I almost forgot that I saw this show at LACMA in LA this past summer. It travels to NYC now.

the author points out the coastal divide of conceptual and its fate of becoming another style.

I agree. I almost had no emotions after seeing the show. (got a little bored, I would say.)

Baldesaari's work always strikes me as being to obviously intellectual,

like you are talking to a young college professor who throws out smart ass comments too eagerly just to wow you.

The bright, huge rooms at LACMA is certainly a more compatible place to see his work.

"the coastal divide of conceptual art." forgot to type art after conceptual...

See, Brain/Cloud (2010), the middle image shown at the beginning of this essay is too visually seductive and legible to be a conceptual art.

unless it's a mockery of it.