New York Post, Saturday, June 23, 2007 – Page 9
by CHUCK BENNETT and TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS
the photo caption reads:
“REEK SHOW: James Cooper under arrest yesterday for allegedly igniting a stink bomb at the opening of an art show (far left) by Frank Shepard Fairey. Artists wonder whether he’s the “Splasher” who vandalizes street art.”
the article begins:
“He may not be “The Splasher”, but cops say he’s a stinker.
James Cooper, a 24-year-old Bushwick (Brooklyn) resident, was hit with a charge of attempted arson yesterday after polic say he tried to ignite a stink bomb at a crowded gallery opening in Brooklyn.
….
“The local art community was immediately abuzz with speculation that cooper was the infamous Splasher – who has (recently) defaced dozens of street-art creations throughout the city with splotches of (white) house paint.
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“Witnesses say that at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Cooper and an unidentified man attempted to ignite an incendiary device in a coffee can durung the crowded open-bar reception. A partygoer noticed the smoke and alerted security.
“Cooper was quickly caught, but his accomplice got away.
“Fairey, who gained notice in the early 1990’s by putting up stencils of wrestler Andre the Giant and “OBEY GIANT” stickers around cities throughout the east Coast, said Cooper shouldn’t get off easy.
“This is serious. I’ve been arrested for doing street art. I knew I would be held accountable for my actions, and he should have considered that jail may be a possibility.”, said fairey, who confronted Cooper after security nabbed him.
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“the criminal complaint against Cooper notes, “If the device had stayed lit, it cold have ignited and caused a fire.”
“The Splasher has struck 20 out of 22 murals Fairey created in New York City.
“Fairey has his own theory on why his work is targeted.
‘Because I’ve moved beyond just doing street art, some have the idea that I’ve been corrupted. I’ve been able to have an art career and a design career, yet I continue to do street art and therefore I should be punished’, he said.”
p.s.
what’s really amazing, is, if you are, also a “LAW AND ORDER” TV junkie, like artlovers, this kid looks just like all the brainwashed ultra right wing hate spawn that turn up on the show in regular rotation!
nypost.com
photos from the Shepard Fairey opening
JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY
~SHEPARD FAIREY/NEW YORK POST/OPENING ATTACK |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 11:29pm
SHEPARD FAIREY, street art, Williamsburg, BROOKLYN, Jan 18, 2007
(bottom photo – detail)
SHEPARD FAIREY, the same piece, April 7, 2007
PHOTOS: Nancy Smith
~SHEPARD FAIREY/SPLASHER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 9:56pm
the card for:
DAVID ARON – ‘Cords of the Easy Rescue’
Little Cakes Little Gallery – 625 East 6th Street #1B
JUNE 1 – June 30, 2007 – !! LAST WEEK !!
the gallery is open Friday – Saturday 1 – 6pm
Little Cakes
~DAVID ARON/LITTLE CAKES |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 9:43pm
the card for: CHRISTIAN SCHWARZWALD – ‘A BIRD IN THE HAND’
DEREK ELLER GALLERY – 615 West 27th STREET
MAY 31 – JULY 13, 2007
photos from the opening
DEREK ELLER GALLERY
~CHRISTIAN SCHWARZWALD/DEREK ELLER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 9:37pm
the card for:
TOM MEACHAM – ‘the greater good’ – OLIVER KAMM / 5BE GALLERY
621 W. 27th STREET
MAY 31 – JULY 13, 2007
photos from the opening
OLIVER KAMM / 5BE GALLERY
~TOM MEACHAM/OLIVER KAMM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 8:52pm
PHOTO: COURTESY CANADA
JOE BRADLEY, (the sailboat on the wall), and SARAH BRAMAN (the free standing floor sculpture – which looks r-a-d-i-a-n-t) had a really successful sojourn to LONDON, this spring, when DICKSMITH GALLERY exhibited several works by both artists, in a 2 person show, simply titled; ‘Joe Bradley/Sarah Braman’.
the show ran from May 10 – June 17, 2007
you can see more images on the DICKSMITH GALLERY website:
www.dicksmithgallery.co.uk/
CANADA
~JOE BRADLEY/SARAH BRAMAN/DICKSMITH/LONDON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 8:27pm
DON’T MISS OUT!! THE DVD, so cleverly attached to the inside back cover of
‘Wipe That Clock Off Your Face’ is an original CD/DVD that offers BRIAN BELOTT’S
“accclaimed Found Images, a digital slide show of over 2,000 found
photos, with an exclusive full-length soundtrack of FOUND sound collages.”
‘Wipe That Clock Off Your Face’, by BRIAN BELOTT, copyright 2007
Published by PictureBox Inc
Distributed by D.A.P.
Distributed Art Publishers, New York
www.artbook.com
ISBN: 0-9789722-1-X
DVD PRODUCTION BY: ANNIE PEARLMAN
DVD ASSISTANCE: CHRISTOPHER FRAGA
ABOVE PHOTO IMAGES: Nancy Smith
PictureBox, Inc
~BRIAN BELOTT/Wipe That Clock Off Your Face/ DVD |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 8:03pm
BRIAN CHIPPENDALE at the ‘New Mutants’ after party, CANADA, Chinatown,
top, with DAN NADEL (at left)
June 22, 2007
PHOTO: Nancy Smith
we’ve being hearing alot about BRIAN CHIPPENDALE from many of the RHODE ISLAND crew, esp those who came to stay in New York. His band, LIGHTING BOLT, for which he is the apparently totally dynamic drummer, has cult status among the knowing.
you can catch his painting talent at CANADA in the ‘New Mutants’ show curated by DAN NADEL,
running JUNE 22 – JULY 22, 2007
at CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE – LOWER EAST SIDE/CHINATOWN
more pix
CANADA
~BRIAN CHIPPENDALE/New Mutants |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 5:51pm
FRANK SANTORO at the ‘New Mutants’ after party, CANADA, Chinatown,
June 22, 2007
PHOTO: Nancy Smith
FRANK SANTORO finally comes in from the shadows with this show.
he has some beautiful, light handed ink drawings on display.
PHOTOS: Nancy Smith, FRANK SANTORO ink drawings on paper,
‘New Mutants’, curated by DAN NADEL, CANADA
June 22, 2007
more pix from the opening & after party
we also found it interesting to note that FRANK SANTORO is given a ‘WISDOM’ credit on the back page/credits of ‘Wipe That Clock Off Your Face’, by BRIAN BELOTT,
PictureBox,Inc publishers.
CANADA
PictureBox, Inc
~FRANK SANTORO/New Mutants/Wipe That Clock Off Your Face |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 5:28pm
card image by MICHAEL WILLIAMS, COURTESY CANADA
NEW MUTANTS opens to-nite – FRIDAY JUNE 22, 2007 – 7-9pm
the show runs form JUNE 22 – JULY 22, 2007
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE STREET – LOWER EAST SIDE
curated by DAN NADEL
Melissa Brown
Brian Chippendale
Julie Doucet
C.F.
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Ben Jones
Amy Lockhart
Sakura Maku
Frank Santoro
Patrick Smith
Michael Williams
DAN NADEL is the founder of PictureBox, Inc
CANADA
UP-DATE: TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007
‘New Mutants’ is a brilliant little show, and Dan Nadel shows he is really getting into top form. ‘Wipe That Clock Off Your Face’, by BRIAN BELOTT, which his PictureBox, Inc published – was the first indication of a big step-up in the Dan Nadel game.
publisher and curator DAN NADEL, of PictureBox, Inc in a characteristic mode, at the ‘New Mutants’ after party,
Chinatown, June 22, 2007
PHOTO: Nancy Smith
some of the art work in ‘New Mutants’:
PATRICK SMITH, oil on canvas, 48 x 40-1/8 ins.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ‘Fur Tree’, oil on canvas, 58 x 76 ins.
MELISSA BROWN, ‘Untitled’, silkscreen on aluminum, 48 x 96 ins.
FRANK SANTORO, ink drawing on paper
PHOTOS: Nancy Smith, ‘New Mutants’, curated by DAN NADEL, CANADA, NYC,
opening night, June 22, 2007
more pix of the work in the show at the opening
CANADA
~NEW MUTANTS/CANADA/opening to-nite/FRI/up-date |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 22nd, 2007, 8:43am
