Sholem Krishtalka's top ten list for 2009
#1-10: An Opera for Drella, Jack the Pelican Presents (Brooklyn, NY), Sholem Krishtalka.
Yeah, that's right. Me. My debut solo show in New York was the ten best things of 2009. It was ambitious, conceptually engaged, witty and fun. The paintings were vividly coloured, archly composed and seductively painted. And not even taking into account the fact that I made the work, I can say, fairly objectively, that my show was ten of the best things I saw this year; and I even saw the Venice Biennale (which mostly sucked, PS). I would go so far as to say, in fact, that, alongside the shows I saw this year and liked (oh, I dunno, Shary Boyle and Shuvinai Ashoona at the Barnicke, Stephen Andrews at Paul Petro spring to mind the quickest), my show was on par with my favourite thing at the Biennale, Elmgreen and Dragset's The Collectors. Yup. In complete and total seriousness, I can say with absolute conviction and objective critical authority that my show was on par with all those shows. It was the Top Ten.
wow, you seem to be a total asshole but this is not a bad painting. i think... hard to tell from a jpeg
Hooray! I feel this way every year and never have the guts to say it. It's awesome that you love your own work - that's how it should be. It especially sucks if you have a kickass show in January or February, you always get forgotten - yearly top ten lists are actually "top ten of the last five months or so".
I like what I can tell of your painting too, reminds me of Tim Gardner's work (in a good way).
"...not even taking into account the fact that I made the work, I can say, fairly objectively..."
"In complete and total seriousness, I can say with absolute conviction and objective critical authority...."
Haha! Heh.
Solf promo poo.
Yes, that would be 'self'.
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Sholem Krishtalka's top ten list for 2009
#1-10: An Opera for Drella, Jack the Pelican Presents (Brooklyn, NY), Sholem Krishtalka.
Yeah, that's right. Me. My debut solo show in New York was the ten best things of 2009. It was ambitious, conceptually engaged, witty and fun. The paintings were vividly coloured, archly composed and seductively painted. And not even taking into account the fact that I made the work, I can say, fairly objectively, that my show was ten of the best things I saw this year; and I even saw the Venice Biennale (which mostly sucked, PS). I would go so far as to say, in fact, that, alongside the shows I saw this year and liked (oh, I dunno, Shary Boyle and Shuvinai Ashoona at the Barnicke, Stephen Andrews at Paul Petro spring to mind the quickest), my show was on par with my favourite thing at the Biennale, Elmgreen and Dragset's The Collectors. Yup. In complete and total seriousness, I can say with absolute conviction and objective critical authority that my show was on par with all those shows. It was the Top Ten.
- L.M. 12-31-2009 5:16 am
wow, you seem to be a total asshole but this is not a bad painting. i think... hard to tell from a jpeg
- r.e.c. (guest) 12-31-2009 6:49 am
Hooray! I feel this way every year and never have the guts to say it. It's awesome that you love your own work - that's how it should be. It especially sucks if you have a kickass show in January or February, you always get forgotten - yearly top ten lists are actually "top ten of the last five months or so".
I like what I can tell of your painting too, reminds me of Tim Gardner's work (in a good way).
- joester (guest) 12-31-2009 3:39 pm
"...not even taking into account the fact that I made the work, I can say, fairly objectively..."
"In complete and total seriousness, I can say with absolute conviction and objective critical authority...."
Haha! Heh.
- J@simpleposie (guest) 12-31-2009 4:10 pm
Solf promo poo.
- thom (guest) 1-01-2010 12:42 am
Yes, that would be 'self'.
- thom (guest) 1-01-2010 12:44 am