So Excited For Let's Play Majerus LIVE with Cory Arcangel ty Rhizome
This Wednesday, October 16th ๋࣭ ⭑
Hi everyone,
As the subject states I am sooooooo excited for this coming Wednesday night because Rhizome is hosting Cory Arcangel at HEART for a live presentation of his ongoing YouTube series Let’s Play Majerus G3 🎥, a project presented in collaboration with the Michel Majerus Estate.
Cory’s an incredible artist, and as Rhizome writes, pioneering web surfer, experimental musician, lifestyle brand designer, recursive compression enthusiast, and now YouTuber.
I admire the way he’s been shaping and presenting this project over the past few years. It is very special to see an artist speak in depth about another artist whose work they love, down to the very specific details. When I first encountered Majerus’s work online, I had a very similar reaction to what Cory describes in the first video. The YouTube videos are highly accessible, clearly welcoming art and non-art audiences both. And I love seeing people engage with Majerus and his work in the comment section. But now YOU can be the comment section if you come on Wednesday…
Also, last week I walked to see some shows Chelsea. If you haven’t already, I highlyyyyyyyyy recommend going to see three specific favorite works… randomly two are actually not in a gallery, but on THE HIGH LINE.
Christian Marclay, Subtitled, Paula Cooper Gallery
It’s awesome. In a literal sense. Talk about slice of life!!! I relate a lot to Marclay’s practice of collection and collage. His methods of media organization and remix are elegant, but for me, highly emotional too. I admire that level of control and technique applied to pop culture in all of my favorite internet artists…
I picked up a copy of his artist book Telephones, which is a physical manifestation of his 1995 work of the same name. It was out of stock at the gallery, but I found one at the nearby associated bookstore 192 Books. It rocks I have it at HEART if you want to come by and check it out.
Lily van der Stokker, Thank You Darling, High Line
I discovered Lily’s work first by seeing it in Basel, drawn to it amidst the noise of eye roll self seriousness at the fair. Soon after, double luck, Rafaël Rozendaal, sent me a link to an interview of her’s. She’s a Dutch artist, who I was excited to learn, moved to New York in 1980s where she opened her own gallery in the East Village. I am dying to read her book How I Went to New York, but it’s like $150 online anywhere I can find it now… does anyone have a copy?
Cosima von Bonin, WHAT IF THEY BARK?, High Line
I initially introduced to Cosima von Bonin through her textile work. Her attitude shines through in everything she produces. I appreciate the absurdity. I had never seen these sculptures in person until this day. They feel perfectly placed here against the Manhattan backdrop. Even more apt in this theater-like arrangement swimming in the sky than against a white gallery wall, where I had always seen them pictured previously. There’s something so aspirational about them to me. Like they saw Dua Lipa wearing Chopova Lowena and wanted to be Just Like Her…
If you’re in the area, also recommend David Salle’s New Pastorals at Gladstone and Josh Kline’s Social Media at Lisson. They way that Salle and Laurie Simmons are talking about skirts in this interview brings me back to Cosima von Bonin’s fish…
Anyway, HEART has some really amazing events coming up soon that I’ll be emailing about in the coming weeks, so stay tuned, ttyl <3
Maya