go on, flick that !!
start your day – off right.
JONNY CAMPOLO, lightswitch / TURN ONZ series,
fancy cut – stained glass.
image via Instagram @jonnycampolo
‘TURN ONZ’ – presented by JONNY CAMPOLO & JEFFREY TRANCHELL
NADA FLEA / NADA HQ / 311 EAST BROADWAY, NYC – EXHIBITION SPACE, 2nd Floor
THIS WEEKEND . . . !!!!
SAT & SUN / FEB 18 & 19, 2023 / 11am-5pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
~JONNY CAMPOLO . . LIGHTSWITCH / TURN ONZ / NADA FLEA / SAT & SUN FEB 18 & 19 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 18th, 2023, 8:05am
I have a . . . DIY lightswitch !!
in the . . . ‘TURN ONZ’ PRESENTATION – CURATED BY JONNY CAMPOLO & JEFFREY TRANCHELL
at the big NADA FLEA – this weekend / SAT & SUN FEB 18-19, 2023 / 11am – 5pm
at the new NADA HQ – 311 EAST BROADWAY, NYC – 2nd FL.
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
COME ON EVERYBODY – TURN UP THE MAGIC / WHEN YOU FLIP THAT EVERYDAY, & MUCH . . TAKEN FOR GRANTED !!!!
LIGHTSWITCH . . . !!!!!
NANCY SMITH, ‘Good Night, Grinch Babies’, TURN ONZ series, 2021.
DIY fancy cut patches from vintage Dr. Seuss baby crib cotton sheet,
multi-color binder reinforcement stickers, cardstock, standard plastic lightswitch cover.
Photo: Jeffrey Tranchell
the reverse /
Photo: Jeffrey Tranchell
check out: @artloversnewyork on Instagram
~NANCY SMITH . . ‘GOOD NIGHT, GRINCH BABIES’ / TURN ONZ / NADA FLEA / FEB 18-19 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 17th, 2023, 10:59am
QUESTION:
why does this make me think of FREDDY BIZ aka JOSH ABELOW ??
must be . . . the calligraphy !!!
‘The Love Token for Sarah Newlin’,
a Valentine’s Day card made of ink & watercolor on paper, and envelope from 1799.
(American Folk Art Museum via AP)
image via Instagram @afamuseum
American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square. Columbus Avenue at 66th St., NY NY
note: “Although not specifically linked to Valentine’s Day,
an exhibit at the museum opening MARCH 17, 2023, ‘Material Witness: Folk and Self-Taught Artists at Work,’ features 2 examples of ‘Fraktur,’ exuberantly decorated watercolors made by German immigrants in Pennsylvania.’
YO !! . . . that’s in 2 weeks !!!!!
check out: AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / @afamuseum on Instagram
~HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY / AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / NYC |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2023, 8:10pm
NORA BROWN’S . . traditional Appalachian Banjo playing – meets JACKSON LYNCH’S
unique Bluesy garage-gospel . . . . and, KA-BOOM . . . . . !!!!
JALOPY PRESENTS:
THE 6th ANNUAL MID-WINTER JUG & STRING BAND RENDEZVOUS . . !!!!
with . . .
NORA BROWN & JACKSON LYNCH . . . . PERFORMING: FRI FEB 10 at 9PM
GET YOUR TIX – NOW / BEFORE IT SELLS – OUT !!!!!
GIVE A LISTEN . . . !!!!!
CHECK OUT: JACKSON LYNCH & NORA BROWN /
perform . . ‘8th of JANUARY’.
note: “this is the FRAZIER & PATTERSON version of the JOHN WORK recording – from 1942,
FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TN / TENNESSEE.” . . . . on YOUTUBE
~NORA BROWN & JACKSON LYNCH . . JUG & STRING BAND RENDEZVOUS / JALOPY / FRI FEB 10 / 9 PM |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 10th, 2023, 8:09am
and then, there’s . . the blinding white LIGHT of a SNOW-STORM . . !!
FREDDY / a JOSH ABELOW PROJECT & CURATORIAL SPACE . .
in a old, former . . church, in UPSTATE HARRIS, NY /
PRESENTS:
IAN MILLER, ‘SNOW SHOW’ . . .
a conceptually heavy, but visually dominated – project, “that was staged on JAN 23, 2023, during a snow storm.”
“IAN MILLER (b.1995) presents a series of paintings on the exterior of FREDDY in HARRIS, NY, during a snowstorm. That this presentation has already happened & was photographed, and that the majority of us will not experience in person the cold, snowy day, is as much a part of the paintings themselves, . . as Miller pushes . . at the limits of what is reproducible . . with the assumption that any image created will . . be dominantly seen – on a screen.”
~FREDDY / press release by ALIVIA ZIVICH
IAN MILLER, ‘SNOW SHOW’ . . 2023
FREDDY, HARRIS, NY
IMAGES COURTESY of FREDDY / HARRIS, NY
PHOTOGRAPHS BY: KATYA KIRILLOFF
~IAN MILLER . . ‘SNOW SHOW’ / FREDDY BIZ / HARRIS NY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 4th, 2023, 8:02am
NIGHT LIGHT . . !!!!
NYC-BASED . . TIM WILSON
has a beautiful piece in . . . ‘NIGHT, LIGHT.’ !!
a big group show which opens today, FEB 2 & runs thru MARCH 25, 2023 — in LONDON !!
COB GALLERY, 205 ROYAL COLLEGE STREET, LONDON, UK
HRS: THURS-SAT / 12 – 6 PM
“AS light fades and the shadows deepen, all petty and exacting details vanish, everything trivial disappears, and I see things as they are in great strong masses: the buttons are lost, but the sitter remains; the sitter is lost, but the shadow remains; the shadow is lost, but the picture remains. And that, night cannot efface from the painter’s imagination.”
~JAMES WHISTLER via COB GALLERY
TIM WILSON, ‘Open Book’, 2022
oil on paper mounted on linen stretched panel / 16-1/4 x 12-1/4 in.
image courtesy @tim_wilson / Instagram
~TOM WILSON . . in ‘NIGHT,LIGHT.’ A GROUP SHOW / COB GALLERY / LONDON / FEB 2 – MARCH 25 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 2nd, 2023, 7:25am
NIGHT LIGHT !!
STIPAN TADIC, ‘SELF-PORTRAIT in CHINATOWN MANHATTAN’, 2020.
oil on canvas / 50 x 60 CM.
recent work by NYC-based STIPAN TADIC . . .
now on view at GALERIA JOSIP RACIC / NMMU MUSEUM of MODERN ART, ZAGREB
in his solo show: ‘THE APPLE SHRINKING’ . . . !!!!! /
curated by: BRANKO FRANCESCHI.
image via Instagram @stipan.tadic
~STIPAN TADIC . . ‘The Apple Shrinking’ / solo show / GALERIJA JOSIP RACIC, NMMU / ZAGREB / up thru Sun FEB 5 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 1st, 2023, 10:56am
from ancient lunar zodiac signs . . to the fresh open food market !!
it still feels like – one big giant . . circle !!!!!
‘HOT COMPOST’
with: CORA MEYER, TYNA ANTKO, SONIA RUSCOE, EMMY THELANDER & ALLISON WALSH
CASA LU ARTIST RESIDENCY / CDMX – MEXICO CITY
CASA LU, Correggio 42, Cd. de los Deportes, CDMX
SAT JAN 28 / 6 -9 PM
EMMY THELANDER at CASA LU . . !!
photo via Instagram @ca_sa_lu
~EMMY THELANDER . . included in ‘HOT COMPOST’ / CASA LU / CDMX / MEXICO / SAT JAN 28 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 28th, 2023, 11:18am
out with . . . the TIGER !!!!!
in with . . . the RABBIT !!!!!
GET YOUR LUCK !! GET YOUR . . MONEY !!!!!!
‘THE LONG CON’, YEAR of the RABBIT / RED ENVELOPE SET – by the awesome . . . . CMYKHARMA /
in the 8th annual RED ENVELOPE SHOW !!
OPENS JAN 28 / 6 – 9 PM / with Lion Dance at 7 PM
the exhibit runs thru FEB 26, 2023
MY PLASTIC HEART / 40 GREENPOINT AVE., BROOKLYN, NY 11222
curated as usual, by the great, GRUMPY BERT !!
CMYKHARMA, ‘The Long Con’, YEAR of the RABBIT, RED ENVELOPE SHOW
@cmykharma: “While everyone was distracted by the tiger’s stripes,
the rabbits . . . made off with the $$$ bag” !!!!!
detailed, impressively expressive . . a COMPLEX narrative illustration – which runs across /
a set of 3 individual red envelopes !!
color pencil & ink / total dimensions: 6.5 x 10.5 in. / ea. envelope is 6.5 x 3.5 in.
($200)
to purchase: myplasticheart.com
image via Instagram @grumpybert
SEE: CMYKHARMA on Instagram
~cmykharma . . YEAR of the RABBIT / RED ENVELOPE SHOW / MY PLASTIC HEART / BROOKLYN / OPENS SAT JAN 28 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 28th, 2023, 10:09am
ANNIE WONG aka . . headexplodie !!
has a great bold, yet still succinct & . . mysterious !!
bright & funny bunny / on the traditional Lunar New Year, ‘get the money’ / red envelope !!
in the 8th annual . . RED ENVELOPE SHOW !!
opening SAT JAN 28 / 6 – 9 PM / with a Lion dance at 7 PM
& running thru FEB 26, 2023
curated as usual by the great, GRUMPY BERT,
taking place – this year at . .
MY PLASTIC HEART / 40 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn NY 11222
HEADEXPLODIE, ‘JADE RABBIT’ /
YEAR of the RABBIT RED ENVELOPE / 6.5 x 3.5 in.
($88)
to purchase: MY PLASTIC HEART
image via Instagram @headexplodie
see: ANNIE WONG aka @headexplodie / Instagram
~headexplodie . . YEAR of the RABBIT / RED ENVELOPE SHOW / MY PLASTIC HEART / BROOKLYN / OPENS SAT JAN 28 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 28th, 2023, 9:39am