New York

David Shapiro is featured at Sue Scott Gallery (near the New Museum) with an exhibit titled "Money Is No Object." In it he has hand-drawn/traced/copied receipts and tickets collected over a period of time onto vellum scrolls. The collection represents an interesting take on record-keeping and by putting it on display Shapiro questions the notions of privacy and its value. He seems to need no privacy as back account numbers are not blacked out (are those his real bank numbers?). Grocery receipts, parking tickets, late credit card statements, and Delta airline tickets are carefully traced. Each scroll represents a month and is meticulous. Orderliness is also a main theme for items that are generally crumpled to the bottom of bags or tossed aside, though they could be meticulous records of human behavior, such as this exhibit. It runs through June 19 and is highly recommended.

So far I am glad I've never had to pay admission to PS1. it is consistently full of vapid artwork. It is a shame for a building of such vast possibility. I was constantly being herded from spaces I wasn't allowed. What art was on view? Even the drinking fountains were temporarily out of order. One very successful body of work was actually available to view: Laurel Nakadate's "Only the Lonely" in which she captured tears, loneliness, and the state of alone that contained the emotions intended for the works. I felt all the loneliness of living in a new place, traveling, all were video or photos, some not even readable photos from their too dark lighting. Some just didn't belong.

Overall I felt as an intruder in the museum. The above William Kentridge hallway stencil was also of note, though nothing else by Kentridge was accessible.

Some interesting selections from a sale near 60th and 1st Ave Phillips de Pury:

Rudolf Stingel "Untitled" 2000

Urs Fischer

Guyton\Walker "Coconut Chandelier" 2006