2008-04-05 - 11:48 a.m. Hey, Emusic seems to have acquired a bunch of Rolling Stones albums. Good move. When it comes to visual art, I know what I like on a visceral level, I know what art moves me and what I want to look at and live with, but I have a hard time articulating why, and of course I know so little of what's out there that my choices are random and without context. Kind of like the co-worker who tells you, "I really like [some band you love]." And you say, "Oh, cool, so do I." And they say, "I also really like Crash Test Dummies." And you say, "Oh." Anyway, I went to the Whitney Biennial yesterday, and enjoyed looking at everything. About 1/3 of it worked for me, the rest was either just meh or obviously the work of some callow youth with good technique but nothin' to say. Among the stuff that I liked best: Carol Bove's Night Sky Over Manhattan Mika Rottenberg's Cheese Louise Lawler's photos Eduardo Sarabia's The Gift Phoebe Washburn's Enhancing a Deep Down Thirst... Adam Putnam's Green Hallway installation, which is hard to represent in 2-D... thoughts? (5 comments so far) previous - next blog archive contact