HORSE CRAZY
Short Form #3
JEFF KOONS: PORCELAIN SERIES (GAGOSIAN, NEW YORK)
It is now the year of the Horse, but also the year of some blank mystic – the Cloud Dancer, a personified Color of the Year. Last year, it was the year of Mocha Mousse, the Pantone shade of slam poetry and the Iraq War comedown, the warm retro hue of Bright Eyes and muted protest. This year, k-pop Vanilla Sky, wired EarPods, sleepy dancing at the edge of the world. A sandman prophet dressed in all white GU. Don’t trust him. BBC News Pidgin warns even the Horse might not be strong enough to resist the charms of this beguiling Dancer: “Horse fit get speed but if e no get di endurance of Camel e no go fit cross desert.” A great proverb, let’s not forget it.
At the galleries, slower sales encourage fewer, longer exhibitions. In Tribeca, a show might now stay open for two months. In Chelsea, a Louise Bourgeois show lasts nearly six. You can visit it right now, or maybe you already saw it before …
