We told you about L.A. artist Rodney McMillian's Minneapolis appearance at the Walker Art Center a few weeks back. Now the artist is back home at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects with his new solo show "Odes," which opened on 9 September.
Get this: The main piece in the exhibition is a large painting of the sky, which will be sold by the square foot and which will be priced based on the income level of the prospective buyer. We love the democratic impulse. We're not sure exactly how they will be verifying income, but we suggest going to the show armed with at least 3 years' worth of tax returns. The painting will be cut apart and shipped at the end of the show.
The exhibition will be rounded out with "18 post-minimalist" objects (boxes made from cardboard with duct tape), a video of Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" speech, with which McMillian seems especially taken these days, and a pair of Jesus images rendered on blankets.
This is McMillian's second solo show at Vielmetter, and it runs through 14 October.
