. . . artlovers weighs in – on another NEW YORK TIMES ART REVIEW – of the same FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 26, 2008.
. . . that on RITA ACKERMANN by KAREN ROSENBERG.
” . . . The works in Rita Ackermann’s ‘Don’t Give Me Salad (Nurses)’ chew up and spit out the pulp fiction female stereotypes embodied in Richard Prince’s much-hyped ‘Nurse’ paintings. (Ms. Ackermann makes no overt references to Mr. Prince’s pictures, but the comparison is inevitable).”
well, not so sure that – the comparison is – “inevitable” – to Mr. Prince’s oeuvre – but, if you put a ‘joke’ tagline – under the show’s cartoon-y card image – well, voila – a Richard Prince – ‘Joke’ painting !!! most of them, way better than his ‘Nurse’ paintings – anyway !!
. . . “oh oh, the economy is tanking – bring on the nurses !!”
see: PIX from the RITA ACKERMAN/ ‘Don’t Give Me Salad (Nurses)’ OPENING !!
and, here’s – a few more pix from the RITA ACKERMANN SHOW – ‘Don’t Give Me Salad (Nurses)’
. . . . the exhibit’s – ‘entry’ curtain
detail, curtain – “dose love exist ….”
detail, curtain
RITA ACKERMANN – the piece that does !! look most like a nurse.
detail previous piece.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
RITA ACKERMANN – ‘Don’t Give Me Salad (Nurses)’
SEPT 13 – OCT 18, 2008
ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY – 525 W 24th ST – CHELSEA – NYC
ANDREA ROSEN
~RITA ACKERMANN/RICHARD PRINCE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 30th, 2008, 6:35pm
PHOTO: RICHARD DREW/NEW YORK TIMES/TIMES TOPICS/ON-LINE
. . . if you’re inspired to want to spend some time researching – RENZO PIANO, who is quite quite famous,
with CENTRE POMPIDOU to his credit, among many others,
this is a good place to start: NEW YORK TIMES/TIMES TOPICS/RENZO PIANO
. . . where you can find a link to his official website !!
if, you want to see what a totally – PRO – exceptional – website, looks like,
check this out: the RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP (RPBW) – OFFICIAL WEBSITE !!
RENZO PIANO was born in 1937 – that makes him to be 40 when he collaborated with RICHARD ROGERS on the visionary CENTRE POMPIDOU, in PARIS, 1977.
(and 71 now, and having just completed, the SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY OF THE SCIENCES – one of the most beautiful buildings of the, what – would decade, be the best word here ?
see: more on CENTRE POMPIDOU
see: CENTRE POMPIDOU on a YouTube tour !!
CENTRE POMPIDOU PHOTOS/COURTESY: YouTube/ARCHITECTURE ! RENZO PIANO/CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU
~RENZO PIANO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 30th, 2008, 5:19pm
CECILY BROWN and NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF at the recent RITA ACKERMANN opening,
‘Don’t Give Me Salad (Nurses)’
ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, CHELSEA, NYC, FRI SEPT 12, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
CECILY has a big one-person show up at GAGOSIAN/24th ST.
It runs SEPT 20-OCT 25, 2008
see: GAGOSIAN GALLERY/NYC
NICOLAI just published three major architecture reviews in the NEW YORK TIMES, probably the most important of which was the first, on the new RENZO PIANO – CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,
SAN FRANCISO !! (Golden Gate Park !!)
The article, titled: ‘A Building That Blooms and Grows, Balancing Nature and Civilization’ – was published, with an amazing 1/2 page color photo – in the NEW YORK TIMES – WED. SEPT 24, 2008, in the ARTS SECTION/ARCHITECTURE REVIEW. the article – headlined the section’s front page. Mr. Ouroussoff manages to write in a style that is at once entrancing and informative – so much so, as to make his essays on architecture – transformative !!
you can read the article online, here: NEW TIMES ARCHIVE/RENZO PIANO REVIEW
do not miss the photos !! – there’s a small slide show of 10 photos of the building, linked to the article – it’s a – great – slide show.
if you missed the prompt in the article – here’s a direct link to the slideshow photos:
see: NEW YORK TIMES/RENZO PIANO/CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES/SLIDE SHOW
. . . this is how the article appeared in the paper . . .
and, here’s 2 photos from that slide show:
PHOTO: TIM GRIFFITH/COURTESY: NEW YORK TIMES ONLINE
(ok ok – I know its the same shot – just can’t let go of it, its so spec-tac-u-lar, esp. in digital hi-def.)
PHOTO: TIM GRIFFITH/COURTESY: NEW YORK TIMES ONLINE
. . . “If you want re-affirmation that human history is an upward spiral rather than a descent into darkness, head to the new California Academy of Sciences”.
– NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
. . . then on FRIDAY, SEPT 26th, this season’s IT COUPLE, took a big hit. put briefly, in the very same NEW YORK TIMES – WEEKEND ARTS SECTION, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 – CECILY’S ‘GO-GO’ SHOW, WAS DEALT A CRUEL & PERHAPS FATAL, (that bad !!) BLOW, COURTESY Of MARTHA SCHWENDENER.
. . . WHILST, NICOLAI’S SECOND BRILLIANT ARTICLE of the week – ON THE NEW RE-DESIGN of THE MUSEUM OF ARTS & DESIGN – WAS PUBLISHED IN ALL ITS PICTORIAL & TEXTUAL GLORY – ALL OVER THE VERY SAME SECTION’S – COVER FRONT PAGE, AGAIN !! whoa, that’s mean !!!
. . . that’s why, we call this KILLER town – NEW YORK F*CKING CITY !!!
MARTHA SCHWENDENER, known mostly for her (usually annoying) negative soundbites, wrote, or better put, was allowed by the Times to write – her best review ever – the one she was destined for – just by finally writing what everybody else – had already thought. (SEPT VOGUE – notwithstanding – and, don’t you look the artworld, fool – again !!). The pivotal dart: “It’s difficult not to notice, when standing in front of Ms. Brown’s paintings, that she is merely a competent painter rather than a great one.”
And, in one paragraph, goes on further to decimate the DORE ASHTON penned catalog for the show – calling it a “doorstopper” – meaning a huge massive book – not good enough to sit on top of your coffee table, or to be read – best, and only use – propping doors – open !!
to sum it up: the ‘know-it-all’ artlovers field correspondent, who wishes to remain anonymous, so he can still go to after-parties in this town – threw down the paper and crowed, those fearful words: ” . . . she’ll never recover from that !!”
FILE UNDER: TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION: the very first line of Nicolai’s article in that fateful section: “It was fun while it lasted.”
Its one thing to marry an artstar when she is on the way up – its quite another, to catch her on the way down.
. . . speaking of which:, YO !! PAUL H-O – co-director of ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ – wonder what YOU make of this novel twist on the ‘I married/dated an art star scenario’ !! and, NICOLAI . . . is even on the DOCUMENTARY side of the equation, too. wow. what a turnaround.
FINALLY:
and, if you are wondering how CECILY BROWN got so far in the first place – here’s a few clues for the clueless, put briefly. Well, besides riding in on her very famous daddy’s coattails, and he was/is the most famous ART CRITIC in BRITAIN – ANTHONY DAVID BERNARD SYLVESTER (!!??) – when she first hit these NYC shores, she partied very hard & wild – up to and including drugged-up BF’s who jumped from windows – to including a penchant, esp. on occasions when the ‘media’ – would be there – for sheer, 100% transparent designer blouses, sans underwear de toute. don’t believe me ? just ask CHARLIE FINCH, WALTER ROBINSON or ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST !! Anthony got so aroused at one downtown dinner party – he had to be restrained from trying to tear – it off her.
read more about CECILY’S old man, here: ANTHONY DAVID BERNARD SYLVESTER
UP-DATE: FRIDAY SEPT 26 2008
a source who wishes to remain anonymous – says that: “Charlie Finch has a shot of CB in the see-thru blouse.
I have it somewhere in my drives”.
~CECILY BROWN & NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 30th, 2008, 2:41pm
. . . if you are in PARIS – you can make the opening, to-nite !!
or, at least check out, later in the week – what look’s to be a very fresh !! & very special !!
group show up at MAD VICKY’S !!! – aka COCO ROSIE & PALS !!! – always !! – ahead of the curve.
‘THIS PLACE IS FOREIGN’ – OPENING TO-NITE !! – SAT SEPT 27, 5-9 PM
the show runs: SEPT 28 – OCT 5, 2008 – ONE WEEK ONLY !!!
HOURS: 1-7 PM
MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY – 3 RUE NICOLET – PARIS 18, FRANCE
CURATED BY: SIMON GUZYLACK !!
featuring work by:
HANAYO (Japan)
LARRY’S (Canada)
AUDE LEVERE (France)
MATHIEU MALOUF (Canada) / HEJI SHIN (South Korea)
MAXWELL SIMMER (Canada)
BRENT WADDEN (Canada)
NINE YAMAMOTO-MASSON (France/Japan)
MICHAEL YOUNG (Canada)
MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY – is proud to present – ‘This Place is Foreign’ – a group exhibition of artists based in BERLIN, but from elsewhere. Working with music, video, sculpture, textiles, drawings, photography, and painting, these artists met serendipitously in Berlin and have found ways to use the city as a background for collaboration – artistic and recreational – in studios, galleries, bars, and discotheques. A performance by HANAYO – on OCT 1st – at 19:00 – accompanies the show.
the MAD VICKY’S press release goes on to state:
“The condition of international artists in Berlin is more science-fiction than political drama: The works exhibited in the show recall psychedelic, perverse, mysterious, and happy visits to unexplored regions rather than hankerings for national identities or exotic fetishes. Selecting a context for the works of art becomes situational, playful, and participatory, perhaps like their creation.
Through the artists’ uses of various media, the show looks at the moment when distinctions collapse between work and play, personal and collective, the familiar and the foreign.”
CHECK OUT: MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY !!
CHECK OUT: the super surreal & a-m-a-z-i-n-g !! photo based website of: HANAYO !! &
watch out !! – it’s got a completely capitivating sound track – you’ll be addicted !!
CHECK OUT: BRENT WADDEN !! – it’s brief – but, super cool.
and, last but NOT LEAST – you have to check out: LARRY’S CANADIAN FINE ARTS !!
a store (home made books & t-Shirts) & more !!
MAD VICK’S TEA GALLERY
~THIS PLACE IS FOREIGN/MAD VICKY/PARIS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 27th, 2008, 2:58pm
‘OUTSIDERS NY’ – 282 BOWERY – just off HOUSTON
the BRIT-based LAZARIDES GALLERY – STREET ART – NYC POP-UP SHOW
2 WEEKS ONLY !! SEPT 26 – OCT 12, 2008 !!
HRS: OPEN DAILY 11am – 7pm
first off, the gallery isn’t based in London, per se – it’s in NEWCASTLE. second, not all the artists are Brits either, BAST seems to be based in BROOKLYN, JR is from France, and CONOR HARRINGTON hails from CORK, IRELAND. MARK JENKINS is a native of WASHINGTON, DC and TODD JAMES aka REAS is a BROOKLYN native who lives and works in NYC.
one of the best aspects of the installation is its lighting quick rough and ready, get in there & get out – conversion of a BOWERY trademark – RESTAURANT/KITCHEN/CHAIR SUPPLY STORE – to a guerilla exhibition space – that harks back – to the good ole days – of the wild ROGUE pop-up shows of the 80’s, before the term ‘POP-up’ existed !! They did a damn good job – of leaving the space really raw and yet: functioning as a great showcase for their brand of art. The Lazarides take on street art seems to be heavily leaning on the dark side – and the genre’s statesmen; nothing wrong with that, just an observation, (and there are several contradictions to this statement in the show, i.e. the pop graphics of TODD JAMES & the youthful visions of CONOR HARRINGTON !!) as opposed to, say the current, and slightly more ahead-of-the-curve = pop graphic street art show show: ‘4 GEEZERS: LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS, PEZ & EINE’ – curated by ANDREW MICHAEL FORD at BROOKLYN’S own AD HOC GALLERY.
‘4 GEEZERS: LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS, PEZ & EINE’ – SEPT 12-OCT 12, 2008
photos from that opening to post on – TUESDAY SEPT 30th !!
see: AD HOC GALLERY – ‘4 GEEZERS’
. . . that being said – the opening was a blast – !! – fueled by an open BELVEDERE bar. ‘OUTSIDERS NY’ – is a very very interesting and large survey show, with a wide range – the work was great !! – and looked fantastic – in the hit and run environment.
TODD JAMES aka REAS of the infamous AOK crew. a Brooklyn native – he currently lives and works in NYC.
on the wall – work by TODD JAMES aka REAS
another piece by TODD JAMES
detail, TODD JAMES
detail, TODD JAMES
detail, TODD JAMES
one of a few B & W drawings – by BLU
LAZARIDES seems to be a fairly big organization & they brought a lot of their
in-house crew over – to put up the NYC show, this is RALF.
MODE 2
MODE 2
downstairs, on the lower/basement level: from left – INVADER, ‘BERT’ by MARK JENKINS,
and at the right, a big piece by BAST
a wall of INVADER !!
INVADER aka SPACE INVADER, originally ‘vandalizing’ PARIS – you could have caught some of his iconic 8 bit video-game aliens – in tile mosaics, cemented up in Chelsea, last Spring (2008) – they’re down now – whether thru grafitti clean-up police/or removed by sharp-eyed collectors – unknown.
and yes, they were made from RUBIK CUBES !! – INVADER
kind of on the dark side – even though it contained a fuzzy little animal – POLLY MORGAN
detail, POLLY MORGAN
ZEVS
DAVID CHOE
large works by DAVID CHOE
BAST
on the left, ANDREW MICHAEL FORD, of BROOKLYN’S AD HOC GALLERY,
chats with BAST.
large work by BAST
DANIEL SALIN – independent curator – based in LA – said to have had a hand in curating
this show for STEVE LAZARIDES.
large piece by ANTONY MICALLEF
work by JR
BORF
PAUL INSECT
detail, PAUL INSECT
Sesame Street figure by PAUL JENKINS, paintings by MODE 2 (center),
and mosaic by INVADER, at right.
detail, INVADER
heavily (brick) textured & highly detailed paintings by MIRANDA DONOVAN
and yes, she knows NIGEL COOKE.
detail, MIRANDA DONOVAN
MIRANDA DONOVAN
a super arresting wall – VHILS – now 21 – this young Portuguese artist . . . “has been painting on anything and everything he can find within his environment. Starting out at 13 on trains passing by his home town on the south-banks of Lisbon, an area of recently implanted urbanism in a rural environment..”
STEVE LAZARIDES
local talent, from back in the train days – IVORY !!
. . . likewise, SP.one aka GREG LaMARCHE !!
JONATHAN YEO
FAILE
CONOR HARRINGTON – while in NYC – he did a massive and totally S-T-R-I-K-I-N-G wall mural, said to be – somewhere around 15th St and Washington – on the deep West Side ?
CONOR HARRINGTON
detail, CONOR HARRINGTON
STEVE PARKIN, of the LAZARIDES crew – he’s the one whose staying behind
to mind the NYC pop-up store.
JE of France
JE brought to our attention the ZEUS – ‘shadow’ work – outside on the street, around the bus stop.
also, outside on the street – CONOR HARRINGTON
also outside, in the side street window – a video loop by TODD JAMES
video frame – TODD JAMES aka REAS
video frame – TODD JAMES
VIDEO FRAME – TODD JAMES
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
LAZARIDES GALLERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
~OUTSIDERS NY/OPENING PIX !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 27th, 2008, 10:12am
according to: SOUR HARVEST, out of LA
the opening of – OUTSIDERS NY – the big BRIT !! LAZARIDES STREET ART GALLERY,
pop-up NEW YORK CITY show – opens to-nite: THURS SEPT 25, 2008 ??!!!
see: the SOUR HARVEST POST/THURS SEPT 25, 2008
it’s got a pretty good take & pix – on the show’s line-up.
‘OUTSIDERS NY’ – 282 BOWERY – LOWER EAST SIDE – LAZARIDES NYC POP-UP SHOW !!
SEPT 26 – OCT 12, 2008
OPEN DAILY: 11am – 7pm
THE LAZARIDES GALLERY, comes to NEW YORK CITY, for 2 weeks, ONLY !!
featuring work by:
FAILE, PAUL INSECT, JR. ANTHONY MICALLEF, JONATHAN YEO, MIRANDA DONOVAN, INVADER, DAVID CHOE, MARK JENKINS, TODD JAMES, VHILS, POLLY MORGAN, MODE 2, BAST, BLU, CONOR HARRINGTON, ZEVS, IAN FRANCIS & BORF
if you want to see a really !!, state of the art website, check out: LAZARIDES !!
& hit ‘enter’ under the sign – for a great animation clip !!
that clip – do NOT !! miss it – it’s their virtual tour: the LAZARIDES MANOR !!
if you want to start the tour, on a good note – try: INVADER, he’s one of our faves !!
and then, for a 360 degree in contrast – sample: CONNOR HARRINGTON !!
pretty starkly, putely graphically interesting, too: ZEVS !!
and, the black & white, urban photo realist from France: Jr
~OUTSIDERS NY/LAZARIDES |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 25th, 2008, 4:12pm
UP-DATE THURS OCT 2 – the SATURDAY SCREENING IS ALL !! SOLD-OUT !! – better get your tickets for tomorrow’s screening – FRIDAY OCT 3 at 2:30 PM – – WHILE THEY ARE STILL AVAILABLE !!
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2008 PRESENTS:
‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ – DIRECTED by PAUL H-O and TOM DONAHUE.
the 1st screening takes place on FRIDAY, Oct 3 at 2:30 PM, at the Upstate I theater.
the 2nd screening takes place on SATURDAY, Oct 4 at 7:15 PM, at the Woodstock Town Hall.
P.S. – the filmmakers are going to be at the screenings !! so make your trek upstate – plans, now.
for more info, see: WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
check out !!: ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’/the official website !!
check out !!: Jan Albert’s review on artlovers/’Guest of Cindy Sherman’
also:
for a list of all the film festivals – ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ will play in,
it could be coming your way !! – check out: film festivals/’Guest of Cindy Sherman’ !!
~Guest of Cindy Sherman/WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 25th, 2008, 2:26pm
NEST/PHOTO COURTESY: DEITCH PROJECTS
DEITCH PROJECTS launched ‘NEST’ – a big, tough and beautiful, hardcover photo-based art book, at SANTOS PARTY HOUSE, 100 LAFAYETTE ST, below Canal St. last week, MONDAY, SEPT 15, 2008 – to be exact !!
as well as, a smaller, but still well produced paperback ‘fan’ book for KEMBRA PFAHLER, titled ‘BEAUTALISM’ – in which .. “Artist KEMBRA PFAHLER, Lead singer of rock band THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK takes you behind the scenes of her 2008 Whitney Biennial Project and beyond for Beautalism, Butt prints, Body paint and ROCK AND ROLL.”
from the artlovers home page (SEPT 16, 2008):
JOE BRADLEY’S CHEESEBURGER was a no-show. but KEMBRA PFAHLER’S band: THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK – did show, strut butt naked & PLAY !! pretty good music … in fact theywere more than pretty good – they were pretty d-r-i-v-i-n-g. Amazon tall in-your-face skinny chicks, with huge hair, (which at some point various members of the band – including Kembra – tore off in big chunks and threw to the audience) – and one KABUKI-like chubby white one – 100% naked under a skin dusting coat of shocking pink body powder ? paint ? they didn’t have their usual ‘shocking’ vagina/sex ‘props’ with them – caught in transit on the way to some museum, Boston ? – for an upcoming show – which might have been just as well to my mind – though they make for great pix in the book !! – thought they were pretty interested as is – stripped down and just playing their music – instead of playing their props. SPECIAL GUEST, ARMEN RA from LA on the THERAMIN – was very goth. then TV BABY !! – did a sweet, as in super driving short set. DAN COLEN was a no-show, but DASH SNOW ambled in at some point – just in time to catch TV BABY. His book – ‘NEST’ – for his SECRET SNOW BABY !! – is big, beautiful, tough and raw !! – a very top drawer art book – that’s gonna be on everybody’s coffee table, no doubt about it.
for, more on the B-E-G-I-N-N-I-N-G-S of SECRET SNOW BABY NEST . .
see: ‘Nest by Dan & Dash’/JULY 26-AUG 18, 2007/DEITCH PROJECTS
don’t miss the: installation shots !!
don’t miss the: opening event/photos !! – incl one with CHRISTOPHE De MENIL – his ‘grammie’ !!
. . . the card for the book launch, at SANTOS PARTY HOUSE.
‘KEMBRA PFAHLER – BEAUTALISM’ – PUBLISHED BY DEITCH PROJECTS
DESIGNED & EDITED BY KEMBRA PFAHLER and KATHY GRAYSON
TEXTS BY KEMBRA PFAHLER/ESSAY BY KATHY GRAYSON
KEMBRA PFAHLER performs with her performance/art band: THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK, DEITCH PROJECTS BOOK LAUNCH. SANTOS PARTY HOUSE, NYC. SEPT 15, 2008
THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK, KEMBRA at right.
more on KEMBRA PFAHLER, see: KEMBRA PFAHLER/DEITCH PROJECTS
sample music: KEMBRA PFAHLER/THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK/myspace
unloading some of that ‘big’ hair !!
a member of the band – models the official after-performance – uniform, skinny tie & all !!
from the book – KEMBRA !! – PHOTO COURTESY: ‘KEMBRA PFAHLER/BEAUTALISM’
ok. that’s (not your momma’s) sewing, too !!! from the book – PHOTO COURTESY: ‘KEMBRA PFAHLER/BEAUTALISM’
that’s gotta be – KATHY GRAYSON !! from the book – PHOTO COURTESY: ‘KEMBRA PFAHLER-BEAUTALISM’
DASH SNOW arrives at the book launch.
at center: DASH & JADE BERREAU. JADE is credited with co-editing the book. along with DASH, DAN COLEN and KATHY GRAYSON, and, providing some of the ‘riveting’, as in ‘tres!!’ riveting – photos.
the booksigning table for ‘NEST’ at the SANTOS PARTY hOUSE launch.
. . . are you kidding ?!! – Dash wouldn’t be caught dead – sitting at a table, like that – signing books. l
in fact, we’re pretty sure he only signed 2 !! – as special gestures/thanks.
DASH SNOW & DAN COLEN: ‘NEST’ – PUBLISHED BY DEITCH PROJECTS
HARDBACK, 8.5 x 11 in./400pages/300color/100 b&w
PRICE: $50 – a 1st print run of: 2,000 copies.
DESIGNED BY THE ARTISTS. EDITED BY DASH SNOW, DAN COLEN, JADE BERREAU, and KATHY GRAYSON
13 CREDITED CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS, including KRISTY LIEBOWITZ, JULIE MACHADO, STEFAN FITZGERALD, and LEO FITZPATRICK.
see: D.A.P./artbook.com
‘NEST’ – it’s a page turner, all right.
DASH seems to be a natural calligrapher – he can get a two-toned/multi-dimensional stroke out of an ordinary sharpie !! … what else is new.
the poster for the original exhibit: ‘Nest by Dan & Dash’ featured his elegant scrawl, too.
POSTER IMAGE/COURTESY: DEITCH PROJECTS
an early page from the book – what we loved most is how the book moved from totally abstract, to the most raw – yet beautiful documentary accounting, to the personal & SECRET – careening off into total anarchy by the end – and, never once giving up a false note.
from the book – SECRET SNOW.
from the book. CHRISTOPHE DE MENIL.
from the book.
from the book.
from the book.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH/unless otherwise noted
more pix from the book launch: ‘FULL CIRCLE-FALL 2008’
~NEST/DASH SNOW & DAN COLEN/BEAUTALISM/KEMBRA PFAHLER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 24th, 2008, 12:09pm
. . . while at the FRYING PAN DOCK, we also ran into CAT CHOW and a few of her friends.
CAT CHOW and ELIZABETH HUEY
CAT CHOW and ELIZABETH HUEY
CAT CHOW/’Studio Recordings’/Photo Courtesy: CAT CHOW
CAT CHOW’s ‘ Studio Recordings’/’Revolutions per Minute’, is actually made from inter-circled leather belts.
It’s her !! postcard – in the latest session of ‘Harlem Postcards: Summer 2008 ‘ – part of an ongoing project at THE STUDIO MUSEUM in HARLEM, which invites “contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site for artistic contemplation and production. . .
Installed in the museum lobby and available to visitors, ‘Harlem Postcards’ presents intimate views and fresh perspectives on this famous neighborhood”. This season features images by ALANI BOSS, MIGUEL CALDERON, CAT CHOW and FELICIA MEGGINSON.
see: HARLEM POSTCARDS: SUMMER 2008
CAT CHOW was born in 1973 in Morristown, New Jersey. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
oh oh – look, who else is sitting at Cat Chow’s table – JUSTIN SAMSON !!
OK OK – a group portrait – in the back row, standing: of course, ELIZABETH HUEY and CAT CHOW. from left, in front row, in the white shirt, visiting from L.A. – ALEXANDER MAY of the artist collective, house/store.: NOT TO BE REPRODUCED aka NTBR.
see: NOT TO BE REPRODUCED !!
next to him, PATRICK WALSH, who was supposed to have performed in the DEITCH PROJECTS ART PARADE – which got canceled – due to bad weather.
and JUSTIN SAMSON.
ALEXANDER MAY was in town, to perform or present a video at new Lower East Side gallery – MOELLER SNOW, one of whose founder/directors is photographer MAX SNOW, brother to Dash.
see: MOELLER SNOW
they currently have a rather intense, very minimalist / modernist (?!!) video clip playing on their website, with regards to their current exhibit of paintings by KIKA KARADI. The film is a portrait of KIKA KARADI at work, and is by ROBERT JASON.
see: KIKA KARADI-FILM/by ROBERT JASON !!
just in case, you didn’t hit that link, here are a few frames from that ROBERT JASON clip – that should make you think twice – about going back and: hitting it !!
IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP
IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP
IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP
also, at the CAT CHOW table – from left, artist JORY RABINOWITZ and, SEAN TOWNLEY.
Sean Townley is one of 3 founder/directors of the REDEMPTION CENTER over in BROOKLYN.
Jory Rabinowitz had a sculpture in their last big blow-out, which was that big, one day (and night), roof top Bar B Q party – that featured the BOBO crew – from PHILLY !!
see: REDEMPTION CENTER/PAR-TAY/AUG 10/2008
DAVID ALTMEJD/INSTALLATION SHOT/PHOTO BY TOM POWELL/COURTESY: ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY
. . one of the shows – Cat Chow & friends were talking about – was this summer’s – DAVID ALTMEJD show, which ran MAY 3 – JUNE 14, 2008 at ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY.
Altmejd’s work was included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial, and in 2007 – he represented Canada at the Venice Biennale. ” . . . Altmejd was not only selected as one of the youngest artists to represent a country at the Venice Biennale, but also produced a stunning body of work that many considered one of the most impressive of the national pavilions.” (ANDREA ROSEN press release).
see: DAVID ALTMEJD/ANDREA ROSEN/Summer 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, CHELSEA PIERS. FRYING PAN DOCK. SEPT 5, 2008
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~CAT CHOW & FRIENDS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 23rd, 2008, 8:12pm
NOAM RAPPAPORT – SEPT 5 – OCT 11, 2008
ATM GALLERY – 619 WEST 27TH – CHELSEA – NYC
GALLERY HRS: TUES-SAT 11-6pm
see: INSTALLATION SHOTS/ATM WEBSITE
SOME PIX FROM THE NOAM RAPPAPORT OPENING – SEPT 5, 2008, 6-8pm
on the right, NOAM RAPPAPORT. with him, filmmaker/photographer BRIAN DOYLE
BILL BRADY chats with ANNE EASTMAN
SUE BUTLER, BRIAN DOYLE, NOAM RAPPAPORT, and KURT BRONDO.
BRIAN DOYLE – has an interesting website, ….
check it out: DOYLESTUDIO.com !!
FLORIAN ALTENBURG of SOUTHFIRST.
His wife, MAIKA POLLACK, who runs SOUTHFIRST, with him – has a rep as a very serious curator & art essayist. Their first opening of the FALL season is: ‘THE SPLIT WALL’ , with HILARY HARNISCHFEGER and FABIENNE LASSERRE, opening FRIDAY SEPT 19, 2008.
for more info, see: SOUTHFIRST
you can tell the site has an academic bent – there are no visuals !!
but, in fact the brief texts – are intriguing.
on the right, MICHAEL MAHALCHICK, with EMILY TEPPER, at the NOAM RAPPAPORT opening.
MAHALCHICK has the 2nd show of the season, opening in early NOV 2008 – at CANADA.
a NOAM RAPPAPORT wall piece, framed by MICHAEL MAHALCHICK and EMILY TEPPER.
the NOAM RAPPAPORT wall piece.
. . a view of the installation – a last look actually at this 27th St atm incarnation – the gallery moves over to the old OLIVER KAMM space (next door), and gets a huge new exhibition space – and a real office – next month !!
another look at that NOAM RAPPAPORT – wall piece !!
here’s – what turns out to be a real !! live wire !!: documentary photographer/filmmaker,
PETER SUTHERLAND – check out: this website !!
He recently co-directed, ‘TIERNEY GEARON – The Mother Project’ with JACK YOUNGELSON (Producer, Ghosts of Abu Ghrabi), watch: the trailer !!
He has shown his work at RIVINGTON ARMS and GUILD & GREYSKULL in NYC, CIRCLECULTURE in BERLIN, and seems to be represented by GALLERY WHITE ROOM in TOKYO, JAPAN. He has also participated in several TIM BARBER ‘TINY VICES’ traveling shows.
One his earlier pieces, on which he was Director of Photography – is the acclaimed, and nationally screened. skateboarding film:
‘STOKED: THE RISE and FALL of GATOR’, it’s pretty amazing, you gotta check it out !!
watch: ‘STOKED’/YouTUBE !!
. . back to the NOAM RAPPAPORT show – a silent, lyrical, and totally abstract statement !!
out on the street, doing the artworld prowl, ARTFORUM writer/photographer:
LINDA YABLONSKI. check out her column here: YABLONSKI/ARTFORUM !!
GRAHAM WATLING of MIAMI ICE MACHINE and HEATHER HUBBS.
Heather Hubbs is the long time Director of the NADA (MIAMI) ART FAIR.
. . GRAHAM – who made that great T-SHIRT ? vintage DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY – 2001 (‘QUIET, GUNS & QUILTS’ with JOSH HARRIS, ALFREDO MARTINEZ & NANCY SMITH)
at the after party at the FRYING PAN slip, CHELSEA PIERS: from left,
PETER HALASZ, BILL BRADY and his wife, YOUNGMEE.
also at the NOAM RAPPAPORT after party, a DOMINO photo editor, JONI NOE.
BELLA FOSTER and JONI NOE.
Bella Foster was in a show this past January 2008 – at SOUTHFIRST, see: SOUTHFIRST/’STILL LIFE’
a view of the FRYING PAN – DOCK !!
BIL BRADY chats with ANNE EASTMAN
the Jersey lights across the Hudson.
the FRYING PAN dock, CHELSEA
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
ATM GALLERY
~NOAM RAPPAPORT/atm |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2008, 11:48am
