OKSANA LADA, the actress who plays TONY SOPRANO’S Russian mistress, Irina, on HBO’S ‘THE SOPRANOS’ at the S*F*D* ‘FIX BOX’ opening , with her little dog, Kasha, RARE Gallery, NYC, May 21, 2005.
(KAMAU PATTON artwork in the background.)
S*F*D* FIX BOX was one of the best & edgiest shows of all 2005.
The show opened on May 21, 2005 & ran until June 18, 2005.
colorful enough to inspire this item on the 5/24/05 artlovers home page:
… with ‘FIX BOX’ – S*F*D* – aka – SAN FRANCISCO DAMAGE – a loose coallition of San Francisco based artists – aims to stake its claim on New York City. 5 artists, as edgey as they get: SARA THUSTRA, XYLOR JANE, KAMU PATTAN, AMY RATHBONE & ALICIA McCARTHY show both individual & collaborative on-site pieces, the artlovers fav being the S*F*D* collaborative ‘ wheelchair’ – “PLEEZ SIT” – its effect upon guest sitters was amazing. EVEN K8 HARDY got caught in the chair, looking like a complete anti-hero. (see photo link below)
S*F*D*’s hi energy apparently exploded beyond the gallery walls. To the delight of many Chelsea regulars, a PATRICK MIMRAN BILLBOARD was graffiti attacked in recent days & his message was subverted to read – “IGNORE IT IF YOU CAN – THE WAR IS ALL AROUND YOU”.
Apparently always ready to rumble for a good cause, S*F*D* lived up to their name, at the show’s afterparty. When the RARE people refused to foot the bill for the artists’ dinner, S*F*D* told the RARE crew to pay up or …. “settle” the dispute “on the street outside” !!
KIDDY, part of the visiting S*F*D* entourage from San Francisco, takes a spin in the “PLEEZ SIT” wheel chair, S*F*D* ‘FIX BOX’, RARE GALLERY, NYC, May 21, 2005
(SARA THUSTRA artwork in the background)
more S*F*D* ‘FIX BOX’ photos
Photos: Nancy Smith
~Oksana Lada/S*F*D* FIX BOX |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 2:48pm
Here’s to the Kids on the Lower East Side – tons of natural talent & attitude – just not the same family bottomline ($$) as the kids who usually get mainstreamed into the art world, through their college programs & open studios. KIDSET was checking out the scene at NYU.
KIDSET, checks out the NYU student opening ‘Storefront Forefront’, Lower East Side, Lafayette St, May 6, 2005
Photo: Nancy Smith
more photos: of KIDSET & the NYU students & their work
~KIDSET |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 2:19pm
from left, CLARE ROJAS with guitar, standing BARRY McGEE, Paper Rad’s Jacob Ciocci, in cap, and Jessica Ciocci, in shades, at the opening of Barry McGee’s incredible installation, ‘ONE MORE THING’, at DEITCH PROJECTS on Wooster St, Soho, NYC,
May 7, 2005
Barry McGee, piggyback tagger, ‘ONE MORE THING’, DEITCH PROJECTS, Wooster St, Soho, NYC, May 7, 2005
more photos of the BARRY McGEE opening & installation: ‘ONE MORE THING’
CLARE ROJAS aka Peggy Honeywell had a pretty amazing opening at DEITCH PROJECTS herself. Her show, ranging from tiny quilt inspired folk art paintings, to large abstract quilt inspired wall installations, was called ‘Table Turner’, and opened in early November 2004 – this is a photo of a larger painting from the show: CLARE ROJAS, ‘Table Turner’, DEITCH PROJECTS, Wooster St, Soho, NYC, November 13, 2004
more photos from : ‘Table Turner’
Photos: Nancy Smith
~Clare Rojas/Barry McGee/ONE MORE THING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 1:41pm
ANDREA ZITTEL opens ‘A-Z Advanced Technologies’ at Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC,
May 6, 2005
Photo: Nancy Smith
more photos of the opening & artwork: ‘A-Z Advanced Technologies’
~Andrea Zittel/A-Z Advanced Technologies |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 12:59pm
contrary to rumors on the street, JASPER JOHNS opens ‘Catenary’ in fine form,
Matthew Marks Gallery, NYC, May 6, 2005
Photo: Nancy Smith
more photos from ‘Catenary’
~JASPER JOHNS/Catenary/May 6, 2005 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 12:54pm
Marie-Josee Kravis, the new President of MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) and Henry Kravis attend the NEO RAUCH opening, ‘Renegaten’ at DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY, NYC, May 9, 2005
Photo: Nancy Smith
more photos from the NEO RAUCH opening
~Marie-Josee Kravis/DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY/May 9, 2005 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 12:46pm
LA based artist, MEGAN WHITMARSH opens ‘FOREST LOGIC’ at Sixtyseven, NYC, April 2, 2005.
Many of Megan’s pieces use embroidery thread on polished cotton.
Photo: Nancy Smith
Here’s the card for the show:
more photos from ‘FOREST LOGIC’
~MEGAN WHITMARSH/Forest Logic |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 12:36pm
Japanese artist, AYA TAKANO, signing catalogs for fans, at (one of the) opening nights, ‘Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture’, curated by TAKASHI MURAKAMI, at Japan Society, NYC, April 7 2005
one of AYA TAKANO’s paintings in the ‘Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture’, Japan Society, NYC, April 7, 2005
Photos: Nancy Smith
to see more AYA TAKANO paintings in the show & many more photos of the opening:
‘Little Boy’
~Aya Takano/Takashi Murakami/’Little Boy’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 11:34am
ONDI TIMONER, founder of Interloper Films (in 1994), wrote, directed and edited DIG!, here with her husband, VASCO LUCAS NUNES, the cinematographer & co-producer of DIG! , at the DVD release screening, Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, April 11, 2005
Ondi Timoner’s DIG! opened to rave reviews in NYC – after winning the 2004 GRAND JURY PRIZE at SUNDANCE.
DIG! follows 2 bands, for 7 years, focusing on their lead singers: Anton Newcombe of the
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE and Courtney Taylor of the DANDY WARHOLS.
Photo: Poster, Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema, Lower East Side, NYC, Oct 24, 2004
Photos: Nancy Smith
MARCH 2006 – UPDATE:
Ondie Timoner’s INTERLOPER FILMS latest video, “MANDY” by the JONAS BROTHERS made it into the TOP 10 on MTV’S “TRL” in its recent debut week.
more photos, including Courtney Taylor & Brent DeBoer of the DANDY WARHOLS
~Ondi Timoner/DIG! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2006, 10:44am
from left, artist BRENDAN CASS, with center, FRANCISCO COSTA, the newly appointed creative director of the Calvin Klein Collection for Women, and on the right, ADAM WEINBERG, Director of the Whitney Museum of Modern Art. Photographed at the Calvin Klein Women’s Collection flagship store, on Madison Avenue, at the opening of “WHERE FASHION MEETS ART” (2005) , NYC, April 28, 2005.
Photo: Nancy Smith
BRENDAN CASS was selected by the Calvin Klein group to install some of his ‘I LOVE NY’ paintings in their flagship store for the “WHERE FASHION MEETS ART” event, last April 2005. Brendan Cass and his Calvin Klein installation, was by far the best presentation on Madison Ave that evening.. apparently an acccurate & prescient indicator of the now much acclaimed fashion forward outlook, and design intelligence, of the man picked to succeed Calvin Klein, FRANCISCO COSTA.
to see some of the BRENDAN CASS paintings installed in the Calvin Klein store, as well as photos of the opening: more photos
~Francisco Costa, Adam Weinberg & Brendan Cass |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 19th, 2006, 9:53pm
