After a day of running bout town after a photo of this, that and another celebrity, sometimes you need to take a moment to switch it into a different gear.
And that’s just what I did on Thursday night by attending Andrew Hahn’s 1st gallery installation in the heart of Chelsea!
The “Pop Destroy” exhibit depicted, what I found to be, a retrospect of yester-years, playing like a cavalry of flashback in tri-color – starting with a painting of Heatherrette’s MAC’ed out Richie Rich and strolling down to club deity buddies like Lee Chappell (below pictured with Ernie and Sebastian Junior,) Keoki, Peter Gatien, Jackie-O, John Waters, Leigh Bowery, Gary Glitter and onwards to political types like Harvey Milk, Bush and Church State issues. No small feat given the artist was in diapers during the mayhem.
Ominously absent was any piece of Mr. Party Monster himself – Michael Alig, who I understand is scheduled for release next year. (That’s a comeback party I anxiously await!) Although I have to say his contribution to the era was clearly represented (and I would swear there was at least one piece that could double for the Disco 2000 creator… (but all the same, watch your back Mr. Hahn, Alig doesn’t take kindly to being snubbed! Clearly…) But I can understand holding on to the controversy card – it is best used wisely…
A congrats to the artist on a successful show – and all that jazz, cuz I luved me the art.
And I was most tickled to see and reconnect with folks of ole, really I was, but where the fuck is my likeness hanging, Mr. Hahn? Don’t you know a fabulous nobody when he is standing right in front of you? You better get that goddamn sketch book out and start to capturing this shit! Or I will be the one to give Alig your whereabouts.
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#1 by Eric Dunlap on October 10, 2009 - 4:18 PM
witty and entertaining!