~LUCAS AJEMIAN & JULIEN BISMUTH/OPENING PIX

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next week – is the last week – to catch !!
LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – ‘LES LETTRES TRISTES’
NOV 21, 2008 – JAN 10, 2009
FOXY PRODUCTION – 623 W. 27th ST. – CHELSEA – NYC
note: the gallery is closed DEC 25 – JAN 5, 2009 – inclusively for holidays !!


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. . . if you, literally, like your art with a capital A – form, function, design and meaning? – you should make a point of catching this show – before it closes.

PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING – FRIDAY NOV 21, 2008

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JULIEN BISMUTH

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LUCAS AJEMIAN, daughter MADELAINE, 3, and wife, STEPHANIE CONWAY.

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JAY SANDERS drops by. if you’ve ever been to Greene Naftali – you’ll recognize the face.

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TAN LIN.
Tan Lin can best be described as a conceptualist/sensualist/author/poet/writer/artist.
One of his most notable projects is: ‘BlipSoak 01’ (Berkeley, CA: Atelos 2003) – in which he states:
“A lot of people think great works of literature should be memorized. I think poems and novels are most beautiful at the exact moment in which they are forgotten.”
His most recent book is: ‘Plagerism/Outsource’ – a project that chronicles Heath Ledger’s death through SMS messages and RSS feeds.

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the first thing one sees on entering the gallery – are Lucas and Julien’s handmade newspapers – a weekly discourse highlighting their project, and incorporating the words and images of invited guests – free for the taking.

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LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – 4 different ‘set pieces’ – each comprised of a floor sculpture of green powder coated steel, and including – a 2 channel video loop with audio. Dimensions variable.
(series of 8 + 2 AP)

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LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – steel floor sculptures.

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video frame – LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH

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directional sound speakers were very amusing.

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another element in the exhibit – a framed series called: ‘A HOLE IN COPENHAGEN’ – 2008. collage, wood, acrylic paint, and ink.

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LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH, ‘A HOLE IN COPENHAGEN’

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LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH, ‘A HOLE IN COPENHAGEN’.

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in the back room, our favorite piece – LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – ‘LA TABLE TRISTE (A is for 4)’. 2008 mixed media, Dimensions variable.

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it was all about letters. and meanings and form and style. not to mention flat vs. 3-Dimensional and studied vs. random and haphazard !! yesterday, today and tomorrow !!
artist studio and gallery presentation.
there was also a small pinpoint wall projection – here is a frame that states: “E is for . .” in green.

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big and small. studied vs. free form. flat and 3-D !! color and no color. paper letters. cardboard letters.
letters alone, and letters in words with meaning.

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‘found’ letters and . . . solid brass letters.

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‘flat’ letter-making utensils !!

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and home-made 3-D constructions.

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can you spot – the tip of the literal – capital A – for Art ??
hint: it’s orange.

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Capital A – is 3-D !!

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drawings on the table – that have nothing to do with letters ? or do they.
maybe these jars speak to half-full content ? or just to the dreams within letters.

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tubes of drawings like an architect would have tubes of plans – on his table.

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some have actual letters, made-up words – some are more like – visual poems, and therefore: letters ?

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today’s paper – a study in fonts – it went up on the table !!

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there was even a conceptual letter ‘G’ – hanging in the space under the table.

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letters to love ?

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letters to roll around ?

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LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – ‘Les Lettres Triste’ – love letters to Capital A – art ?

from the press release: “Les Lettres Tristes (The Sad Letters) refers to the Lettristes, the members of the avant-garde group, established in mid-century Paris, who used letters, hieroglyphics and other graphic symbols to create wildly experimental films, poetry, and art-works.”

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH




~High Places

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High Places CD

SINCE Panda Bear’s CD – Personal Pitch – of 2007, proved that great, beautiful and
important music can be made using all those exotic electronic musical toys, I wholeheartedly
recommend the High Places’ debut self-titled CD – HIGH PLACES.

This girl-boy team make really lyrical electronic noise that’s original, majestic and emotive.
And, guess what !! – you can also dance to it.

There is also buzz circulating about the THRILL JOCKEY EP of earlier 7 in. vinyls – the band had put out, before this full-length CD.

Listen to it LOUD, so that it’s lush seductive sound envelopes and dominates you.
The one music video on “Yours is the only Tube” – is not to be missed.
Bells, whistles and shakers forever, so Rock on Girls and Boys.

DEFINITE, check out: High Places – Shared Islands – LIVE at the FADER SIDESHOW !! NYC, Oct 17, 2007

watch the whole concert: c/o BAEBLE MUSIC !!

High Places, HIGH PLACES, Recorded at home by High Places in 2008, THRILL JOCKEY
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~JONATHAN HOROWITZ & BARACK OBAMA/TRUE COLORS ?!!

. . . wonder what OBAMA-OBSESSED STAR-STRUCK – JONATHAN HOROWITZ – thinks of BARACK OBAMA, now – that his president-elect hero – has appointed EVANGELICAL PREACHER – ‘REVEREND’ RICK WARREN – to deliver the invocation address at Barack’s upcoming inauguration ? !!
color me – used !!!

at least JONATHAN HOROWITZ, longtime ‘domestic’ partner of ROB PRUITT – can take solace in the fact – that he didn’t do anything quite as original, or potent – as SHEPARD FAIREY’S – iconic OBAMA portrait – that went around the world and back again !! and I bet SHEPARD FAIREY is pissed off, too.
He didn’t make a folk hero out of this guy – just for his skin color – did he?

BARACK OBAMA, in putting the slimey ‘REVEREND’ RICK WARREN who: 1. supports the outlawing of abortion in all cases !! and, 2. is a “stanch gay rights opponent” !! – in the spotlight at his presidential inauguration – before the entire world – !! – as the spokesman and symbol of America’s religious and spiritual leadership – has taken one very hard and dismissive slap at all of the free forward thinking people who fueled the grass roots engine of his campaign. I bet REVEREND WRIGHT, is saying I told you so: a black panther – can change his spots !! this ‘new’ regime – feels so sold-out already. SAMO / same old same old.

I winder what Sto, over at CINDERS, thinks of his black panther, now?

see: GAY GROUPS PROTEST OBAMA’S INAUGURAL SPEAKER/ON TOP/DEC 18/2008

see: OBAMA DEFENDS CHOICE OF ANTI-GAY PASTOR/ON TOP/DEC 20, 2008

see: REP. BARNEY FRANK, OBAMA ALLY, ‘DISAPPOINTED’/ON TOP/DEC 21, 2008

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. . . may as well burn that – ‘rainbow’ flag !!
artwork by JONATHAN HOROWITZ/PHOTO COURTESY: GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise

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yeah, right !! – color me RED !!! or how about – just, yellow – for: egg on my face !!
JONATHAN HOROWITZ exhibition installation shot/”OBAMA ’08″/GBE/10/212/2008-11/15/2008
PHOTO COURTESY: GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise

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JONATHAN HOROWITZ, detail, GBE/GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise installation – ROB PRUITT – “iPhotos”, 09/13/2008 – 10/11/2008
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH

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JONATHAN HOROWITZ, detail, GBE installation – ROB PRUITT – “iPhotos”.
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH

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ROB PRUITT, detail, GBE installation – ROB PRUITT – “iPhotos”.
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH

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JONATHAN HOROWITZ !! himself, in person. GBE installation – ROB PRUITT – “iPhotos”.
speak of the devil – !! – we actually caught JONATHAN HOROWITZ by the weirdest co-incidence, when we happened to stroll over to catch the last few days of Rob Pruitt’s installation !!
He was probably there to discuss his up-coming show – the next one up – at GBE – “OBAMA ’08” !!

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R.I.P. – ART LOVERS !! but esp the NYC ones, and all the GLOBAL ART IDIOTS – who actually thought art & personal freedom – had a chance !! in a new BARACK OBAMA AMERICA …
it’s all smoke and mirrors.
IS ? THERE A ‘CULTURAL WAR’ going on in America – you betcha !!

artwork by ROB PRUITT – ‘RIP ANNA NICOLE SMITH’ in ROB PRUITT, “iPhotos”, GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise, 09/13/2008-10/11/2008.
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH




~ALAN REID/LISA COOLEY

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ALAN REID, ‘THE MAVEN CURATOR’, 2008. IMAGE/COURTESY: LISA COOLEY FINE ART

LAST WEEK – TO CATCH – ALAN REID – ‘HEIRESSES ON TERRACES’
NOV 22 thru SUNDAY, DEC 28, 2008
LISA COOLEY FINE ART – 34 ORCHARD ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
HRS: WED-SUN 12-6PM
HOLIDAY HOURS: DEC 24-26 – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
DEC 27-28 – NOON-6PM

see: more images from the show & artist bio/gallery website
(note: the photos on the gallery website – are truer to the work’s actual hues – than the installation photos – below.)

. . . seeing this show – is seeing how graphic drawing veers away from cartoon & comic-inspired images to – fine art. and it’s not just the larger scale. the etherealness of the mythic subjects – is haunting.

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ALAN RED, ‘THE MAVEN CURATOR’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 15 x 13 in. ($1,600)

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ALAN REID, ‘Teapot’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 18 x 20 in. ($2,000)

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detail, ALAN REID, ‘Teapot’.

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ALAN REID, ‘Heiress’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 9 x 11 in. ($1,000)

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ALAN REID, ‘The Credits’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 68 x 72 in. ($6,800)

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detail, ALAN REID, ‘The Credits’.

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ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 36 x 48 in. ($4,000)

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detail, ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’.

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detail, ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’.

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LISA COOLEY, ALAN REID EXHIBIT, ‘Heiresses on Terraces’, December 16, 2008

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

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~CARTOON BOOT CAMP/CALLING ALL BAY AREA KIDS !!

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YO !! CALLING ALL SAN FRANCISCO & BAY AREA KIDS – AGES 9-14 !!

CATCH !! – THE WINTER 2008 CARTOON BOOT CAMP – !!
DEC 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30th – FRI, SAT, SUN, MON & TUES
with INSTRUCTOR BRIAN KOLM
MEMBERS $100 / NON-MEMBERS $125
at the CARTOON ART MUSEUM – 655 MISSION ST. – betw 3rd & New Montgomery – SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF

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~FROM RICHIE RICH to WENDY the WITCH !!/HARVEY COMICS/MoCCA/NYC

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‘From RICHIE RICH to WENDY the GOOD WITCH: The ART of HARVEY COMICS’ !! !!
DECEMBER 18, 2008 – MARCH 15, 2009
NOTE: OPENING RECEPTION – WED JAN 14, 2008
MoCCA – THE MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART – 594 BROADWAY at HOUSTON, SOHO, MANHATTAN, NYC
HRS: TUES-SAT 12-5 PM (closed DEC 23-25 & JAN 1, 2009)
GENERAL ADMISSION: $5

. . . if you didn’t grow up with RICHIE RICH, CASPER the FRIENDLY GHOST, and LITTLE LOTTA !! – now’s your chance – to clue in – to why we gobbled them up – way way back in the days of an earlier more gentler – very young childhood – in America.

from the MoCCA website:
“The MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ARt – MoCCA – is pleased to present a visual history of one of the most popular comic book publishers of all time. HARVEY COMICS.
‘From RICHY RICH to WENDY the WITCH: The Art of HARVEY COMICS’ celebrates the art and characters created and/or popularized by HARVEY, including CASPER the Friendly Ghost; Wendy, the Good Little Witch; Richie Rich, The Poor Little Rich Boy; Hot Stuff, The Little Devil; Sad Sack; Joe Palooka; Little Dot; Little Audrey; Little Lotta; Little Max; and many more.
This exhibit includes original art from Harvey comic books and merchandise by stalwarts such as ERNIE COLON, SID COUCHEY, WARREN KREMER and HOWARD POST.

‘From Richie Rich to Wendy the Witch: The Art of Harvey Comics originated at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco – curated by ANDREW FARGO.
For the MoCAA presentation, there is additional curation by MoCCA Chairman ELLEN S. ABRAOWITZ and Director KARL ERICKSON, a with special thanks to MARK ARNOLD.”

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p.s. the exhibit, ‘From RICHIE RICH to WENDY the WITCH: The Art of Harvey Comics’
ran from June 28 – Nov 30, 2008 at the CARTOON ART MUSEUM, 655 Mission St. in SAN FRANCISCO.
where it originated there, they have a small write-up on the show, see: their website/exhibits !!
where you can glean a little more information, like:
“the exhibit includes original art and merchandise by stalwarts such as
WARREN KREMER (1921-2003) !! who along with animator STEVE MUFFATTI, (1880-1968) !!
defined the ‘HARVEY’ look …”
and, “Harvey Comics was founded in 1941 by ALFRED HARVEY (1913-19940).” !!

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~RYAN DUNLAVEY/MoCCA/NYC

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RYAN DUNLAVEY – NEW YORK ARTIST SHOWCASE – MoCCA/THE MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART
DECEMBER 18, 2008 – FEBRUARY 15, 2009
MoCCA – 594 BROADWAY – SUITE 401 – CORNER HOUSTON ST – SOHO, MANHATTAN, NYC
HRS: TUES-SAT 12-5 PM (closed DEC 23-25 & JAN 1, 2009)
GENERAL ADMISSION: $5

from the MoCCA website:
“THE MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART – MoCCA – is pleased to present an exhibition of New York artist RYAN DUNLAVEY. His illustrations and comic srips have appeared in MAD, Wizard, ToyFare, The Princeton Review, Time Out New York, Royal Flush, and Disney Adventures.
He is also the co-creator and artist of the award-winning ACTION PHILOSOPHERS comic book series.
BROOKLYN-based, RYAN DUNLAVEY attended SYRACUSE Universit, where he created the comic strip EVIL TWIN for the Daily Orange student newspaper. After leaving college he continued EVIL TWIN as a series of self-published mini-comics. . . . In 1998 he illustrated a graphic novel adaption of MOBY DICK for SCHOLASTIC BOOKS …. In 2002 he co-created ACTION PHILOSOPHERS with his friend FRED VAN LENTE, which went on to win the XERIX GRANT and saw publication of its first issue in 2005. The series ran nine issues, gained considerable critical accliam and won a 2007 AMERICAN LIBRARY AWARD ….. ”


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~CANNONBALL PRESS/LUMP GALLERY/NORTH CAROLINA !!

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CANNONBALL PRESS PRESENTS: ‘DRINK UP and BE SOMEBODY’ !!
DEC 5 – DEC 27, 2008
LUMP GALLERY – 505 S. BLOUNT ST – RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
HRS: Saturdays 12-5 PM & BY APPOINTMENT DURING THE WEEK.

from the LUMP GALLERY WEBSITE:

“WORLD KINGS of scruffy pirate black and white, hillbilly printmaking, New York’s legendary CANNONBALL PRESS return to Raleigh (their third show at LUMP !!) with an irrefutable deluge of relief prints. The show will feature a huge new pile of limited edition 20 dollar prints, new 4 x 8 ft. woodcuts on canvas, and supersized collaborative woodcut Franken-banners, depicting familiar scenes of American-style debauchery.

FOR NINE YEARS, MARTIN MAZORRA and MIKE HOUSTON have been publishing high-quality limited edition black and white relief cuts, silkscreens and lithographs, and are proud to represent the following masters of grumpy, soulful, scabby, charged printmaking: DAVID ELLIS (BARNSTORMERS), JENNY SCHMID (BIKINI PRESS INT’L), JOE STAUBER, SWOON, DAVID WATNE, MAYA HAYUK, BILL FICK (COCKEYED PRESS), MIKE MING, DENNIS McNETT (HOWLING PRINT), the AMAZING HANCOCK BROTHERS, and many more !!”

ALL PRINTS ARE 20 BUCKS A POP !! COME OUT AND GET YOURS !!!!!

see: pix of MARTIN MAZORRA & MIKE HOUSTON aka CANNONBALL PRESS & THEIR WORK/BROOKLYN BLOCK PARTY !!/ DEC 2008

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~DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL/FACTORY FRESH

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LAST FEW DAYS – TO CATCH !!

THE DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL – ARTWORK by AD DEVILLE & PUFFERELLA !!

which runs – only – !! – thru – this – SUNDAY – DEC 22, 2008 !!
then the gallery closes – to re-open with a new – as yet unannounced show – FEB 12th, 2009.
FACTORY FRESH – 1053 FLUSHING AVE – betw MORGAN & KNICKERBOCKER – BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
L TRAIN TO MORGAN
HRS: 1-7 PM

click here: to see photos of the opening & installation !!

click here: to see works available from the show – online !!

so, if you are cruising for some fun art, some good art – & some real deals – look no further !!

WITNESS:

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AD DEVILLE – ‘THE BAT MOBILE LOST ITS WHEELS’ – $800
hand painted & scraped on old wood – 48 x 33 x 3 in.

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SKEWVILLE – CAR PRINT – $30

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PIX FROM THE OPENING – DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL – FRIDAY DEC 5, 2008

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artwork by AD DeVILLE – and yep, that’s real barbed wire !!

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AD DeVILLE – ‘BEAT IT !’

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AD DeVILLE – ‘SWHAT?’

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at the opening – AD DeVILLE meets artlovers’ offspring – KATE CERIGO !!

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the quote unquote – ‘BUSHWICK LOCAL’ !!

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at left, ROBBY D.

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AD DeVILLE – the FACTORY FRESH logos !!

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AD DeVILLE – FACTORY FRESH ‘crates’

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AD DeVILLE – ‘CHECK USELF’

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AD DeVIILE – metal ‘bottle top’. ($80)

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AD DeVILLE – ‘bottle top’. at right, soda pop bottles – screenprint mounted on board.

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meet: SUCKLORD and NATALIE. Natalie does motion graphics mostly for commercial sites,
such as, TruTV.
SUCKLORD makes toys – as in custom art toy figurines !! – check out: SUCKADELIC !!
(. . . those ain’t yo mamma’s toys.)

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in the back room – a first glimpse at the fab/erotic world – offered up by PUFFERELLA.
as in: fab/fabulous & fab/fabric – and you know what erotic means, right ?
this is: ‘Cat Fight’.

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PUFFERELLA – ‘YR NOT MY BEAU’, ($500).

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. . . a stroll past a PUFFERELLA wall of smaller works.

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there was also a short wall of photos by CHRIS & CHRIS.
this is KANA. KANA TOGASHI.
(what a great hair cut !!)

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the CHRIS & CHRIS photos were low-fi & … a riot !! they were titled: ‘SUCK IT’.
for the obvious …. joke-is-on-you.

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CRIS & CHRIS – from – ‘SUCK IT’.

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oh oh – who’s that ? caught between a pointed gun .. and a hype place.
PHOTO BY KANA TOGASHI.

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NANCY SMITH aka artloversnewyork, and daughter, KATE CERIGO.
DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL, FACTORY FRESH, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NYC. Dec 5, 2008
PHOTO BY KANA TOGASHI.

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ok. quickly moving outside – FACTORY FRESH has an outdoor courtyard – just like ALPHABETA.
and, likewise – it is – BOMBED !!! by many talented guests, passing thru.

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detail, FACTORY FRESH outdoor courtyard.

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this is the newest addition. by NIGEL TRIDENT aka TRUE. DEO CREW.

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the man of the moment – NIGEL aka TRUE.

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more of the FACTORY FRESH courtyard.

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lots of SKEWVILLE – to be found, duh. in the courtyard.
AD DeVILLE and his twin bro – are SKEWVILLE. They have been putting their mark on NYC since 1996.

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more marks – in the FACTORY FRESH courtyard

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STIKMAN – FACTORY FRESH COURTYARD, NYC. Dec 5, 2008

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KUMA – FACTORY FRESH COURTYARD, Dec 5, 2008

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switching gears – back inside – PUFFERELLA. ‘thinking of another’ !! ($300)

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the elusive PUFFERELLA herself, aka ALI HA.
ALI HA and AD DeVILLE founded, and run – FACTORY FRESH.

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also lovin’ PUFFERELLA’S work – KANA and TETSUJI.
Tetsuji recently graduated from Japan’s Kumamoto University, Architecture Studies..

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moving back towards the front of the gallery – AD DeVILLE’S – wanna watch ? – ‘POCKET WATCH MAN’ catches our eye.
a limited screenprint. it’s $50. ohhhh for 50 bucks !!! I would – if I could.
(that’s how bad this year is – don’t even have a lowdown $50 to blow on art – what with the quote unquote recession, trickling down. and BERNIE MADE-OFF – I mean MADOFF – which is pronounced – MADE-OFF !!
a lot of the people he swindled were just plain dumb and/or plain crooks – they were so head-over-heels rolling around in the big mega-bucks – they didn’t really want to double check, those phony baloney invoice statements – full of zeros, as in millions and billions. now, they really have all the zeroes they want !! talk about a 50 BILLION $$ NYC SCAM- ARTIST !! heard tell – some of them were art buyers – on some level. probably not on cool stuff like this – but hey, let’s not go into that… its already bad enuff. it’s the last thing we need in NYC coming down the pipeline, and hitting all us little guys – at the end of the food chain. the guys at the top of the chain – are no joke – falling like flies. .. with some taking the real exit out – swinging from DIY closet nooses in London and slitting their wrists over wastebaskets in NYC).
and everyone says – its gonna get worse. so back to the art !!
… anybody wanna buy a watch, how about a hedge fund ?
AD DeVILLE – nailed it. he’s got the current culture down on paper. and what’s best about it – his art – besides it’s flat-out truth – and predilection for the way things are – is his sweet sense of humor.
he doesn’t kill you with the gravity if it all – just lights up your day – with the iconic sense of a world gone to ruin !! the SKEWVILLE street tags – exhibit the same sense of social commentary.

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(legendary) SKEWVILLE car print. love that silver !! ($30)

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oh oh – what’s this !!

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BECKY – knows a good thing – when she sees it – she’s just bought herself – an AD DeVILLE – BOOMBOX !! ($150)

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and AD DeVIILLE signs it for her, on the spot – what can beat that !! nothing.

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and here’s Becky’s friend, KATHARINE ….

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she’s just bought a soda pop – ‘bottle cap’ – ($80) – and AD DeVILLE signs the back of that, too.

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AD DeVILLE signs the back of the metal SODA POP – bottle cap.

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AD DeVILLE does a bang-up job signing artworks for his fans.

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AD DeVILLE the man behind the ‘BOTTLE CAP’ and (very smart) happy art buyer – KATHERINE.

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AD DeVILLE – nails – BUSHWICK !!

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“not another photo !!” – artlovers shows she can take her own medicine – rolling her eyes all the same !!
from left: TETSUJI, NANCY SMITH, and KATE CERIGO. DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL.
FACTORY FRESH, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NYC. Dec 5, 2008
PHOTO BY KANA TOGASHI.

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a great night – one parting street shot – on the way to the L train, MORGAN ST. STATION.

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – unless otherwise noted, thanks to KANA TOGASHI !!

UP-DATE: TUES DEC 30, 2008

ALI wrote to tell us the show – the DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL – will be up till Jan 25, 2009 – and open to the public – by appointment. contact the gallery !!




~PAPERCUT/HEIST GALLERY

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DUANE BRUTON, ‘Life Turns Me On’ – in PAPERCUT/IMAGE COURTESY: HEIST GALLERY

‘PAPERCUT’ – OPENS TO-NITE – SATURDAY DEC 13, 2008 / 6-9PM
the show runs: DECEMBER 14, 2008 – JANUARY 11, 2009
HEIST GALLERY – 27 ESSEX – BET GRAND & HESTER – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
HRS: WED-SUN 12 – 6 PM

more info on the show, see: PAPERCUT/HEIST GALLERY

some more of our favorite images from the show: ALL PHOTOS COURTESY/HEIST GALLERY

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JENNIFER SULLIVAN, ‘Claude Cahun’

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IAN CARPENTER, ‘Forest Palm’

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SEAN STARWARS, ‘Jimmy the Pope has a Posse’

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MATT TACKETT, ‘Ayahuasca’

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ARON WAHL, ‘I’LL NVR FORGET YR MIXTAPE’

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CHRIS MENDOZA, ‘Agriculture’

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KAYROCK SCREENPRINTING, ‘My Drugs / Your Drugs’

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