DECATHLON BOOKS – INVITE YOU TO A LAUNCH EVENT – FEATURING NEW BOOKS BY:
TODD JORDAN – MISAKI KAWAI – MARK GONZALES
with book signings by Todd Jordan & Misaki Kawai
WED – DEC 3, 2008 – IT AIN’T FAIR – BOOK FAIR – OPENING !! – 6-10PM
O.H.W.O.W. – 3100 NW 7 AVENUE – MIAMI
DECATHLON BOOKS is a new venture from the CHINATOWN SOCCER CLUB duo – PETER SUTHERLAND !! and DUNCAN HAMILTON !!
read more about DECATHLON BOOKS & the CHINATOWN SOCCER CLUB: here/via ARKITIP !!
note: IT AIN’T FAIR is run by: AARON BONDAROFF aka ‘A-RON THE DOWNTOWN DON’ and AL MORAN. This is the 2nd exhibition in their ‘groundbreaking’ O.H.W.O.W. (Our House West of Wynwood) space !!
check out: IT AIN’T FAIR & O.H.W.O.W. !!
O.H.W.O.W. presents: IT AIN’T FAIR !!
featuring: DEITCH PROJECTS, PERES PROJECTS, NUEVA GALERIA DE LA BARRA, A.S.S. GALLERY, A.M.P., PICTUREBOX and TV BOOKS.
TODD JORDAN at the NY ART BOOK FAIR, NYC. OCT 26, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
A-RON, the downtown don, Lower East Side, NYC. OCT 24, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~TODD JORDAN/BOOK LAUNCH/IT AIN’T FAIR/MIAMI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2008, 1:33pm
‘DEATH BY BASEL’ – ARTWORK BY JOHN RIEPENHOFF !!
‘DEATH BY BASEL’ – CURATED by AGATHA WARA & ANTONIN GAULTIER
running: DEC 2 – DEC 7, 2008
FREDRIC SNITZER GALLERY – 2247 NW 1st PL – MIAMI
AGATHA WARA writes: ‘DEATH BY BASEL’ !! – “a cheeky exploration of the overwhelmingness of ART BASEL, the market, the economy…” – featuring work by a small, but super edgey & smart – international cast of characters:
CHIM POM/TOKYO – DANIEL NEWMAN/MIAMI – ERIK SAETHER/OSLO – ERIC POGEAU/PARIS
IDA EKBLAD/OSLO – ITEM IDEM/PARIS/TOKYO – JIM DRAIN/MIAMI
JOHN RIEPENHOFF/MILWAUKEE – KEN KAGAMI/TOKYO – YAMATAKA EYE/OSAKA
& YOSHIAKI KURIBARA/TOKYO !!
ARTWORK BY KEN KAGAMI – in ‘DEATH BY BASEL’/IMAGE COURTESY: FREDRIC SNITZER GALLERY
note: hope to receive more images – shortly – so, check back !!
~JOHN RIEPENHOFF/JIM DRAIN/KEN KAGAMI/YAMATAKA EYE/DEATH BY BASEL/MIAMI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2008, 12:26pm
BILL BRADY of ATM GALLERY will be exhibiting photographs by PETER SUTHERLAND, in his booth at the NADA MIAMI ART FAIR.
ATM’S show of PETER SUTHERLAND work, including limited edition books, photos, unique photo-journals & 2 custom-designed rugs !! – is one of the highlights of the current season, back here in NYC. His work has a nice rough tough edge to it & it definitely & effortlessly – makes the cross-over between art & street. The soul of this young man – runs deep – and echoes throughout his work.
Here’s a few pix from the Nov 21st opening of the NYC – ATM show:
PETER SUTHERLAND – ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’ – NOV 21, 2008 – JAN 10, 2009 – ATM GALLERY
PETER SUTHERLAND at the opening. behind him, his custom designed – ‘rug’ !!
PETER SUTHERLAND, the other – ‘rug’. guess that might be considered a ‘tapestry’ !!
PHOTOS of the OPENING: NANCY SMITH
PETER SUTHERLAND – ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’ – NOV 21-JAN 10, 2009 – ATM GALLERY
621 WEST 27TH STREET – CHELSEA, NYC
also, we can’t say it enough !! – check out: PETER SUTHERLAND’S website !!
~PETER SUTHERLAND/ATM/MIAMI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2008, 11:38am
you can find MISAKI KAWAI – at the TOKYO-based – TAKE NINAGAWA – booth at the NADA FAIR.
BOOTH D2
~MISAKI/TAKE NINAGAWA/MIAMI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2008, 10:59am
STO and KELIE bring CINDERS TO MIAMI !!
in those suitcases: work by BRIAN CHPPENDALE, MEL KADEL, ALLYSON MELLBERG, KELIE BOWMAN, AJ FOSIK, SOUTHER SALAZAR, DIANE BARCELOWSKY, SUZANNE SATTLER, TOD SEELIE, and KIERSTEN ESSENPREIS, among others !!
they’re at the AQUA ART MIAMI FAIR – AQUA HOTEL – RM 117 – 1530 COLLINS AVE – MIAMI !!
see: AQUA ART MIAMI
meanwhile, the store back home is on temporary hrs: FRI DEC 5-SUN DEC 7/1-7PM
the Booklyn-based store returns to regular schedule (Wed-Sun/1-7PM) after Dec 10th !!
~CINDERS/MIAMI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2008, 10:37am
THE STATION – CURATED BY SHAMIM M. MOMIN & NATE LOWMAN
PRIVATE OPENING – TUESDAY DEC 2, 2008
the show runs: WED DECEMBER 3 through SUN DECEMBER 7, 2008
Midblock East, 3250 NE 1st Avenue/Midtown Boulevard at 32nd St., MIAMI, FLORIDA
HOURS: 12-9 PM
THERE WILL BE A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE FEATURING LANSING-DREIDEN AND THE NEW HUMANS ON THE EVENING OF THURSDAY, DEC 4, FROM 9PM-1AM.
AMONG the 40+ artists participating are: RITA ACKERMANN, DIANA AL-HADID, LISA ANNE AUERBACH (author of the ‘KNIITTING PATTERNS/SWEATERS THAT TALK’ book !!), JOE BRADLEY, OLAF BREUNING, PETER COFFIN, DEVON COSTELLO, GARDAR EIDE EINARSSON, TERENCE KOH,
JUSTIN LOWE, RYAN McGINLEY, ROB PRUITT, STERLING RUBY, and ED RUSCHA.
“When I came across the space and ascertained its availability, ” says The Station Director ELEANOR CAYRE, “It suddenly seemed like the perfect place to express the commitment and admiration I have for working artists. I felt it was important to produce an event that retains a sense of intimacy and urgency. I think that the building itself, along with the artworks selected, addresses transience and fleeting immediacy. It’s curatorially rigorous; those things aren’t necessarily related. The Station isn’t about yesterday or tomorrow – it’s about right now.”
RITA ACKERMANN, ‘IN DA SHADE’, 2008. Acrylic and oil paint, gel medium, spray paint, dirt, oil stick, printed paper, charcoal, ink on canvas. 78 x 85-1/8 x 1-1/2 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Andrea Rosen Gallery.
RY ROCKLEN, ‘Refuge’, 2007. Box spring, screen, thread and nails.
73-1/2 x 37 x 7-1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist
PAUL LEE, ‘Red Cigarette’, 2008. 7 min. 29 sec. (loop)
Courtesy of the artist and Peres Projects
MARTHA FRIEDMAN, ‘Cucumbers’, 2005. Urethane foam, Plexiglas, paint. 19 x 96 x 96 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Wallspace Gallery
JENNIFER WEST, ‘Rainbow Party on 70 MM Film (70 MM film leader kissed with lipstick & impressed with teeth marks by J. West and her former students: Mariah Csepanyi, Maggie Romano & Roxana Eslemiah), 2008. Production Still. TRT: 39 seconds
Courtesy of the artist, Marc Foxx and Vilma Gold
JONAH FREEMAN, JUSTIN LOWE and ALEXANDRE SINGH
‘Hello Meth Lab in the Sun #13’, 2008. Custom Pigment print. 10 x 10 in.
‘Hello Meth Lab in the Sun’ – was the first incarnation of the project, which was exhibited at BALLROOM MARFA, in Texas.
Courtesy of the artists and Ballroom Marfa
GARDAR EIDE EINARSSON, ‘I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.’, 2006.
Wall painting. Dimensions variable.
Courtesy of the artist and Team Gallery
GARDAR EIDE EINARSSON, ‘Bench’, 2006. Steel, 20 x 13.5 x 83 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Team Gallery
LIZZIE BOUGATSOS, ‘Funbags’, 2008. Street sign, rubber. 29 x 29 in. on 6 ft. pole
Courtesy of the artist and James Fuentes LLC
DIKE BLAIR, ‘Work in progress’. Hortonville, NY studio, 2008.
Courtesy of the artist and Feature Inc.
TOM BURR, ‘Black lab’, 2003. Plywood, stain, steel. 96 x 84 x 56 in.
Courtesy the artist and Bortolami
MARTIN OPPEL, ‘Untitled’, 2006. EPS foam and acrylic paint. 17-1/2 x 7-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
ALL IMAGES/COURTESY: THE STATION with special thanks to: MAILE RODRIGUEZ
UP-DATE: SUNDAY DEC 7, 2008
from the artlovers homepage – DEC 2, 2008:
* NATE LOWMAN & SHAMIM MOMIN’S – MIAMI EXHIBIT – ‘THE STATION’ is looking to take that sunny beach town – by storm !! it’s got a hard edged in-your-face big A art feel – that actually flies – !! – just rec’d some advance images and they are awesome !! *
. . . the show DID !! gave substance to Director ELEANOR CAYRE’S P.R. statement: . . . “it’s about right now” !! – and it did score major press !!
In his report from Miami – published yesterday (SATURDAY, DEC 6, 2008) – NEW YORK TIMES art critic – KEN JOHNSON wrote:
“The most transporting single artwork on view in Miami, however, is not at any of the commercial fairs. It is an astounding installation in ‘THE STATION’, an exhibition organized by SHAMIN MOMIN, a curator at the WHITNEY MUSEUM of AMERICAN ART, and by New York artist NATE LOWMAN. This lively, scruffy show occupies parts of three floors in a building still under construction in the Miami Design District and presents works by a familiarly trendy cast of characters, including STERLING RUBY, HANNA LIDEN, RYAN McGINLEY, TOM BURR and many others.
“The piece that makes everything else there pale by comparison is ‘Hello Meth Lab With a View’ by JONAH FREEMAN and JUSTIN LOWE. Mr. Freeman and Mr. Lowe have created a walk-in simulation of the grungy interior of a house whose occupants have been producing crystal meth. You enter what appears to be a photography gallery and then continue into dark rooms where you behold an extraordinarily messy kitchen full of cobbled-together laboratory equipment.
“Like Alice in a scary Wonderland, you continue through a dining room where the table is heaped with trash and packages of Sudafed and then upstairs to a claustrophobic warren of rooms where shelves are stocked with old jars of murky liquid, and where a couple of stuffed dogs are sleeping. Antique diagrams pinned to the walls suggest an equation between the heretical arts of the medieval alchemists and those of modern outlaw drug makers. Like the installations of CHRISTOPH BUCHEL, the work creates an obviously artificial but magically evocative virtual reality. . . ”
“Hello Meth Lab With a View”, by JONAH FREEMAN and JUSTIN LOWE, is a simulation of a house where
crystal metch is produced.
THE NEW YORK TIMES – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2008 – pg. C8. THE ARTS SECTION
PHOTOGRAPH BY BARBARA P. FERNANDEZ/THE NEW YORK TIMES
~THE STATION/NATE LOWMAN & SHAMIN MOMIN/MIAMI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 2nd, 2008, 8:37am
88’s presents:
UNSUNG / NEW WORK BY GEORGE FERRANDI and JOHN ORTH
the show opened FRIDAY NOV 14, 2008 / 7-10 PM
and runs: NOVEMBER 14 – DECEMBER 28, 2008
CINDERS GALLERY – 103 HAVEMEYER – BETWN HOPE + GRAND – WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN
HRS: WED-SUN 1-7 PM
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING ARE JUST GOING LIVE – NOW.
. . . as we read the press release, we found it so entertaining, & informative – we’re putting it forth here, for all to enjoy !!
“WE invite you to come see UNSUNG, the first installation by the collective known as “88’s” – short for “88’s and good numbers” which is CB (short wave/citizens band/truckers radio) lingo for “Best Wishes and Regards”.
“The work in Unsung started with conversations concerning the current presidential campaign. Our plea for a massive paradigm shift had 88’s collective members GEORGE FERRANDI and JOHN ORTH contemplating what parts of their own psyches could use some serious shifting. They started with the imagery they associated with grassroots revolution – daggers, dynamite, pistols, the felled heads of toppled statues, and the closed eyes of innocents. Then they created, painted, cast plaster and carved wooden forms that relegate the physical violence of uprising safely to the realm of metaphor, but stil speak to a simmering volatility and to the potential for cataclysmic change.
“GEORGE FERRANDI moved to Brooklyn on September 10, 2001 and became a New Yorker the next day. She runs a small business called Saints alive, which restores statues for churches. On any given day, her studio is given over in equal parts to the broken bodies of saints and to the less refined, but equally fractured figures of her own making. JOHN ORTH splits his time between GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, where he tends to a succulent garden and a band names HOLOPAW on the SUBPOP record label, and Brooklyn , USA where he fleshes out his many creative projects and hangs on the arm of his lovely boyfriend, ALAN. On any given day, his house is given over to various whittlings, delicate stippled drawings, and stacks of song lyrics scrawled on Steno pads.
“The two met in GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA where George was a professor at the University of Florida. Soon after meeting,they organized an exhibit at an old old train depot. This was the beginning of over a decade of collaborations that have included several national shows, a traveling circus (Cloudseeding Circus of the Performative Object), a comic strip, and an unfortunate summer haircut.
“Their latest collaboration, the 88’s collective, is a celebration of their complimentary sensibilities and shared interest in delicately adorned pathos, B-movie violence, and small hyper-sexualized animals. They’re happy to have 88’s as a conceptual hook on which to hang the many hats of their creative efforts and to present UNSUNG – as the first of those.”
see: PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING !!
~UNSUNG/GEORGE FERRANDI & JOHN ORTH/CINDERS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 24th, 2008, 9:38pm
JASON YATES/MARGINALLY FUNCTIONAL: FAST FRIENDS FOREVER – OPENS – SAT NOV 22 / 7-9 PM
PERFORMANCE BY MIRROR MIRROR
the show runs: NOVEMBER 22 thru DECEMBER 20, 2008
FINGERED – 255 McKIBBIN ST. – #207 – EAST WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN – NY
A SURVEY OF LOS ANGELES-BASED ARTIST JASON YATES & HIS INFLUENTIAL SERIES – ‘FAST FREINDS, Inc.’ THE WORK SYNTHESIZES POP-CULTURAL HISTORIES IN THE FORM OF HIGHLY OBSESSIVE, LARGE FORMAT XEROGRAPHED & HAND-COLORED DRAWINGS COVERED IN NOVELTY STICKERS, GOOGLY EYES, REFLECTIVE MYLAR, YARN & GLITTER. THESE EXTREMELY LABORED, ONE-OF-A-KIND POSTERS WERE EXHIBITED FOR FREE FOR THE TAKING , IN PUBLIC SPACES ARUND HOLLYWOOD AND PROLIFERATED ON INTERNET SOCIAL NETWORKS SUCH AS MYSPACE, OFTEN PROMOTING GIGS FOR LIKE-MINDED BANDS SUCH AS ARIEL PINK”S HAUNTED GRAFFITI, BLACK DICE, and ANIMAL COLLECTIVE !!
for more info, see: FINGERED BLOG !!
~JASON YATES/FINGERED/opens to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 22nd, 2008, 5:33pm
PEANUT GALLERY – CURATED BY JOE BRADLEY – OPENS SAT NOV 22 / 6-9 PM
the show runs NOVEMBER 22, 2008 – JANUARY 7, 2009
THE JOURNAL GALLERY – 168 NORTH 1ST ST.- WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN
featuring: RITA ACKERMANN, BRIAN BELOTT, DIKE BLAIR, CHIN, DAN COLEN, ERIN FIERST, JASON FOX, OTIS HOUSTON, EUNICE KIM, NATE LOWMAN, CHRIS MARTIN, KEITH MAYERSON, ELENA PANKOVA, LEIF RITCHEY, BILL SAYLOR, JOSH SMITH, AGATHE SNOW, MICHAEL WILLIAMS & B. WURTZ !!
. . . ” a peanut gallery is an audience that heckles the performer. The term originated in the days of vaudeville as a nickname for the cheapest (and ostensibly rowdiest) seats in the theater; the cheapest snack served at the theater would often be peanuts, which patrons would sometimes throw at the performers on stage to show their disapproval. The phrases “no comments from the peanut gallery” or “quiet in the peanut gallery” are extensions of the name…” (press release)
UP-DATE: TUES DEC 9, 2008 – PIX FROM THE OPENING !!
RITA ACKERMANN and AGATHE SNOW !!
BRIAN BELOTT does his best ‘smooth crooner’ impression.
WILLOW GIBBONS
LEIF RITCHEY
LEIF RITCHEY, ‘Wishes’, 2008. Fabric, acrylic and stickers on canvas. 25.5 x 24 in. ($3,200)
LEIF RITCHEY and JOE BRADLEY
BRIAN BELOTT, collage.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ‘The Freshmaker’, 2008. 30 x 30 in. ($4,000)
ERIN FIERST
ERIN FIERST, 30 x 39.57 in.
MARK SCHUBERT, he shows with MONYA ROWE.
JASON FOX, ‘Untitled’, 2008. 14 x 18 in.
AGATHE SNOW.
CHRIS MARTIN, ‘James’, price upon request
NATE LOWMAN
GABRIEL URIST and TOM HOHMANN of USA IS A MONSTER !!
GABRIEL URIST designs custom jewelry & pendants – this is BIGGIE !! ($500).
see: GABRIEL URIST CUSTOM BLING !!
the other interesting thing about Mr. Urist is that – he is wearing a custom-made hoodie that LEIF RITCHEY made for him.
apparently they were childhood friends back in the day, and TOM HOHMAN, too – in MICHIGAN.
detail of the hood, on the LEIF RITCHEY – hoodie !!
at left, TOOYA !!
RITA ACKERMANN, ‘Bon Bon’, 2008, oil, acrylic and enamel paint on canvas.
30 x 40 in. ($45,000)
CHRISTINE HARDY of art+commerce – photographers’ agents.
beside her: CHRIS MARTIN, ‘Smurfin’. 2007, mixed media. 38 x 48 in.
courtesy of Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery. ($20,000)
PATRICIA RIVERA and MAX FIERST !!
PETE VOGL and JACK RITCHEY
PETE PEZZIMENTI
NOAH BREHMER, LEIF RITCHEY & PETE PEZZIMENTI
MIKE PARE
RYAN CHOWDHURY
ORPHEUS KORSHAK
AUREL SCHMIDT
SALLY PAUL
PETER COFFIN
ELLEN ALTFEST.
beside her: KEITH MAYERSON, ‘Miles davis’, 2006, oil on linen. 26 x 34 in.
courtesy DEREK ELLER GALLERY. ($9,000)
COLIN LANGENUS of USA IS A MONSTER
GABRIEL URIST in front of DAN COLEN’S, ‘To be titled’, 2008, chewing gum on canvas. 24 x 30 in.
courtesy PERES PROJECTS
EUNICE KIM.
EUNICE KIM’S piece on the wall – it was my favorite !!
RITA ACKERMANN and BOGDAN TESLAR KWAIATOWSKI !!
and, a face from the not so distant past !! JESSICA CIOCCI of PAPER RAD !!
BILL SAYLOR, ‘Untitled’, oil and collage on paper, 24 x 36 in.
courtesy LEO KOENIG. ($3,600)
KATHY LO at right.
DIKE BLAIR, ‘Untitled (Marcelline), 2006.
Gouache and pencil on paper. 10 x 7 in. Courtesy FEATURE. ($2,500)
inside the THE JOURNAL back office – a poster of young TONY SHAFRAZI being arrested, from last year’s
‘WHO’S AFRAID OF JASPER JOHNS?’/URS FISHER & GAVIN BROWN EXHIBIT – has – place of honor !!
URS FISHER/GAVIN BROWN hsow – has a place of homor.
as does a yellow PATRICK GRIFFIN – ‘button’ !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, NOV 22, 2008
~PEANUT GALLERY/CURATED BY JOE BRADLEY/THE JOURNAL/to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 22nd, 2008, 5:21pm
ANDREW GUENTHER – LOOKING FOR CULTURE – PART III – OPENS – SAT NOV 22 / 6-8 PM
the show runs: NOVEMBER 22, 2008 – JANUARY 10, 2009
FREIGHT+VOLUME – 542 WEST 24TH ST – CHELSEA – NYC
~ANDREW GUENTHER/F+V/to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 22nd, 2008, 5:17pm
