◇ After
Michael Jackson at the Hotel Adlon balcony, Berlin · wire-service press photograph (AP/Reuters, 19 November 2002), 2002
Two white-gloved hands hold a small child out by the armpits, head draped in yellow cloth, bare feet hanging free. The red military jacket stands above. The staging is exact.
“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.