Trevor Paglen – Code Names / Felix Schramm’s Collider

the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts‘ “close to SF MOMA” location means that I end up seeing a lot of their shows, which almost always strike me as lazily curated, and sometimes curiously installed, but somehow contain compelling elements. Last time I was there, they had a R. Crumb show on display, and [...]

Astro Boy and I

I’m in San Francisco, hanging out with my robotic pal, Astro Boy, at the Tezuka show at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.  The show was cool, especially the covers and colour work from his more adult titles.  Also, the medical, gore-tastic images from Black Jack, a “rogue surgeon” oriented Manga are [...]

While We’re on the Subject of Merchandising / A Dead Woman’s Walk-In Closet / 18th Century Photography

I made a visit to the De Young last night to check out the Hiroshi Sugimoto show (which is awesome!), and I’d love to have the chance to harp again on how badly laid out (from a viewer’s perspective, anyways) the De Young is.  Both of their “internal gift shops” that serve their special [...]

I’m Cool with the Mega Merchandising

Tyler Green over at Modern Art Notes is decrying the potential (I’m saying potential, because MOCA has given a vague denial about the rumor) of there being both a Marc Jacobs and a Louis Vuitton store attached to the upcoming Takashi Murakami retrospective .

But I’m cool with the prospect of having the exhibition [...]

At A Gas Station in East Texas, I am Reminded of My Place in the Universe