hand-made dolls of (a troubled) yesterday v. violent video games of (an unthinkable) today /
. . . think about it.
teach those boys – more trades. more skills. teach those boys . . how to knit.
and, it’s not a joke – btw.
if you want to talk about society though the lens of both history and art /
but most specifically: before and after the Internet / this is your . . baby !!!
DO NOT – DO NOT / DO NOT – MISS !!!!!!!!!
ONLY !! 2 weekends – left !!!!!!!!
for tickets: NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: VISIT
if I was ever – put on this earth for a reason, it was to tell you about . .
this exhibit / it is truly such an amazing, living, breathing . . opportunity !!
it is so right on, so relevant, and even more so / most sadly, today.
and, I do mean: today / May 26, 2022.
presenting a wide range of . . handmade cloth dolls,
made primarily by African American woman between 1850 – 1940 /
this exhibit . . is just so wonderfully laid out – too.
including a rich & charming range of narrative ‘props’, from period sepia-toned photographs, through imaginary dollhouse displays, onto actual antique work baskets, and a nice sampling of the common household, re-cycled materials that were used.
and btw, the exhibit . . includes some of the best written museum text labels, too.
brief, informative, charming, and exact.
this very folk art & history driven exhibit is often surprising, which is so thrilling / but it’s just flat-out definitely super, super interesting . . for all:
from young child, to pre-teen friendship-bracelet weaver, to well: us . . . all.
it is the story of American history, society, and . . . yes: art !!
that’s Art with a capital A / I’m talking . . cutting-edge American art.
and, how we got here.
no doubt about it /
and, the intersection – is an absolute wake-up call.
‘Black Dolls’ . . .
is so full of love, laughter, and . . inevitably: tears.
but, tears / are not . . . death.
tears are not mowing down young children – tears are about raising them up / even in struggle.
heavy-lifting it was. but, tears are not . . violence.
Unidentified photograph, Woman and Children with Black Cloth, handmade Dolls, 1942.
Gelatin silver print, Deborah Neff Collection
image via Instagram @nyhistory / New-York Historical Society
‘BLACK DOLLS’ . . . . Feb 25 – JUNE 5, 2022
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 170 CENTRAL PARK WEST at 77the Street / NYC
note: including a . . ‘pathway of labels for younger visitors, age 5-12’,
and including some delightful, ‘interactive stations’ – for all !!
I know first-hand !!
for definite sure – I jumped over there / the very first weekend !!
SO .. get those tickets: BOOK YOUR TICKETS !!!!!
more exhibit info: ‘Black Dolls – New-York Historical Society’
‘Black doll in gentleman’s top coat’, 1860-70, Milton, MA / Maine.
hand-made, DIY / mixed fabrics, leather, brass, glass
Deborah Neff Collection
Photo: ELLEN McDERMOTT / via New-York Historical Society
check out: NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Instagram, @nyhistory
~’BLACK DOLLS’ / NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY / up thru JUNE 5 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 26th, 2022, 9:03am
TO-NIGHT !!!!!!!
ANDREW FRANCIS joins in a big group show . . . ‘RED MEANS GO’ / !!!!!
OPENING SAT MAY 21 / 6 – 10 PM
and runs thru . . JUNE 18, 2022
“PLEASE WEAR RED” . . . . !!!!!
TOMATO MOUSE, 301 Saratoga Ave, Brooklyn NY
HRS: FRI & SAT / 1 – 7 PM
& BY APPOINTMENT
the show is curated by: REBECCA BIRD & ZEV GUSTAFSON
with: ANDREA BURGAY, LUCY WILNER, DAVID McBRIDE, JAYNIE CRIMMINS, JILL SNOFFIETI, TRAVIS CHILDERS, ALEXA HOYER, ANDREW FRANCIS, LENA CHRISTAKIS, TZIREL KAMINETZKY, MEREDITH STARR & DANA LEAVIT
check out: ANDREW FRANCIS on Instagram @andrewmeriwetherfrancis
check out: TOMATO MOUSE GALLERY on Instagram @tomato.mouse
~ANDREW FRANCIS . .’RED MEANS GO’ / GROUP SHOW / TOMATO MOUSE, BROOKLYN / OPENS SAT MAY 21 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 21st, 2022, 12:09pm
if you’re in . . . MILAN !!
check out ‘NY to MILAN’ / a 4 artist group show
running thru JUNE 18, 2022
F2T Gallery, Via Statuto 13, Milan, Italy.
featuring work by:
LIOR MODAN, OPAL MAE ONG, JULIE SEVERINO, STIPAN TADIC
STIPAN TADIC, ‘Rene Smoking’, 2022.
oil on board, 50 x 40 cm.
(roughly: 19-1/2 x 15-1/2 in.)
image via STIPAN TADIC Instagram @stipan.tadic
STIPAN TADIC . . is a painter from Croatia/Zagreb currently based in NYC.
check out: STIPAN TADIC on Instagram @stipan.tadic
check out: F2T Gallery, Milan on Instagram @f2tgallery
~STIPAN TADIC . . ‘NY to MILAN’ / F2T/ MILAN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 21st, 2022, 11:36am
if, you are anywhere near Vancouver . . !!
and, shout out to . . GUIDO MOLINARI & SIMON CERIGO / ART GHOSTS – DEFINITELY INVITED !! !!
HAPPY 75 !!
MARSHAL HOPKINS !!
MAY THE LIFE FORCE ALWAYS BE – WITH YOU.
“COME SEE HOW MARSHIE – MAKES TURNING 75 / LOOK LIKE FUN” . . . !! !! !! !!
WED MAY 18, 2022 / 3 – 6 PM
723 HAMILTON AVE., NANAIMO, B.C. CANADA
MARSHAL HOPKINS, ‘Honeymoon Swing’, ca. 1984
acrylic on canvas board / 14 x 18 in.
image via Instagram @marshal8463
MARSHAL HOPKINS, ‘Honeymoon Cottage’, ca. 1984
acrylic on canvas board / 14 x 18 in.
image via Instagram @marshal8463
MARSHAL is also an incredible . . musician !! !!
ps: yes, that’s Marsh – on the right / controlling the strings, of course !!
most, def / LISTEN TO:
MARSHAL HOPKINS / VOICE & GUITAR . . . ‘FIRE – SO DON’T PLAY WITH ME’ / Instagram @marshal8463
check out: MARSHAL HOPKINS on Instagram @marshal8463
~HAPPY BIRTHDAY . . MARSHAL HOPKINS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 18th, 2022, 1:45pm
IF, you’re .. upstate !!
NICHOLAS SULLIVAN . . has a wonderful ‘faux realist’ sculpture /
in this diverse media / group show, ‘SHAKER INSPIRED’ . . !!
ORGANIZED BY . . ERIC WOLF
OPENING SAT MAY 14 / 3 – 6 PM
the show runs . . thru JUNE 18, 2022
JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY, 19 Central Sq., Chatham, NY 12037
HRS:
THURS-SAT / 1 – 5 PM
SUN 1-3 PM
NICHOLAS SULLIVAN, ‘BLUE STOVE’, 2022.
newsprint, pigment, steel.
15 x 16 x 24 in.
BTW: Nicholas Sullivan . . custom-makes the ‘tiered’ pedestal / bases – upon which this eerily, almost luminous green, 2 ft. tall ‘stove’
stands upon.
they are in fact, part of the piece,
I say: Bravo !! x 1 million.
they are made in perfect proportions, so much so,
I initially thought this ‘faux’ stove . . was – life-size !!
though, I guess in the right setting, his sturdier faux sculptures, like this . . one could be set down without a base ? as some kind of random curio ?
like an over-sized piece of spectacularly incredible . . dollhouse accessory / furniture.
what can I say ? it’s a strange kind of object. and yet a stove, in form.
well, the imagination – does get . . lit !!
NICHOLAS SULLIVAN / from an angle
both images via Instagram @hows_nick
POSTER ARTWORK: SUE MUSKAT, ‘Every Gain Devine’, 2022
acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 in.
IMAGE via JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY
check out: NICHOLAS SULLIVAN on Instagram @hows_nick
~NICHOLAS SULLIVAN . . ‘BLUE STOVE’/ SUE MUSKAT . . ‘EVERY GAIN DEVINE / ‘SHAKER INSPIRED’ / JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY, CHATHAM, NY / SAT MAY 14 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 13th, 2022, 12:41pm
if you are in NEW YORK:
NORA BROWN and STEPHANIE COLEMAN
will be playing a show at . . BARBES BROOKLYN
SUN MAY 15 / 6 – 7:30 PM
BARBES, 376 9Th Street, Brooklyn, NY
check out: NORA BROWN on Instagram @little.nb
check out: STEPHANIE COLEMAN on Instagram @stephiecoleman
~NORA BROWN & STEPHANIE COLEMAN / BARBES / SUN MAY 15 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 13th, 2022, 9:10am
if you happen to be in DETROIT . . . !!
‘THE GOOD DAY(S)’ – ARE HERE . . . !!
JEFFREY TRANCHELL . . INVITES YOU TO A:
COMMUNITY PLANTING, COOK OUT, & CLEAN-UP
including . .
a SCULPTURE GARDEN VEILING / featuring works by:
Maya Davis, Kayla Powers, Dmitri Hertz, Orlando Estrada, & Graem Whyte . . !!
& a Sunday Sermon by young Raphielle with . . JONNY CAMPOLO . . !!
FOOD by: CHEF BECKY
SAT & SUN / MAY 14 & 15, 2022 / noon – 5 PM
MAcCay, DETROIT 12333
check out: JEFFREY TRANCHELL on Instagram @jeffreytranchell
~JEFFREY TRANCHELL .. THE GOOD DAY(S) / DETROIT / SAT & SUN . . MAY 14 & 15 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 10th, 2022, 9:50am
HEADS UP !!!
COMIC LOVERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
ADRIAN TOMINE, original ‘prep’ drawing for his now iconic . . ‘covid’ cover /
THE NEW YORKER / DEC 7, 2020.
image via ADRIAN TOMINE Instagram @adriantomine
ADRIAN TOMINE: “I donated this drawing to a fundraising auction for PS 321 in Brooklyn.
It’s the original preparatory sketch for the cover of the December 7, 2020 issue /
THE NEW YORKER magazine.”
BIDDING . . . STARTS: MON MAY 9, 2020 at 9am EDT.
see: go to link in his IG bio
for details @adriantomine
ADRIAN TOMINE, THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE / COVER – DEC 7, 2020
image via ADRIAN TOMINE – IG @adriantomine
check out: ADRIAN TOMINE on Instagram @adriantomine
FROM THE ARTLOVERS – ARCHIVE:
ADRIAN TOMINE, DRAWN & QUARTERLY . . . BOOK-SIGNING TABLE (!!),
BROOKLYN COMICS & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL, BROOKLYN, NY. – DEC 3, 2011
or . . about 10 years ago. (!!)
ARCHIVAL PHOTO & COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
ADRAIN TOMINE, ‘SLEEP WALK and other Stories’,
one of the early ‘graphic novels’ – he was signing.
Publisher: DRAWN and QUARTERLY, BROOKLYN COMIC & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL, DEC 3, 2011
ARCHIVAL PHOTO & COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
see: DRAWN & QUARTERLY /
PUBLISHING HQ – MONTREAL, QUEBEC
check out: DRAWN & QUARTERLY on Instagram @drawnandquarterly
~ADRIAN TOMINE . . ICONIC COVID / NEW YORKER MAG COVER – ORIGINAL STUDY / BIDDING STARTS TODAY – MON MAY 9 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 9th, 2022, 8:44am
seeing – is !! believing !!
JENNIFER J. LEE . . on view at the KLAUS von NICHTSSAGEND Booth / INDEPENDENT ART FAIR NY
Spring Studios, TRIBECA NY
thru . . SUNDAY MAY 8, 2022
JENNIFER J lEE, ‘Untitled (Plaid Skirt’), 2022
oil on jute (!!)
13 x 9 in. (!!)
image via Instagram @jenny_j_lee
check out: JENNIFER J. LEE on Instagram @jenny_j_lee
check out: KLAUS von NICHTSSAGEND on Instagram @klausgallery
check out: INDEPENDENT ART FAIR on Instagram @independent_hq
~JENNIFER J. LEE . . PLAID SKIRT / KLAUS von NICHTSSAGEND GALLERY, NY / INDEPENDENT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 7th, 2022, 8:44am
the LANDING, LOS ANGELES . .
presents new work by MASAMITSU SHIGETA as part of a group show presentation
at NADA NY 2022
thru . . SUNDAY MAY 8
MASAMITSU SHIGETA, ‘Outdoor Dining and Tree’, 2022
oil on canvas with wooden frame
61 x 47 in.
image via Instagram @newartdealers
check out: MASAMITSU SHIGETA on Instagram @nymasapaint
check out: the Landing Gallery, LA on Instagram @thelandinggallery
check out: NADA / NEW ART DEALERS ALLIANCE on Instagram @newartdealers
~MASAMITSU SHIGETA . . ‘Outdoor Dining and Tree’ / The LANDING. LA / NADA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 7th, 2022, 8:30am
