Catherine Wagley relects on friendship and recounts the story of two friends whose work influenced one another: Blinky Palermo and Imi Knoebel. The two artists explored the United States together on a road trip where they "stopped at Rothko’s Chapel, saw De Maria’s Las Vegas piece, and returned home inspired." Palermo's work is currently the subject of a retrospective that travels from LACMA to the Hirshhorn Museum where it opens February 24, 2011. Imi Knoebel's hommage to his friend 24 Colors for Blinky is on view at Dia:Beacon.
Comprehensive installation photos from Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964–1977 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The exhibition runs through January 16, 2011.
Steven Alexander discusses the re-release of Blinky Palermo: To The People of New York City with essays by Lynne Cooke, Christine Mehring, Anne Rorimer, Pia Gottschaller. Published by Dia and Richter Verlag.
