I just happened upon this Jenny Holtzer piece that is now lighting up the Guggenheim on Friday nights from now until the end of the year. I hate to be redundant since I just scribbled an ode to the Wright house of art about four weeks ago but I couldn't help it and you'll understand it if you drop by on Friday night and take a gander. And as an aside, every first Friday of the month the Museum puts on an open party from 9pm to 1am complete with music and libations, it's well worth the $25.oo for non-members and is free for members. I should be getting a kick-back from the Guge for all the free promo I'm giving them. Anyway I digress, Jenny Holtzer isn't my favorite artist of all time, I mean streaming words can only get my attention for a couple of minutes not for 30 years. That said, I did appreciate this installment of the latest created babel by the Queen of Phraseology. It lights up the spiral of the Guggenheim with a riveting streaming of verbiage that I found had a koan like effect. Some of the quotes that float up the spiral include: "The End And The Beginning", "Could Have", "Children Of Our Age", and my favorite, "In Praise Of Feeling Bad About Yourself". As I stood on Fifth Avenue being enlightened by the spray of litanies floating upward a little boy walked by with his mother, he pointed up at the display and asked his mother, "Where are the pictures, mommy?" without missing a beat the mother said, "Inside the museum, honey.". I snapped my pictures and walked on wondering what kind of pictures Jenny Holtzer would paint if the world was without words...
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