‘PLAF’ – ‘AUTONOMOUS MECHANISMS’
a collaborative project & exhibit by: ELTONO & MOMO
SEPT 1 – OCT 10, 2008 – the inaugural exhibit of one of NYC’S newest galleries:
ANONYMOUS GALLERY – 329 BROOME ST. bet THE BOWERY & CHRYSTIE ST.
LOWER EAST SIDE
HOURS: TUES-SAT 12-7 PM
Plaf is a word for . . . “splash in both Spanish and French and relates to this on-going project that features kinetic wooden sculptures that have been placed … in New York’s waterways. Constructed from used materials, the work will be left to the elements …”
– gallery press release
see: ANONYMOUS/PLAF: ELTONO & MOMO/video
see: PREVIEW/OPENING/PLAF
(this image & show was featured on the artlovers home page week of: OCT 7-15, 2008)
PIX FROM THE EXHIBIT:
the metal work doorway leads the way to one of New York City’s newest galleries:
ANONYMOUS. in fact this is their inaugural show.
a wall of graphic design & bold color – immediately grabs your attention.
78 PLAF MAKER PRINTS – $700. ea.
1 of 1 – meaning each one is a unique image and not repeated.
30 x 22 in on Lenox 100 paper.
Using a computer script designed by MOM – each print is developed by random selection. D Shapes, designed by both artists, are submitted to the computer program and the program
randomizes the shapes and completes each ensemble. therefore: “each print is an original design – produced by chance”.
PLAF MAKER PRINTS
PLAF MAKER PRINTS
PLAF MAKER PRINTS
PLAF MODELS – MIXED MEDIA SCULPTURES. PROTOTYPE FOR IN-SITU SCULPTURES.
Each MODEL is the replica used to create the full-scale kinetic sculptures that have been placed and fastened in several locations in the New York waterways. Constructed from used materials, the full-scale sculptures move and change shape with the rise and fall of the tides, the wake and undetermined circumstance. The sculptures were left to the elements as a way to explore the force and power of water.
PLAF – MODEL #1 – ($1,500)
PLAF – MODEL #2
PLAF – MODEL #3 – ($2,500)
PLAF – MODEL #5 – ($2,000)
detail, PLAF – MODEL #5
PLAF – MODEL #7 – ($2,700)
detail, PLAF – MODEL 7
in this dense city of people, skyscrapers and subways – it’s easy forget – we are a small island surrounded by ocean-fed waters. ELTONO and MOMO follow in the footsteps .. lifejackets !!? … of MARIE LORENZ and DUKE RILEY – in reminding us of the watery narrative close by and all around us.
MARIE LORENZ/PHOTO COURTESY: ANONYMOUS GALLERY
in fact, if you cruise the ANONYMOUS website – Marie’s photo pops up a few times, she also seems to have found a home here. In 2006 – MOMO and ZOSEN of Barcelona built a 12 ft. TOTEM POLE in the East River with Marie on a voyage of Marie’s ‘Tide and Current Taxi’.
In that project Marie has been “carrying people to the edge of civilization” for the past 3 years, in a boat she herself constructed.
see: ANONYMOUS/PLAF: ELTONO & MOMO
FLOATING PLAF MAKER #9 – ($900)
Painted wood-cuts. Added to Chelsea Piers floating debris and removed.
Each FLOATING PLAF MAKER was cut, painted, and placed into the sludge and debris that collects near Chelsea Piers. The wood pieces were then pulled from the debris and hung in selected order. Each piece includes 3-5 wood-cut pieces, painted on both sides – each piece is changeable.
FLOATING PLAF MAKER #10 ($900)
FLOATING PLAF MAKER #11
FLOATING PLAF MAKERS – on the gallery wall.
the exhibit also contained a wall of photo documentation of the projects.
PLAF – ELTONO & MOMO – in the New York City waterways.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – unless otherwise noted.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE ARTISTS – FROM THE GALLERY PRESS RELEASE:
“The groundbreaking graphic interventions of the artist ELTONO, French born and residing in Madrid, have attracted attention in cities all over the world. He leaves his marks between Scotland and Brazil…. Eltono’s urban interventions are the result of a spontaneous reaction to confront the visual saturation of the urban space. Painting simple forms such as tuning forks, without an apparent message, is his way of countering the posters, advertising and signs that are imposed almost with force, to the eyes of urban pedestrians. In this context, his paintings propose a kind of visual rest, they do not sell or order anything, thy only exist in an aesthetic and composition proposal questioning mass communication.”
“MOMO is from the San Francisco Bay area. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, by way of 12 mostly adventurous years in southern climates: Jamaica, Spain, New Orleans, Key west, Taos, Georgia and North Carolina. He’s lived in tents, caves, cars and sheds. His ephemeral projects have sabotaged war advertisements, and he tagged the width of Manhattan (with his name in one long running line !!) … ”
see: ELTONO !!
see: MOMO’S SHOW PALACE !!
and, don’t miss: MOMO TAGS – THE WIDTH OF MANHATTAN !!
see: MARIE LORENZ !!
ANONYMOUS GALLERY
~ANONYMOUS/ELTONO & MOMO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 19th, 2008, 11:23am
‘HOLD TIGHT’ – OPENS TO-NITE !! – SAT OCT 11 – 6:30-10 PM
the show runs: OCT 11 – NOV 5, 2008
GIANT ROBOT GALLERY – 437 EAST 9TH ST – BTWN 1st AVE & AVE A – EAST VILLAGE – NYC
more info: GRNY
a 12 PERSON GROUP SHOW – WITH WORKS BY: CALEF BROWN, JO DERY, JAD FAIR, MATTHEW FEYLD (who did the card’s illustration !!), KATHERINE GUILLEN, LIZZ HICKEY, CAROLINE HWANG, JORDIN ISIP, TAKASHI IWASAKI, CAT LAUIGAN, JEREMIAH MADDOCK & WILL SCHAFF
MANY, not all !! – of the ARTISTS – WILL BE AT THE RECEPTION.
~HOLD TIGHT/opens to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 11th, 2008, 1:51pm
ART MAKES EYE CONTACT – SAT – OCT 11, 2008 !!
* * AN ART SALE & EXPERIENCE TO BENEFIT – TRANSFORMAZIUM !! * *
4 PM – SCREENINGS: BRADDOCK, PA in context
and/or I woke up and all the industry had left our neighborhood
5 PM – TOTAL EYE CONTACT – BBQ !!!
6 PM – THE OPENING:
art sale, raffle (a SWOON, a McGEE, and all inclusive stay in Braddock !!), inter-activities,
cool jams, good people, general goods store !!
* * * PIX FROM THE OPENING – PAR-TAY !! * * *
SWOON aka CALLIE – and – CHRIS STAIN !!
SWOON aka CALLIE – and – CHRIS STAIN – both have work in the show.
PHOTOGRAPHER PORTS BISHOP DROPS BY.
local talent: PORTS BISHOP, STO & NICK KUSZYK.
Nick has work in the show.
BARRY McGEE – this piece was auctioned off. wonder if that auction was rigged – man. I’d rig it – if I could-a – whoever who scored this – s-c-o-r-e-d big time. !!
STEPHEN POWERS ($3,000)
DENNIS McNETT ($150)
NICK KUSZYK ($60) – these are really small little mini paintings like 4 in. x 4 in. tops !!
I tried to pull one off the – wall – but it was stuck on real good.
MAYA HAYUK – DEVENDRA BANHART POSTER. 100 copies. not numbered. not signed. ($40)
MAYA HAYUK – skateboard – ($450)
detail, MAYA HAYUK – skateboard
detail, MAYA HAYUK – skateboard
detail, MAYA HAYUK – skateboard
MAYA HAYUK
IO of OVERSPRAY
SKEWVILLE – ($125)
Icky A. – ($20)
CHRIS STAIN – ($2,000) – undeniably b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l.
see: CHRIS STAIN !!
you GOTTA watch this !!: SWOON, CHRIS STAIN & THE POLAROID KIDD/BEAUBORG FRANCE/2007/SOFARIDA/YouTube !!
& definite !! check out !!: CHRIS STAIN writes !!
NOAH SPARKES – ($600)
SWOON – ($2,000)
BAST
well, there are RAFFLE QUILTS – and then, there are RAFFLE DANCES. whoever won this raffle – got to dance real PRETTY !!
top: CONRAD CARLSON – ($1,500)
white paper cut-out by ANDREW PONEROS – ($350) – oh for $350 bucks – it would be M-I-N-E !!
another CONRAD CARLSON – supposedly he has one of the biggest ‘found’ collections of discarded cardboard – in the city – if not the world !! and, I believe it.
at the left, CONRAD CARLSON, beside one of his cardboard pieces.
word on the street is, Conrad – is the current President of the Black Label (Mutant) Bike Club
New York.
CONRAD CARLSON – ($1,400). . . so, … in yer face, !! – LAZARIDES/OUTSIDERS NY !!
what was that large FAILE piece selling for ? someone told me over $100,000.
detail, CONRAD CARLSON
detail – MAKE FLAMES !! – CONRAD CARLSON
PETER SUTHERLAND – PHOTOGRAPH – ($400) – PETER SUTHERLAND has the next show,
in the new ATM GALLERY, Chelsea 27th STREET – space !!
large wooden 3-D head by UFO – ($1,200) – an absolute steal !!
detail UFO – dig !! those router details in the plywood, at the back !!
reminds me of TAYLOR McKIMENS – ‘The Drips’ !! – come to life in 3-d & in, plywood – yet !!
detail, UFO
RACHEL – last name being sought – know it ? – send it in !!
DENNIS McNETT – ($100) – bet he makes the Black Label posters !!
MONICA CANILAO – ($150) – ‘WE HOLD EACH OTHER, UP’.
TOM BEALE
the wall mounted – faucet – sculpture – GREG HENDERSON – ($900)
detail, GREG HENDERSON – 3-D wall piece – faucet !!
ZACH PUFF – ($60) – really really like this piece, too !! oh, for $60 !!
DAVID ELLIS – ($300)
TOD SEELIE PHOTOGRAPH – ($450)
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – TALL BIKES aka MUTANT BIKES – NEW YORK
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
still – waiting for the the RAFFLE winner to be announced !!
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
outside in the street – playing around on the BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK – 2 SEATER !!
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK – 2 SEATER !!
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK- 2 seater !!
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK – MUTANT – TALL/SMALL BIKE !!
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. SECRET ROBOT PROJECT. BROOKLYN. OCT 11, 2008
THE TRANSFORMAZIUM BENEFIT – WITH:
ART WORKS BY: SWOON, STEVE POWERS, MARTHA COOPER, KATIE BURKART, CHRIS STAIN, AIKO, PAPER RAD, BILL DANIEL, LEE QUINONES, THAD KELLSTADT, CAMERON MICHAEL, MELISSA LOMBARDO, SAM FRIEDMAN, HAPPYFun INDUSTRIES, GREG HENDERSON, KRISTIN FETTERMAN, NICK KUSZYK, MATTHEW McGUINNESS, CONRAD CARLSON, KATHLEEN VANCE, BARRY McGEE, DAPHANE FITZPATRICK, NOAH SPARKES, ALISON CORRIE, ANDREW PONEROS, SADU, ICKY A., MAYA HAYUK, FAILE, DOCTOR JPL, LAURA BELLMONT, JOSH TONIES, MARY TREMONTE, PAUL BOSCH, KIKI SMITH, JOEL RICE, CHRIS UPHUES, ZACH POFF . . . . and many more !!
* * EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK * *
* * DANCE PARTY – SAT OCT 18, 2008 !! * *
ALL EVENTS AT: SECRET PROJECT ROBOT: ART EXPERIMENT – 210 KENT AVE – BROOKLYN
see: SECRET PROJECT ROBOT
and, DEFINITELY !! CHECK OUT !!: TRANSFORMAZIUM – to see what it’s all about !!
don’t miss links to:
see: MAYA HAYUK
see: SWOON
see: LADY PINK
see: CYCLE
see: NOAH SPARKES
see: LEON REID IV
see: MARY TREMONTE
see: MARISSA LOMBARDO & BIANCA BUTTI
~ART MAKES EYE CONTACT/BIG PAR-TAY at SECRET PROJECT ROBOT/to-day !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 11th, 2008, 12:52pm
WOLFY.
KAYROCK.
KAYROCK & WOLFY – run KAYROCK SCREENPRINTING – and have recently been producing a series of small handmade limited edition books for several local artists – including Sto and Mike Pare.
The books are available at PRINTED MATTER in Manhattan, & CINDERS in BROOKLYN.
CiNDERS is where we are – at the ALLYSON MELLBERG OPENING – FRI OCT 10, 2008
Their printing studio is located in Williamsburg, BROOKLYN – just above SECRET PROJECT ROBOT.
see: KAYROCK.ORG – & – KAYROCK.ORG/BOOKS
they also – interestingly enough – do custom WEDDING INVITATIONS !! see: KAYROCK.ORG/WEDDING INVITATIONS
we pause to – give this guy – starring in the previous photo’s background – some face time !!
this is JASON DOUGLAS GRIFFIN aka the ‘life partner’ – who currently has a show of his semi-realistic paintings: – ’80’s BABIES’ – up at LEO KESTING GALLERY – the 812 WASHINGTON ST., Manhattan location, (OCT 16 – NOV 2, 2008).
see: LEO KESTING
back to KAYROCK. meet their new intern, ANNA HAINICH.
this is the screen printed, hand bound book they made for STO – recently.
‘Asleep At The Wheel’ – artwork by STO. published APRIL 2008.
16 pages, 4-1/2 in. x 6 in. Edition of 100. handsigned & numbered. ($25 ea.)
pamphlet bound french butcher paper with red cover stock.
a peek inside: ‘Asleep At The Wheel’ – artwork by STO – A KAYROCK SCREENPRINTING PUBLICATION.
‘Asleep At The Wheel’ – artwork by STO.
another KAYROCK PRODUCTION – is this very sweet little book – ‘VECHICLES OF THE ANCIENTS’ by MIKE PARE !!
published July 2008. same format. 16 pages, 4-1/2 in. x 6 in. Edition of 100.
handsigned & numbered. ($25 ea.) pamphlet bound & printed with 2 tones of 100% graphite on french butcher paper with orange fizz cover stock.
‘VEHICLES OF THE ANCIENTS’ – MIKE PARE.
you can currently see a large ‘NAVAJO’ drawing by MIKE PARE up in the new ATM SHOW:
‘EAST MOVES WEST’ !!
see: ATM GALLERY
‘VEHICLES OF THE ANCIENTS’ – MIKE PARE.
‘VEHICULES OF THE ANCIENTS’ – MIKE PARE.
and then, there is – STO’S self-published handmade little gem of a book – ’30’.
each cover is different – get it !! ($4 ea.) inside is a text – which is very poetic and, deeply felt – and, which we won’t give away – so, go get it – dumbass cheapskate !!
STO wears a lot of hats – entrepreneur, gallerist, artist, and writer, not the least, among them.
STO’s – ’30’.
STO with his ’30’ – STO is wearing a JENNY PULLS t-shirt.
then there’s MEL KADEL’S limited edition (100) handmade artist book: ‘CHILLO’. ($24)
this was the first book to sell-out at the CINDERS booth at the recent NY ART BOOK FAIR . . .
inside MEL KADEL’S – ‘CHILLO’ – believe, she handstains each page individually.
oh oh oh – what do we have here – a new handmade book, ‘BANANA BREEZE’ by MISAKI KAWAI and JUSTIN WALDRON – !! – a sharp scenester would have to stop and ponder: does this indicate a new significant other – in Misaki’s colorful world ?
on a top shelf: ‘Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia’; center – a perennial fave – BRIAN CHIPPENDALE’S amazing hardcover comic book tome, from PICTUREBOX; and – what looks to be: ‘Stealing Peechiesa’ !! ? gotta go back & check that one – o-u-t !!
STO’s also got a couple of his own 3-D art pieces scattered about – this is a personal fave – a bag of chips ($250) !!
STO’s ‘BIG GULP’ !!
STO’s radio – with wake-up call !!
it would be a sin to omit – the few remaining porcelain ‘planter’ heads from ALLYSON MELLBERG’S last showing at CINDERS.
porcelain deer – by ALLYSON MELLBERG
STO – reaching to replenish the beers. ALLYSON MELLBERG -‘Do Little’ opening.
CINDERS, BROOKLYN. OCT 10, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
CINDERS
~NEW BOOKS & STUFF/at CINDERS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 11th, 2008, 12:51pm
ALLYSON MELLBERG opens: ‘Do Little’ !! to a large & very receptive crowd in Brooklyn.
ALLYSON came to town briefly – for the opening of this exhibit person of her new works, (all are made in 2008), at CINDERS.
The show runs OCT 10 – NOV 9, 2008 and yes, its a definite – go see !!!
She currently lives, with her husband, fellow artist JEREMY TAYLOR, in CHARLOTTSVILLE, VIRGINIA, where she teaches foundation studio courses, in the Fine Arts Program at JAMES MADISON University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
She seems to be a very private, quiet, though totally right-on & very inspired artist & global citizen – you can get a little more insight into her – on her blog, see: a & j !!
she is standing in front of one of the larger framed drawings on paper, ‘Collectors’, 34 x 25 ins, ($1,500). The work, like all the works in this show – acquires its strange, subtle, monochromatic, and mysterious earth hues from the natural non-toxic materials with which she works exclusively, including homemade walnut ink, vegetable inks and egg tempera.
However, and most ironically – in Ms. Mellberg’s hands – these organic hand-harvested non-toxic pigments – and, in contrast to many of her creative world-sensitive contemporaries – don’t express a robust growing earth plant world !!! The yellowy brown stains and mottled details of the overgrown diseased potato/fungus/mushroom-like rock the girls are ‘collecting’, and the red measles-like dots on the young girls’ own faces and arms – suggest something’s gone wrong – these organically scripted drawings – speak of almost invisible toxins and subtlely diseased eco-systems – they do not augur well for the future.
ALLYSON MELLBERG, detail ‘Collectors’, homemade walnut ink & egg tempera.
. . . in fact, Ms. Mellberg confirms that the ‘rock’ they collect is indeed – toxic – and, not to be touched. It’s a metaphor, I guess – for her general theme throughout: our youngest, and most innocent children, no matter how we take care of them – are being borne into an already degraded and toxic eco-system – and, it is affecting them. They are already ‘damaged’, weakened – we are are no longer able to procreate robust earth plants or animals, human species included …. no matter how organic – the effort – the global degrade & pollution – is already too manifest.
just for fun, or maybe NOT !! – one could take it even further, and question the origins & health of those very eggs – that her egg tempera is derived from !! – was it organic ? more to the point – did she raise it ? did that egg tempera derive from an egg that was laid by a hen raised on a farm – as a free ranging farm animal, like back in the day, or are those industrial super market egg tempera eggs – ‘collected’ from hens cooped up lifelong in small metal cages, like the ones most of us eat, whether we envision it or not, every time we crack one open? OMG – can you just imagine a not so far-off world – where even – in the art supply stores – !! – the labels would be required to inform you of the real origins of your watercolor pigments – the new-age version of that old school – battle: WINDSOR-NEWTON vs. PRANG !!!
. . . which is not say – that because this show has ‘meaning’ – it isn’t b-e-a-u-t–i-f-u-l !! au contraire – even more so!! it takes accountability. it speaks to change and future hope. without text. very visual – pure juice !! it’s this super immediate generation’s step beyond the one that just so briefly flared – and – flamed its way into our hearts – the beautiful losers and neo-hippies – with their psychedelic mushrooms, neon colors and shamanistic visions !! that was/is a neo ‘me’ culture – this one speaks of the ‘other’ – the children who come after us – a very innocent, very sensitive, very gentle animal-listening race – very artistic – but very doomed – if we don’t watch – it !!
just like this portrait – its a kind of reverse decadence. instead of a dark 1930 Berlin cabaret dancer or an equally flamboyant American 20’s flapper – throwing her fur with glorious abandon about her neck – here – well, you get the picture !!! in fact some aspects of her work – brings to mind, for me anyways – BARRY McGEE – his sorrowful decadent world weary – faces painted onto glass bottles.
some of the work is much more dreamy – and less in-your face. though still on point. it be interesting to ask ALLYSON, herself – if she felt she was in-your-face. but look at her blog, a&j, (also linked above). in her own way – she is very determined and very direct about how wants to live her time – on this planet. she is of gardens – but she is no wallflower – she is one strong willed lady…
the show included some small dioramas – with hand-sewn cloth (felt) figures.
the pieces come with the ‘shelves’ – which were made by Allyson’s husband, artist JEREMY TAYLOR.
yes, there are hand painted ‘faces’ along some of the walls. what was that about Barry McGee, Clare Rohas, and, even Matt Leines ?
a close-up of a tiny hand stitched felt figure.
ALLYSON MELLBERG, ‘Give or take’, (collaboration w. JEREMY TAYLOR), wool blend felt, wood, walnut ink backdrop, 2008. ($750.)
ALLYSON MELLBERG, ‘I imagine the wilderness will be strange.’ , homemade walnut ink & egg tempera,
2008. ($1,500)
detail, ALLYSON MELLBERG, ‘I imagine the wilderness will be strange’.
AMERICAN QUILTERS – are you, with me ?
the opening nite party spills out onto HAVEMEYER & HOPE ST.
the favorite roost outside CINDERS.
artists: KELIE BOWMAN (also a co-founder of CINDERS), and her guest, ALLYSON MELLBERG.
the opening reception for: ALLYSON MELLBERG – ‘Do Little’, CINDERS GALLERY, OCT 10, 2008
the show runs thru NOV 9, 2008.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: ARCHIVAL PHOTOS/ALLYSON MELLBERG & JEREMY TAYLOR/HANDPLANT at CINDERS/FALL 2007
CINDERS
~ALLYSON MELLBERG/OPENING PIX !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 11th, 2008, 12:50pm
CINDERS GALLERY PRESENTS:
ALLYSON MELLBERG – ‘Do Little’ – OPENING TO-NITE !! – FRI OCT 10 – 6-10 PM
the show runs: OCT 10 – NOV 9, 2008
CINDERS GALLERY – 103 HAVEMEYER – BTWN HOPE + GRAND ST – BROOKLYN – NY
HOURS: WE-SUN 1-7PM
THIS IS ALLYSON MELLBERG’S second solo show at CINDERS.
“The title ‘Do Little’ – is both a reference to the doctor of the same name who realizes
he can speak to animals – and – a jab at our general public’s apathy towards increasingly
important environmental issues.”
She works with natural non-toxic materials that include homemade walnut ink, vegetable
inks, and egg tempura. Along with the delicate paintings – will be small sculptures and dioramas.
CINDERS
~ALLYSON MELLBERG/CINDERS/opens to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 4:33pm
‘QUALITY OF LIFE’ – OPENS TO-NITE !! – FRI OCT 10 – 6-10 PM !!
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: JAKE DOBKIN, LUNA PARK, SAM HORINE & STREET STARS
the show runs: OCT 10 – OCT 31, 2008
FACTORY FRESH – 1053 FLUSHING AVE – BUSHWICK – BROOKLYN
L TRAIN TO MORGAN/BETW. MORGAN & KNICKERBOCKER
for more info, see: FACTORY FRESH
. . also opening in the same space, same night: ‘BUSHWICK YOURSELF!’
GAETANE MICHAUX – an artist & architect from BRUSSELS – now living in BROOKLYN – mixes it up !!
FACTORY FRESH
~FACTORY FRESH/BIG OPENING to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 4:06pm
ANDY COOLQUITT – ‘LIGHT’ – OPENS TO-NITE !! – FRI OCT 10 – 6-8pm
the show runs: OCT 10 – NOV 16, 2008
LISA COOLEY – 34 ORCHARD ST. – BET: HESTER & CANAL – LOWER EAST SIDE – NY
more info: LISA COOLEY
~ANDY COOLQUITT/LIGHT/OPENS to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 3:57pm
‘STOOP SALE’ – ETHAN CRENSON
STOOP SALE: FUNCTIONAL, Displaced, Refusing Definition, Glaringly Physcial, Neutral, Indifferent, Validated,
and Private Objects.
A STOOP SALE is laid out on a blanket located outside a building where MARCEL DUCHAMP once had a studio.
The items in the stoop sale are common objects, but they could be taken as ‘poor cousins’ of som eof Duchamp’s readymades.
TIME: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 18, & 25, 2008 (11am-5pm)
LOCATION: 210 WEST 14th STREET between SIXTH & SEVENTH AVENUES
also, check out: ETHAN CRENSON !!
THIS SITE SPECIFIC PROJECT IS PART OF: ART IN ODD PLACES 2008 !!
~ETHAN CRENSON/ART IN ODD PLACES |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 3:43pm
‘MIDAS’ – KENNY KOMER and BORIS RASIN
BROKEN, ABANDONED, and mundane objects along 14th Street … are painted a metallic gold color.
By painting these stationary items gold, the artists bring pedestrians’ attention to the forgotten relics
that otherwise disappear into the urban periphery.
TIME: ongoing throughout OCTOBER 2008
LOCATION: 22, 247, & 526 EAST 14th STREET – & – SE CORNER WEST 14th STREET at 10TH AVENUE
also, check out: KENNY KOMER/BORIS RASIN !!
THIS SITE SPECIFIC PROJECT IS PART OF: ART IN ODD PLACES 2008 !!
UP-DATE: WED OCT 22, 2008
. . . actually happened to walk by, what must be !! – one of their pieces !!
‘MIDAS’ – KENNY KOMER and BORIS RASIN – BROKEN, ABANDONED, AND MUNDANE OBJECTS ALONG
14th STREET – ARE PAINTED A METALLIC GOLD.
and yes, – their premise is true, (if you are a sharp witted pedestrian) – “BY PAINTING THESE STATIONARY ITEMS GOLD, THE ARTISTS BRING PEDESTRIANS’ ATTENTION TO THE
FORGOTTEN RELICS THAT OTHERWISE DISAPPEAR INTO THE URBAN PERIPHERY.”
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, 14th St. at 9th Ave., NYC. OCT 19, 2008
P.S.– in response to a query for more info regarding this street ‘landmark’ & the painting of it !! – we just got an interesting note back – from the artists:
“To be honest we are not 100% sure what that is. We believe it to be some sort of old vent, probably for the subway system. There are a bunch of them throughout the city and they usually appear above a subway line. So that is our guess.
“We approached the DOT, FDNY and DEP to get permits to do a bunch of projects along 14th Street including parking meters, old fire call boxes, street poles, etc. While they all thought the project was interesting, none of them wanted to grant us official permission. Those vents you saw actually weren’t owned by DEP. Maybe they are owned by the MTA but we didn’t want to get another “NO” – so we just went ahead and painted them. We did it in broad daylight with rollers and were never stopped by a single cop, just curious pedestrians.
“We have about a dozen pieces along 14th Street. One favorite is a huge stretch of an old piece of steel spanning around the corner of 14th Street & 10th Avenue.” – KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN
see more pix of their project – on the artists’ website, pretty i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g !!
and, definite – check out their: website !!
P.P.S.
KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN, are local talent – NYC kids – who seem to pretty much collaborate as a creative team – since way back in the day – when they became friends in their COOPER UNION undergrad college days. Though, interestingly enough they both went to the same Junior High School – MARK TWAIN JHS in CONEY ISLAND – and, they both had attended LAGUARDIA HS, previously.
They made waves in the underground (pun intended !!) – way back in 2005 – when they created a series of very detailed site specific underground scenarios in the concrete crawlspace – beneath the WEST 26th ST. sidewalk – in Chelsea – for the now defunct CAPSULE GALLERY – while they were still undergrads at COOPER UNION. Kenny was in his Junior year, and Boris was a Senior. What was so unique, among many things actually – about this project – was that the installation was viewable though a ‘window’ in the basement location of the gallery, though the actual crawlspace itself – was only accessible through a kind of narrow ‘manhole’ entry in the sidewalk itself.
see: 2005-09-26/SUB:URBAN-JET FAN’S ROOM !!
see: 2005-11-2/SUB:URBAN-WRITER’S BLOCK !!
~KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN/ART IN ODD PLACES |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 2:58pm
