I went to her show last night, curated by Brad Benedict - a collective of artists he has gathered together. BIG SHOW for the BIG SPACE!
This was a renovation that happened for Shepard Fairey's show this past holiday. Which I missed like the busy person I am.
I think for such big-name artists (Herst, Banksy etc) the galleries could have the show up for a longer time than with newer artists or group shows. By the time all the press comes out the show is over....
this may not be very efficient from a business standpoint, especially if they pre-sold the entire show before it even went up because "there is nothing left to buy, so why keep it up" - or "you have to wait 3 months for the piece you bought instead of 2." But from an art community exposure standpoint I think it would be a good idea.
Merry mentioned that the space will be put back into 2 spaces and someone is already on board to rent it. I didn't pry and ask who it was, just congratulated her and seguewayed into the new Berlin location she is opening in March!!
Hopefully Berlin won't be the new China. I want her to do well, and I heard that lots of big galleries that moved to China lost a lot of money and had to close. I forgot to ask her if she speaks German....
and what this little door is under the stairwell:
Outside was set up a pickup truck with an amp feeding off the battery - there are a grand piano in the back of the truck + other instruments, 2 guys....kind of aa Tom Waites version of a Beatles song going on back there.
I suppose if I am going to blog more for these Go-Abouts, I need to start asking more questions.
Like, "Who are you"? or "What is that?"
