Paul Behnke posts a great photo blog of this year's epic salon style exhibition MIC: CHECK (The: human mic) (OCCUPY) at Sideshow Gallery, on view through February 26, 2012.

Behnke's post includes images of the impressive salon installation as well as a selection of individual works. This year's installment of the annual survey of painting and sculpture Behnke notes, "is vast. It presents 489 artists and little more than 520 works."

Don't miss coverage of last year's salon entitled It’s All Good (Apocalypse Now).