I have mixed feelings about the
show. It is certainly a nice selection of quality people, whose art I enjoy,
like Ben Donaldson, Keri Oldham, Alec Soth and Amy Stein. But the crowded salon
hanging in Jen Bekman’s slender space is a tad overwhelming, and seeing it at
the opening didn’t help. Even with the image-list, I found it hard locating
specific work on the wall that I was interested in seeing. Even without the
salon hanging, it was an odd selection, with Oldham’s small witty text-based
piece hung next to a so-so Alec Soth (which is hard to come by with the large amount
of quality work that dude turns out), across from a very un-Amy Stein Amy Stein.
And I am still not sure I found the piece by Ben Donaldson, who had a great
show a while back at Jen Bekman of black and white portraits of people hypnotized
to see the most beautiful landscape ever. I did enjoy Ian Baguskas dust cover
foliage, I had forgotten how much I liked his work when it was up at Jen
Bekman’s. I guess as an anniversary celebration show the overhang makes some
sense, and forms a visual party on the wall that blends into one continuous esthetic-style
and history of choices that effectively define Jen Bekman’s last ten years.
Through Mar. 31st
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