Resist LED-Deli sign by Luke Murphy lukelab.com

~LOUIS SOMVEILLE / LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS / PAT McCARTHY ‘s ‘VESSELS of EXPERIENCE’ / ENTRANCE GALLERY / now extended thru SAT JUNE 7th

IN CELEBRATION OF EARTH / EARTH DAY 2025
PART 2:


LOUIS SOMVEILLE, LARGE LANDSCAPE PAINTING
/ ALSO AT THE ‘PAT McCARTHY ‘VESSELS of EXPERIENCE’ show / at ENTRANCE GALLERY / LOWER EAST SIDE / NYC.
Photo c/o INSTAGRAM / @ENTRANCE.NYC / ENTRANCE GALLERY

@entrance.nyc: “the PAT McCARTHY show also features landscape paintings by LOUIS SOMVIELLE / b. 1994 / Nancy, FRANCE
who is currently living & working in Paris. (A close friend & collaborator of Pat’s..) his summer residency on Pat’s Nik Nak’s FARM captured the vistas that backdrop Pat’s artistic endeavors and the farm life in ANDES, upstate NEW YORK.”

“LOUIS SOMVIELLE produced these paintings during his summer 2024 residency at Pat’s farm.”

ENTRANCE GALLERY – 48 LUDLOW St., NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10002
HRS: WED – SAT / 11am – 6pm

~LOUIS SOMVEILLE / LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS / PAT McCARTHY ‘s ‘VESSELS of EXPERIENCE’ / ENTRANCE GALLERY / now extended thru SAT JUNE 7th | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 16th, 2025, 2:10pm


~PAT McCARTHY / ‘VESSELS OF EXPERIENCE’ / ENTRANCE / LOWER EAST SIDE / MANHATTAN, NYC / now extended until SAT JUNE 7th

IN CELEBRATION of EARTH / EARTH DAY !!
PART I:

A HEAVILY D-I-Y / HANDS-ON-THE-GROUND CELEBRATION of an “ALREADY MAD” AWARENESS of EARTH DAY !!
AND A SEEMINGLY DARN GOOD / FUNCTIONAL / CREATIVE / IMAGINATIVE & HARD-WORKING COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT PRODUCT /
in a word: A SUPPORTIVE !! BIOLOGICAL / HUMAN / EARTH FARMING / BIO LOVE MATCH / PARTNERSHIP !!

so, can a JUG (JUG HEAD ??) . . . . ever be a HEAD SHOT ?!!

I think so, in this case.

.
PAT McCARTHY, ‘Bouquet Jug’, 2025
Photocopy toner fired onto English porcelain, gold leaf, cork, wax, artist-made wine.
(I’m assuming flower imagery from their farm grown flowers.)
12″h x 9″l x 9″w
Photo c/o INSTAGRAM / @PIGEON_PAT (PAT MCCARTHY)

@pigeon_pat:”5 bouquet jugs, made from our farms flowers. Each filled with a different Alpine wine, for the
self-service bar in ‘VESSELS of Experience’, my new show opening (happened Thurs May 8th) at ENTRANCE GALLERY @entrance.nyc . . .


PAT McCARTY, NIK NAKS FLOWERS (FLOWER FARM) / UPSTATE, N.Y. / ANDES / CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
Photo c/o INSTAGRAM @pigeon_pat /PAT McCARTHY
@pigeon_pat: “New show opening in NYC …. celebrates this past year farming with MADDY … with many wines alongside other drinks & foods from the farm / (@niknaksflowers).”

ENTRANCE GALLERY – 48 LUDLOW St., NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10002

HRS: WED – SAT / 11am – 6PM

~PAT McCARTHY / ‘VESSELS OF EXPERIENCE’ / ENTRANCE / LOWER EAST SIDE / MANHATTAN, NYC / now extended until SAT JUNE 7th | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 16th, 2025, 1:34pm


~KATHY HUANG / ‘WONDER WOMEN’ / BOOK LAUNCH / JEFFREY DEITCH / 76 GRAND ST. / NYC / WED MAY 21 / 6 – 8 PM

. . . STRANGE, another bold head shot !!

‘WONDER WOMEN: ART of the ASIAN DIASPORA’ – by KATHY HUANG
BOOK LAUNCH & SIGNING / FOOD BY NOM WAH / GAMES BY MAHJONG MISTRESS / DRINKS BY KUNG FU TEA
ALL WELCOME – NO RSVP REQUIRED – WED MAY 21 / 6-8 PM
JEFFREY DEITCH, 76 GRAND ST., DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN, NYC 10013

BOOK COVER ILLUSTRATION BY SASHA GORDON

ZOE BLUE M’s solo show ‘HARD BOILED’ WILL BE ON VIEW – AS WELL.

~KATHY HUANG / ‘WONDER WOMEN’ / BOOK LAUNCH / JEFFREY DEITCH / 76 GRAND ST. / NYC / WED MAY 21 / 6 – 8 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 13th, 2025, 1:22pm


~JAKE KLOTZ / ‘BATTER HEAD’ / GARAGE GALLERY / WILLIAMSBURG / BROOKLYN / SAT MAY 10 / 2-7 PM

TO-DAY !!!! SAT MAY 10 !!!! 2-7 PM

BIG PAR-TAY !!!!

JAKE KLOTZ – ‘BATTER HEAD’ /

GARAGE GALLERY – 624 LORIMER / NORTH WILLIAMSBURG / BROOKLYN / NYC

THE GALLERY WILL HOST A RECEPTION WITH MUSIC & REFRESHMENTS FROM 2-7 PM / ALL ARE WELCOME

GARAGE GALLERY IS A SMALL ARTIST-RUN SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOME OF EVAN SNYDERMAN & GABRIEL SHELTON.

~JAKE KLOTZ / ‘BATTER HEAD’ / GARAGE GALLERY / WILLIAMSBURG / BROOKLYN / SAT MAY 10 / 2-7 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 10th, 2025, 1:37pm


~LUKE MURPHY / IN ‘LFG’ / GROUP SHOW / THE HOLE / TRIBECA / THRU SAT MAY 24

YOU CAN STILL CATCH . . .

LUKE MURPHY’S / MAP-LIKE, LED ANIMATED ‘DISTRESSED QUILT’/ ‘DISTRESSED EARTH’ AT THE HOLE, TRIBECA.
DISTRESSSED / but still mighty LUMINIOUS !!


LUKE MURPHY, ‘IS IT DONE?’, 2025, LED matrix panels, steel armature, display hardware, power supplies, mini-pc, software code,
61 x 41 x 12 inches.

Photo: c/o KATHY GRAYSON/THE HOLE

~LUKE MURPHY / IN ‘LFG’ / GROUP SHOW / THE HOLE / TRIBECA / THRU SAT MAY 24 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 8th, 2025, 2:40pm


~ROB PRUITT ~ROB PRUITT / ARCHIV~ART EXHIBIT INVITE / GAVIN BROWN’S ENTERPRISE / NYC / no date availablee / no date available

I just remembered.
I had seen that cut-out of a green leaf / of same dimensions (approx. 6 X 2-1/2 ins.) on light green cardboard / of my last post, albeit in a different context – a contemporary one !! /
from I think after 2000 or around that era / there’s no date on the card.

ROB PRUITT . . . must have seen the original Shaker image.

well, Rob, got the message. one way or another.

ARCHIVAL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

COLLECTION: NANCY SMITH

~ROB PRUITT ~ROB PRUITT / ARCHIV~ART EXHIBIT INVITE / GAVIN BROWN’S ENTERPRISE / NYC / no date availablee / no date available | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 8th, 2025, 2:13pm


~POLLY JANE REED (1818-18881) / ‘ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE’ / AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / MANHATTAN, NYC

POLLY JANE REED (1818-1881)
‘LEAF-SHAPED CUTOUT for RUFUS BISHOP’
New Lebanon, New York, 1845
ink & watercolor on paper
(approx. 4 or 5 inches length x 2 inches at widest point )
Miller Collection, Hancock Shaker Village, Massachusetts, 1963.109

PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / artloversnewyork.com
Jan 26, 2025, American Folk Art Museum, NYC. NY.

the tiniest handwriting ever / look at the gradient asterisk detail on the stem !!
and the tiny line work repeats decorating the outline / border.

~POLLY JANE REED (1818-18881) / ‘ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE’ / AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / MANHATTAN, NYC | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 29th, 2025, 3:39pm


~’Anything but Simple: GIFT DRAWINGS and the SHAKER AESTHETIC’ / AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / MANHATTAN, NYC / CLOSES Sunday JAN 26

LAST WEEKEND !!


POLLY JANE REED (1818-81), “A TYPE OF MOTHER HANNAH’S POCKET HANDKERCHIEF”, New Lebanon, New York, 1851,
ink & watercolor on paper, 23 5/8 x 26 in.
Andrew’s Collection, Hancock Shaker Village, Massachusetts
image via Instagram @afamuseum

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
2 LINCOLN SQ. , Columbus Avenue at 66ST., New York, New York

ADMISSION IS FREE

~’Anything but Simple: GIFT DRAWINGS and the SHAKER AESTHETIC’ / AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / MANHATTAN, NYC / CLOSES Sunday JAN 26 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 23rd, 2025, 12:15pm


~BARRY MCGEE / ‘CHERRY PICKING’ COLLABORATIVE SHOW / THE HOLE, TRIBECA / OPENS WED JAN 14

ON VIEW: JANUARY 14 – 30, 2025
THE HOLE GALLERY, 86 WALKER STREET / IN THE TRIBECA GALLERY BASEMENT
BARRY MCGEE & FRIENDS !!
HRS: TUES – SAT / 11 AM – 6 PM

~BARRY MCGEE / ‘CHERRY PICKING’ COLLABORATIVE SHOW / THE HOLE, TRIBECA / OPENS WED JAN 14 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 14th, 2025, 1:41pm


~JENNIFER J. LEE / ‘THE FALLLS’ / KLAUS von NICHTSSAGEND GALLERY / FRONT GALLERY / NYC, TRIBECA / JAN 10 – FEB 15, 2025

KLAUS VON NICHTSSAGEND GALLERY / 87 FRANKLIN STREET / GROUND FLOOR NEW YORK, NY, 10013
GALLERY HRS: TUES thru SAT / 11 AM – 6 PM


JENNIFER J. LEE, ‘PIZZA’, oil on jute, 12 x 20 inches
image via Instagram @jenny_j_lee


JENNIFER J. LEE, ‘Lee jeans’, 2024 , oil on jute,
15 x 13 inches (detail)
image via Instagram @KLAUSGALLERY


JENNY / JENNIFER J. LEE in her studio / FALL 2024
image via Instagram @KLAUSGALLERY

THIS IS JENNIFER’S FOURTH SOLO SHOW WITH THE GALLERY

~JENNIFER J. LEE / ‘THE FALLLS’ / KLAUS von NICHTSSAGEND GALLERY / FRONT GALLERY / NYC, TRIBECA / JAN 10 – FEB 15, 2025 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 14th, 2025, 1:14pm


~’EXQUISITE CORPSE’ / KING’S LEAP / L.E.S. / OPENING TO-NITE / THURS JAN 9 / 6-8PM

GROUP SHOW: ISIAH DAVIS / AUDREY GAIR / NANDI LOAF / ISABELLE FRANCES McGUIRE / KIRA SCERBIN / JOE W. SPEIER / MICHELLE UCKOTTER / ELLIS & PARKER von STERNBERG

JAN 9 – FEB 8, 2025

KING’S LEAP
105 HENRY STREET (STORE 5), NEW YORK, NY 10002
www.kingsleapfinearts.com

9

~’EXQUISITE CORPSE’ / KING’S LEAP / L.E.S. / OPENING TO-NITE / THURS JAN 9 / 6-8PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 8th, 2025, 4:41pm


~JOSHUA ABELOW / FREDDY GALLERY / SPCE GALLERY / GLEN ARM , MARYLAND / NOV 16 – DEC 28

JOSHUA ABELOW – ‘TARGETS’
IN COLLABORATION WITH FREDDY GALLERY
SPCE GALLERY, 5200 Glen Arm Road, Suite D,
Glen Arm, MD / MARYLAND, USA 21057
@spce.gallery / www.spce.gallery

NOVEMBER 16 – DECEMBER 28, 2024 / VIEWINGS BY APPOINTMENT

A BEAUTIFUL BOOK DESIGNED BY FLAT FIX, PUBLISHER
@flatfix.biz WILL ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION & BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.with introductory text by TISCH ABELOW

JOSHUA ABELOW, ‘TARGETS’, 2024.
Bear Folding chairs, stack of targets, Diet Pepsi can, dimensions variable
image c/o Instagram @freddybiz

~JOSHUA ABELOW / FREDDY GALLERY / SPCE GALLERY / GLEN ARM , MARYLAND / NOV 16 – DEC 28 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 26th, 2024, 2:57pm


~MELISSA BROWN / ‘NEW SHOCKS’ / Classic Car Club / Manhattan / OPENS TODAY / SAT OCT 26

open: NOON – 10 PM

‘NEW SHOCKS’ – A CONTEMPORARY ART & CAR CULTURE HAPPENING

CURATED BY: STEVE ELLIS / @STEVELLISART

HOSTED BY: CLASSIC CAR CLUB MANHATTAN / 1 PIER 76 / 408 12TH AVE NYC

OPEN TODAY: SAT 26, 2024 / NOON – 10 PM / IT IS A FREE EVENT & ALL AGES WELCOME

RSVP LINKS IN @stevellisart

ARTWORK BY MELISSA BROWN / image via IG / @boogiebrowntown

~MELISSA BROWN / ‘NEW SHOCKS’ / Classic Car Club / Manhattan / OPENS TODAY / SAT OCT 26 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 26th, 2024, 11:48am


~BOBO & OTHERS / ‘Zodiak’s Market’ / BABA YAGA / UPSTATE / OPENS SAT SEPT 28

4-7 PM / GROUP SHOW

Riddle’s / @riddles.live / presents ‘Zodiak’s Market’ . . .
“a place with star charted G’astronomy. Reaching from the point of ‘stay skeptical’ to ‘I’m hungry’.”

.. including works by BOBO / @bobo_nys

BABA YAGA GALLLERY , 5821 NY-9G HUDSON, NY 12534
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY / except opening reception
@baba_yaga_gallery

~BOBO & OTHERS / ‘Zodiak’s Market’ / BABA YAGA / UPSTATE / OPENS SAT SEPT 28 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 28th, 2024, 2:22pm


~JACOB JACKMAUH and 6 more / P.A. D. x Parent Company / PARENT COMPANY GALLERY / DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN / OPENS FRI SEPT 27

6-8 PM

YOU TAKE A PARKING LOT AND PUT UP . . . A FLOWER POT


ARTWORK / DISCARDED CAR TIRE TURNED INTO A PLANTER /
(great American vintage tradition, so U.S.A.) / artwork by JACOB JACKMAUH / @jacob_jackmauh
image via Instagram @parent.company.gallery

GROUP SHOW
with: SiSi CHEN, JACOB JACKMAUH, JESSI LI, RYAN OSKIN, HELEN XINAN RAN, ALEX SCHMIDT

ON VIEW SEPT 27 – NOV 16, 2024

PARENT COMPANY
BASEMENT of 154 EAST BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10002
HRS: OPEN SATURDAYS 12-5 & BY APPOINTMENT & AT OPENING RECEPTIONS

PARENT COMPANY . . is a non-profit artist-run exhibition space founded by ADA POTTER
in 2023.

~JACOB JACKMAUH and 6 more / P.A. D. x Parent Company / PARENT COMPANY GALLERY / DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN / OPENS FRI SEPT 27 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 27th, 2024, 3:40pm


~PLANT SWAP / LAVENDER COUNTRY DETR0IT / SUNDAY, SEPT 22

NOON – 4 PM

“GIVE / RECEIVE / EXCHANGE”

12333 MACKAY ST., DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48212

POSTER IMAGE: VIA JEFFREY TRANCHELL / Instagram @jeffreytranchell
POSTER ARTWORK by: @louisesheldonstudio
POSTER / FLIER printed by: @shelbysay

~PLANT SWAP / LAVENDER COUNTRY DETR0IT / SUNDAY, SEPT 22 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 21st, 2024, 7:03pm


~NICKO RUBIN / EAST HILL TREE FARM TASTING TOUR / PLAINFIELD / VERMONT / SUNDAY SEPT 22

EAST HILL TREE FARM TASTING TOUR / SUNDAY, SEPT 22 / 1-3 PM

“THE FARM WILL BE OPEN FOR PLANT SALES BEFORE, DURING and AFTER THE EVENT. FALL is a GREAT TIME TO GET YOUR FRUIT TREES IN – WE HOPE TO TASTE ASIAN PEARS, APPLES, SCHISANDRA BERRIES, GRAPES, ELDERBERRY, PLUMS, PEARS, CHESTNUTS, SEA BERRIES, AUTUMN OLIVES and maybe some KIWIS and BLUEBERRIES, if we’re lucky.” THE NURSERY WILL BE OPEN FOR PLANT SALES ALL day !!

“We will walk the farm, see the plants, and taste what is rip. Bring your questions.”

NICKO RUBIN,
EAST HILL TREE FARM,
3499 EAST HILL Rd., Plainfield, VERMONT 05667

note: all 2 photos c/o NICKO RUBIN / INSTAGRAM @easthillfarm

~NICKO RUBIN / EAST HILL TREE FARM TASTING TOUR / PLAINFIELD / VERMONT / SUNDAY SEPT 22 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 21st, 2024, 6:21pm


~BLINN and LAMBERT / GUEST / BROOKLYN / OPENS THURS SEPT 12

6 – 8 PM / BLINN and LAMBERT / NICHOLAS STEINDORF AND KYLE WILLLIAMS

Guest Gallery
1451 DEAN ST., BROOKLYN NY 11213

~BLINN and LAMBERT / GUEST / BROOKLYN / OPENS THURS SEPT 12 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2024, 3:20pm


~CONGRATS !! DANI LEVINE . . PROVINCETOWN FINE ARTS WORK CENTER / PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTTS / 2024-2025 RESIDENCY

DANI .. chosen to attend the upcoming @fineartsworkcenter 2024 – 2025 residency, as Visual Arts Fellow, FAWC / Fine Arts Work Center
24 Pearl St., Provincetown, Massachusetts.


photo c/o FAWC / FINE ARTS WORK CENTER

~CONGRATS !! DANI LEVINE . . PROVINCETOWN FINE ARTS WORK CENTER / PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTTS / 2024-2025 RESIDENCY | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2024, 2:19pm


~LUKE MURPHY / StarQuilt / CANADA GALLERY, BOOTH B6 / FRIEZE SEOUL 2024 / SEPT 4 – 7

SEPT 4 – 7 / COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
@friezeofficial

LUKE MURPHY, ‘StarQuilt’, 2019,
P4 LED Matrix Panela, animation code, mini-PC running Linux,power supplies, aluminum, wire or MDF armature. Technical: Python3 scripts and software, Gigabyte brand i3 mini-PC, running Lubuntu Linux, Linsn receiver card, sender card, 5v 40A 125/220v AC power supplies.
61 x 41 x 3 inches

ps: LUKE MURPHY / @lukemurphy49 designed & installed the LED-Deli animated sign / banner running at the top of this page.

image c/o the artist & CANADA GALLERY, NYC via Instagram @canada.nyc

~LUKE MURPHY / StarQuilt / CANADA GALLERY, BOOTH B6 / FRIEZE SEOUL 2024 / SEPT 4 – 7 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 5th, 2024, 8:29am


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