Jefe aka Johnny Chiba gives credence to one Armory Show pier this year...
such is the life of a freelancer on the go go go!

click on thumbnails for larger pictures, the artist's name for personal website,
(where available), and the gallery logo for a link to online representation


YUTAKA SONE

"Little Manhattan" two-and-a-half ton marble
sculpture depicting the li'l ole island of manny hatty.
two years in the making between artist and workers... heavy!





KARIN SANDER

3-dimensional figurines using 3-D printing technology,
scanned and manufactured from NY to Switzerland
and back


NICOLE EISENMAN

whimsical, wonderful wall of Eisenman

 

 

ATSUSHI KAGA

mega-wall of bunny-esque comic art

 

SVERRE BJERTNES

an awesome untitled lizardly sculpture that I think
deserved a name. heads for feet, alreet.

 

 

SHINRO OHTAKE



a collage of skeletal fascination



NICK CAVE


there's a starman waiting in the sky...
and the cave

and

TALLUR L.N.
CLAUDETTE
SCHREUDERS

who am i to judge these sculptures, or these artists?
props to the gallery for the broad range of genius represented



NALINI MALANI

these circular beauties deserve a close up

and

RUBY CHISTI

the wings of this stuffed queen seem to go either way,
as evidenced by Chiba animation, consisting of Armory
gallery picture, and online gallery depiction of same



MA-ke

from the full scale painting to the artist's book on display,
to the exhibition poster, I was enamoured by MA-ke's work,
art most intense



HORASAN

ghostly orange






BERND + HILLA BECHER

photography = geometry


chiba animation

b+h@signandsight.com




YASHUA KLOS

a collage of beauty in the
color and texture and delicacy




SUN XUN

a great artist from China working in multiple mediums,
unfortunately not currently represented on the
Sean Kelly Gallery website...

but well-represented by the Shanghart Gallery link,
where we found these 2 excellent artworks, amongst others





SCOLI ACOSTA



the entire gallery was a bevy of pieces by the artist,
whose range from comic-al to serious belied a
profusive catalog of talent



KIM JONES

these sculptures reminded me of something the serial murderer
from True Detective might conjure, from the mind of an
artist who very well may be a serial mystic

 

 

KIKI SMITH

unfortunately, we could not find the gallery representing
Kiki Smith at The Armory Show, and whether this sculpture
overlooking her prints was hers as well.
i am woman!




HAYAL POZANTI


interesting artist made gif animations of her artwork,
displayed on standing easels

 



DASHA SHISHKIN

we were initially introduced to Ms. Shishkin
c/o the great Zach Feuer Gallery

i loved how the painting was somehow made for the corner...
perhaps leading to a conceptual framing project

 



ROY LICHTENSTEIN

this "Folded Hat" was one of the smallest
Lichtenstein's I've ever seen, yet would
be proud to wear on my head...

 


"how to try and be OK with
the contemporary art market"
the wisdom of words?

 

DOUBLE FLY ART CENTER

this performance group of artists from China were perhaps the most
interesting part of the stodgy hi-value Armory Show, consisting of
a wall of trinkets you could buy or win, a very funny video of orgiastic
proportion, lottery tickets, their own money, and a closed booth
where all you could see were objects being thrown above the sealed walls



another art fair for reflection
and test presence

 

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