top photo:
bottom row, at right – that’s MARK ENGER’S t-shirt. you can see the EXPLODING
SKY WORLDWIDE LOGO on the sleeves.
installation photo, ‘ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’,
DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, July 16 – August 18, 2003
middle photo:
that’s MATT ENGER’S t-shirt. this was the only other t-shirt that DANIEL SILVERSTEIN
refused to include in the show, besides the KAYROCK submission. (see above)
At the time, it was thrown about that Danny Silverstein did this was because it was …
quote unquote: “too EastVillage-y”!!!
.. obviously it was just too good and went way over Silverstein’s head – take heed all ye young artists who are left out of big group shows, when you know in your heart, your work is ten times better… you’re probably RIGHT !!!
it was later added to the show due to popular protest.
last photo:
MATT ENGER (left) and MARK ENGER, aka EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE, at the
‘100 HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’ opening, on the street
outside DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, 21st St, below 10th Ave, CHELSEA,
July 16, 2003
Mark’s wearing another EXPLODING SKY design.
EXPLODING SKY is also known for having produced the custom embellished
work/uniforms for ‘QUIET 200o’ – the JOSH HARRIS one million $ blow out millennium blast.
ANDREW HARMON, now with his own label, did the initial work/uniform designs.
(Photos: Nancy Smith)
‘ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’
~EXPLODING SKY/100 T-SHIRTS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 6th, 2007, 4:36pm
EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE is a silkscreen shop run by MARK ENGER, often
with input, in various increments, over the years, from his equally talented twin brother, MATT ENGER.
… the “believe-or-not” story behind these recent photos, is that they both, that is each, sold one painting to a
longtime lost friend, for $10,000 a piece and immediately went out and blew it all on matching HARLEYS.
top photo: MARK ENGER
middle photo: MATT ENGER
bottom photo: MARK ENGER in his self-designed EXPLODING SKY jacket
Pphotographed on W 23rd St, Chelsea, NYC, November 11, 2006
Photos: Nancy Smith
there is photo essay on MARK ENGER & the EXPLODING SKY workshop in
artlovers STUDIO VISITS (June 6, 2006)
see: EXPLODING SKY on YOUTUBE
EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE
~EXPLODING SKY/ENGER BROS. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 6th, 2007, 4:30pm
… some journey – the WHITNEY MUSEUM exhibit, ‘The Quilts of Gee’s Bend’,
(FALL 2003) is highlighted in a recent US First Class (39c) Postal Stamp Book,
part of the ‘AMERICAN TREASURES’ series.
first and only (press) photos from the NOVEMBER 21st, 2003 opening
(scroll down, they are on rows 11 & 12)
~GEE’S BEND QUILTS/US Postage Stamps |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 6th, 2007, 1:45pm
found a few more photos from the NIGEL COOKE ‘DEAD PAINTER’ exhibit,
November 10 – December 9, 2006 – at ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY.
above: NIGEL COOKE, ‘Get Rid of Meaning’, 2006. oil on canvas, 86.85 x 145.87 ins,
with 2 detail shots.
more photos from the private reception
ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY
~NIGEL COOKE/more pix |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 6th, 2007, 1:15pm
.. spied on GRAND Street, just west of BROADWAY, Soho, NYC – DEC 20, 2006 .. .. it’s gone now.
~NECK FACE/Soho |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 6th, 2007, 12:59pm
T.K. WEBB out of BROOKLYN, NYC – & – SHORTSTACK, out of WASHINGTON, DC
PLAY TO-NITE: THURS, FEB 2, 2007
at the CAKE SHOP 152 LUDLOW, Lower East Side
POSTER BY: GYPSY EYES
T.K. WEBB (right) with J PENRY , at the J PENRY OPENING, FUSE GALLERY,
Sept 9, 2006
(Photo: Nancy Smith)
more photos from the very engaging J PENRY OPENING (scroll down on that report)
~T.K. WEBB/Cake Shop/photo w/J PENRY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 1st, 2007, 1:03pm
the card for: BEN FURGAL, ‘WICKED WARRIORS’, December 28 – January 18, 2007
at the CAKE SHOP, 152 LUDLOW ST, on the Lower East Side.
THE SHOW’S BEEN EXTENDED TIL: MONDAY, FEB 13th
… so there’s still a chance to check out this young artist’s paper collages.
Ben also made the black and white ‘op-art’ wallpaper.
BEN FURGAL is as much a ‘mover and groover’ – as an ambitious artist in his own right, developing a reputation for his curating and networking on the behalf of all the ‘cool’ artists, musicians and performance collectives, he constantly seems to have radar out for. Currently living and working in BALTIMORE, Ben plans to re-locate back to New York City this Spring. Although the living is easy and the rents are cheap, he misses the galleries.
Ben began his art networking while he was at SUNY, PURCHASE – which seems to have
had a very dynamic scene that was just getting into full swing when he began his art studies there. He graduated with a BFA, SUNY PURCHASE this past May 2006.
THE CAKE SHOP is an interesting little shop: coffee shop in the front, with changing art shows on the walls; record store in the back; bar and performance space downstairs, in the basement – showcasing mostly indie and ‘art’ bands.
The CAKE SHOP is run by ANDY BODER.
photos from the opening, including the band performances
(scroll down that report, photos start on row 17)
more photos: BEN FURGAL takes artlovers to see: JIMMY JOE ROCHE and DAN DEACON, with drummers,
JEREMY HYMEN and KEVIN O’MEARA, at ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, Sept 29, 2006 (scroll down)
we first encountered BEN & post his photo – while he was working the front desk, as an unpaid intern at Sixtyseven: Jan 20, 2006 (scroll down the photo’s on the bottom row.)
CAKE SHOP
~BEN FURGAL/CAKE SHOP |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 1st, 2007, 12:20pm
the card for: TAL R & JONATHAN MEESE, ‘MOTHER’, OPENING DECEMBER 1, 2006,
BORTOLAMI DAYAN.
the show is now down. it was a huge crazy all-over installation.
photos from the opening
BORTOLAMI DAYAN
~TAL R & JONATHAN MEESE/Bortolami Dayan |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 1st, 2007, 12:05pm
TONY MATELLI just opened an amazing show, not so much for the APES, but
the .. ‘successful weed’, .. the dying prayer plants, and .. the burning $100 bills,
of the hi-tech: ‘Fuck it, Free Yourself”.
… its the unusual combination of casualness and high tech production, not to mention virtuosity, that really give the show its kick.
TONY MATELLI, ‘New Works’, January 12 – February 17, 2007
LEO KOENIG INC
PHOTO: COURTESY LEO KOENIG GALLERY
photos from the opening
~TONY MATELLI/LEO KOENIG |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 1st, 2007, 11:45am
OLIVER HALSMAN ROSENBERG .. riding his grandmother’s exercise bicycle
in his compact, and low-fi, but equally brilliant installation at Little Cakes.
‘REFUGE FIELD – DADA FOR GRANDMA’ ran from JAN 5 – Jan 28, 2007,
and was featured on the artlovers homepage at the time.
more photos of the installation
PHOTO COURTESY: LITTLE CAKES
LITTLE CAKES
~OLIVER HALSMAN ROSENBERG/Little Cakes |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 1st, 2007, 11:36am
