11/5-NY1 Chelsea 1st trip

seize the first few hours before moving, another round of camera obscura in the hotel room.
then after moving to the apartment at 14th st.,
visited chelsea from 24th on and below, with postmaster etc. at 19th and further below, by the time I got there closed already.
from a magazine at New Museum Chelsea, lesson of chelsea development, long lease or buy. seems more galleries than before, the neighbourhood has cleaned up a bit, with a few street, new residential buildings and gallery at ground floor.
Printed Matter reopened at a new space, finally a different gd impression compare with last time.
Eyebeam huge space deicated to art and tech, even with artist residency.
Big names includes:
Matthew Barney at Gladstone (Jerry Saltz has a review of it in Village Voice, so it should be on the web, he is, well, in favour if not a fan of Barney)
Olafur Eliasson, happens to play also with camera obscura.
Richard Serra at Gagosian, same measure! very minimal
Alex Katz, PaceWilderstein
James Lee Byars, Mary Boone and Perry Ruberstein
a guest curator, all same colour exhibition at Paula Cooper,
Paula Cooper main gallery, one huge sculpture with a handout on maths mathematical proof.
small learning:
Bruce Gilden, flash in photography
Victor Rodriguez of Manet-Zola
mixed:
a number of photography that try to mimic but failed,
Andreas Slominski, turns horrible??? with kitschy reliefs!?!
Ashley Bickerton, turns further horrible with kitschy paintings!!!