~DAVID ASKEVOLD/screening to-nite

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

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‘My Recall of an Imprint from a Hypothetical Jungle’ – DAVID ASKEVOLD, 1973, 6:00 min./IMAGE COURTESY: CANADA
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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

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DAVID ASKEVOLD in front of one of his large scale digital photo collages, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005

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DAVID ASKEVOLD, large scale digital photo collage, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005

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detail, above digital photo collage, DAVID ASKEVOLD, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005

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detail, above photo collage, DAVID ASKEVOLD, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005

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