Jeff Spaulding's show had lots of da-glo plastic, but the big surprise was a group of small, delicate constructions in the far corner.

I've heard good stuff about John Watson's work, but hadn't seen it until today - an installation in the micro-space at Hemphill. 1) it is the subsconscious of the Cushner painting that it is 'inside of'; and 2) he correctly predicts the future in a way that artists like Sarah Sze don't: it's not gonna be plastic, neo-Tokyo blobject design, it's gonna be folktronica lumber and yarn reorganized in interesting ways by a wireless net of embedded RFIDs.

Speaking of Hemphill, George has prophesized that the form and function of art will change radically over the next 100 years. This is the future of painted pictures: