GNY: Best in Show
May 20th, 2010Photos by chromogenius David Benjamin Sherry are the highlight of Greater New York 2010 at MoMA PS1.
How great to see someone leaping into hallucinogenic sensuality and adult (perv?) humor, without abandoning the optimistic playfulness that keeps one fresh. Exploration seems to be the key here, as opposed to mere “travel.”
The Amy Yao portals are terrific in the company of her stick signifiers, though I wish they didn’t block the sight lines of David’s room. With the space we’d gain, you could really just bask in the room for hours, soaking in the lush washes of chromatic bliss, like laying in a pool filled with Skittles. It’s as sexy and trippy as Pipilotti Rist’s Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters), which Klaus Biesenbach brought to MoMA last year, except domestic in size and production.
I would have moved them into the next room, where the aforementioned sticks are mercilessly stuck (“stuck” as in “Looks like we’re stuck here,” like Donner-Party “stuck;” not just as in “put” or “placed.”)
