The Shins’ third full-length CD, Wincing The Night Away (2007), is truly a wonder to behold.
The band, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and led by songwriter and guitarist James Russell Mercer,
have really evolved from their 2001 debut CD – Oh, Inverted World.
That first CD got a lot of attention for Mr. Mercer’s talents as a songwriter.
Musically the first CD leaned impeccably and beautifully towards the Alternative-folk part of the music landscape.
Their latest effort sees them laying down disciplined music that is beyond words. One should listen to this CD all the way through, in the recorded order and loud. Don’t sweat the details and just buy it, you won’t regret it.
Design and illustration by Robert Mercer
THE SHINS, WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY, 2007 Sub Pop Records
sample the songs: here !! on myspace
~The Shins |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | March 13th, 2008, 11:57am
THE SHINS – WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY – THEIR 3RD CD.
SIMON CERIGO WILL POST A REVIEW TOMORROW – THURS MARCH 13/2PM
for now all he will say is:
with rock & roll – the rule of thumb is: THE 3RD ALBUM/CD IS USUALLY THE BEST.
SEE THE REVIEW TOMORROW – TO SEE IF THIS IS THE CASE – HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT IS.
ALSO: LOOK OUT FOR THE UP-COMING REVIEW HERE, NEXT, OF:
OPEN FIELD is the name of the album – the band is TAKEN BY TREES –
featuring VICTORIA BERGSMAN – the lead singer of THE CONCRETES,
another Swedish group that came out a few years ago.
VICTORIA BERGSMAN more recently made waves as the female vocal on the now famous . . .
PETER BJORN & JOHN – WRITER’S BLOCK song:
‘YOUNG FOLKS’.
hear it on: YouTube !!
it’s already scored over 6 MILLION views !!!
it’s also extremely – cool – visually – it’s animated !!
~The Shins & VICTORIA BERGSMAN |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | March 12th, 2008, 9:33pm
JOSHUA SMITH, photographed outside the gallery, on 27Th STREET, in CHELSEA, opening night, JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS ‘A New High In Getting Low’, FEB 23, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
. . look closely at the photos, on the lower left hand side is a tag – DAM!
I think that street artist just got picked up by the cops. There is a street tagger’s (aka graffiti vandal) arrest written up – in today’s (MONDAY MARCH 10, 2008) – NEW YORK POST – that strangely enough refers to that tag – DAM!
in the section: ‘NYPD DAILY BLOTTER’ on Page 16 – it says:
“Police nabbed an Upper East Side graffiti vandal for spray-painting his tag name on several FDNY/NYPD call boxes, cops said yesterday.
Police spotted TAL KESTERBERG, 16, allegedly spraying his tag, “Dam” on a box at Second Avenue and East 93rd Street at 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Kestenberg also allegedly sprayed five other boxes. He was charged with making graffiti and criminal mischief.”
wow – gotta stay off the NYPD property – !!
(foreign fans: that’s NYPD – as in – NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT)
P.S. – its ironic that in the context of a show with no “singular theme except for the criteria of living and working in New York post 9/l” – a tag that expresses the situation so succinctly – as in DAM! – its hard, tough and crooked, esp if you are broke – and/or you’re young and you want to be heard – is forever linked to, or has actually become a part of that context – albeit uninvited. a kind of 100% ‘reality’ check-in by the street artists – that just was destined to be – even in the art world truth is stranger than fiction. I mean look at the tag – DAM! – it sure ain’t – AMAZE – or – even TWIST – BARRY McGEE’S street tag – from way back in the day San Francisco.
UP-DATE: TUES MARCH 11, 2008
say what ? DAM! – the governor of New York, ELIOT SPITZER just hit a ‘A New High in Getting Low’ !!! The rabidly feral gov, made his worst enemies light up – and shocked the whole town – when he was outed yesterday with a $1,000/hour high class (illicit) hooker habit !!! and supposedly he liked it down and dirty – or as has been reported in the tabloids, NEW YORK POST (again) …”she had been told (Client-9) would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe, you know, I mean that, very basic things.” ‘Kristen’ responded, “I have a way of dealing wit that. I’d be like.’Listen dude, you really want the sex?”
DAM! no wonder the ‘rainbow’ neo-hippie artists and the black clad super hipster dudes are all going crazy at the same time !!!!
and yeah – the art world is way out of control here – its so shocking !! white box therapy sessions & ELLEN HARVEY portraits at the pathetic Whitney – and – young 16 yr olds wannabes spray painting, oh my god – spray painting NYPD street boxes – !! – what’s the world coming too. they probably threw him, the tagger, into the tombs too, (central booking) and I hear from other taggers that when the cops pick you up – you can get kicked to the head pretty bad – when no one is looking – the guy I heard of – needed stitches – if the other really bad dudes in central booking don’t eat you up alive, later. and don’t be carrying a pocket knife in the subways, esp in Queens – young white males – though god knows if you think you need one – you probably do!! – you get thrown into the holding cells for 2 days and 3 nights – with the very teen wolf packs – you were needing to defend yourself against, except you are locked inside, with no way out !!! and the cops ain’t gonna be on your side – they are laughing all the way to the bank – on overtime double time hi-risk security details, hey Rudy G knows about those too. and guarding street boxes, of course.
UP-DATE: MON APRIL 7, 2008
regarding SPITZER’S successor, the very cheesy new Gov DAVID PATERSON, personally – I think getting blow jobs from the highly paid ($150,000/yr) “aides” in your office, who depend on you – for their job – and greet your wife with a big lying smile when she comes to official functions – is way worse than paying a professional whore – at least SPITZER kept his dick out of the workplace, beyond office politics and, out of his wife’s face. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY set the bar – when she kicked her hubby to the curb – for banging a young slut and installing her in his office, and on payroll. and, for what its worth I’d rather have a smart ass in the governor’s office – than a nitwit. politically its scary – in New York right now – everyone is just keeping their eyes to the ground – no one wants to look up. its too scary. but the taggers are almost eradicated, there is whole elite unit dedicated to chasing them and according to iO, over at OVERSPRAY MAGAZINE – the unit is actually composed of former taggers – no fair !!
NYC 2008 – the politics are WAY dirty – but at least the city utility boxes are clean.
UP-DATE: WED APRIL 9, 2008
how dirty get this: self-proclaimed reformer CHRISTINE QUINN – the so-called “MISS TRANSPARENCY” & NEW SPEAKER OF THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL – has been caught with her pants down too – ok, not her pants – just her bullshit. seems like she’s (oh, it’s her aides excuse moi – bottom line: same diff) stuffing millions of tax payer city budget dollars into fake ‘holding’ grants for agencies that don’t even exist, (and with such fancy imaginary names – they actually scored press notice for their inventiveness and poetic ring !!). and guess where the huge lion’s share of this hidden public wealth – earmarked to benefit the community – and usually that means the down and outers !! – ended up – no surprise – I’m sure to many art world downtown denizens worth big bucks – and chic often, HOLLYWOOD – cache – well, on the CHELSEA HIGH LINE PROJECT, duh – which just happens to be in her own jurisdiction. surprise surprise. like they say: money goes to money.
and talk about throwing money away, or at least into a never ending money pit – -ok. its a gorgeous concept, but have you ever walked under it? – its a rotting pile of fragile degraded metal – looking even more fragile, and about to come down any minute, increasing proportionately to the amount of work being done on it – they work here – it sags (seriously) there, and not just sags – nobody local walks under it – even the hard hats working on it – wouldn’t be caught dead walking under it – and if you manage to make eye contact with them – they actually roll their eyes upward – be better to take the whole thing and put a plastic/resin bridge/garden support, get JEFF KOONS, to design it, or OLAFUR ELIASSON !! – but who am I – Wendy Williams ?
as for how GOV PATTERSON is doing – how’s this: you know all those bright dynamic Lower East Side and Harlem and BROOKLYN and BRONX city kids – who get dead ended in our city schools – and at 14, chase Chinese graduate students into traffic, where they get hit & die – as way to show off to their friends and neighbors – well here’s why. ..in “another blow to Mayor BLOOMBERG” and City Schools Chancellor JOEL KLEIN, the Albany legislators PATTERSON now leads, made it easier for teachers to get tenure – ya’ll know what we’re talkin’ bout – 100% paid salaries with benefits – for the rest of your life – no matter how bad and boring you are , or burn -out & become. check out Manhattan’s Laguardia High School – last time I was in there – there were some ripe examples – in the English Dept – anybody wanna guess – or he is already gone? – of tenure gone wrong – this guy was downright demented, and they’re still standing in front of a class of the city’s best and brightest – and collecting full salary.
so back to tenure – get this – the agreed upon revisions – sought by teacher unions – duh – “will prohibit school districts from denying or granting tenure based on criteria like student test scores. and we wonder why people think artists are so whacked-out. any successful artist has to be so together and work so hard – to get (basically) nowhere – that this looks like the biggest joke ever. I mean come on guys. you make the grade – you produce kids with skills – or you get lost – yada yada – read a little further and you find out: surprise surprise – Gov Patterson’s dad !!! Basil, is a lawyer representing the teachers union – !! – and, the teachers union spent nearly $2.5 million, $2.5 million – on lobbying – gave more than $714,000 to political parties and, allegedly threatened political retribution in the form of public criticism and the withholding of public political endorsements – if their tenure bill didn’t pass. spanking clean tag free NY Fuc*ing city!!
(factual stats from today’s article – APRIL 9, 2008 – NEW YORK POST – titled: “Mike loses teacher-tenure fight” by KENNETH LOVETT – the political pages are now – more fun than PAGE SIX.
not so much fun:
I just read about young USA NAVY SEALS of 19 – who should be throwing footballs – throwing themselves to death – on grenades – to save their buddies – on BAGDHAD rooftops – and it makes me want to puke.
RED ROVER, RED ROVER. let Wendy come over. as in – Wendy Williams, who seriously is so much smarter & sharper – than all of those guys in gov’t – put together.
the first time I ever happened on Wendy Williams, at the extreme right of your NYC radio dial – she was saying how dumb the US army guys were – years ago – re: IRAQ – that obviously it was a big death trap – another manipulatively brilliant move – to suck the life out of us. doesn’t the US ever get it – re: KILLING FIELDS – don’t send the boys in – just the electronics.
JCP/A New High In Getting Low
~DAM! caught/with JOSHUA SMITH |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 10th, 2008, 12:50pm
NOLAN SIMON, attends the DANIEL REICH SOIREE for SEAN RASPET, at the CHELSEA HOTEL, MARCH 7, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
NOLAN SIMON actually has work in the JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS exhibit – ‘A New High In Getting Low’ profiled in the previous post.
NOLAN SIMON’S 2 pieces are in the center towards the left. One, titled, ‘2001, Hatred of Capitalism, Dating Handbook’, 2008 – comprises of the two posters on the wall – with each portraying one black twin tower. The other piece is directly underneath, on the floor – a DVD Monitor (looks like a TV), with a DVD and a wool blanket, titled, ‘Leviathan’ 2008. ‘A New High In Getting Low’/INSTALLATION PHOTO COURTESY: JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS
We caught up with Nolan Simon at the DANIEL REICH/Chelsea Hotel event this past Friday evening, and we had an interesting talk with him and a few of his friends. The NEW YORK TIMES Review of the JCP show – ‘A New High In Getting Low’ – had just come out that day, and they all seemed to be seriously buzzed about one phrase in the KAREN ROSENBERG review . . .
“A few paintings stand out from the glut of appropriation, assemblage and mixed media-works.”
They thought that, that was pretty funny – and pretty dead wrong !!! if not completely laughable – totally missing the point of the show & therefore completely alienating a big ‘drift’ among a certain – very intense group of serious young art makers – usually with serious graduate degrees under their belts, and serious intellectual artistic aspirations in their heads. .
(and usually dressed all in black, or at least in a serious young professional clean-cut sort-of-tailoring attire – with a very cool demeanor and style – but definitely not “too cool for school” – we’re not naming names here !!) Just very intense, very intellectual, usually thematically driven.
(as opposed to, let’s say for the sake of brevity and our international audience – the other art ‘camp’ – favoring dramatic or handmade costume/attire – someone like a JOE GRILLO (DEARRAINDROP) or a BRIAN CHIPPENDALE – equally intense, equally serious, and accomplished – but much more colorful in dress and personality. simple rule of thumb: artists that don’t appropriate – and generate original creative visual art favor expressive clothing with handmade accents – serious young creative visual thinkers – that do favor appropriation – seem to wear all black. the 2 groups are like polar opposites – water and oil – and, they never ever cross-over – someone should curate a show: 50-50 !! along the lines of Gavin Brown’s famous ‘Stoners vs.
Chuggers’ or whatever it was called – except it would have to called something more like: Right Hand Side of the Brain vs. Left Hand Side – / – hippies vs. hipsters !! that centuries old yin yang concept seems pretty durable – even today – in cutting edge NYC.
but yo! – this is New York Fu*king City – and that’s what makes this the hugest & most dynamic art center – in the world – that it is so huge and so diverse and wave after wave of young artists from different generations, even within the same schools – (JOE GRILLO & BRIAN CHIPPENNDALE both sprung from RISD – as did, SEAN RASPET) – land here and want to tear up the town and make it their own. A generation can be defined by single year here in the Big Apple art scene.
anyways, back to the Chelsea hotel – they were having a great laugh at the phrase: “glut of appropriation” – they were like: “right on appropriation – let’s do more !!”, and I have to say in this case I think they are right.
Several reasons come to mind, but I’ll stick to the main issues, as demonstrated in the JCP show.
ONE. these artists always make it very clear that they are appropriating. Unlike RICHARD PRINCE’S full frontal appropriation of – the JIM KRANTZ MARLBORO COWBOY series – they usually present the appropriated images – as a part of a greater whole, of their creative expression. Usually by incorporating the ‘lifted’ cultural images in: A) in a ‘sculpturalized’ format – simple example: SCOTT HUG’S ‘JFK’ (see previous post) or B) as part of a large thematic installation (see SEAN RASPET’S ‘The Ones We Work For’).
NOLA SIMON’S pieces, above, fall kind of within both definitions, sculpturual in terms of ‘posters’ with ‘2 paperback books’ and a monitor on the floor – really a min-installation – within a greater installation – which would be the show itself as a whole – tethered to a thematic discourse (NYC after 9/11).
TWO. well really, maybe you had to be at the opening – thoguh I don’t think so – but the graphic appropriated art, assemblages and mixed media pieces were the heart of the show – and note: without any reliance on text or long written descriptions. They were extremely effective and very very visual, each artist really took appropriation, or mixed media, or assemblage and really made it their own original creative statement. just check out the photos in previous post. I think it was nice the curators included some painting, but they certainly couldn’t have made the show on their own – in the very least. If you want to go see painting – go check out JOE BRADLEY’S paintings in the Biennial.
if you want to see ‘conceptual art’ – from what I’m hearing – even the Biennial is soaked with it – it seems to be pretty mid-level, and laughable – and that’s being polite. The JCP show ‘A New High In Getting Low’ – is the – real deal alternative. smarter and edgier.
two final remarks:
it was interesting to hear Nolan Simon refer to JEFF KOONS’ early work – the appropriated pieces he did – before he started acquiring copyright lawsuits – as his best pieces. but that’s a whole other story – as being a photographer, I’m pretty much behind copyright laws, but being a documentary photographer – crossing the line is hard to define – and what’s more, in this case, I agree with him.
and re: the actual exhibit at hand, SEAN RASPET’S ‘The Generation’ – for some reason – I didn’t feel like taking any photos. the actual images were black and white and not really that noteworthy – the heavy-duty theme, VALERIE SOLANAS’ MANIFESTO – notwithstanding. The best part of the show was how they were arranged with push pins – a little hastily – onto the silver mylar covered walls. a picture would have be worth a thousand words.
~APPROPRIATION GLUT !! RIGHT ON !!/NOLAN SIMON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 10th, 2008, 10:09am
‘A New High in Getting Low (NYC)’
FEBRUARY 23 – MARCH 29, 2008
JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS – 625 W27TH STREET – CHELSEA – NYC
This big group survey show – also scored a write-up in last Friday’s NEW YORK TIMES – MARCH 7, 2008 (by KAREN ROSENBERG). It’s the NYC expanded version of the original presentation. which took place at the Berlin GERMANY gallery – Artnews Projects, last OCTOBER 2007.
MS. ROSENBERG wrote: “Art made in New York since 9/11 is the theme, or rather the mood, of this 36-artist group show… With oblique references to the economy and to drug culture, the title suggests a citywide diagnosis of post-traumatic stress or even a kind of manic depression.”
artlovers was at the opening, alerted to the show by JEFFREY TRANCHELL, who had several friends in the show. here’s a bunch of pix from the opening, which took place on FEB 23, 2008.
JOHN CONNELLY
ELI SUDBRACK aka ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS
(that’s gallerist JACK HANLEY behind him, at left of photo.)
ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS, ‘hands’, 2007, hi-fi print & sequins, 50 x31.6 ins., edition 1 of 3 AP1
detail, ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS, ‘hands’
SCOTT HUG – always to be counted on – to have focused & twisty, most often politically pointed, work in any show he’s in . . .
outdid himself, with this subtle, yet deeply provocative piece. MS. ROSENBERG was struck by it too, she wrote . . “Resurrected Pop describes the work (of Tom Burr…), and that of Scott Hug, whose ‘JFK’ (2007) pairs a black mirror with a photograph of President Kennedy in dark shades. One is celebratory (Tom Burr), the other mournful; both feel current.”
SCOTT HUG, ‘JFK’, 2007, black mirror, digital print on canvas, custom frame, diptych, each: 15-1/4 x 11-3/4 x 1-3/4 ins.
TOM BURR, ‘Slacks’, 2008, wood, magazine pages, book pages, thumb tacks, gold mirrored plexi – also scored a mention in the NEW YORK TIMES as . . “celebratory” & “current”.
JOSHUA SMITH – with a piece many were talking about at the opening – as being the metaphorical and tangible cornerstone of the show.
a view of JOSHUA SMITH’S ‘Untitled’, 2008 – an Eliptical trainer coated in black enamel paint.
detail, JOSHUA SMITH, black enamel painted Eliptical trainer.
our very fave piece, among many faves !! in the whole show – so cool. a hanging light !!!
BRIAN CLIFTON, ‘I want to believe in something. My stepfather recently passed away. NFS. “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.” Self-stylization distorts a genuine personality. Feeling openly influenced by someone, and this being a sign of love. February 2008. My sense of self as formless and relative. Compassion. I enjoy nice lighting’, 2008 – hanging light, Dimensions variable.
MICHAEL PHELAN, ‘Tomorrow’s a new day…’, 2008, (black) Glass rocks on the floor
A. L. STEINER, ‘Surviving is criminal, modernity is pornographic’, 2008, 4 digital c-prints, various dimensions
detail, A.L. STEINER, ‘Surviving is criminal, modernity is pornographic’.
another MICHAEL PHELAN piece, ‘Crazy Time’, ‘How Can I Help?’, and ‘Hi Bob?’, – all images 2008, ea. 30 x 22 ins., edition 2 of 10
frame from: SAM GORDON, ’24 HOURS In NEW YORK (The Lost Kinetic World, Volumes 1-12), 2005-7, i-Pod, cord, set of 12 dvds; index and text, edition 2 of 7
PETER COFFIN had work in the show – he also has a solo showing coming up, in fact opening MARCH 22, 2008, at ANDREW KREPS.
TRAVIS BOYER and A.K. BURNS. Travis had work in the show.
LISA KIRK, said to have helped organize the show, also had work in the show – she’s clutching her ‘bumper sticker’ – ‘I LOVE GLOBAL WARMING’
at right, JUSTIN SAMSON. he had an installation of several components, which were assemblages and sculptural and very tribal in feel. they were brought to life on opening night by a (tribal) performance by LABANNA BLY
JUSTIN SAMSON, the opening night live performance, intertwined into his sculptures – just beginning to take off.
a better view of the JUSTIN SAMSON installation.
detail, JUSTIN SAMSON, ‘Hall of Loss drummer’, 2008
JUSTIN SAMSON – ‘Pre-atlantian Ritualistic Artifacts’, 2008
JUSTIN SAMSON + LABANNA BLY – detail of the opening night performance
LABANNA BLY – she made her – ‘pre-Atlantian’ – voice changer mask
KRISTIE BROWN and GENEVIEVE KANMEL. KRISTIE and GENEVIEVE with LABANNA BLY, are the core members of an all-girl music collective – ORGY AZTEC !!
gallery goers at the opening were encouraged to join in – this is Angie.
JUSTIN SAMSON and LABANNA BLY.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: gallery installation shots/JCP
JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS
~JCP/A New High in Getting Low |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 9th, 2008, 5:19pm
LISA OPPENHEIM, detail, ‘The Sun is Always Setting Somewhere Else’, 2006, looped slide projection, dimensions variable/PHOTO COURTESY: LISA COOLEY FINE ART
‘GUT OF THE QUANTIFIER’ opens to-nite – SUNDAY – MARCH 9, 2008 6-8PM
the show runs MARCH 9 – APRIL 20, 2008
LISA COOLEY FINE ART – 34 ORCHARD ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
a group show featuring the work of:
TAUBA AUERBACH, BARB CHOIT, DAN ESTABROOK, TATIANA ECHEVERRI FERNANDEZ, BRION GYSIN, LISA OPPENHEIM, FRED SANDBACK, PAUL SHARITS, MATT SHERIDAN SMITH & SUE TOMPKINS
we recently caught up with LISA COOLEY at a recent John Connelly Presents opening:
LISA COOLEY at the ‘A New High in Getting Low’ opening, JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS, FEB 23, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
LISA COOLEY FINE ART
~LISA COOLEY/opening to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 9th, 2008, 4:56pm
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE !! & WHITE MAGIC FANS !! TAKE NOTE:
DANCE PAR-TAY !! TO-NITE !!
SATURDAY – MARCH 8, 2008 – 10PM – $6 AT THE DOOR
GLASSLANDS – 289 KENT – WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN – NY
(btwn SOUTH 1ST + SOUTH 2ND – L to Bedford, J to Marcy)
NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN presents Part Time Punks and Jah Division
DJ’s MICHAEL STOCK (filmmaker) and BENJAMIN WHITE (GoGoGo Airheart guitarist) of L.A.’s most popular subcultural dance party – PART TIME PUNKS – lay down hours of post-punk dance action with DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN – while – THE SOCIAL REGISTRY’S dub – JOY DIVISION – cover band – JAH DIVISION – performs with an expanded line-up featuring members of ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, WHITE MAGIC, and all-star SOCIAL REGISTRY cast.
see: NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN
see: GLASSLANDS
~GLASSLANDS/DANCE PARTY !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 8th, 2008, 6:44pm
“Rosson Crow at the opening of her show at Honor Fraser in Los Angeles, honorfraser.com, and YES she wore the outfit to the dinner…”PHOTO/COURTESY: CANADA
ROSSON CROW is scheduled to be in the abstract painting group show, ‘SUBSTRACTION’, curated by Nicola Vassell, coming up at DEITCH PROJECTS at the end of this month – opening: FRI MARCH 29, 2008 6-9PM.
that’s just the newest addition – to the ‘UPDATES’ PHOTO GALLERY on CANADA . . . take the cruise: it’s most definitely fun !!!
CANADA
~RAINY DAY CRUISE: CANADA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 8th, 2008, 4:17pm
special MEMORIAL . . . .
DAVID ASKEVOLD SCREENING – to-nite – SAT MARCH 8, 2008 6-8PM
SHORT FILMS and VIDEOS FROM 1967 to 2006
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE ST – BETWN HESTER + CANAL – CHINATOWN – NYC
‘My Recall of an Imprint from a Hypothetical Jungle’ – DAVID ASKEVOLD, 1973, 6:00 min./IMAGE COURTESY: CANADA
DAVID ASKEVOLD – THREE EASY PIECES – INVITE IMAGE/COURTESY: CANADA
DAVID ASKEVOLD – THREE EASY PIECES – up thru SUNDAY MARCH 9, 2008
the show ran: FEBRUARY 1 – MARCH 9, 2008
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE – HOURS: WED-SUN 12-6PM
last day to catch this show, tomorrow !!
The NEW YORK TIMES finally !! kicked in with some really relevant contemporary reviews this past FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008 – and included a KAREN ROSENBERG review of this show. Sadly, it is noted – that DAVID ASKEVOLD died this past January, and that the show was planned before his death. The show is described as including a series of paintings he made last year and a video from the 90s. Ms. Rosenberg also notes that David Askevold was “a founding member of the 1970s contemporary scene in Halifax, Nova Scotia. {CANADA!!} {whose} . . .better-known participants included the ur-conceptualists Lawrence Weiner, Dan Graham and Lucy Lippard.” She concludes with a description of his short video ’16 Candles’, and says: “this elegant, evocative piece bears comparison to the work of fellow Canadian Conceptualist, Rodney Graham, and suggests that a more comprehensive look at Mr. Askevold’s work is in order.”
BELOW – archival photos: DAVID ASKEVOLD, at his exhibit, ‘THE IMMEDIATE LANDSCAPE’, CANADA, MAY 20-JUNE 19, 2005
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
DAVID ASKEVOLD in front of one of his large scale digital photo collages, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
DAVID ASKEVOLD, large scale digital photo collage, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
detail, above digital photo collage, DAVID ASKEVOLD, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
detail, above photo collage, DAVID ASKEVOLD, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
CANADA
~DAVID ASKEVOLD/screening to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 8th, 2008, 2:31pm
last day to catch !!
JESSE PASCA – ‘My Heart as a Stock Market’
FEBRUARY 13 – MARCH 8, 2008
MEHR GALLERY (MIDTOWN)
436 W. 18TH STREET, CHELSEA – NYC
JESSE PASCA, ‘My Heart as a Stock Market’, 2000-2002, ink, colored pencil on paper, 18 x 12 ins./IMAGE COURTESY: MEHR GALLERY
This is a sweet, refreshingly light-hearted show that presents itself beautifully in the natural light of the gallery. No wonder it scored a neat little write-up (by Rachel Wolff) in the NEW YORK Magazine culture blog: VULTURE – Edited by Dan Kois & Lane Brown.
see: VULTURE POST/JESSE PASCA
A born New Yorker, JESSE PASCA continues to live and work out of NYC and Sag Harbor, NY. She received an MA with Honors in Art Education from City College of New York, and a BFA from SVA (School of Visual Arts, NY).
There are 8 drawings in the show. Four are based on horizontal grid tables, and the rest are vertical. we liked the vertical ones best – though looking back – we did really like this horizontal one, too.
JESSE PASCA, ‘A Certain Knowldege’, 2008, gouache, latex, ink, marker on w/c paper, 22 x 15 ins. ($2,500)
our super favorite was the ‘purple’ chart featured at the top of this post – because the alternating horizontal bands of purple and black gave a kinetic impression of ‘zipper’ folded paper.
detail, JESSE PASCA, ‘My Heart as a Stock Market’, 2000-2002, ink, colored pencil on paper, 18 x 12 ins. ($2,000)
too bad, the photograph can’t quite catch the optical illusion.
the left hand margin of the grid tables is in tiny handwritten ink script:
detail, JESSE PASCA, ‘My Heart as a Stock Market’, 2000-2002
another vertical ‘heart’ chart, we really liked:
JESSE PASCA, ‘If I Could Tell You I Would Let You Know’, 2008, pencil, gouache, latex, ink, marker on w/c paper, 15 x 22 ins.
detail, JESSE PASCA, ‘If I Could Tell You I Would Let You Know’
detail, JESSE PASCA, ‘If I Could tel You I V Would Let You Know’
. . . what can we say, looking back, the horizontal ones started to reveal themselves as pretty interesting, too.
JESSE PASCA, ‘My Heart as a Stock Market: Alternative Landscape (B)’, 2008, ink on watercolor paper, 26 x 30 ins.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see more images: gallery website
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Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 8th, 2008, 1:00pm
