MARK BORCHARDT: ALONG THE WAY – OPENING SAT – NOV 22 / 6-9 PM
THE GREEN GALLERY (WEST) – 631 E. CENTER ST. – 3RD FL – MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN !!
THANKS TO JOHNNY POP – for sending this our way !!
more info: the GREEN GALLERY
UP-DATE: TUES DEC 9, 2008 – JOHN RIEPENHOFF – SENT US SOME PHOTOS !!
MARK BORCHARDT and JOHN RIEPENHOFF at the GREEN GALLERY.
the ‘JOHN RIEPENHOFF EXPERIENCE’ at ANGSTROM GALLERY, LA.
John writes: “I run several of these mini-galleries and the original is a permanent fixture at the Green Gallery in Milwaukee.”
note: guest artists provide mini-versions of their gallery exhibits – or something along those lines – inside the ‘head box’ !!
JOHN ALSO SENT SOME PHOTOS – BY MARK BORCHARDT:
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY/GREEN GALLERY/JOHN RIEPENHOFF
~MARK BORCHARDT & JOHN RIEPENHOFF/GREEN GALLERY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 22nd, 2008, 5:08pm
. . other news in the TABLOIDS – that now look so pure & fresh in comparison to the unwritten rules & anonymous contributors of the – dreaded – web !!
FROM THE NEW YORK POST: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22 2008
1. for those who like their Pirate movies raw, unscripted, in real time & about to really explode, and of course unlike the blue chip auctions – truly contemporary !! – no diss to JOHNNY DEPP – the NEW YORK POST reports, via the TIMES OF LONDON – that . . . the war zone on the SOMALI COAST is heating up !!
as all kinds of “armed men” are descending on the country’s pirate coast, “raising fears that a battle is looming over millions of dollars of ransom cash being demanded for the recently captured Saudi supertanker SIRIUS STAR.”
p.s. love that name !! hey, didn’t I already read this scenario in comic book – decades ago !!
CORRUPT FUTURIST HI-TECH CIVILIZATION taken down by desert rats & 3rd world desperados.
p.p.s. of course, artlovers just happens to have an artworld denizen stationed in the area, but JOSH HARRIS, PSEUDO.COM ex-millionaire & notorious downtown party thrower par extraordinaire – in ETHIOPIA – hasn’t been heard from – via the web – since the area really heated up, this week !! already MIA !! knowing Josh – he is: 1) either going down FINZI CONTINI style; or 2) following in the footsteps of that crazed maniac Marlon Brando played in APOCALYPSE, NOW !!; 3) he is the unwitting neighbor of a Bin Laden crew hide-out & is being held captive or; 4) the most likely – aliens have whisked him up to safety – choosing him as their no. 1 PRIORITY STARSHIP S.O.S. – over SCOTT HUG !!
SERIOUSLY – usually a regular web correspondent – Last we heard from JOSH, more 2 weeks ago – he was telling us about Cal’s vampire death. ANDREW SMITH, recently back from visiting Josh in Ethiopia – says Josh was – “messing around in Ethopia’s national television system” – “trying to help them up-grade it.” !!
Andrew says, even then, just a few months back, if even that – he already felt “uncomfortable” walking in the ETHIOPIAN streets – but that Josh was completely “oblivious”.
2. “An Astoria teenager was arrested after a straphanger snapped this cellphone photo (pictured) of him allegedly carving a graffiti tag on a subway window. Andrew Morello, 18, was allegedly etching the so-called ‘scratchiti’ into the glass of a N train window Monday when a rider took the picture.
The witness sent the images to the NYPD’s new “e-tips” Crime Stoppers service. Cops used the pictures to help them identify and track down Morello, who was charged with criminal mischief and possession of graffiti instruments.”
3. and finally, last, but NOT least. we dedicate this Post item, found on PAGE 3 !! – to:
RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE – who put out that super great PRINTED MATTER – ARTISTS & ACTIVISTS – PAMPHLET:
‘THE SURFACE OF EACH DAY: QUESTIONS FOR COSMONAUTS’ !!
‘SPACE SPIDERS NOW WEB STARS’ !!
“HOUSTON – Spiders flying as an educational project (guess they can’t say – ANIMAL TESTING – its too IPC!! inpolitically correct) aboard the International Space Station seem to have the hang of weightlessness.
Their first orbital webs were messy, disorganized affairs. But a week into their flight, television images beamed back to Earth showed surprising progress.
“We noticed the spider made a symmetrical web.” space station commander Mike Fincke told ground controllers yesterday. “We’re really amazed that the spider could adapt to space so quickly.” – REUTERS
~also of relevance to artists … |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 22nd, 2008, 3:45pm
oh. oh. oh !!
FILE THIS UNDER: WHAT GOES AROUND – COMES AROUND – LIKE BLOW-BACK VOMIT – IN YOUR FACE !!
aka WHERE THERE’S SMOKE – THERE’S (USUALLY) FIRE !!
It’s not so much that it’s mean-spirited, though it has its share of sour grapes, NOR !! .. is it making a case for gallerists to start making their employees sign – confidentiality agreements !!
as much as it seems to be forum & only resort – for those who’ve been ripped off – or got bounced checks.
it’s a toss-up who uses it more – pissed off artists who are owed for work that was sold – and sometimes can never collect !!
. . . and gallery workers who issue warnings about galleries that make you wait forever to get paid, or worse bounce checks, or worse – are trust fund entitled snobs – who treat you like dirt !! !!
BECKY SMITH of BELLWETHER seems to have accrued the most comments – 20.
JACK THE PELICAN, and FREIGHT+VOLUME are UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, too.
and, 303 seems to have attracted a super ferocious – anonymous – web foe !!
THE WORST PUT-DOWN & ONE WE FEEL FREE TO HIGHLIGHT – AND VOUCH FOR – WITH 100% CERTAINTY – FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE – FROM HIS EARLIEST OPENINGS – & – WE HAVE NEVER WALKED – INTO THE SPACE – SINCE – !! – IS THE BITTER ONE – MICHAEL STEINBERG – HAS GARNERED.
so if that makes the other stuff credible – so be it !!
though obviously – there are just some sore losers in the mix, so don’t take it all at face value !!
the wish-washy takes on critics and curators – is the weak point.
the best rumor so far ?? !! – posted JUNE 7/2008 – by anonymous – “i hear nates leaving her” !!
with her – being – MICHELE MACCARONE !!
the YouTube offering at the top of the DEATHWATCH – is the most brilliant touch !!
so, ladies & gentlemen of the stodgey, street smart, unformed, or just plain uninformed, informed, inspired and wannabes !! – for better, or worse – I give you the link to the ratworld’s – oops, typo !!! I mean artworld’s dirty little secret – but one that, has everybody – on their toes !!
see: HOW’S MY DEALING !!!
and don’t miss the soundtrack – to their ‘DEATHWATCH’ – hit that FORWARD/ARROW – on their site, dumb-ass !!
~FUNNY/NOT FUNNY?/HOW’S MY DEALING !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 22nd, 2008, 2:13pm
‘FUNNY NOT FUNNY’ – CURATED BY BECKY SMITH & ALLSION KOVE
runs: NOVEMBER 20, 2008 – JANUARY 17, 2009
with a SHOW CLOSING RECEPTION & PERFORMANCE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2009 from 6-8 PM !!
BELLWETHER GALLERY – 134 10TH AVE – BTWN 18 & 19 STS. – CHELSEA, NY
featured in the show: TAMY BEN-TOR, PETER FISCHL & DAVID WEISS, DAPHNE FITZPATRICK, DANA FRANKFORT, SARA GREENBERG RAFFERTY, EVEREST HALL, JAMIE ISENSTEIN, RACHEL MASON, SHANA MOULTON, CHICHENG PENG, JESSE FINLEY REED, DAVID SHRIGLEY, MICHAEL SMITH, KIRSTEN STOLTMAN, RYAN TRECARTIN & LIZZIE FITCH, WAYNE WHITE, and CINTRA WILSON.
AND, FILE UNDER: – FUNNY, NOT SO FUNNY – ARTLOVERS INADVERTANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPREAD OF A RUMOR – THAT BELLWETHER – WAS CLOSING !! – IT IS NOT !! & WE SINCERELY APOLOGIZE !!
~FUNNY NOT FUNNY/BELLWETHER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 21st, 2008, 3:01pm
LUCAS AJEMIAN & JULIEN BISMUTH – ‘LES LETTRES TRISTES’ – OPENS TO-NITE – FRI NOV 21 / 6-8 PM
the show runs: NOVEMBER 21, 2008 – JANUARY 10, 2009
FOXY PRODUCTION – 623 WEST 27TH ST – CHELSEA – NYC
FOXY PRODUCTION PRESENTS:
‘LES LETTRES TRISTES’ – a collaboration between New York-based artists
LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH, that investigates the creative potential of detours through language, action and image. Taking the experience of distraction as their starting point, the artists discursively explore the experience of being diverted from ones train of thought !!
‘LES LETTRES TRISTES’ (The Sad Letters) refers to the LETTRISTES, the members of the avant-garde group, established in mid-century Paris, who used letters, hieroglyphics and other graphic symbols to create wildly experimental films, poetry, and art-wroks. Like a snapshot of LETTERISME itself, the exhibition combines key features of a number of MODERNIST movements, including Abstractionism, Dada, and Situationism, to generate a constellation of inter-related writing, video and objects.
for more info, see: FOXY PRODUCTION/AJEMIAN & BISMUTH
~LUCAS AJEMIAN & JULIEN BISMUTH/OPENS TO-NITE/FOXY PRODUCTION ! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 21st, 2008, 1:49pm
PETER SUTHERLAND – ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’ !! – OPENS TO-NITE – FRI NOV 21 / 6-8 PM
the show runs: November 21, 2008 – January 10, 2009 !!
ATM GALLERY – 621 WST 27TH ST – CHELSEA – NYC
HOURS: TUES-SAT 11-6 PM
note: gallery will be closed Nov 27 & Dec 23 – Jan 3.
ATM GALLERY – is pleased to present a new exhibition of PETER SUTHERLAND’S photographs, sculptures and videos.
Peter Sutherland’s work “employs some of the the techniques of traditional documentary photography to capture the hidden beauty of ordinary objects and everyday situations. He has released several publications and films, most recently – ‘Buck Shots’ – (POWERHOUSE BOOKS) and ‘TIERNEY GEARON: THE MOTHER PROJECT (ZEITGEIST FILMS).
He has exhibited in group exhibitions at RIVINGTON ARMS/NY, GUILD AND GREYSHKUL/NY, CIRCLECULTURE GALLERY/BERLIN, V1 GALLERY/COPENHAGEN and the traveling TINY VICES SHOW.
His solo exhibitions have been on view at SOMEDAY GALLERY/Melborne, MU/EINDHOVEN and GALLERY WHITE ROOM/TOKYO.
He is based in New York City”. check out his website: PETER SUTHERLAND !!
as well: on the occasion of this exhibit at ATM – SEEMS BOOKS will release ‘Blame it on the Dog’,
a limited edition photo book by PETER SUTHERLAND.
see: SEEMS BOOKS
~PETER SUTHERLAND/BLAME IT ON THE DOG !! OPENS TO-NITE at ATM ! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 21st, 2008, 1:27pm
‘GAME’ – by PETER SUTHERLAND !! from ARKITIP !!
‘GAME’ was released in conjunction with the homonymous exhibition at MU FOUNDATION, EINDHOVEN,
January 27 – February 25, 2007.
It contains a selection of photographs of the New York based Chinatown Soccer Club,
of which Sutherland is a member.
The CSC (Chinatown Soccer Club) is a semi-organized crew of artists, photographers, skateboarders and designers who meet year-round for friendly soccer matches in New York City’s Chinatown.
60 pages. Soft Cover. 7.5 x 10 in. Color Offset. Perfect Bound.
First Edition 2007. Book is signed by the Author. $50
see: ARKITIP/PETER SUTHERLAND/GAME
we first encountered PETER SUTHERLAND at the NOAM RAPPAPORT opening, that started the FALL 2008 season,
at ATM !! SEPT 5, 2008 – see: NOAM RAPPAPORT/ATM !!
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
definite !! – check out his website !! he is one live wire !! see: PETER SUTHERLAND !!
~PETER SUTHERLAND/ARKITIP |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 21st, 2008, 1:06pm
just for fun,
here’s an archival photo of artist/musician MATT REILLY of JAPANTHER,
showing us his ARKITIP !!
LOVELY DAZE BOOK LAUNCH, PRINTED MATTER, OCT 22, 2005
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: the original report/FALL 2005
that would be – ARKITIP ISSUE No. 28 with TODD JAMES/REAS/ARKITIP cover.
also includes: MAKING FRIENDS/TOBIN YELLAND & CHRIS YOMICK; BEAUTIFUL LOSERS/ANTON RICHARD; and the ALIFE HOW TO.
9 x 11.5 in.
a mixture of two color, four color and black & white.
Offset printing, perfect bound/Custom Arkitip embossed clear pvc bag with snap enclosure.
Pkg’d with an Arkitip + Reas Hanging Air Freshener (Strawberry).
Hand packaged & numbered Ltd. edition of 1000.
$30.
see: ARKITIP/ISSUE No. 0028
. . . the Arkitip + Reas Hanging Air Freshener (Strawberry) !! – looks like its well – worth the $30. !!
just to get the air freshener !!
~MATT REILLY & ARKITIP |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 21st, 2008, 12:30pm
more on: THE NY ART BOOK FAIR / 24 -26 OCTOBER 2008 !!
. . . just like THRIFT SHOP is the new black !! – just joking !! (maybe not . . . !!)
GRAPHIC ARTS & in particular GRAPHIC DESIGN are the new career choices and consuming interest – of the art world’s youngest wave of creative citizens. (its either that, …. or street art !!)
And animated happy chattering hordes of these bright young professionals turned up – en masse, for the 2008 NY ART BOOK FAIR. and why not. it was chockful of brilliant design, cutting edge content, a multitude of formats – and multiples – that were easily acquired – on an entry level NYC salary – or often, even, just given away !!
case in point the: THE NY ART BOOK FAIR – EXHIBITOR’S CATALOG – designed by GARRICK GOTT, published by PRINTED MATTER, and free for the taking !!
A beautiful little book, the size of a postcard and the heft of a small, well, book !! – it was delightful in many ways, from its tactile quality, the weight & feel of the pages, the way it was bound, the HELVETICA font, and the very restricted – yet striking color hues of a contrasting sharp pink outside, and a deep blue on the inside. (I’m feeling like a restaurant critic.) It was extremely functional, durable – and completely useful; a nice resource to look back on, once you got home. The sharp luminous saturated matte pink red color, of the cover – lit up the fair – like tiny twinkling Christmas lites – as they lay freely scattered about – on tables, and carried about – in everyone’s hands !!
adding to the considerable merriment – as this new wave of young artworld afficionados – dug in and stirred up – the fair’s very considerable & totally enjoyable offerings. Their enthusiasm for what they saw – was reflected on the
exhibitors’ friendly, and almost overwhelmed by the crowds – countenances. Everybody must have got on their cell phones and told their friends to get up off their butts, and come on over !!
(a small aside: a lot of people said one of the reasons the fair was so hugely successful this year, was the new venue: the PHILLIPS de PURY auction house’s – huge 3rd floor !! with its broken up, yet large and well-lit, interior space – so it’s interesting to entertain for a moment, the great contrast between the new wave – so upbeat and full of content, with everybody happily swinging shopping bags !! full of treasured goodies for the eye, mind & soul – and the bloodbath that took place there, one week later as the old guard’s so-called ‘CONTEMPORARY’ blue chip auctions !! absolutely failed – with over 40% of the first evening’s offerings unsold, and people walking around stunned, and disturbed – like zombies – clueless. The high end production catalogs – weren’t even worth the paper they were printed on. (usually they are sought-out collector’s items !!) and, it wasn’t just PHILLIPS, it was the blue chip secondary market in general. SOTHEBY’S & CHRISTE’S too. and, yo !! give credit where credit is due – PHILLIPS is the most forward-looking, and artist-friendly of the auction houses – I mean, come on – they were huge sponsors of this, the 3rd ANNUAL NY ART BOOK FAIR, and they provided the great venue !! right smack in the heart of Chelsea. TEKSERVE was also a proud sponsor of the fair. . . . It’s the just the contrast between the old guard of so-called art patrons – vs. the bright new wave – that’s so painful to watch. pull that old crusty scab off – and let the new DNA – see the sun’s daylight !!
we got to peek into the shopping bag of a young fair goer. a recent GRAPHIC DESIGN major from SVA !!
THE NY ART BOOK FAIR catalog – was at the top of the pile & she had five of them !! cost: FREE !!
they were actually tons of them spilling out everywhere – you could have grabbed 10,
and it would have been – ok.
the catalog, designed by GARRICK GOTT – was way more than meets the eye – it was kind of the visual
equivalent of a HAIKU and an amuse buche all – rolled into one – in fact, it was kind of a toy.
it went from pink to blue & back again – in the blink of an eye.
and it had that great HELVETICA font – that the SAGMEISTER / DEITCH SHOW, obliquely brought to our attention
because of his participation in the short brilliant film of the same name – ‘HELVETICA’ – hero font of the truly modern, or is that – contemporary – urban city.
it was fun to try and find the ‘tipping’ point, from pink to blue.
what’s that grid underneath ?
a knitting pattern chart !!
Charted Patterns for / SWEATERS THAT TALK BACK – LISA ANNE AUERBACH !!
and, as it turns out – quite open to interpretation – for a KNITTING BOOK !!
. . . when there’s nothing left to burn, you’ve got to / set yourself on fire.
OBAMA 2008 – LISA ANNE AUERBACH
YES WE CAN – LISA ANNE AUERBACH
‘Charted Patterns for SWEATERS THAT TALK BACK’ BY LISA ANNE AUERBACH. $15
PUBLISHED BY PRINTED MATTER NYC 2008.
from ONE TALKING BOOK – to – another. must be the season for oracles.
a little crisis – in the air – will do that for ya !!
MELISSA BROWN. limited edition (60) handscreened ‘Tabloid’ deck of playing cards. $30.
PUBLISHED BY PICTUREBOX NYC 2008
just on an impulse – we did decide to give the deck – an impromptu ‘spin’ !!
~found~
~babe~
(OMG – there she is again)
~the QUEEN ~ the grandmother of ROBERT DOWNEY, Jr.~ !!
~snubs~
~the world~
so, that’s: found babe of Robert Downey Jr.’s grandmother snubs world – hey, we’ll take that, and run !!
and it’s even signed by the artist – on the JOKER !!
who says, between his hands: “THE U.S. UNTOLD STORY” !! !!
if, you could stop STO from driving that CINDERS’ car long enough – you could score his handmade
political diatribe – FREE !!
(whoa – how c-o-o-l – doesn’t the mike look like a heavy-duty assault rifle, under her arm. way to go,
looks like – you’re a gonna need it. )
the sleeper – of the Fair. went right by me. like it was invisible. like a STEALTH FIGHTER !!
believe it was so designed to be, too !! invisible.
but it was one UFO / STARSHIP !! sighting !!
. . . for those who caught it !!
Raq Media Collective / THE SURFACE OF EACH DAY: QUESTIONS FOR COSMONAUTS
PUBLISHED BY PRINTED MATTER NYC 2008 – FREE !!
This pamphlet is the second of their ‘Artist & Activists’ series.
COPYRIGHT FREE: you are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform this work and to make derivative works.
Design: GARRICK GOTT
can you read that ? it says:
The Surface of Each Day:
Questions for Cosmonauts
Raqs Media Collective
The surface of each day is a different planet.
Cosmonaut, how do you recognize signs of life when you see them on your voyage ?
How do you make sure that you do not mistake the relics of past voyages for the fossils of giants?
and, then – right back to – earth !!
PRINTED PROJECT – ‘the art of living with strangers’ !!
ISSUE: 10 / LOLITA JABLONSKIENE curator/editor
PUBLISHED BY VISUAL ARTISTS IRELAND 2008 – $10
see: printedproject.ie
PRINTED PROJECT – ‘the art of living with strangers’
PRINTED PROJECT – ‘the art of living with strangers’
you could also score the brand new ANP QUARTERLY, flung around by the box full !! FREE !!
ANP QUARTERLY / RVCA / VOLUME 2 / NUMBER 1
FRONT COVER – KAWS photographed by TERRY RICHARDSON. JUNE 2008. BROOKLYN, New York.
detail. inside front cover/SPREAD FROM KAWS’ sketchbook.
ANP QUARTERLY.
The issue starts with a photo essay on the MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR & just keeps on going.
the standardly oversize publication, 10-1/2 x 16 in. is always free – if you can find ’em !!
you can also get them by subscription – for a small handing fee.
see: ANPQUARTERLY!
anything else, left in her bag. yep !! of course !!
. . . a signed MICHEL GONDRY COMIC BOOK – $5.99 / FROM PICTUREBOX NYC !!
that’s, what I call: a – real – s-t-e-a-l !!
detail, inside cover / PICTUREBOX PRESENTS
WE LOST THE WAR BUT NOT THE BATTLE – a revengeful story by MICHEL GONDRY
32 PAGES – ALL In COLORS – ‘FRIENDSHIP GOES BEYOND DEATH’ – PUBLISHED BY PICTUREBOX
BROOKLYN NYC – 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: PIX FROM THE NY ART BOOK FAIR – OPENING !!
~NY ART BOOK FAIR/PRINTED MATTER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 20th, 2008, 1:41pm
ANTEATER/ARTWORK by HEATHER GARGON/PHOTO COURTESY: FORTOUL PRESENTS/1810 BERGENLINE AVE, UNION CITY, N.J.
BEAR/ARTWORK BY HEATHER GARGON/PHOTO COURTESY: FORTOUL PRESENTS
LIVE FAST PRESENTS:
NEW WORK BY HEATHER GARGON of FORTOUL PRESENTS !!
OPENING PAR-TAY !! – SAT – NOV 15, 2008 / 7 -11 PM
LIVE FAST NYC- 57 CLINTON – BTWN RIVINGTON + STANTON – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
CHECK OUT:
HEATHER GARGON/PHOTO COURTESY: FORTOUL PRESENTS
ARTWORK BY HEATHER GARGON/COURTESY: FORTOUL PRESENTS
HEATHER GARGON grew up in Rural Ohio and transplanted to Phoenix, Arizona two years ago.
She attended the University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
read more about HEATHER & see some of her work: HEATHER GARGON/FORTOUL PRESENTS
CHECK OUT: FORTOUL PRESENTS !!
CHECK OUT: FORTOUL PRESENTS on myspace !!
CHECK OUT: MF GALLERY !!
one of HEATHER GARGON’S ONE-OF-A-KIND HANDMADE TOYS/COURTESY: MF GALLERY
2008 MF TOYS SHOW – at LIVE FAST NYC – 57 CLINTON ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
OPENING PARTY – SATURDAY NOV 15 / 7-11 PM/IMAGE COURTESY: MF TOYS
~REALLY, PLAYING !!/HEATHER GARGON at LIVE FAST NYC !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 15th, 2008, 3:03pm
