. . . yo !! – it’s the last day !! – to catch:
‘My Prayer For You’ – NEW WORK BY STO
OCT 12 – NOV 11, 2007
CINDERS GALLERY – 103 HAVEMAYER ST – BTWN HOPE + GRAND – BROOKLYN, NYC
OPEN SUNDAY: 12-7 PM
here’s some pix from the opening:
that’s Sto, in the center, in the red . . ‘angry Mickey’ T Shirt.
Sto, ‘Levitate me’ ($375)
Sto, ‘The hills will dance to our song # 1’ ($500)
Sto, ‘My prayer for you’ – the title of the show.
the various sized, mostly small canvases are arranged in thematic groupings – that travel around the room, narrating a kind of tale of toxic earthly & sci fi beginnings – overcome by spiritual/creative healing.
STO, ‘My Prayer For You’, at CINDERS.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – taken at the opening, Oct 12, 2007
check out more pix from the show on: IF I HAD $200
CINDERS GALLERY
~STO/MY PRAYER FOR YOU/CINDERS/last day !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 11th, 2007, 2:00pm
MIN KIM/atm/ACAF 2007
MIN KIM/atm/ACAF 2007
MIN KIM/atm/ACAF 2007
TOMOO GOKITA/atm/ACAF 2007
TOMOO GOKITA/atm/ACAF 2007
the atm booth/ ACAF NY 2007 – SARAH MATTES at the desk
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, NOV 9, 2007 – ACAF 2007
ACAF NY 2007 – ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
NOVEMBER 9-12
PIER 92 – 52ND ST & 12Th AVE – MIDTOWN – NYC
NOV 11 – 11am-6pm
NOV 12 – 11am-5pm
ADMISSION: one-day $15/$5 STUDENTS
atm Gallery
ACAF
atm
~MIN KIM/TOMOO GOKITA/atm/ACAF |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2007, 10:22pm
YAYOI DEKI, atm/ACAF 2007
from left: artwork by YAYOI DEKI; artwork by YAYOI KUSAMA/atm/ACAF 2007
both very compulsive in their creative expression, though a generation apart, they recently meet up – from left: YAYOI DEKI and YAYOI KUSAMA/image courtesy book/catalog/atm/ACAF 2007
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, NOV 9, 2007 – ACAF 2007
Bil Brady’s atm Gallery has one of the best booths – by far – in the first ACAF NY 2007/ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR – running this weekend – NOVEMBER 9-12, 2007
at: PIER 92 – 52ND ST & 12TH AVENUE – MIDTOWN – NYC
NOV 11 – 11am-6pm
NOV 12 – 11am-5pm
ADMISSION: one-day $15/$5/students
ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
atm gallery
~YAYOI DEKI/YAYOI KUSAMA/atm/ACAF |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2007, 9:39pm
image: MISAKI KAWAI/GALLERI LOYAL
. . . opened yesterday, FRIDAY NOV 9, 2007:
MISAKI KAWAI – ‘FUZZY LOVE’
NOV 9 – DEC 2, 2007
GALLERI LOYAL – 53 TORSGATAN – STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
. . . “Born in Kagawa, Japan in 1978, and raised in Osaka, Misaki Kawai studied at the Kyoto College of Art and moved to New York in 2000.”
see more pix on: the GALLERI LOYAL WEBSITE
see: an early artlovers photo of MISAKI KAWAI/on artnet
scroll down to row 4 – along with early pix of: DEVENDRA BANHART, KARA WALKER, JOE BRADLEY, MICHAEL WILLIAMS , . . and more.
GALLERI LOYAL
www.misakikawai.com
~MISAKI KAWAI/FUZZY LOVE/LOYAL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2007, 9:16pm
MISAKI KAWAI ALSO HAS A BIG INSTALLATION IN THE SHOW: ‘MAKING A HOME: JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS IN NEW YORK’, curated by ERIC C. SHINER.
in fact, it was Misaki who reminded us of the JAPAN SOCIETY show, when we crossed paths at the recent JOURNAL GALLERY opening: ‘CABINET OF CURIOSITIES’, curated by KATHY GRAYSON, in which Misaki also had work.
further, MISAKI KAWAI was unique – in being the sole artist – who had work in both shows.
see extensive coverage of both shows, including Misaki’s presentations, here: 2007-10-24/AMERICAN CABINETS & JAPANESE HOMES
MISAKI KAWAI AT THE ‘CABINET OF CURIOSITIES’ opening. the inaugural opening of the new JOURNAL GALLERY & HEADQUARTERS, in BROOKLYN, curated by KATHY GRAYSON, SEPT 14, 2007
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
. . here are some more pix of the MISAKI KAWAI installation, ‘Space House’, at the JAPAN SOCIETY show, ‘MAKING A HOME: JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS IN NEW YORK’, curated by ERIC C.SHINER.
Misaki’s large scale, funny, colorful and minutely detailed installation is located on the entry floor, or ground floor, to the left of the water fountain pool.
MISAKI KAWAI, ‘SPACE HOUSE’, ‘MAKING A HOME’, JAPAN SOCIETY
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, OCT 3, 2007
‘MAKING A HOME: JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS IN NEW YORK’
curated by ERIC C. SHINER
JAPAN SOCIETY – 333 EAST 47Th STREET – MIDTOWN – NYC
JAPAN SOCIETY
P.S.
you can visit !! MISAKI’S WONDERFUL WEBSITE – its currently hotlinked on artlovers – hit: Art Lovers Photos (above, right on options bar) and then HIT – the LITTLE FUZZY SAD-EYED DOG – extreme right – the 2nd row of hotlinked logos !!!!
~MISAKI KAWAI/MAKING A HOME/JAPAN SOCIETY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2007, 2:39pm
above: MOMOYO TORIMITSU, at her site specific piece, ‘Willingly or Unwillingly, You Are Welcome’, at the big survey show, ‘Making A Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York’, curated by ERIC C. SHINER.
. . the famous 1996 photograph – by MICHAEL DANES, in the exhibit’s extensive catalog.
MOMOYO TORIMITSU, ‘Miyata Jiro Performance in NY’, 1996.
Polyester resin, motor, business suit, nurse costume.
(that’s MOMOYO TORIMITSU in the nurse outfit !!)
Dikeou Collection, Peter Norton Family Foundation.
Photos: Nancy Smith, Japan Society Oct 3, 2007
‘Making A Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York’
Curated by ERIC C. SHINER
OCTOBER 5 – JANUARY 13, 2007
JAPAN SOCIETY GALLERY – 333 EAST 47TH STREET – MIDTOWN – NYC
extensive photo coverage of the show: ‘MAKING A HOME’
prior coverage: MOMOYO TORIMITSU to be at JAPAN SOCIETY
see: early photo – ‘MR. JIRO MIYATA’ on artlovers/artnet
(scroll down to 4th row)
JAPAN SOCIETY
~MOMOYO TORIMITSU/MAKING A HOME/JAPAN SOCIETY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2007, 1:22pm
the poster for: MARIKO MORI – ‘TOM NA H-IU’
NOVEMBER 8 – DECEMBER 22, 2007
DEITCH PROJECTS – 18 WOOSTER ST – SOHO – NYC
‘TOM NA H-IU’, opened last night, THURSDAY, NOV 8TH, 2007
above: Mariko Mori at the opening.
‘FLATSTONE’, ceramic stones and acrylic vase, greets guests at the start of the exhibit; and below,
the tall and luminous ‘Tom Na H-Iu’, 2005-2006, glass, steel and LED lights, in a darked back room. . . . which changes light patterns according to incoming cosmic neutrinos via internet hook-up !!
see: the press release
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
more photos from the opening post next week !!
DEITCH PROJECTS
~MARIKO MORI/DEITCH PROJECTS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 9th, 2007, 8:58am
THE CITY RELIQUARY CIVIC RIDERS BIKE CLUB/PHOTO:CITY RELIQUARY
ARCHIVAL PHOTO/”LARRY FROM CLASSIC RIDERS B.C. – WINNER OF ‘BEST In SHOW 2005’/PHOTO:BROOKLYN CIVIC RIDERS BICYCLE CLUB – CITY RELIQUARY
FREE !!!! BIKE TOUR !!!! & LECTURE !!!!
THE CITY RELIQUARY PROUDLY PRESENTS:
ROSENDALE CEMENT – A NATURAL BEGINNING for the LANDMARKS of NEW YORK CITY
EXHIBIT OPENS: SATURDAY NOV 10, 2007 with a reception form 12-6 PM
1-2 PM – LECTURE by DIETRICH WERNER, President of the Century House Historical Society in Rosendale, NY and Leading Historian on Natural cement
2-3:30 PM – BIKE TOUR, following the lecture, a free bike tour of some of NYC’s Natural cement landmarks. Dress warm. Wear a helmet.
. . . “though the architecture of New York may seem like postmodern chaos trapped in a grid, (this exhibit) spotlights a common thread which connects some of the boroughs most precious monuments. ‘Rosendale Cement – A Natural Beginning for the Landmarks of Ne York City!’ features a display of vintage cement bags used to transport Rosendale Natural Cement for the construction of The Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty pedestal, The Natural History Museum, Times Building, Hotel Algonquin, Grand Central Station, and other blockbusters in the five boroughs.
Various objects used to mine the cement (including an antique box for dynamite) and photographs of the structures at the time of their completion are also on display.
Witness the beautiful and ornate edifices in person with a guided bike tour of the various buildings immediately following the talk.”
The City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization
~BIKE TOUR/NATURAL CEMENT LANDMARKS/NYC/SAT NOV 11 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 9th, 2007, 8:32am
the card for:
THOMAS DEMAND – ‘Yellowcake’
NOVEMBER 3 – DECEMBER 22, 2007
303 GALLERY – 525 WEST 22 STREET – CHELSEA – NYC
THOMAS DEMAND also presents an exhibit, focused on the reconstruction of an historical American ‘wartime’ nature – though of a more contemporary time. But, unlike Duke Riley’s concurrent exhibit, the DEMAND reconstruction, in paper and cardboard is only the first step to the final output – which are drop dead formalist hyper realist photographs – in large, almost life size scale.
(see: DUKE RILEY – ‘AFTER THE BATTLE Of BROOKLYN’ – below)
In ‘Yellowcake’ – Thomas Demand makes the Embassy of the Republic of Niger in Rome his subject.
” . . . located in an unassuming 10-story apartment building.. Its nondescript appearance belies the monumental consequences of the robbery that took place there in January 2001, when several pieces of Embassy stationery and offcial stamps and seals were stolen from the building. It is widely believed that letters that turned up shortly after the break-in – appearing to document Saddam Hussein’s attempt to purchase ‘yellowcake’ (an enriched form of urnium used in nuclear weapons) from Niger – were printed on these stolen papers. Though numerous intelligence officals and experts dismissed the documents as forgeries, President George W. Bush nevertheless sited them as a cause to go to war with Iraq.” (press release)
Demand, who bases his work on “existent” historical subjects, gained first hand access to the Embassy building .. “conversed with the embassy staff, and through these visits and interactions built his own memory of the place” – on which these photos are based.
THOMAS DEMAND, at the ‘Yellowcake’ opening, at 303 Gallery, on November 3, 2007
& an installation shot of one of the photographs – also from the opening.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
more photos of the exhibition can be found on the gallery website: ‘Yellowcake’ at 303
more photos of the opening to post later today, TUES NOV 6 – in the new Photo Report
(currently in production)
303 GALLERY
~THOMAS DEMAND/YELLOWCAKE/303/thru DEC 22 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 6th, 2007, 9:15am
the story hits the media in the first week of AUGUST, this past summer – the gallery has an album of all the archival media coverage/this is the:
SATURDAY AUG 4, 2007, NEW YORK POST – COVER
at the opening, from left: ALEX PERFIDO (PERFIDO DESIGNS/furniture & set designs/Willliamsburg), his associate CHARLES SMITH, DUKE RILEY, himself, and ALBERTO MAGNAN of MAGNAN PROJECTS – the gallery sponsoring the exhibit.. Alex Perfido and Charles Smith helped build the submarine (titled – ‘The Acorn’).
DUKE RILEY was born in Boston, MASSACHUSETTS, and has a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Pratt Institute.
‘The Acorn’ – the actual submersible that went onto the water. approx 8 x 6 ft – they had to take out the storefront window to get it in – the gallery – with only about 1/4 in. of clearance !!
‘After the Battle of Brooklyn’ “revolves around historical obscurities that took place in New York during the American Revolutionary War. In addition to drawings. mosaics, and videos, Riley constructed a replica of the first primitive Revolutionary War submarine (‘The Turtle’) that is propelled by a hand crank and submersible for up to 20 minutes. In 1776 George Washington’s Continental Army used these subs to target the British flagship, ‘The Eagle’. Putting a contemporary spin on this idea, Riley launched his submarine (‘The Acorn’) while The Queen Mary 2 was docked in the Brooklyn Harbor and captured the attention of the Coast Guard, NYPD, and major newspapers.” – press release
an amazing video clip is projected on a gallery wall – it – definite -caught all the action !!!!
from the beginning, . . . Duke Riley gets into the ‘The Acorn’ – it has just been launched into the Brooklyn Harbor.
THE QUEEN MARY 2 – as long – as the CHRYSLER BUILDING – is tall.
(the theme of which – is the subject – of a huge drawing in the show – ‘Curtains for the Free World’, ink on canary paper, 72 x 111 ins.)
B-U-S-T-E-D !!!
and taken out !!!
DUKE RILEY, small ink drawing on canary paper – in the 10TH AVE GALLERY SPACE
DUKE RILEY, small ink drawing on canary paper. as well, as an obviously original thinker, DUKE RILEY is a fine draftsman & craftsman – all the work, the ACORN construction, drawings, scrimshaw replications & mosaics, were done by him directly, hands-on.
DUKE RILEY, small tile mosaic
close-up, DUKE RILEY, small tile mosaic
DUKE RILEY, scrimshaw work – his love of nautical folk art – was reflected in a folk music – fife & whistle soundtrack – that played at the opening – in the MAGNAN NEMRICH SPACE on 28TH STREET -&- which housed – ‘The Acorn’.
DUKE RILEY, huge tile mosaic, ‘Bringing 370 New Jobs to Redhook’, 15 ft. long – with iridescent windows, supposedly: an ironic take on failed economic policy – (I think, in title, only . . ) is also – the image on the show’s 3 part, black,white & gray, folded card.
. . at the opening, TIM DAVIS, who works at CORBIS, helped DUKE RILEY get the huge media blitz – out there – with, a little luck – it was a dead stretch in the middle of the summer.
. . also at the opening, LIAM DAVIS, brother to TIM DAVIS, (above), and longtime Duke Riley friend – took some of the photos that made it into the blanket media coverage – his pix made the NEW YORK POST & NEWSDAY.
BRENDAN CARNEY, DUKE RILEY pal, printed the photos in the show, and was part of the crew that installed the show & that built/launched the sub. He is standing in front of the large ink drawing, ‘Curtains for the Free World’, at the DUKE RILEY, ‘After the Battle of Brooklyn’, opening.
DUKE RILEY setting out on his trip. PHOTO BY CHUCK D – a professional photographer who just happened to be in the ‘hood’ – on a very lucky day – for both of them – !!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, taken at the opening, NOV 1, 2007
DUKE RILEY, ‘AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN’, MAGNAN PROJECTS
DUKE RILEY – AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN – EAST RIVER INCOGNITA II
the show runs: NOVEMBER 1 – DECEMBER 22, 2007
MAGNAN PROJECTS – 317 10TH AVE – CHELSEA, NYC
MAGNAN NEMRICH CONTEMPORARY – 505 WEST 28TH ST – CHELSEA, NYC
www.dukeriley.info
MAGNAN PROJECTS
~DUKE RILEY/AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN/thru/DEC 22 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 2nd, 2007, 10:54am
