Kelly Lamb
Stills from Love Not Lost
at Suite 106 |
If you must see a contemporary show in New York this summer, for sheer comfort and pleasure, nothing beats Suite 106, a gallery at the Milburn Hotel (76th Street off Broadway, Monday through Thursday, 11-6, through July 27, get there early).
Here, one can lie on a bed or sofa, in cool air-conditioned bliss, and view Kelly Lamb's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant half-hour film, Love Not Lost, overand over. You can even order room service!
Love Not Lost is the video equivalent of Fragonard's exquisite painting The Pursuit, at the Frick Collection, in which a young swain gracefully chases his pink, bedewed intended, who is slackly guarded by her equally beautiful young Dianidas.
As Lamb spins her wool, equally ardent men woo and pursue beautiful females through vast, verdant estates, parking garages and tiny apartments, under long, wistful jet streams and green cheese moons.
Lamb, a sexy genius herself, never allows irony, or the discourse, or aging, sourpussed art critics, or the lemonsuckers at Artforumto get in the way of a wry old good time.
Her cast of professional actors, crisp cinematography, unerring love of the color spectrum, and saucy, cathouse humor never fail.
So, if you hunger for a show, try Suite 106 and sample the luxury that is Lamb -- otherwise, it's life that's on exhibit until September.
CHARLIE FINCH is coauthor of Most Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula (Smart Art Press). |
