happy new year

I’m exhausted. I know, I’ve been on holiday for the last couple of weeks (but that was visiting family, so it’s not really "restful"), and I mostly just took the last two months "off" to move to Dublin. But a new baby, moving continents, catalogue production, many shows, starting a PhD, quitting my three jobs (after working them all year), two new print series (having never been a printmaker) – this has been a big one, and I’ve got another one coming. I was hoping to spend at least a little bit of time during this li’l trip to NYC re-connecting with some old contacts, maybe making some new ones, but it never happens that way when you go "home". I always just spend time with my wonderful family and friends (no complaining here). I’ll have to make a secret trip to NYC one day if I ever want to actually show or make work here… I’d love to actually do that in the city of my birth at some point :)

We had a nice time in Florida (Sarasota with my aunt/uncle, sister/bro-in-law) – some pix with my family are up on flickr, and more are forthcoming. We’ll be spending New Year’s with Sid’s Godmother and her boyfriend, as well as Sean Slemon and Amy Kaufman in Brooklyn – a quiet evening with friends.

I did have one day to zoot about; didn’t get to see much art, but learned that – if you can believe it – Paddy Johnson of AFC is even cooler in person than her web site lets on. PJ: I’m down for some of the potential colab stuff we talked about, and hope you had a good time with your bro…  I also had a nice chat with Kate at David Krut’s NYC gallery – am hoping we work together some time, cuz she’s a super cool but down to earth art persona… Thanks for boosting my AND Paddy’s egos while we were in your gallery, Kate.

The next few weeks, I’m hoping to dive right in and work my ass off on research for the dissertation, maybe look for some potential conferences or festivals to be on for ’07 and ’08. So, you may not be hearing from me too much… If you are reading this in Joburg, please oh please join me for my opening at Art on Paper Gallery @ 44 Stanley on 27 January, 3PM. I’ve put a lot of work into this series, which has been highlighted on various sites and in several magazines despite its not really being seen, so please come out and see; it’s my first solo catalogue, and I am oh so happy with it.

Alright, enough self promo.

I’m not really a top ten list kind of guy, but please enjoy Edward Winkleman’s Top Ten List of Top Ten Lists as much as I did. Cheers!