Tyler Green over at Modern Art Notes is absolutely on fire with posts on the Getty and Tomaselli. I agree Tomaselli's work is likable but there is something so innocuous about his work... I suppose its the difference between listening to Frank Zappa or Phish covering Zappa. Something about the original was so much more threatening and interesting and Tomaselli lacks that edge. It all seems relevant with MOCA's Exstacy show and that whole Drunk vs. Stoned series of shows in New York. The question is, is all this escapism part of the reason things got the way things are in the White House? Hans Ulrich Obrist and Daniel Birnbaum have a show in Oslo about the Uncertain States of America that takes place this weekend... Portland's beloved Matt McCormick will be part of it. Yes he's in my show too.