Carlos Garaicoa: White on White

Photo-topography, Carlos Garaicoa.  Galleria Continua at the Armory Show 2012.

It looked like styrofoam in person, but apparently artist Caralos Garaicoa transferred photographs to polyspan (I suspect a material a lot like styrofoam) to create these white images.

Garaicoa is a Cuban artist who tends to explore Cuba's identity and politics through its buildings. These archetectural scenes were clearly composed, but the precision of them crumbles away as you look closer.

Chalk and Pins at the Armory

A different use of chalk as a medium at the Armory. I'm on the train to Philadelphia at the moment for a work conference, so just a quick post. Chalk and pins L, 2010 by Pascale Marthine Tayou was up at the Galleria Continua booth at the Armory. More about the artist on the gallery's website. By the way, if you have a reccomendation about where to get a Philly cheese steak sandwich near the city center area, please let me know!