Style.com v. La Nano

The bright light emininating against the sillouette, the tiling of monochromatic sheets... who's flattering whom?

Banana Republic an

I snapped this in DUMBO on Sunday. For a long time I've refused to shop at Banana Republic because I find the name so offensive. Doubly so since it has an upscale aspiration. But its application here is uncanny...

The Delicate Forests of Yuken Teruya

At the close of the summer, Jason, Joe and I went to PS1 to the Greater New York exhibit (as well as soak up the WarmUp party in courtyard, and chill in James Turrell's room). The sprawling exhibit had several gems peppered about, but the stand out was Yuken Teruya's diaramic trees, set in and cut from shopping bags. Ranging from Krispy Kreme to LVMH, the trees are exquisitly executed, while retaining serveral layers of meaning surrounding packaging, luxury, trash and so on. One of my favorite features is how the hole left from the cutting of the tree allows a spotlight for the tree inside. Here is another good example (pdf).

I was pleased as punch to see that Teruya has a solo show at Bienvenu (529 W. 20th Street) through Oct. 15. To paraphrase, let's go to the woods and marvel deliberately.

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I have postings and comments sent to my gmail address. Lo and behold these are my contexual ads:

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