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James Kalm takes note of similarities and shared sympathies as he ambles through the cultural neighborhoods of New York. For this episode your tour guide pastes together video from a pair of shows that present a “light and happy” first impression, but may portend levels containing the darker more complex recesses of aesthetic disposition.
Socko’s “My Playground” at Long Story Short, is a selection of works that seem aimed at the pre-adolescent. Rendered in color keyed sunny pastels, with sections of thick impasto, these “big eyed” characters are all smiley and jolly. Depicted frontally, while preforming rudimentary tasks, they could be the logos for corporations looking to tap the juvenal market, but is there subversion in their seeming complicity?
David Baskin has been creating work that plays in the realm of “consumer codes” and “Post-Postmodern” aesthetics for decades. With “Store-Bought” at Freight+Volume Baskin proffers a folding back of the Duchampian notion of the “readymade”. If Duchamp could buy a wine bottle rack at a hardware store, and present it as a “work of art,” then what are the implications of an anonymous “work of art” that is bought at a big box store like Home Depot, reformulated by an “authentic artist,” and presented as a commodity in a fine art gallery? Both these shows have a cheery palette cartoon references and a nostalgic mood, but really? A musical introduction is provided by Chanpan @chanpanmusic. This program was recorded March 19-24 2023. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk