This is what it’s like to attend the Armory Show, an art bazaar on an industrial scale. Shown here: Irreversible depth of progress by Jin Meyerson at Emmanuel Perrotin. (All photos by C-M.)

Yesterday I donned my blackest finery and my smartest European eyewear and joined the Hans and Franzes for Armory-palooza 2008. As always, there was plenty of air kissing, champagne, high-heeled boots and, of course, the pervasive smell of money.

Click on images to make ‘em big. Money shots after the jump.

A moment of zen: Thomas Knobloche’s Baracke.

The obligatory John Waters piece: Study Art (For Fun or Fame), 2007, at Mary Heilmann. I read in New York Magazine this week that Waters recently smoked crack by accident. This happened to a friend of mine once, who told me that after realizing what he’d done, he went home and cleaned his apartment. All night long.

The Little Prince, by Os Gemeos. My favorite book as a kid.

I heart art world hairdos: What woulda been really awesome is if Don King had walked through the door right at that moment.

Master of Reality by Ryan McGinness. See a detail.

Mellow yellow: Sculpture with video by Tony Oursler.

Just a whisper away, 2008, by Mickalene Thomas.

The Armory VIP Lounge: No C-Monsters allowed.

Take all the time you need, five paintings by Glen Rubsamen.

Detail of a sculpture by Jacob Dahlgren called Sydney, which was made with stacked disposable coffee cups. See the full piece here.

Painting of a chancla, by Los Carpinteros.

Michael Vasquez at the Fredric Snitzer Gallery.

“And if you don’t do what I say, I will smite you with my sword. Provided I can pick it up”. Sculpture by Kris Martin.

What do you need after a day at the Armory? A shot of Don Q. By Enoc Perez.

See many more pix on my Flickr.

Get full Armory Show reports from: ArtInfo (more here), ArtCal, Art Fag City (in one and two parts), Bloomberg, CultureGrrl (who refers to it as the Buy-ennial) and the Art Newspaper.

Posted by C-Monster.