Twenty One Twelve

Jennifer & Kevin McCoy's apocalyptic new media show depicting landscapes 100 years from today looks strikingly real in the aftermath of hurricane-ridden NYC.

The McCoys at Postmasters Gallery, New York 2012:

Lying on the floor right next to the exhibits, water-damaged objects from the gallery are a tangible testimony to a real disaster:

Here comes the flood, again

At his solo exhibition Mesopotamian Dramaturgies, Kutlug Ataman's brilliant multi-screen video sculpture Mayhem depicts the cleansing symbolism and the destructive force of water, which take on new meanings after the massive flood in NYC last week.

Ataman at Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York 2012:

Tchaparian

Arrived at NYC late last night ... Wonder how my favourite art galleries are doing after two consecutive disasters in just a week - hurricane/serious flooding followed by a merciless snow storm.  I can still see patches of snow right outside my window.  New Yorkers are resilient.  I know they will come back in no time.

From Hot Chip's 2006 album The Warning:

Video from Dejizzious's youtube channel

Fifteen primes

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Pierce's paint-staking embroidery

Like embroidery, Sasha Pierce's painstakingly detailed paintings at MOCCA (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art), Toronto 2012:

Foil Problem 2

Same title as his 2011 show, Sandy Plotnikoff's latest solo exhibition Foil Problem at Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto 2012:

Yu's Non-painting Painting

General Hardware Contemporary has quickly become one of my favourite art galleries in Toronto since its opening two years ago.  Its latest exhibition Non-painting Painting by Jinny Yu is a thought-provoking display of Yu's works oscillating between the realms of abstract painting and object.

Yu at General Hardware, Toronto 2012:

Museum für Angewandte Kunst

Floor plan of Richard Meier's 1985 Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt-am-Main:

Pattern on the carpet inside the museum:

Gehry Brandenburg

Berlin's Brandenburger Tor is one of the most well-known landmarks of Germany:

Right behind Brandenburger Tor is Frank Gehry's 2000 DZ Bank, an important landmark of Germany's financial landscape.  The building looks pretty humble outside but very extravagant inside:

Metaphysical town squares

I'm a big fan of Giorgio de Chirico's Metaphysical Town Square series of paintings from the 1910s.  Mostly uninhabited architectural spaces with long deep shadows and much emphasized perspectives, they are full of haunting isolation and melancholy.

De Chirico at K20, Düsseldorf 2012:

Glimpses of townscapes that remind me of de Chirico ...

Outside Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin 2012:

Outside Starbucks near Heinrich-Heine-Allee, Düsseldorf 2012:

Outside Kai 10, Düsseldorf 2009:

Kulisy

From the group exhibition Made In Germany Zwei, Ulla von Brandenburg at Kunstverein Hannover, 2012:

HALOween

From one of my favourite albums, their 1990 Violator, Halo by Depeche Mode:

Video from Lifad2011's youtube channel

Black Hole

Something dark for Halloween ...

From the group exhibition Made In Germany Zwei, Saâdane Afif with Tom Morton's text at Kunstverein Hannover, 2012: