日本救援 HELP FOR JAPAN

Art and people @ PraterSauna for Japan Benefit

A small work by Ester Stocker in the Art Lottery to benefit Japan

The Art Lottery where 30 Euro gave one the chance to take home small works by over a 100 artists

Pratersauna pool not ready for summer

YOU SEND ME

(DARLING) You Send Me

You Send Me will be an exhibition of small works that takes its title and inspiration from the Sam Cooke song of the same name.  The exhibition opens Friday the 13th of May from 
7-10pm at Bauernmarkt 9/2/6. 


More details to follow.

ANOTHER ALLEGORICAL MEAT CARROT

What a minefield I got into when I naively started some searches on the web for “soap on a rope”, “meat on rope“ and “meat on a thread”. Who knew? I, of course, had been in search of a literal commonsense explanation for the utterly unexplainable.

A city’s street level detritus should be considered omens of the highest rank. These abandoned or lost trinkets, playing cards and small change can serve as valuable talismans (often in lieu of actual advice or time consuming therapy). What is left on the streets (if anything) tells a great deal about a city too. The ability to garner meaning from this flotsam and jetsam is just one of the urban gifts I have picked-up as a global city dweller. Some people look at clouds and see sheep and snails I find an Ace of Spades and a tie clip and expect to meet a powerful employed stranger.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

WILL BENEDICT

Will Benedict gave a presentation last night as part of Artist Lecture Series organized by Azara and Rainer Spangl.

Benedict is half the power behind the very cool Pro Choice Gallery along with partner Lucie Stahl. Presently they are also working to open up a bar (L'Ocean Licker - if I got that straight) next to a very small gay bar called the Blue Banana (which shouldn't sound crass at all). 

BERNADETTE CORPORATION & REENA SPAULINGS: AFTER PARTY

DInner at the Red Elephant for NYC based artists Bernadette Corporation who had their opening at Galerie Meyer Kainer last night. 

SUFFER GLADLY