Pollock-Krasner House Get-Together

http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/pkhouse.nsf/pages/house

This is the house where painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner lived in the Hamptons. Last Saturday, the graduate students in fine art and art history, as well as faculty, were invited to attend a potluck at this living history museum. No photographs were allowed in the studio but I am hoping to copy one or two from a sneaky friend to share (Alisha and her hip-level camera shots).

Wonderful food and wonderful company. The potluck was followed by a trip to the beach within the fork of Long Island. Of course I immediately went into the water and started poking around for wildlife. I found some plants. Kristina, who is from Bulgaria, ate her first s'mores on this beach trip. We were also visited by many deer.

Not the Atlantic, but getting closer with each visit.

Yes, that piece of wood has a handle.

Will Ryman @ Marlborough Gallery

I could have sat in this environment all day long...


http://www.marlboroughgallery.com/galleries/new-york/artists/will-ryman/exhibitions

... to give you perspective, the tall flowers were taller than I am. He enlarged this world, in turn, dwarfing his viewers, placing us in his landscape.

Storm King Sculpture Park

From left to right: "Team Jose'..." Luis, Jose', Pancho, Kristina, Me

Stopped at a garage sale along the way. Here we are, posing with our newfound treasures. I purchased a Finding Nemo stereoscope complete with projector and slides. I am excited to use these in the studio! Really, very, very excited!!!!

Maya Lin's Waterscapes exhibition was spectacular. She really knows how to use minimal materials to communicate.


My favorite piece was a fiberglass sculpture that blended in nicely with it's surroundings. Artist Manuel Bromberg.

Storm King is an expansive park. This is a scale shot of our sculpture class walking to see the Richard Serra sculpture in the distance....

... and closer. Massive art. There is a dirt spot underneath where numerous people have stood underneath. I have a much greater appreciation for this man's work now that I've experienced it.

Hippies in Portland, ORE-E-GONE

Empire State Building

A spur-of-the moment trip to the city yesterday yielded great fun with my peers. Alisha and I visited Chelsea and she was my tour guide as it was my first time in the area. After seeing a variety of work we trained to the Whitney Museum to meet a larger group from school. We viewed works by Sadie Benning and Dan Graham to name two. A photoconceptualism exhibit that prompted me to look more thoughtfully into the work of Adrian Piper. Quickly visited the Gagosian (felt a little uncomfortable there), then trained to the south of Chelsea to have delicious Thai food. Thankfully it wasn't raining too hard; it drizzled most of the day. Walked to the Dan Graham lecture only to be turned away. The guards were trying not to break fire code by letting in too many people. Eventually, as people trickled out, we were able to push in and listen to last 10 or 15 minutes of the talk. Graham talked about music mostly, and at the end made a crack about hippies being "located in a place called Portland, ORE-EE_GONE." I wanted to correct him and say that the hippies span to Eugene. But, the hippie inside of me decided not to be rude. Especially since Mr. Graham sounded like he, too, was part of hippie culture but in denial. Interesting that out of everything he said, that was the comment I actually understood :)

Following the talk we speed-walked to Penn Station. The Emipre State Building had a toxic glow. We made it right before the train pulled in for home. Barely. We were glowing with sweat. Talked art with friends all the way home. Randel wore his Taxi pants. Fantastic Day.

Having fun with light and motion again.... taken at Huntington Station on the way home

Our first Toyota

Randel finally found a seller on Craigslist who a) followed through an initial contact, and b) wasn't a scammer. Craigslist was "sucking the soul" out of him until we made contact with someone who actually had a car to sell.

Buying a vehicle is only the beginning of preparing a car for these roads. Really, the DMV in this state nickels and dimes the hell out of the residents who want to drive. $62 for a license, btw. After completing a sale, a car was is not legally drivable. That's because when you sell a car in New York license plates are removed. So, Randel spent 8 hours bussing (very inefficient bus system) and walking to the insurance office and DMV to aquire all of the necessary accoutraments so that we could actually drive the car we bought.

So finally, we can take 5 minutes to go to a grocery store instead of 2 hours.

Here it is. Suggestions for nicknames are encouraged.

Eric Corriel

The Brooklyn Zoo from Eric Corriel on Vimeo.

"The Brooklyn Zoo is an interactive installation that turns a gated storefront window into a cage inhabited by a giant cartoon creature who lives in the dark and whose eyes follow people as they pass by."

Our house in the Middle of the Street

Our neighborhood....

We live in an apartment on the east side of the house. Kitty has a perch inside the window so that she may watch the squirrels.

Grumble

Kitty is not amused.