◇ After
Aladdin Sane · David Bowie / RCA (sleeve photograph by Brian Duffy), 1973
Rendered in the round this time, a lop-eared rabbit bust with its eyes shut. The red bolt edged in pale blue runs brow to cheek, and the vinyl glows in the dark.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
No owners on the platform yet. The room is waiting for the first.