btw: on a FULL MOON – heavenly . . . !!!!!!
ORLANDO ESTRADA, ‘THE MODERN WORLD’,
OPENS SUN OCT 9, 2022 – A FULL MOON / 4-6 PM
JEFF’S GALLERY, 333 WOODLAND ST., DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48202
HRS: by appointment only / after the opening
more info: @jeffsgallerydetroit / Instagram
ORLANDO ESTRADA, ‘Miasma #1 (This Body is a Prison)’, 2022.
Sumi ink, lithographic crayon, graphite, acrylc, wax on canvas.64 x 58 in.
image via Instagram @_orlando_estrada_
ORLANDO ESTRADA, ‘The Expulsion (After Masacchio)’, 2022.
Sumi ink, lithographic crayon, graphite, wax, acrylic on canvas.65 x 61 in.
image via Instagram @_orlando_estrada_
~ORLANDO ESTRADA . . ‘THE MODERN WORLD’ / JEFF’S GALLERY, DETROIT / OPENS SUN OCT 9 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 9th, 2022, 12:00pm
ONLY FOR . . . .
ART & SCIENCE FANS . .
WHO LIKE THEIR EXPERIMENTAL CUTTING EDGE PHYSICS – WITH A DASH of CUTTING EDGE / CONTEMPORARY ART !!!
& WHO LIKEWISE, ENJOY THE RANDOM BOUNTY of “THINKING ASSOCIATIVELY in PICTURES” / QUOTE: TEMPLE GRANDIN . . . !!!!
without further ado,
I GIVE YOU . . . the future of QUANTUM PHYSICS – visualized – care of:
‘BLISS’, BABA YAGA GALLERY, HUDSON N.Y. v ‘QIAN SHI’, BAIDU INC., CHINA !!!
though I can’t resist, noting one other ‘random’ beauty . . of an association:
‘QIAN SHI’, the name of Baidu’s experimental Quantum computer . . .
translates as: “heaven is the origin of everything” . . . !!!!!!
to be heavenly – is . . . to have bliss, no ?
though it’s ironic, that if you delete that ‘ly’ from heavenly, bringing us to ‘heaven’ !!
that’s a bit more . . problematic in context / heaven – can be stormy !!
if not outright stormy weather, the Greek gods could be fighting, planets could be colliding, moons could be eclipsing, and meteors shooting / etc etc. etc etc.
‘BLISS’ / GROUP SHOW POSTER / BABA YAGA GALLERY, HUDSON, NY. OCT 2022
‘QIAN SHI’, BAIDU INC, CHINA – EXPERIMENTAL, ULTRA HIGH SPEED / QUANTUM COMPUTER
image via WALL STREET JOURNAL, OCT, 7, 2022
‘CHINA LEAPS into QUANTUM COMPUTING RACE’, by KAREN HAO, WALL STREET JOURNAL,OCT 7, 2022.
a few quick notes from: from the WSJ article:
~”BAIDU INC. . . . a Chinese internet pioneer known for its Google-like search engine, said (in late August 2022),
that it had built its own version of a quantum computer an experimental device that exploits the quirks of quantum physics to perform calculations at speeds far beyond those of conventional computers.”
~”BAIDU said its new computer – an assemblage of metal plates and wires that looks a bit like an oversize chandelier – is accessible free of charge via a website & mobile app to researchers, engineers and even schoolchildren.” (!!!!)
~artlovers: so, here’s to the next Baby Einstein, maybe grade 2 ? – making the next big computing / physics break-though / way to go . . BAIDU !!!
~artlovers: BUT, watch out – what you wish for: “fully realized quantum computers would be able to solve in seconds – certain problems that would take even (today’s) fastest supercomputers .. thousands or millions of years.”
and you thought, online enhanced cheating in Chess – was a problem, yikes.
~’BLISS’ . . BABA YAGA GALLERY, HUDSON VALLEY NY v. ‘QIAN SHI’ . . QUANTUM COMPUTER , BAIDU INC., CHINA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 9th, 2022, 11:16am
so, tell me . .
is ‘BLISS’ open to . . . interpretation ?
‘BLISS’ – curated by MARIE SEGOLENE
featuring works by: CLEO SJOLANDER, JULIEN PARANT-MARQUIS, ELI DEL, and
ALEX PATRICK DYKE
OPENS SAT OCT 8, 2022 / 3 – 9 PM
BABA YAGA, 5821 State Route NY-9G, COLUMBIA COUNTY, NY 12534
~’BLISS’ . . BABA YAGA GALLERY / HUDSON, NY / OPENS SAT OCT 8 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 7th, 2022, 8:19am
meanwhile, over in PHILLY . . .
EMMY THELANDER, MIRA PUTNAM: ‘BUMPERS’
a 2 person show of painting & sculpture
curated by Fjord member: LINDSAY DEIFIK
up thru . . . OCT 30, 2022
FJORD GALLERY, 1750 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, Penn 19122
HRS: Sat / 2-4 PM
‘BUMPERS’ . . . “are devices that hold us in place: schedules, budgets, physical
limitations, the finitude of human life.”
~FJORD
about the gallery: FJORD . . “is an artist-run collective that elevates the visibility of both
emerging & established artists within Philadelphia & beyond by facilitating exhibitions, curatorial
projects, collaborations & public programming that highlight diverse media & artistic concerns.”
~FJORD
more info: on the artists & the exhibit – Fjord home page
EMMY THELANDER, ”Seeing art, Seeking truth, Sexuality, Being Liked’, 2021..
Cast resin, & yarn on knit fabric on wood.
38 x 38 in.
image courtesy of the artist / Emmy Thelander
MIRA PUTNAM, ‘Cathedral Mound 4 (Hilde)’, 2022.
Stoneware, watercolor, gouache, fabric, cyanotype, pencil, perlite, copper.
38 x 20 x 20 in.
image via Instagram @.P3APOD / Mira Putnam
~EMMY THELANDER & MIRA PUTNAM . . ‘BUMPERS’ / FJORD / PHILLY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 5th, 2022, 9:43am
LUKE MURPHY . . ‘INDUSTRIAL INCANDESCENT’
up thru . . . SAT OCT 22, 2022
CANADA, 60 LISPENARD ST, NYC 10013
PIX FROM THE OPENING SEPT 8, 2022 – PHOTOS BY NANCY SMITH
LUKE MURPHY at the opening of ‘Industrial Incandescent’, SEPT 8, 2022.
“Like a painter with a palette covered with oil paint, Murphy uses computer code to deepen a blue or lighten a red. The ambition in Murphy’s project is to recreate the qualities of abstract painting and sculpture with the completely miraculous yet banal materials of coffee carts & 99 cent store advertising. Murphy gently moves us towards human warmth through plastic advertising panels, binary computer code, and his respect for labor and craft.”
~CANADA GALLERY, Instagram @canada.nyc
LUKE MURPHY,’Widening Gyre’, 2022
Steel studs, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, softwae, power supplies, PC, code.
103 x 48 x 48 in.
this is Luke’s 5th solo show at CANADA, “Murphy’s dazzling light sculptures are comprised of LED panels, found objects & constructed armatures . . (he) uses the panels to display abstract effects utilizing nearly endless color & tempo variations, foregrounding the furtive beauty hidden in mass-produced display.”
~CANADA GALLERY, Instagram @canada.nyc
detail, ‘Widening Gyre’.
for a moment of intense shock, over my shoulder . . .
I thought . . an old wooden ladder – was ablaze !!
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Line Through Ladder (Fire Exchange)’, 2021.
Ladder (20th c.), barn sills (19th c.), steel studs, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC code.
the hardware is a repurposed video conference computer.
68 x 38 x 37 in.
on the wall, ‘Open Circuit’ . . absolutely stunning: the minimalism, the height, the curious elongated shape, the other-worldliness in a simple skinny, skinny arc. an animated gesture, a kind of primal right-angled, steep roofed . . brushstroke – which shifts gently between the pink / blue colors of our American sunset.
note: the brightly colored reflective light – thrown upon the gallery floor.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Open Circuit’, 2022.
Steel armature, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code.
120 x 20 x 4 in.
also minimalist, yet emotive . . to the full.
also pulsing between pink & blue, a shimmer of orange.
sparkles burst, and origami paper patterns twirl.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Tower Pattern’, 2022.
LED matrix panels, metal studs, armature, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code.
75-1/2 x 7-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.
a ‘moving’ pattern – on a wall, beckons.
patterns: the origin of all understanding / even before there were words, there were: seasons. constellations, sunrises . . and sunsets.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Corner Beans’, 2022.
LED matrix panels, metal studs, armature, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code.
96 x 54 x 48 in.
LUKE MURPHY: ‘These new works try to get at the thingness of light images.I am trying to get at that emotional or psychological response that painting, and sculpture can produce – that kind of urgent beauty or aching that has no locale & inexorably compels more looking and thinking , which doogotal images sometimes fail to achieve.”
~ CANADA GALLERY INSTAGRAM @canadanewyork
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Corner Beams’.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Corner Beams’.
gallery-wise: PHIL GRAUER of CANADA, and LUKE confer, on the left.
fashion-wise: 2 great skirts . . flutter.
speaking about . . flutter /
here’s a flashback – from the artlovers archive . . . !!
PHIL GRAUER, co-founder of CANADA at an early opening, when the gallery was located in Chinatown. MARCH 6, 2004.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / artloversnewyork
first published on artnet, in the Magazine, People section / SPRING 2004.
see: the original report
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~LUKE MURPHY . . ‘INDUSTRIAL INCANDESCENT’ / PIX FROM THE OPENING . . with a side of ARCHIVAL PHIL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 30th, 2022, 9:25am
nice show title !!!!!!
LUKE MURPHY . . . . ‘INDUSTRIAL INCANDESCENT’
OPENS THURS SEPT 8 / 6 – 8 PM
& runs thru . . . OCT 12, 2022
CANADA GALLERY, 60 Lispenard St, Tribeca, NY 10013
“MURPHY’S dazzling light sculptures are comprised of LED panels, found objects and constructed armatures. Murphy uses the panels to display abstract effects utilizing nearly endless color and tempo variations, foregrounding the furtive beauty hidden in mass-produced displays.”
“Industrial Incandescent’ pulses with color and movement. Each piece can bee seen individually or as part of a forest of flickering light and color. The endless variations recall a walk in a city, commerce tugs continuously on our sleeves, beckoning attention. We can listen to the come-ons or simply enjoy the spectacle of the chorus of voices speaking all at once.”
~CANADA GALLERY
artlovers note:
that is Luke’s digital / animated ‘LED-Deli’ banner that runs . . ‘RESIST’, ‘FOCUS ANGER’, ‘DE-BUBBLE’ /
like some kind of futuristic, looping, embroidery sampler – at the top of this webpage.
LUKE MURPHY . . .
‘Homesick’ / ‘Industrial Incandescent’ ‘Bird in Space’, ‘Widening Gyre’
image via Instagram @lukemurphy49
~LUKE MURPHY . . ‘INDUSTRIAL INCANDESCENT’ / CANADA / OPENS THURS SEPT 8 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2022, 1:39pm
JOSH (LUVVY) HARRIS & HIS LOVE of BOXING / ALFREDO MARTINEZ & HIS LOVE of FAKING BASQUIATS
and I say: to each, and all / grab your own weapon of creative – desire !!
and run with it – it’s the only way.
so, to continue with the previous riff on Josh’s write-up re ‘OATHING ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST’ on WHITEHOT,
including his own great quote of Anthony boxing in Josh’s ‘PSEUDO FIGHT CLUB” (!!!!!), and yeah . .
Josh most definite had a huge steam room in the loft on Broadway at Prince, where many a naked
New Yorker participated in the steamy & seamy goings-on.
I still have a mint condition LUVVY BOXING GOWN /
fabricated, silk screened, & designed by MARK ENGER, of EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE.
it’s probably a commercial dressing gown, with a faux Versace take – that was easily available,
around Broadway & Canal St. at the time, ca. 2000, 2001.
MARK ENGER, also designed the LUVVY the CLOWN logo.
LUVVY was Josh’s alter ego / this came in handy for things like going after corporate funding, or even art world credibility /
he could play the straight man, and blame – the (seriously) bad boy Josh behavior – on his alter ego: Luvvy the Clown.
the ‘LUVVYPLEX’, where the boxing ring & early matches took place – was on the site of the original ‘We Live In Public’ / ‘QUIET’ millennial party – after it had been shut down by the NYPD, FDNY & FEMA (!!!)
Josh re-imagined it as multi-layered, hence: ‘plex’, invite-only, site specific artist ‘theater’., where different artists,
of his choosing – got to make installations.
His own contribution was the boxing ring. I was already kicked out by then, so I can’t really tell you much more than that. except Mark Enger gifted me the dressing gown, knowing I’d keep it, and add it to my archive of his work.
here’s a sleeve . .
funny how many things are ‘faux’ today / but ‘faux Versace’ was definite ahead of the curve – back then.
the EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE – LOGO.
in case you’re wondering, that’s one of my hand-stitched, creatively repaired quilts in the background /
in my gritty Jersey backyard. what can I say, hardcore original content – still doesn’t pay. much.
but, still – life is good.
heard of ART LOT BROOKLYN ?
well this is: ART LOT NANCY.
JOSH HARRIS – sure loves his boxing.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Aug 19, 2010.
ok, ok .. I’ll show you who else – was in the photo.
surprise, surprise, not.
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, aka the Notorious Basquiat Forger !!
Josh had just rescued Alfredo from secret . . torture & detention in China.
I kid you not, long story. note, he’s pretty shell-shocked, and he’s still got his one-way plane ticket, around his neck.
and, yes of course the famous photo of Andy Warhol & Jean Michel . . boxing – was the inspo.
well, Josh seems to be doing pretty pretty good.
writing for Noah Becker & Whitehot Mag, and, still taking great (staged) photos, of himself.
but, Alfredo is doing pretty good too. he’s pretty much become a household . . name.
you don’t think so ?
just ask anybody you come into contact with today, your Uber driver, the co-worker, the vet, your kids !!
if they have ever heard of Anna Delvey the Fake Heiress, and they will say: yes.
then, ask them if they have ever heard of Alfredo Martinez, aka the Notorious Basquiat Forger who promoted her art, all the way up to DR. PHIL – and, they will say: YES !! TOO !!
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, fake Basquiat.
the thing is now he is quite open about it, and signs them – with his own name.
he seems to be currently painting on scaled-down, Home Depot-type wooden picket fences,
well come on, it’s summer !!
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, fake Basquiat.
the thing about Alfredo’s fake Basquiats – is that they are not really fakes, at all,
in the sense that they are like Shaker Spirit drawings, in that they seem to come down directly from Basquiat himself,
kind of like – speaking in tongues.
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, Fake Basquiat
of course, and esp with that recently discredited, fiasco / of a Basquiat Exhibit museum action !!
at the Orlando Museum of Art, Fake Basquiats are seriously trending !!
not to mention many numerous to other storeis of fake Basquait activity. google it.
and we all know who the grandfather of that is – right down to the real / or is fake – Certificate of Authenticity.
all in all, I’d say my long-time crew, (I’ve known them, Josh, Alfredo and Mark since the late 1990s),
is doing pretty, pretty darn good.
what about – your’s ?
PHOTOS: ALL photos by NANCY SMITH, except for the 3 ALFREDO MARTINEZ – ‘Fake Basquiat Paintings on Wooden Picket Fencing’ . .
images – which are via Alfredo’s Instagram: @alfredomartinezartist.
~JOSH HARRIS & BOXING / ALFREDO MARTINEZ & FAKING . . |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 31st, 2022, 8:55am
ps: A MERRY REAPER PRODUCTION . . . !!!!!
well, speaking about: FLOTSAM, JETSAM, LAGAN & DERELICT !!!!
JOSH (LUVVY) HARRIS . . has just written a snappy little piece / for NOAH BECKER & his WHITEHOT MAGAZINE.
and, it goes – like this:
JOSH HARRIS, AUGUST 2022
‘OATHING ANTHONY: The Anthony Haden-Guest Artist Vigil’ / A MERRY REAPER PRODUCTION*
see: ‘OATHING ANTHONY’, JOSH HARRIS – WHITEHOT MAGAZINE
*and, if that doesn’t sound scary & ominous, then – what does ?!!
anyway . .
according to Josh, ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST “has been recovering from a few broken ribs”,
again ??
and, by the way – the guy is 85 !!!!!
so . .
“as a get well soon gesture, Josh Harris gathered some of Anthony’s friends to contribute some memories . . ”
all in all – it is a pretty white-washed affair, which really doesn’t do the ‘party-down hard, even for a Brit’ guy any real justice – but, it’s still very entertaining,
and a nice slice of art scene archiving, for the new gen.
though one thing does stand out, loud & clear: Anthony sure loved / a good – threesome !!!
photo submission – NATALIE WHITE
photo submission – YVONNE SEWALL
above:
ARCHIVAL FLYER: ‘ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST: THE CHRONICLES of NOW’ / DRAWING SHOW
DEITCH PROJECTS / APRIL 25 – MAY 4, 2002
photo submission – COCO DOLLE
WALTER ROBINSON, the former editor of Artnet . . .
who most certainly knows the real down & dirty on Anthony, (they didn’t call Anthony a nighttime maven for naught) /
gave just the littlest hint, keeping it ok reading for – elementary school.
“The guy was a monster. And what’s more, he did it all drunk. I’ll never forget, I was at some party, quavering on the sidelines, and in came Anthony, roaring, as he dramatically collapsed, landing flat on his back in the middle of the room. It was an epiphany. I didn’t have to worry about Anthony; tomorrow he wouldn’t remember a thing.”
JOSH HARRIS . . . photo submission
my fav reminiscence ?
was Josh’s . . . . !!!!!!!!
~JOSH HARRIS / ‘OATHING ANTHONY: The Anthony Haden-Guest Artist Vigil’ / WHITEHOT MAGAZINE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 17th, 2022, 10:12am
GREAT FLYER / & not just the graphics . .
it’s pretty much how everyone is feeling ?
dazed. confused. scared about the future. war weary. crime weary. politics weary. pollution weary.
forward extreme climate forecasts weary. consumerism outta control. resources failing. imagination lacking.
in a word: trashed . . . in more ways than one.
‘FLOTSAM, JETSAM, LAGAN & DERELICT’
up thru AUG 28, 2022
ART LOT BROOKLYN, 206 Columbia St., Brooklyn NY 11231
viewable from the sidewalk – 24/7
or book an appointment to be ‘immersed’ / via ART LOT BROOKLYN
with: JUSTIN CHANCE, PALOMA IZQUIERDO, MEGAN MI-AI LEE, JORDAN LOEPPKY-KOLESNIK,NANCY LUPO,
SAAR SHEMESH, and LU ZHANG
curated by: JACOB JACKMAUH, and LINA McGINN
~’FLOTSAM, JETSAM, LAGAN & DERELICT’ / ART LOT BROOKLYN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 17th, 2022, 9:20am
go on, I double dare you – throw that ball !!
LU ZHANG has some confrontational, faux tennis balls . . laid out in a kind of mental ‘trail’,
in . . the open air, 7 person group exhibit: ‘Flotsam, Jetsam, Langan & Derelict’ / ART LOT BROOKLYN.
curated by the ART LOT BROOKLYN artist-directors: JACOB JACKMAUH & LINA McGINN.
up thru . . . AUG 28, 2022.
ART LOT BROOKLYN, 206 Columbia St., Brooklyn, NY 11241
note: the show can be viewed from the sidewalk, or to fully experience the exhibit,
and/or this piece in particular . . contact the gallery for a viewing appointment.
LU ZHANG . .
LU ZHANG, ‘Ballshit’, 2017.
‘sculptural poem’ . . with faux / stoneware ‘tennis’ balls.
dimensions variable.
Photos via Instagram @artlotbrooklyn
~LU ZHANG . . ‘BALLSHIT’, 2017 / ART LOT BROOKLYN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 13th, 2022, 9:34am
