STICK VS BUBBLE ? not !!
it was a . . . COLLABORATION !!!
JIM JOE VS LEWY / COLLABORATIVE DRAWINGS 2014 – 2016 / ‘PIECE OF DIRT’
48 BOWERY – CHINATOWN POP-UP, DOWNTOWN NYC
the show opened FRI NITE APRIL 1, 2016
and ran daily til APRIL 10, 2016 / 12-5 PM.
48 BOWERY, the former home of a famous Dim Sum palace.
TAYLOR McKIMENS . . looking as wonderfully raw & ‘distressed’ – as the show.
they scrubbed, maybe power washed the walls, but the resultant ‘camo’ of layers . . the residue of history remains. nice. patina.
and a great offset . . to the all-white canvases / black line drawings.
JIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘BOY VS ROAD’
OIL ON CANVAS, 36 x 48 INCHES
($4,500 USD)
they say the ‘thick’ lines (bubble, bubble) are the handiwork of LEWY, and the thin lines are by JIM JOE, (stick, stick – you pick).
JIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘TRAVEL VS ROCK’.
OIL ON CANVAS, 36 x 38 INCHES
($4,500 USD)
some pieces have words, some don’t. all are strange and disquieting.
and quiet. many many waters run deep – as the saying goes.
OLIVIA BALLARD, SAMUEL PUGLIA, JONATHAN PUGLIA.
SPENCER TULLIS. Spencer been making some pretty harsh DIY films lately.
can’t help but think back to his stupendous, towering diy folk art mama, in the 15 WARREN ST / New Years Eve – 2014 (huge group) show.
and, then the masterly & exquisite hyper0real blow-out Egyptian time-traveler of 170 SUFFOLK, June 2014.
MATT JACKSON, was also featured in that first 170 SUFFOLK knock-down . .
paintings of some kind of small poppy-like, pop art flowers – on some kind of distressed background.
in a better word: super distressed romantic.
JACK IRVING, TOMMY MALEKOFF.
JACK IRVING also had a piece in the 170 SUFFOLK show. a kind of huge smashed-up . . car ?
looked great against the cinder block walls.
DANE ‘DIRT’ & CHLOE LLORET . . .
DIRT is kind of the bad boy leader-of-the pack, or at least of the party. & a brilliant, in his own way, maker of very brief, but very cool/casual, on the lowdown . . short films.
check out @danedirt
PARIS VENTURE and . . photographer, filmmaker ANDREW KASS.
Andrew also had a great install in the 170 SUFFOLK show, a pay telephone . . . yep.
and a ‘grinning’ coffin in 15 WARREN.
while PARIS is apparently – the true blue behind-the-scenes key ‘grip’ of the scene, being the ‘producer’ who has the architectural skills, know-how & creative design eyeball . . who produced (hands-on) & designed this show, and also I believe 170 SUFFOLK, and prob 15 WARREN, as well.
very quiet, very visionary. no wonder their shows come across so well.
serious skills. beyond the beyond. way beyond the ordinary, for sure.
JIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘HAMMER VS EGG’.
OIL ON CANVAS, 36 x 48 INCHES
($4,500 USD)
this one says: ‘The return of the Past’.
that’s the hand of LEWY.
JIM JOE VS LEWY – great install by PARIS VENTURE . . against a very raw backdrop.
poetic & steel-ey.
edge-y.
note the canvas hanging hardware at the top. the show was designed & managed perfectly, and in fact beyond all expectation. mesh with the surroundings, flush with the works.
install by PARIS VENTURE.
the view to the ceiling. often a cause for despair in a pop-up. not here.
the view to the floor. beyond the beyond. mesmerizing.
JIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘PONY VS HORSE’
OIL ON CANVAS, 36 x 48 INCHES
($4,500)
drama, drama, drama. fork in the road.
talk about ‘pouring on’ the metaphors.
life is a comic / tragedy.
nobody is arguing with that.
YES, DUDE.
you go your way, I’ll go – mine.
see: JIM JOE VS LEWY – DEDICATED WEBSITE
http://www.jimjoevslewy.com/
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~JIM JOE VS LEWY . . ‘PIECE OF DIRT’ / CHINATOWN POP-UP / OPENING PIX: PART 1 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 28th, 2016, 9:12am
looks to be an early installation shot of the JIM JOE show, ‘LOOK MEANS MEMORIZE’ opening at THE HOLE to-night / Thurs April 28, 2016
great photo.
everything is in simple mode synch, but DEEP.
and the lighting is, well . . gorgeous. sunrise. sunset. whatever.
good lighting & strong words, throw in some handmade calligraphy – and it’s one damn good milk shake, by any name.
Photo by: ANDREW KASS, via Instagram – @andrewkass.
nice . . . ‘like a rainbow’.
ps: words for the old crew, lol.
this makes me laugh, because . . it reminds me of Simon, in a few brief phrases.
SIMON, SIMON CERIGO, RIP – had a pink rubber eraser I found among his papers.
it said: ‘TIME WILL ERASE MY MISTAKES’ . . !!
as if, but I guess there’s always – hope.
where’s the emoji – for that ?
long live . . UNDER THE VOLCANO !!
~JIM JOE . . install shot by ANDREW KASS / & some throwback to . . Simon |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 28th, 2016, 8:50am
JIM JOE – ‘LOOK MEANS MEMORIZE’
opns THURS APRIL 28, 2016 /6-9 PM
the show runs thru MAY 22, 2016
THE HOLE, NYC – 312 Bowery / Downtown, Lower East Side
this is JIM JOE’s 2nd solo show at the gallery.
more info . . on the show: JIM JOE – THE HOLE
~JIM JOE . . opening to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 28th, 2016, 8:35am
ASHLEY EPPS – ‘POSSESSIONS’
opens this SAT APRIL 30, 2016 / 6-10 PM
prob runs thru MAY 21, 2016
DRESS SHOP GALLERY, 322 TROUTMAN ST, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
ASHLEY EPPS, installation view
Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts MFA Thesis Show, Spring 2016.
mixed media, 2016.
above image courtesy of the artist
definite check out: ASHLEY EPPS – website
ASHLEY EPPS . . at the DRESS SHOP ‘Quarterly’ opening, in Brooklyn. March 26, 2016.
ASHLEY EPPS, big raw Texan energy: don’t turn yr back – on me !!
or . . I’ll see you in – hell.
I bet !!!!!!!!
PHOTOS of ASHLEY EPPS: NANCY SMITH
~ASHLEY EPPS . . POSSESSIONS – OPENS THIS SAT / DRESS SHOP, BUSHWICK |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 27th, 2016, 7:49am
JOE BRADLEY, ‘Krasdale’ is now up at GAGOSIAN GALLERY – 980 MADISON AVE, NYC
the show runs APRIL 2 – MAY 3, 2016
see: JOE BRADLEY – ‘KRASDALE’
JOE BRADLEY . . one of the sculptures in ‘Krasdale’, Gagosian Gallery, NYC
‘TBT’, 2016. Bronze. 27 x 18 x 11-1/4 in.
edition of 4 + 1 AP.
this one is quite obvious, but that’s the deal with Joe;s work, how he can twist the F out of obvious.
I like how it breaks down into a bottomline code, for humanity. and even, the best drive or evolutionary instinct within human-ity.
it’s kind of a 3D pictogram or hieroglyph.
JOE BRADLEY, ‘TBT’, 2016.
wood, 13-1/2 x 18-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.
edition of 4 + 1 AP
if I were able to fork out the big chunk of green backs ($$$) these pieces prob commando, this would be the one I’d get. I like the lightbulb one above very much, and it’s very elegant. If you had one of his more messy, expressionist abstract paintings, such as those in the GBE show: ‘Lotus Beaters’ of a few years back – you might pick this one & that would definite rock . . in context.
but just in the vacuum of pure thought – this is the one I would plunk my mini fortune down on. its got such a great, ‘so damn’ ugly edge.
plus it’s just a broader metaphor – to reach for, plus it’s funnie. as opposed to elegant.
plus its . . . wood ? bow wow.
images via GAGOSIAN GALLERY WEBSITE
ps: for our foreign friends: ‘Krasdale’ is a brand of cheap, lower end corporate + prob modified the hell out of, mostly super processed food ‘stuff’ – found in lower end stores & grocery chains in NYC and beyond. your typical NYC bodega would carry Krasdale items. low end macaroni and cheese, anybody.
food for thought, not normally. but in Joe’s hands . . . yes.
~JOE BRADLEY . . ‘KRASDALE’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 27th, 2016, 7:25am
JOE BRADLEY, left – frontman of the indie art band CHEESEBURGER . . .
with bandmates, LUKE CROTTY & CHRISTY KARACAS – at a KENNY SCHACHTER / ROVE pop-up at CAPITALE, a downtown bar+event venue, NYC – Summer 2003.
fun fact: Joe’s band / performance ‘stage’ name was: Malibu Von.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH. JULY 24, 2003.
note: this is a copyright-protected photo.
please do not use without prior written permission.
~JOE BRADLEY: Cheeseburger – archival photo from 2003 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 26th, 2016, 10:21am
last weekend to catch . . .
the DRESS SHOP GALLERY RESIDENTS – GROUP SHOW: ‘QUARTERLY’
the show runs till SUN APRIL 23, 2016
DRESS SHOP GALLERY, 322 Troutman St, Bushwick, Brooklyn
featuring the work of:
EMMANUEL LIMON, THERESA FREISS, ERIK SCHONBEEK, PAUL BERGERON, ANNA SOUVOROV & KATIE BRANHAM
left: EMMANUEL LIMON, right: ANNA SOUVOROV
image courtesy Dress Shop Gallery on facecbook
~DRESS SHOP: QUARTERLY . . last weekend, Brooklyn |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 20th, 2016, 8:45am
#mood
Penny Pinch, Penny Pinch, Lucky Gnome – Wheat paste, Street Art Chicago
via Instagram @billycraven – Billy Craven
~Penny Pinch, Lucky Gnome . . street art Chicago |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 20th, 2016, 8:30am
#mood
BANDIT, Stencil art, street art Chicago
via Instagram @Billycraven – Billy Craven
~Bandit . . street art Chicago |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 20th, 2016, 8:27am
1. PIX FROM THE JIM JOE VS LEWY – ‘PIECE OF DIRT’ OPENING
2. PIX FROM THE DRESS SHOP – QUARTERLY / RESIDENTS’ OPENING & A (BIG) LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES
~coming up next: |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 19th, 2016, 11:08am
