The show is about sports? I guess there is a Michelle Kwan
video loop by Lisa Young and two wonderful mountain peeks made out of wood by
Matt Browning and Leo Fitzmaurice’s little soccer jerseys made out of cigarette
packs, so yeah, I guess the general concept of the show holds up. But the only reason
to go see it is the long-awaited New York gallery debut (at least to my
knowledge) of Tim Davis’s awesome Upstate New York Olympics videos, which
feature Mr. Davis in isolating solitude engaging his surroundings in acts of
competition where he fights snowmen, fences fences, rolls over yard signs,
hurdles lawn jockeys and performs other absurdist acts, which all take place in
an unassuming but often excellently framed working-class suburban area where
dads drink and children play Little League and artists might possibly run across
your lawn and barely clear your lawn jockey or the headstones of the old
cemetery down the street. The work is juvenile and dumb, but in the same way lots
of great conceptual art is. Fencing fences is about as brilliant and amusing as
Ruscha’s Royal Road Test or Crackers. It’s the kind of thing that puts a smile
on your face, but I am curious to see when Davis is gonna get back to doing
what he does best, which is make smart inventive photographs. But in the
meantime, go see the videos. If you’re not one to make it to the Lower East Side
for art, they are all available on YouTube.
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