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Photo Diary: F*ck Art (and more) at the Museum of Sex, in NYC.

c-monster — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:20:22 +0000

I popped into the opening of F*ck Art, the street arty show at the Museum of Sex in Manhattan last Wednesday. The opening came complete with chocolate penis pops, hot trannie nurse handing out Jell-O shots, almost nekkid people and plenty of sex. Seen above: An installation by Aiko’s. (Photos by C-M.)

Miss Van.

El Celso.

Rostarr.

JMR.

Patch Whisky.

Gen, Oze and Droid of the 907 Crew.

Tony Bones.

Celso and Aiko.

One of the museum’s highlights is the room devoted to animal sex. At one point during the opening, I was watching pandas hump to the tune of electronica. Amazing.

In an exhibit about sex and digital culture on the second floor, a wall-sized installation showed Anthony Weiner’s infamous Facebook flirting. I love the one where he asks if she’s checked him out on TV.

Candy Rain.

F*ck Art is up through June 10.

Calendar. 02.08.12.

c-monster — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:23:20 +0000

AIDS Wallpaper, 1989, by General Idea. Part of the exhibit This Will Have Been: Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Opens Saturday. (Image courtesy of AA Bronson.)

L.A.: Daniel Joseph Martinez, I want to go to Detroit; Cheerleaders CHEER, at LaxArt. Through March 3.
Detroit: Joshua White and Gary Panter’s Light Show, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Opens Friday.
Miami: Mary Ellen Mark: An American Odyssey, 1963-1999, at the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse. Through April 28, in the Wynwood District.
Savannah: Leo Villareal, at the Jepson Center, one of the Telfair Museums. Through June 3.
NY: We Are Cinema: 50 Years of the Filmmakers Co-op, at Microscope. Starts this Saturday at 5pm, in Bushwick.
NY: Martin Bromirski, Rachel LaBine and Elizabeth Riley, at Storefront Bushwick. Opens Friday at 6pm.
NYC: F*ck Art, street art meets sex, at the Museum of Sex. Opens today, in Manhattan.
Plus: see my latest New York recommends over at Gallerina…

Space cruising.

c-monster — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:20:53 +0000

The other night I played a planetarium-sized video game. Pretty cool.

Calendar. 01.25.12.

c-monster — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:39:00 +0000

In the Box-Horizontal, 1962, by Ruth Bernhard. Part of the exhibit In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, opening this Sunday. (Image courtesy of the Ruth Bernard Archive, Princeton University Art Museum.)

Berlin: Paper does not blush, a group show, at Galerie Michael Janssen. Opens Saturday at 6pm.
Fort Lauderdale: Chick Flicks: Cinematic Treatments of Female Photographers, a series of screenings, including Office Killer and Scenic Jogging, at Girls’ Club. On Saturday at 7pm.
NYC: A Feminist Tea Party will be holding a tea-shindig at the A.I.R. Gallery in Dumbo this Saturday from 2-4:45pm.
Plus: See my latest New York City picks over at Gallerina…

Photo Diary: California Design at LACMA.

c-monster — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:20:25 +0000

OMFG, yes: lobster swimsuits by Mary Ann DeWeese, on view at LACMA as part of the California Design show.

The Avanti, designed in 1961 by Raymond Loewy. I would wear my lobster swimsuit while I drove this around.

A pamphlet advertising the City of Lakewood — L.A.’s first planned community. Speaking of which, if you haven’t read D.J. Waldie’s Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, then get on it. He covers this very subject.

Wish they’d had these in the gift shop. I’d look so grand in a pair of 1940 hostess pajamas designed by Addie Masters.

I would wear them while lounging in front of this 1941 sombrero textile. I mean, seriously! This is making me covet a little Spanish revival architectural number to go with.

And guess what I’d have parked in the driveway? This little 1936 Clipper courtesy of Airstream.

And when I wasn’t wearing my pajamas, I’d be wearing this little number: The 1942 “Swoon Suit” by Margaret Fellegi.

Or perhaps this two-piece dress from 1950 by Gilbert Adrian. The sort of thing that goes with some sort of citrus-and-rye cocktail.

Okay, so maybe California design wasn’t all retro cool. See Evil, Hear Evil, Speak to the FBI by Fujiye Fujikawa, c. 1942.

California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way is on view at LACMA through June 3, 2012.