Sunday, June 04, 2006


Love miniatures, but think art about artists is a big yawn? Check out Aida Millet at Mixed Greens. They aren't perfect. They sit in the middle, refusing to be perfect like a miniature and refusing to be janky and low-tech like a contemporary sculpture. And they are obviously camera-vehicles and not objects, and this fact is not fully considered in their making (why make outsides to the houses at all?).

But whatever. I liked walking in and seeing the repeated form. I like the reference to William Christenberry, one of my favorite artists of all time. I like the playfulness of the imagery, and I like the way that playfulness and sweetness mixes with the horror-movie undertones. Sweet and sinister is good. Evocative. I like artists who are making art about an unknown space between two knowns.

I look forward to seeing what Millet does next time.