION CREEP', runs thru NOV 24, 2007

AMY GARTRELL, 'A Souce (Sun)', in 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Oct 20, 2007

the technical definition of the term 'Function Creep' .. "refers to the evolution in consumer use of products designed for one function into other uses for which they were not originally designed"... it seems to conjure several other layers of metaphysics & meanings - here, in Amy's show - spells, for one; maybe even the future.

detail, AMY GARTRELL, 'A Source (Sun)', 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Oct 20, 2007

see: photo of AMY GARTRELL and DANIEL REICH at the 'FUNCTION CREEP' opening

AMY GARTRELL, 'A Source (Moon)', ceramic, glass, metal, agate, moonstone, sand. 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Oct 20, 2007

from the reverse, AMY GARTRELL, 'A Source (Moon)', 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Oct 20, 2007

AMY GARTRELL, 'A Source (Moon)', 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Oct 20, 2007

AMY GARTRELL, 'Untitled', 2007, wood, metal, papier-mache, paint. 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLEY,
Oct 20, 2007

AMY GARTRELL, 'Untitled', 2007, wood, glass, plastic. crystal, 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Oct 20, 2007

at the right, AMY GARTRELL, with BFF PATTERSON BECKWITH, at the opening, 'FUNCTION CREEP', Oct 20, 2007

AMY GARTRELL, 'QUITE A DISPLAY', 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Oct 20, 2007

detail, AMY GARTRELL, 'Quite A Display', 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Oct 20, 2007

detail, AMY GARTRELL, 'For Your Protection', 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY,
Oct 20, 2007

AMY GARTRELL, 'Down is Down', 2007, ink on paper, 'FUNCTION CREEP', DANIEL REICH GALLERY,
Oct 20, 2007

see - a mini STUDIO VISIT with AMY GARTRELL, that took place several weeks before the show opened: here !!!

in the back room, a small painting by MICHAEL WILLIAMS, it seems to speak - 'geography'. .. interiors, function creep... ?
the new CANADA. Nov 3, 2007

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'The Collage', oil on canvas, 64 x 96 ins.- MICHAEL WILLIAMS opens 'Cancuned and Other Paintings from 2007', marking the inaugural show of CANADA'S newly renovated space - which effectively doubled their gallery, gave them a whole new entry configuration and, new, elegant viewing spaces, born from what was once - but is no longer, a shabby chic Lower East Side outpost. CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Solitaire', oil on canvas, 38 x 56 ins, 'Cancuned', CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Cancuned and Other Paintings from 2007', runs thru NOV 18, 2007

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, chows down at the opening, 'Cancuned',
CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

special guests, his mom, KIK WILLIAMS, and his sis, SARAH WILLIAMS,
at the opening, MICHAEL WILLIAMS,
'Cancuned and Other Paintings from 2007',
CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

a view of the new gallery interior - architect LARS FISCHER, a longtime friend of the gallery, did the design.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Cancuned',
CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

MORGAN CRONEY - his listings website - artcards.cc - has usurped DKS - as the-go-to-list for those in the know - on the NYC art scene. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Cancuned', CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

FRANKIE MARTIN shows up - her thong still hangs from a ceiling pipe for good luck - MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Cancuned', CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

some people were overheard saying Frankie MARTIN and JUICE BOXXXX were one and the same person - but clearly, they are not! MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Cancuned', CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

from left, LUKE MURPHY, aka the REV LUKE MURPHY, web whiz & longtime CANADA artist, with WALLACE WHITNEY, a CANADA founder/director.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Cancuned',
CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

bye the way, that's REV LUKE'S website - LUKELAB.COM/50%JOY- hotlinked at the top of this pae - the red & blue logo, ath te top, 2nd in for the left, on the bottom row - next to the CRAWLIN' FLY.

atm artist HUMA BHABHA, and CANADA artist JOE BRADLEY - have just come back from TORONTO, where they tell us about the hottest new gallery there, called GREENER PASTURES, and which shows them both in Canada - the real Canada. in fact, Joe Bradley had a recent show there, 'knew wurk', which just came down, (it ran Oct 5 - Nov 3, 2007). at the MICHAEL WILLIAMS opening, 'Cancuned',
CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

if you hit that GREENER PASTURES link, now - you can catch the image for Joe's show !!!

CANADA artist XYLOR JANE, makes the opening, MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Cancuned', CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

XYLOR JANE, 'JULIAN DAYS', on the side wall, CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

detail, XYLOR JANE, 'Julian Days', CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

detail, XYLOR JANE, '13,831', CANADA, Oct 11, 2007

both of these 2 small paintings are at the CANADA booth at the ARTISSIMA ART FAIR in TURIN, ITALY, this weekend.

from left, ANDERS OINONEN, opens 'GONE LIKE TOMORROW' his debut show in NYC. with him at the opening, his dealer, from Toronto, none other than KINEKO IVIC, of the afore-mentioned GREENER PASTURES CONTEMPORARY ART, !!! who shows some NYC artists: including KATHERINE BERNHARDT, HUMA BHABHA and JOE BRADLEY. MEHR (MIDTOWN),
Oct 20, 2007

ANDERS OINONEN. 'GONE LIKE TOMORROW', runs thru NOV 24, 2007

ANDERS OINONEN, oil on canvas, 'GONE LIKE TOMORROW' ,
MEHR (MIDTOWN), Oct 20, 2007

ANDERS OINONEN, oil on canvas,
MEHR (MIDTOWN), Oct 20,2007

ANDERS OINONEN, oil on canvas,
MEHR (MIDTOWN), Oct 20, 2007

ANDERS OINONEN, oil on canvas,
MEHR (MIDTOWN), Oct 20, 2007