as in very, VERY VERY GREEN.
as in . . . mucho green backs / $$$$$$$$$$ !!
via VITO !!
SCHNA-BEL: ring, ring / bling, bling can’t be far behind !!
looks like there’s no – stopping Walter, now !!
LISA ROSEN aka @fineartrestoration / Walter’s wife . . just posted this image yesterday to Instagram.
yep, Vito rhymes with . . . mucho – dough.
and plenty of it, and mostly blue chip.
and plus, it’s Art Basel week / so multiply that all, by a good factor, like a 1,000 ?
@fineartrestoration: #walterrobinson #vitoschnabelshow #StMoritz
Walter’s hotel room view. (!!) (!!) (!!)
GO WALTER – take ’em crusty ole rich guys, down !!
see: VITO SCHNABEL GALLERY, St. Moritz
~WALTER ROBINSON . . going GREEN !!! / via VITO SCHNABEL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 13th, 2017, 9:51am
YUSUKE HANAI / image: Seeing Things Gallery
I see they are dusting off the Cold War era . . nuke shelters.
not, a good sign.
whatever are they thinking ? Bikini Atoll is still inhabitable, more than 60 years on.
see: ‘This is where the govt will Hide & even start a new civilization’ . . NEW YORK POST
I saw a documentary this weekend on Native American basket making, also . .
not, a good sign.
the master craftsman/artist basket weaver said that . . the 2 trees that are essential for the weaving strips, used since the beginning of Native times, are the ash and the birch tree.
both trees are under assault by deadly, invasive out-of-control & prob beyond control (!!) micro beetles. genocide of trees is the catch-phrase.
see: ‘An insect that has killed’. . Observer
he didn’t seem that concerned, because he added . . only about 1/4 of the trees around where he lives, have been destroyed – so far.
how much longer til they are all gone ?
2 years ?
4 years ?
25 years ? I bet 25 years tops it.
new age plastic weaving strips – up next.
I don’t even want to speculate . . on nuclear winter.
~YUSUKE HANAI . . sing like a bird, not. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 13th, 2017, 9:18am
‘INGENIOUS APPROACH’ . . . KATSUO DESIGN, Hi-DUTCH, YUSUKE HANAI
OPENS SAT JUNE 10, 2017 / 2-6 PM
SEEING THINGS GALLERY, 751 WEST SAN CARLOS ST, SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA
more about the artists:
KATSUO DESIGN
Hi-DUTCH
YUSUKE HANAI
more about the gallery: SEEING THINGS GALLERY
~’INGENIOUS APPROACH’ . . feat. YUSUKE HANAI / SEEING THINGS GALLERY / OPENS TODAY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 10th, 2017, 6:50am
so, somebody’s BIG DREAM – CAME TRUE !!
CONGRATS TO A VERY TALENTED ARTIST.
MATT THURBER . . GOT HIS FIRST CARTOON PUBLISHED – in THE NEW YORKER / JUNE 2, 2017
in their . . DAILY SHOUTS.
for the complete page, and yes it is . . great !!
so . . horse-in-cheek !!
see: MATT THURBER / ‘What do You Like to Do on the Computer’ – THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE
~MATTHEW THURBER . . hits THE NEW YORKER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 7th, 2017, 11:04am
BLOW-OUT !!
LAST CHANCE TO CATCH !!
THE GALLERY WILL BE OPEN, TODAY & TOMORROW / JUNE 3 & 4, 2017 / HRS: 12 – 6 PM
‘DANIEL HERR / GUY WALKER’
extended thru weekend / SAT & SUN / JUN 3 & 4, 2017
SAFE GALLERY, 1004 Metropolitan, Brooklyn
see: background & installation photos
PAINTINGS BY DANIEL HERR / SCULPTURE BY GUY WALKER
PAINTINGS BY DANIEL HERR / SCULPTURE BY GUY WALKER
INTERIOR / SCULPTURE BY GUY WALKER
“the sculptures are plaster casts formed from inside the fluid billows of large plastic bags tied in diverse formations.”
~gallery notes
IMAGES COURTESY: SAFE GALLERY
~DANIEL HERR / GUY WALKER . . SAFE GALLERY / last weekend |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 3rd, 2017, 7:41am
BOMB POP-UP PRESENTS:
VIDEO SCREENINGS / 6 – 8:45 PM
PETER CLOUGH / NICHOLAS STEINDORF / KYLE WILLIAMS
MUSIC / DJ 7 – 8 PM
BY DAEVA / RANDIBABYPOO
ON SALE: MAGAZINES, T-SHIRTS & DRESSES
ALL $$$ RAISED GOES TOWARD ‘PRECOG VOLUME 3’ – PRINT FUNDS
FIRST FRIDAYS – PETE’S CANDY STORE
709 LORIMER ST – BROOKLYN, NY
see: BOMBPOPUP.COM
BOMP POP-UP! . . is a Brooklyn-based, artist-run initiative producing pop-up Art & Music shows.
~NICHOLAS STEINDORF / KYLE WILLIAMS / PETER CLOUGH . . PETE’S CANDY STORE / BOMB POP UP |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 2nd, 2017, 12:46pm
CHANGING . . GEARS !!
‘HELL BENT / HEAVEN SENT’ !!
last 2 weeks to catch . .
‘SIN COYOTE’ – ‘WITHOUT GUIDE’ . . . WORKS BY EMMANUEL LIMON
up thru JUNE 10, 2017
DRESS SHOP GALLERY, 322 TROUTMAN ST, BUSHWICK. BROOKLYN
HRS: by appointment only / there’s a ‘contact’ at the bottom of their home page
EMMANUEL LIMON / ‘SIN COYOTE’ . . . PIX FROM THE OPENING – APRIL 28, 2017
always fun – to swing by the DRESS SHOP GALLERY, on Troutman St. in Bushwick.
always deep underground & . . very cutting edge / even . . for Bushwick.
just not your ‘usual’ . . gang.
that was EMMANUEL LIMON’s self-customized ‘chopper’ . . parked outside.
an art work – all to itself, and that’s what I mean by . . not your usual gang.
but, still: skills, skills, & more skills.
I don’t know much about choppers, but just enough – to know this one is special.
you can follow Emmanuel Limon . . on Instagram @awkwardchopper (!!)
this is called a ‘King and Queen’ seat.
Emmanuel told me this particular one is “an offbeat of that – which is referred to as a ‘camel hump’ . . ”
must be an outrageous ride !!
and, I heard it does get . . use.
EMMANUEL LIMON . . .
Emmanuel Limon is also the founder, and one of the four current directors of DRESS SHOP GALLERY . .
a hardcore indie project / gallery space – with several artist studios behind the front showing room.
EMMANUEL LIMON, ‘Vida Ajena’, 2017.
hand worked leather, dye. 39 x 55.5 x 3.5 in.
‘Ajena’ translates . . as FOREIGN.
the ‘foreign’ life ?
the ‘alien’ life. the ‘strange’ life.
the . . DRAGON LION – REIGNS.
I think perhaps in general, the more you live life . . as a ‘foreigner’ – the better.
esp if foreigner, means headstrong & . . mythical.
yes, that’s . . PETER SUTHERLAND.
he’s like a flame to . . fire – when he’s around, it’s bound to be hot.
been a fan for many years.
see: PETER SUTHERLAND – PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
KEVIN EMMERSON, of LQQK Studios. silkscreener. and wearing a CNY / CHINESE NEW YORK cap.
def, check out: LQQK
def, check out: CNY / CHINEE NEW YEAR
on the wall:
EMMANUEL LIMON, ‘Cosido’, 2016. / translates as: SEWING !!
Leather / Steel. 22 x 20 x 1.5 in.
what can beat: hand-worked, butter-colored, rounded & baby smooth leather vs raw steel.
Pills, . . . . !!
EMILY DICKINSON, not.
but just as poignant – a journey.
EMMANUEL LIMON, ‘Banana de Vaca’, 2017.
Leather & steel. 44 x 65 x 3 in.
the leather is hand-molded around actual guns.
Emmanuel Limon does all the work hands-on, himself, from the fabrication to the detailed etching on the steel.
the leather is molded around the gun & is in deep relief.
the metaphors & meanings . . of guns – are many.
EMMANUEL LIMON, ‘Hell Bent, Heaven Sent’, 2017
Leather / Steel. 18 x 32 x 2.5 in.
detail, EMMANUEL LIMON.
note . . the hand-stitching.
this still makes me think of EMILY DICKINSON, but more for the contrasts . .
the subtexts / as well as the poetry !! that’s a real reverie of .. thought.
not to forget, all the influences brought to bear, to this new country, by succeeding waves of immigration.
& unless you were a Native American, and Emily D. was surely NOT !! she comes from a line of immigrants.
EMMANUEL LIMON. ‘Plata-O-Ploma’, 2015.
Leather/copper
21.5 x 27.5 x 3 in.
detail, EMMANUEL LIMON. ‘Plata-O-Plomo’.
it’s a huge & interesting marvel of human experience – to consider . . the whole baggage / the whole ‘trip’.
it’s such a dynamic flux.
even just consider: the Protestant heart of Emily’s early Americana vs. . . Emmanuel Limon’s Mexican / South L.A. born . . Christ iconography / Spanish colonist, etc. etc.
which is a whole topic in and of, itself.
and also: what makes 18th/19th C Europeans . . more entitled to populate America, than . . indigent South Americans ? which would be the natural . . continental geo / bio flow ???
KATIE BRANHAM, a director at DRESS SHOP GALLERY, and one of my fave people to talk to, ever.
so, what do you think, KATIE ?
somehow, ‘hell bent / heaven sent’ . . seems like a phrase, Emily Dickinson might relate to.
besides, Emily hand-stitched . . her poems too.
well, bound the pages into booklets, but still . . not many artists, esp today – share needle-work !!
‘COSIDO’ / ‘SEWING’ . . !!!!!!!!!!!!!
my little slice of the art world is still – linking up / stone by stone.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~EMMANUEL LIMON . . ‘SIN COYOTE’ / DRESS SHOP GALLERY – PIX FROM THE OPENING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 1st, 2017, 9:42am
‘NIGHTJAR’ – curated by ASHLEY GARRETT
featuring: SHARON CORE, PRISCILLA FUSCO, VALERIE HAMMOND, DEBORAH MASTERS . . & RUTH MARTEN
up thru JUNE 18, 2017
UNDERDONK, BUSHWICK
the gallery is open for public viewing: Sat & Sun / 1 – 6 PM
more pix . . from this strange, and eerie / on the dark side, botanical offering.
& which I dedicate to: EMILY DICKINSON.
curator ASHLEY GARRETT beside:
VALERIE HAMMOND, ‘Touch’, 2011.
pigment, gouache, color pencil, wax on Japanese paper. 48 x 25 in.
($12,000)
note . . the texture / and waxy, ‘off-radiant’ . . profile.
detail, VALERIE HAMMOND.
is that the evil eye ?
in the palm of the hand ?
to scare away evil / & not invoke ?
is that the magic -in the science of the bio ?
from the gallery notes:
“VALERIE HAMMOND’S traces lie somewhere between the spirit world and the human world – perhaps even a decomposition. Beginning by tracing the arms and bodies of her friends and relations, Hammond visualizes what transmutations of organic forms might lie inside the human outline. Filling this skin with a floral and infernal essence. flowers and fruit become wounds and ferns are skeletal in Hammond’s figures, imagining the slipping away of the human into a primeval space that might be of the land,or the sea.”
SHARON CORE . . ‘Untitled 3’, 2015.
Archival Pigment print, 31.25 x 24.75 in., edition of 7
($8,800 framed)
detail, SHARON CORE.
I spy . . thorns, and ‘rusty’ butterfly / night omens ?
hands, can ‘strangle’ – as well, as ‘grow’ and . . nuture.
from the gallery notes:
“SHARON CORE . . plants and grows the subjects of her photographs with her own hands. Having created a geodesic dome at her upstate studio, she explores the function and effect that long durational time can have on works of art. Planting, choosing and framing the contents of each photograph, Core is like a scientist as she moves all the way through form, even before it’s inception. The resulting photographs embody both the literal ‘sottobosco’ of the floral bed and it’s ecosystem and references the 17th century Sottobosco painting genre (as in the work of Dutch painter OTTO MARSEUS van SCHRIEK). Core’s photographs evoke a possessed, spatial presence in the woods, while a marginal world sets the stage for the darkening, deepening forest, from which slowly emerges an awareness of the delicate microworld of the forest bed.”
sottobosco: nature studies focused on the ‘dark, damp floor of the forest’, as opposed to say, carefully arranged floral arrangements in vases – sottobosco is Italian for ‘undergrowth.
source: ‘Holland (17th C) – by LESLIE KUO’
see: SHARON CORE – Wikipedia, b. 1965.
note the controversy re: her baked recreations of WAYNE THIEBAUD paintings (!!)
RUTH MARTEN, ‘#907’, 2015.
watercolor on 19C. print, 7-3/4 x 8 in.
($3,200 framed)
from the gallery notes:
“As a tattoo artist in New York in the 1970s and 80s and an illustrator for many years, RUTH MARTEN understands the power of images. Her works on paper unravel symbols and historical settings into new, mysterious narratives that change the power relationships between humans and animals. Awakening curious narratives in the 18th and 19th century prints she overdraws, Marten unearths something provocative from known historical contexts: surreal worlds where animals can have as much stature, emphasis and power as humans, and sometimrs even more.”
though in this particular piece, which is my fave – the 2 prim, young ‘ladies’ are the . . bio-animals ?!!
and yet, it’s also a very erotic, sad, & thorny ‘bush’. .not about to burst into blooms, any time soon – despite the watering . . . ‘tears’ / ‘bio-sperm’ ?
the symbolism . . could go on for pages. totally love-ly, stark, strange, and . . sad ?
detail, RUTH MARTEN
detail, RUTH MARTEN
detail. RUTH MARTEN.
well, maybe there is some strange death here ?
leaves turning colors, and then to: die ?
but, then again: maybe it’s completely the opposite ?
something to really contemplate, at any rate.
ASHLEY GARRETT helps us see the micro detailing, in RUTH MARTEN’S ‘in Repose’.
note: the random design on the T-shirt (!!) . . .
bio / bio / bio / the male & female ‘strange’ science – seahorse.
RUTH MARTEN, ‘In Repose’, 2017.
collage and watercolor on 20C. photo reproduction. 3-3/4 x 4-1/2 in.
(NFS)
RUTH MARTEN, detail.
this one, is more like the gallery note: animals . . taking on empowered / unusual. human (/) roles.
it’s quite micro . . painstakingly crafted, too.
def, check out: RUTH MARTEN – ARTIST/PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
and then, bow – wow !!
how really – eerie, strange & magical !!
the show takes on a humorous turn, and how funny – since everybody in this city . .
is currently DOGGIE OBSESSED, including ME !!
my ZORA, a gorgeous, sweet tempered, but can be scary if you – be bad !!
American Long Coat Akita, just turned one yr & 3 mos & weighs . . 86 pounds !!
& she follows me around – just like the dragon, in ‘Neverending Story’.
DEBORAH MASTERS, an assortment of strange and wily nily – clay doggy, ‘ghost’ / ‘puppets’ !!
DEBORAH MASTERS, ‘Lupi’. raku, threaded rod, satin, maple.
($4,000)
well, this one looks like a dog, but it’s a . . baby cheetah !!
DEBORAH MASTERS, ‘Baby Cheetah’. ceramic. threaded rod.
from the gallery notes;
“With her raku-fired “Little Ghosts,” DEBORAH MASTERS conjures up the spirits of animals. Evocative of altarpieces or devotional objects, these figures intimate aspects of Masters’ personal relationships with and attachment to animals. One can feel the memory imbued in Masters’ hands as borne out by the textures and definition of the figures in the sculpted animal’s face. Their satin dresses (femme / femme / femme) mark their wraith-like detachment from the living world. As if attempting to reverse the dying process , they honor the deep connection that can exist between animals and humans.”
yes, check out: DEBORAH MASTERS – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
as for the word: NIGHTJAR – !!!!!!
it is . . as strange with meaning – as it seems at first glance, what a beautiful . . musical, poetic-laden, scientific sounding – word.
it ranges in meaning all the way . . from a blood-sucking, bad-luck bringing nocturnal bird, to a simple chamber pot . . and then turns a really pretty steep corner: to perhaps being the bodily form – of a Patronus Charm !!
in the wizarding world of Harry Potter.
an ancient & mysterious charm that can conjure a powerful, magical guardian / a projection OF ALL YOUR MOST POSITIVE FEELINGS !!
see: NIGHTJAR, PATRONUS CHARM / HARRY POTTER
it’s strange times / war-like and yet, charmed.
science has to meet poetry / and reign.
I’ve still got EMILY DICKINSON, running through my veins – so how delightful / that my jaunts
can bring me – here.
gathered around – the ‘NIGHTJAR’, in Bushwick.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~’NIGHTJAR’ . . UNDERDONK / more pix !! from evil eye to Em-ily / Sottobosco to: arf arf !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 31st, 2017, 9:08am
Rockin’ . . the Mystery.
Exploring . . the Biology.
Feeling . . the Science.
‘NIGHTJAR’
an all woman show, curated by a woman/artist at . . UNDERDONK / in BUSHWICK.
‘NIGHTJAR’ – curated by ASHLEY GARRETT
opened May 12, 2017
the show runs thru JUNE 18, 2017
featuring the work of:
SHARON CORE, PRISCILLA FUSCO, VALERIE HAMMOND, DEBORAH MASTERS, & RUTH MARTEN
UNDERDONK, 1329 WILLOUGHBY AVE, #211, Bushwick / Brooklyn
the gallery is open weekends !!
HRS: SAT & SUN / 1- 6 pm / & by appointment
“At last we saw water gleaming at a distance, and came to a clear tarn, lined with brown leaves and holding a fair picture in its bosom….what a place fir summer, and how one envies the frogs!”
~UNA HAWTHORNE / press release
‘UNDERDONK . . is pleased to present ‘NIGHTJAR’ a show of 5 artists confronting human relationship with nature and animals. This relationship is rapidly changing as the ecosystem becomes increasing hostile and threatening to both humans and animals. The exhibition explores the conceptual, spiritual, personal and investigative ways in which we can relate to the organic, natural world around us.’
~gallery press release
the show’s curator, artist ASHLET GARRETT on the right.
that’s Priscilla Fusco’s clay ‘bell’, and . . on the wall behind her, photographs by Sharon Core
PRISCILLA FUSCO, ‘Grunter (bell) 2017. ceramic, EU speaker, Grunter, sound file.
the large hand-built, coil technique / clay bell is suspended from the ceiling by a strong wire.
it’s quite stunning, and . . strange.
($1,200)
inside the bell a sound loop is playing: a ‘geophone recording conducted by Dr. Kenneth C. Catania, included in his report “Worm Grunting, Fiddling, and Charming – Humans Unknowingly Mimic a Predator to Harvest Bait.”
PRISCILLA FUSCO, b. 1973, Maine . . is a recent graduate (2016) of the Hunter MFA program.
see: PRISCILLA FUSCO – PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
VALERIE HAMMOND, ‘Reverse Reflection’ series. edition of 18.
set of 6 drypoints, 16 x 15-1/2 in paper / 5-7/8 x 5-7/8 image.
($800 unframed / $970 framed)
VALERIE HAMMOND, ‘Reverse Reflection’ series, drypoint.
Valerie Hammond come to us by way of Santa Maria, California.
She received her MFA from the University of California at Berkeley, she now is New York City based.
she has an impressive international list of exhibitions in her C.V.
see: VALERIE HAMMOND – PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
a-ha, so !!
I wasn’t so far off regarding: BUSH-wick !!
light that spark, my darlin’ chicks !!
curators, artists & poets !!
women ruling this . . art season.
more on the other artists & artworks in ‘Nightjar’ – up next !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~’NIGHTJAR’ . . UNDERDONK |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 19th, 2017, 11:48am
finding stepping stones / in the art world . . . brook /
NYC, Spring 2017.
loving nothing better, then when the path I take through the various shows I see – takes on a subtext of it’s own !!
this past month – it was really quite the WILD ride !!
and it was all about . . GIRLS !!!!!!
EMBRACE – THAT !!!!!!
RUTH MARTEN, ‘Possession’, 2012.
POSTCARD . . OBTAINED FROM UNDERDONK, on a visit last weekend / May 14, 2017.
yeah, that was so F . . is for femme, femme, femme tripppppy !!!
it seems to have started, most unknowingly . . with the ‘SURREALIST DINNER ‘ at the woman-artist run SELENA / OLIVIA SWIDER, and ANJULI RATHOD.
that, got me to – thinking: Surrealist, Symbolist.
women / artists.
then, about a week later I walk into ‘Like Oxygen’ at MOUNTAIN / expecting a very tech-oriented / cutting-edge underground experience, only to be awe-struck by . . the shaman-centered ‘Crystal Flowers Radio’ 2017, install by ALLISON WADE !!
where the artist, ALLISON WADE . .
was presenting recorded seances, she had set up in the former apt/home of . . FLORINE STETTHEIMER !!
if, this wasn’t pushing ‘Surreal’ & ‘Symbolist’ . . right off the map / it was definitely raising the spirits.
because . .
not more than 4 days later, on Tuesday May 2nd, I found myself at the JEWISH MUSEUM for the press preview of one of the most wonderful exhibits you will ever happen upon, ‘Florine Stettheimer: Painting Poetry’ !!
& up thru Sept 24, 2017 – don’t miss it.
now, not only was this . . a ghost come to life / but a woman artist, who is long over-due a revival of interest & recognition !!
here we not only a have a . . . a ‘SYMBOLIST’ – !!
but, a magic realist / visionary.
resplendent with the most passionate paintings, and imagine that: passionate & whimsical in one sentence !!
including the most surreal theatrical costumes, fortune telling cards & . . garden scenes. imagine that: surreal and domestic in the same sentence ??/!!
you go, FLORINE !!!!
then somehow, while chasing the Old World treasures . . of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770) / which morphed into the ‘Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden’ at the Morgan Library, me & my friend . . took a stroll into another exhibit running concurrently: ‘I’m Nobody! Who are you?’ – a sweet, new take on EMILY DICKINSON, which had me totally enthralled, so much so, that I even hit up the movie: ‘A Quiet Passion’ – a new re-telling of her story.
so, it was all in all, all, all / it was: all-women . . stepping stones !!
though, what was even more surprising . .
was how the tour, took a most strange, and winding, and unexpected, but . . p-a-s-s-i-n-a-t-e turn !!
flowing from surrealism, and seances / thru symbolism . . . onto the fanciful / magic realism !! of GILDED AGE . . FLORINE STETTHEIMER,
to the . . classic Victorian parlor . . of EMILY DICKINSON !!
via herbarium / scientific nature collections, black paper profile cut-outs, Daguerrotypes / shaped poetry & the hand-bound / hand-stitched fascicle booklets of Emily DICKINSON !!
so how strange, is the meandering art world I prowl . . . ?
that last weekend . . .
I find myself at . . ‘NIGHTJAR’ / at UNDERDONK !!!!
~wow, that was such a . . ‘girls’ !! only trip !! illustration by RUTH MARTEN / UNDERDONK |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 19th, 2017, 10:36am
