Volta: Richard Colman

I like these childish, grotesque drawings. His paintings are super bright and the colors are very electric. As for what his paintings mean? A few words come to mind... aztec, human sacrifice, orgy, ritual... Check out his website to get a better feel for this artist.

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Volta: Trine Sondergaard

Trine Sondergaard is a Danish photographer. These photos are part of a series where he made portraits of Danish women, from a small island, wearing folk dresses. I like the somber introspective mood of these photos.

The Armory Show: Haim Steinbach

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The Armory Show: Peter Buggenhout

Peter Buggenhout's series The Blind Leading the Blind, I learned, is about the idea of the "ruin" and how observed and almost glorified these ruins are. I see... that's why he encased this hunk of what looks like a shipwreck to me, in a glass case you might find in a natural history museum.

However the images you see here are not of the exact piece. Towards the end of the first night, I heard a loud crash and I turned around to see this wreck. It's rumored that someone touched the glass and it came crashing down. Oops.

The Armory Show: Ivan Navarro

At art fairs, galleries typically rent space in a large hall, display their art, and open up shop. However at the Paul Kasmin gallery this year, Navarro created a site-specific piece that enclosed the gallery's space with a neon white fence. Is it a "white picket fence" or a wrought iron security fence? I love how he recreated such an iconic thing in neon and made it totally eerie.

This piece called "Skin" reminded me of refrigeration and preservation.

The Armory Show: Daniel Arsham

Visit Daniel's website to see more of his works.

New York Art Fairs

Join me in NYC the first week of March for all the art fairs!