Slog - Comments on The Best Art Show. Ever. (Part IV) http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv When you get up to what the Italians call the first floor of this palazzo, Artempo explodes. (Lower floors here, here, and here.) This photo actually doesn't come close to illustrating the heated, crowded, radical weirdness of this floor. Here's another image from the show's PR that tries, but again, fails (also featuring the five curators, with collector Axel Vervoordt second from right). (The best images I've seen online of the show are in a slide show that ran with Roberta Smith's review--"Among the most strange and powerful exhibitions I have seen"--in the NYT.) There are several hundred objects on... Copyright 2008 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:30:21 -0800 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:23:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by June Bee cool, Dumas gets a lot of dimension in Supermodel. and those other pics can't help but recall the dwarf painting by Velasquez. at least The Stranger is footing your travel bill, or one hopes so. i'd have loved to have been there. i'll get in touch with an artsy ex-bandmate who photos stuff for the NYT style/arkeetekchore sections, and pass along your writings, if interested.

]]> June Bee http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c807867 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c807867 Arts Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:08:18 -0800 Comment by Katelyn It's sad to read about the best art exhibit EVER, when it's in Venice and there's no way I'll get to see it.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c807906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c807906 Arts Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:44:45 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me "table with elephant skin as its top, the leg bones of a giraffe as its support, and the horns of an antelope as its feet"

I think they carry these at Ikea now... (I think its called "Dyr")

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c807952 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c807952 Arts Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:33:51 -0800 Comment by cut tag! cut tag! more than 3 photos and your post should use a cut/jump tag. You are the worst offender for the "otherwise worthwhile slog post that takes up 45% of my screen" sin.

]]> cut tag! cut tag! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c808045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c808045 Arts Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:57:36 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves June Bee: Sure.

cut tag! cut tag!: Sorry. I realize I'm bad. But I HATE Slog jumps. It's against my religion. I want you to *look* at the art ... or something like that. Have I already said sorry? I am. I am of two minds.

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c808233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/the_best_art_show_ever_part_iv#c808233 Arts Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:23:26 -0800