DUANE HANSON, 'Sculpture', VAN de WEGHE, Nov 1 - Dec 15, 2007

DUANE HANSON, 'Sculpture', VAN de WEGHE, Nov 1 - Dec 15, 2007

DUANE HANSON, 'Sculpture', VAN de WEGHE, Nov 1 - Dec 15, 2007

MAX SCHUMANN opens 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM' - PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM' - PART ONE ran from NOV 30, 2007 to JAN 3, 2008.

PART TWO runs thru SAT, Jan 12, 2008

MAX SCHUMANN greets WALTER ROBINSON of artnet. 'RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN,
Nov 30, 2007

MAX SCHUMANN, 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM' - PART ONE. TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

MAX SCHUMANN, 'FREEDOM / $500', 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

detail, MAX SCHUMANN, 'FREEDOM / $500', 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

the $500 refers to the actual price of the painting. (in which case it is an extremely good deal !!)

detail, MAX SCHUMANN, 'FREEDOM / $500', 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

MAX SCHUMANN, 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM' - PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

detail, MAX SCHUMANN, 'WE LOVE THEM / $1,000', 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

MAX SCHUMANN, 'BECAUSE TOMORROW IS TREASURED / $400' ,'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

MAX SCHUMANN, 'A SPECIAL PLACE / $300', 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

MAX SCHUMANN, 'A SPECIAL COUNTRY / $300', 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

MAX SCHUMANN, 'KILL WHAT YOU EAT / $300', 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN,
Nov 30, 2007

(center) PASCAL SPENGEMANN, MAX SCHUMANN opening, 'THE RETURN OF FREEDOM', PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

ERIKA SOMOYGI, at the TAXTER & SPENGEMANN opening night, MAX SCHUMANN, and DEVON COSTELLO, (upstairs), Nov 30, 2007

DEVON COSTELLO, (left) opened a totally different kind of exhibit, upstairs. here with ERIKA SOMOYGI, in front of a MAX SCHUMANN painting of GEORGE BUSH. TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007

DEVON COSTELLO, .. 'the gathered harvest', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN,
Nov 30, 2007

DEVON COSTELLO'S show is up thru SAT Jan 12, 2008 - on the 2nd floor.

DEVON COSTELLO, .. 'the gathered harvest', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN,
Nov 30, 2007

DEVON COSTELLO, .. 'the gathered harvest', TAXTER & SPENGEMANN,
Nov 30, 2007

ANDREW GUENTHER, (with 'Not a Doctor', 2007), opened 'Things Ingested and the Shapes They Become', NOV 29 - Jan 5, 2008, DEREK ELLER GALLERY, Nov 29, 2007 - the T SHIRT reads: "I'm not a doctor...but I'll take a look"

ANDREW GUENTHER, 'The Man Who Lived in My House', 2007, enamel and assemblage on panel, 29.5 x 25.5 ins, 'Things Ingested and the Shapes They Become', DEREK ELLER GALLERY,
Nov 29, 2007

ANDREW GUENTHER, 'King of Skull', 2007, acrylic, silicone and assemblage on paper, 30 x 22.25 ins, 'Things Ingested and the Shapes They Become', DEREK ELLER GALLERY, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT opens 'Swirly Music' at CANADA. Nov 29 - Jan 13, 2008, opening Nov 29, 2007

the show has been extended thru SUNDAY, Jan 20, 2008

ANNIE PEARLMAN. Annie shot and edited the wild, crazy & ADDICTIVE - 'DAVID GREENBERG INTERVIEWS BRIAN BELOTT' clip - check it out on:
YouTube !!
here, at the BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music' opening, CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

LAURA GRANT, of DEARRAINDROP, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BILLY GRANT of DEARRAINDROP, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

from left: JOE GRILLO of DEARRAINDROP, and DAN NADEL of PICTUREBOX at the BRIAN BELOTT opening, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

JOE GRILLO'S jacket, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA,
Nov 29, 2007

that's worth a close-up, JOE GRILLO'S jacket, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA,
Nov 29, 2007

JOE GRILLO caught (off guard) in a tender moment, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT and JOE GRILLO, in a more typical (public) moment. BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA,
Nov 29, 2007

the crew: PHIL GRAUER; 'the brother' aka MATT LORENZ; and BRIAN BELOTT, at his opening, 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

found images & found sound played from unique pedestals. BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

found images screen, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, 'Untitled (small cats)', 2007, glitter, foil, LED lights, acrylic, spray paint, oil marker on glass in found frames. 16 x 40 ins. ($6,000), 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, 'Trinity Insurance Sales Blob', 2007, acrylic, glitter, foil, spray paint, oil marker, LED clocks on plexi-glass in plastic frame, 25-1/4 x 38-1/2 ins. (diptych), ($6,000), CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, 'Untitled (blue clown)', 2007, glitter, foil, acrylic, spray paint, oil marker, LED lights on plexi-glass in plastic frame, 25 x 19 ins. ($4,000), CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, 'Untitled (Squiggly couple)', 2007, glitter, foil, acrylic, spray paint, oil marker on plexi-glass in found frame, 36-1/2 x 24-1/2 ins, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, 'Arizona', 2007,
'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, 'Untitled (small geometric)', 2007, in 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

a 'freize' of painted clothes pins - a keyboard - ran around the walls of the exhibit.

on one wall, an array of speakers, played the swirly music - BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, 'Blue Tin Foil Balls with Keyboard', 2007, acrylic, glitter, foil, spray paint, oil marker on plexi-glass in metal frame, 26 x 29 ins. ($4,500),
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, 'Green Tin Foil Balls with Keyboard', 2007, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 3007

detail, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Green Tin Foil Balls', 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

detail, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Green Tin Foil Balls', 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

detail, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Green Tin Foil Balls', 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

from left: CHIE FUEKI and ANNA CONWAY, with Anna's little dog, Chauncey, in front of 'Untitled (red and purple cat)', 2007, BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

CHIE FUEKI, at the BRIAN BELOTT 'Swirly Music' opening, CANADA, Nov 29, 2007 - she's holding Brian's book, 'Wipe That Clock Off Your Face'.

JOHN HODANY at the BRIAN BELOTT 'Swirly Music' opening, CANADA, Nov 29, 2007 - JOHN HODANY has a solo show coming up in FEB 2008, at the new JEANNE GREENBERG/SALON 94 FREEMAN ALLEY SPACE.

not exactly sure what these were, but there, they were: lamps of CO2 ice ? - glowing away, in ever changing colors. BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, lamps, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

BRIAN BELOTT, lamps, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

one last look at JOE GRILLO, a one-man American iconoclast himself. BRIAN BELOTT 'Swirly Music',
CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

and one last hurrah. ANNIE PEARLMAN; Brian's dad, ROBERT (BOB) BELOTT; and BRIAN. BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

that's JOE GRILLO, again; BRIAN BELOTT; and AIRON ARMSTRONG aka 'The Leader', closing down BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007 - Brian's dad, ROBERT BELOTT was a professional photographer, who snapped quite a few bands 'back in the day' - Joe Grillo just happened to find a vintage AEROSMITH album - that has MR. BELOTT'S photo of the band on the back cover and brought it over, for MR. BELOTT to sign !! !! 'The Leader' is holding Brian's book - 'Wipe That Clock Off Your Face' - published by PICTUREBOX, this past summer.

ROBERT BELOTT'S vintage photo of AEROSMITH. BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007

vintage AEROSMITH - 'TOYS IN THE ATTIC' - BRIAN BELOTT, 'Swirly Music', CANADA, Nov 29, 2007