This guy was hanging out:
Otherwise, I saw the Rachel Whiteread show. It wasn't so much her work that completely enthralled me, but it was, rather, the organization of the show. Although now that I think about it more and more, I really am coming to appreciate her concepts, and inevitably her work. One of my biggest problems with the show is that it is called drawings, yet once you enter the show you realize that there is a lot more to soak in than drawings. She has everything from rubber furniture to a postcard collection in the exhibit, not to mention life-sized models of things like bathtubs and floor tiles. Although misleading, the show conceptually pulls one through the evolution of space, beginning with space (walls, ceiling and floors) and slowly adding in furniture, turning the space into a house, and then the exhibit ends in cities or villages. She even includes a section for what I perceived as "random household objects," although that is now how they are displayed.
The other great thing about the hammer is their (generally) installed projects in the front lobby. These are things you do not need to pay to see because if you can't see them from the street, you can walk into the lobby and take them in before reaching any kind of (buy a ticket) cashier. The current project, which will be up only until April 1st, you have absolutely no time... but check out the artist, is a Rob Fischer installation. He uses recycled gymnasium flooring to make incredibly intricate sculptures. Like this:
