What art have I seen? Keith Sonnier
Keith Sonnier’s Until Today at The Parrish.
Also Barthélémy Toguo‘s work resulting from his residency at The Watermill Centre.
What art have I seen? Prada Marfa
Elmgreen and Dragset’s Prada Marfa. So gentrification… it’s definitely a thing. Art definitely can cause it. We saw a small tract house for sale – sign said Zoned for Residential/Commercial inc Art Gallery. The art workers we met (eg part-time tour guide with two art history degrees/full-time chef) were struggling to survive housing costs in Marfa. Of course we can be ironic about it, but what else can we do?
What art have I seen? Chinati Foundation
What should a museum be when made by an artist?
The artist decides where and how the work is installed (in agreement with the artist who set up the museum).
Works do not compete with each other.
Work is (almost exclusively) permanently installed.
The work is well documented but there are no signs and labels (except where they are part of the work).
What art have I seen? The Block
Studios and Libraries in The Block, Judd Foundation.
20th Century Books organised by date of publication (or author birth maybe).
Books before 20th Century organised by geography.
Studio contains work for thinking.
What art have I seen? Blue Star Contemporary
A Manhattan Beach Memoir by Gary Sweeney. Family home going to be demolished so turned inside out, becoming an installation, a tribute and an evocation of America in the second half of the 20th Century.
From Underfoot: Breaking Through Surface and Ground. Group show of materials, concepts, details.
CHRIS FREMANTLE 
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