HARDCORE – O.G. !!!!!!!!!
above, a wall of PAINTINGS by SIMON CERIGO / painted in NYC, in a studio/apt of a run down storefront on Rivington & the Bowery, at the heart of the Lower East Side, and shipped up North for the show.
ARCHIVAL IMAGE VIA MERCER UNION
’54/84′ – ‘HOMMAGE a GUIDO MOLINARI’
curated by ANNA-MARIE COBBOLD
23 OCT 1984 – 17 NOV 1984
MERCER UNION – a long running, artist-run space in TORONTO, founded in 1979 & still up & running.
Early works on paper by the Canadian Formalist, GUIDO MOLINARI, (RIP) will be on exhibit together with recent work by 5 of his former students . . . . .
SIMON CERIGO (RIP), NANCY SMITH, MARSHAL HOPKINS, BARBARA REID, & ANNA-MARIE COBBOLD (RIP)
def, see: ’54/84′ archive on MERCER UNION website
we all lived & studied with Guido in Montreal, except by 1984 Anna-Marie had moved to Toronto & thus managed to swing the show. We were all in our early 30s, except for Guido, of course . . who was 51, but at the time very very, famous, and with good reason, he was a brilliant man / both in Quebec & the rest of Canada.
not all the members of Mercer Union at the time were behind the show, thus a lack of archival documentation of the art of all the exhibitors. this was because we represented a radical, hardcore (some might say: ‘outsider’), underground presence, and they were more predictable, mainstream and grant-leaning / at the time, I will give no names, at present, lol.
time will tell . . !!
there’s visionaries, and there’s, NOT.
SIMON & I, had already split for New York, 1981.
RENO & MARSH .. left for Vancouver.
and Anna-Marie died peacefully in her sleep one day, for some strange reason, not too long after.
def, see: GUIDO MOLINARI
to help put the timeline in perspective, LEONARD COHEN was 50, one year younger than Guido …. and had just released ‘Hallelujah’ (1984). it was really culturally, a glory time in Montreal, fueled by the immigrant experience, rather than the native French population, but whose magic and poetry . . we adored, & absorbed like crazy.
today you can reference that inspired ‘Montreal’ fever, in the English-speaking band, ARCADE FIRE & the young artist, JIM JOE who has a big show at THE HOLE opening this month.
& of course, the formalism and ability to break-down art, that I learnt from Guido so well . . .
is the backbone of this . . blog.
~HOMMAGE a GUIDO MOLINARI . . MERCER UNION, TORONTO / ARCHIVE w SIMON CERIGO, NANCY SMITH, MARSHAL HOPKINS, BARBARA REID & ANNA-MARIE COBBOLD |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 1st, 2018, 7:28am
O.G. !!!!!!!!!
TH’US . . featuring MARSHAL HOPKINS, with RENO REID on bass
SAT SEPT 1, 2018 / starts at 9 PM
THE VAULT, 499 Wallace St, Nanaimo, B.C. / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA V9R 5B7
as always, the best POSTER ART – by RENO BARBARA REID HOPKINS !!!!!
~TH’US . . . ROCKS THE VAULT, NANAIMO, B.C. / SEPT 1 / 9 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 1st, 2018, 7:13am
‘DOUBLE MEETING’ – FJORD at ORGY PARK . . .
curated by FJORD GALLERY, Philadelphia
OPENS FRI AUG 31, 2018 / 7 – 10 PM
show runs thru SEPT 30,2018
ORGY PARK, 237 JEFFERSON ST 1B, BUSHWICK / BROOKLYN NY 11237
HRS: BY APPOINTMENT
with:
JANE IRISH, NICK LENKER, MARISHA LOZADA, ANNA NEIGHBOR, SARAH PATER, JAMIE WILLIAMS, & KATE WYNN
READ MORE: ‘DOUBLE MEETING’ / FJORD & ORGY PARK
see: FJORD SPACE / PHILLY
SARAH PATER, ‘Sunflowers’, 2018.
oil & wax over acrylic on linen, 16 x 20 in.
image by SARAH PATER / @dustyrOse
image via Instagram @ORGYPARK
curated by @fjord_
great logos:
~’DOUBLE MEETING’ . . FJORD at ORGY PARK / OPENS FRI AUG 31 / 7 – 10 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 31st, 2018, 9:37am
ROOFTOP GRAND OPENING PARTY !!
YOU’RE INVITED TO THE OPENING of THE NEW ROOF DECK !! / BRING FRIENDS !!
HONEY’S
93 SCOTT AVE, BUSHWICK / BROOKLYN NY 11237 / off the JEFFERSON L
7 PM – LATE
DJ’S / BLACK CURRANT MEAD ICE CREAM / DRINK SPECIALS
~ROOFTOP OPENING PARTY . . HONEY’S / FRI AUG 31 / 7 PM – LATE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 31st, 2018, 9:17am
is . . a co-founder of THE LIVING GALLERY OUTPOST !!
see: JOSEPH MELOY – WEBSITE
“BILLY MARK’S”, NYC . . JOSEPH MELOY
image via JOSEPH MELOY – MURALS
~yes, that . . JOSEPH MELOY !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 29th, 2018, 12:12pm
as in .. DEEP, DOWN UNDER THE SEA / & . . THE BACKYARD POOL !!
as in .. DEEP, DOWN UNDER – THE UNDERGROUND / of THE ART BELLY of the ART WORLD !!
ONE NIGHT ONLY !!!! – WED AUG 22, 2018 / 7 – 11 PM
‘DOWN UNDER’- THE LIVING GALLERY OUTPOST
246 E. 4th St., EAST VILLAGE, NYC 10009
FEATURING WORKS BY:
SAROFOXX, ROY WADE, LUNGEBOX, ROYCER, ABE LINCOLN JR, GOODANDSHIDDY (STEPHEN PALLADINO), WIZARDSKULL, TRASHYDREAMS, THE DTORE (the de-tour), & IMAMAKER
ABOUT: THE LIVING GALLERY NYC OUTPOST / ‘OUR STORY’… NYSSA FRANK, JOSEPH MELOY, ALEXANDRIA HODGKINS
FLYER BY: IMAMAKER & ROY WADE
“SUPER MEGA” !! DEEP SEA MONSTER STICKERS !! – ABE LINCOLN JR
‘MYSTERY OF FISH’ – LUNGEBOX
(detail) ‘POOL PARTY’ – ROY WADE
ALL IMAGES via Instagram @thelivinggallery_outost
~’DOWN UNDER’ . . feat ABE LINCOLN JR, LUNGEBOX, ROY WADE & more / THE LIVING GALLERY OUTPOST / WED AUG 22 / 7-11 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 21st, 2018, 1:48pm
DANIELLE DE JESUS . . PRESENTA:
‘EFECTIVO INEFECTIVO’
OPENED FRI AUG 10, 2018 / 9 PM
& SHOW IS UP FOR . . 3 WEEKS !!
GALERIA BETANCES, 1 CALLE SAN VICENTE E, MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO
see:
@galeriabetances / IG
@danielledejesus1 / IG
her artist portfolio website / DANIELLE DEJESUS ART
Danielle’s first solo show in her ‘beloved’ Puerto Rico.
she is known here, in NYC for her ‘realist’/ ‘pop culture’ ‘portraits’ . . very !! mini-paintings on real dollar bills, and those crazy, micro-mini . . etch-a-sketches.
I first ran into her work . . at the ole GRUMPY BERT’S, in Brooklyn.
GOATBUNNY, with DANIELLE DE JESUS on the right,
at the opening of the big ‘TAT IT UP’ show . . curated by MURRZ & ZPRPRO,
GRUMPY BERT, BROOKLYN. JAN 8, 2016
DANIELLE DE JESUS, ‘WATER TOWER’ / UNIQUE / PAINT on CARDBOARD / DIY WATER TOWER KIT BY BOUNDLESS BROOKLYN
approx 17 x 8 in.
‘TAT IT UP’, GRUMPY BERT
FYI: it was priced at $200 / ONE-OF-A-KIND / NOT AN EDITION (!!)
detail.
looks, to be a tattoo on a woman’s thigh / robot – human love (!!)
see: PIX – FROM THE ‘TAT IT UP’ OPENING / artlovers archive
~DANIELLE DE JESUS . . ‘EFECTIVO INEFECTIVO’, GALERIA BETANCES, PUERTO RICO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 11th, 2018, 10:30am
incl: PATRICK MOHUNDRO & EMILY JANOWICK !!
curated by: JOHN BELKNAP
IT’S GONNA BE . . . hot !! WILD !!
& ab-so-lute-ly RE-FRESHING !!
come watch the underground art scene – reboot !!
‘OVERFLOW’ – CURATED BY JOHN BELKNAP
OPENING TO-NITE / FRI AUG 10, 2018 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM
show runs thru AUG 26, 2018
Special Special, 44 East 1st St, East Village / L.E.S. NYC 10003
HRS:
WED-SAT 12-7 PM / SUN 12-6 PM
Special Special established 2016
Director: WEN-YON CAI
Creative / Publishing Director: SEOKHOON CHOI
‘OVERFLOW’ . . . features works by:
Ginssiyo Apara, Patrick Carlin Mohundro, David Chan, Sujung Chang, Sam Cockrell, Dana Davenport, Leah Dixon, Luba Drozd, Ian Faden, E. Winslow Funaki, Jackson Hallberg, Tallulah Hood, Emily Janowick, Khari Johnson-Rocks, Bianca Kann, David Kirshoff, Grace Linderholm, Umber Majeed, Tristan Scow, Tiffany Jaeyon Shin, Buzz Slutzky, & Ondine Vinao
~’OVERFLOW’ . . SPECIAL SPECIAL / OPENING TO-NITE / FRI AUG 10, 6:30 – 8:30 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 10th, 2018, 11:12am
DRAWING A BLANK – NYC POP-UP / OPENING THURS JUNE 14, 2018 / 6PM – LATE
the show runs thru JUNE 24, 2018
1850 AMSTERDAM AVE, SUGAR HILL, HARLEM, NY 10031
FLYER BY: ADAM ZHU
see: DRAWINGABLANK.co.uk / @drabl
ADAM ZHU, BOLADE BANJO, CHASE HALL, DUNCAN LOUDON, FRANK LEBON, FRED WOODWARD, HANNA MOON, JACK IRV, LAURA GENES, LILY GAVIN, LOHE ANDERSON, ORFEO TAGIURI, ONDINE VINAO, ROSIE MARKS, TUCKER VAN DER WYDEN, TYLER MITCHEL, TYRONE LEBON, RAF FELENER
~DRAWING A BLANK . . SUGAR HILL, HARLEM / BIG OPENING TO-NITE / THURS JUNE 14 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 14th, 2018, 8:04am
NOTE: sorry for the interruption !!
the post – is now up-loading, again !!!!!
scroll down.
WED / June 13 / 11:19am
MORPHIN’ MURPHY !!!!
LUKE MURPHY . . ‘EVERY PIXEL BRIGHT’
OPENED JUNE 1, 2018
the show runs thru JULY 15, 2018
CANADA
PIX – FROM THE OPENING:
LUKE MURPHY . . has a MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY moment, with his creation.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Log Cabin Quilt’, 2018
62 x 41 x 4 in. / digital sculpture comprised of LED matrix panels programmed by the artist.
hung on the wall, it very nearly ‘captures’ the waver, sag, and thickness of a traditional colonial-era, hand-made . . cotton quilt / bedcover / blanket / comforter.
though you wouldn’t want to lay down next to it, let alone on top of !!
it’s warmth . . is purely in it’s pulsing, saturated light, and it’s deeply respectful throw-back reference.
Although Luke’s 21st c. ‘quilt’ could have easily been made to be quite straight, with rigid right angles & a super-flat surface, it’s part of this show’s mindset . . that he has manipulated the small LED matrix panels . . into a slightly dis-jointed overall unity, by way of how they are wired, or really ‘mis-wired’ (!!) or, otherwise attached to each other, to bring about a more humanistic, human-made / human-evolved / human pattern / function history / i.e. a variation of a ‘skeumorph’ affect.
so,does that make this show – all about MURPHY – MORPH ????!!
BED QUILT / LED QUILT !!!!!
that’s so super funny, when you consider how hard the original needle & thread-bearing colonial housewife strove to make her Log Cabin . . so precise !!
it was not a small thing, to have the all small log ‘units’, built up in a few rows of ascending or descending size for each basic block ‘unit’ / which then become the accumulative squares, which must meet up – not only with right-angle ‘rightness’ & precision, but, also in a complex dramatic color scheme / so that by varying scraps of light or dark textiles / the quilt maker achieves the dramatic ‘furrows’ . . or ‘diamonds’ / when viewed as a whole.
FYI . . calling all techies, geeks & the all-round / curious !!!
Luke: “the computers (the small boxes on the right) are generic Intel-based machines that I rebuild with Linux/Ubuntu/Lubuntu as the operating system & then install my custom code in a Python environment. The box on the left is just a collection of 5V/40A power supplies. The computer runs the pieces & I use commercial LED matrix panels and corresponding receiver cards to run the LED’s themselves.”
I would say above all else, because there are many varieties and sub-themes / Luke has managed to conjure up / a classic, early Amish Log Cabin, ‘Straight Furrow’ quilt. and that would be primarily due to the dynamic discipline, and overall play of the individual blocks, and of course the replication of the pure, primary / almost neon color found in the true old Amish quilts. printed textiles, even of the most rudimentary type were not allowed in Amish homes.
Luke says that he had read some of what I had written about Log Cabin quilts, had seen the recent, super amazing ‘Military Quilts’ exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum, and was watching ‘Alias Grace’ (the Margaret Atwood series on Netflix) & which I assume is there chockful of quilts. he goes on to state, “that the clincher though, was reading that the tiny center represents the hearth” / i.e. fire !! / i.e. ‘Every Pixel Bright’ !!
so yes, you can begin to see the tiny centers, of each basic block, in his rendition . . turn from orange to red to golden yellow, as the LED matrix slowly changes colors and, morphs / into a ‘slowly sagging quilt’.
a great metaphor for aging btw / but, let’s not go there.
(the sad loss of Anthony Boudain is inspiring me, to get more personal, lol.)
info overload: if you find yourself with a Log Cabin quilt that has seeming random blue or black centers, as well as orange, red or yellow ones / what you have is a ‘map’ from the Underground Railroad . . showing the way to the ‘safe houses’. . these ‘signals’ would be hung up on clotheslines out in the yard, to help the runaway slaves find their way north.
(and yes !! I have one !!
from upstate NY, the Catskills, it’s pretty darn ragged, but STILL !!!!!
MICHAEL MAHALCHICK – all a-glow in the LED light bath.
LEIF RITCHEY.
does anyone else remember the great fashion / art / music co-operative, that he ran out of a small storefront on the Lower East Side, called .. AFF ??
ART FIEND FOUNDATION, from about 2000 & onwards / for a few very good years.
SHANEQUA SIMPSON, warming herself beside the ‘Morphin’ Murphy’ – fire !!
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Kindling’, 2018. 32 x 24 x 24 in.
Digital sculpture comprised of LED matrix panels programmed by the artist.
SHANEQUA wears her colors with pride.
she also runs a blog called . . . ‘culturepeep’ !!
see: culturepeep.com
@culturepeep on IG
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~LUKE MURPHY . . THE PIXELS, THE QUILT & . . THE PEEPS / UP-DATING RIGHT NOW !!!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 8th, 2018, 1:33pm
