Richard Prince Also Lives Here

Last fall, I inadvertently paid too much attention to a GPS location in my twitter feed. That action produced this piece for the Postcard Collective.  Since then, I noticed that in addition to Richard Prince's Long Island house, he also tweets from a Manhattan address. It was near the Museum of Modern Art and proved to be easy to find. Here are some quick snapshots from the iPhone (note the sculptures on the rooftop).

Realization #1: I am acquiring quite the mailing list if ever I had the guts to use it.
Realization #2: I need an old school Rolodex to store the Artist Stalking addresses preferably in the style of Phillip Johnson's:



"I know where you're going because I'm right in the middle of it." from The Philip Johnson Glass House.

(video still from above link)

Mine requires no white labels.

Postcard Collective Entry, Fall 2012

This round the theme was "accidental discovery." Fortunately, it wasn't a big departure from a series I am intermittently working on. Thanks to Maura Jasper for letting me borrow the typewriter!

Ernst Haas from "Color Correction"

Yes, it's that time of year again...

Ernst Haas, c. 1970

 Ernst Haas, California, 1977

Ernst Haas, Utah, 1979

Tonight I learned that Haas took the first photograph of the "Marlboro Man" that was appropriated by one of my favorite artists, Richard Prince. Thank you interlibrary loan.

Tom Friedman & Richard Prince

Tom Friedman, Untitled (Verisimilitude), 2012

I have had Tom Friedman on my mind ever since viewing his show at Luhring Augustine in March. It is mainly due to his recent interview on Bad at Sports.  The comment in this podcast that struck me most (paraphrased) is his idea that "perfection is an illusion." It is all about consistency and the more consistent one is, the more it is perceived as perfect. I am constantly reminded that I am guilty of being a perfectionist. I need to strive for consistency instead. My goal for the rest of the year.

If you haven't caught Richard Prince's "blog," it's a must read (particularly his review of the Francesca Woodman exhibition). It's also where you can find gems like this:


"I'm going to be giving a talk, a "lecture" at Yale soon. Sometime in late April. I would like to talk about photography and how it coats and pours over what's in front of me..."


Oh boy... I may have inadvertently added two more artists to the stalking list.

Substitutions

Looking for someone to be me for five days this month... Must be able to participate in the Animation Search committee meetings and attend a lecture, meet with five BFA thesis students, teach seven classes, and feed my cats. Anyone?


Cindy Sherman as Richard Prince, Richard Prince as Cindy Sherman, 1983

Matthew Barney as Gary Gilmore in Cremaster 2

Duane Michals, Self-Portrait as Someone Else I and II, 1968

Alfred Hitchcock poses as a woman for a magazine article, c. 1964

Douglas Gordon, Self-portrait as Kurt Cobain, as Andy Warhol, as Myra Hindley, as Marilyn Monroe, 1996

Bruce Conner as Dennis Hopper and Dennis Hopper as Bruce Conner, From The Dennis Hopper One Man Show, 1973

Janine Antoni, Mom and Dad, 1993-94