when . . . you have friends that are famous, lol !!
Siblings spent years squatting in Chelsea Building: cops
by Stephanie Pagones, Lary Celona and Natalie Musumeci / NEW YORK POST / SEPT 12, 2018 / 3:58pm
“Three siblings, 51 and 42, and their sister, 32, were busted after cops were called to the Chelsea building at 149 W. 24th St around 10:30 a.m. for a report of a suspicious package, sources and cops said . . . ”
read more: ‘Siblings spent years squatting . . .’ – NEW YORK POST
on a day when a “New Jersey police sergeant was busted for attempted tryst with an underage girl” . . .
& there’s a huge scandal erupting about “NYPD cops busted in major gambling & prostitution probe”, . . .
all the cops can hit back with is . . . ALFREDO ?!!!!
PIX – INSIDE THE ALLEGED . . . . . SQUAT !!!!!!!
of course, I GOT SOME . . . PIX !!!!!!
ALFREDO . . 149 W.24th St. Chelsea, NYC / PHOTO: SEPT 18, 2017
he had told me recently, about a month ago, that . . . “the Koreans were getting fed-up” / the writing was on the wall / or, to be more precise: the locks had been changed.
at the time of the 2017 ‘studio’ visit, he was just ‘drawing guns on pizza boxes’ . . !!
but, he’s seen some success ($$$$) lately, so maybe he had started assembling (again) 3-D / non-working / art replica assault guns, with bogus & real spare parts ? that he ordered thru the mail.
that’s actually how he first established his street rep, that and, with huge life-size gun-toting robots . . at P.S.1.
these 3-d assemblages, obviously, being solid sculptures . . . could sell for more money, than drawings on paper, or . . pizza boxes. PHOTO: SEPT 18, 2017
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, ‘GUN DRAWING’ / 149 W.24th St. PHOTO: OCT 1, 2017
see more pix: ‘ALFREDO MARTINEZ aka THE REAL FAKE BASQUIAT / Inside the NYC Headquarters of the Notorious Basquiat Forger’ – artlovers
ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . . artist / squatter / what else is new ?
PHOTO: OCT 1, 2017
Alfredo, is as hardcore as they get.
but, actually for him to say, as he is quoted in the above NEW YORK POST article, that he . . “works in the FILM BUSINESS” – is not so far-fetched.
1. in the 1999-2000 PSEUDO / JOSH HARRIS $1 MILLION DOLLAR MILLENNIUM PARTY, called ‘QUIET’, which later became immortalized in the ONDIE TIMONER / Sundance 2009 Grand Jury Prize winning, ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’, a documentary biopic about Josh, and his shenanigans . . .
Alfredo ran the ‘Shooting Gallery’ downstairs, literally a reconstructed shooting range where anybody could pick up a real assault rifle & learn to shoot it / under professional / film set pro / guidance.
Alfredo & Josh managed to get away with this, by procuring a legal ‘film permit’ – holding that the entire event was a movie – which in a way – it was !!
who says money can’t buy you anything – in NYC !!
2. about the same time, Alfredo was the gun consultant & gun prop maker / specialist, for legendary filmmaker, JIM JARMUSCH project . . ‘Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai’ (1999), arguably one of his best films. alot of people, see Alfredo in the main character / which personally, I’m sure Jarmusch based on Alfredo, no doubt about it.
3. fast forward, it was announced on JAN 2018 . . . at Sundance 2018,
that BEN STILLER will direct JONAH HILL in an adaptation of the Sundance-Winning Documentary, ‘We Live in Public’ . . !!!
let’s only hope it’s as funny and quick-witted, as Stiller’s . . ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ !!!!
JONAH HILL is going to play . . JOSH HARRIS.
since Alfredo is a big part of the Josh Harris story, (move over Jeffrey Deitch, art world ‘entrepreneur’ ?), and will surely figure large, in the feature / we all can’t wait to see / Alfredo is seriously hoping . . .
BENICIO del TORO . . will be tapped to play, who else, the ‘Real Fake Basquait’ forger, now notorious Chelsea squatter, Alfredo Martinez, himself.
ARCHIVAL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
& UNDER COPYRIGHT / PRIOR PERMISSION REQUIRED re: ANY 3rd PARTY PUBLISHING.
~BREAKING NEWS !! ALFREDO MARTINEZ BUSTED FOR SQUATTING !! / NEW YORK POST |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2018, 6:07pm
still a couple more weeks to catch this !!
‘BARRY McGEE: SB Mid Summer Intensive’
July 1 – Oct 14, 2018
MCASB / MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART SANTA BARBARA, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, CA 93107
see: ‘BARRY McGEE’ – MCASB WEBSITE / PRESS RELEASE w. GREAT PIX !!!!
postcard / photo: Nancy Smith / on my desk !!
my friend brought back a postcard / MCASB – ‘BARRY McGEE MID SUMMER INTENSIVE’ / JULY 1 – Oct 14, 2018.
said without a doubt, a-m-a-z-i-n-g show.
~BARRY McGEE . . MCASB, CA / up thru OCT 14 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2018, 5:06pm
RAINY DAY ? DON’T SWEAT IT.
def, FEELS LIKE THE WORLD, or the SKY/COSMOS/ZODIAK/WEATHER ?
. . . shifted by 1 degree / off, yesterday.
smiley face, NOT.
but . . . . !!!!!
it’s ‘CLAY’ . . . WEEKEND, . . in BROOKLYN.
ya, wanna see . . . CLAY ?!!!
CODY HOYT . . is hosting an open studio today / SUN SEPT 9, 2018 / 4-6 PM
along with his studio mates: JENNY HATA BLUMENFIELD & @bush_wickGUIDO
31 BEAVER ST. – BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NY
SPONSORED BY BROOKLYN BREWERY – & – PART OF BROOKLYN CLAY TOUR !!
image via Instagraam @codyhoyt
~CODY HOYT . . OPEN STUDIO / BROOKLYN / SUN SEPT 9 / 4-6 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2018, 12:25pm
TAYLOR McKIMENS . . . PAINTED A ‘TANK’ !!!!!
THE TENTH ANNUAL BROOKLYN INVITATIONAL CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE SHOW
SAT SET 8, 2018 / 1 – 11 PM
ROOTS STUDIO – 131 NORTH 14th St – BROOKLYN 11249
@taylormckimens: thrilled to be invited by @artsandcraftsracing to paint a tank for the Brooklyn Invitational Motorcycle Show . . .
image via instagram @taylormckimens
TAYLOR McKIMENS . . BROOKLYN INVITATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOW / SAT SEPT 8 / 1 – 11 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 8th, 2018, 12:03pm
‘DAVID BENJAMIN SHERRY – MONUMENTS’
OPENS SAT SEPT 8 / 6 – 8 PM
the show is up thru . . . OCT 20, 2018
MORAN MORAN, 937 N. LaCienega Blvd, L.A. CA 90069
read more: ‘DAVID BENJAMIN SHERRY – MONUMENTS’
~DAVID BENJAMIN SHERRY, ‘MONUMENTS’ . . MORAN MORAN, LA / OPENS SAT SEPT 8 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 8th, 2018, 11:55am
‘WILD WORLD: ASHLEY GARRETT, CATHERINE HOWE & LILY PRINCE’
OPENS SAT SEPT 8 / 5 – 8 PM
the show runs thru . . . SEPT 30, 2018
CROSS CONTEMPORARY ART , 99 PARTITION St, SAUGERTIES NY 12477
HRS: FRI-SAT / 12-5 PM
more: WILD WORLD … CROSS CONTEMPORARY
ASHLEY GARRET, ‘Sossusvlei’, 2018, oil on canvas.
CATHERINE HOWE, ‘Monoytype 3’, 2016.
LILY PRINCE, ‘Lago di Como’, 2017. watercolor & gouache on paper. 64 x 64 in.
all images via CROSS CONTEMPORARY
~’WILD WORLD: ASHLEY GARRETT, CATHERINE HOWE, LILY PRINCE’ . . CROSS CONTEMPORARY ART, SAUGGERTIES / OPENS SAT SEPT 8 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 8th, 2018, 7:30am
INTERSPECIES (!!) ART & RELATIONS (!!)
PAT McCARTHY / PIGEON PAT . . .
speaking tonight FRI SEPT 7, 2018 . . . 7 PM
on . . . “the current state of NYC pigeon flying – including the people, the birds, the many chores, and the ecstasies of studying fight”.
“A contribution to the Institute for Interspecies Art and Relations’ . . .
ENTRANCE GALLERY, 48 Ludlow St, Basement, L.E.S., NYC
FREE zines on the subject.
~PAT McCARTHY . . ‘PIGEON TALK’ / ENTRANCE GALLERY, L.E.S. / FRI SEPT 7 / 7 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2018, 12:28pm
‘MEET THE PARENTS’
OPENS FRI SEPT 7 / 6 – 8 PM
the show runs thru . . . OCT 7, 2018
ESSEX FLOWERS, 19 MONROE ST, CHINATOWN, NY
HRS: SAT & SUN 12-6 PM & BY APPOINTMENT
MARIA CALANDRA . . JEAN CALANDRA
SETH COHEN . . NICOLE COHEN
GIANNA COMMITO . . JOHN COMMITO
ERIK den BREEJEN . . KEES den BREEJEN
EMMA ENDERBY . . SUSAN ENDERBY
JESSE HAMMERMAN . . SHEILA HAMMERMAN
WHITNEY HUBBS . . CAROLYN ROE HUBBS
JENNIFER SULLIVAN . . MARIAN MINGOS
RUFUS TUREEN . . SUSAN TUREEN
KEES den BREEJEN
image via Instagram @erik_den_breejen
~’MEET THE PARENTS’ . . ESSEX FLOWERS, CHINATOWN / OPENING FRI SEPT 7 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2018, 10:46am
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘Finger in the Hive’
OPENS FRI SEPT 7, 2018 / 6 – 8 PM
the show runs thru . . . OCT 7, 2018
315 Gallery, 312 Livingston St, Brooklyn NY 11217
HRS: WED-SUN / 12-5 PM & BY APPOINTMENT
Haley’s . . first solo show at 315 Gallery !!
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘Star Gazin’, Aug 2018, paint on canvas
image via Instagram @haley.josephs
~HALELY JOSEPHS . . ‘Finger In the Hive’ / 315 Gallery, Brooklyn / opening FRI SEPT 7 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2018, 10:24am
I also had my exhibit installation photos omitted, or deleted from the Mercer Union archive,
re: ’54/84′ – ‘HOMMAGE A GUIDO MOLINARI’ . . !!
culture wars, alert !!
the visionaries vs the losers.
who’s winning, now.
it was very deliberate, I remember being told by a ‘friendly’ Mercer Union member, a few years later, that my ’54/84′ 1984 archive had been deleted or otherwise . . obliterated.
I had no install photos of my own, I was already 4 years settled into NYC, and couldn’t travel back re: immigration issues, the border between Canada and the US had become increasingly complicated.
I just felt, if a community-driven / artist-run space had online archives . . they should, at the very least be inclusive, and a real historical record ???
NANCY SMITH, ‘PAPER QUILT’, ca 1980. Montreal.
oil pastel on hand cut-out construction paper units, based on Amish ‘Baby Blocks’ quilt pattern / almost wall-size.
image via MERCER UNION archive: ‘NANCY SMITH – PAPER QUILTS’, 1980.
but, I had had an earlier showing, at this artist-run space.
titled ‘PAPER QUILTS’, I exhibited one of my very first (& last actually), large scale, paper quilt ‘construction’ projects, 4 years earlier, in 1980.
exhibited in the small front room, of the old Mercer Union, it was arranged by ANNA-MARIE COBBOLD, a friend from grad school, Concordia University in Montreal, where we had both studied with the famed, color theorist / painter GUIDO MOLINARI.
there’s a black & white archival photo of it, on the Mercer Union archive, (don’t fall off your chair !!),
but I also have some of my own install pix, in color (!!!), because at that time, I was able to attend & actually did install the project.
see: NANCY SMITH, ‘PAPER QUILTS’, June 28 – July 11, 1980 / Mercer Union, Front Room
the exhibit statement reads: “hand-colored paper constructions improvised from traditional Amish designs.”
NANCY SMITH, (moi) with her ‘Paper Quilt’ construction / at MERCER UNION, Toronto / June 28, 1980.
it was pretty much, a very much . . . color theory project, to my mind, at least.
I took ‘Amish’ . . . & turned it, TIBETAN TANTRIC !!!
installation view.
detail.
so, I had hand-cut paper units from standard, heavy-weight construction paper using a template / & leaving about a 1/4 inch border, to fold back (for later attachment) and, then hand-colored them all – with oil pastels. even doing some, in what we now call, fade (!!) & . . then stapled them all together,
in such a way, as that the completed piece retained a somewhat, shallow, but perceptible, 3-D effect.
so, it had some ‘cloth-like’, give & take . . illusion.
making these little color ‘units’ first, helped me to . . envision the final composition.
but, it didn’t really make sense, on a very ‘real’ functional / level !!
it also made me really curious, about just how these wonderful, highly visual, even ‘kinetic’ quilts . . were put together, in the first place.
and so, newly minted M.F.A. in Painting, be damned !!
I put the crafts materials down, the watercolors, and charcoal as well,
and picked up the lowly . . needle & thread.
by then, 1981, I was in NYC, (there was NO quilting tradition in Montreal, the early French settlers had used furs !!) & I started buying second-hand quilts, that were then, readily found in the local Lower East Side thrift shops, deconstructing them, and very quickly moving onto repairing them, some with strict archival intent, but most – in a very creative manner / artist-head space ruled me . . always.
and, most were too ragged to work to archival standards, anyway / esp outside a museum-resourced workshop.
. . . and all by hand-stitch, all self-taught !!
me, who had never picked up a sewing needle before in my life, here I was . . hand-stitching, like crazy.
I probably have over 50 old quilts, well probably even more (!!) lying about, and stashed away – in stacks.
talk about walking into a thrift shop, and turning a $1 buck .. into $10, if not more !!
but more important, the Mercer Union ‘Paper Quilt’ project, definite put me on track, to ‘track’ . . the ‘crafts’ & skills-based artwork of this current generation, & having a deeply rooted / quilting framework, based on practical hands-on knowledge, definite gave me the ‘edge’ – to enable me to cover, the slowly building / quilt craze of today !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, unless otherwise noted.
~NANCY SMITH . . ‘PAPER QUILT’, MERCER UNION, TORONTO / SUMMER 1980 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2018, 8:33am
