dan flavin art institute

best remote fltgc: dan flavin art institute. shar's been dying to hit up this spot since she moved to new york. housed in a former firehouse, flavin's icon fluorescent installations illuminate the quaint unassuming building in southampton. i spent more time travelling there than actually hanging in southampton, but the trek was definitely worth it.

saturday gallery crawl

fltgc make-up: wasn't able to hit david zwirner like i wanted to yesterday, so i hit it up today for the dan flavin exhibit that i've been meaning to see for weeks now. it didn't disappoint and i got out of the gallery seeing spots. here's some of the fun mel and i got into.



the great thing about crawling on the weekend is that i'm not limited to my lunchtime. we continued onto the gallery strip on 24th (via a stop into printed matter). we met up with bill at zach feuer for some r. crumb action.


hit stellan holm for david levinthal's toy soldier photo exposition. reminds me of my friend mike's photos of shaggy in m.o.m. next door susan inglett had some fun chalkboard art.



we popped into the gagosian for the mike kelly exhibit, which i wasn't really feeling. mel did spot stefan sagmeister there. he is tall. i did like luhring augustine's irreverent object exhibit, with these gems.

in the back there were these lovely prints.

dia: beacon

best pit stop on our way back to the big apple: dia:beacon. golly, i loved this place and i heard about through my uber awesome friend kristin. it was one of the most spacious museum's i've ever been too. they have an amazing collection of richard serra sculptures that are interactive as you can walk to the center of them. see to your right. these things are HUGE!

the dia: beacon also has a small collection of works by dan flavin. i heart dan flavin ever since i saw his exhibit in chicago. dia: beacon is associated with the dan flavin art institute. this is going to be my next excursion. the idea of an old firehouse housing works by mr. flavin is intriguing. anyone wanna come take a 2.5-3 train ride with me to bridgehampton? the 2008 season opens may 22!

the current exhibit included sculpture and drawings by sol lewitt. i was a bigger fan of her drawings. something about how the the intricate lines and colors create large pieces of work.

lastly, love the andy warhol shadows collection. i just wanna spin around and let the colors infuse my head into a blurry haze.

proof that our trip upstate was blessed: run in's with pope benedict as we left on friday and returned this evening. 1st avenue was blocked off on our way out of manhanttan via the george washington bridge. lo and behold on our way back on 2nd avenue we just got past the police barricade. we saw a motorcade on our gas stop on 60th and york. i waved. not sure if popey saw me.