speaking of works of art

I finally made it to the new Nelson Gallery on the Davis campus to see the "regional portraiture" show that OMF has been raving about. It's still open until March 13th, if you want to try to catch it. It's only open on M-Th, and admission is free. Here's Victoria Dalkey's review. She mentions the work below, Chris Johansen's "Ankle Level Drum Circle". It's pretty funny. Just different people, some hippies, some nude dudes, doing an endless loop of a drum circle on TV screens. Hmm...looking up Chris Johansen I see he is part of the Mission School of artists with the look that is...not my favorite. Unfortunately, some big wigs were meeting in the room with the Roy De Forest so I did not get to see the whole show yet.

My very favorite work was by conceptual artist Paul Kos. A mysterious and haunting glass bell formed by silkscreening concentric circles onto stacked sheets of glass. It creeped me out. It's like a window into another dimension. One thing it's not, however, is a portrait. The title of this show is not apt, as Dalkey also points out.

speaking of works of art, this baby is finally mine! and for only ten bucks on ebay.
speaking of other works of art, shh....don't wake the sausages. they are sleeping in their warm, tomatoey bed of lentils.
speaking of other works of art, don't forget the All That Jazz screening at The Verge tomorrow. I am digging up a lot of dirt and good quotes on Fosse.