love / hate @ phillips london

Jacob Kassay

"Untitled"

2009

LOVE

"Opinions are like assholes,

everyone has one."

My dad used to say that.

Here are my opinions about the latest round

of art to hit the auction block,

this time at 

Phillips de Pury

in London.

I have only included pieces that I 

LOVE

or

HATE.

With my asshole below,

I mean opinion....

Cindy Sherman

"Untitled Film Still #4"

1977

LOVE

She is a favorite of mine and this is

a strong image from this series.

Jean-Michel Basquiar

"Self-Portrait"

1985

LOVE

Not the best, but I wouldn't kick it

out of bed for eating crackers.

My mom used to say that....

Tony Cragg

"The Fanatics"

2006

LOVE

If it's shiny and silver, 

I will probably like it.

Cecily Brown

"I Will Not Paint Anymore Boring Leaves (2)"

2004

HATE

Seriously. Why? It's big AND ugly.

The only way to save this would be to paint it red.

Alighiero Boetti

"Per Provenienza: Composition"

1989

LOVE

I'm a sucker for bright colors and hard work too.

Beatriz Milhazes

"O Conflito"

2001

HATE

I don't care what's going on or what it is about,

it is wasted on me.

Someone else will waste

nearly $300,000.00

if it hammers near the high estimate.

Seriously,

sometimes I really don't get it.

Ugo Rondinone

"No. 547 ELFTERSEPTEMBERZWEITAUSENDUNDACHT"

2008

LOVE

I seriously considered being an 

Astronomer

or an Astronaut when I was 6, so 

you know why this speaks to me.

Jack Pierson

"Like Someone Alone"

1994

HATE

If I start to talk about why I hate Jack Pierson so

much, I will never finish this post.

So I will keep it to 5 words:

LUCKY SON OF A BITCH.

Thomas Demand

"Stairwell (Treppenhaus)"

1995

LOVE

I know this comes as a big surprise to people

that follow this blog, but I kinda

dig this picture.

Julian Opie

"Shahnoza Dancing in Bra and Pants"

2007

HATE

I'm so upset I couldn't find this in a GIF format

so we all could vomit while watching it....

Pan Dehai

"Troops"

2005

HATE

I hate 99.99% of contemporary Chinese art.

There, I said it.

Jean Arp

"Lingam"

1956

LOVE

Hans could take a turd out of his toilet

and I would love it.

Andy Warhol

"Portrait of Frank Stella"

1967

LOVE

These weird, small, almost souvenir

size Warhols always appeal to me.

Damien Hirst

"The Hours Spin Skull"

2009

HATE

Jack Pierson x 100 on this one.

I do like his early work though,

very much.

This "cashing in" bullshit sucks sooo hard though.

Julian Opie

"Steve Playing Guitar"

2006

HATE

This is THE WORST Julian Opie

I have ever seen.

At least it doesn't move.

Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla

"Under Discussion"

2004

LOVE

There is nothing about this not to love.

Laurie Simmons

"Walking Hourglass"

1989

LOVE

An art school favorite, 

I never get tired of her work.

Gordon Matta-Clark

"Splitting"

1974

LOVE

My hero!

Yves Klein

"Petit Vénus Bleue"

1956(?)

HATE

I LOVE LOVE LOVE,

practically worship YK, 

but I have a hard time believing he would 

have ever signed off on this

ugly piece of shit.

Yuck!

Philippe Pasqua

"Isabelle"

2003

HATE

Speaking of yuck,

how does one make a beautiful nude pregnant

woman who appears to be having and orgasm

look ugly?

You have Philippe do it!

Edwin Wurm

"Two Ways of Carrying a Bomb"

2003

LOVE

Not everyone's cup of tea,

but I get drunk on the Wurm.

Dana Schutz

"Shoe"

2002

HATE

wait....

LOVE!

I just realized after looking at this a bit that it

is a "Chukka boot" crushing a pigeon

in the street!

How could a New Yorker not love that?

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