SOLD . . for almost DOUBLE !! – it’s high estimate !!
go, CORY !!
CORY ARCANGEL, b 1978. lives & works out of Buffalo, NY.
‘Photoshop CS:84 by 66 inches, 300DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient “Russell’s Rainbow’ …’, 2009.
Chromogenic print face mounted to Diasec, in artist’s own frame. This work is unique.
ESTIMATE: $100,000 – $150,000
SOLD FOR: $269,000
LOT 141 – PHILLIPS
20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE – NEW YORK AUCTION – TUES NOV 10 2015 / 11am
~CORY ARCANGEL . . Philips / up-dated: SOLD |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2015, 9:10am
I guess the pricing was too high, and the imagery ‘too-in your face’ ?
it’s not that big a piece . . for the price ?
he’s not as cute as . . Jean Michel Basquiat ?
and his back story – doesn’t get out in front of the buyers,’ ?!!
from the results, looks to be a fairly staid – bunch of buyers.
next time !!
no doubt about it.
CARROLL DUNHAM, b 1949. works in NY and Connecticut.
‘Green box in Yellow Field’, 1995. Acrylic & pencil on linen.
46 x 59 in.
ESTIMATE: $200,000 – $300,000
SOLD FOR: DID NOT SELL.
LOT 136 – PHILLIPS
20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE – NEW YORK – TUES 10 NOV 2015 / 11am
~CARROLL DUNHAM . . Phillips / up-dated: DID NOT SELL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2015, 8:59am
this piece sold for just under it’s high estimate, not bad !!
unless you check out how her shelf piece did – in same auction: sky rocketed !!
this piece composed solely of real peacock feathers, did not do as well as her shelve piece, which is way less interesting in my opinion (!!) probably because buyers were wary of buying anything ‘organic’ – that could degrade through time. in my opinion this buyer – made out like a thief !! good one !!
CAROL BOVE, b 1971. NYC based, Red Hook, Brooklyn.
‘Untitled’, 2009. Peacock feathers on linen in artist’s own Plexiglas frame.
38-3/16 x 24-1/2 x 5 in.
ESTIMATE: $80,000 – $120,000
SOLD FOR: $93,750
LOT 109 – PHILLIPS
20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE – NEW YORK AUCTION – TUES 10 NOV 2015 / 11am
~CAROL BOVE . . Phillips / up-dated: SOLD |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2015, 8:52am
a sweet – new age, Brooklyn-themed statement, (organic composting artisanal hipster !!) – this piece did pretty good all things considered, selling for almost $10K above it’s higher estimate.
it’s a nice painting, will look great on the living room wall, isn’t too big to handle, and the young artist, just turning dirty thirty !! looks to be on a roll;
plus anything UK, London – is always: chic !!
NEIL RAIIT, b 1986. London, UK based. ‘Cabinectomy’, 2015.
oil on canvas, 40 x 29-3/4 in.
ESTIMATE: $12,000 – $18,000
SOLD FOR: $35,000
LOT 108 – PHILLIPS
20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE – NEW YORK AUCTION – TUES 10 NOV 2015 / 11am
~NEIL RAITT . . Phillips / up-dated: SOLD |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 10th, 2015, 8:36am
at 247365 !!
LAST WEEKEND – TO PICK UP . . THE PHONE !!
‘SURPRISE PHONE CALL’ . . . MARK DELONG, JOEL HOLMBERG, JESSIE STEAD
Oct 16 – Nov 8, 2015
247365, 57 STANTON ST, LOWER EAST SIDE
MARK DELONG, ‘New Pine Sol Box’, 2015
cotton thread on cardboard, 10.5 x 13 x 15
MARK DELONG . . .
LEFT: ‘Bottled Up Anger on Syrup (One side for The Talking Clock, Four Sides for Halle B.)’, 2015
RIGHT: ‘Reaper Resting, Crushing Skulls on Crunching Numbers [All Sides for Reaper Dan], 22015
each: cotton thread on cardboard, 105 x 13 x 15 in.
detail, MARK DELONG, ‘Skull (Four sides for Monkey Harris. Top for Dennis R.) ‘, 2015.
cotton thread on cardboard, 10.5 x 13 x 15 in.
JOEL HOLMBERG. ‘Prior To That’, 2015.
Dustbuster with vacum attachments, votive candle, pin wheel, beard trimmer, wet/dry vac attachment, USB powered LED light, foam microphone covers, gooseneck microphone extension bar, stereo microphone bar, tripod microphone stands, fixed boom. 24 x 40 x 63 in.
installation shot: JESSIE STEAD, JOEL HOLMBERG
JESSIE STEAD, ‘Beaded Interlude Vol. 11 (Intestinal Dimensions)’, 2015.
Polybutadiene balls, LEDs. 160 x 3 x 3 in.
JESSIE STEAD, ‘Beaded Interlude Vol. 9 (Intestinal Dimensions), 2015.
Polybutadiene balls, LEDs. 160 x 3 x 3 in.
all images courtesy: 247365
~’SURPRISE PHONE CALL’ . . MARK DELONG, JOEL HOLMBERG, JESSIE STEAD |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 7th, 2015, 1:30pm
heads up !!
WALTER ROBINSON RETROSPECTIVE – CURATED BY BARRY BLINDERMAN
UNIVERSITY GALLERIES of ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
CATALOG SIGNING !! – TO-NITE: THURS NOV 5, 2015 / 6-8 PM
MAX FISH – 120 ORCHARD ST, L.E.S. NYC
and, the show is . . . moving a little closer to home.
next month it begins an almost 3 month run at The Galleries at MOORE COLLEGE of ART & DESIGN, Philadelphia. PA / JAN 23 – MARCH 12, 2015.
~WALTER ROBINSON . . catalog signing to-nite, NYC |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 5th, 2015, 2:45pm
JORDAN CASTEEL . . doing the gallery rounds on the Lower East Side, NYC. Sept 7, 2014.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
check out some pix from Jordan’s first show at Sargent’s Daughters, Fall 2014, it’s easy to see the big one year leap in her painting skills & content/vision . . plus also view the work of some of her Yale contemporaries . .
see: Dark Times ..
http://www.artloversnewyork.com/zine/the-bomb/2014/09/11/dark-times-darja-bajagic-tom-costa/
I first saw Jordan’s work at the Yale MFA Open Studios weekend of April 27-28, 2013. it was no random coincidence that I was there, (my first time at Yale, ever !!) the graduating class of 2014 was dynamic, with a capital D !! super super talented. super super intense. it was overwhelming, and I choose to post coverage of the 4 or so grad students I already knew personally from following their work – in the city previous to their heading to Yale.
but Jordan definite made an impression, and I’m looking for a few of those early Yale photos – to post now !!
ps: I later learned that each incoming Yale graduate class is chosen by a different set of professors, so that accounts for the wide divergence in the dynamics of each graduating class, and for sure whoever vetted the class of 2014 – did a knock-out job !!
JORDAN CASTEEL in her studio, Yale MFA Open Open studios, April 27-28, 2013.
Jordan was in her first year of the 2 year program.
JORDAN CASTEEL, a multi-media piece featuring a younger photo of herself, entitled or notated: “as I approached . .”
of course the best part of visiting any artist’s studio – is seeing into their process, the works in progress, the inspirations, the . . notes !!
JORDAN CASTEEL, this was one of my faves, a smaller piece . . but very ‘deep’.
JORDAN CASTEEL, a larger painting, no holds barred !!
great technical infrastructure, beautiful surfaces, and gorgeous, gorgeous light – at play. great volumes to the body, etc etc.
you could see the potential for sure.
yep, that Yale MFA class of 2014 . . watch out !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~JORDAN CASTEEL . . . now & then |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 5th, 2015, 9:11am
JERRY SALTZ hits back . . with a definite on-your-mark take, for . . young JORDAN CASTEEL.
and bye the way, though he’s slow and sexist, in the wrong way !! Jerry has one very big claim to fame – he turned everybody onto CARROLL DUNHAM, way before his daughter, and seemingly his paintings come-to-life !! LENA DUNHAM . . made such huge media waves. I still remember reading an early review he wrote on Carroll Dunham, must have been decades ago, it stuck in my mind like . . . bubble gum under a school desk.
Jerry Saltz: bumble, bumble, stumble & . . . hit !!
CARROLL DUNHAM painting in his current show, Dec 2015 – at BARBRA GLADSTONE.
image via Instagram – @walterrobinsonstudio
thanks, Walter !!
installation shot – via BARBARA GLADSTONE GALLERY
CARROLL DUNHAM, OCT 31 – DEC 4, 2015
GLADSTONE GALLERY – 24th Street, NYC
see more images: CARROLL DUNHAM – GLADSTONE GALLERY !!
image via instagram feed of Jordan Casteel . . @jordanmcasteel
not quite, stung by a bee – but, still . .
bumble, bumble, stumbled on it, COUNTS !!
art critic JERRY SALTZ hits up, thumbs up !! – JORDAN CASTEEL’S 2nd solo show at Sargent’s Daughters on the Lower East Side, up thru . . NOV 15, 2015.
often labelled a ‘lounge critic’ for his fondness for all things naked, esp women & even more so, with a horrible focus on anything with their exposed & blown-up . . private parts !! !! and a contrarian, worn-out – slightly whining & very annoying . . public stand stand for politically correct, art world neglected subjects . . as in women artists, and artists . . “of color”.
memo to Jerry:
art is not a democracy, Jerry . . it’s a meritocracy.
skills, vision . . trump gender and race.
all of which, might have been how Jerry first got turned onto this young female, Yalie’s work, which was formerly focused on strong, no-holds barred portraits of naked black men . . a young black, African-American is prob the better term, woman artist painting young African American males, often harsh in vision, harsh in painterly expression, often explicit . . wow !! all the Jerry elements bundled up – in one sentence !!
but, although it seems an obvious choice for him: nakedness, woman artist, ‘minority’ woman artist, ‘minority’ subjects, Yalie, Harlem studio, figurative, etc etc – he did in fact stumble upon – a true blue vein of creative vision.
go, JERRY !!!!
JORDAN CASTEEL, ‘Miles & Jojo’, 2014. Oil on canvas, 54 x 72 in.
image: Sargent’s Daughters
read more about JORDAN CASTEEL . . .
and see more of her work on the gallery website: Jordan Casteel-Sargent’s Daughters
take the time to get into that gallery website to contrast Jordan’s first show – with this one. she really took the ball, of opportunity – that was thrown at her . . . and ran with it. a great show !! a big leap in maturity, artistic/plastic interest and above all: VISION and . . WARMTH !!
a big evolution – in just 2 years !!
go, Jordan !!
MOTTO OF THIS STORY:
in the art world, nothing is written in stone !!
though the tattoo world can sure, get under your skin.
~JERRY . . hits back !! J0RDAN CASTEEL . . . by way of CARROLL DUNHAM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 4th, 2015, 9:34am
DUKE RILEY . . has been going IG ballistic over stogey ole JERRY SPRINGER, I mean . . . Saltz !!
not totally 100% my opinion. but close, but hey . . where would I be ?
if the whole lot of them were cool, or cool . . enuf !!
which is quelle rare, going ballistic on IG !!
because we all know . . Instagram is supposed to be . . bad vibes – free.
listen up or you get . . bullied & bounced off the grid – with NO warning and no explanation !!
it’s quite . . the new age – fascist enabling platform !!!!
bully, bully, bully.
so, this post also pretty much – speaks for itself !!
or, are we just headed that way, no words, thanks: Emojis & Instagram !!
ah, the power of the IMAGE !!
ah, the power of the mighty . . . (tattoo) pen !!
NOTE: all images off the Duke’s Instagram feed . . @dukerileystudio
dukerileystudio: JERRY SALTZ DAYS at East River Tattoo. Pick any raunchy antiquated image off art critic @jerrysaltz Instagram feed and I’ll tattoo my version of it on you. Bookings: kittyjoe@eastrivertattoo.com
translate: Jerry !! your ship . . is leaving !!
there ya have it . . . communication in the digital age – !!
one tattoo, at a time.
~DUKE RILEY vs JERRY SALTZ . . . #!&%!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 3rd, 2015, 12:15pm
life . . . in a nutshell.
or:
art review . . . in one image & a few, good words !!
the beauty of randomness / the chart of ups & downs !!
life in the ‘dhat’ fast lane !! digital version !!
LUKE MURPHY: Light < --> Dark < --> Screen < --> Void
image via Instagram – @lukemurphy49
~What’s it all about . . LUKE MURPHY !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 3rd, 2015, 12:08pm
