joan mitchells in all the latest magazines, first major retrospective since she croaked and really i dont see it. ive read the theory and looked at the paintings, thought about it, looked some more, seen some live in london and nothing. its the stuff i usually like, the colours at least, and thats all a boy expects from abex these days- maybe tohugh its the incompleteness of the field or the failure to intergrate certain lines, or the messy scrawl- there are v. few messy scrawlers i enjoy (twombly), hmm- no idea really.

i do like the new richard prince joke paintings though, they look so serious- buff on buff, black on balck, white on white. silly henny youngmen style one liners.