Zoe Leonard at Paula Cooper Gallery

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In a moment marked by hyperinflated production budgets and space-consuming installations, it is refreshing to see an exhibition by an artist devoted to the everyday, the banal, and the humble. Zoe Leonard has mined this territory for years, and it is her dedication to her subject matter and consistent ability to evoke quiet beauty that prevents her

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Zoe cont'd.

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The photos were not arranged in a grid. They were all at approximately head height, irregularly spaced around the four walls of Paula Cooper's upstairs gallery space. The rhythm worked: walking in, you were presented with evenly-spaced portraits of individual objects (a tree, a window), until you got to the back of the room where six or seven pictures of gum stains on a sidewalk were closely grouped together. The togetherness in the pictures was matched by the togetherness of their installation.

I haven't seen the documentary aspect of her photographic endeavor, though I know from a Creative Time website I read some months ago that in her archive she has over 3,000 pictures of things disappearing from the city.

For me, the high point of her career--and unfortunately one I was unable to see in person--is 'Tree', the sculpture/installation she presented at Paula Cooper gallery in 1997.

Anyway, thanks for commenting.

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I saw the Currin exhibition at the MCA in Chicago. It was my first opportunity to see more than one gallery of paintings at once, and the first time I saw paintings from different periods. I imagine that once I read the Robert Rosenblum essay in the catalog, which by its title leads me to believe that his thoughts on Currin mirror mine (but more eloquently), I'll probably post some form of review here in the journal.

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i can't wait to see your journal coming up! it's close to my birthday!
critical mass tomorrow. hope to see u there.

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Tell me your birthday so I know not to miss celebrating with you! I'm getting new ink on Sunday afternoon. I won't be able to make Critical Mass tonight because I have a rather important appointment I need to attend to right after work. I'll tell you more about it soon!