INGRID DINTER opens 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', curated by SIMON CERIGO, with DEVENDRA BANHART, ANDREW GUENTHER, BRENT RIDGE and VALAIRE VAN SLYCK, March 1 - April 14, 2007, DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

...the show's still up (..til APRIL 14th) - so there's still plenty of time to catch it !

collage/drawing by SIMON CERIGO. DASH SNOW was supposed to be in the show, but a last minute glitch developed and it was not to be. this created a little stir on GAWKER.
Simon's piece went up in Dash's slot for the opening, looks like it expressed his feelings about the DASH SNOW/NO SHOW.., 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

INGRID DINTER and VALAIRE VAN SLYCK in front of Valaire's work,
'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

VALAIRE VAN SLYCK, 'Come from the North head towards the South, I'm quite sure I can knock you out', 2006, enamel, acrylic, confetti, glitter, and clear-coat on canvas, 18 x 24 ins. ($1,800),
'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany',
DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

BRENT RIDGE with INGRID DINTER - on the left, 2 small drawings by DEVENDRA BANHART.
'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany',
DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

DEVENDRA BANHART, 'BABY LET'S NOT TALK NO MORE', 2003, ink drawing on art book page, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 ins.
'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany',
DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

DEVENDRA BANHART, 'I Hired That Man...', 2003, white-out and ink on SX-70 Polaroid, 4 x 4 ins.
'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany',
DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

BRENT RIDGE in front of his painting, 'The Execution of the King', 2007, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 30 x 40 ins. 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

BRENT RIDGE, 'The Anatomy of the Earth', 2004, acrylic, enamel and pencil on canvas, 36 x 23 ins, 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

ANDREW GUENTHER with his wife, TIFFANY POLLACK, at the opening of 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART,
March 1, 2007

ANDREW GUENTHER, 'The Space Between Faces', 2006, acrylic on paper, 11-1/4 x 9 ins. ($1,200), 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

ANDREW GUENTHER, 'Cool! Gets! You! Dead!', 2004, watercolor on paper, 30 x 22 ins. 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART,
March 1, 2007

ANDREW GUENTHER, 'Stick face', 2006, white charcoal on paper, 12 x 99 ins. ($1,200), 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

SIMON CERIGO, in the red and green striped shirt, just behind gallerist INGRID DINTER, center foreground, with his usual crew of suspects behind him; collectors NIEL FRANKEL, black coat on the left, and ROBERT CHERUBIM (aka MR. COLLECTOR) with the white scarf - that's Simon's son, THEO CERIGO, 18, on the right. at the opening of 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', which SIMON curated,
DINTER FINE ART,
March 1, 2007

THEO CERIGO with friend, GRACE. at the opening of 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007

KATE CERIGO, on the right, brings her crew along, too. CASEY McVICKER, left, and DAN CASSARO. 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany', which her dad, SIMON CERIGO curated.
DINTER FINE ART,
March 1, 2007

all three are 3rd year SVA undergrad ..."young professionals".

DAN ASHER with his crew, HEIDI BOLZ, (left) and TOBY HORVITCH (right). at the opening of 'A Coudy Day's Epiphany', DINTER FINE ART, March 1, 2007
.. his name has just re-surfaced on the GBE
(GAVIN BROWN'S enterprise)
website.

BRENT RIDGE sports a "WWDD" T SHIRT - as in .. "WHAT WOULD DASH DO" !!!! at the opening.
KAYROCK SCREENPRINTING produced this limited edition T SHIRT (maybe there's 5?) with ROXY PAINE.
'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany',
curated by SIMON CERIGO,
DINTER FINE ART,
March 1, 2007

"WWDD" - as in .. "WHAT WOULD DASH DO?" .. close-up of the KAYROCK SCREENPRINTING limited edition T SHIRT, BRENT RIDGE wore to the opening of 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany'. DINTER FINE ART, MARCH 21, 2007.

guess, when you're written up for .. "making art with body fluids" and you're a trust fund baby but living on the wild side, .. like you came up from the streets, there's bound to be a groundroots backlash.

the card for: 'A Cloudy Day's Epiphany',
DINTER FINE ART, March 1 - APRIL 14, 2007. curated by SIMON CERIGO, with DEVENDRA BANHART, ANDREW GUENTHER, BRENT RIDGE, and VALAIRE VAN SLYCK.
the image on the card is a close-up of ANDREW GUENTHER'S drawing, 'riding on the moon juice', 2002, colored pencil on paper, 11 x 9 ins.

(archival photo) CAROL BOVE and GORDON TERRY, at the opening of Carol's one woman show,
'EXPERIMENT IN TOTAL FREEDOM',
MAY 3 - JUNE 21, 2003, at TEAM GALLERY, (when it was in Chelsea). the opening was on May 3, 2003.

(archival photo) CAROL BOVE at the opening of her one woman show,
'EXPERIMENT IN TOTAL FREEDOM',
TEAM GALLERY, May 3, 2003

the card for: 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES',
curated by JOAO RIBAS & BECKY SMITH,
BELLWETHER GALLERY
February 8 - Match 10, 2007
.. the card was heavy iron/black stock, 6 x 6 ins. embossed with irridescent copper ink lettering.

the back of the card: 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES',
curated by Joao Ribas & Becky Smith,
BELLWETHER GALLERY
February 8 - March 10, 2007

.. both CAROL BOVE and GORDON TERRY had pieces in this large group show.

CAROL BOVE, 'The Dyadic Cyclone', 2006, Shelf, books, concrete, driftwood, found image, 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER, Feb 24, 2007

detail, CAROL BOVE, 'The Dyadic Cyclone', 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER, Feb 26, 2007

..the book is: 'Death and Sensuality' by GEORGES BATAILLE.

detail, CAROL BOVE, 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER,
Feb 24, 2007

detail, CAROL BOVE, 'The Dyadic Cyclone', 'ASPECTS, FORMS AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER, Feb 24, 2007

GORDON TERRY, 'Cross Sections of Higher Solids Intersecting Our Space', 2007, acrylic on acrylic panel, 96 x 72 ins. ($20,000), 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER , Feb 24, 2007

Gordon Terry has a one man show coming up in April 2007 at atm Gallery.

detail, top right corner, GORDON TERRY, 'Cross Sections of Higher Solids Intersecting Our Space', 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER, Feb 24, 2007

detail, center, GORDON TERRY, 'Cross Sections of Higher Solids Intersecting Our Space', 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER, Feb 24, 2007

detail, GORDON TERRY, 'Cross Sections of Higher Slids Intersecting Our Space', 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER,
Feb 24, 2007

AARON CURRY, 'Haunt (Thief)', 2006, Mixed Media, 80 x 20 x 20 ins. 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER, Feb 24, 2007

detail, AARON CURRY,
'Haunt (Thief)',
'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES',
BELLWETHER, Feb 24, 2007

detail, AARON CURRY,
'Haunt (Thief)',
'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES',
BELLWETHER, Feb 24, 2007

ALICE KONITZ, 'Table for a Family of Three Smokers', 2007, wood, melamine, Chromoloux paper, 37 x 32 x 31 ins. ($4,000),
'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES',
BELLWETHER,
Feb 24, 2007

GORDON TERRY, 'Cause, Principle, and Unity', 2007, acrylic on acrylic panel, 60 x 60 ins. ($15,000), 'ASPECTS, FORMS, AND FIGURES', BELLWETHER,
Feb 24, 2007

OSCAR OIWA, 'FIRESHOP', 2005, oil on canvas, 90 x 270 ins. ($80,000), (detail, left hand side), image on the poster/invite, and the large painting was also featured in his show, 'Fire Shop'- which also took its name from this painting, P.P.O.W, February 8 - March 10, 2007
(scan from the poster/invite)

OSCAR OIWA, 'Fire Shop', (detail, right hand side), in 'Fire Shop', P.P.O.W, February 8 - March 10, 2007
(scan from the poster/invite)

OSCAR OIWA, in front of 'Secret Weapon', 2006, oil on canvas, 90 x 176 ins.
'Fire Shop', P.P.O.W, March 10, 2007

OSCAR OIWA, 'Secret Weapon', 2006,
oil on canvas, 90 x 88 ins. ($30,000),
'Fire Shop',
P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

OSCAR OIWA, 'ICEBERG', 2007,
oil on canvas, 44 x 90 ins. ($20,000),
'Fire Shop',
P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

detail, OSCAR OIWA, 'Iceberg', in 'Fire Shop', P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

detail, OSCAR OIWA, 'Iceberg', in 'Fire Shop', P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

OSCAR OIWA, 'Penthouse', 2007, oil on canvas, 4 x 90 ins. ($20,000),
'Fire Shop',
P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

detail, OSCAR OIWA, 'Penthouse',
'Fire Shop', P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

detail, OSCAR OIWA, 'Penthouse', in 'Fire Shop', P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

OSCAR OIWA, 'Oasis', 2006, oil on canvas,
90 x 176 ins. ($50,000),
'Fire Shop', P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

detail, OSCAR OIWA, 'Oasis', in 'Fire Shop', P.P.O.W, Feb 10, 2007

the card for: 'PINES' - SHUJI YAMAMOTO, PH GALLERY, February 15 - March 24, 2007

left, YU YAMAGUCHI, Director of PH GALLERY, with artist SHUJI YAMAMOTO, who came in from Tokyo, for the opening of his show 'PINES' - his first solo show in NYC,
PH GALLERY, Feb 15, 2007

YU YAMAGUCHI in front of 'Pine No.22' and 'Pine No. 23', both 2007, acrylic paint on Fiber Reinforced Plastic, by Tokyo based SHUJI YAMAMOTO, in his show 'PINES',
PH GALLERY, Feb 15, 2007

Yu has some news of her own, she just recently got engaged to downtown's favorite 'FUTURE FRIENDS' photographer, PORTS BISHOP. Ports will be showing some of his new large format photographs next month, APRIL 2007, at PH GALLERY. STAY TUNED FOR THAT OPENING !!

PORTS BISHOP will be OPENING: 'LITTLE GRACE CHAPEL - Spirit of the Road' - THIS THURSDAY - APRIL 5th, 6-8 at PH GALLERY. the show will run thru MAY 12.

SHUJI YAMAMOTO showing us how thick and 3 dimensional the work is - its made on Fiber Reinforced Plastic. He is in front of 'Pine No. 22', ($3,000), a detail of which is the image on the show's card. 'PINES',
PH GALLERY, Feb 15, 2007
.."these pines almost look like comical creatures that survived a severe natural disaster. His humour is subtle but clearly stands out from (the) strictly stylized manner of the work" - press release

SHUJI YAMAMOTO, 'Untitled', 2006, acrylic paint, pencil and ink on paper, ($2,000), 'PINES', PH GALLERY, Feb 15, 2007
SHUJI YAMAMOTO was born in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan. He earned his BFA in painting at TAMA ART UNIVERSITY, TOKYO in 2005. He is currently working on a site-specific installation for the permanent collection of the Towada Museum in Aomori, Japan.

SHUJI YAMAMOTO, 'Iwa-Matsu', 2007, a garden made of synthetic materials: acrylic paint on Fiber Reinforced Plastic and Sand. ($7,000), 'PINES', PH GALLERY, Feb 15, 2007
YAMAMOTO'S current sculptural works are .. "inspired by the design of traditional Japanese gardens known as Nihon Teien. Within these gardens the craft of every object inspire a reflection on the human condition ...within this exhibition he continues this tradition but chooses artifical materials in place of natural ones. Small-scale rock mountains made of plastic spread out in the middle of the space with carefully scattered sand between them. With the sand flowing between the rocks there is a suggesting of water, evoking a silent view of the small coastal islands of western Japan" - press release

from left, HIROYUKI KAWAI, YASUKO ICHIKAWA - who Shuji's art dealer in Japan, her gallery is called RONTGENWERKE AG, SHUJI YAMAMOTO, and artist MASAKI TAKIZAWA, at the opening of SHUJI YAMAMOTO, 'PINES', PH GALLERY,
Feb 15, 2007

wall sculptures, SHUJI YAMAMOTO, acrylic paint on Fiber Reinforced Plastic, 'PINES',
PH GALLERY, Feb 15, 2007

BEN BEAUDOIN, 'After the Feast of the Shadow', 2007, 83-1/2 x 71-1/2 ins. blue foam and acrylic paint, ($5,000) in JASON RULNICK'S 2nd show, 'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK, Feb 15, 2007

there's still time to catch the show - its up until this SATURDAY - MARCH 31st.

BEN BEAUDOIN, center, with painter OLIVER LUTZ at right, in front of BEN's large painting, 'After the Feast of the Shadow', 'Small Group Show',
JASON RULNICK, Feb 15, 2007

BEN BEAUDOIN, 'Prophency Rock', 2006, 24-1/4 x 31-1/4 ins. shredded tire rubber, blue foam, acrylic paint, ($3,000),
'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK,
Feb 15, 2007

KATHERINE BERNHARDT snappin' pix, her painting, 'Banana Split', 2001, acrylic on canvas, ($4,000) behind her.
'Small Group Show',
JASON RULNICK, Feb 15, 2007

KATHERINE BERNHARDT, 'Blondie', 2001, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 ins. ($6,500), 'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK,
Feb 15, 2007

LAWRENCE SEWARD, 'Seasick Dream', 2006, watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 ins. 'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK,
Feb 15, 2007

LAWRENCE SEWARD, 'The Death of Captain Cook Window', 2006, watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 ins. ($3,200), 'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK, Feb 15, 2007

LAWRENCE SEWARD, 'Mud People', 2004, watercolor on paper, 17 x 13 ins. ($3,200), 'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK,
Feb 15, 2007

MELISSA BROWN drops by, 'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK, Feb 15, 2007

JAY DAVIS, who shows with MARY BOONE, on his way to see the show, 'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK, Feb 15, 2007

BEAU CHAMBERLAIN also dropping by, 'Small Group Show', JASON RULNICK,
Feb 15, 2007

67, now resurrected as THIERRY GOLDBERG PROJECTS, leaves Chelsea, to re-open on Rivington St, just east of the Bowery, on the Lower East Side, hoping to score new traffic off the soon to open "new" NEW MUSEUM.
5 Rivington St, East Storefront, March 1, 2007

the buzz at the opening was that " ...some artists had lived in this storefront in the 80s" ... !! ... SIMON CERIGO and NANCY SMITH (later to become the founders of artloversnewyork), had their studio and home there, from 1987 to 1996. (paying zip in rent.. for the whole floor thru to the garden). their 2 kids, Kate and Theo, (all grown up.. above at the INGRID DINTER opening)basically, were born and grew up there, - 'Lower East Side storefront artist kids'. that's called GENTRIFICATON: New York City - STYLE.

THIERRY GOLDBERG PROJECTS directors, CLAIRE LEMATAIS (left) and RON SEGEV, (at right), flank SWETLANA HEGER, the artist who put on the first show in the new space. SWETLANA HEGER'S 'ANIML FARM' was in fact, the inaugural opening. March 1, 2007

SWETLANA HEGER, a photograph in 'ANIMAL FARM', the THIERRY GOLDBERG PROJECTS inaugural opening,
March 1, 2007

the show runs to APRIL 1st, so you still have time to see it.

SWETLANA HEGER, 'ANIMAL FARM', inaugural opening, THIERRY GOLDBERG PROJECTS, 5 RIVINGTON ST, EAST STOREFRONT, LOWER EAST SIDE, March 1, 2007