LAST !! WEEK !! to catch the ‘sleeper’ show – of the SUMMER – it runs till AUG 30, 2009 !!
JERRY BLACKMAN – ‘SUMMER SESSION’
JULY 11 – AUG 30, 2009
DAM STUHLTRAGER – BROOKLYN
first off, with a lot of galleries, even the big ones, cutting back on cards to save money – we have to note how great Jerry’s card is – and, on – both sides !!
they are printed on glossy postcard stock – 4 x 6 ins.
JERRY BLACKMAN’S – ANCHOR.
some kind of resin and super hi-tech paint-texture job on the wood simulation parts.
Leah Stuhltrager told me it goes for $8,500.
If I were of – JOHN HALL – pockets – I would snap it up – in a nanosecond.
if I were a little bit of a cheesier collector. like you know who, [fill in the blanks yourself] – [“just because my family has 80+ Picassos doesn’t mean we’re wealthy”] – I’d get them down to $6,000, maybe even less – and promise to come round for more … maybe.
(since I’m only me – I can only roll around on my – ‘called it first’ laurels – and watch everyone else – make the dough – later on, down the road. what else is new.)
another interesting aspect of the show – is the insight provided by the detailed background notes.
from left: KENNY KOMER, JERRY BLACKMAN, and BORIS RASIN.
. . . . the Anchor behind them.
KENNY KOMER, JERRY BLACKMAN and BORIS RASIN.
all three are local NYC boys and, recent COOPER UNION grads, SCULPTURE MAJORS – STUDIO ART BFA PROGRAM.
wood detailing – ANCHOR.
what did we say: just like a BOBBY FLAY THROW- DOWN – minus the food !!
KATE CERIGO – also a local NYC kid & recent grad BFA – SVA – graphic design.
BORIS RASIN and KENNY KOMER – also had break-out shows of their own this summer.
coverage on that – coming up next !!
p.s. Boris and Kenny told me a funny story at the opening. the afternoon of the opening, to celebrate – they took Jerry fishing off of some local NYC waterway. a Long Island bay, I think. you rent a boat with crew for about $40, or was it $40 each, well anyways – Boris was the only one to catch something. he caught a shark !! a baby one. part of the deal is – the crew cooks you lunch with your catch – so they ate shark !! and Boris even got the rest of the fish wrapped up, raw – to take home. I found this ‘fish-tale’ a little hard to believe – – so they whipped out their cellphones and showed me pix !! and, yep it]]there it was – a (small) shark – sure enuff !!
check out: KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN/website !!
check out: JERRY BLACKMAN’S website !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~JERRY BLACKMAN/SUMMER SESSION |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 26th, 2009, 12:12pm
* ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – CELEBRATE BROOKLYN *
* PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL – FRI AUG 14 / SAT AUG 15, 2009 *
* see: THE BOWERY PRESENTS*
* SIMON CERIGO reviewed ANIMAL COLLECTIVE for artlovers way back in APRIL 2006 *
* see: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE !! *
* he is also a big big fan of PANDA BEAR !! *
* it’s also the 40th ANNIVERSARY of WOODSTOCK – and our music reviewer, SIMON CERIGO was there !! *
* he says: “I was 17 and rollin’ around in the mud. high on drugs and looking for free love” – does anything ever change !! *
* SIMON says … ” legendary” San Francisco art dealer .. JACK HANLEY, with whom he recently reminisced about WOODSTOCK – at JACK’S – AUGUST 6th – NYC gallery opening, [see below for link] – agreed – that past films on the gathering – had downplayed the mud. the new documentary – seems – “to get that aspect – right.” *
* he continues .. “though I fell asleep, after partying non-stop for 3 days !! – during THE WHO – I caught all the big acts – incl SANTANA, who were totally new to me. being a hard-core music fanatic even then – I had caught the rest of the acts – the month previously – at the legendary, but not as well known, ATLANTIC CITY POP FESTIVAL. *
* SUMMER 1969 – THE SUMMER OF LOVE *
* check out: JACK HANLEY/NYC/’California Investigative Healing’ *
* organized by: KAL SPELLETICH *
* running AUG 06 – AUG 29, 2009 *
* p.s. SIMON says the opening was a nice party – good crowd and, they served up – plenty of grilled hot dogs, free flowing beer, and cupcakes !! *
FIRST POSTED On THE HOMEPAGE: FRI AUG 14, 2009
~THE SUMMER OF LOVE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 17th, 2009, 6:57pm
above: KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN – ‘ECONOMICS 101’ – !!
pretty much the way it is – THE SUMMER OF 2009 – !!
. . . you put your dollar in – you get – 3 quarters back !!
‘ECONOMICS 101’ . . . was recently featured on the artlovers homepage – the piece surfaced in GAVIN BROWN’S SUMMER SHOW, ‘THE LIVING AND THE DEAD’ – which just came down last week (Aug 7, 2009).
see: GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
. . . hard to believe this weekend – is – the 40th ANNIVERSARY of WOODSTOCK !! what a difference 40 years – make !!
not only was artlovers music critic & art commentator at large – SIMON CERIGO – at WOODSTOCK – he was 17 !!
and, some people – would say – he never came back, never mind remember anything, except the huge amount of recreational drugs (hash being the potion of choice) he ingested – “along with whatever else they were doing there ” . . . but he does remember all the groups he saw, incl yes !! JANIS JOPLIN & JIMI HENDRIX !! he says he “only missed THE WHO, because he passed out (right in front of the stage during their performance !!) from sheer exhaustion – 3 days of non-stop hard core partying – had taken their toll !!
. . . but – small world – circles and karma and all – SIMON knows all 3 of the young stars of this summer’s NYC art scene – KENNY KOMER, BORIS RASIN & even JERRY BLACKMAN – from back in the day – when they were students at COOPER UNION, and Simon was a part time director/consultant/curator at the now defunct CAPSULE GALLERY !! in CHELSEA. circa 2003/04.
KENNY and BORIS were encouraged to do their first ever gallery-produced site-specific piece – under the sidewalk – and Jerry was the gallery intern !! those were the days !! KATE (CERIGO) – Simon’s daughter was just a kid, when she came to the CAPSULE openings – an art student at LaGuardia High School, which in fact – Boris and Kenny, and I think even, Jerry had also attended. it was kind of a shock to them, this summer – esp Boris – for some reason – when KATE showed up at their multiple openings – to find yes !! time flies, Kate is all grown up – and graduated from SVA, GRAPHIC DESIGN – last SPRING 2008 !! now they know how – the old timers feel. and what, they are all of 27 ? 28 ?
LOL !! its great to watch the local talent grow up and R-U-L-E !! all 3 most definite – caught, …. make that DEFINED !! – – – – the SUMMER WAVE of 2009.
KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN – with their collaborations – and, individual pieces in an inspired & sharply edited – independent show in BROOKLYN, called ‘THE SUM AND ALL PARTS’, (JUNE 18 – JULY 26, 2009), which was curated by JENNY BORLAND & BEAU RUTLAND; as well as with works in the afore-mentioned GBE SUMMER FEST: ‘THE LIVING AND THE DEAD’.
JERRY BLACKMAN had a piece in that GBE show as well, the big free-standing floor piece – the interlocking lips – that looked they were made of wood but were really some kind of plastic resin or acrylic (?) painstakingly treated to look like wood – !!
and, he actually has an even more amazin’ piece, an ANCHOR !! still on view at DAM STUHLTRAGER in BROOKLYN (JULY 11 – AUGUST 30, 2009). more amazin’ – because:
1) I liked the idea of an ‘anchor’ over the ‘interlocked lips’ – which I thought was kind of a played-out image – unless he was being really, and I mean capital R – REALLY !! – iconic ? …. I really liked the anchor’s, free spirit, newness of oldness image, its very shape and dimensions, and the low-fi way it just sits against the wall. even though its so big.
plus, being semi-autustic – or is that – high-functioning autistic – ?? – I just really love plastic. retro, new & sci-fi.
I have to say – I haven’t loved a piece so much since catching GEORGIA GRAY & JORY RABINOVITCH’S one day wonder – outdoor – low-fi sculpture – show – of the just past Spring 2009 – (and, they are both also COOPER UNION students !! coincidence – I don’t think so !!) – ‘I MS. GRAND PA’ – pix of which are going to post this FALL 2009 – as the SEASON’S teaser – “I told you so !! that great !!” – post – !!
I think in truth – I’ve been hoarding them !!
and that brings me to recall – last year’s 2008 – SUMMER SLEEPER – PATRICK GRIFFIN’S – ‘COUNT THY BUTTONS’ at THE JOURNAL (BROOKLYN) !! also with great ‘resin’ pieces – over-size wall ‘buttons’ – that caught the ‘teen’ spirit of that day – !!
but, wait, I daydream in color – back to the here & now – !!
2) what I also liked about this ANCHOR piece of Jerry’s – was that unlike the GBE lips – he has left segments ‘undone’ – that contrast – the transparent resin or plastic – to the other parts – that are hand-worked and carefully detailed – to look like, and simulate wood.
so – its as great as watching – A BOBBY FLAY THROW-DOWN – except without the motion !! and the food !!
see: JERRY BLACKMAN/SUMMER SESSION/DAM STUHLTRAGER !!
P.S. – SIMON CERIGO – definitely feels:
1. the financial sector – !! – has been much more ‘creative’ – than the art world – in the past year.
and, 2. if you wanna see a walking talking cautionary tale – up close & personal – of what happens to guys who party too hard, courtesy of hanging out with too many trust fund babies, I believe his term of choice – is – “blood-sucking no-talent vampires” – you couldn’t beat Simon. Not only will they bleed you dry for info, and build huge (art) collections around your smarts – and, leave you penniless – but, they’ll steal your groupies, too !!
~ECONOMICS 101 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 14th, 2009, 12:21pm
ATM – ‘THE CRACK-UP – a summer group show featuring new work by new artists:
SASCHA BRAUNIG, JESSE FARBER, YUI KUGIMIYA, JONATHAN ROTH, LEIGH RUPLE & MATTHEW SAVITSKY
JUNE 25 – JULY 30, 2009
and, yo – YES !! check out that ATM GALLERY LINK – there’s a great photo by PETER SUTHERLAND – on the gallery’s home page !!
for the summer. see: ATM GALLERY
PIX FROM THE ‘CRACK-UP’ OPENING – JUNE 25, 2009:
SASCHA BRAUNIG, with her oil on canvas: ‘No Solutions’, 2009.
. . . . tell me – about it !!
a lot of you might recognize SASCHA as the sweet, smart & apparently – talented !! – art ‘day jobber’ – who so efficiently manned the ATM gallery office for most of last year.
SASCHA BRAUNIG, ‘No Solutions’, 2009. oil on canvas.
Sascha originally hails from British Columbia, Canada.
JESSE FARBER.
we crossed paths with Jesse, when we visited MIKE PARE at the ISLIP ARTIST RESIDENCY/STUDIOS on Long Island, this past Spring (2009).
he had a pretty amazing piece – a kind of hollowed-out man-made cave sculpture that sat on a pedestal, and had a secret inner life !!
JESSE FARBER, ‘Our Bones Cave’, 2009.
papier mache, acrylic, digital prints, board. 24 x 27 x 29 in.
inside, JESSE FARBER’S – ‘Our Bones Cave’.
MATTHEW SAVITSKY.
we first met Matthew at that seminal – ‘BOBO’S On 27th ST.’ show – at FOXY PRODUCTION, summer of 2008.
MATTHEW SAVITSKY, with his assemblage, ‘Healing with Purple: Here Lies Helvetica’, 2009 – peeking out. spooky.
MATTHEW SAVITSKY, ‘Healing with Purple: Here Lies Helvetica’, 2009
paint, table, found ornaments, lace, mixed media. dimensions variable.
BILL BRADY with VIRGINIA MARTINSEN.
Bill is going to open the FALL SEASON (2009) with a debut show of abstract paintings by Ms. Martinsen.
the opening is scheduled for – Thurs. Sept 10th (6-8 PM)
YUI KUGIMIYA – had a video animation and several small oil paintings, in the show.
YUI KUGIMIYA, ‘Cat Brushing Teeth’, 2008. animation reel.
single channel video with sound.
LEIGH RUPLE and SASCHA BRAUNIG.
Sascha helped Bill organize the show.
LEIGH RUPLE, ‘ Green House’, oil on canvas. 46 x 34 in.
. . . in the front office – a nod of respect to MICHAEL JACKSON, whose untimely death had just broken on the afternoon news.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
FROM THE HOME PAGE:
* POSTED:WED JULY 22 *
* last 2 weeks – to catch another interesting summer group show of fresh & smart – stuff !! *
* ‘THE CRACK-UP’ at ATM *
* runs thru THURS JULY 30, check the gallery site for summer hrs *
* its a small, but poignant selection !! *
* OK – my fav piece is the eerie painting by SASCHA BRAUNIG – the pretty and super smart young artist, from BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – who manned the ATM reception desk – so well, all last year !! if pressed, my second fav would be the complex piece by JESSE FARBER, whose work we know from that mad, glorious mad ‘BOBO on 27th St.’ installation of last summer. … well, also really dug MATTHEW SAVITSKY’S piece, too. ok. pretty much liked the whole show.
this year – SUMMER HEAT – is all about letting the newest guys – get their chance – and, not just rightfully so. … so, as in: so, so, so ….. FUN !! *
* bye the way, ATM has just posted a link to the most wild YouTube clip – of super black & white artist – TOMOO GOKITA, playing along side his pals: SHINJI CHIBA & the NEW HAWAIIANS !! *
* see: SHINJI CHIBA & NEW HAWAIIANS/YouTube !! *
* and the music, is pretty good, too *
* that’s TOMOO GOKITA in the center, in his signature red cap *
* hope Bill doesn’t get mad – hopefully enough time has passed ? to make public the news – that one of the large TOMOO GOKITA paintings from the recent ATM SPRING 2009 exhibit – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’ – was snatched up almost immediately by LANCE ARMSTRONG !! apparently he has an amazing collection. ok, so, you ask … which piece ?
… it’s the big stunner – called: ‘COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN’, and you can see it in this: artlovers report !!
. . . scroll down, it’s the big painting – CHUCK CLOSE is contemplating !!
~THE CRACK-UP |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 13th, 2009, 10:48am
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
great tattoo art on the NYC/NJ PATH TRAIN !! JULY 11, 2009.
FUCK THE LOW – bullet holes and all.
pretty much says it all … ART SCENE – NYC – SUMMER of 2009.
A thru Z.
artists and dealers. hard-pressed careerists & trust fund babies. celebrity spawn wannabes. no diff – all slime.
. . . its just rainin’ losers in NYC – what can I tell ya. here’s the top 2 contenders !!
1. dedicated to the hard-scrabble artist who told me: “nice job. I’ll give you a cut of whatever else she buys …” (June 16, 2009). right. we know what happened there. nada.
heard you had new book come out – too bad you have nowhere to publicize it.
2. and, super dedicated to . . . the young ‘dealer’ (LOL) – and the only other gallery in this increasingly desperate recession racked scene – (besides that larger mainstream serial affair – quickly approaching white elephant status & behind-the-curve – irrelevancy – well, you really can’t call what they peddle … contemporary art – maybe it’s modern art ?) to be debuting a brand new 4 star space this Fall !!
name names ? … go do your own goddamn homework. but hint: in a funny coincidence both dealers’ last names – start with a “Z” !! though one is young and the other wants to look young.
. . . who told me:
after a tortuous 2 month correspondence – which he initiated, after stalking me at other people’s openings, I might add – and then swamped me with tons of vanity press releases . . . and held out, for more than a month !! – a promised ‘carrot’ – his gallery would sponsor a front page banner on the site. right. when asked to put up or shut up – (I got his number years ago) – all he could say was: what a mistake it was to “have encouraged me” – dissing the site – and its contribution to the scene – – with these soon to be famous last words !! – “I have 2 books coming out and 3,500 sq. ft.” (July 23, 2009). so what.
it’s all paid for – by daddy.
believe me a helluva of a lot of other people in this town would have 3,500 SF galleries if their daddies were CEOs of major telecommunications corporations – but big diff is – they have talent – and they would rule – not head into becoming the laughing stock of the scene. like my best friend says – people don’t go to galleries to look at the furniture – you gotta have content – and guess what big guy – you don’t.
further: I bet just like Bernie – you got a little dick. at least – I didn’t bend down to suck it.
he also said my site verged on ‘harassment ‘ – so hey – let’s really throw some ugly shit around.
whatever happened to the glory days of free-spirited and super-opinionated art criticism – anyways ?
and, never mind your new designer space, your stable of artists is just that – full of ‘dreck’ – go ask some ole time New Yorker – what that means !!
I saw more art – coming out of Hanna’s old 150 sq. ft. living room on the Lower East Side … !!
. . . and – dude, if you can’t take the heat – stay outta the kitchen !!
~FUCK THE LOW |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 11th, 2009, 9:30am
on the street – SPACE INVADER. CHELSEA, MANHATTAN. NYC. JUNE 25, 2009
on the street – SPACE INVADER. looks to be the real thing.
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN. NYC. JULY 17, 2009
p.s. that’s a part of a STIKMAN – street piece – to the right. that’s for real.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~SPACE INVADER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 11th, 2009, 9:22am
on the street – SHEPARD FAIREY – (WILLIAMSBURG) BROOKLYN, NY. JUNE 10, 1009
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~SHEPARD FAIREY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 11th, 2009, 9:18am
. . . hey, when the going gets tough – read COMICS !!!
MoCCA – MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART – PRESENTS: TYPHON CAROUSEL !! – THURS JUNE 18/7PM
. . . an evening of dazzling cartoon slide shows featuring work from the critically-acclaimed comics anthology:
TYPHON Volume One !!
brought to you by TYPHON editor DANNY HELLMAN and Carousel host R. SIKORYAK !!
also, a select group of TYPHON contributors will be on hand to present their strips, including:
GREGORY BENTON, RUPERT BOTTENBERG, VICTOR “Bald Eagles” CAYRO, NICK GAZIN, HAWK KRALL, HUGO, PSHAW, HANS RICKHEIT, plus HELLMAN & SIKORYAK !!
“come meet the artist whose cutting edge artwork brings the pages of TYPHON to life” !!
ADMISSION: $5
NOTE: FOR MATURE AUDIENCES, ONLY.
MoCCA – MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART – 594 BROADWAY – bet PRINCE & HOUSTON – 4th FL – SOHO, NYC
yo, its a rainy rainy – they friggin fucked the climate day !! that’s the former NORTH POLE !! raining down on us, you know that, right ?
so here’s a little fun TYPHON !! tour – with lots to look at !!
check out: HAWK KRALL !!
check out: DANNY HELLMAN !!
and, don’t miss: the DANNY HELLMAN ILLUSTRATION – BLOG !!
you can read more about: TYPHON !! a 198 page full-color cartoon anthology featuring 40 artists – also, on Danny Hellman’s site !!
and, where you can find 13 sample images of TYPHON art !! each one – just as good as it gets !!
some of our favs:
ARTWORK BY DANNY HELLMAN
ARTWORK BY DJ BRYANT
ARTWORK BY HUGO
ARTWORK BY PSHAW
ARTWORK BY STEAK MTN.
ARTWORK BY RICH TOMMASO
ARTWORK BY DALTON WEBB
. . . and, . . . . just for fun – check out !! THE FIRST – TYPHOON !!
check out some comic book history: THE FIRST TYPHOON !!
~MoCCA/TYPHON CAROUSEL/to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 18th, 2009, 11:25am
here’s just what the underground doctor – calls for:
BOBO PLAYS – SECRET PROJECT ROBOT – TO-NITE !! -WED JUNE 10, 2009
bands begin at 9 PM – think BOBO plays at something like 10 PM ?
the line-up includes: FANCIE, ANA LOLA ROMAN, NATHAN WHIPPLE, RAXTSFK-JAG & BOBO !!
SECRET PROJECT ROBOT – 210 KENT AVE – WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN
check out: BOBO’S ON 9th ST. – website !!
check out: BOBO/myspace !!
UP-DATE – WED JULY 29, 2009 /5:33 PM:
ok. here’s some pix from the nite !!
TED & JESSE of RAXTSFK – JAG.
TED of RAXTSFK – JAG.
JESSE is JESSE GREENBERG.
He has just been accepted into NYC’S COLUMBIA UNIV. MASTERS FINE ARTS (STUDIO/SCULPTURE) PROGRAM.
and must be excited – to start school this SEPT 2009.
congrats, Jesse. you can find Jesse’s work documented in several places – in the artlovers archives.
. . . we first meet Jesse at ‘BOBO’S on 27TH ST.’ – that way wild SUMMER GROUP SHOW at FOXY last summer (2008).
see: BOBO’S ON 27TH ST – SUMMER 2008 !!
we also posted something for him – when he showed up at last year’s (NOV 2009) SCOPE NYC ART FAIR, courtesy of – OKAY MOUNTAIN GALLERY – outta AUSTIN, TEXAS !! the coolest artist-run gallery collective around right now, looks like, hands down. in the article we posted a link to Jesse’s – website, (and at that time – a newly re-vamped).
see: JESSE A. GREENBERG !!
we also posted a link to: OKAY MOUNTAIN !!, and also – featured an image from their website – on the home page – for the next 2 weeks !!
the artist photos & gallery pix on their website – in whatever category – are great, as in KNOCK-OUT !! – as usual.
go back, and hit that – link !!
summertime even looks, fun, back on down there.
YO, SHOUT OUT – TO: COLBY BIRD – ‘COLD END’ – JULY 11-AUG 8, 2009 – at OKAY MOUNTAIN. AUSTIN, TEXAS.
FANCIE.
FANCIE – COVERING for BOBO – while they played – at their small – MERCH table !!
FANCIE outta PHILLY. at SECRET PROJECT ROBOT, BROOKLYN, NYC. JUNE 10, 2009.
BOBO had some low-fi posters, xeroxed copies of a group drawing. they were coated on both sides in plastic – like contact sheets. they were being sold for $7 a piece. they were not signed, but – you might have been able to get one signed ?? there ?? not sure, at that price ?? didn’t ask. paying the $5 to get in and support the bands – broke me.
sadly, there weren’t too many takers. the economy is that bad. esp in the gritty alleys of NYC.
no wonder .. COURTNEY & CHLOE (KARDASHIAN, duh!!) opted for MIAMI !!
another no-brainer: if you don’t have a (signed !!) BOBO artifact or poster – its, now, or – forever – keep your mouth shut.
yeah, of course … I got one. I bought that big ‘C.H.U.D.’ POSTER, wrapped in bubble wrap that they had at last year’s NY ART BOOK FAIR !! ($100 – cash !!). but it took me a year – to chase down all 3 signatures !!
actually, here’s a link to the piece – its called: ‘MURKY CHUD’ !!
NATHAN WHIPPLE !!
TAYLOR McKIMENS.
TAYLOR McKIMENS (center) and MATT LEINES, at right.
MATT LEINES, at left – who is based in PHILLY came in for the show …. and, here’s the joker – who s-t-a-r-t-e-d the ‘artlovers’ firestorm – !! – this summer – RUDY !! – aka BRIAN BELLOT. and, this is even when …. he pissed me off – Dude, its too tough to play games, this summer.
1. if you stiff someone, by commissioning photo work, and then do not follow-thru on promised payment. yo, have a little respect, and stay back in the shadows. don’t jump up at me – 2+ years later, like it’s a big joke – and, have the chutzpah – to ask me to promote your next show !!
2. if it all boils down to – ya don’t want to pay for (extensive) PR – then don’t make business contracts – ECONOMICS 101 – and, then – at least – have some backbone – and stay outta my face !!
…. let’s not even get into – how much … $400 at least ? was wasted on those oversize, and pathetic, really – shi**y is the right word – invite/cards. dude, its your money – if that’s how you want to spend your money – OK, but, then don’t come to me – cryin’ and empty-handed.
DREW GILLESPIE, of BOBO – is a funny guy. He seems most comfortable in disguise … and, a few steps back.
He is an amazing artist. all of BOBO is good art-wise. even PHIL COTE, who does a lot of their super great – large block lettering/calligraphy !!
DREW makes the big posters – such as ‘MURKY CHUD’. (above) He signs his name: DREW DREW DREW.
DREW GILLESPIE takes in the show.
BOBO’S PHIL COTE.
and, NICK PAYNE of BOBO. there’s 3 of them.
DREW GILLESPIE is vocals. and sings.
DREW GILLESPIE.
PHIL COTE plays (a very intense) guitar.
there’s no words I know -to explain – NICK PAYNE – keyboard. low-key, inspired & super smart ??
bye the way the art that was up – was courtesy of TOM FRUIN !! looked pretty good, too !!
you had to be there, light shows and ‘videos’ worked against taking digital images, but here’s the card – also pretty good.
TOM FRUIN – SECRET ROBOT PROJECT CARD/INVITE – FRONT
NO PREY – NO PAY!!! / ‘PONEROS – FRUIN!!!
MAY 16TH-JUNE 14TH 2009 OPENS SATURDAY MAY 16TH 8-10PM
SECRET PROJECT ROBOT:ART EXPERIMENT Corner of kent and Metropolitan
Brooklyn, NY 11211 Hours: Thursday thru Sunday 2-6pm
SECRETPROJECTROBOT.ORG—-PORKNEWYORK.COM—-TOMFRUIN.COM
yeah, go back & check out those last 3 links !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
p.s. yeah, you are welcome – TOM FRUIN !! r-e-a-l-l-y nice to catch the show.
~BOBO PLAYS SECRET PROJECT ROBOT/to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 10th, 2009, 9:58am
. . . but, MBW, otherwise known as MISTER BRAINWAVE, knows what’s up – he’s got his latest stuff plastered all over the Meat Market aka the outer fringes of trendy Chelsea.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, CHELSEA, NYC JUNE 6, 2009
~MBW/MISTER BRAINWAVE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 10th, 2009, 9:52am
