JOSH HARRIS/ADVANCE TRAILER/’WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’. DIRECTED BY ONDI TOMINER.
POSTED on RADAR/VIMEO.
‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ – THE JOSH HARRIS STORY – DIRECTED BY ONDI TOMONER – WON THE 2009 GRAND JURY AWARD FOR U.S. DOCUMENTARY at this year’s SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL COMPETITION.
THIS WIN ALSO MARKS AN HISTORIC MILESTONE – THIS IS THE ONLY !! SECOND TIME !! TOP PRIZE WINNER – in SUNDANCE HISTORY !! – ONDI TIMONER also won for her rock documentary ‘DIG!.
‘DIG!’ which followed Anton Newcombe of BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE and COURTNEY TAYLOR of the DANDY WARHOLS – for 7 years – won the SUNDANCE GRAND JURY AWARD – DOCUMENTARY in 2004.
GOOD GOING ONDI !!
ONDI TIMONER, looks radiant at the AWARDS CEREMONY !!
INTERLOPER FILMS is the name of her production company, and she brought several of her associates up to the acceptance podium with her.
JOSH HARRIS, was also called up to share in the award glory !!
He must have flown in for the occasion, as he is currently hiding out in ETHIOPIA.
It must have been like a dream come true for him.
watch: ONDI -&- Josh accept the award/GRAND JURY PRIZE/DOCUMENTARY/SUNDANCE 2009
watch: the final & official trailer – WE LIVE IN PUBLIC !!
read about: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC/SUNDANCE !!
see: SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL/JAN 15-25, 2009. PARK CITY, UTAH.
. . . what’s even more incredible, is that ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ managed to edge out the highly hyped VOGUE/CONDE NAST contender, ‘THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE’ !! – WAY TO GO !! – ONDI !!
. . . and, yes that is YOURS TRULY in the trailer !!
I’m the ROWDY ONE !! who gets in a fight – in the green and yellow parka !!
Josh emailed to warn me – just before the official announcement of the ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ SUNDANCE ACCEPTANCE: “remember, it’s not how bad you look, or what people say – it’s all about – how much – face time you get !!” OMG – there I was full face/full screen at SUNDANCE in all my raging glory !!
NANCY SMITH – QUIET RESIDENT ARTIST & QUIET PARTY CREW MEMBER
PSEUDO/QUIET MILLENNIUM PARTY, LOWER MANHATTAN, NYC. JAN 2000.
YO !! … don’t mess with ME !!
(if it ever plays in NYC- I’ll tell you the story)
LEO KOENIG – also made the trailer !!
He ran the ‘ART GALLERY’ at QUIET.
see: earlier post with ARCHIVAL PHOTOS & BACKGROUND/QUIET MILLENNIUM PARTY, NYC !!
‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ scored a wonderful article by DAVID CARR of the NEW YORK TIMES, the day after the AWARDS CEREMONY !!
see: NEW YORK TIMES/DAVID CARR/SUNDANCE TOASTS AN EARLY ONLINE LIFE !!
a few telling lines from the article, beginning with the opener !!
“Few people sitting at the Myspace Cafe here last week would have guessed that the guy on the patio who looks more a golf pro that a digital seer is someone who anticipated the socially networked world they now live in. While the rest of the patrons at this cafe … stared into iPhones and the tiny computers that dappled the tables, his most prominent accessory was an unlit cigar.
” . . . but if they had managed to squeeze in a viewing of ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ they’d know that the guy in the Ray-Bans, Josh Harris made $80 million on a Web consultancy and used it to first build a television network on the Internet [PSEUDO !!] when most people were on dial-up. He then oversaw a social experiment art project called ‘Quiet’ at the turn of the millennium in which 100 people lived in a bunker in Manhattan under constant scrutiny of video cameras [and it was a 24/7 party – open to the public – who came in throngs !!] until the police raided the joint.” [it was shut down by the FIRE DEPT, the POLICE DEPT and FEMA – who all converged – at the same time – one fateful morning in early January 2000 !! FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency – the same people who screwed up HURRICANE RELIEF) though it was suicide cult !! How do I know ? I got interviewed by an ‘undercover’ suit !!! I still vividly remember telling him, “relax man – this is just what artists in NYC have to do, to get the money to separate from the rich guys, in dot com era NYC” !! I think I also said. “hang around. here, smoke a joint !!”. I guess I’m lucky I didn’t get cuffed, for my sense of humor !! in fact, think he was truly appreciative of the insider down-to-earth assessment. He was truly clueless.
whoa – enough of the good ole days !! – back to the DAVID CARR – SUNDANCE article:
“. . . it almost sounds fake, but the documentary makes for compelling viewing … ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ offers a portrait of a moment in the culture when everything changed.
” . . . Among other prescient notions, he [Josh Harris] suggested that the Internet would become the platform of choice for all media, much of which would be generated by the people formerly known as the audience.
[yo !! ELEANOR CAYRE !!] [ . . insider joke – sorry !!]
“. . . At the offices of Pseudo at 600 Broadway in Soho, his legendary parties brought together the nerderati and the downtown art set.
“. . . The footage, hours and hours of filmed observation of bunker [hotel pod] residents along with recordings of Mr. Harris living with his girlfriend under 24-hour surveillance, sat for years until MS. TIMONER realized that this footage described the world we are all now jacked into. ‘It hit me like a bolt of lightning, like no other project I have ever worked on,’ she said, siting next to Mr. Harris … ‘It was a wired city in a very early stage, and after watching my friends updating their MySpace and Facebook pages, I realized that we had all been there at the start.”
it’s also interesting to note the ‘introductory’ frame of the early, advance ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ trailer versus the ‘titel’ frame of the final official SUNDANCE trailer.
early: ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ trailer !!
final & official: ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ trailer !!
they kinda represent the 2 extreme poles of ‘QUIET’ !! and they both are: completely FABRICATED !!
well, the concentration camp image – I guess is archival. and meant to be a joke. the ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ still – is completely fabricated, as in way way cleaned-up !! and, meant to be real !!
go figure !! guess that ‘s why – I don’t make, and package winning documentaries !!
can only lay-out it as it plays, as its dealt. in real time: real and raw !!
it was NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP-like – in its brutal surveillance. not only was it wired to record every detail, but footage was broadcast in real time in 24/7 streams to the many many monitors, as well as being recorded for archival purposes. the problem: picture 90+ hard core competitive NYC artists jockeying for Josh’s time and money !! Your hard won installation – could be demolished by someone else – in the blink of a moment !! who’d not only take over your space, but your future pay check !! and we’re talking thousands of dollars. 50 or 60 thousands of dollars – this were the dot com days. Plus once ypu were in – the only cardinal rule was – you could not leave. so it was hard core partying and hard-core competition non-stop in very close quarters. plus it was open 24/7 to the public. huge huge crowds that interacted with you non-stop. It was like being on display in a midget palace. and there was no room for secrets or shady play – and there was plenty of that, let me tell ya !! plus sex, drugs and rock n’roll.
but still – a completely mis-leading image, because no one was forced to be there – its true you were removed from your everyday life – but, everybody wanted in !! for all the pitfalls – it was the biggest, the baddest, the best mother-of-all NYC art parties !! – and anybody who was there – guest or resident – will tell you – it was like living their life on steroids: hyper real, hyper creative, and hyper funded, as in big big bucks, as in over 1 million funded !! – the likes of which have not be seen since. It was so totally raw, primitive, and futuristic at the same time. It was like living in a space ship dedicated to artists – and hard core artists !! not gallery route artists !! that had just escaped from a dying earth, so totally survival game, reality game, and wide open slam down dirty party !!
which brings us to the 2nd image.
so cleaned up !! OMG !! – I think as a participant, and, on many levels, as administrative crew and artist – the first concentration camp image – is closer to the truth !! first of all – there was NO !! security, to talk of, and it was open to the public 24/7. a wild wild New Year’s party with several 24/7 totally open bars and DJ stations, scattered among the art installations etc etc. so there was a lot of theft. (turned out the ‘janitor’, this young kid, Josh hired off the street, had a budding heroin problem. what else is new). so there was no way anyone stored or had any valuable gear with them esp. in the pods. cameras. they didn’t have those tiny digital elphs back in the day. and, so many got stolen, unless you walked around with your gear 24/7 – it disappeared. it was tough. you had to perform. you didn’t just sit in your pod and keyboard !! . and OMG YEAR 2000 – there were NO portable laptops, or at any rate – the ones that were out there – were way beyond anyone’s individual budget at the time, though maybe Josh had a couple of early models at his home. and no one looked like these serious but casually attired internet dudes !! esp in the pods !! the closest I could come to really describing the place in today’s terms would be sort of like TALL BIKER CLUB meets HELLO METH LAB WITH A VIEW !! it was anything but casual computer chic. and we weren’t wired personally. the place was wired for us. but we did create our own content. check out the actual footage from the trailer – esp in the pods – it was hardcore, down and dirty, let me tell ya. but, yo it sold the film, cleaned up the frontiersmen – built the bridge and connected the dots – to – today’s ‘fearless’ Facebook warriors – so, right on !! ONDI !!
so true to the essential spirit and character of American myth-making !!
the final thought that comes to mind – that connects QUIET and WE LIVE IN PUBLIC to the FACEBOOK generation – and which is maybe the one biggest influential factor of the whole event – even more important than the 24/7 cameras – was that: we created our own content. daily. and we r-e-p-o-r-t-e-d on it !! to the man. You had to keep Josh up-dated on your project, your fiefdom, your dynamic – whatever !! to keep the money flowing, and your territory safe. and you had to beat out the other 90+ super talented people also vying for his attention deficit/split second attention span, not joking, and his credit card !! that’s what gives a lot of the footage in ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ – it’s reality show feel – and the sound-bite, look-back personal summary !! and which pre-visions, the FACEBOOK – personal status up-date & daily headline: W-H-A-T … I did today !!
~JOSH HARRIS/ONDI TIMONER/WE LIVE IN PUBLIC/WINS at SUNDANCE !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 5th, 2009, 1:29pm
OBAMA POSTER BOY – SHEPARD FAIREY, laughing all the way to the bank – has just had a legal marble thrown his way – and hopefully, as a this writer is a photographer !! – he WILL trip !!
according to today’s NEW YORK POST, (ART only makes the NYC tabloids when there is a legal or criminal controversy in play) – FAIREY’S iconic and ubiquitous OBAMA ‘HOPE’ poster – has hit the ‘legal’ wall.
According to the AP sourced article – image above – on Page 7 – NEW YORK POST FEB 5, 2009:
“The image, FAIREY has acknowledged is based on an Associated Press (AP) photograph, taken in April 2006 by MANNY GARCIA. The AP says it owns the copyright and wants credit and compensation. Fairey disagrees.
‘The Associated Press has determined that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission,’ said Paul Colford, AP director of media relations.
But Fairey’s attorney, Anthony Falzone, said, ‘We believe fair use protects Shepard’s right to do what he did here.'”
YO !! of course he says that – but, NO WAY !! one: the photo has not been altered, only colored. and, in truth – the photo makes the poster, not vice versa – otherwise Fairey wouldn’t have usurped a copyrighted image. he would have used a photo with a cleaner source – like his own, except he doesn’t have any, cause he doesn’t take photos. He only embellished the power of this specific photograph, which uniquely captured a dynamic visual stance, and one-moment-in-time expression of the President-to-be. You could call it a collaboration – but that implies collaboration – a pre-arrangement between the 2 parties. The photograph’s copyright needs to be respected & compensated for. Permission should have been sought from the get-go. It probably could have been gotten, back then for relatively, very little. It is appropriation and …. bottomline – theft.
the official AMERICAN HERITAGE dictionary definition of appropriation is:
“to take possession of, often without permission.”
This reminds us of the JIM KRANZ/MARLBORO PHOTOS vs. RICHARD PRINCE controversy – and, we went on record for calling JIM KRANTZ a (last generational) idiot, okay, maybe he’s just lazy and mostly pragmatic – for not taking a more militant stance.
RANDY KENNEDY – write us a follow-up !!
see: NEW YORK TIMES/RANDY KENNEDY/JIM KRANZ vs. RICHARD PRINCE
see: text/NYT/RANDY KENNEDY/JIM KRANZ vs. RICHARD PRINCE
Although FAIREY has a indisputable talent for hitting a populist nerve – many of his images are severely compromised – not as Warholesque, as the Post states in this article – but they actually heavily derived from Communist era propaganda art. that is, ironically – that hugely successful – HOPE OBAMA poster – rides the design coattails – of Communist era art.
. . . and a stolen photograph !! Put your mind around that – for a moment !!
and, p.s. if you think Fairey has just been d-o-n-a-t-i-n-g his image to the OBAMA campaign sans fee – think again. (and, what about that TIME cover – they must have used a different photo, I bet.)
. . . a couple of pages further into the very same NEW YORK POST – is a pretty enlightening, (indirectly) fact of the $$ MARKET – ON THAT !!
from: NEW YORK POST/THURSDAY FEB 5, 2009 – HOME SECTION FEATURE ON: RUSSELL SIMMONS NEWLY RENOVATED DOWNTOWN LOFT !!
yo, the caption reads: ‘SIMMON’S art includes a Basquiat/Warhol collaboration and a commissioned Shepard Fairey ‘OBAMA HOPE’ piece.’
that is: C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-E-D, as in b-o-u-g-h-t, as in: $$$ !!
here’s the more interesting picture they also published, of the WARHOL/BASQUIAT, which actually is the correct title order. (a sign of the times ? BASQUIAT gets first pecking title order over Warhol, funny !!)
our resident blue chip expert, SIMON CERIGO values that Warhol Basquiat at somewhere between 5-10 million bucks, bye the way.
Chelsea blue-chip gallery, VAN DE WEGHE, on 23rd St. had an interesting show of some these large collaborations recently, May 8-June 8, 2008. Here’s one of the pieces offered. a beautiful piece. these Warhol/Basquiat collaborations took place 1984-85.
see: VAN DE WEGHE/WARHOL & BASQUIAT
WARHOL & BASQUIAT, ‘AMOCO’, 1984.
acrylic, oil stick & silkscreen on canvas. 116 x 243 in.
note: the COPYRIGHT reference – JEAN-MICHEL was right on !!!
INSTALLATION PHOTOS with DETAILS: NANCY SMITH
~SHEPARD FAIRY, OBAMA POSTER BOY also hits the wall !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 5th, 2009, 11:04am
POSTER BOY – on the L train to BUSHWICK – somebody is cutting into the back layers of the subway posters !!
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH. BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NYC. NON 14, 2008
FIRST PUBLISHED: 2008-11-24/CINDERS & FACTORY FRESH
ok. ok. he made the NEW YORK POST – so he’s up there – with the notorious ALFREDO MARTINEZ and DUKE RILEY !!
see: HE’S A BOASTER BOY/NEW YORK POST/FEB 3, 2009
the worst part of the story: undercover cops trolling the scene, & actually showing up at art events, and, since they don’t have a clear full face – photo image – listening to the talk – til they finger ya & slap the handcuffs on, and haul you away. BUYER BEWARE !! that’s definite gonna take the temp down at a few great venues. no names for now. FAME – it can burn ya.
the best part of the story: POSTER BOY – is now claiming to be a collective – right on !!!
see: POSTER BOY is caught, or is it a Stand-In?/RANDY KENNEDY/NEW YORK TIMES
here’s the listing, that gave him away: TIME OUT
contributing to the FAME GAME !!
see: SLICE & DICE !!/BRIAN RAFTERY/NEW YORK MAGAZINE/OCT 5, 2008
and joining in the fun !! FILE UNDER: finally – something to write about, ?
see: NYPD ROLLS UP ON POSTER BOY !!/GOTHAMIST/BILLY PARKER/JAN 31, 2009
see: FAME-POSTER BOY IS A TOUGH BIATCH!!GAWKER/HAMILITON NOLAN/FEB 3, 2009
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT !! watch the man himself: POSTER BOY on YouTUBE !!
SOME MORE !! – POSTER BOY – FROM THE ARTLOVERS ARCHIVES:
POSTER BOY – BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN. MORGAN STOP. DEC 5, 2008
POSTER BOY – BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN. MORGAN STOP. DEC 5, 2008
. . . and, our very fave !! THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY !!
POSTER BOY – BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN. MORGAN STOP. DEC 12, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~POSTER BOY, or is it ? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 4th, 2009, 12:48pm
JANI LEINONEN – ‘Rejected Ideas for Cap’n Crunch Advertisements’
OPENS TO-NITE – THURSDAY FEB 3, 2009 – 7-9 PM
the show runs: FEB 3 – MARCH 14, 2009
MOELLER SNOW GALLERY – 8 BOND ST – BROADWAY/LAFAYETTE – EAST VILLAGE
HOURS: TUES – SAT 11am-7pm
I don’t really know anything about this show or the artist, except I sorta liked the colors and fuzzy animal pals. as a concept it doesn’t seem overwhelmingly original, funny or biting. mostly I liked that the artist is from FINLAND.
but, if you google JANI LEINONEN – you will reach this almost, & certainly not meant to be !! funny website: taidetuunaamo – THE TEN BEST ARTISTS in the WORLD !!
according to their online poll !! – the TOP 10 artists in the world, are:
1. Jani Leinonen (what’d he do – vote for himself all day long?), 2. Olaf Breuning, 3. Gerhard Richter, 4. Damien Hirst, 5. Matthew Barney, 6. Jeff Koons, 7. Neo Rauch, 8. Maurizio Cattalan, 9. Bruce Nauman, & 10. Cy Twombly. How quaint.
the ‘bubbling under’ list is even more sad, if not downright pathetic. it’s like a conceptual project by a would-be New Museum curator – gone horribly wrong. on top of that – the so-called annual poll promises to send you their book – “coming out in the Spring of 2007” !!.
oh well not everyone can be up to speed. even on the web.
note: on closer look – actually he didn’t have to stuff the online ballot box with votes for himself – look at the site’s URL address – it’s his website !! – self-promotion 101. almost, but not quite. nice try, though & love that logo !!
~JANI LEINONEN/MOELLER SNOW |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 3rd, 2009, 5:27pm
BRENDAN CASS, ‘THE HUDSON RIVER’, 2008, acrylic on canvas. 89 x 166 in.
PHOTO COURTESY: STELLAN HOLM GALLERY
and, if you are in NEW YORK !!
BRENDAN CASS, ‘NEW NATURE’ – OPENS TO-NITE !! SAT JAN 31 / 6-8 PM !!
the show runs: JAN 31 – MARCH 4, 2009
STELLAN HOLM GALLERY – 524 WEST 24th ST – CHELSEA
BRENDAN CASS, photographed in his studio, just before the show went up !!
JANUARY 14, 2009. BROOKLYN, NYC.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING . . .
BRENDAN CASS, ‘The Hudson River’, 2008. acrylic on canvas, 89 x 166 in.
The show was beautiful, airy and light. full of light. radiant, and TRANSFORMATIVE.
A yin to the yang of the harshness of troubled times . . . a kind of otherly cosmos.
you stepped in, and you stepped into another world.
Jackson Pollock, if Jackson Pollock threw the I Ching.
a peek into a private office.
BRENDAN CASS – the man – of the evening, opens his first solo show at STELLAN HOLM GALLERY – entitled: ‘New Nature’. The show opened on Saturday, Jan 31st and runs thru Wed March 4, 2009.
dedicated art scene follower EL, and on the right, also strongly interested in the NYC art scene, AIRON ARMSTRONG. AIRON ARMSTRONG is a dedicated and skilled martial artist, who began training when he was 5. He is a four time National CHI SAO champion, and has trained in Wing Chun for the past 14 years, “becoming one of the next generation of New York based Wing Chung Sifus”. He has appeared in several feature films as a stunt man/martial artist.
BOBBY G made the opening.
BRENDAN CASS, ‘Murano’, 2008. acrylic on canvas, 30 x 48 in.
caught up in – ‘Capri’ !!
BOBBY G loved the show. He said the paintings reminded him of that old Hindu story about the gods – who went to a mountain searching for magic herbs, but – when they couldn’t find them …
they just brought back the mountain !!
detail, BRENDAN CASS, ‘Capri’.
DONALD BAECHLER and KEVIN BAKER.
KEVIN BAKER shows us one of his own paintings.
in the front gallery . . .
BRENDAN CASS, ‘Akureyri’, 2008. acrylic on canvas, 73 x 120 in.
Stellan Holm Gallery associate, CHRISTINE SPANGLER.
artist CHIE FUEKI !!
Chie Fueki introduces us to JOHN WILLIAMS and AIKO HACHISUKA, who are visiting from L.A., that’s Chie on the right.
JOHN WILLIAMS’ work is currently featured in ‘Insurance Is Not Always Enough’ a group show curated by JONATHAN DURHAM at the ABRONS ART CENTER, HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT, here in NYC, and he will have a one person show at SISTER GALLERY in L.A., opening FEB 21, 2009 and running thru MARCH 28, 2009.
see: SISTER/NEWS & EXHIBITIONS
Brendan introduces us to SYLVAN LIONNI, on the left.
Sylvan Lionni shows at FREIGHT+VOLUME. In fact, he had a wonderful assemblage/wall piece in the CHANGECASE SHOW, that was presented, almost this time, last year by STEVEN STEWART and YASHA WALLIN. (JAN 21 – FEB 10, 2008)
see: CHANGECASE & scroll down to the 5th image !!
BRENDAN CASS, ‘Tuscany’, 2009. acrylic on canvas, 72 x 132 in.
Brendan greets two of his mentors: KATHERINE BRADFORD, of SUNY PURCHASE, and STEPHEN WESTFALL of SVA and BARD. Mr. Westfall shows at LENNON, WEINBERG.
KATHARINE BRADFORD shows with EDWARD THORP.
also at the BRENDAN CASS ‘New Nature’ opening: BILL SAYLOR, AIDAS BAREIKIS and ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) BALOUGH. Bill Saylor has a show coming up this Spring 2009 at LEO KOENIG.
Aidas Barekis presented 2 dynamite installations at LEO KOENIG, almost this same time last year: ‘Easy Times’, FEB 21 – MARCH 21, 2008 and ‘Fancy Meeting’, JAN 10 – FEB 8, 2008.
see: AIDAS BAREIKIS/EASY TIMES & FANCY MEETING
Lizzie is the long time Director of LEO KOENIG GALLERY.
BILL SAYLOR, JULIAN DERSIN, and AIDAS BAREIKIS.
actually, as a matter of factual newsworthiness !! – AIDAS BAREIKIS, and his work – is most probably seen in the JOSH HARRIS DOCUMENTARY – WE LIVE IN PUBLIC – helmed by ONDI TIMONER – that just won the 2009 Grand Jury/Documentary Prize at Sundance !! Aidas and AARON BREWER are notorious for having concocted the TOXIC ROOM – at QUIET – the big PSEUDO MILLENNIUM PARTY featured in WE LIVE IN PUBLIC – and what was so astounding about it, besides the futuristic hard-edged audacity of the installation itself – was – and Josh loved this, it was constructed r-i-g-h-t next to the pod hotel living quarters for the 90+ resident artists !! think Josh did that on purpose – YES !! In fact this over-the-top and indeed toxic installation – was one of the reasons – the NYC FIRE DEPT shut the party, down !!
ANKE WEYER and AIDAS BAREIKIS, two very hard-core and very talented !! – NYC artists !!
BRENDAN CASS, ‘Greenland’, 2009. acrylic on canvas, 60 x 79 in.
detail, a home in the realm, BRENDAN CASS, ‘Greenland’.
or is it? looks pretty animate to me. maybe it’s a home-head, ever hear of those ?!!
ask KELIE BOWMAN !! ‘New Nature’ – ? – right on.
detail, a splash, or is it a ghost !! in the realm !! BRENDAN CASS, ‘Greenland’.
some kind of other-worldliness going on !! BRENDAN CASS, ‘Greenland’.
one look back at ‘Murano’ !!
yep, there’s a ghost in this realm, too.
see him ? BRENDAN CASS, ‘Murano’.
BRENDAN CASS, ‘Tuscany’. one last look !!
yep, a house, or is it !!
worldly landscape. imaginary landscape. inner landscape ? visionary landscape ? future landscape ?
peopled, or ghosted !! not exactly your grandma’s HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL !!
reverence for nature meets JOESEPH BEUYS ? NOT !!
more like HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL … meets ZEN MASTER !! on mushrooms.
detail, BRENDAN CASS, ‘Tuscany’.
landscape speak !! landscape spark !!
just get me – outta h-e-r-e !! and, thru the looking glass.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
UP-DATE – TUES FEB 3, 2009/6:38 PM:
it is turning into a huge snowy puffy white blizzard in New York City, & beyond, to-night.
everything, cars, tree boughs, buildings, roofs, traffic poles – hang heavy with thick puffy white snow. at times snow winds rush by swirling their tiny snowflakes about. intermittent power outages are occurring and the blanket of snow has silenced, in a profound way – what we call – the North East Corridor . . . I can’t see any mountains from my vantage point – but, somehow in this snowy vortex – I now feel Brendan’s paintings to be just as r-e-a-l, as surreal !! Landscapes seen with the puffiness of heavy fallen snows, but, with the shifting layers of the snow-laden winds – colored – painted, tinted – as if seen thru a prism !! – the white light of the snow – split up into the many colors of the rainbow. I guess you could say – I pretty much dig the work – what can I say. makes me travel in my mind’s eye – to realms – within and without. ‘New Nature’ is a trip.
~BRENDAN CASS/NEW NATURE/OPENS TO-NITE !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 31st, 2009, 2:12pm
. . . talking about MELISSA BROWN !!
MELISSA BROWN + MATT BRINKMAN – CURATED BY DAN NADEL !!
OPENS TO-NITE !! SAT JAN 31, 2009 / 7-9 PM – in LA, if you are out there – don’t miss it !!
the show runs: JAN 31 – MARCH 7, 2009
M+B – 612 NORTH ALMONT DRIVE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA !!
this show is presented in conjunction with PICTUREBOX.
see: PICTUREBOX !!
see: M+B
see: M+B GALLERY/MELISSA BROWN + MATT BRINKMAN !!
and definite, check out: MELISSA BROWN’S website !!
from the M+B website:
MELISSA BROWN, ‘MONEY, JEWELS, SET FOR LIFE’, 2009.
$1,132 in used scratch off tickets. 28 x 28 in.
MELISSA BROWN, ‘GRANDMA’S DREAM’, 2009.
$2,485 in used scratch off tickets. 28 x 28 in.
MATT BRINKMAN, ‘EATING SHIT’, 2009
ink on paper. 18 x 24 in.
MATT BRINKMAN, ‘2 HEADS WHAT TO DO’, 2009
ink on paper. 9 x 11-3/4 in.
~MELISSA BROWN + MATT BRINKMAN/LA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 31st, 2009, 1:35pm
. . . here’s the artlovers pictorial yin yang for: 2009.
and, according to MELISSA SCHERRER, the art world’s #1 tarot card reader – it’s also the year of JUSTICE !!
make that: BLOOD-RED !! JUSTICE – up-against-the-wall, and in-your-face !! LOOK OUT !!
painting by KALLE RUNESON – the VIKINGS once ruled the world, too. remember ?
and, yep, it’s just that much of a bloodbath – out there.
in NORDIC GIANTS – ‘FUCK THE LITTLE MAN’ – curated by LARS MONRAD VAAGE & GEORGE BARBER.
NATIONALMUSEUM, BERLIN. DEC 12, 2008
PHOTO: COURTESY NATIONALMUSEUM.
see: NATIONALMUSEUM/NORDIC GIANTS
watercolor by JENNY LADEN – there’s ALWAYS a way thru the looking glass !!
in ‘JENNY LADEN, New Paintings and works on paper’, Jan 8-FEB 14, 2009
HESKIN CONTEMPORARY, 443 WEST 37th ST., CHELSEA
PHOTO: COURTESY HESKIN CONTEMPORARY
see: HESKIN CONTEMPORARY/JENNY LADEN
both these images were recently featured on the artlovers’ home page.
see: ‘HOW TO PREDICT THE FUTURE’/MELISSA SCHERRER, MELISSA BROWN & LUKE MURPHY !!
~YEAR:2009 RED JUSTICE/YIN YANG |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 31st, 2009, 12:57pm
. . . best new – ‘found’ critic – of 2009 – and from the motherland, no less !!
found: NICOLAS MAVRIKAKIS, art critic for the LE VOIR, aka VOIR MONTREAL – based in MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA !!
out for a stroll in Chelsea, 23rd St. NYC. JAN 8, 2009.
he was checking out the PAUL P. show at DANIEL REICH, and then was about to saunter over to the PETER SUTHERLAND show at ATM !!
WELCOME TO THE BIG APPLE !! FROM ‘GUIDO BABY’ !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: VOIR MONTREAL
see: ARTS VISUELS/VOIR MONTREAL !!
see: NICOLAS MAVRIKAKIS/VOIR MONTREAL/ARCHIVES !!
NANCY SMITH. ca 1977, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.
aka ‘GUIDO BABY !!’ way back in the day …
I had just sold some drawings to the permanent collection of The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts/Le Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal.
I studied with GUIDO MOLINARI at CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, Montreal, QUEBEC – both in the Graduate and the Undergraduate Fine Arts programs.
ARCHIVAL PHOTOS: COURTESY NANCY SMITH/artloversnewyork.com
~NICOLAS MAVRIKAKIS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 31st, 2009, 11:44am
well, lookey here – what we found, free and unattached !! for the – sharp-eyed – taking !!
INFINITY !!
on 10TH Ave at somewhere like 21st St – in CHELSEA !!
found: APRIL 26, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~INFINITY/BEST FOUND STREET ART 2008 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 31st, 2009, 11:32am
the best ‘found’ poster of 2008 !!
RED WIRE BLACK WIRE/RECORD RELEASE SHOW/THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20th at 9pm
LIT LOUNGE/with DELETED SCENES & ARMCHAIRS/$6
where found, in December 2008: half hanging off a building wall – that it had been scotch-taped to – in Williamsburg, BROOKLYN !!
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: LIT LOUNGE !!
check out: RED WIRE BLACK WIRE !!
~LIT LOUNGE/BEST FOUND POSTER 2008 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 31st, 2009, 10:41am
