‘MAPPING MESPEATCHES’ – ‘A SOLO EXHIBITION of NEWTON CREEK PRINTS – by STO LEN’
OPENS THURS JULY 6, 2017 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs thru JULY 31, 2017
ACE HOTEL, 20 W 29th St, Midtown NYC.
STO LEN . . .
PHOTO BY WALTER WLODARCZYK . . from the Mespeatches Performance, June 24, 2017 / on Newton Creek, Queens.
‘MAPPING MESPEATACHES’ . . .
an exhibition of site-specific work by artist STO LEN,
who you might also know . . as the co-founder of Brooklyn’s legendary CINDERS GALLERY & PROJECT SPACE
“highlights the relationship between aesthetic beauty and ugly truth by investigating urban sprawl and the illegal dumping of toxic waste in natural habitats through a series of prints pulled from the surface of NEWTON CREEK and Corona Park in QUEENS, NYC. Working en plein air from a rowboat, LEN uses an original process he calls ‘Tsunaminagashi’ – a mix of traditional suminagashi and his own techniques – to print directly off of the water. These works are arresting, psychedelic experiments in marbleized texture and design that reveal a dark, tactile truth of urban pollution in our city’s water.
The Mespeatches, one of 13 Native tribes of Long Island, took their name from mespeatches, ‘at the bad water place’, referencing the swamps which populated what is now Maspeth, Queens. Today, Greenpoint’s Newton Creek is one of the most polluted bodies of water in the U.S., a dumping ground for illegally disposed of toxic materials. Abused for decades, the region is currently a hotbed for real estate speculation with luxury buildings further contributing to conditions harmful to life. It is within this context that STO LEN exposes the physical consequences of this commodified urban landscape through land art, performance and printmaking as a site of discourse on environmentalism and gentrification.”
STO LEN . . a Brooklyn-based artist & musician, with familial roots in Vietnam, was the inaugural artist invited to participate in Ace Hotels New York’s Artist in Residence program.
UPCOMING: JULY 22, 2017 / STO LEN – Solo Exhibition at PARLOR / SAN FRANCISCO SF ART BOOK FAIR, JULY 21-23, 2017.
MOST DEF, check out: STO LEN – STOISHERE.COM / ARTIST WEBSITE
STO LEN – UNIQUE ‘TSUNAMINAGASHI’ PRINT / made directly from the surface water – of NEWTON CREEK.
STO LEN & friends, including R. NICHOLAS KUSZYK & WORKS ON WATER, on-site pop-up: the ‘NEWTON CREEK CENTER for VISUAL RESEARCH’. (!!!!)
ALL IMAGES & “DESCRIPTIVE” TEXT COURTESY: STO LEN, thank you !!
~STO LEN . . ‘MAPPING MESPEATCHES’ / ACE HOTEL / OPENING TODAY – THURS JULY 6 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 6th, 2017, 7:44am
ZURIEL WATERS . . . in ‘THE CACTUS SHOW’
CURATED BY DAN GRATZ & LETHA WILSON
BIG GROUP ART SHOW & BBQ PARTY !! – UPSTATE NY – SAT JULY 1, 2017 / 4 PM – 11 PM
1124 COUNTY ROUTE 27
CRARYVILLE, NY 12521
I am so digging this show & this . . ‘cactus’ !!
JULY 4 WEEKEND – PAR-TAY ON !!!!!!
‘CACTUS BOOGIE’ / haha !!
ZURIEL WATERS . .
P. MONDRIAN . . loving it – from the grave !!
@zurielw: so happy to be spending the weekend with @letha.wilson and @dangratz for ‘The Cactus Show’ / loosely inspired by my true love @jenny_lee cactus painting,
. . . this is my little ‘CACTUS BOOGIE’ for the show.
image via Instagram @zurielw
~ZURIEL WATERS . . in ‘THE CACTUS SHOW’ & JULY 1 BBQ / UPSTATE N.Y. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 1st, 2017, 5:25am
‘THE CACTUS SHOW’ – A BIG GROUP SHOW
CURATED BY DAN GRATZ & LETHA WILSON
+ BBQ PARTY !!!!!
SATURDAY JULY 1, 2017 / 4PM – 11 PM
1124 COUNTY ROUTE 27 – CRARYVILLE, NY / NEW YORK 12521
KATHERINE AUNGIER, CONOR BACKMAN, ALTA BUDEN, JONATHAN CHAPLINE, DOUG CROCCO, ALA DEHGAN, BEN FAIN, RACHEL FAINTER, DAN GRATZ, LEAH GUADAGNOLI, JESSE EVAN HAMERMAN, MATT HANSEL, HEIN KOH, CAROLINE LARSEN, JENNY LEE, GREGG LOUIS, LYDIA MCCARTHY, CAROLYN SALAS, MARTHA NARANJO SANDOVAL, RYAN SCHNEIDER, ADAM PARKER SMITH, SIEBREN VERSTEEG, ZURIEL WATERS, LETHA WILSON, ALEX YUDZON
IMAGE: JENNY LEE, untitled, oil on Jute, 2017
image via Instagram @dangratz
~DAN GRATZ PRESENTS: ‘THE CACTUS SHOW’ & BBQ PARTY . . 1124 COUNTRY ROUTE 27, CRARYVILLE, NY / SAT JULY 1 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 1st, 2017, 5:18am
‘THE SHRIMP LOUIE SHOW’
OPENING SAT JULY 1, 2017 / 2 – 6 PM
FOOD by BRAY
BRING ALL YOUR MONEY
T-SHIRTS FOR SALE
SEEING THINGS GALLERY, 751 W. SAN CARLOS ST, SAN JOSE, CA / CALIFORNIA
~SHRIMP LOUIE . . OPENING SEEING THINGS GALLERY, CA / SAT JULY 1 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 1st, 2017, 4:37am
SAMUEL HINDOLO / PETER SUTHERLAND – ‘MIRACLE SPRING WATER’
OPENS FRI JUNE 30, 2017 / 8 PM
the show runs thru JULY 30, 2017
BASIN SPACE, 1206 N. 5th, PHILADELPHIA, PA / PENNSYLVANIA
BASIN PRESENTS: ‘MIRACLE SPRING WATER’
“a 2-person exhibit with SAMUEL HINDOLO and PETER SUTHERLAND, moving between painting and sculpture, this show serves as a meditation on spirituality and ascension while borrowing languages from notorious televangelist scams and other western cultural phenomena.”
BASIN SPACE . . is an artist-run gallery in Philly.
SAMUEL HINDOLO, ‘Double cross T’
PETER SUTHERLAND, detail
all images courtesy BASIN SPACE
~PETER SUTHERLAND, SAMUEL HINDOLO . . ‘MIRACLE SPRING WATER’ / BASIN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 30th, 2017, 4:44am
SPOONBILL & SUGARTOWN BOOKS . . .
NEW LOCATION: 99 MONTROSE / in BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
THURS, JUNE 29, 2017 / 7-8 PM
see: SPOONBILL & SUGARTOWN, BROOKLYN
‘JOE BRADLEY’ – JOE BRADLEY, b. 1975 / NEW HARDCOVER MONOGRAPH / BOOK-SIGNING & DRINKS !!
with forward by: JANNE SIREN
text by: CATHLEEN CHAFFEE, DAN NADEL, KIM CONATY
interview by: CARROLL DUNHAM (!!)
Hardcover, 9 x 12 in. / 208 pages / 100 color / 10 bw / published Spring 2017
ARTBOOK / D.A.P.
$50
see: artbook.com
Published in conjunction with:
ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, BUFFALO / and their . . ‘JOE BRADLEY’ MID-CAREER EXHIBIT
which opened last week & runs . . June 24 – Oct 8, 2017.
see: ‘JOE BRADLEY’ – ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY
SPOONBILL & SUGARTOWN / 99 MONTROSE. BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN.
~JOE BRADLEY . . . BOOKSIGNING / SPOONBILL & SUGARTOWN BOOKS, BUSHWICK, THURS / 7-8 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 27th, 2017, 1:57pm
MARKET SURPLUS . . . SUR-PLUS MAR-KET !!
pop-up show / 10 ARTISTS – 10 MURALS
on the LOWER EAST SIDE
open this weekend / SAT & SUN / 12 – 6 pm
140 ESSEX ST.
Image via Instagram @faustnewyork
see: FAUST
don’t miss his: tumblr
~FAUST . . MARKET SURPLUS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 24th, 2017, 11:13am
10 ARTISTS – 10 MURALS
OPENS FRI JUNE 23, 2017 / 7-11 PM
runs: JUNE 23-24-25, 2017
140 ESSEX ST – LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
ALL AGES – $10 SUGGESTED DONATION at DOOR / 100% GOES TO LES GIRLS CLUB
with:
BKFOXX
BUFF MONSTER
ELLE
FAUST
HANKSY
LAMOUR SUPREME
NDA
OWVBICS
PIXEL PANCHO
SONNI
10 ARTISTS – 10 MURALS – 1 MOODY VIDEO . . . !!!!!!
that great . . . .
POSTER PHOTO BY: BROOKLYN-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER . . MARTIN DIEGELMAN / @martindiegelman
~MARKET SURPLUS . . feat. FAUST / OPENS TO-NITE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 23rd, 2017, 10:12am
JEFFREY DEITCH . . presented a mini-retrospective of Walter’s work, this past SEPT 2016.
in his large space on Wooster St. in Soho.
it really helped move Walter’s work . . up the food chain.
here’s 2 shots from that landmark exhibit:
WALTER ROBINSON . . early spin paintings, 1986.
enamel on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
Walter’s spin paintings . . are SO !! friggin’ off the chart !!
so friggin’ intense – they seem to predict . . . CGI / digital animation.
WALTER ROBINSON . . acrylic on bed sheet paintings, 96 x 66 in.
pulp fiction themes / Walter’s signature genre.
these seem to be the paintings, which Vito is showing in his St. Moritz / high-end digs right now.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~WALTER ROBINSON . . summer heat !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 16th, 2017, 11:38am
LOL: bet Walter is on speed dial, now . . with his new BFF Julian (Schnabel) !!
these are some of the many early, Walter Robinson paintinings, me and R.I.P. hubby SIMON CERIGO, . . owned back in the early 80s . .
WALTER ROBINSON, ‘Revenge’, 1982. acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in.
PHOTO: HELENE CERIGO LUPATKIN, MD
SIMON CERIGO, R.I.P . . at Kate or Theo’s kiddie birthday party, ca. 1988 ?
note the WALTER ROBINSON canvas to his left.
back in the day:
Kate, me (NANCY SMITH) and SIMON CERIGO – in our storefront at 5 Rivington St, just up from the Bowery.
Lower East Side, NYC. ca. 1991.
note the WALTER ROBINSON canvas – to the top right.
we even had a WALTER ROBINSON ‘pharmaceutical’ painting in our kitchen. ca. 1994.
ARCHIVAL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
~WALTER ROBINSON: REVENGE OF THE UNDER-RATED |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 15th, 2017, 10:15am
