Super happy to have caught this show, as it only has one day left!
I've been a fan of Burden since I read about his 1971 "Shoot" work, which will be included in my upcoming book. The exhibition was extra fun, as I was being given a couple of insider facts by artist James Hyde, Max's best friend Silas's dad. James also perfectly described a lot of the show, as if if was from the imagination of twelve year old boy.
“The Big Wheel,” from 1979, joins a large, rusty cast-iron flywheel (eight feet in diameter, three tons in weight) with a 1968 Benelli 250cc motorcycle. The bike is run for 4 minutes, and the back wheel gets the big wheel spinning. When the bike is tuned off, the wheel still silently spins for another 90 minutes.
NY Times Review here.
The whole 3 track EP is next level shit!
Haters are going to hate, because its not skeletal.
Natalie Kates kindly invited Eve & I to an open house at Swoon's studio in Red Hook. Eve didn't want to go at first but once there she got stuck in, and I couldn't drag her away.
Too minimal for some of what felt like 5,000 packed into MANA but for me, perfect! Wonderfully refreshing in this age of EDM with it's hyper sensory overload sound & visual production. This just shows what real talent can do. I don't think the BPM's went over 110 the whole night, and screwed down to about 70 at times. Less IS more.
The scale KAWS is now working in is almost beyond comprehension. The first photo with Max in is from Mary Boone gallery on 24th St, and the two below with Eve in are from Galerie Perrotin on 73rd & Madison.
