~JOHN HODANY/MICHAEL LAZARUS/CAETANO de ALMEIDA

JOHN HODANY, MICHAEL LAZARUS & CAETANO de ALMEIDA
FEBRUARY 19 – MARCH 16, 2008
ELEVEN RIVINGTON – 11 RIVINGTON ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
JUST WEST OF BOWERY

Our friend JOHN HODANY is in this 3 person show, the 4th show in this new space run by Director/Curator AUGUSTO ARBIZO. (we’re guessing the space has serious ties to – and – backing from JEANNE GREENBERG – but Augusto isn’t talking – except – to say – “no strings attached” – and we’re like – hey: give a hand to the backers – no matter who they are! we all need all the backers we can get – in this crazy artworld.)

AUGUSTO ARBIZO
AUGUSTO ARBIZO

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MICHAEL LAZARUS

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painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS

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detail, painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS

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painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS

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detail, painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS

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painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS

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detail, painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS

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CAETANO de ALMEIDA and independent curator FERNANDA ARRUDA. both hail originally from Brazil.

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artwork by CAETANO de ALMEIDA

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another view of artwork by CAETANO de ALMEIDA

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we catch up with JOHN HODANY, he’s outside taking a ciggie break. with him, to the side, ANNA CONWAY

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HODANY’S piece was hard to photograph in the room – it was so large – a totally handmade amusement park-type quarter-eating treasure hunting game.

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these formally attired guests give some sense of its scale. JOHN HODANY made it all from wood – except the metal parts on the hardware, like bolts, and the security lock arches, for example – & – he also made all the mechanical inner workings. it runs on electricity. it’s timed to have on and off phases.

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JOHN HODANY – the red ‘lobster’ claws come down to grab the ‘treasure’ which is a wide assortment of locks !!

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JOHN HODANY – the locks !!

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JOHN HODANY – the paint job, on the wooden locks and the wooden sculpture, itself – as a whole – was every bit as good, if not better than the woodworking & mechanical workings – most of the time you thought you were looking at metal – until you picked up on actual metal pieces – as in the lock arches.

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JOHN HODANY – an example of the ‘very swift’ paint job and the place where the quarters go – & – the joy stick. it was interactive – for real.

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JOHN HODANY lightens up a little bit, towards the end of the opening, ANNA CONWAY is with him.

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the man who introduced us to JOHN HODANY – BRIAN BELOTT, with ANNIE PEARLMAN. BRIAN BELOTT’S gotta piece in the big MoMA Spring 2008 show about Books on Shelves !!

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documentary filmmaker MAX FIERST and artist JEFF CARAMAGNA, good friends of JOHN HODANY’S

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ERIN

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ANNIE PEARLMAN, in a pensive moment. Annie edited that classic DAVID GREENBERG INTERVIEWS BRIAN BELOTT (at CANADA) clip – we all loved so much !!

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CHIE FUEKI – the more we cross paths with her – the more we like her – she’s wild.

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oh oh – the-after-the-after party at that German Bar on Rivington St .- some pretty wild rolling and rumbling around on the street – these guys are super fun to hang out with. P-A-R-T-Y !!

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JOHN HODANY – says: cool it – what ?- he started it !!!

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JOHN HODANY and MAX FIERST – who knew a night on RIVINGTON ST – in the middle of the week on a Tuesday no less, in the almost now totally gentrified Lower East Side – could be almost as rowdy as back in the old days – back in the rockin’ 80s – when BASQUIAT & RICHARD HAMBELTON used to tear up that very same street !! P-A-R-T-A-Y !! – S.P.O.O.K.A.Y !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

ELEVEN RIVINGTON