~CASLON BEVINGTON . . ‘DUPING FALSE LANDSCAPES’ / CURATED by DANA NOTINE / KI SMITH GALLERY / up thru MAY 8

CASLON BEVINGTON: ‘DUPING FALSE LANDSCAPES’ . . .
CURATED BY DANA NOTINE

‘DUPING FALSE LANDSCAPES’ . . “Presents the artist’s most recent inquiries into the space between digital and the natural, the artificial and the physical , all while questioning the role and existence of painting in a post-internet landscape.”
~KI SMITH Gallery Press Release

APRIL 1 – 24, 2022 / at the 311 E. 3rd St., Lower East Side, NY 10009 location / now down
-&-
APRIL 1 – MAY 8, 2022 / at the 197 E. 4th St., Lower East Side, NY 10009 location / is still running !!
KI SMITH GALLERY
note: 197 E. 4th St. .. HRS: WED-SUN / 12:30 – 6:30 PM
& by app’t.

see: CASLON BEVINGTON text & install photos – KI SMITH GALLERY


CASLON BEVINGTON, ‘ERROR II’, 2022.
acrylic on panel, wooden frame / 16 x 20 in.
image via KI SMITH GALLERY

KI SMITH GALLERY, a recent start-up – now has 2 locations, about a block apart.
KI (pronounced KEY), a very likable, yet ambitious young dealer – grew up in the East Village, so his roots go deep. The E. 4th St. location seems to be the main gallery base, while the more recent E. 3rd St. branch seems to be more of a project, or event / meeting space.

I was lucky enough – to catch Caslon’s showing / at the E. 4th St. closing party / celebration,
last weekend, Sat April 23rd, 2022.
note: the main co-exhibit on 4th St. – runs on thru . . next weekend / SUN MAY 8, 2022.


from left:
CASLON BEVINGTON, KI SMITH, and DANA NOTINE,
KI SMITH GALLERY, 3rd St. Location, SAT APRIL 23, 2022.


CASLON BEVINGTON, ‘Sunstorm (Expanded)’, 2022
acrylic on canvas / 39 x 49 in.
($8,100)

CASLON BEVINGTON: (b. 1992), is a multimedia artist, living & working in NYC / whose work “aims at
visualizing the slippery relationship between physical & non-physical materiality.”
(gallery)

DANA NOTINE: (b. 1993), the curator of the show, and Ki Smith gallery admin associate / is an independent curator based in Brooklyn. “Her scholarship focuses on art’s relationship to the internet.”
(gallery)
which makes sense to me – on a greater personal level . . .
Dana and I having just recently connected, through her Master’s Thesis (MFA HUNTER, NYC) & ongoing interest . . in & regarding the JOSH HARRIS / ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’, bio-documentary, 2009 / directed by ONDIE TIMONER.
the very wild, underground / art-driven . . . and, yet intensely prophetic film, won the Sundance 2009, Grand Jury Documentary award.


in fact, my first impression of this 3rd St., storefront . . ‘art viewing / social space’ was that it reminded me of ‘Quiet’ / the multi-million dollar week-long New Years Eve 2000 art party, which Josh threw to welcome in the new millennial century – and, which was to be the ‘mother’ of the ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ film / where art & social hosting (!!) meet on the floors of 2 empty warehouse buildings in downtown Tribeca / more than 20 years ago (!!) to great effect, and, where – as here . . . ‘futurist’ architecture – played a big big role / in setting the tone.


KIYOMI QUINN TAYLOR, a textile/painter . . who shows with the gallery.


more CASLON BEVINGTON paintings – along the back wall.

“BEVINGTON’S subjects are sourced from digitally produced images often taken on cell phones or now antiquated digital cameras. The images, archived and unintentionally aged, are printed, transferred, corroded, copied over time; resulting in semi-abstract paintings which pose metaphysica inquiries of reality, memory, and perception.”
(gallery, and written in fact by Dana.)

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / unless otherwise noted


check out: KI SMITH Gallery on Instagram @kismithgalery


check out: CASLON BEVINGTON on Instagram @cas10n


check out: DANA NOTINE on Instagram @dananotine


check out: KIYOMI QUINN TAYLOR on Instagram @kiyomitay