Took in a few shows this week. The Blair Thurman exhibition at the Alexia Goethe Gallery was amazing. I love neon and he managed to make me love it more. It's like amazing punk neon gritty no holes barred neon opulence with a very cool west coast pop art feel. Well worth a look.
I also took in the Pop life exhibition at the Tate. I'm still deciding on that one. Disappointing that they weren't able to hold their guns and show the Richard Prince Spiritual America, 1983 (The Art Newspaper have an article chronicling the events here). I'm a big Jeff Koons fan and his room where work from his Made in Heaven series was on show, big, tacky, brilliant, over the top, literal koons porn - what more can you ask for? I also enjoyed the Keith Haring room experience and the crazy world created by Murakami. I wasn't as impressed by the rest of the exhibition.
And last but not at all least was the Ed Ruscha retrospective at the Hayward Gallery. I loved it. West Coast cool. Absolutely amazing and inspiring.
