Video Art 6 - Vito Acconci, Remote Control (1971) [Excerpt]

"I can't hear you very well, I can see you, but I feel like you're here, but you're talking so softly."

Video Art 5 - Raymond Pettibon and David Markey, Citizen Tania (1989) [Excerpt]

Before Gondry and Deitch, the original Be Kind Rewind. The full version is 87 minutes.

Larry Gagosian

From Christopher Knight's review of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA):

Of 176 works on three floors, 139 are by artists who have shown with the same gallery -- Gagosian, commonly considered today's leading commercial powerhouse. That's nearly 80%. BCAM turns out to be GCAM. Such a narrow vision feels insecure, more investment deal than adventure.

Quality journalism. It'd be interested to see a breakdown of other collections based on institutional / commercial representation over the years. What percentage have been affiliated with Castelli or the Dia Foundation, and so forth?

Jasper Johns on Today's Artists, etc.

"To me, self-description is calamity." - Jasper Johns, in response to a question about his influence on contemporary artists. Carol Vogel, "The Gray Areas of Jasper Johns." The New York Times (February 3, 2008).

Review to come of his opening on Friday at Matthew Marks and Archive Fever over at the International Center for Photography; haven't seen the Gray show at the Met yet. Also just finished Sophie Calle's gorgeous Double Game (thank you); bought The Artist's Joke.

[At left: Hans Namuth, Jasper Johns (1988).]