RACHEL DOMM – ‘PREMIUM, ORIGINAL, & 100% FAT-FREE’
OPENING TO-NITE FRI JAN 12, 2018 / 7 – 9 PM
the show is up thru FEB 11, 2018.
ESSEX FLOWERS. 19 MONROE ST, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
image via Instagram @racheldomm
~RACHEL DOMM . . ESSEX FLOWERS / OPENS TO-NITE FRI JAN 12 / 7-9 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 12th, 2018, 6:11pm
‘DIRT LIFE’ . . . feat: DAVE CHOI, FRANKIE PHILLIPS, YASMIN KESHTKAR
CURATED BY: SISTER / ZURIEL WATERS & JENNIFER J LEE
OPENS TO-NITE FRI JAN 12, 2018 / 7 – 10 PM
the show runs thru FEB 18, 2018
ORGY PARK, 237 JEFFERSON ST #1B, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
BTWN WILSON & KNICKERBOCKER AVE
HRS: BY APPOINTMENT
FROM THE ‘DIRT LIFE’ . . . PRESS RELEASE:
so, that’s . . c-a-p-t-i-v-a-t-i-n-g !!
so def, READ: MORE ABOUT: ‘DIRT LIFE’ . . PRESS RELEASE / ORGY PARK
NOTE: SISTER is a WINDOW SPACE GALLERY located next to 200 Starr St. in the building of 69 Irving Ave, Brooklyn, NY 1237.
viewing hrs are: 5 pm – 11 pm daily
~’DIRT LIFE’ . . CURATED BY SISTER / ORGY PARK / OPENS TO-NITE FRI / 7-10 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 12th, 2018, 12:30pm
very interesting Q & A . . . !!
read it: CHASE HALL – ARTEVISTE, SEPT 29, 2016
screengrab via: Arteviste
note: Photo portrait of CHASE HALL – by FLORA ALEXANDRA OGILVY (2016)
~CHASE HALL . . Q & A on ARTEVISTE | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 12th, 2018, 12:17pm
it’s an exceptionally interesting time in the art world. it feels like a page is being turned.
the mainstream art world is shrinking in clout, and rapidly dropping off.
the underground is becoming unwieldly, but within that large mass of impossible dreams, and infinite hopes . . .
a small pool of supremely focused talent – is breaking out.
I really like how the range of expression – is so extreme. intellectually & visually compelling.
you can find heart-breakingly ‘minimal’. . . walking on the conceptual knife’s edge,
to the passionate scientist . . .
to the all-out, far-out ‘expressionist’ wacky.
FROM HAIKU to . . PBS NOVA, to . . SURREALIST GERMAN ROMANTIC !!
that’s some . . pretty tasty, monster sushi roll.
this show, this gallery and the artists it presents . . comes under: heart-breakingly ‘minimal’.
cool, as in knock-dead mentally metallic / graphic. resourceful. one-of-a-kind.
hidden, but in-your-face. cold-hearted.
riding storms that go right over your head, in their ‘sleekness’, and sly nature.
but always, always . . coming right down – on the point-like ‘mark’.
Aztec calendar – is what comes to mind.
BARBARA FEINMAN PRESENTS: HOMESTEAD
BOBBY VITERI, CHASE HALL, ISSAC BREST, TUCKER VANDER WYDEN, LUKE TODD, JARED BUSCHANG.
OPENING FRI JAN 12, 2018 / 6-9 PM
520 WASHINGTON ST, S.F. / SAN FRANCISCO 94111
A SAMPLING OF THE ‘HOMESTEAD’ – ARTISTS’ WORK – VIA ONLINE SEARCH:
BOBBY VITERI, b. 1992, NYC-based. ‘HONEY’, 2017.
ink, oil, grapgite, fixative on canvas. 36 x 36 in.
image via BARBARA FEINMAN GALLERY on artsy
LUKE TODD, b. 1992, NYC-based. ‘ENGINE’, 2016.
anodized 6061 aluminum, Rit dye, marble, custom drive system.
image via BARBARA FEINMAN GALLERY on artsy
JARED BUSCHANG, b. 1990. ‘FIGURES (untitled I)’, 2017.
acrylic on canvas. 66 x 70 in.
image via BARBARA FEINMAN GALLERY on artsy
CHASE HALL, b. 1993, NYC-based. ‘WE LIFT YOU UP’, 2015.
colored pencil on paper, 8.5 x 11 in.
image via CHASE HALL ARTIST WEBSITE / DRAWINGS
ISAAC BREST, b. 1987. ‘Right Side Up’, 2014.
drywall in artist frame, 72 x 48 in.
image via ISAAC BREST on artsy
WATCH: TUCKER VANDER WYDEN, ‘Cielo Dancer’, on VIMEO, uploaded 4 mos ago / FALL 2017
~’HOMESTEAD’ . . BARBARA FEINMAN GALLERY, S.F. / feat: BOBBY VITERI, CHASE HALL, ISAAC BREST, TUCKER VANDER WYDEN, LUKE TODD, JARED BUSCHANG / OPENS FRI | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 11th, 2018, 10:40am
HENRY CHAPMAN wrote . . .
a wonderful, short & to-the-point essay . . both elegant & scientific !!
on the BLINN & LAMBERT, ‘New Grey Planet’ show, still up at Microscope, Brooklyn – thru this weekend.
I especially liked how ‘informed’ his take was, and how he was able to visualize & ‘pull out’ so many different, yet specific elements. I was also . . absolutely stunned by his last sentence, & the essay’s conclusion:
“Expressivity isn’t a given – it’s a project.” (!!!!)
which mirrored my own conclusion – that above all else, ‘New Grey Planet’ is a . . trip.
a 3-D immersive production, that’s made to be seen / & experienced – so go see it while you can.
everyone comes out – with their own version, their own sense of what they had just . . stepped into. a dark room, a blast of red & blue light.
an open format, unspecified sci fi narrative, and the mysterious life . . of ordinary objects.
there is no blatant human presence.
“like PONGE before them, the artists (BLINN & LAMBERT / NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS) . . find life in these everyday things through twin acts of observation & imagination.”
~HENRY CHAPMAN.
for the record:
it was super great of MICROSCOPE, to live up to its name & mission . . and bring these young artists’ visionary & ground-breaking debut show to Brooklyn / NYC.
see: ‘ALMOST A QUALITY: BLINN & LAMBERT at MICROSCOPE GALLERY’ by HENRY CHAPMAN
published on . . ‘artcritical’ – Dec 30, 2017
see: ‘BLINN & LAMBERT: NEW GREY PLANET’, MICROSCOPE
DEC 15, 2017 – SUN, JAN 14, 2018.
BLINN & LAMBERT, ‘Doe, a Deer’, 2017.
HD single-channel stereoscopic 3D video, silent. 4 minutes 4 seconds
ed. of 3 + 2 APs
HENRY CHAPMAN’s essay on ‘NEW GREY PLANET’ . . for ‘artcritical’ begins:
“Milk glass floats under a pendulum of light .. it’s effect both vivid and spectral enough to recall FRANCIS PONGE’S assessment of the mollusk , ‘a being – almost – a quality.’
that phrase making a good ‘5 word’ . . summation of the entire show, in all its permutations, itself.
frame from . . ‘Doe, a Deer’.
HENRY CHAPMAN: “Every object has a shadow teeming with associative resonances. In one of the most strangely poetic moments … the shadow of a porcelain deer figurine is partially absorbed and erased by a stream of time-released water.”
HENRY CHAPMAN: “Expressivity isn’t a given – it’s a project.”
BLINN & LAMBERT / NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS . . at the opening.
HENRY CHAPMAN, at the NICHOLAS STEINDORF / KYLE WILLIAMS, ‘New Video Screening’, at MICROSCOPW GALLERY, BROOKLYN.
FEB 19, 2017
see: PHOTOS – FROM THAT OPENING !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~HENRY CHAPMAN . . writes up BLINN & LAMBERT / MICROSCOPE, LAST WEEKEND – thru JAN 14 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 10th, 2018, 10:16am
BIG, CRAZY WILD GROUP SHOW OPENS . . at UNDERDONK / TO-NITE !!
‘ACTUALLY WEIRD’ – CURATED by JJ MANFORD
OPENS FRI JAN 5, 2018 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs thru FEB 4, 2018
UNDERDONK, 1329 WILLOUGHBY AVE, BUSHWICK BROOKLYN 11237
HRS: SAT & SUN / 1-6 PM
great artist line-up, including:
ANDY CAHILL, MARIA CALANDRA, NICHOLAS CUEVA, ERIK DEN BREEJEN, NICHOLAS MOENICH, & ZURIEL WATERS
def, READ: the thinking behind curator JJ MANFORD’S project – ‘Actually Weird’ / UNDERDONK
COLLAGE / POSTER DESIGN BY: ALICIA GIBSON
~’ACTUALLY WEIRD’ . . curated by JJ MANFORD / UNDERDONK / OPENS TO-NITE FRI JAN 5 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2018, 10:10am
LAST DAY TO CATCH . . . ‘WINTER IN AMERICA II’ / FRI JAN 5, 2018
MOMS FAVORITE SPACE
1627 MONTANA AVE – SANTA MONICA CA / CALIFORNIA
HRS: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
THERE IS AN APP’T INQUIRY PROMPT – ON THE WEBSITE
CHASE HALL . .
put on the show & made the flyer / “The drawing on the flyer is an old found Italian gelato ad.”
@lukemichaeltodd:’Los Angeles [2017]’ (cactus on fire)
General Electric heating element, firebrick, 240v transformer, fireproof paint, timer
image via Instagram @lukemichaeltodd
PETER SUTHERLAND – PHOTOGRAPH / MOMS FAVORITE SPACE, ‘WINTER IN AMERICA II’
installation shot / courtesy of PETER SUTHERLAND
~’WINTER IN AMERICA II’, incl TOMMY MALEKOFF, PETER SUTHERLAND, LUKE TODD & CHASE HALL . . MOM’S FAVORITE, LA / LAST DAY FRI JAN 5 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2018, 9:20am
@artinadplaces: #AdTakeover 52 of 52: ‘Jealous Lover 1’ by @heatherbenjamin_
HEATHER BENJAMIN says, “I think it’s easy to experience a sort of tunnel vision when you’re running around in the city, it can be a kind of natural response to all the over-stimulation. But that can cause you to miss things going on around you that could be fresh opportunities for critical thinking or raw emotional reactions . . . .”
PHOTO BY: LUNA PARK
IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM @artinadplaces
most definite !!
check out: ART IN AD PLACES . . .
~HEATHER BENJAMIN . . ART IN AD PLACES | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 4th, 2018, 11:53am
UP-DATE: the show is open to the public . .
by appointment / at any time through JAN 18, 2018.
there is an email ‘contact’ – on the gallery website.
HEATHER will also be doing . . a closing event on THURSDAY JAN 18, 2018
stay posted for more info.
@heatherbenjamin_: hi brooklyn!. . I’ll be babysitting my show @dresshopgallery ..
FRI DEC 29, 2017 / from around 10am – 2pm. DM if you wanna come by or just stop in!
image via Instagram @heatherbenjamin_
more info on the show & about the artist: DRESS SHOP GALLERY – HEATHER BENJAMIN
‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ – NEW WORK BY HEATHER BENJAMIN
DRESS SHOP – 322 TROUTMAN ST, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
~HEATHER BENJAMIN . . at DRESS SHOP GALLERY TODAY / FRI DEC 29 / 10am – 2 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 29th, 2017, 10:34am
‘DEATH OF a TAIL’ – NEW WORK BY HEATHER BENJAMIN
OPENED DEC 15, 2017
the show runs thru JAN 12, 2018
DRESS SHOP, 322 TROUTMAN ST., BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
more info: DRESS SHOP GALLERY / ‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ – HEATHER BENJAMIN
some brief notes from the gallery website, link above for full essay:
‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ . . . marks a departure for BENJAMIN. Having spent years with her practice firmly rooted in DIY zine & comics culture, her drawings have typically been made with the intent of mass reproduction, through photocopying & screen printing. With this body of work, Benjamin moves in a new direction, creating works whose primary motivations are not exclusively to be reproduced & reprinted as their final form, but are instead made to be viewed as singular & precious objects . . .
The works range from the most minuscule of talismans to larger than life representations of the female creatures that, until now, have lived only in the pages of her books . . .
HEATHER BENJAMIN . . . b.1989 Tarrytown New York / lives & works in Providence, RI / Rhode Island.
She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016 with a BFA in Printmaking.
PIX – FROM THE OPENING – ‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ – NEW WORK BY HEATHER BENJAMIN:
HEATHER BENJAMIN . . at the opening party, FRI DEC 15, 2017
big crowd at DRESS SHOP, to-nite !!
I overheard some (other) guys !! . . .
saying the explicit ‘female’ imagery was shocking . . !!
I hadn’t even noticed !! in the bigger picture !!
so I’ll take a closer look . . . digital !!
I think it’s pretty elegant .. calligraphic, and well, definite not . . intersex !!
or, is there some sense of that, intersex ?
it was definite not ‘porn’, here. it was just pretty much descriptive / decorative.
art as ‘bio’ – in the classic sense. Asian art history-inspired. poetic.
definite . . ‘not’ scummy. not ‘bondage’ etc. etc.
though, if you look through her body of work – you begin to see a ‘spectrum’.
actually, I think the ‘bold’ way in which the ‘hands’ are drawn, and how expressive they are . . and how classic Chinese / Japanese (?) art history alluding they are,
is . . more interesting, plastic / composition, draftsmanship, technique – wise !!
ps: her color palette is so right on the mark, right now.
esp in fashion, all those cutting edge, new age crafty / embellished ‘quilt’ coats & ‘patch’ sweaters are all afalling all over themselves – with that . . muted pink salmon color.
prob because it’s a shade . . that works well in the ‘neon’ range of widely, commercially available synthetic yarns.
& drawing inks, too.
center: artist EMMANUEL LIMON, founder/director of DRESS SHOP GALLERY, with AIMEE LAROSE and SASHA SHVER.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – FROM THE OPENING / DEC 15, 2017. DRESS SHOP GALLERY, BROOKLYN
IMAGE VIA HEATHER BENJAMIN / BIG CARTEL STORE
YEP !!!!
DEFINITE CHECK OUT:
HEATHER BENJAMIN – BIG CARTEL STORE !!
HEATHER BENJAMIN – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE / BABY-FAT.NET !!
HEATHER BENJAMIN – TUMBLR PAGE !!
HEATHER BENJAMIN – IMAGE VIA HEATHER BENJAMIN / PORTFOLIO WEBSITE / BABY-FAT.NET
~HEATHER BENJAMIN . . ‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ / DRESS SHOP / OPENING NIGHT PIX !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 29th, 2017, 10:30am
