A Boring Armory Show

Here are some scenes -- highlights -- from this year's disappointing Armory Show. Have high gas prices, the mortgage crisis, the recession, a weak dollar, a long war, and an art market too giddy with hedge fund money started to have a more profound affect on artists' work? Or did all the artists sell all their good stuff in Basel, London, and Miami? Or did waiting in line for 75 minutes make me too cranky to judge the art fairly? I don't know, but I didn't see much that inspired me -- even at usually exciting galleries like David Zwirner and Marianne Boesky.