Headed downtown to pick up some film and made a quick jaunt through Chelsea galleries…
The highlights:
Xu Zhen recreates the Shanghart Supermarket from Art Basel Miami at James Cohan Gallery. He created a supermarket of empty packages priced as they would be in Shanghai in yen but you can buy everything in the store for 1 yen to 1 USD conversion.
Empty spice jars
I picked up a can of Suntory Original Special Beer for $2.50 and my gift-with-purchase was the reciept and a plastic bag. This piece isn’t as overtly funny as his Damien Hirst-piss taking bisected Dinosaurs but it’s the best thing I saw all day. And, the best art purchase of the week!!
The lowlights? David LaChappelle at Tony Shafrazi. Here’s the formula: (Jeff Wall + saturation)/ Oliver Stone * point of purchase displays = great idea poorly executed.
