dayoutlast is a record of my direct engagement with mostly contemporary art, mostly Los Angelean.

As this blog has evolved since its 2010 inception, so has my perspective. What I once perceived as central within the investigation was what was central, literally, within the photographic frame that I shared here. While still an important consideration, such thinking has also given way to more peripheral considerations, ones also accompanied occasionally by text (written manifestation of thought) and the oscillations between them. What's missing here are larger unknowns surrounding issues of presentation and representation; the amount of time and space it actually takes to accomplish such first-hand observations; and the quandaries between documentation and interpretation.

Despite my attempt to communicate here with image and text what is essential in some respect about the artwork, neither representation should ever be considered a substitution for the primary viewing experience. Of course, occasionally there are exceptions.

Most of the time, these posts are merely remnants---residual fragments---from my last day out.

Friday, February 23, 2018

Judy Fiskin @ Richard Telles






There is this kind of charm in viewing Fiskin's work that is not easily explained with words but rather some kind of knowing kinship either in terms of attentions/intentions or else similar cultural overtones, the similar way in which my my grandmother might arrange the buffet or the china hutch for herself, or the party or the bazaar booth.


I had taken this photo in passing just days before viewing this show (see how it relates to the photo directly above). Again, it is a curious kinship of attentions, especially when viewing a stream of fascinating images in such a context, a flatscreen inside an art gallery and also along the way in the world at large.


Saturday, February 10, 2018

Patrick Wilson @ Susanne Vilemetter


Astronaut, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
86 x 39 inches












Professor, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
86 x 39 inches







Violet Return, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
41 x 37 inches






Push, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 22 inches








Storm Swell, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
67 x 72 inches






Jeremy Blake "Station to Station" @ Honor Fraser


Station to Station 1: Robert Moses Terminal, 2001
Single Channel digital animation with sound on DVD
TRT: 16 minute continuous loop
Edition of 8



Station to Station 1: Robert Moses Terminal, 2001 and Station to Station 2: Fordham Gneiss, 2001



Station to Station 1: Robert Moses Terminal, 2001
Single Channel digital animation with sound on DVD
TRT: 16 minute continuous loop
Edition of 8




Station to Station 2: Fordham Gneiss, 2001 and Station to Station 3: Carbon Sink Park, 2001



Station to Station 3: Carbon Sink Park, 2001
Single Channel digital animation with sound on DVD
TRT: 16 minute continuous loop
Edition of 8



Station to Station 3: Carbon Sink Park, 2001 and Station to Station 4: Slumber Line, 2001



Station to Station 4: Slumber Line, 2001
Single Channel digital animation with sound on DVD
TRT: 16 minute continuous loop
Edition of 8



Station to Station 3: Carbon Sink Park, 2001 and Station to Station 4: Slumber Line, 2001



Station to Station 5: Indigo Heights, 2001
Single Channel digital animation with sound on DVD
TRT: 16 minute continuous loop
Edition of 8


Matsumi Kanemitsu "East/West" @ Louis Stern


Nov #2, 1968
Acrylic on canvas
30 1/2 x 22 1/2



Judith Linhares "The Way She Goes to Town" @ Various Small Fires







Those expecting straight documentation will be disappointed by the coverage of this show. I was interested in the bold use of color and not the subject matter. So, I did my best to capture a few nice ones.  They would make really nice paintings all on their own. As they stand here on this blog, I think that they make nice photos.