On the Spot with my man, Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong-il loves the new selection of rare "Junk-il" artist edition kicks.

I'm loving this! The Boston Globe's internet picture show The Big Picture presents a sick collection of images from North Korea: On the Spot with Kim Jong-il. The 69 year old Kim Jong-il is the coolest crazy militant dictator in the world right now. These are some of my favorite images from this collection. I'm super fascinated with North Korea not just for its dictator but also the state of suspended cultural and technological animation it is in. If they ever open the country up to to outside world they may have to declare the entire country a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Kim Jong-il surveys the latest in computer technology.

Kim Jong-il loves a good cracker.

Kim Jong-il found a bucket.

Tonight, Opening: NOAH SHELDON presents "Miami, Miami" SAT MARCH 13, 7-10pm

Noah Sheldon, "Miami, Miami"

If you are in Miami tonight I would try to check out this opening of Noah Sheldon's"Miami, Miami" at the Bas Fisher Invitational. I'm looking forward to seeing picture of the show online. Hopefully I'll be down in Miami before the show comes down in May to see it for myself. I'm interested to see this New York based artist's take on Miami's landscape.

Press Release:

Noah Sheldon
"Miami, Miami"

March 13, 2010 - May 2009
Please join us for the opening of Noah Sheldon's exhibition "Miami, Miami" at the BFI on Saturday March 13, 2010 from 7-10 pm

"Mr. Sheldon...is skilled at separating beauty from the material world while reminding
us that it is just about everywhere. He makes his quietly ecstatic art out of almost
nothing, or, more accurately, several almost-nothings, carefully juxtaposed"
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, March 22, 2007

The BFI is pleased to present a solo show of Noah Sheldon's new series of photographs, "Miami, Miami." This is not the first time Noah Sheldon has visited Miami. In 2005 he was part of “Good Titles for Bad Books,” curated by Matthew Brannon at Kevin Bruk's gallery. Talking to Noah about that and his few subsequent visits to Miami, there was always a sense of wonderment and curiosity about this city. With help from the Fountainhead Residency and with a Knight Arts Challenge Grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, we were able to bring Noah back to make Miami his study. Since arriving last week, he has been to Homestead twice, has walked South Beach multiple times, has spied the Miami skyline from Key Biscayne, has boated down the Miami River, has visited a local high school and has done a model shoot in the BFI space. The result is a visual testament that is subtle as it is striking, each image a question being asked to this, at times, unfathomable place.

www.noahsheldon.com

Bas Fisher Invitational
180 NE 39th ST, Suite 210
Miami, FL 33137
www.basfisherinvitational.com
info@basfisherinvitational.com

The BFI is an artist-run non-profit generously supported in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

New York Armory Show week

It was a gloomy day when I arrived to pick up my press passes. Its not the best time of year for New York weather but maybe that better for looking at art indoors?

Yesterday marks day one of New York art fair week. I am taking pictures of the art I find compelling as I stroll through the crowds. I'll start posting later today. Blow are some key listings if you have something to add to this list please email me.

ART FAIRS:

The Armory Show
Piers 92 & 94, Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street
Wednesday, March 3, 5pm Vernissage
Thursday, March 4 - Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-7pm

VOLTANY
7 West 34th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
Thursday, March 4, noon-2pm VIP Preview
Thursday, March 4, 2-8pm; Friday, March 5 - Sunday, March 7, 11am-7pm

Scope New York
Pavilion at Lincoln Center Damrosch Park, 62nd Street andamsterdam Avenue
Wednesday, March 3, 3-9pm VIP FirstView ($100)
Thursday, March 4 - Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-7pm

Pulse
330 West Street (corner of West Side Highway @ West Houston)
Thurdsay, March 4, 9am-noon VIP Preview
Thursday, March 4 - Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-5pm

ADAA Art Show at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street
Tuesday, March 2, 5:30-9:30pm Gala Preview ($150)
Wednesday, March 3-Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-6pm

Dutch Art Now
The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South
Wednesday, March 3 - Sunday, March 7, 11am-5pm

Fountain New York
Pier 66 at 26th Street and West Side Highway in Hudson River Park
March 4-7, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 11am-7pm VIP Preview benefiting the Museum of Arts & Design ($20)
Friday, March 5 – Sunday, March 7, 11am-7pm
Friday, March 5, 7pm–midnight Public Reception
Saturday, March 6, 7pm-midnight Artlog Live

Independent
548 West 22nd Street
Thursday, March 4, 4-9pm Opening Reception
Friday, March 5 - Saturday, March 6, 11am-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-4pm

Korean Art Show at la.venue
608 West 28th Street, between 11th and 12th Avenues
Tuesday, March 2, 3pm Preview, 6pm Reception
Wednesday, March 3 - Sunday, March 7, 11am-7pm; Thursday, March 4, 11am-8pm

PooL
Gershwin Hotel, 27th Street and 5th Avenue
Friday, March 5, 6-10pm Vernissage ($20)
Friday, March 5 - Sunday, March 7, 3-10pm

Verge New York 2010

The Dylan Hotel, 52 East 41st Street (Between Madison and Park Avenues)
Thursday, March 4, noon-6pm Professional Preview, 6pm-10pm Opening Reception
Friday, March 5 - Saturday, March 6, noon-8pm; Sunday, March 7, noon-6pm

OPENINGS and EVENTS

Thursday, March 4

Rosson Crow "Bowery Boys"
Deitch Projects
Soho: 18 Wooster street, 6-9pm

Friday, March 5

Gavin Kenyon, Jen Viola, Joe Brittain, Lauren Lavitt, Nicholas Brooks, Nolan Hendrickson
"Accrochage: collision, fender-bender; skirmish, clash; coupling, hitching; (picture) hanging; (boxing) clinch"
Ramiken Crucible
Chinatown/LES: 221 East Broadway, at Clinton street, 6-8pm

Allen Ruppersberg
Greene Naftali Gallery
26 street: 508 W 26 street, floor 8, 7-9pm

Christopher Chiappa "High Fructose Corn Syrup"
Kate Werble Gallery
Soho: 83 Vandam street, at hudson street, 6-8pm

Aubrey Mayer, Billy Childish, Dan Miller, Horst Ademeit, Marcus Werner Hed, Michael Bauer
White Columns
13 street: 320 W 13 street, (entrance on Horatio), 7-10pm

Joseph Beuys "Make the Secrets Productive"
PaceWildenstein
25 street: 534 W 25 street, 10am-6pm

"Vernissage" at PooL Art Fair New York (Gershwin Hotel)
27 street: 7 E 27 street, 6-10pm

Martin Mull "The Four Seasons and Other New Works" inaugural exhibition for new location
Stellan Holm Gallery
79 street: 1018 Madison avenue, 6-8pm

Saturday, March 6

Photography: "31 Women in Art Photography"
curated by Charlotte Cotton, Jon Feinstein
Affirmation Arts
37 street: 523 W 37 street, 6-9pm