~RYAN FOERSTER: ‘DAN ASHER – CLASS NOTES’ / RATSTAR PRESS / JOSE MARTOS GALLERY / CASUAL ART FAIR

FLASHBACK . . . RATSTAR & DAN ASHER !!!!

‘DAN ASHER – AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS’
MARCH 16 – APRIL 22, 2018
MARTOS GALLERY

PIX – FROM THE ‘DAN ASHER – ANTHROPOLOGIST’ OPENING / MARTOS, MARCH 16, 2018


‘DAN ASHER – CLASS NOTES’
pages from his notebooks 1991-92 / published by Shoot The Lobster (Jose Martos) & RATSTAR !!
2018 / edition of 1000

the publication was remarkable for many reasons, above all . . it was so humble.
and, more than above all / the resonance it had . . with Dan’s work & mind.
nailed it. nailed it. nailed it.
but, also the whole production – was so tip-top / on-point.
from the fonts, the strange neutral color of the cover, the faux notebook pages inside / incl a faux ‘spiral bound’ notebook graphic – running through the center, inside.
from the lay-out to the finished effort / a great faux ‘how-to’ manual feel, and the weight of the softcover ‘book’. .
in your hands – sensuous, imminently readable. the very definition of page turner, for sure.
one of my most treasured possessions. for sure.


it was a copy of this ‘zine’ – that so inspired ALINA COHEN’S, insightful text on the Martos Gallery Booth, featuring DAN ASHER works, at the FRIEZE ART FAIR NYC 2018 – in artsy.

see: ‘The 11 Best Booths at Frieze New York’ – ALINA COHEN, MAY 3, 2018

whose last sentence, re: the ‘zine’ – bears repeating:
‘altogether, the scribbles enhance the viewer’s understanding of Asher’s wry and ever-inventive mind. “it’s like a collection of his brain, ” says the gallery’s EBONY L. HAYNES.


DAN ASHER: incessant. obsessed, observer.
note-taker, voyeur.

DOT … DOT … DOT
CONNECTING – THE DOTS !!!!!!

FLASHBACK: ARTLOVERS BOOTH, CASUAL ART FAIR, L.E.S. OCT 1, 2017.


how I first meet . . RYAN FOERSTER.
he was showing work in the . . HELPER booth / we were showing DAN ASHER work,
from our personal collection.


he came over, and said: “wow – is that a Dan Asher”, and so dot dot dot !!
he knew the work, from his association with . . Jose Martos !!
duh.
the city that never sleeps, never ceases to amaze me.

it’s like Hansel and Gretel, following breadcrumbs – more than you would ever guess.
though I guess a a big city, and big forest are almost – one and the same.


RYAN FOERSTER. . . showing at HELPER booth, Casual Art Fai, Oct 2017

RYAN FOERSTER – at the HELPER booth, Casual Art Fair, L.E.S. Oct 1, 2017.
first time I meet him & here’s . . what I wrote !!
see: RYAN FOERSTER – HELPER / CASUAL ART FAIR, OCT 1, 2017

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH