Penz in Denton, TX

Before? After? The Labyrinth

(Clockwise from left corner)
VictorJose Santana
Annette Lawrence
Ruth MacFarlane
Shay Youngblood
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
Ana-Maurine Lara

On the Marta

On the marta in atlanta

On the Road...

Pënz makes its first official appearance at Cave Canem.

Penz at The Alamo

Penz at Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge

Penz in the Metropolitan

At the base of La Frilleure (winter).

Penz at the Metropolitan Museum

Park Bench in Union Square

Pënz Travels To NYC

Pënz and Ghada Amer's work from the show "Love Has No End"

Pënz and the Truck at Union Square

A close up...


So, I've been in NYC for about 36 hours now...almost, and have had the opportunity to drop Pënz in various places - even the subway. Today, on my way home, I saw this beautiful artist looking cat on the platform and had to go back and give him a Pënz - if you read this, sorry I didn't get your name, but I'm excited about your work.

And I've been thinking all day about performance as transgression. The transgression of social and institutional rules, relationships, spaces. A security guard was following me around the gallery for about 15 minutes when I turned to him and asked him if there was something wrong. He said he wanted to know if I(we) were enjoying the exhibit, and then disappeared. After he disappeared, I planted a Pënz against the column. And then, I dropped another one in the video viewing room for the "Dinner Party" piece. All in the dark and stuff.

Handing Pënz to a stranger feels kind of like inviting someone into something bigger than both of us. Trangressing expectations and boundaries. No pressure.

Let's see where Pënz and NYC meet tomorrow.

The Conceptualist

Pënz at the Brooklyn Museum of Art

In the Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art...right next to Ghada Amer's textual pieces "The Definition of Love", "The Definition of Peace"

Pënz Late Night New York City

Subay, Shot #2

At The Table

St Mark's Church

Photos by Tisa Bryant

Penz at The Telephone Bar

Penz on Subway