OVER UNDER ROOM PRESENTS:
‘ORCHID PARTY’ – NEW WORK by ANDREW GUENTHER
OPENS THURS FEB 20 / 6 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . MARCH 22, 2020
OVER UNDER ROOM / PILGRIM SURF & SUPPLY, 68 N. 3rd ST, BROOKLYN
HRS: WEEKDAYS 12 – 8 PM / WEEKENDS 11 AM – 7 PM
some new works in the show . . .
image via IG @andrewguenther_art
ANDREW GUENTHER . . . at the opening of a big craft / art group show he curated & organized / last year,
at ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY, called ‘BIG RINGER’. it was huge. and groundbreaking in many ways.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, APRIL 27, 2019.
see: ‘BIG RINGER’ / APRIL 27 – JUNE 8, 2019 . . . curated by ANDREW GUENTHER /
over 100+ artists create their take on the ‘engagement ring’ / ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY
Andrew aka EAT THE LEAF, like many of us straddles both worlds / craft & art.
or maybe that is just: ONE WORLD !!
skills, content & . . mindset.
looking at the new work, image above / it appears that his ‘craft’ – jewelry-making, is coming full-on into his painterly side,
and all the better for it.
these seem to be mobile, kinetic free-standing / small metalallic sculptures, rather that his traditional painting on canvas work.
see: ANDREW GUENTHER – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
see: EAT THE LEAF & STORE
ANDREW GUENTHER PENDANT / EAT THE LEAF COLLECTION
image via EAT THE LEAF
~ANDREW GUENTHER . . ‘ORCHID PARTY’ / OVER UNDER ROOM / PILGRIM SURF & SUPPLY / BROOKLYN / OPENS THURS FEB 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 20th, 2020, 2:29pm
‘RELATIVE FIELDS in a GARDEN’ . . . by HEIDI HOWARD & LIZ PHILLIPS
OCT 7, 2018 – FEB 16, 2020
QUEENS MUSEUM
PHOTOS FROM THE CLOSING EVENT – SUN FEB 16, 2020
QUEENS MUSEUM assistant curator . . . SOPHIA MARISA LUCAS,
with the large mural, hand-painted by HEIDI HOWARD, and elements of the immersive / audio by LIZ PHILLIPS, behind her.
‘RELATIVE FIELDS in a GARDEN’ . . was organized by Ms. Lucas along with artist BASEERA KHAN.
support for the project was provided by AGNES GUND.
part of the beauty of the piece, was experiencing how it fit into the open, airy, steel & glass museum,
with natural light flooding through large windows & skylights.
the bamboo ‘pipes’ hanging from the ceiling – are part of the ‘audio’ component / an interactive ‘sonic’ landscape.
I believe they hold the ambient light ‘sensors’ ?
LIZ PHILLIPS . . “spends much time tending to and recording in her urban garden in Sunnyside, Queens. She captures shifts to the sonic landscape that correspond to changes in its physical conditions. In this process, she employs deep listening & recording as a way of learning,
and over many years has developed a keen attunement to the rhythmic cycles & intersections of her home – from bird species to
traffic flow. Her speakers emphasize & manipulate these subtleties, playing a continuously modulating composition which uses sensors
to respond to the progression & intensity of sunlight across the wall.”
~QUEENS MUSEUM
HEIDI HOWARD’S . . “paintings depict friends & loved ones (often fellow artist) in ways that convey not just the characteristics of her sitters, but also her relationships to them & their work. In ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’, her wall mural images 3 generations of women. With fantastical flora that bridge representation & abstraction, and sculptural elements including ceramic flowers, dried bamboo, and birch veneer,
the work transitions through the seasons, moving from left to right.”
~QUEENS MUSEUM
note: the large drawing of a woman tending a garden, is her mother, who is the audio artist / Liz Phillips.
so it really is . . . ‘Relative Fields’ .. in a Garden !!
it’s always really fresh & authentic, when ‘institutions’ in particular, can relate to . . intimate relationships, esp among women,
without feeling they will compromise . . their ‘seriousness’.
I’m thinking . . . this detail, so vivid with its 3D ‘ornamentation’, such as ceramic flowers that petal outwards /
must be . . Heidi’s grandmother / as the museum writings – refer to 3 generations ?
“The 3D elements animate the painting aurally as well as visually. Chosen for their resonant material qualities,
Phillips has turned them into speakers for her field recordings by connection them to transducers, which convert
electrical signals into tactile sound.”
~QUEENS MUSEUM
HEIDI HOWARD, with her mural.
LIZ HOWARD, at left, with her daughter, artist HEIDI HOWARD at right.
LIZ PHILLIPS, . . a pioneer in the audio arts / “has been making interactive sound installations for over 4 decades.”
GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ . . co-editor of PRECOG MAGAZINE,
joined them at the closing event / panel.
Heidi Howard & Liz Phillips / and their ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’ project, are some of the artists featured in the newest Issue #5 of . . Precog / launching at Printed Matter, St. Marks Place – this Fri Feb 21, 2020.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF, of VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER ,
joined the panel, which focused on artist collaborations.
apart from his collaboration with JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET, based in Paris / of VDC,
he is also a collaborative partner with KYLE WILLIAMS in their digital arts project: BLINN & LAMBERT.
note: as well as featuring ‘Relative Dreams in a Garden’, in their new curatorial issue / Precog also collaborated with VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER, to produce the issue . . as a game engine / digital project / on the VDC platform,
with the technical & creative help of Nicholas Steindorf.
pictured on the screen . . is the ‘Relative Dreams in a VR Garden’ immersive ‘game’.
all downlaods on the VDC platform – are free / download here: VDC / VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER.
in the audience, FLORENCIA ESCUDERO, another co-editor of Precog Magazine.
and at left, KELLIE KONAPELSKY, the third Precog co-editor.
see: PRECOG MAGAZINE
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~’RELATIVE FIELDS in a GARDEN ‘ . . CLOSING EVENT / with PRECOG & VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER / QUEENS MUSEUM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 20th, 2020, 9:36am
QUEENS MUSEUM INVITES YOU . . . TO JOIN THEM !!
FOR A SPECIAL EVENT . . . in celebration of the closing of the . . .
HEIDI HOWARD & LIZ PHILLIPS . . collaborative / interactive exhibit:
‘RELATIVE FIELDS in a GARDEN’ . . . !!
this Sunday Feb 16, 2020 . . 2 – 4:30 pm !!
Queens Museum presents:
‘Relative Fields in a VR Garden’ . . an interactive / digital project / by LIZ PHILLIPS & HEIDI HOWARD,
with special guests, Precog Magazine & Virtual Dream Center.
see: SPECIAL EVENTS – ‘RELATIVE FIELDS in a VR GARDEN’ & ARTIST DIALOG – QUEENS MUSEUM
from 2 – 4:30 PM . .
visitors are invited to interact with HOWARD & PHILLIPS’ . . ‘Relative Fields in a VR Garden’ /
in a game station in the museum’s atrium.
at 3 PM . .
NICHOLAS STEINDORF of Virtual Dream Center, an online VR platform / founded by JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET in Paris,
will be talking with LIZ PHILLIPS & HEIDI HOWARD, and GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ of Precog Magazine . .
about their new ‘Relative Fields in a VR Garden’ digital interactive project / with which both Precog & Virtual Dream Center / are partners with.
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next FRI FEB 21, 2020 . .
will be the official launch of ‘Virtual Dream Center 4.1 x Precog Magazine Bubble Orchestra’ . . at PRINTED MATTER / St. Marks Place !!
Howard & Phillips’ ‘Relative Fields in a VR Garden’ – is part of the Precog Bubble orchestra / which is an online VR curation.
more info, see: Precog Mag Issue 5 – PRINTED MATTER 
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but, BACK TO THIS SUNDAY – FEB 16, 2020 !!!!!!!!
don’t miss, A SPECIAL PRESENTATION !!! . . . ‘RELATIVE FIELDS in a VR GARDEN’ & ARTIST DIALOG,
with: HEIDI HOWARD / LIZ PHILLIPS / GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ of PRECOG / & NICHOLAS STEINDORF of VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER
at the: QUEENS MUSEUM / NEW YORK CITY BUILDING / FLUSHING MEADOWS / CORONA PARK / QUEENS NY 11368
see: Directions
see: QUEENS MUSEUM
again, see: SPECIAL EVENTS – ‘RELATIVE FIELDS in a VR GARDEN’ / INTERACTIVE GAMING STATION & ARTIST DIALOG – QUEENS MUSEUM
see: COLLABORATIVE / INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT:’RELATIVE FIELDS in a GARDEN’ . . by HEIDI HOWARD & LIZ PHILLIPS / QUEENS MUSEUM
from the QUEENS MUSEUM:
“On the occasion of Queens International 2018: Volumes, mother LIZ PHILLIPS and daughter HEIDI HOWARD present their first artistic collaboration, ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’.
A multimedia installation, the work combines Howard’s vivid, gestural portraiture on the surface of the 40-foot wall
with Phillips’ sound work, which creates interactive sound fields using wave transmissions.”
more: see that link .. ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’ by HEIDI HOWARD & LIZ PHILLIPS / QUEENS MUSEUM
interesting fact:
Heidi Howard b. 1986 New York, NY / Liz Phillips b. 1951 Jersey City, NJ.
remember:
tomorrow SUN FEB 16, 2020 – is the last day to see this exhibit.
see: HEIDI HOWARD – ARTIST WEBSITE
see: LIZ PHILLIPS – ARTIST WEBSITE
see: PRECOG MAG
see: VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER
see: NICHOLAS STEINDORF ARTIST WEBSITE
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above image:
HEIDI HOWARD and LIZ PHILLIPS, ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’, 2018.
acrylic paint, ceramic, bamboo, birch veneer, mirror film, metal chairs, Serge analog synthesizer, sound transducers, light sensors and multichannel looping audio players /
PHOTO: HAI ZHANG / COURTESY: THE ARTISTS / COURTESY: QUEENS MUSEUM
~’RELATIVE FIELDS in a VR GARDEN’ . . HEIDI HOWARD & LIZ PHILLIPS with PRECOG MAG & VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER’S NICHOLAS STEINDORF / QUEENS MUSEUM / SUN FEB 16 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 15th, 2020, 11:45am
above:
JON CARLING, YEAR of the RAT . . !!!
each envelope is . . 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. / with flap down
($100 ea.)
above:
MAKE WEN, YEAR of the RAT . . !!!
each envelope is . . 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. / with flap down
($28 ea.)
POSTER IMAGE by . . SHIN (YEON) MOON / @shinnyoni on IG
FINAL WEEK to catch the always . . . incredible, fantastic !!
‘RED ENVELOPE SHOW’ – presented by GRUMPY BERT
this year happening in both NYC & LA !!
the NYC presentation is at CITY POINT BROOKLYN, DEKALB MARKET HALL / 445 ALBEE SQUARE, BROOKLYN, NY
the last day is: Presidents Day, MON FEB 17, 2020 – don’t blink !!
see: GRUMPY BERT !!!!
~GRUMPY BERT . . RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2020 / YEAR of the RAT / last week !!!!!! |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2020, 9:06am
HEATHER BENJAMIN . . Stray / PRAY
in . . ‘Fate in a Pleasant Mood’
182 Ave C / LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
HEATHER BENJAMIN, ‘A Difficult Woman’, 2020.
gouache & acrylic on paper, mounted on wood.
31 x 44 in.
~HEATHER BENJAMIN, HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY !!!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2020, 8:54am
Fate in a Pleasant Mood . . . . ???
my sentiments . . . exactly !!!!!
it’s prob . . . going to be the most edgey / indie / hardcore, rebel show – around these days !!
curated by . . . HEATHER BENJAMIN !!!!
‘Fate in a Pleasant Mood’ . . . curated by HEATHER BENJAMIN
BIG PAR-TAY !! TO-NIGHT !! THURS FEB 13 / 6 – 9 PM
182 AVE C, BTWN 11 & 12th AveLES / LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
HRS: THURS – SUN / 4 – 8 PM
for all inquiries contact: milespflanz@gmail.com
note: running thru March 1 2020 / by appointment
HEATHER BENJAMIN, NOEL FREIBERT, CHARLOTTE KOHLMANN, EMMA KOHLMANN, DIANA LOZANO, LEIGHA MASON,
MICHELLE GUINTU PETTY, ALEX PETTY, MIRA PUTNAM, HANK REAVIS
~’Fate in a Pleasant Mood’ . . curated by HEATHER BENJAMIN / POP-UP / TO-NIGHT / THURS FEB 13 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 13th, 2020, 12:59pm
me, and my R.I.P. artist / collector / art dealer hubby . . SIMON CERIGO,
we lived on Rivington and the Bowery . . from 1987 – 1996.
most of the time, about 9 yrs / rent free – thanks to landlord / tenant court.
where we raised our 2 young kids, Kate & Theo . . in a storefront.
it was pretty raw, but big / it had a great backyard garden / & no complaints about the rent, non-existent.
thanks to RICHARD HAMBLETON aka ‘The Shadowman’, from whom we had sublet the place / who took our money, $600 a month for the entire floor / but didn’t pay the landlord, hence the journey . . . into the court system.
Jean-Michel Basquiat lived around the corner – we chatted him up in the local deli / so did Keith Haring who we ran into at the Red Bar all the time, but of course our fav & dearest neighbor – was DAN ASHER !!
195 Chrystie Ave . . . Lower East Side, today.
at one point, me & Simon, we were in the money, and had a good sized studio, on the 2nd floor of this building,
on the left / a chic gentrified storefront, where the Agnes B. ‘Snap Cardigan Photography’ show is currently taking place.
back then it was dark, and very gritty. it was a big hub for cheap drug addict prostitution.
in fact, RICHARD HAMBLETON used to pimp out his red-haired run-down & addicted Canadian girlfriend, Bonnie out there.
you’d see her out there in torn black fishnet stockings, early in the morning, and late at night.
the streets were lined with dirty needles. the ‘park’ in the center of the avenue, where that row of large trees is . .
was a war zone.
enter at your own (very) real . . risk.
our studio was on the 2nd floor, something like that.
the building was so distressed at the time, CHARLIE FINCH / the notorious early 2000s artnet scribe, almost had an asthma attack when he came to visit / though he did buy a watercolor from me.
we lived just down the block, heading south on Chrystie / on Rivington St.
of course, those are still the original 5 story ‘tenement’ buildings,
now . . very very expensive apartments.
that now super chic, cheery bar/bistro on the corner, used to be a super religious Kosher meat packing plant !!
great slabs of raw beef arrived there daily, that’s how grubby the area was.
I think they made . . smoked meat there ?
because it had a huge smokestack, emitting huge dense plumes of spicy steam, that coated the block with pungent greasy fog.
every now and then, a stranger to the area would call the firemen, who would show up with many trucks & ladders to put out the ‘fire’/ that was only . . smoked meat, cooking.
turning right, at the corner of Chrystie & Rivington, heading west to the Bowery a short block away /
on the south side of the street, where a chic up-scale Japanese lifestyle & plant shop, GREEN FINGERS MARKET, now stands . . was our storefront !!
5 Rivington St. the East Storefront.
very early on, when we first moved in / the west storefront was the original . . Spiritual America gallery.
although the current landlords appear to have have painted over the large white hand-painted ‘5’ / that used to proclaim it’s identity above the entrance to the apartments above / the original steel ‘door’ buzzer from the 80s, still remains / caked with dirt, recalling the grit of the old neighborhood / and . . it’s history !!
you can still make out: RICHARD HAMBLETON … APT 1 !!!!!!!
I guess if he had been less of a douchebag, and more like ANDY WARHOL, or even BASQUIAT, there might be a plaque there, now / stating that:
RICHARD HAMBLETON . . once lived here / and set in motion the court case that allowed artists . . . NANCY SMITH & SIMON CERIGO .. to live here, rent free (!!!!!) in the heart of the most happening place on the face-of-the-earth at the time / for almost 10 years, and then were handed over a $90,000 cash settlement to finally vacate the storefront / & get the hell out / when the area had gentrified enough.
NANCY SMITH & SIMON CERIGO, with our young kids, Kate & Theo . . outside our storefront at 5 Rivington St.
ca. 1988
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / except the family portrait which is c/o SCOTTIE HARRISON
NANCY SMITH, just before I left Montreal for NYC, ca. 1981.
see: an interview with me / NOAH BECKER of WHITEHOT MAGAZINE – published last year, 2019.
SIMON CERIGO – last photo / PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
at the Carroll Dunham show, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Chelsea, NYC / Dec 2012.
see: SIMON CERIGO OBIT / THE OBSERVER
~Ghosts of the Lower East Side / Under the Volcano . . . 2020 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 13th, 2020, 11:51am
‘…PHOTOGRAPHERS … ARTISTS AND THE SNAP CARDIGAN’ / AGNES B. POP-UP
opened SAT FEB 8, 2020
& runs thru . . . MARCH 1, 2020
195 CHRYSTIE ST, L.E.S. / LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
SOME PIX – FROM THE OPENING:
PHOTO by . . JUERGEN TELLER
in background,
PHOTO by . . BALARAMA HELLER
artist .. SELMA SELMAN in front.
detail,
PHOTO by . . MALIK NEJMI
in the background,
PHOTO by . . PABLO JOMARON
Hand-drawn checkerboard on a white snap cardigan / & PHOTO by . . JIM JOE
DRAWING / & PHOTO by . . JIM JOE
a view into the pop-up /
of course, some 40+ years since the days of the rebel underground / downtown legends . . .
both . . . known & unknown /
the Lower East Side . . is very, very chic.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~’… PHOTOGRAPHERS … ARTISTS AND THE SNAP CARDIGAN’ / AGNES B. / PIX FROM THE OPENING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 12th, 2020, 11:40am
PETER SUTHERLAND . . has a beautiful, beautiful photo portrait of MAIA / MAIA RUTH LEE,
in a classic Agnes B. ‘Snap’ cardigan, with their young son . . NIMA !!
in the BIG !! PHOTO GROUP SHOW !! at the AGNES B. / pop-up opening today . . . 4 – 8 PM
‘PHOTOGRAPHERS … ARTISTS AND THE SNAP CARDIGAN’
OPENS SAT FEB 8 / 4 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . MARCH 1
AGNES B. / 195 CHRYSTIE ST, L.E.S. / LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
PHOTO BY . . PETER SUTHERLAND
image via Instagram story @petersutherland
archival fun fact:
me, and SIMON CERIGO . . had a studio at 195 Chrystie back in the late 80s / early 90s,
when we lived just around the corner, in the east storefront of 5 Rivington St.
those were rough & wild days back then / the area was quite distressed & very hardcore.
gritty . . cannot be overstated. but, it was the center of the universe as far as we were concerned.
BASQUIAT, (d. 1988) & KEIH HARING, (d. 1990) . . lived around the corner.
Soho, and the broader L.E.S was the epicenter of the gallery scene.
in fact, speaking about GRITTY . . we sublet our storefront /
from the notorious ‘Shadowman’ . . RICHARD HAMBLETON.
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘SNAP CARDIGAN’ PHOTO GROUP SHOW / AGNES B. / DOWNTOWN / 195 CHRYSTIE ST. / OPENING TODAY / SAT FEB 6 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 8th, 2020, 9:58am
‘CELLOPHANE’ . . . has been extended thru SUN FEB 9, 2020
see: M. DAVID & CO.
ALLIGATOR, ALLIGATOR . . on the wall,
who is the fairest of them . . ALL ?
MORE PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING – JAN 17, 2020
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Mon Calamari III’, 2016-2019
detail . . .
yes, that’s an alligator paw.
well, you can’t be squeamish when you come to face-to-face with Daniel Giordano, or . . his work.
it’s not that he challenges you, it’s that he is challenging you !!
animal parts, moldy food, urinal cakes. chain-saw wood carving, found metal, gooey melted plastics.
deep-fried batter, stainless steel. tennis balls. sparklers. dust.
face masks. pipe dreams. clementines. ceramics. resin. things . . both opaque, and shiny. skittery, and dense.
revolting, phosphorescent, and probably, no longer edible.
what’s acceptable, what isn’t / wasn’t, could be / can be.
transcending metaphor and meanings, of which plenty of each abound . .
the poetry, the dance, the grin . . the sheer force to be /
the creative impulse to ‘will’ into being, the crazy wild, even emotional . . imagination that runs through it all,
is like a river, with the heart of a rock.
these pieces don’t sit still, in any sense of the word / even this one,
though it might sit stationary on a block,
it’s base . . is a bowl.
a shiny reflective . . bowl. a big round half-shell of a bowl. a metal bowl cradling what amount to a ‘cultural’ . . explosion.
detail . . .
this is no longer the era of minimalism, or even brute. it’s not just arte povera, or even . . distressed.
and it’s certainly . . not: DIY. it might embrace craft, skills, and a subset of conceptional-ism . . .
but it is always more / and it’s just like breathing, to him.
it reminds me most of . . earth art.
I mean, just that ‘will’ / to PUT . . FORWARD / a ‘stop-in-your-tracks’ sign / held up against the usual suspects,
the usual landscape. the usual landmarks, and the comfort zone . . beacons.
DANIEL, born into full-blooded Italian ancestor / immigrant family genes . . questions the whole status quo of western art history, & comes full circle . . from marble and chiselled realism /
zooms past minimalist & earth art theory, but still holds onto the ‘ego’ creator part, and then re-fired in the newly re-gentrified folk art & craft pathways, comes up:
born in the Hudson Valley, which in itself was birthed & skilled in the manufacturing ‘arts’ of the long gone Industrial era / short-coded here as ‘Vicki’ / the family aunt who most recently ran the business / as a . . post millennial (!!)
who grew up, I’m betting strange and wild, despite his parents’ greatest efforts, when the area re-gentrified big time & exploded with art, and both artists / craftspeople.
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say / though it may sound a contradiction . . .
that the ‘heroic’ / ground-breaking abstract, minimal, and even ‘earth art’ of the nearby DIA Foundation had a lot to do with this upstate native son’s powerful . . but loving, cultural – upheaval.
note: the tiny bit of hand-crocheted lace.
Daniel told me, he did it himself . . and, it was “f-cking hard”.
welcome to the crafts world, Daniel !!
bet you won’t find any hand-crochet in the DIA. probably, not even a quilt.
my, how the cultural winds blow, and . . scatter.
which is exactly – how it should be.
it takes layers & layers of thought, and skill . . to explain the drive of our DNA / humanity.
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Mon Calamari III’, 2016-2019.
Glazed ceramic, aluminum, alligator, stainless steel bowls, deep-fried batter, tennis balls, gravel, iron ore, sparklers, tennis racket string, dental floss, thread, garment factory dust, epoxy, Tang drink mix, Tiger Balm, medicated itch powder, phosphorescent acrylic, bison.
38-1/2 x 15 x 14-1/2 in.
Collection: Theo Cerigo
(NFS)
note: Calimari translates both as to a squid, a yummy food delicacy*, and squid liquid . . which stains indelibly / and is therefore a verbal pathway to . . ink / and writing instrument.
“The word calamari was borrowed into English from 17th-century Italian, where it functioned as the plural of “calamaro” or “calamaio”. The Italian word, in turn, comes from the Medieval Latin noun calamarium, meaning “ink pot”, or “pen case”, and can be ultimately traced back to to Latin calamus, meaming // “reed pen”.
~Merriam-Webster
*battered & deep-fried (!!)
re: reed / ink pen . . those must be the thin, waver-y, once-were ‘sparklers’ . . that poke out from different points on the piece, but esp at the top.
re: layers, metaphors, and . . symbolism.
/ in a word: human history.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF . . gets it. it’s both serious & . . celebratory !!
btw:
NICHOLAS STEINDORF . . .
will be participating in a panel discussion on interactive art & artist collaborations / titled, ‘Dynamic Collaborations’
with HEIDI HOWARD and LIZ PHILLIPS, NICHOLAS STEINDORF repping his collab with Paris-based VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER (Jean-Baptiste LENGLET),
and . . GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ of PRECOG Magazine,
not this Sunday, but next.
mark your calendars . . .
SUNDAY, FEB 16, 2020 / 3 PM . . at THE QUEENS MUSEUM / QUEENS, NEW YORK
HEIDI HOWARD & LIZ PHILLIPS, who have an interactive / collab exhibit, ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’,
at THE QUEENS MUSEUM, will sponsor the panel discussion /
to mark the closing of their show . . Sun Feb 16, 2020 / 3 PM
see: ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’ / The Queens Museum
FAMILY !!!
in a mind-set / full-on / creative sense . . kind of way.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF meets up with DANIEL GIORDANO, at the opening.
behind them: ‘Colobonema’, 2020 by . . JUDY PFAFF
2 new wall works by .. JUDY PFAFF
from a different angle . .
JUDY PFAFF, ‘Colobonema’, 2020.
Melted plastics, acrylic, wire, bed springs, string lights, steel chair base.
28 x 26 x 32 in.
($15,000)
JUDY PFAFF, ‘Moon Jelly’, 2020.
Melted plastics, acrylic, expanded foam, roots, and motorized lighting.
36 x 0 x 30 in.
($15,000)
the show’s curator . . NICOLE CASTYALDO,
who is also Associate Director at the M. David & Co. gallery.
behind her a work by . . LEN BELLINGER.
LEN BELLINGER, ‘chisholm’, 2013-2015.
oil on canvas/wood / 56 x 40 x 5 in.
(7,800)
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~DANIEL GIORDANO & friends / more pix from the opening . . ‘CELLOPHANE’ / M. DAVID & CO. / with shout-out to: NICHOLAS STEINDORF / HEIDI HOWARD & LIZ PHILLIPS / THE QUEENS MUSEUM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 6th, 2020, 2:23pm
