The following five posts consist of a few of the things I saw in Miami at Art|Basel|Miami Beach. 

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Jack Whitten

Haegue Yang – paper collage, various envelope security patterns.

 Haegue Yang – Detail

Barnaby Furnas

Barnaby Furnas – Detail

Barnaby Furnas

Chris Johanson

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Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse – Detail from another painting.

Katharina Grosse

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Barry McGee

Barry McGee

Barry McGee

Wim Delvoye

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Aaron Curry

Franz Ackermann

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Tobias Rehberger

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Kees Goudzwaard  - oil on canvas.

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Kees Goudzwaard – oil on canvas.

Kees Goudzwaard – oil on canvas.

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Ricky Swallow – patinated bronze.

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Ugo Rondinone – bronze cast, lead.

RH Quaytman – oil, silkscreen, ink and gesso on wood.

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this a collection of photos i made in costa rica over the last few years. they were photographed usually in the night, sometimes in the day, with a variety of different light sources, from flashlights to natural light. at times i am kneeling on the ground, leaning the camera on a wall in the rain, or  standing on a ladder on the kitchen steps about twelve or fourteen feet up, swatting at the thousands of insects that are swarming around the porch light and my head. these creatures are often moving, which makes it difficult to get a good shot, but i keep trying anyway. you can sort of tell how big they are, by the size of the wood grain that they are resting on, but more often than not they are quite small.

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one morning i found a small mantis on the porch.  it was about 2 inches long. we had another big one that would have measured 8 or 9 inches, but i couldn’t get close enough for a video. i love how it turns it’s head while it’s looking at me, making sure i don’t get too close, all the while doing that little dance. (i think they are actually trying to imitate a leaf or twig that’s being gently blown around by the wind?)

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here’s a video of him doing his dance.

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the cicada below is about one quarter of an inch long.

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the butterfly below i have never seen before or since.

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yikes!

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nice gold trim on this one.

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sometimes they are even beautiful in death.

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this is a moth, not a butterfly. i got up in the night to an earthquake and found it on the railing outside the cabin when i ran outside. it was only about an inch and a half across.

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this walking stick was about 10 inches long with great camo.

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those are big rhinoceros beetles with my friend céline. she found them in the forest.

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this was quite a large walking stick, maybe eight or so inches in length.

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the moth below was about three quarters of an inch across. it looks like a cross between a stealth bomber and a leaf.

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don’t ever touch one of these, you will be so sorry.

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this grasshopper was about 6 inches long. the one below was much smaller. i love the holes in it’s knees and it’s green socks.

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i don’t know what this insect is, but he was on the wall of the kitchen in the morning when i went to make coffee. it’s always interesting to see what insects remain on the wall under the porch light in the morning after the sun comes up.

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no clue what these things are, but they’re very small.

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this moth is about three quarters of an inch long and really beautiful. i must have swept hundreds of them out  the door of the cabin for years until i realized they are actually insects and not leaves. they are perfectly camouflaged, down to the little holes on the back of the wings, the stem on the top in the front, and i love how the wings overlap in a sort of asymmetrical way.

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i don’t even want to talk about this one. it was on the wall of the cabin in the morning also, but it wasn’t under the porch light – they’re not attracted to light. they come out in the dark usually, to creep around and look for something to eat.

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this insect was on the side of the cabina one night after dinner. i have no idea what it is, but i think it’s supposed to look like a piece of leaf that was chewed off of a plant by a leaf cutter ant. it is exactly the same shape – must have been around one half of an inch long – as those pieces of leaves often are when you see them going across the ground, being carted away by the ants.

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this is a very little bug.

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the seine – paris – 10.31.11

i have been away a few times in the last month, and one of the places i went to was paris, a city i’ve been in many times, and one i am always delighted to return to. i went with a friend, another person who hates being home too much. we were only there for two days, just enough time to have a couple good dinners and lunches, a little shopping, a lot of walking and wine drinking. the autumn light was golden and the weather perfect – a day of sun and a day of rain. paris is beautiful in the rain. we stayed in pigalle at a small hotel called the paris hotel, on the rue henry monnier. i always stay in this part of the city, because my french friends all live in the area, except for two who live near republique.

paris hotel – paris – 10.31.11

st. sulpice – paris – 10.31.11

cafe de la mairie – st. sulpice – paris – 10.31.11

jardin des tuileries – paris – 10.31.11

jardin des tuileries – paris – 10.31.11

jardin des tuileries – paris – 10.31.11

place de la concorde – paris – 10.31.11

place de la concorde – paris – 10.31.11

le balto – paris – 10.31.11

alimentation – paris – 10.31.11

pigalle – paris – 10.31.11

michou – paris – 10.31.11

hôtel opéra frochot – pigalle – paris

looking out the window of the paris hotel – 11.1.11

breakfast a la place st. georges – paris – 11.1.11

place des vosges – paris – 11.1.11

in the marais – paris – 11.1.11

lunch in the marais – paris – 11.1.11

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in the metro – paris – 11.1.11

rue henry monnier – paris – 11.1.11

rue des martyrs – paris – 11.1.11

the view from sacré  coeur, paris – 11.1.11

boulevard de rochechouart – paris – 11.1.11

carmen mcleod – crg gallery – nyc – 9.25.11

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3rd Avenue – Gowanus

9th Street – Gowanus

5th Avenue – Park Slope

3rd Avenue – Gowanus

Fort Greene

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