~PETER SUTHERLAND/OPENING PIX

P Sutherland card

last week to catch !!

PETER SUTHERLAND – ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’ !!

NOV 21, 2008 thru SATURDAY, JAN 10, 2009
ATM – 621 W. 27 ST – CHELSEA – NEW YORK CITY

note: the gallery will be open FRIDAY & SATURDAY/JAN 2 & 3, 2009

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PIX FROM THE OPENING – NOV 21, 2008

Blame #1
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’ – OPENING NIGHT – ATM GALLERY.

Blame # 2
DONALD EUBANK greets PETER SUTHERLAND.
Donald Eubank is a staff writer for THE JAPAN TIMES/ONLINE – with a focus a on contemporary art.

blame # 3
EVE LYONS and RAPHAEL RIOS with Peter Sutherland.

Blame # 4
ANDREW RUNKLE shows us a copy of the limited edition book, (100 copies), also titled ‘Blame It On The Dog’ – that Seems Books published for Peter Sutherland – on the occasion of the ATM exhibit.
Andrew Runkle is a producer for MOTHERLAND.US – an animation and motion graphics firm.
see: MOTHERLAND.US
of note: ANDREW RUNKLE was the producer on the animated MOTHERLAND.US project – ‘Smallville: Justice and Doom’ Episodes. see: SMALLVILLE/MOTHERLAND.US

Blame # 5
ATM artist – ERIC SAL drops by.

Blame # 6
editorial photographer BEN COLLIER, who exhibited his BEJING photos, this past summer at ATM.
Behind him, PETER SUTHERLAND photos – ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’.

Blame # 7
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Diamond Patch’, C-Print, 20 x 24 in., 2008. edition of 5. ($1,400).

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PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Metal Memorial’, 2008. C-Print, 20 x 24 in.

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detail, PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Metal Memorial’.

Blame # 10
STANLEY LUMAX in front of ‘Rugged #1’ – one of 2 custom designed rugs produced by PETER SUTHERLAND, specifically for this show. Each is is 4 x 6 ft. and each is unique. ($3,200).

Blame # 11
NATALIE BERTAUX of ANOMALY COMMUNICATIONS, and photographer STANLEY LUMAX.
see: STANLEY LUMAX PHOTOGRAPHY/STONEFACE PHOTOGRAPHY

blame # 12
PETER SUTHERLAND with his other Rug – in the show !!
‘Rugged 2’, 2008. Rug. 4 x 6 ft., custom design. unique. ($3,200)

BLAME # 13
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Rugged 2’ – !!

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detail, PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Rugged 2’.

Blame # 15
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Witness the World’s Biggest Campfire’, 2008. C-Print.

Blame # 17
ANDREW SUTHERLAND, Peter’s brother.

Blame # 18
ANDREW SUTHERLAND, BLAIN HOWARD, and JASON MITCHELL.
BLAIN HOWARD works with BENDER/HELPER IMPACT – PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS.
see: BENDER/HELPER IMPACT

Blame # 19
independent curator TAKA KAWACHI, JESSE MILLER and PETER SUTHERLAND.
JESSE MILLER is the bassist for the band: LOTUS.
see: JESSE MILLER/CINCY GROOVE INTERVIEW
check out & sample music: LOTUS/official website

blame # 20
PETER SUTHERLAND greets photographer NICHOLAS HAGGARD
see: NICHOLAS HAGGARD PORTFOLIO

blame # 21
detail, PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Crusty Homies’, 2008. C-Print

Blame # 22
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Crusty Homies’, 2008. C-Print. 16 x 20 in. edition of 6. ($1,000)

blame # 23
center, in red shirt, JUSTIN FINES.
NYC-based art director and designer JUSTIN FINES runs: DEMO DESIGN CO.

demo
definite, check out: JUSTIN FINES/DEMO !!
g-r-e-a-t animated logo !!

blame # 24.
NYC-based graphic designer and art director: NATHAN NEDOROSTEK.
Mr. Nedorostek is the co-author, (with Anthony Pappalardo) of ‘RADIO SILENCE: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music’.
see: NATHAN NEDOROSTEK

Blame # 25
SUE LEE of EBELING GROUP and NATHAN NEDOROSTEK.

blame # 26
JOSH PORTER of NIKE MARKETING

Blame # 27
PETER SUTHERLAND, MEMORY CARD, C-Print with text. 2008. 16 x 24.5 in. unique. ($1,500)
lucky for ATM gallery-goers, there were a small series of ‘Memory Cards’ in the back room.
Striking photos paired with scrawled almost illegible handscript – these pieces rewarded viewers’ patience – with insight into this artist’s formative – soul – truthfully – that’s the best word. Like the best documentary photographers, and I guess, art photographers – PETER SUTHERLAND’S work springs from a deep well of sensitive observation, since early childhood – to the world unfolding around him.
Often with dark resonances. It’s this combination of narrative and darkly lyrical insight – that makes his work so singular, and so compelling.

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detail, PETER SUTHERLAND ‘MEMORY CARD’. 2008, 16 x 24.5 in. unique. ($2,000)
this narrative was about growing up. it would seem ideal to have grown up in a close-knit artistic family that had a tree-house in the rural yard …

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but this memory is of a family cat that meet with an accident that made green slim ooze out of his ear and gave its young author – nightmares – and informed a dark side – that seems to have been in place since early childhood …
likewise, another MEMORY CARD, a little further on in his life – is about a bad mushroom trip while trying to impress a high school hottie named Cinnamon, who had a nose-ring, and almost dying – in a blizzard. a classic snowboard loser.
It was really interesting to go back through the photo exhibit – after immersion in these tense biographical foragings.

blame # 32
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘I Took This Photo, Then Let It Fly Away.’ 2008. C-Print.

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detail, PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘I Took This Photo, Then Let It Fly Away.’

Blame # 34
ATM’S BILL BRADY in the 2nd exhibit of his new space.
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’, NOV 21 2008 – Jan 10, 2009.

Blame # 35
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Dog Says: “Take a Vacation'”. 2008. C-Print.

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

also, see: PETER SUTHERLAND/ATM/MIAMI DEC 2008 !!

see: PETER SUTHERLAND’S WEBSITE !!

PS bedroom
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Snuggle Brothers’, 2008, C-Print, 16 x 20 in./IMAGE COURTESY: PETER SUTHERLAND WEBSITE
also in the ATM exhibit. edition of 6 ($1,000)

UP-DATE: SAT JAN 3, 2009

PETER SUTHERLAND’S show also received a nice up-beat review by ROBERTA SMITH in the NEW YORK TIMES, yesterday, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2009. ART IN REVIEW SECTION.
It is mostly a descriptive review, and ends with this assessment:
“Mr. Sutherland is something of a multitasker. In addition to writing rather well (in the show’s small catalog), he is also a filmmaker. Whatever he does seems to celebrate the potential for inspiration in even the most pedestrian and barren facts of American life. Every instant is a possible image; every image a likely story.”