Art Fair

Hey dudes.

I attended the Stockholm art fair this week. Sounds cool right? Not so much though. The sculpture that I helped build was one of only a few examples of contemporary sculpture at the fair. There seemed to be a sort of generation gap there. things were either craft, or contemporary, or classical. Not much to get fussed about. Villu Jaanisoo, the artist I am working with, was kind of the surprise hit of the show, (partly because his sculpture was so damn loud) (this was where i would like to embed a video of the piece but the connection will not allow it.)

The coolest thing that went on was across town at an opening I kind of gatecrashed, at Magasin 3 , a sort of Swedish WPA/c. The art was great, but unfortunately as things go, the better the art the weirder the crowd. Pipilotti Rist gave a quick blurb about her work and a thanks for coming, but the work pretty much spoke for itself. There was also a series of prints from the Chapman brothers on display, pity they weren't there though, I hear that they are wild guys.

in closing, i really need someone to pick up a sculpture at the WPAC office, because it was apparently too heavy for their auction and balancing it made it inappropriate for their needs. If anyone can do this for me, or is going to be in DC sometime soon, please let me know.

Thanks, and I hope things are good in ol' CP. Say hey next time you drop by the S&J for me.

P.S. you can also keep up with my less than scholarly activities at my other blog,
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