~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘GROUP SHOW’ SHORT FILM / PREMIERE / BRAIN DEAD STUDIOS, FAIRFAX L.A. / SUN OCT 30

RUN, JUMP . . . !!

SUN OCT 30 – 4:30 PM / L.A. / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA . . . TIME

PETER SUTHERLAND’S NEW FILM, & NEWEST CURATING (!!) PROJECT / ‘GROUP SHOW’
RT / RUNNING TIME: 48 mins.
PREMIERES – SUN OCT 30, 2022 / 4:30 PM L.A. TIME
BRAIN DEAD STUDIOS – MOVIE THEATER
611 N. FAIRFAX AVE., Los Angeles, CA

SEE: the first 30 seconds of the film / which is also the TRAILER . . !!!!!
on Instagram – SOUND ON !!!!!!!!!!!
go to: PETER SUTHERLAND – ‘GROUP SHOW’ . . TRAILER on IG / Instagram




~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘BUTTON SMASHER’, SALT and PEPPER booth / TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR / OCT 27-29

HOLY . . SMASHING PUMPKINS !!!!

if you be in . . . TOKYO !!!

run, jump . . to the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR !!
SALT AND PEPPER BOOKSTORE / PUBLISHERS . . BOOTH /
TOKYO MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART
THURS OCT 27 – SUN OCT 29, 2022

& catch a copy of:

PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Button Smasher’, a limited edition of only 500 !!!
published by SALT AND PEPPER / it is a curated collection of his photographs
spanning 20 years / from NYC to Colorado.
200 pp, soft cover, and includes an interview by . . . SHIMPEI NAKAGAWA


image via Instagram @petersutherland


SALT AND PEPPER, holding up ‘BUTTON SMASHER’, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR
image via Instagram @saltandpepper223




~AL FREEMAN, Jr. . . ‘Floors’ / 56 HENRY / 105 HENRY ST. ANNEX / OPENS THURS OCT 27

AL FREEMAN, Jr. . . . . ‘FLOORS’
OPENS THURS OCT 27 / 6 – 8 PM
runs thru . . DEC 11, 2022
56 HENRY, 105 HENRY ST. ANNEX / LOWER EAST SIDE
HRS: WED – SUN / 12 – 6 PM

AL FREEMAN, Jr., ‘Lotto Ticket on Dark Wood’, 2022.
vinyl and poly-fil / 80 x 80 in.
large, vinyl wall sculpture

note: this is Al Freeman’s fifth solo exhibit with 56 HENRY.

“AL FREEMAN sits on Philip Roth’s couch . . . ” !!!!!!!!!!!!
read: DAN NADEL’s . . quirky / brilliant introductory essay – for the show . . . !!!!


AL FREEMAN Jr. / vinyl wall sculpture
vinyl and poly-fil

note: all images via 56 HENRY




~TAYLOR McKIMENS . . . & a few others / ‘Manscaping ‘ / THE HOLE, L.A. / up thru SAT OCT 29

sometimes, a warm velvety painted wall works, and sometimes . . it doesn’t.
I think it’s the art itself – that tips the scale.

one last week to catch: ‘Manscaping’ / THE HOLE, L.A., 884 N. La Brea Ave
and you . . can decide for yourself.


TAYLOR McKIMENS, ‘Vgabond’, 2022.
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 62 in.


THEO A. ROSENBLUM, ‘Crossroads’, 2020.
wood, metal, resin, acrylic / 86.5 x 34 x 32 in.


BRENDAN LYNCH, ‘Autumn Fantasy’, 2014.
oil on canvas / 66 x 84 in.


TIM GARDNER, ‘Lakeshore’, Lake Louise, 2021.
watercolor on paper / 15 x 20 in.


ANT HAMLYN, ‘Sunflower Chandelier’, 2022.
custom PVC & nylon suspended kinetic inflatable, internally embedded LED lighting system, steel cables,
d shackles, smart timer, ducting, blower /
59 x 118 x 118 in.

NOTE: ALL PHOTOS via THE HOLE




~TIM WILSON . . NATHALIE KARG / ADAA . . NOV

LOOKING AHEAD:

TIM WILSON . . .
will be showing some new dreamy ‘interior’ paintings, with NATHALIE KARG,
at the ADAA / Art Dealers Association of America . . The Art Show / NOV 2 – 6, 2022
Park Avenue Armory, NYC.

this is the 60th Anniversary of the ADAA /
all art fair admission proceeds – go to support the Henry Street Settlement.


Photo of Tim Wilson & new work: via Instagram @tim_wilson




~ANTON KONST . . ‘SIRENS’ / EACH MODERN, TAIPEI

Anton also has a one man show at Each Modern . . .

ANTON KONST. . . ‘SIRENS’
OCT 22 – NOV 26, 2022
EACH MODERN, 38 Lane 79, Sec. 2 Xinyi Rd.,Taipei, Taiwan


ANTONE KONST . . ‘SIRENS’
image via Instagram @eachmodern

what I like about Anton’s work, is that it’s not too loopy, too cute, or even poetic.
there’s a real depth of soul, and research / that informs the authenticity of the works’ plasticity, – which really walks that painterly hard-edge line, with . . fresh vision.
it’s tough painting, that unfurls with a narrated . . resonance, often a fictional mystery or magic (such as a flowerpot with a scowl), or gives delicate, swirling flight to a figure of myth, but it’s never heavy on the stormy side, it’s still – all about painting.
he’s also an inspired, (mostly line) draftsman, & bold colorist.


ANTON KONST, to the right /
in a brilliant tie-dye hoodie – made in a small shop back home in Brooklyn.
image via @annntone Instagram Story via @wu_meichi


ANTONE KONST . . having a blast – in Taiwan !!
image via Instagram Story @annntone via @eachmodern


ANTON KONST, ‘Dogwood’, 2022.
oil on linen / 78 x 60 in.
in ‘SIRENS’ – Each Modern, Taipei.
image via Instagram @annntone




~ANTONE KONST . . EACH MODERN GALLERY, ART TAIPEI 2022

meanwhile, across the globe / ART TAIPEI 2022 . . .
thanks to EACH MODERN, TAIPEI . . .
is presenting one of NYC’s newest & best, our young friend – ANTONE KONST . . !!

EACH MODERN, TAIPEI . . . . presents 2 large paintings by Brooklyn artist ANTONE KONST
ART TAIPEI / BOOTH F17
21 – 24 OCT, 2022


ANTONE KONST, 2 large paintings on the back wall,
EACH MODERN booth F17, ART TAIPEI 2022, TAIWAN
image via Instagram @eachmodern


ANTONE KONST, ‘June Flowers’, 2022
oil on linen / 78 x 60 in.
image via Instagram @anntone


ANTONE KONST, ‘Piero’ (Sad Girl)’, 2022
oil on linen / 78 x 60 in.
image via Instagram @anntone




~ROB PRUITT & URS FISCHER . . a look back to the 2000s

a look back to the 2000s /
a look back – the . . . FUTURE !!!!!!!

a super quick – DIY . . . LOOK BACK !!
to their ‘collective’ influence – on the art scene of today /
esp re DYI, re-thinking of standard gallery exhibition concepts,
and, of course their own take on: art-infused . . utilitarian,
common – everyday objects. and, not to minimize – the shock of their cheerful breaking of the rules of what defined ‘serious’ art.

most notably:

ROB PRUITT, in 2008:
shook everybody up with his on-site, DIY WATERFALL !!!
except Roberta Smith, who called it “sophomoric” in her NYT review.
I think mostly because, it had supposedly “1,000 crushed Viagra capsules in the raging water that ran down the gallery steps”, and, of course !!
Rob called the piece, ‘VIAGRA FALLS’ . . !!!
I guess these guys, also broke the rule of – you can’t be funny ?

everybody else was blown-away – to see the mad rushing cascade of water, roaring down the upscale gallery entryway, Viagra pills or not / as DIY as you could ever hope to be, and had never ever seen anything as – audacious before.
the water flowing through . . extreme DIY plastic bags, and then re-cycled back up – by a hidden pump.

ROB PRUITT, ‘Viagra Falls’, in the exhibit:
‘Whose Afraid of Jasper Johns’, conceived by Urs Fischer & Gavin Brown,
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NYC.
May 9 – July 12, 2008

all Photos: NANCY SMITH
see: the original 2008 artloversnewyork report


then . . .
there was the time, Rob Pruitt nonchalantly parked . . . a glorious / DIY waterfall !!!!
that danced about the back-end, of a standard 4 x 4 pickup truck, how Americana /
how DIY – can you get ?!!!
on the street, outside his opening for ‘Multiple Personalities’, GBE /
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, when it was downtown / 620 Greenwich St. on the West Side, NYC.
Sept 13, 2014.
Photo: NANCY SMITH

then,
there was the time . . . in 2005 !!!!
when DIY legend-to-be, URS FISCHER . . . built a life-size house,
constructed from bread (alone) !! – in Gavin’s now legendary, downtown gallery, on Greenwich Street. which was in itself, a most glorious exhibition site, with great spatial volume, and natural light that emanated from the huge glass walls / & sited on the most ideal corner lot, ever.


URS FISCHER, ‘BREADHOUSE’, GBE / Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Downtown, West Side NYC
FEB 18, 2005
Photo: NANCY SMITH


URS FISHER at the opening of:
‘Fig, Nut and Pear’, still one of my most fav – exhibition titles,
a knock-out show, in which the crusty, ‘Breadhouse’ was also first presented /
Urs is standing in front of his large painting, ‘A Novel and a Novelist’, and you
just knew – he was destined for super stardom.
Feb 18, 2005
Photo: NANCY SMITH

and, don’t even get me started,
on that time URS FISCHER dug a hole, into the floor of Gavin’s gorgeous gallery.


URS FISCHER, ‘You’, 2007 – a seriously excavated hole / in the gallery.
pictured in ‘the hole’, on opening night, from left:
Tony Shafrazi, Peter Brant, and Gavin Brown.
GBE / Gavin Brown’s enterprise, 620 Greenwich St, West Side, Downtown NYC
Nov 24, 2007
Photo: NANCY SMITH




~ROB PRUITT & URS FISCHER . . SWAP MEET / L.A. / SUN OCT 16

ROB PRUITT x URS FISCHER / ‘SWAP MEET’ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUNDAY OCT 16 / 12 – 5 PM / PDT . . . FREE TO ATTEND !!!!!
MARCIANO ART FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
4357 WILSHIRE BLVD, LA, CA

IF, you be on the West Coast ?!!!!
RUN, RUN, RUN / BOTH ARTISTS – WILL BE THERE . . . !!!!


‘SWAP MEET’ DRAWING by ROB PRUITT / via Gagosian IG @gagosian




~ORLANDO ESTRADA . . ‘THE MODERN WORLD’ / JEFF’S DETROIT / INSTALLATION SHOT


installation shot /
ORLANDO ESTRADA, ‘THE MODERN WORLD’, JEFF’S DETROIT, DETROIT
NOW . . OPEN by appointment
IMAGE via Instagram @_orlando_estrada_

JEFF’S DETROIT . .
is a very, very Indie gallery space – run by artist-curator, JEFFREY TRANCHELL,
a current renovation project of his, the previously residential building, is located in the North-end Detroit neighborhood of Highland Park.
the place was really, really – in a shambles, so it’s really really looking – good !!
in fact, it’s looking . . . gorgeous !!
the gallery is on the ground floor, while Jeff lives above it – for now !!