Mike Smith - Pro Sk8boarder James Stanfield

Went to the Met to escape the heat. No air conditioner has Mayumi and I trying to spend the daylight hours in stores and museums. The met was amazing as usual – was also tiring as usual.

Found myself thinking of these three people all day:

Mike Smith. Have you ever tried to google his name? You’ll never find him among all the others. If you know his work that’s really very fitting. (He makes great stuff about failure.) I want to know what he’s up to lately. I would like to nominate Mike Smith for a Jblog award. Maybe, most creeped-out artwork (2005) for Take Off Your Pants! He has a co-conspirator that goes by the name Joshua White.

Neo Rauch. Wanted to complain about this work, but am too tired and hot to do that. I’m sure that is just as well.

Andy Coolquitt. If you have not seen his house in Austin, Texas – or the 20 pages in Nest Magazine devoted to it - you can watch this video made for the public station in Austin.

Oh, and I think the image at the top of this post is a poster for one of Andy's shows.