~JONNY CAMPOLO . . LIGHTSWITCH / TURN ONZ / NADA FLEA / SAT & SUN FEB 18 & 19

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




~NANCY SMITH . . ‘GOOD NIGHT, GRINCH BABIES’ / TURN ONZ / NADA FLEA / FEB 18-19

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




~HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY / AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / NYC

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




~NORA BROWN & JACKSON LYNCH . . JUG & STRING BAND RENDEZVOUS / JALOPY / FRI FEB 10 / 9 PM

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




~IAN MILLER . . ‘SNOW SHOW’ / FREDDY BIZ / HARRIS NY

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




~TOM WILSON . . in ‘NIGHT,LIGHT.’ A GROUP SHOW / COB GALLERY / LONDON / FEB 2 – MARCH 25

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




~STIPAN TADIC . . ‘The Apple Shrinking’ / solo show / GALERIJA JOSIP RACIC, NMMU / ZAGREB / up thru Sun FEB 5

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




~EMMY THELANDER . . included in ‘HOT COMPOST’ / CASA LU / CDMX / MEXICO / SAT JAN 28

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




~cmykharma . . YEAR of the RABBIT / RED ENVELOPE SHOW / MY PLASTIC HEART / BROOKLYN / OPENS SAT JAN 28

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




~headexplodie . . YEAR of the RABBIT / RED ENVELOPE SHOW / MY PLASTIC HEART / BROOKLYN / OPENS SAT JAN 28

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