Art #19 | 2010 Top Ten | Enter through the Gift Shop | Sketchbook

I made a Top Ten Shows of 2010 list as a response to Jerry Saltz's Top Ten list he posted in New York Magazine and reposted on his Facebook page. Why not?

Here it is and it's not arranged in any specific order. That's not true, it's in the order that I remembered shows (this could almost be the top ten shows I remember from 2010 list):

Christian Marclay @ the Whitney
http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/ChristianMarclay

Charles Burchfield @ the Whitney
http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/CharlesBurchfield
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Sarah Sze @ Tanya Bonakdar
http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/exhibit.php

Kadar Brock @ Thierry Goldberg Projects
http://www.thierrygoldberg.com/exhibitions/kadar_brock/kadar_brock.html

James Case-Leal @ Lutheran Church of the Messiah
http://www.havenforthedispossessed.org/

Luc Tuymans @ Zwirner
http://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/226/index.htm

Sue Williams @ 303
http://www.303gallery.com/exhibition/index.php?exh_id=130

Wendy White @ Leo Koenig
http://www.leokoenig.com/exhibition/view/1900

Brion Gysin @ the New Museum
http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/422

John Bladessari @ the Met
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId{9AA9D3FD-6464-44B3-8988-DDA8BE1E4E61}

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Yesterday, after some Rockband 3 and X-Files via Netflix I watched "Enter through the Gift Shop," Banksy's documentary on street art and Mr. Brainwash. I thought the movie was going to be depressing but found it kind of awesome. Have you seen it? What do you think? I couldn't believe I was into it. Sure, I use street art techniques (glue/paper/printouts/etc.) but man I'm not a street art fan for various reasons the main one being I just don't like it (HA!). The documentary was captivating. So interesting. Access to a hidden world/life/etc., really open and honest and the end was awesome. Banksy's attitude towards Mr. Brainwash is so on the money.

Here's the trailer:

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Here's a drawing (from my sketchbook) I made while watching some X-Files: