Five in Ten

James Kalm risks giving viewers whiplash, as he attempts to report on five shows in ten minutes. With the coming holiday season, Chelsea is swamped with an embarrassment of riches. This high-speed tour begins with the abstractions of Tomma Abts at David Zwirner. From there we jog to 303 and breeze through the recent painting by Djordje Ozbolt. A respite is called for as we contemplate the large painterly works of Terry Winters at Matthew Marks, just before we catch our breath and head for a glimpse of the mirrored panels of Michaelangelo Pistoletto at Luhring Augustine. We wrap up with a zippy viewing of the California painter Lari Pittman at Gladstone gallery.

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[jameskalm]

MrWow,

I think that Abts is facing some of the same head winds as Peyton et al. The small scale, tight handling and dry pallet just dont read as profound for those accustomed to big "New York" abstraction.

The question of the decorative strikes me like adding sugar to your food. Sometimes it adds to the palatability of the whole, but you dont want to eat straight sugar.

The ladies are getting lots of play in the museums lately, Peyton Heilmann and Abts at the New, Opie at the Gug

[MrWowforever]

do you know the work of thomas schiebitz, i think he shows at tonya bondaker......i like the dialogue with gerhard richters' grays (mirrors) in these two painters. also, malevich's white on white comes to mind. european abstraction.....yummy...thanks mr. kalm:)

[jameskalm]

I saw the Schiebitz show about three years ago. Someone at the Rail (perhaps Joan Waltemath) wrote an extended review at the time. I liked it, and the sculpture, though it had a light weight cursory feel to it. I know he was the Austrian (?) representative to Venice a couple of years ago too. The Germans have a way with gray.

[cyphersum]

Yesterday I was wondering if you would do a video on the Terry Winters show.  Too bad it isn't 10 minutes worth. Thanks for the viewing though.

The Abts show seemed to be underlit in that big gallery. Her work looks much better when we can see the colors correctly. Did it seem that way in person or was it problematic because of the camera?

Thanks James.

[jameskalm]

Hey cyphersum,

Sorry for the abbreviated view of Winters. Each ten minute program represents 3-4 hours of editing, not counting the transportation and the recording time. This saved me 15 hours of studio time.

Abts is a case of unphotographable nuances. Everything looks better under more light. Unfortunately I cant lug klieg lights around on my bike, JK

[jameskalm]

PS

For high resolution versions of these vids check the lorenmunk site linked on this channel's home page. JK

[Audiofreund2]

thank you

[AustralianPatrol]

You do a wonderful and such calm job ... I do a more manic version in OZ at AustralianPatrol...

[godoter]

Secretly there are! Relevant point though, why I said dump them all. You be lucky too and happy.

[LawrenceCharlesMille]

There aren't intelligent machines. Especially when the lights go out. Good luck.

[godoter]

Moi? I just write garbage on youtube. Aesthetes are hardly worth reading, less so on business. All the great strategists died miserable long ago and you're still grasping at apparent solids, worse yet on morbidity. Consider:

watch?v=Im4sfgvZZHE

[godoter]

Sir William Slim: "Many years ago, as a cadet hoping someday to be an officer, I was poring over Principles of War, listed in the old Field Service Regulations, when the Sergeant-Major came up to me. He surveyed me with kindly amusement. Dont bother your head about all them things, me lad, he said. Theres only one principle of war and thats this. Hit the other fellow, as quick as you can, and as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he aint lookin."

[LawrenceCharlesMille]

Hey godoter-

The strategists tell me more about the "art business" than the aesthetes tells me about the art business.

James Kalm is honest. I watch. You're interesting. Painter?

[godoter]

What do you mean "What do you mean art-business?"?

only his 1000 years is ok and relevant to Clausewitz & tzu's warmongerings, and he is basically a dumbed down pop version of Deleuze. if you seeking answers then it depends on your motivations and how genuine they are, nothing's enough if you're not honest and:

watch?v=0D196-oXw2k

[LawrenceCharlesMille]

godoter - I gave up De Landa. Can't understand a word he says. The web/netness of it all seems too obvious. What do you mean art-business?

[godoter]

After Clausewitz and Sun-Tzu read De Landa & then dump them all. Then make it back to art, but not art-business, before it's too late.