I WANNA BE SOMEWHERE (pt. 2)

Liz-N-Val, Everything, 2009

Patrick Brennan, Untitled (I want to be somewhere, but I'm nowhere), 2009

Denise Kupferschmidt, I Wanna Be In Your Mind, 2009

Kris Chatterson, Untitled, 2009

Saira McLaren, For Billy Van, 2009

Sherri Caudell Brennan, Metallika, 2009

Gina Beavers, Appalachian Mountain Rock Spa (for Francis Bacon), 2009

I WANNA BE SOMEWHERE was a Daily Operation that took place on on September 16. Part 1 pics here.

Don't Miss: Use Your Illusion

Jesse Hamerman, Mean Girls; J.D. Walsh, Cloak, Frame, Disguise

Sherri Caudell Brennan, Untitled, Untitled, J.G. Ballard

Little Stars, Lake Michigan, Untitled

Patrick Brennan, Untitled; Jesse Hamerman, Jacqueline

Patrick Brennan, Dead No.2; Ned Colclough, I Found Out

Ned Colclough, Holy Evening

Use Your Illusion, a show set in the back of a Bushwick bodega, is a must see. In case you didn't have a chance to make it out last Sunday night for the opening, there's good news: it will be open by appointment for the rest of the week. Send organizer Jesse Hamerman an email to stop by: jhamerman [at] gmail [dot] com. Also see my labels for my posts on each artist in the show...

Sherri Caudell Brennan

Yardbird, 2008, collage and paint on paper, 9" x 12"



J.G. Ballard, 2008, collage on paper, 9" x 12"

Untitled, 2007, collage on paper, 12" x 9"



Givenchy Paris, 2006, photograph, 8" x 10"

Saturday Night, 2007, collage on fabric, 11" x 8 1/2"

Beak, 2007, collage on fabric, 11" x 8 1/2"

Boombatta, 2006, collage on paper, 12" x 9"

I just ran across this article by Charlie White in the current issue of Artforum. He seems curious about, but slightly dismissive of what he sees as a adolescent trend in contemporary collage. Sherri Caudell Brennan is a great example of someone who utilizes the kind of 'teenage bedroom' esthetic that he talks about, but there's a lot more going on. They've got some serious soul...