This will be an amazing show...
I can already tell. I've never been one to be optimistic or uncritical. However, I can honestly say, after visiting Joel's studio, Memphis is going to be blown away.
Most of the pieces are made from everyday materials: pieces of glass, neon plastic ribbon, fake fur, but when manipulated by the magical hands of Joel, they take on new meaning and are transformed into precious objects that narrate a specific moment of Joel's experience in India. The colors, the textures, the installations..this show is going to be great.
And. I think we have a space!
3.09.2009
my first indian wedding
even scientists don’t know why sweet water flows eternally from a cow skull at the top of the mountain in the distance. even the groom doesn’t know the bride. even you can’t understand.
3.05.2009
Speaking of...
flags, I'm going to Christine Buckton Tillman lecture tonight (Rhodes College, 7:00), and I hope she talks about these slip-cast porcelain flags:
I been loving some flags. Her show, General Merriment, opens at Material on Friday.
I been loving some flags. Her show, General Merriment, opens at Material on Friday.
night one: mumbai
the night of my arrival: a thousand moons (one for every puddle) shone up into the sputtery, blustery end-of-moonsoon midnight as a thousand small parades converged dancing at the seashore to toss a thousand elephant headed Ganeshes into the ocean. flower petals in my hair, red gulal powder on my shoulders, and betel nut staining my lips.
3.04.2009
3.02.2009
holy, holy, holy - washed in the ganges
when i was in Varanasi i had a pair of underwear washed in the Ganges in order to absolve them of all sins. now they are holy, holy, holy. i'm learning embroidery so i can properly commemorate this, one of the highlights of my pilgrimage.
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