Friday, January 19, 2007
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I went an opening at the Lawrimore Project in Seattle last night. I went for two reasons: 1) the Lawrimore Project is one of the few Seattle galleries that I have actually heard mentioned in the non-Seattle art press, 2) Josh Azzarella is Tiffany Calvert's significant other. I know Tiffany from a residency that we did at I-Park (which is a completely weird place, but extremely nice).
I think I like Josh's work. I had heard about it and seen bits online, but this was my first encounter with in person. It strikes me as Paul Pfeiffer meets Bill Viola meets USA Today. A bait and switch of mezmorizingly beautiful imagery and truly horrific content. I didn't like the projectors that Lawrimore used, I though the very visible light bleeds was distracting from the images, but I might just be nit-picking.
Labels: art, exhibition, opening, seattle
