Fun In The Sun

Menil curator Franklin Sirmans picked up a sweet gig traveling to Bermuda recently to jury their local Biennial, who wouldn't take a free vacation with their grueling jurying process?

As the Royal Gazette sez: As with any exhibition, the viewer's judgment will be subjective. Some pieces will mystify, others will challenge or confound, and many will instantly please. Inevitably, some will ponder the jurors' reasoning, for which they have provided an explanation.

In a joint statement, Mark Krisco, artist, curator, and instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago, and Franklin Sirmans, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, said: "We have particularly focused on the artists that have not hesitated beyond comfortable boundaries; artists whose work has led them to a place outside comfortable boundaries – a place that may even seem 'foreign' to them. It has been our experience that it is such artists who go out on a limb to create art that comes from a place deeper within themselves. Far beyond competence and ego, it is a place that all viewers will relate to aesthetically and soulfully."

"We also totally love y'alls pina coladas. It has been our experience that it is such bartenders as Phil and Frank and Sarah who go out on a limb to create art. We relate to rum-based drinks both aesthetically and soulfully."