Eric White in Paris

All right, I'm going to shoot down another vague, incoherent site guideline and simply announce an upcoming show you should go see. You should drop in if, by chance, you happen to be in Paris. The one in France. I don't think I'll be making the trip myself, but if you've got an extra plane ticket and some place to stay, you can take me with you.

I just got news that one of my early art crushes, Eric White, will be showing with Daniel Davidson at Galerie Magda Danysz from May 30 through June 20, 2009.

About ten years ago I had this day job where I was making a goodly amount of money and I decided I wanted to buy some art. I figured I deserved it. I couldn't spend a lot in terms of original art, but to me it was a lot of money, so I ended up dropping back to a print of some kind. I don't remember how I found him, but I discovered Eric White online and really liked his work, so I plunked down a few bucks for a lithograph of Our Beloved Ganesa. After all, it has a vulva in it, and vulvas rock.

Eric was so generous he included in the package a print of Czechsicle as well. What a great guy.

I met him later at one of his openings and he invited me to the afterparty. Alas, I stood around the bar waiting for the afterparty to start for a couple of hours and then went home; I'm bad at parties and don't stay up late like I used to. I heard the party started without me at a more reasonable party hour. So I've been told; for all I know Eric gave me a fake location so I wouldn't ruin his fun. But I refuse to believe that.

Anyway. I like Eric, I like his work, and if you're in Paris, check it out.