‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ just scored a sweet little post on BUST !!
it begins:
. . . “Guest of Cindy Sherman is a compelling documentary about a guy who falls in love with the most influential female art star of our time, Cindy Sherman and gets lost in the relationship. It’s about art fame and the seeming inadequacy of being the ‘plus 1’. Paul H-O has made both a touching boyfriend movie, and a scathing portrayal of the art world, with great footage from the 90’s art scene…”
read the rest: Guest of Cindy Sherman on BUST !!
~Guest of Cindy Sherman/on BUST !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 2nd, 2008, 7:21pm
. . . just in case you don’t read the NEW YORK POST from cover to cover – real estate buzz maven – BRADEN KEIL – whose stuff is always 100% – cause he has his ear low to the right kind of ground – says – it’s all over between NATALIE PORTMAN & DEVENDRA BANHART. “Nat’s all folks” !!!
‘I dated an art star’ – TAKE: 3 !!
it was only last Spring, April 2008 – to be exact – that they first surfaced as a couple.
see: THE BOMB/APRIL 10, 2008
~NATALIE/DEVENDRA/kaput !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 2nd, 2008, 5:25pm
THE PANORAMA PROJECT 3 – CURATED BY JORDIN ISIP & RODGER STEVENS
134 ARTISTS – ONE CONTINUOUS PIECE !!
SEPT 6 – OCT 4, 2008
JONATHAN LeVINE GALLERY – 529 West 20th St – 9th FLOOR – CHELSEA – NY
. . . stealing, (ok. borrowing !! -&- to good effect !!) – a page from RICH JACOBS – the curators invited a large number of artists to work on a 7 by 5 in. wood panel – that was sent out to each one of them – with one instruction – “each work had to include some manner of horizontal line or division, set at 1-3/4 in. from the bottom of the board” – “this common visual device will allow each of the separate pieces, when installed together side by side, to cohere into one long contiguous image – a panorama, encircling the gallery.”
The few die-hard & hyper-creative contrarians – and there were some, STO !! – could only push the envelope – 3-dimensionally !! or, in a few cases – managed to ‘break’ through the ‘ceiling’ – by extending their work past – the wooden panel’s top edge. Even though the project was conceived to be exhibited as one piece – in a site specific format – it is a one-time only event !! – the pieces are apparently for sale, individually. So, you gotta catch it – while you still – can !!
it’s well worth the effort to hustle on down there – this weekend.
P.S. a little more info from the curators !!
. . . turns out JORDIN ISIP and RICH JACOBS are great friends, going way back in the day – to the mid 90’s !! so, obviously they’ve shared a rich curatorial dialog. and, equally obvious – neither them had the very first word on ‘specified format’ group shows – a genre which must have a long & interesting history – but, anyway – both of them have been producing varied ‘specified format’ shows – since at least Feb 2002 !! way back in SAN FRANCISCO. the big difference in their curatorial styles – ? – RICH JACOBS tends to hang his shows – salon-style – while JORDIN ISIP (and ROGER STEVENS) – make a ‘contiguous/singular’ piece out of the many – as in – this panorama.
SOME PIX FROM THE PUBLIC (as opposed to the VIP) OPENING, SAT. SEPT 6, 2008
from left, works by: POLLY BECKER (with a multi-faceted & unique twist/on the format !!), an intense portrait by ROB LEECOCK, a ‘blue world’ by YONG CHOE, and ‘WOULD I?’ by CLAUDIA BRANDENBURG.
the wide range of the works, and the varied ‘take’ on the horizon line – was a pretty good reflection of the intense diversion & high level of creativity – to be found in the art scene today.
a nice contrast of styles, and meeting-up of horizon lines: HIROSHI KIMURA, left, and SAELEE OH, on the right.
from left: ALEX LUCAS, JORDIN ISIP, TAYLOR McKIMENS, and the bold graphic, at right – by GEORGIE STOUT & FENNER WEEKS.
TAYLOR McKIMENS, ‘Charley Stink Bait’, acrylic & acrylic gouache, ($800/SOLD) – that was a total STEAL !!
bet someone from the ‘inside’ – bought it.
CHARLIE BECKER, ‘CA Dreamn’, polymer clay, false teeth & doll eyes, ($300)
KIERSTEN ESSENPREIS, ‘Dipped in Jimmies’, flashe with resin, ($550)
a very good price for this rising star’s work..
JOHN FREEBORN, ‘Untitled (Red Joystick & Green Scorpions)’, cross stitch ($250) – a steal !!
GEOFF ROCKWELL, ‘Knitting’, acrylic & watercolor, ($800)
CLAYTON BROTHERS, ‘Wait for the Blackout’, mixed media, ($1,500)
‘HOT SHIT’ by KEIRA ALEXANDER, tape & mailbox letters, ($49.99) !!
STO !! ‘Landed’, paint & papier mache, ($400) – another steal !!
RICH JACOBS, ‘Try to Slow Down if You Can’, paint marker & ballpoint pen, ($300)
JAMES BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ‘The Pool’, acrylic, ($500)
ERIK FOSS, ‘Just Because’, mixed media, ($800)
ERIK WHITE, ‘He said’, ballpoint pen’, ($1,200)
. . . the more I see of this guy’s work – the more I like it.
EVAH FAN, ‘Ping Pong Buff’, gouache, ($550) – another steal !!
visiting from Japan – from left: SATORU OHNO, VIVIANE KO, ALAN LEE and FANTASISTA UTAMARO.
. . . turns out – SATORU OHNO and FANTASISTA are both, very interesting, very dynamic – graphic design/comics format and multi-media artists. SATORU OHNO specializes in animation and FANTASISTA’S focus is on comic book format & magazines.
MATT LEINES, ‘A City, Perhaps Not Unlike Mingo City’, acrylic on paper mounted on board, ($2,000)
this is one stubborn guy. kind of just like his hyper-graphic work !!
KELIE BOWMAN, ‘Depth Marker’, watercolor on paper on board, ($150) – a true steal !!
– if I ever did see one !!
SAELEE OH, ‘Arise’, acrylic & graphite, ($500)/SOLD
JEFF QUINN, ‘Book’, paint & plaster, ($450) – I’d buy that in a nano-second.
. . maybe, taking a page from KARA WALKER’s book – but definitely making his own
100% home run !!
(. . come on – paper cut-outs are a long time folk art tradition & a particularly, American – genre !!)
give it up – for this guy – its a great piece.
a very nice – as in – super subtle, but definitely ACE !! – piece by one of the curators – JORDIN ISIP ,
‘Accumulations’, mixed media, ($350) most probably – a steal !!, too.
(nice take on the horizon line requirement, too.)
WILLIAM BUZZELL, ‘Visionary Superstructures’, acrylic house paint, ($300) – a steal !!
GREGORY BENTON, ‘It’s natural to be Afraid’, enamel & acrylic on glass on board, ($250)
CHAD DZIEWIOR, ‘Deluxe’ , metal on metal, ($666)
CHAD DZIEWIOR
one of the show’s 2 curators, as well as a participating artist – JORDIN ISIP.
JONATHAN LeVINE
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
JONATHAN LeVINE
~THE PANORAMA PROJECT 3/last week !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 1st, 2008, 6:54pm
. . . we just remembered – we caught MEL KADEL’S handmade, limited edition book, ‘HONEY POOL’, at CINDERS, this past summer !!
STO !! – just making sure – you’re on your toe(s) !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
CINDERS
~MEL KADEL/HONEY POOL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 1st, 2008, 6:38pm
drawing by MEL KADEL
drawing by SUZANNE SATTIER
‘SWIRL OF SWARM’ – MEL KADEL & SUZANNE SATTLER
SEPT 5 – OCT 5, 2008
CINDERS – 103 HAVEMEYER ST – BROOKLYN – NY
HRS: WED-SUN 1-7 PM
MEL KADEL grew up in the Pennsylvania suburbs and has been living in Los Angeles for the last 10 years.
Her work is created using tiny pens, coffee, q-tips, and glue.
we first encountered MEL KADEL, in person !! at the VOLCOMICS ISSUE #1 – RELEASE PARTY at FUSE GALLERY, MAY 19, 2007
see a photo of MEL & some pix of her work: THE YOUNG CELEBS !!/2007-06-07/artlovers
(you’ll have to scroll down to the bottom – but, as usual – it’s worth the trip !!)
SUZANNE SATTLER grew up in Long Island, NY and currently lives and works in NY.
Her work is created primarily with pencil and pen on paper.
for more, A-M-A-Z-I-N-G !! images – see: CINDERS GALLERY
~SWIRL of SWARM/CINDERS/last week !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 1st, 2008, 6:06pm
ILLUSTRATION – KELIE BOWMAN
‘TEMPORARY HOME’ – featuring new work by:
KELIE BOWMAN, LILLI CARRE, MOLLIE GOLDSTROM, and ELISABETH TIMPONE
SEPT 13 – OCT 8, 2008
GIANT ROBOT GALLERY – 437 EAST 9th ST – bet 1st AVE & AVE A – EAST VILLAGE – NYC
we all know KELIE – she is the co-founder of BROOKLYN’S CINDERS.
LILLI CARRE is Chicago-based, a student of animation and print – she has released “the fantastic, heartbreaking indie comic – Tales of Woodsman Pete – and has been featured in Best American Comics.”
MOLLIE GOLDSTROM, a BROOKLYN resident – is the “creative force behind Tree Crime, a hand-sewn indie comic with a cardstock cover.”
ELISABETH TIMPONE, also a BROOKLYN resident – her “bold art is reminiscent of cave paintings or ‘the landing strips of the gods’ !! ”
more, info – see: GIANT ROBOT GALLERY
note: as of this post – their website – was – NOT !! – up and running.
~KELIE BOWMAN/TEMPORARY HOME/last week !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 1st, 2008, 5:50pm
KEVIN HOOYMAN – ‘DARK WALK ‘
SEPT 13 – OCT 18, 2008
PROOF GALLERY – located at The Distillery – 516 E. 2nd St. – SOUTH BOSTON, MASS.
from the press release:
“Proof Gallery is thrilled to present the Boston solo debut of BROOKLYN-based KEVIN HOOYMAN.
The exhibition, ‘Dark Walk’ is inspired by the artist’s memories of youthful late night “sensory deprivation” walks in the wilderness with friends. During these walks the “real” world slips into an imagined world, merging memory and invention. In ‘Dark Walk’, emissaries from this altered state beckon with promises of mystical communication. Lusciously elaborate flora and fauna are captured from Hooyman’s everyday surroundings but the fantastical creeps into the actual. As audience, our observation morphs into participation. The drawings both enact and document the seductive experience of this fertile world between worlds.” RIGHT ON !!
we first met up with KEVIN HOOYMAN – at CINDERS !!
read more about him, on artlovers: KEVIN HOOYMAN !!
PROOF LOGO by JOHN PAROT
PROOF GALLERY
~ KEVIN HOOYMAN/PROOF/BOSTON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 1st, 2008, 5:23pm
. . . 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
