Dennis Hollingsworth

Just when I thought I could get back into the studio...

Just when I thought I could get back into the studio and squirt tubes of oil, now comes a hurricane called Sandy. It's hard for me to believe the news hype. Sometimes, I think there should be a law compelling news anchors to wear vampire costumes to remind us of their predilection for overstatement. But every so often, they can inadvertently underestimate as well. I talked to several veteran New Yorkers about the reality of a city crippling storm, most of them shrugged. At the same time, people are mobbing the grocery stores to stock up their pantries. Friends stress buying wine to fortify themselves for the deluge. Subways are cancelled, there's talk of floods. It's a disaster holiday in the big apple, and if it's like other disasters I've heard about here, there should be a lot sex happening in the next few days. Every cloud has a silver lining.

I met Joshua yesterday as he was installing, we had a great conversation that I hope will extend into the future. We talked about his blur of the boundaries between art and life, his first review in Art Forum in the 70's, Smithson, Israel/NYC/Judaism... and just about that time, I was cuing up Fontana in my mind when we had to take a rain check to explore the iceberg beyond this initial conversational tip.

A rain check won't check my scooter ride into the LES tonight.

Joshua Neustein, Boss at UNT/TLED, Opening: Sunday, Oct. 28, 6pm.

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