molly mary o'brien

whiting tennis…

…has a show at the Tang and gave a talk last night with Ian Berry, the man who curated his show.  Art talks at the Tang are worthwhile for the free coffee and snacks and the chance of seeing someone with an alternative haircut*.  But the best part of Whiting Tennis’ talk was his tiny smile when Berry announced it was his first solo museum show.  Plus, Whiting Tennis has a great assumed name and he looks like a less grizzled Thurston Moore.

*The guy in front of me had a typical sophomore-in-high-school crew cut, but three diagonal lines had been slashed across the back of his head with an electric razor.  The effect was odd.  He also had a cigarillo stashed behind his ear and his headphones advertised some band’s Twitter.  This guy was like a human version of a denim jacket with an anarchy symbol scrawled on the back in Sharpie.