FAILURE HITS THE UES - William Pope.L @ Mitchell-Innes & Nash

As the financial and house markets seemed to be coming down around our ears, we journeyed up to that bastion of gracious living and expense accounts, Madison Avenue and 79th Street to pop in to the opening of William Pope.L's first show with his new gallery, Mitchell-Innes & Nash. And what a pleasant surprise! What should we find covering four walls of one of the two main gallery areas but hundreds upon hundreds of "Failure" drawings. These small intimate drawings where all done on available paper while traveling, so we get a wide range of sizes; coasters, hotel stationery, notepads, small photos, etc). Beautifully installed!!

In the second gallery, are two larger pieces, plus a small wall sculpture consisting of two drinnking glasses with water. The large wooden coffin for the US flag is raised off the ground and emits the soft sound of a flag flapping in the wind.

Screw the NY Times! A great little debut show! ENCORE!!!

Lost Serra

Encountered this large Cor-Ten slab at the corner of 12th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan today, Looks like a Richard Serra piece that fell off a truck, eh what?

We believe it is a small "prop" piece from early in Mr. Serra's career and was obviously abandoned by its captors once they realized how heavy and cumbersome the damn thing was.

Any leads to it owner and proper return will be appreciated.

The Management of JTLR

Memento Mori

Richard Wright
David Foster Wallace
Oded Schramm

You Shall All Be Missed!!