Following up, following directions & a big thank you

Hey, everyone:

Thank you immensely for having me on V Day, for asking great questions, for giving me new things to think about.

James asked me to follow up by posting links and such to some of the things I mentioned.

In no particular order pertaining to our time together:

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: a Cuban artist, now deceased, whose work remains a powerful influence to me.

(and to the young woman who "coincidentally" brought with her those sensitive and striking images of FGT pieces you took...thank you for sharing those. There are no accidents. Loved seeing those!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Gonzalez-Torres

Stephen Prina: an artist (very much alive), an instructor now at Harvard University, a mentor and close friend.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/film/14910.htm

Prina covering a Joni Mitchell song as part of the official non-opening for MOCA's exhibition "Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYHq_AOBaOM

(He's wearing a football jersey on which I had P-R-I-N-A put in big letters across the back....guess it runs in the family.)

Vaginal Davis: I don't know where to begin to describe Vag, however I know of no one more prolific or multi-disciplined

www.vaginaldavis.com

** to the young woman who mentioned Vanessa Beecroft, I thought you might like Vag's take on VB:

http://www.reakt.org/vd/index.html
http://www.vaginaldavis.com/photos/beef.html

A must read, must read, for reals:

Corpus by Jean-Luc Nancy

Fordham University Press
http://www.amazon.com/Corpus-Perspectives-Continental-Philosophy-Jean-Luc/dp/0823229629/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234838940&sr=8-1

also:

The Aesthetics of Risk: SoCCAS Symposium Vol. III // Edited by John C. Welchman

http://www.amazon.com/Aesthetics-Risk-SoCCAS-Symposium-Vol/dp/3905770555/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234839002&sr=1-1

Christine YuFon

Chinese, posture instructor, artist, and the closest thing to a unicorn I've experienced thus far:

http://www.christineyufon.com/Index/Index.html

(the website really doesn't do her justice)

http://www.thenunu.com/290/christine-yufon-in-her-studio/

I think that was about it.

A few more names I probably didn't mention but that have meant a lot to me and my work:

Jean Genet (The Thief's Journal, especially), Andre Gide, Kathy Acker, Georges Bataille, Marguerite Duras, Christopher Doyle, Ron Athey, The Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, Sol Lewitt, Tony Conrad, Paul Macarthy, Yayoi Kusama, Dennis Cooper, David Wojnarowicz, Peter Greenaway, Leigh Bowery (if you've never seen the documentary on him, "The Legend of Leigh Bowery," please do...), Juan Goytisolo, KISS, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, e.e. cummings, Julieta Venegas (adore), and Husker Du.

Try to swing through the gallery on Wednesday, 18 February, 2009 for my closing reception. 7:30 pm. Should be fun. Javier Natureboy is delivering the musical component and he's always a good time.

Nice bumping into Francesca on the street today.

Til next time.

Dino