Ben brought me along to the closing of Mark Reigelman’s installation @ The Proposition last night. Met wonderful hosts Ronald Sosinski & Ellen Donahue, got to talk with Mark about the show and the small world, odd connection he has to someone I used to work with in San Francisco, (Jenny Pruden) met Casey, the gallery director for Underline Gallery, (Mark is going to be in a group show with them about relationships, Bright Lights, Big Love, opens Feb. 9th). I liked the space, the little side street/alley just outside the door used to be the back door to CBGB’s & Ben is having a show there this next weekend, Twenty-First Century Freemasonry, so go see it.

And I met some fun strangers, see pix/video below.

from the outside

Mark, stranger, and Casey @ the show

introducing, Mark Alan Reigelman II

Mark art, photographs extremely well, reminded me of Sephora

Mark art and  Nancy not posing/posing

Mark’s portfolio book, opening page… matches his website, brand alignment is important

Mark and Jenny’s SF project, neat public installation that was recently completed, somewhere on Sutter or Bush?

Mark art documentation and pillow model, that’s her in the doc shot… pillow modeling

Erté tattoo on Nancy

Mark art + Lana + Nancy

Nancyface after I tell her that I’m Ping Pong king and she better just deal

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjy5Rr9t

Went to Secret Project Robot over the weekend to see Val Britton‘s work in Infinite Loop. Man Forever was playing that night, Val had paper works installed over the main stage area with wall pieces throughout and drum pad art nestled in one corner. Neat space, they use it full on, pictures and video below. Val’s art works with sound, so that’s good. The gallery has a program built for the remaining calendar, go see art and music:

Sat Jan 21st

• Scarcity of Tanks (feat. Kid Millions, Weasel Walter, John Morton, Nick Lesley,Jim Sauter and Matt Wascovich) -new album release party!
• Sightings
• Guardian Alien

Fri Jan 27th

• Black Pus (Brian Chippendale)
• Matter Waves (David First, Kid Millions, Bernard Gann)
• Weasel Walter Trio featuring Matt Nelson on tenor saxophone and Evan Lipson on bass

Fri Feb 3rd

• Jim Sauter and Kid Millions duo
• Chica Vas
• Alien Whale

gallery door, can’t buy this

Man Forever + Val art

Val in the distance, taking pictures of the band

this dude, wondering who I am and vice versa

crowd shot + Val art

Man Forever + Val art

Man Forever playing + Val art

saw this and recorded it, Man Forever making sound, Val art in there somewhere…

gallery light switch

golden drum set

Tessa looking surprised that I’m taking her picture

drum diagram?

Val art detail

Val & art

Val laughing at someone

Val art

Val artist portrait shot

Val drum pad art

liked these, reminded me of something sexy

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjy4Qger

Kev and I went to the New Museum and the MoMA today to look at big art. Carsten Höller (NM) had installed a twisty slide piece along with lots of other experience related art things. MoMA was the MoMA, classic.

Wonder door in SoHo

tomoto guy logo, for Pomodoro’s

the waiver table team and Kev at New Museum, we got ride bracelets

birds in cages, in the slide entrance room

slide rules

mirror carousel, very slow moving, see videos…

slide guard

slide hole

slide exit, 2nd floor ceiling, 3rd flooring

exit room, full bright… the exit room for the slide was lined with fluorescent lights that were blinking in sequence, not anything epileptic but noticeable for sure, see animal videos below…

slide exit, mid lighting

slide exit, full light

Decent shot of the 3rd floor, in between

slide in action #1

slide in action #2, detail on support brace… shaky

Carsten’s fish sculpture thing, you lay down look up and see fish and blinking lights

fish tank in action

kev and me in the elevator

plexi model of full slide complex, new Westfield Mall design?

pill dispenser piece, if it was operating correctly, one of these pills fell from above every minute, this shot looks super yellow, didn’t try a pill because I saw a hair in the mix and I don’t eat pills that have hair mixed in

slide going into the floor

2 hour wait sign, sooooooooooo glad I didn’t have to see this in action

cafe and mushrooms

mushroom detail

mushroom detail 2

mushroom detail 3

a couple wearing upside down world goggles

and a smiling detail, look at his eyes, that’s the key

the line outside the museum, amazing, i LOVE things that makes lines… best part, and the dolphin

kev & bitch wall

MoMAscapes…

LOVED this… desk from Hector Guimard, c. 1899

kev & Felix

kev & Rirkrit

Koons balls detail

balls in motion

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjy4Qbv4