AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’ – OPENS TO-NITE !!
THURS – FEB 21, 2008 6-8PM
the show runs: FEB 21 – MARCH 21, 2008
LEO KOENIG INC – 545 WEST 23RD ST. – CHELSEA – NYC
SORRY – LOOKS LIKE THE GALLERY CHANGED THE TIME OF THE OPENING.
on the card it says: 6-8PM, on the gallery website – it now says: 4-5PM.
AIDAS BAREIKIS has a pretty crazy show going on at LEO KOENIG.
The first installment, titled ‘PART ONE: FANCY MEETINGS’ looked like something out of apocalyptic futuristic death match meets the ghosts of ‘PIRATES of the CARIBBEAN’. It was actually a pretty amazing tableau to walk in on.
It ran from Jan 10 – Feb 8th, 2008.
Unlike ‘PART ONE’ – which was multi-colored, to say the least, ‘PART TWO’ – is totally black and white – but it appears to have a slightly more black/noir humorous, almost ‘carnival’ edge. ‘PART ONE’ – was pretty much all in-your-face-scary amazing !!
AIDA BAREIKIS – ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’ – OPENS TO-NITE.
ALSO PRESENTING WORKS BY: AARON BREWER, LILY LUDLOW, BILL SAYLOR and ANKE WEYER.
THIS IS ONE SHOW – WHERE – A PICTURE IS DEFINITELY WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS – SO HERE’S SOME PIX !!
first up, ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’ – JUST AS IT WAS BEING ASSEMBLED.
AIDAS BAREIKIS starting on the installation of ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’
AIDAS BAREIKIS beginning to assemble ‘PART TWO’ – those are his black and white drawings in the background, in the frames on the wall.
AIDAS BAREIKIS – very bizarre life-size figures begin to emerge from their delivery wrappings. Aidas makes all the figures by hand. He rummages second hand stores for the clothes and accessories.
AIDAS BAREIKIS – in ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’ the figures are free-standing. in ‘PART ONE: FANCY MEETINGS’ – they were held up by an array of plastic cables and hooks – from the ceiling.
AIDAS BAREIKIS – up close and personal – this could be you !! – the way things are going.
AIDAS BAREIKIS – charming.
AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’ – going up . .
AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’ – going up
AIDAS BAREIKIS – ghostly figures await their resurrection !!
AIDAS BAREIKIS – a cautious, closer look at this curious being – she looks dead – but like trick dead – like, she could turn around and bite you in a nanosecond.
AIDAS BAREIKIS – ok. the last sneak peek – the thing to really see – is how they all assemble – and tell their story !!
this is from the first tableaux – AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART ONE: FANCY MEETINGS’
AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART ONE: FANCY MEETINGS’
AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART ONE: FANCY MEETINGS’
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
the card for the show, it was oversize (8 x 10 ins.) and the image is one of the framed black and white drawings – on the back wall.
AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART ONE: FANCY MEETINGS’ & ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’
the gallery has an interesting write-up on the show on: their website
where there is also one shot of: AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’ assembled !!
and here it is – pretty amazing.
AIDAS BAREIKIS – ‘PART TWO: EASY TIMES’
PHOTO/COURTESY: LEO KOENIG INC.
LEO KOENIG INC.
~AIDAS BAREIKIS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 21st, 2008, 3:57pm
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
MICHAEL LAZARUS
painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS
detail, painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS
painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS
detail, painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS
painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS
detail, painting by MICHAEL LAZARUS
CAETANO de ALMEIDA and independent curator FERNANDA ARRUDA. both hail originally from Brazil.
artwork by CAETANO de ALMEIDA
another view of artwork by CAETANO de ALMEIDA
we catch up with JOHN HODANY, he’s outside taking a ciggie break. with him, to the side, ANNA CONWAY
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.
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.
JOHN HODANY – the red ‘lobster’ claws come down to grab the ‘treasure’ which is a wide assortment of locks !!
JOHN HODANY – the locks !!
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.
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.
JOHN HODANY lightens up a little bit, towards the end of the opening, ANNA CONWAY is with him.
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 !!
documentary filmmaker MAX FIERST and artist JEFF CARAMAGNA, good friends of JOHN HODANY’S
ERIN
ANNIE PEARLMAN, in a pensive moment. Annie edited that classic DAVID GREENBERG INTERVIEWS BRIAN BELOTT (at CANADA) clip – we all loved so much !!
CHIE FUEKI – the more we cross paths with her – the more we like her – she’s wild.
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 !!
JOHN HODANY – says: cool it – what ?- he started it !!!
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
~JOHN HODANY/MICHAEL LAZARUS/CAETANO de ALMEIDA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 20th, 2008, 5:40pm
ERIK PARKER – ‘BETWEEN THE LINES’
FEBRUARY 16 – MARCH 8, 2008
MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY – 509 WEST 24TH ST – CHELSEA – NY
ERIK PARKER also opened a show, of works on paper in the PROJECT SPACE, in the small front room of the MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, on Friday, Feb 16, 2008. After a long-time association with LEO KOENIG – ERIK seems very happy to be here. Unlike his previously exhibited large canvases, here he presents a small series of drawings on paper, sometimes: 2 to a frame – that seemed much more intense and focused, despite the smaller size, or because of it ? These drawings were also unique from his past work in their utilization of rows of tiny inventive, and ‘serially’ expressive cartoon-type embellishments – essentially – contemporary hieroglyphics. Though colorful, and full of cartoonish imagery – that imagery was often more wicked, than light-hearted – so the work had a real edge – that, close up – seemed very hard, and almost totally dark in spirit.
ERIK PARKER at the opening of ‘BETWEEN THE LINES’, FEB 16, 2008, MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, NY.
MARIANNE BOESKY, at the ERIK PARKER opening.
a guest studies an ERIK PARKER drawing, at the opening.
ERIK PARKER, ‘CORE’, acrylic and ink on paper
detail, ERIK PARKER, ‘CORE’ – one of the more light-hearted, but still – sobering pieces.
detail, ERIK PARKER, ‘CORE’ – those yellow orbs – are reminiscent of those early 80s KEITH HARING metal ‘buttons’ & are about the same size, too.
ERIK PARKER, ‘KEEP IT TOGETHER’ – !!
watch out – there’s always a new wave of young artists wanting to make it to the top. from left: NIKITA SHOSHENSKY & MATTHEW STEINBERG a couple of local talent – NYC boys, who made it thru LaGuardia H.S. and COOPER UNION – and are looking to make the real scene, now. at the ERIK PARKER opening. FEB 16, 2008
ERIK PARKER had a really great card – it was cut from hard card stock – to resemble an old vinyl 45rpm – the lettering was in a great raised typeface – of iridescent cobalt blue.
another drawing in the show, ERIK PARKER, ‘NEVER RUN’
detail, ERIK PARKER, ‘NEVER RUN’
detail, ERIK PARKER, ‘NEVER RUN’ – what do they say – God is in the details ?
. . . no, just remembered – the saying is: the DEVIL is in the details !!!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: more of the work, here !! / on the gallery website
unfortunately there are no close-ups – so if you’re in NYC – your gonna have to get up off the couch – and go see the show up live and personal.
MARIANNE BOESKY
~ERIK PARKER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 19th, 2008, 3:44pm
gotta run to some OPENINGS !! yo, content is everything. ok. style counts, too.
more to follow !!!
yes, including: MATTHEW STEINBERG & NIKITA SHOSHENSKY !!
but, we’ll leave you . . . with a couple of biggies:
yes!! it was JOSH HARTNETT at the KON TRUBKOVICH – ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’ opening, last night, Friday, FEB 15, 2008, at MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, NYC.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH/artloversnewyork.com
ANDREW GUENTHER, with 3 pieces in the ‘BREVITY’S RAINBOW’ show at CINDERS & the curator of the ‘ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’ show – summer of 2003 – was also, at the KON TRUBKOVICH opening.
on the right, DANIEL JACKSON of SURFACE-TO-AIR (the design collective) & BBLESSING (a small, but groovy retail menswear store on the Lower East Side – which recently scored a big write-up in the NY TIMES STYLE SECTION – and, its pronounced, just Blessing – the x-tra B is for ‘style’), with ARROW, at the KON TRUBKOVICH opening.
wouldn’t be fair to omit – the main man – last night – at any rate, he certainly has a big, and very male, fan base !!
. . . and, that would be KON TRUBKOVICH – opening ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’ – at MARIANNE BOESKY, FEB 15, 2008
. . . VITO SCHNABEL, was also there, but he definitely wasn’t in the mood to be photographed – usually he’s very outgoing, and friendly. he must feel burnt by the recent unfortunate press he got on PAGE SIX, linking him to ELLE MacPHERSON, in a rather stupid way. He made sure that he was followed around, by one of the only 2, gorgeous, and young, leggy blondes in the room.
the card for: KON TRUBKOVICH – ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’ – FEB 16 – MARCH 15, 2008, at MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, CHELSEA.
KON TRUBKOVICH – ‘Almost Nowhere’
FEBRUARY 16 – MARCH 15, 2008
MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY – 509 WEST 24Th ST – CHELSEA – NY
KON TRUBKOVICH’S biggest claims to fame, and no small change, either, seem to be his inclusion in 2 trend-setting international shows: ‘Six Feet Under’ at the KUNSTMUSEUM, BERN; and ‘Uncertain States of America-American Video Art in the 3rd Millennium’ which was curated by DANIEL BIRNBAUM, GUNNAR B. KVARAN and HANS ULRICH OBRIST at the 2nd MOSCOW BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 2007.
His most important show to date, has got to be his debut solo show at P.S. 1 which was curated by the one of the most inspired curators here in New York, and that would be NEVILLE WAKEFIELD. Titled ‘No Country for Old Men’ (!!) – it was presented in 2006.
Raised in Moscow, Russia, till age 11 – he now lives and works in New York. many of his fans at the show seemed to be fellow Russian ex-pats – heavily nuanced, male, Russian conversations floated over the opening chatter. It was evidently apparent that those in attendance, and there were many – were really into the work.
read more about the show – on the: gallery website – press release !!
KON TRUBKOVICH, frame from a video work, ‘No Exit’, in ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’.
KON TRUBKOVICH, frame from another video work, ‘Ant Farm’, in ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’.
KON TRUBKOVICH, color photograph, in ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
MARIANNE BOESKY
~KON TRUBKOVICH & JOSH HARTNETT !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2008, 4:13pm
NICOLAS CONSUEGRA & MONICA PAEZ – ‘VOID’
FEBRUARY 15 – MARCH 29, 2008
MAGNAN EMRICH CONTEMPORARY – 505 WEST 28th ST. – CHELSEA – NY
This is the first NYC solo show for this 2 young artists – who originally hail form Bogota, Columbia.
Now living and working in NYC – they both received MFA graduate degrees from PRATT, Nicolas Consuegra in 2007, and Monica Paez in 2006. In fact, the gallery first met up with their work at the PRATT GRADUATE SCHOOL OPEN STUDIOS.
This show at MAGNAN EMRICH CONTEMPORARY is a collaborative effort – in which “they examine the constant need for space in a city like New York.” (press release)
from left: gallery partner ED EMRICH, (who is also a naturally inclined photo hound!), NICOLAS CONSUEGRA, and MONICA PAEZ, at the opening, which took place last night, FEB 15, 2008
NICOLAS CONSUEGRA and MONICA PAEZ, at the opening of their first solo NYC show, ‘Void’.
the photograph on the wall behind them – is also the image for the card.
the small, but well conceived installation, presented a wall of ‘mirror bricks’ – that interacted with a strangely compelling precision – with the framed photographs, and the guests, at the opening.
MONICA PAEZ at the mirror brick wall.
NICOLAS CONSUEGRA & MONICA PAEZ, ‘Untitled (Container)’, 2007, Digital C-print, 50 x 36.7 ins., Edition of 4, ($4,500)
NICOLAS CONSUEGRA & MONICA PAEZ, ‘Untitled (erased self-storage 2)’, 2007, Digital C-Print, 50 x 36.7 ins., Edition of 4, ($4,500) – and also the image for the card.
the gallery director, VAUGHN LEWIS.
the good-natured, gallery director VAUGHN LEWIS, peeks out from behind the mirrored wall.
MAGNAN EMRICH CONTEMPORARY & their sister gallery MAGNAN PROJECTS around the corner on 10TH AVE. – brought NYC – one of the best shows of last season – the DUKE RILEY – submersible and mosaic/scrimshaw show – ‘AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN’ – of NOV 1 – DEC 22, 2007.
check out: the first DUKE RILEY POST/’AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN’
check out: photos from the DUKE RILEY – ‘AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN’ – opening !!
MAGNAN EMRICH CONTEMPORARY
~NICOLAS CONSUEGRA & MONICA PAEZ/VOID/MAGNAN/EMRICH |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2008, 2:38pm
artwork by MADSAKI/IMAGE COURTESY: CANNONBALL PRESS
when we checked out the CANNONBALL PRESS website, (a few posts below) – we saw work by MADSAKI, and the name rang a bell . . .
MADSAKI had been in the now famous, (we think), ‘ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’ SUMMER 2003 – show at DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, curated by a then – very young !! ANDREW GUENTHER !!
on the left: MADSAKI, with KENJA MIGHT and 3 OX SUPERMARKET, at the opening of ‘ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T-SHIRTS’, DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, JULY 16, 2003
DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, at that time (it’s first locale was in Soho), was located on 21ST ST. in Chelsea, NYC and is now defunct.
MADSAKI’S T-SHIRT/’ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’/SUMMER 2003
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: 100 T SHIRTS (2007-02-28)
CANNONBALL PRESS
~MADSAKI/remember? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2008, 2:07pm
KEVIN HOOYMAN at the opening of ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS GALLERY, Nov 16, 2007. (that’s one of his finely detailed colored pencil drawings – on the upper left hand side of the wall.)
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
KEVIN HOOYMAN recently showed his work, in a 3 Person Show – at CINDERS – in Brooklyn. The show was titled: ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’ and the other 2 artists in the show were – BRIAN CHIPPENDALE and JUNGIL HONG. (good company !! ).
The show ran Nov 16 – Dec 30, 2007.
here’s: the first post with the card !!
check out: photos from the opening !!
here are some more of KEVIN HOOYMAN’s work from that show:
detail, KEVIN HOOYMAN, colored pencil drawing, in ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS
KEVIN HOOYMAN, pencil drawing, in ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS
KEVIN HOOYMAN, detail above drawing
KEVIN HOOYMAN, detail above drawing
KEVIN HOOYMAN, detail above drawing
KEVIN HOOYMAN, detail above drawing
KEVIN HOOYMAN, colored pencil drawing, in ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS
KEVIN HOOYMAN, colored pencil drawing in ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
you can see more of the show on the CINDERS website – under ‘PAST SHOWS’
at: CINDERS GALLERY
check out: KEVIN HOOYMAN’S website !!
~KEVIN HOOYMAN/remember? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2008, 1:41pm
IMAGE: SPACE 1026. ‘Locally Localized Gravity’ (installation view, Insititute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania). 2007.
PHOTO: ADAM WALLACAVAGE/COURTESY: SPACE 1026
POPRALLY PRESENTS
AN EVENING WITH CANNONBALL PRESS & SPACE 1026
THURSDAY – FEBRUARY 14, 2008 – 7-10PM
MoMA – THE LEWIS B. AND DOROTHY CULLMAN EDUCATION & RESEARCH BUILDING
4 WEST 54TH ST – MIDTOWN – NYC
TICKETS: $5 – available at the Museum Information & Film desks
NOTE: YOU MUST BE at least 21 or older !! – to attend (cocktail reception !!)
JOIN PopRally for a special night with MARTIN MAZORRA & MIKE HOUSTON, printmakers and founders of CANNONBALL PRESS, along with artists from SPACE 1026, a unique creative community located in downtown PHILADELPHIA.
CANNONBALL PRESS is a BROOKLYN-BASED organization that produces affordable black and white prints by a number of artists (including SEAN STAR WARS, DAVID REES, DAVID ELLIS, MAYA HAYUK and SWOON). In addition to their own art, Mazorra and Houston also work together to create large format woodcut prints.
SPACE 1026 was founded over a decade ago by a handful of artists and tricksters who organize rowdy public events and outrageous installations at their building and at other institutions. At the heart of SPACE 1026 is a communal screenprinting workshop where the madness comes to life. – PRESS RELEASE
FOLLOWING presentations by the artists, GRETCHEN WAGNER, Curatorial Assistant in MoMA’s Department of Prints & Illustrated Books, moderates a discussion about the artists’ work. A cocktail reception follows the event.
more info: MoMA
check out: SPACE 1026, PHILADELPHIA
definitely check out: CANNONBALL PRESS
IMAGE COURTESY/CANNONBALL PRESS, BROOKLYN
~SPACE 1026 & CANNONBALL PRESS/at MoMA/to-nite/FEB 14 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2008, 4:34pm
artwork by KEVIN HOOYMAN/IMAGE COURTESY: kevinhooyman.com
LIBBY ROSOF is 100% RIGHT ON – !! – WHEN SHE SUGGESTS, in the article highlighted below – on WHITE NOISE! at SPACE 1026 – TO CHECK OUT KEVIN HOOYMAN’S ‘fun’ website – it’s more than fun – it’s: a-m-a-z-i-n-g !!
and takes a while to traverse all its twists & turns and some, surprises.
gotta love the line drawing !! and the animation !!
check it out: KEVIN HOOYMAN – website !!
~KEVIN HOOYMAN/website !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2008, 4:22pm
WHITE NOISE! – A SHOW ABOUT MODERN MYSTICISM
runs thru FEBRUARY 2008
SPACE 1026 – 1026 ARCH STREET – 2ND FLOOR – PHILADELPHIA
FEATURING WORK BY: DREW BECKMEYER, MICHELLE BLADE, THERMI CANIAGIM, C.F., KEVIN HOOYMAN, PAULINA MAKELA, KYLE MOCK, JAY NELSON, ERIKA SOMOGYI, MIKE SWANEY, JESSE ROSE VALA, JUSTIN B. WILLIAMS & ISSAC LIN.
JUSTIN B. WILLIAMS is also the show’s curator.
the WHITE NOISE! card/IMAGE COURTESY: SPACE 1026
artwork by ISAAC LIN/IMAGE COURTESY: SPACE 1026
ISSAC LIN’S tiny TIGER SKIN T-SHIRT, gouache on (cut) paper, 5 x 6 ins./IMAGE COURTESY: ROBERTA FALLON and LIBBY ROSOF’S artblog
LIBBY ROSOF covered this show for her artblog
. . . here’s the the beginnings of her thoughts . . .
the post is titled: WHITE NOISE MYSTICS AT SPACE 1026
“At a moment when the so-called adults of the world are failing to find solutions to the big problems that face us on Planet Earth, a desperate new generation is turning to mysticism for a way out of the mess we are making.
Their thinking is not so far from the thinking of the 60s, with its search for transcendance through sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.
White Noise! at SPACE 1026 this month is a group show about modern mysticism, spirituality, new psychedelia and the environment. It draws artists from coast to coast and includes one from Finland. (Paulina Makela)”.
see the rest of the article: ROBERTA FALLON AND LIBBY ROSOF’S artblog
definitely check out: SPACE 1026
~WHITE NOISE/SPACE 1026/PHILLY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2008, 4:05pm
