Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Pace-Wildenstein


Friday went to Pace Wildenstein, since MOMA turned out to be free only in the evening and P-W’s right around the corner. Their stable of artists reads like a list of many of my favorites, from Dubuffet to Sol Lewitt to Elizabeth Murray and Keith Tyson. Rauschenberg had a handsome show that just opened, also Robert Mangold upstairs which I really liked. Mangold divided the paper into symmetrical grid sections with a few straight lines. Using the intersection points, he’s drawn curves; in turn, the intersections of these curves form interesting asymmetrical shapes. Also allowed to look around at their stuff in storage- amazing. Not allowed to post any pic.s, unfortunately- but maybe they won’t sue me if I just show you some racks full of very famous and expensive artists’ work.