~THIS PLACE IS FOREIGN/MAD VICKY/PARIS

. . . 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.

VICKY POSTER

‘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.”

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CHECK OUT: MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY !!

Vicky # 2
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 !!

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CHECK OUT: BRENT WADDEN !! – it’s brief – but, super cool.

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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




~OUTSIDERS NY/OPENING PIX !!

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‘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.

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TODD JAMES aka REAS of the infamous AOK crew. a Brooklyn native – he currently lives and works in NYC.

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on the wall – work by TODD JAMES aka REAS

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another piece by TODD JAMES

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detail, TODD JAMES

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detail, TODD JAMES

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detail, TODD JAMES

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one of a few B & W drawings – by BLU

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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.

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MODE 2

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MODE 2

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downstairs, on the lower/basement level: from left – INVADER, ‘BERT’ by MARK JENKINS,
and at the right, a big piece by BAST

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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.

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and yes, they were made from RUBIK CUBES !! – INVADER

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kind of on the dark side – even though it contained a fuzzy little animal – POLLY MORGAN

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detail, POLLY MORGAN

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ZEVS

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DAVID CHOE

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large works by DAVID CHOE

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BAST

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on the left, ANDREW MICHAEL FORD, of BROOKLYN’S AD HOC GALLERY,
chats with BAST.

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large work by BAST

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DANIEL SALIN – independent curator – based in LA – said to have had a hand in curating
this show for STEVE LAZARIDES.

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large piece by ANTONY MICALLEF

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work by JR

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BORF

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PAUL INSECT

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detail, PAUL INSECT

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Sesame Street figure by PAUL JENKINS, paintings by MODE 2 (center),
and mosaic by INVADER, at right.

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detail, INVADER

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heavily (brick) textured & highly detailed paintings by MIRANDA DONOVAN
and yes, she knows NIGEL COOKE.

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detail, MIRANDA DONOVAN

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MIRANDA DONOVAN

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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..”

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STEVE LAZARIDES

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local talent, from back in the train days – IVORY !!

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. . . likewise, SP.one aka GREG LaMARCHE !!

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JONATHAN YEO

FAILE
FAILE

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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 ?

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CONOR HARRINGTON

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detail, CONOR HARRINGTON

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STEVE PARKIN, of the LAZARIDES crew – he’s the one whose staying behind
to mind the NYC pop-up store.

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JE of France

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JE brought to our attention the ZEUS – ‘shadow’ work – outside on the street, around the bus stop.

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also, outside on the street – CONOR HARRINGTON

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also outside, in the side street window – a video loop by TODD JAMES

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video frame – TODD JAMES aka REAS

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video frame – TODD JAMES

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VIDEO FRAME – TODD JAMES

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

LAZARIDES GALLERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE




~OUTSIDERS NY/LAZARIDES

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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




~Guest of Cindy Sherman/WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

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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

Woodstock

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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’ !!




~NEST/DASH SNOW & DAN COLEN/BEAUTALISM/KEMBRA PFAHLER

NEST
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’ !!

Kembra & dash
. . . the card for the book launch, at SANTOS PARTY HOUSE.

Kembra # 1
‘KEMBRA PFAHLER – BEAUTALISM’ – PUBLISHED BY DEITCH PROJECTS
DESIGNED & EDITED BY KEMBRA PFAHLER and KATHY GRAYSON
TEXTS BY KEMBRA PFAHLER/ESSAY BY KATHY GRAYSON

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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

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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

Kembra # 4

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unloading some of that ‘big’ hair !!

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a member of the band – models the official after-performance – uniform, skinny tie & all !!

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from the book – KEMBRA !! – PHOTO COURTESY: ‘KEMBRA PFAHLER/BEAUTALISM’

kembra scan # 2
ok. that’s (not your momma’s) sewing, too !!! from the book – PHOTO COURTESY: ‘KEMBRA PFAHLER/BEAUTALISM’

Kembra scan # 3
that’s gotta be – KATHY GRAYSON !! from the book – PHOTO COURTESY: ‘KEMBRA PFAHLER-BEAUTALISM’

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DASH SNOW arrives at the book launch.

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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.

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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 book # 4
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

DASH BOOK# 6
‘NEST’ – it’s a page turner, all right.

Dash book # 8

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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.

NEST poster
the poster for the original exhibit: ‘Nest by Dan & Dash’ featured his elegant scrawl, too.
POSTER IMAGE/COURTESY: DEITCH PROJECTS

Dash # 10
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.

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from the book – SECRET SNOW.

Dash book # 18

Dash # 17
from the book. CHRISTOPHE DE MENIL.

DASH # 16
from the book.

Dash # 21
from the book.

Dash # 18
from the book.

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH/unless otherwise noted

more pix from the book launch: ‘FULL CIRCLE-FALL 2008’




~CAT CHOW & FRIENDS

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. . . while at the FRYING PAN DOCK, we also ran into CAT CHOW and a few of her friends.

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CAT CHOW and ELIZABETH HUEY

Cat & Elizabeth
CAT CHOW and ELIZABETH HUEY

Cat-recordings
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.

Cat # 4
oh oh – look, who else is sitting at Cat Chow’s table – JUSTIN SAMSON !!

Cat 5
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 !!

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IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP

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IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP

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IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP

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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

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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
(unless otherwise noted)




~NOAM RAPPAPORT/atm

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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

Noam # 1A
on the right, NOAM RAPPAPORT. with him, filmmaker/photographer BRIAN DOYLE

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BILL BRADY chats with ANNE EASTMAN
SUE BUTLER, BRIAN DOYLE, NOAM RAPPAPORT, and KURT BRONDO.

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BRIAN DOYLE – has an interesting website, ….
check it out: DOYLESTUDIO.com !!

Noam # 3
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.

Noam # 4
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.

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a NOAM RAPPAPORT wall piece, framed by MICHAEL MAHALCHICK and EMILY TEPPER.

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the NOAM RAPPAPORT wall piece.

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. . 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 !!

noam # 8
another look at that NOAM RAPPAPORT – wall piece !!

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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 !!

noam # 9
. . back to the NOAM RAPPAPORT show – a silent, lyrical, and totally abstract statement !!

noam # 10
out on the street, doing the artworld prowl, ARTFORUM writer/photographer:
LINDA YABLONSKI. check out her column here: YABLONSKI/ARTFORUM !!

noam # 11
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)

Noam # 12
at the after party at the FRYING PAN slip, CHELSEA PIERS: from left,
PETER HALASZ, BILL BRADY and his wife, YOUNGMEE.

Noam # 12
also at the NOAM RAPPAPORT after party, a DOMINO photo editor, JONI NOE.

noam # 13
BELLA FOSTER and JONI NOE.
Bella Foster was in a show this past January 2008 – at SOUTHFIRST, see: SOUTHFIRST/’STILL LIFE’

Noam # 14
a view of the FRYING PAN – DOCK !!

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BIL BRADY chats with ANNE EASTMAN

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the Jersey lights across the Hudson.

Noam # 19
the FRYING PAN dock, CHELSEA

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

ATM GALLERY




~ATM & FOXY / MOVING UP !!

yep, it has finally been confirmed – it’s a done deal – after keeping insiders on the edge of their seats – for the last 6 months !! the ink has finally been laid to paper.
ATM GALLERY will be moving to the former OLIVER KAMM Gallery space on 27th St, and FOXY PRODUCTION will be moving to the former CLEMENTINE Gallery space, also on 27th St – just west of 10th AVE in CHELSEA. With the move, both galleries each easily doubling – their current exhibition space.

this game of musical chairs – now leaves the soon-to-be former FOXY space up for grabs. ATM’s old space – will be re-absorbed by its original/primary leasee, WALLSPACE.

Both spaces will hold inaugural openings on FRIDAY, OCT 17th. FOXY PRODUCTION will present new work by JIMMY BAKER. ATM GALLERY will be presenting a selection of major new works by gallery artists – including a much anticipated large piece by HUMA BHABHA.

moving # 1
on the right, BILL BRADY of ATM GALLERY with NOAM RAPPAPORT, at the recent opening of ‘NOAM RAPPAPORT’ – his debut one man show at ATM GALLERY, SEPT 5, 2008.
The show runs SEPT 5 – OCTOBER 11, 2008.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
(more pix from the opening to post shortly !!)

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INSTALLATION SHOT/NOAM RAPPAPORT/ATM GALLERY/PHOTO/COURTESY: ATM GALLERY
see more: installation shots, here !!

moving # 2
JOHN THOMPSON and MICHAEL GILLESPIE, of FOXY PRODUCTION. at the FOXY PRODUCTION opening: ‘OLGA CHERNYSHEVA – NEW WORK’, which also took place on FRIDAY, SEPT 5, 2008. the show runs thru OCT 10th, 2008.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH

MOSCOW-BASED, MS. CHERNYSHEVA was not able to be present at the opening – but, she will be present – when a selection of her videos are featured – as part of the ‘MODERN MONDAYS’ FILM SCREENINGS at MOMA. on MONDAY, OCT 20, 2008, at 7PM !!
for more info, see: MOMA/CHERNYSHEVA SCREENING

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IMAGE/STILL from OLGA CHERNYSHEVA CLIP/COURTESY: MOMA

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INSTALLATION SHOT/’OLGA CHERNYSHEVA-NEW WORK’/FOXY PRODUCTION/ PHOTO COURTESY: FOXY PRODUCTION
to learn more about the artist, see: OLGA CHERNYSHEVA !!

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FOXY PRODUCTION




~NATE LOWMAN gets hit !!

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NATE LOWMAN at the RYAN McGINLEY opening – ‘I KNOW WHERE THE SUMMER GOES’,
TEAM GALLERY, SOHO, NYC. APRIL 3, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH

this photo recently posted on artlovers – twice:
see: THE BOMB/APRIL 11, 2008
see: ART LOVERS PHOTOS/1 McGINLEY, 2 REEDERS & AN EGG FUGUE !!/2008-05-09

FIE on ‘THE WOW REPORT’ – EDITED BY STEPHEN SABAN !!

they used my photo – in their most recent post – SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
without permission, without photo credit & although they give the artlovers URL address in the browser – it is NOT a direct hot link – its bogus – it is not a hotlink at all.

see: WOW REPORT & hit on the NATE LOWMAN link !!

it comes up as this:

see: NATE LOWMAN link/WOW REPORT
P-R-E-T-T-Y !! D-A-M-N !! S-L-I-C-K !! – that’s New York street slang for: RIP-OFF !!

the text itself references THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER – oh, that’s just great – “MARY-KATE OLSEN is cheating on her boyfriend, NATE LOWMAN …”

never mind the DOCS – call in the LAWYERS !!




~MARIE LORENZ/ROME PRIZE

. . . ANOTHER – NYC WATERBRAT – SETS SAIL. MARIE LORENZ IS OFF TO ROME !!

. . . the 2008-2009 JOSEPH H. HAZEN ROME PRIZE went to:
MARIE LORENZ – ARTIST – BROOKLYN, NY

for her TIBER RIVER NAVIGATION PROPOSAL:

ROME PRIZE
text courtesy: AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME/2008-2009 WINNERS

more about: THE ROME PRIZE & THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME

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MARIE LORENZ, at the TYSON REEDER OPENING, DANIEL REICH GALLERY, NYC
JUNE 3, 2006 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
. . . “what would be an island be … without its water muse ?”
see: the original post/2006-07-29
includes photos of: ZACH CONDON of BEIRUT, PORTS BISHOP, JIM DRAIN & JUSTIN LOWE !!

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MARIE LORENZ, in a DEARRAINDROP DRESS, at the opening of the DEARRAINDROP – aptly titled – ‘Members of the Island’ – show at DIESEL DENIM GALLERY in SOHO, NYC
JUNE 15, 2006 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: the original post/2005-09-26
besides great DEARRAINDROP pix – includes another Taylor and Misaki, back in the day, and a photo of RICHARD JOHNSON, of PAGE SIX FAME – with his son, DAMON.

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MARIE LORENZ exhibits her handmade (from a kit), kayak & ‘steamroller’ prints.
‘Local transit’, ARTISTS SPACE, SOHO, NYC, MAY 16, 2006 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: more of her exhibit !!

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MARIE LORENZ in her studio, GREEN POINT, BROOKLYN
NOV 22, 2005 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
artlovers posted a small, impromptu STUDIO VISIT with MARIE LORENZ back in NOVEMBER 2005 – on the tailcoats of a STUDIO VISIT with MICHAEL WILLIAMS.
At the time – they were both living (independently), and working in this multi-artist communal space, run by MELISSA BROWN.
see: STUDIO VISIT/MARIE LORENZ

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PHOTO BY MARIE LORENZ/COURTESY: tideandcurrenttaxi.org

AT the bottom of the STUDIO VISIT – was link to her very fine – photobased – website.
She takes the photos. well woth a visit – just or the photos, not to mention the special water based projects !!
see: MARIE LORENZ/tide and current taxi !!

of course – those who were able to catch her and her crew, back in the day, on AVE B – at that notorious atm Gallery summer show – ‘ROWDY RE-MIX’ !! where the crew – did makeovers – have wonderful memories !!

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.. “a re-mixed MARIE LORENZ” – at the wild wild and rowdy – ‘ROWDY RE-MIX’ show at atm Gallery,
back in the day when it was on AVE B – MAY 29, 2004
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
first published in: artnet, as part of ART LOVERS NEW YORK, in the PEOPLE SECTION/’Out in the Big Apple’ –
SPRING 2004′

. . . . now there’s – ‘video gold’ !! – a young TYSON REEDER, a young MICHAEL WILLIAMS, a young, goddess-like MELISSA BROWN, a young TONY MATELLI and, .. a young JUSTIN SAMSON !!