~PAT McCARTHY, ‘SLABS’ . . PIX FROM THE OPENING / advance buzz: UNDER THE VOLCANO !!

PAT McCARTHY – ‘SLABS’
MARCH 26 – MAY 7, 2015
AGNES B. GALERIE, 50 HOWARD ST, SOHO, NYC

PIX FROM THE OPENING: THURS, MARCH 26, 2015

IN WHICH we see the young Bushwick pigeoneer, is a red-blooded, all American boy – !!


PAT McCARTHY . . . opens ‘SLABS’ – at Agnes B. on Howard St, NYC.


at left, musician and piano tuner extraordinaire, ISAAC. that’s PAT on the right.
you can find Isaac tinkling the ivories at Manhattan Inn, in Greenpoint – sometimes on Friday nights, but most regularly on Tuesday nights, from 7 – 11 pm.
you can reach him to tune your piano at H.N. & Sons Pianos – where he runs HNPianos.blogspot.com
“My passion is simple. Refurbish. Rebuild. Restore.”


at center: JJ PEET, clay maven and miniaturist !!
see: SATAN CERAMICS – SALON 94, FREEMANS ALLEY
with him, at left, DEBRA CHANEY, and at right, MONICA COOK.


TOM SACHS, fabrication / dub maestro, with MICHAEL FOX.
Tom won our hearts forever with his hand-built NASA teacup, ATAN CERAMICS – SALON 94.
all is takes is one tiny piece, to burn a hole in your brain – forever.
MICHAEL FOX is an art collector, who used to work in Tom’s studio back in the day, the 80s. he’s now a member of the NYPD, but I bet he’s the only cop on the force – with work from TOM SACH’S . . ‘NUTSY’S’ his miniature car racing install, one of his best projects, ever.
for sure, I was there.


THEO and KATE CERIGO, the awesome brother & sister team who are putting up a one day / one night pop-up this Spring in Chinatown of the work of 3 under-represented artists, they grew up with in the rocking 80s.
hide in your storefronts, no more – !! come out, come out – wherever you are.
all you need is just ONE NIGHT – in this friggin gritty town of strivers & losers !!

‘UNDER THE VOLCANO: SIMON CERIGO, DAN ASHER and NANCY SMITH’
Curated by KATE & THEO CERIGO / Produced by THEO CERIGO.
with much thanks, for his support & encouragement to: NICHOLAS STEINDORF.
SAT, JUNE 6, 2015 – 2 to 10 PM / 169 BOWERY, storefront – east north corner at BROOME.


back to the show – !!
Agnes B. is a kind of pop-up too. very cool. nice place to see Pat’s works, which worked very well against the store’s brick walls, and over-all distressed look.


PAT McCARTHY, ‘Medicine Slab’, 2015
pigeon medicines, steel, zine, magnets. 22 x 13.5 x 3 in.
($1,800)


PAT McCARTHY, ‘Nestbowl Magazine cover’, 2015
Porcelain, stoneware, denim, bleach, plywood. 23 x 15 x 9 in.
($2,500)


yes, those are 3-dimensional . . stoneware clay bowls, hand-built by Pat for the coop, or for your wall in this case.
beautiful crafting, beautiful production/concept.


looking into the nestbowl, stoneware pottery – is just so . . pitch perfect, for right now.
very tactile, functional imperfect, perfect.


a wall of photo-copy transfers onto clay, dub dub, dub. great vs the distressed brick wall.
Copy exactly, NOT !!
clay and photo – so basic elemental. so IRON-toned, and iron-willed.


PAT McCARTHY, ‘Skirts 4 Poster’, 2015. edition of 20.
Photocopy on paper, 18 x 24 in
($20. ea)


PAT McCARTHY, ‘Skirts 4 Contents’, 2015
Toner fired on porcelain, 8.5 x 10.5 in
($1,200)


PAT McCARTHY, ‘100 Minutes from the Newsstand’, 2014
Toner fired on porcelain, 9 x 36 in.
($2,000)


PAT McCARTHY, ‘Born to Kill’ – from ‘100 Minutes …”


PAT McCARTHY, ‘Self Portrait as Janitor’, 2015
Denim, bleach, plywood, 18 x 12 in.
($1,500)


PAT McCARTHY, ‘Shovel’d’, 2015
Steel, bamboo, vinyl tape, zine, magnets – 58 x 22 x 4 in
($2,000)


detail, Shovel’d.
well, and at least he knew when to get out of . . ‘mini’.
though JJ, don’t ever drop – that ball.


ok, ok – a glimpse inside of Agnes B.
dig those white bulky ‘trainers’, as the Brits say. about running shoes.


can there ever . . be enough of distressed chairs ?!!
not in my lifetime.
musical chairs, or what !! talk about PATINA of the functional.
love vintage design, and all . . hands-on history/story-telling.


good-bye for now, PAT McCARTHY, originally from rural Connecticut, Bushwick-based for several years now, who put on ‘PAT’S PIGEON CLUB’ at MUDDGUTS last summer, RIP Muddguts, what a loss.
and more recently took the mainstream peeps, esp the fashion world !! who loved his t-shirts . . for a huge trend-setting thrill ride – at SATAN CERAMICS, SALON 94.

great show !!
priced to go, too. damn, yes . . . opportunity still stalks NYC, esp for those who . . can s-e-e !!
and, are not afraid to buck – the maddeningly dumbed-down masses, and media bs.

maybe, it’s a good thing the ‘new’ Whitney is all about Edward Hopper classics, do we really want our underground insitutionalized ? hell, no.
so fun to hit up Agnes b, or an empty storefront in transition – on the BOWERY !!

see you at the CLOSING PARTY – THURS MAY 7 / 6-8 PM – !!

see you at ‘UNDER THE VOLCANO’ – JUNE 6 / 2-10 PM !!

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH