BILL BRADY, of ATM GALLERY – when it was back on AVE B !! FEB 2, 2003
that’s ERIKA SOMOYGI’S work on the wall.
BIL BRADY, ATM, NYC. FEB 2, 2003
yes, there really was an ATM machine outside !! FEB 2, 2003
a young ANDREW GUENTHER had work in the show. ATM, FEB 2, 2003
ANDREW GUENTHER’S paper cut-out & owl inspired piece. ATM, FEB 2, 2003
. . . and, we found even earlier pix of ANDREW, from 2002 !!
ANDREW GUENTHER, back in the day, when he was working at DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY,
520 West 21st St. in Chelsea, NYC. DEC 5, 2002
ANDREW GUENTHER, DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, CHELSEA, NYC. DEC 5, 2002
TRACY NAKAYAMA’S work behind him.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~ARCHIVAL/BILL BRADY & ANDREW GUENTHER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 7th, 2009, 10:35am
HOPE ATHERTON, at SPERONE WESTWATER, NYC . JAN 30, 2003
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~ARCHIVAL/HOPE ATHERTON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 7th, 2009, 10:32am
ok. this is about the BEST MAGAZINE ARTICLE, artworld or otherwise of: 2008 !!
here’s a little pre-post scoop: it’s about HESTER DIAMOND, now 79, a legendary NYC collector, with an amazing, well, brilliant – truly one-of-a-kind artistic vision, who just happens to be MIKE D’s mom.
. . . JIM WALROD is like the biggest secret unsung rock hero-like guru of cutting edge design, for the super coolest people … in this town. NYC !! rock on.
looking for JIM WALROD’S photo in my archives – way back !!! when Walter Robinson at artnet wouldn’t publish it, because, “who is that guy ? who cares ?” – cut.
in the meantime, check out :
see: BEASTIEMANIA !!
see: JIM WALROD/WIKIPEDIA !!
unbelievable, great or what !!! ? that’s just the beginning !!
the BEST MAGAZINE ARTICLE, art world or not – hands down, no doubt, of 2008 !!! is:
‘POP GOES THE VERONESE’ – ‘A MODERN MEDICI WORSHIPS AT THE ALTAR OF 21ST-CENTURY DESIGN / MAURA EGAN VISITS HESTER DIAMOND’S UPTOWN PALAZZO’.
TEXT BY MAURA EGAN. PHOTOS BY JASON SCHMIDT – THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – WOMEN’S FALL FASHION 2008.
here’s the opening line: ” ‘What do you do when your 79-year-old mom is coller than you, and you happen to be a Beastie Boy?’ asks the interior designer Jim Walrod …”
it was really fun to come across it, real time – when it came out hard copy – with its beautiful photos, tucked into what is usually a nice enough casual read with lunch – but surprise, way in the back – a very startling, informative read. The photos are drop-dead gorgeous right off the bat. But that’s also because the HESTER DIAMOND home is drop-dead gorgeous, way way beyond cutting edge, & the art is past defining – esp in the context of the ultra modern furnishings. Ms. Diamond has done the exact reverse route of most upscale collectors. Instead of a house full of antique furniture and modern art – she has the inverse – !!! – the most edgiest contemporary furniture paired with Renaissance paintings, make that Renaissance gems. Museum quality. The custom paint job on the walls takes the habitat to a whole other level.
the other interesting part of the story, was the collecting angle. from the article:
“Diamond and her husband, Harold, started collecting art in the ’50s when she was a social worker and he was a public school teacher …. ‘Back then you could put stuff on layaway for $25. We had payments all over town,’ Diamond says. She and her husband amassed a staggering collection of Legers, Picassos and Kandinskys; he once traded a Pontiac two-door for several paintings from his friend Willem de Kooning. ‘Harold had to become a dealer to support our habit.’ While Harold did consulting work for titans like Joesph Hirshhorn, Hester tried her hand at decorating, eventually building up a roster of blue-chip clients …” Both became outstandingly successful in their fields.
Ms. Diamond made millions when she traded in some of her modern art masterpieces at Sotheby’s in 2004, so she could pursue her new Renaissance paintings.
artlovers is gonna live out the New Year in the spirit of this quote of her’s – after her some of her early collected works realized that big pay-out at auction. “I’m a great believer in following your luck.”, and how about: “I used to have neo-Classical furniture with my Renaissance paintings, but they were saying nothing to each other ..” if only !! but, we know what she means. that’s how we separate our books on bookshelves, they have to talk to each other !! (you either get it, or you don’t. what can I say. I always thought everybody could hear – those kind of voices.) and, on second thought – my TAYLOR McKIMENS, PETE PEZZIMENTI, JUSTIN SAMSON, not to mention my newly acquired SARAH BRAMAN and CHRIS STAIN pieces – do just sing in glorious chorus with my totally ‘found’ trappings. not to mention my ANDREW GUENTHER clock – which can cozy up to any room, plain white walls, and all – being battery-run and total portable !!
read the article for yourself: it’s online !! / NYT-POP GOES VERONESE/HESTER DIAMOND !!
HESTER DIAMOND, in front of MOROTTO DA BRESCIA’S ‘VESTAL VIRGIN TUCCIA AS AN ALLEGORY OF CHASTITY’/PHOTO BY JASON SCHMIDT/COURTESY: NEW YORK TIMES
in HESTER DIAMOND’S HOME, MARCEL WANDERS’ MOROSA print sofas & a coffeee table by NICK DINE, sit beneath VERONESE’S ‘VENUS AND CUPID’/PHOTO BY JASON SCHMIDT/COURTESY: NEW YORK TIMES
URQUIOL’S B&B ITALIA CHAIRS and GHIBERTI and STUDIO’S ‘VIRGIN AND CHILD’ in the DIAMOND DINING ROOM/PHOTO BY JASON SCHMIDT/COURTESY: NEW YORK TIMES
back to looking for JIM WALROD !!! stay tuned !!
2:14 PM – OMG !! found the photos !! looking through shoeboxes of old 35 mm photos, is so fun. saw some really early pix of TAYLOR McKIMENS & even, JOE BRADLEY performing with CHEESEBURGER way back in 2002 – even a shot of JOHN HODANY and BRIAN BELOTT. should I put them up, . . . maybe !!
. . . but, back to the present !!
caught JIM WALROD, PETER COFFIN and CYNTHIA ROWLEY; as well as DAVID BYRNE, KEANU REEVES & TOM SACHS himself, at ‘NUTSY’S – the TOM SACHS mini-racing car installation at the BOHEN FOUNDATION, NOV 14, 2002-FEB 14, 2003. This Tom Sachs show was the inaugural exhibit for the foundation’s new home on 14th St., in the quote unquote “meatpacking district”, below 10th Ave, in what artworld denizens more commonly refer to as: Chelsea.
only, KEANU REEVES, DAVID BYRNE, and of course TOM SACHS, made the artnet cut !!
see: artnet FALL 2002
so, from the ARTLOVERS ARCHIVAL SHOEBOXES, some previously unseen photos:
read more about: TOM SACHS/NUTSY’S
TOM SACHS racing a remote-controlled car. The race track dominated the exhibit and there were actual formal contests, but anybody who visited could get their hands on a car & a hand held controller.
JIM WALROD, at TOM SACHS/NUTSY’S, BOHEN FOUNDATION, NYC. JAN 21, 2003
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
CYNTHIA ROWLEY
HERVE DESCOTTES, with his wife NATHALIE. at the time M. DESCOTTES was a lighting designer for FRANK GEHRY. maybe he still is, don’t know.
PETER COFFIN. TOM SACHS/NUTSY’S, BOHEN FOUNDATION, NYC. JAN 21, 2003
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
TOM SACHS/INSTALLATION SHOT/NUTSY’S, BOHEN FOUNDATION, NYC.
TOM SACHS/INSTALLATION SHOT/NUTSY’S
see the camera. there was also the sub-text of 24 hr. surveillance.
on the low-down: a lot of the nitty gritty downtown artists felt SACHS ripped off the JOSH HARRIS PSEUDO sponsored parties, esp QUIET, which he hung around a lot.. Rumor was he wanted to be in it, but Josh wouldn’t let !! of course, ALFREDO MARTINEZ, who was an assistant both to TOM SACHS and and JOSH, was the source for that, so its anybody’s guess as to the real truth – but, you know what they say, … no smoke without fire. definitely the performance part, (they had remote-controlled car races), the open to the public participation, on-site DJs. (no free running booze, though !!) the cameras, the rough and ready, raw ‘half-undoneness’ of the site – was undeniable influenced by Josh & QUIET.. as well, like with Josh, one could say of TOM SACHS, only as brilliant as their most current super-talented no-bucks no-name on-the-street artist hanger-ons and/or assistants !!
an in-house NUTSY camera crew member. paralleled on a very very small scale – the in-house artist & camera crew scene at QUIET.
the NUTSY in-house crew wore ‘homemade’ work uniforms, just like at QUIET.
a lot of cash was flashed, esp. by the go-fers, except here it was $5 dollar bills, at QUIET we were running around with $100’s !! if not $1,000’s.
the races !! were the best part. well, come on !! the small scale models of the city were the best !! they were great !! and, NOT influenced by JOSH HARRIS !!
one of the remote-controlled cars. reality scale ratio 1:25
the racers were not rigged, if you were good you had a chance. if you won, you got a hand-made TOM SACHS trophy, which looking back, if you didn’t toss it in disgust – might be worth more now, than the accompanying bag of cash, which looks impressive, but was only full of one’s. yeah, I checked. not more than $20 altogether !!
no big deal to a QUIET ex-patriot !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED !!
~HESTER DIAMOND/JIM WALROD/TOM SACHS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 6th, 2009, 11:33am
PHOTO: STANLEY LUMAX, ATM GALLERY, NYC. NOV 21, 2008.
MIKE D, of the BEASTIE BOYS, at right, with artist, photographer, filmmaker, poet, book publisher, man-of-the-moment, and soccer player & snowboarder – PETER SUTHERLAND at the opening of PETER SUTHERLAND’S debut solo show, ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’, ATM GALLERY, (Nov 21, 2008 – Jan 10, 2009) – still up thru this Sat Jan 10, 2009 !!!
This wonderful wide angle photo was snapped by lensman/photographer STANLEY LUMAX, who happens to be a friend of Peter Sutherland’s, and luckily !! took some pix – at the opening !!
you can see Mr. Lumax’s wonderful photo portfolio on his website: STONEFACE PHOTOGRAPHY !!
STANLEY LUMAX at the PETER SUTHERLAND OPENING, ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’, ATM GALLERY,
NOV 21, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
NATALIE BERTAUX of ANOMALY COMMUNICATIONS and STANLEY LUMAX, STONEFACE PHOTOGRAPHY, at the PETER SUTHERLAND OPENING. ATM GALLERY, NYC, NOV 21, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
on a personal note: Peter’s opening was awesome, esp. in terms of all the talent, in the form of his wide circle of friends and professional acquaintances who dropped by, to wish him well. Peter, himself is a great great guy – kind of a big friendly and super talented, sensitive bear. A real live-wire talent-wise, he is a pretty quiet and very low-key kind of guy in person. BUT, for me the opening was a little nerve racking, so many young and already professionally, esp commercially – accomplished photographers and graphic designers in the room – !! – it was a little intimidating to break the ice – but more, they all asked to see the photo of themselves I had just snapped – which has got to be the highest form of critical pressure – the one from your peers !! – enough, to make any steel-nerved person with a camera pointed in someone’s face shiver !! but all his guests, were just as cool, as Peter himself: In fact, it was super cool – when they all said, individually, – “nice photo”. It sort of made the art world paparazzi job worthwhile – at least, for the momento !!
p.s. PETER SUTHERLAND contacted us recently, via his “mobile hand held device” – his blackberry – he said, he is away – snowboarding UTAH !!
~MIKE D/PETER SUTHERLAND |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 6th, 2009, 10:37am
last week to catch !!
PETER SUTHERLAND – ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’ !!
NOV 21, 2008 thru SATURDAY, JAN 10, 2009
ATM – 621 W. 27 ST – CHELSEA – NEW YORK CITY
note: the gallery will be open FRIDAY & SATURDAY/JAN 2 & 3, 2009
PIX FROM THE OPENING – NOV 21, 2008
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’ – OPENING NIGHT – ATM GALLERY.
DONALD EUBANK greets PETER SUTHERLAND.
Donald Eubank is a staff writer for THE JAPAN TIMES/ONLINE – with a focus a on contemporary art.
EVE LYONS and RAPHAEL RIOS with Peter Sutherland.
ANDREW RUNKLE shows us a copy of the limited edition book, (100 copies), also titled ‘Blame It On The Dog’ – that Seems Books published for Peter Sutherland – on the occasion of the ATM exhibit.
Andrew Runkle is a producer for MOTHERLAND.US – an animation and motion graphics firm.
see: MOTHERLAND.US
of note: ANDREW RUNKLE was the producer on the animated MOTHERLAND.US project – ‘Smallville: Justice and Doom’ Episodes. see: SMALLVILLE/MOTHERLAND.US
ATM artist – ERIC SAL drops by.
editorial photographer BEN COLLIER, who exhibited his BEJING photos, this past summer at ATM.
Behind him, PETER SUTHERLAND photos – ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’.
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Diamond Patch’, C-Print, 20 x 24 in., 2008. edition of 5. ($1,400).
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Metal Memorial’, 2008. C-Print, 20 x 24 in.
detail, PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Metal Memorial’.
STANLEY LUMAX in front of ‘Rugged #1’ – one of 2 custom designed rugs produced by PETER SUTHERLAND, specifically for this show. Each is is 4 x 6 ft. and each is unique. ($3,200).
NATALIE BERTAUX of ANOMALY COMMUNICATIONS, and photographer STANLEY LUMAX.
see: STANLEY LUMAX PHOTOGRAPHY/STONEFACE PHOTOGRAPHY
PETER SUTHERLAND with his other Rug – in the show !!
‘Rugged 2’, 2008. Rug. 4 x 6 ft., custom design. unique. ($3,200)
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Rugged 2’ – !!
detail, PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Rugged 2’.
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Witness the World’s Biggest Campfire’, 2008. C-Print.
ANDREW SUTHERLAND, Peter’s brother.
ANDREW SUTHERLAND, BLAIN HOWARD, and JASON MITCHELL.
BLAIN HOWARD works with BENDER/HELPER IMPACT – PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS.
see: BENDER/HELPER IMPACT
independent curator TAKA KAWACHI, JESSE MILLER and PETER SUTHERLAND.
JESSE MILLER is the bassist for the band: LOTUS.
see: JESSE MILLER/CINCY GROOVE INTERVIEW
check out & sample music: LOTUS/official website
PETER SUTHERLAND greets photographer NICHOLAS HAGGARD
see: NICHOLAS HAGGARD PORTFOLIO
detail, PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Crusty Homies’, 2008. C-Print
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Crusty Homies’, 2008. C-Print. 16 x 20 in. edition of 6. ($1,000)
center, in red shirt, JUSTIN FINES.
NYC-based art director and designer JUSTIN FINES runs: DEMO DESIGN CO.
definite, check out: JUSTIN FINES/DEMO !!
g-r-e-a-t animated logo !!
NYC-based graphic designer and art director: NATHAN NEDOROSTEK.
Mr. Nedorostek is the co-author, (with Anthony Pappalardo) of ‘RADIO SILENCE: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music’.
see: NATHAN NEDOROSTEK
SUE LEE of EBELING GROUP and NATHAN NEDOROSTEK.
JOSH PORTER of NIKE MARKETING
PETER SUTHERLAND, MEMORY CARD, C-Print with text. 2008. 16 x 24.5 in. unique. ($1,500)
lucky for ATM gallery-goers, there were a small series of ‘Memory Cards’ in the back room.
Striking photos paired with scrawled almost illegible handscript – these pieces rewarded viewers’ patience – with insight into this artist’s formative – soul – truthfully – that’s the best word. Like the best documentary photographers, and I guess, art photographers – PETER SUTHERLAND’S work springs from a deep well of sensitive observation, since early childhood – to the world unfolding around him.
Often with dark resonances. It’s this combination of narrative and darkly lyrical insight – that makes his work so singular, and so compelling.
detail, PETER SUTHERLAND ‘MEMORY CARD’. 2008, 16 x 24.5 in. unique. ($2,000)
this narrative was about growing up. it would seem ideal to have grown up in a close-knit artistic family that had a tree-house in the rural yard …
but this memory is of a family cat that meet with an accident that made green slim ooze out of his ear and gave its young author – nightmares – and informed a dark side – that seems to have been in place since early childhood …
likewise, another MEMORY CARD, a little further on in his life – is about a bad mushroom trip while trying to impress a high school hottie named Cinnamon, who had a nose-ring, and almost dying – in a blizzard. a classic snowboard loser.
It was really interesting to go back through the photo exhibit – after immersion in these tense biographical foragings.
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘I Took This Photo, Then Let It Fly Away.’ 2008. C-Print.
detail, PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘I Took This Photo, Then Let It Fly Away.’
ATM’S BILL BRADY in the 2nd exhibit of his new space.
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘BLAME IT ON THE DOG’, NOV 21 2008 – Jan 10, 2009.
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Dog Says: “Take a Vacation'”. 2008. C-Print.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
also, see: PETER SUTHERLAND/ATM/MIAMI DEC 2008 !!
see: PETER SUTHERLAND’S WEBSITE !!
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Snuggle Brothers’, 2008, C-Print, 16 x 20 in./IMAGE COURTESY: PETER SUTHERLAND WEBSITE
also in the ATM exhibit. edition of 6 ($1,000)
UP-DATE: SAT JAN 3, 2009
PETER SUTHERLAND’S show also received a nice up-beat review by ROBERTA SMITH in the NEW YORK TIMES, yesterday, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2009. ART IN REVIEW SECTION.
It is mostly a descriptive review, and ends with this assessment:
“Mr. Sutherland is something of a multitasker. In addition to writing rather well (in the show’s small catalog), he is also a filmmaker. Whatever he does seems to celebrate the potential for inspiration in even the most pedestrian and barren facts of American life. Every instant is a possible image; every image a likely story.”
~PETER SUTHERLAND/OPENING PIX |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 1st, 2009, 10:52am
next week – is the last week – to catch !!
LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – ‘LES LETTRES TRISTES’
NOV 21, 2008 – JAN 10, 2009
FOXY PRODUCTION – 623 W. 27th ST. – CHELSEA – NYC
note: the gallery is closed DEC 25 – JAN 5, 2009 – inclusively for holidays !!
. . . if you, literally, like your art with a capital A – form, function, design and meaning? – you should make a point of catching this show – before it closes.
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING – FRIDAY NOV 21, 2008
JULIEN BISMUTH
LUCAS AJEMIAN, daughter MADELAINE, 3, and wife, STEPHANIE CONWAY.
JAY SANDERS drops by. if you’ve ever been to Greene Naftali – you’ll recognize the face.
TAN LIN.
Tan Lin can best be described as a conceptualist/sensualist/author/poet/writer/artist.
One of his most notable projects is: ‘BlipSoak 01’ (Berkeley, CA: Atelos 2003) – in which he states:
“A lot of people think great works of literature should be memorized. I think poems and novels are most beautiful at the exact moment in which they are forgotten.”
His most recent book is: ‘Plagerism/Outsource’ – a project that chronicles Heath Ledger’s death through SMS messages and RSS feeds.
the first thing one sees on entering the gallery – are Lucas and Julien’s handmade newspapers – a weekly discourse highlighting their project, and incorporating the words and images of invited guests – free for the taking.
LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – 4 different ‘set pieces’ – each comprised of a floor sculpture of green powder coated steel, and including – a 2 channel video loop with audio. Dimensions variable.
(series of 8 + 2 AP)
LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – steel floor sculptures.
video frame – LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH
directional sound speakers were very amusing.
another element in the exhibit – a framed series called: ‘A HOLE IN COPENHAGEN’ – 2008. collage, wood, acrylic paint, and ink.
LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH, ‘A HOLE IN COPENHAGEN’
LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH, ‘A HOLE IN COPENHAGEN’.
in the back room, our favorite piece – LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – ‘LA TABLE TRISTE (A is for 4)’. 2008 mixed media, Dimensions variable.
it was all about letters. and meanings and form and style. not to mention flat vs. 3-Dimensional and studied vs. random and haphazard !! yesterday, today and tomorrow !!
artist studio and gallery presentation.
there was also a small pinpoint wall projection – here is a frame that states: “E is for . .” in green.
big and small. studied vs. free form. flat and 3-D !! color and no color. paper letters. cardboard letters.
letters alone, and letters in words with meaning.
‘found’ letters and . . . solid brass letters.
‘flat’ letter-making utensils !!
and home-made 3-D constructions.
can you spot – the tip of the literal – capital A – for Art ??
hint: it’s orange.
Capital A – is 3-D !!
drawings on the table – that have nothing to do with letters ? or do they.
maybe these jars speak to half-full content ? or just to the dreams within letters.
tubes of drawings like an architect would have tubes of plans – on his table.
some have actual letters, made-up words – some are more like – visual poems, and therefore: letters ?
today’s paper – a study in fonts – it went up on the table !!
there was even a conceptual letter ‘G’ – hanging in the space under the table.
letters to love ?
letters to roll around ?
LUCAS AJEMIAN and JULIEN BISMUTH – ‘Les Lettres Triste’ – love letters to Capital A – art ?
from the press release: “Les Lettres Tristes (The Sad Letters) refers to the Lettristes, the members of the avant-garde group, established in mid-century Paris, who used letters, hieroglyphics and other graphic symbols to create wildly experimental films, poetry, and art-works.”
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~LUCAS AJEMIAN & JULIEN BISMUTH/OPENING PIX |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 30th, 2008, 12:02pm
. . . wonder what OBAMA-OBSESSED STAR-STRUCK – JONATHAN HOROWITZ – thinks of BARACK OBAMA, now – that his president-elect hero – has appointed EVANGELICAL PREACHER – ‘REVEREND’ RICK WARREN – to deliver the invocation address at Barack’s upcoming inauguration ? !!
color me – used !!!
at least JONATHAN HOROWITZ, longtime ‘domestic’ partner of ROB PRUITT – can take solace in the fact – that he didn’t do anything quite as original, or potent – as SHEPARD FAIREY’S – iconic OBAMA portrait – that went around the world and back again !! and I bet SHEPARD FAIREY is pissed off, too.
He didn’t make a folk hero out of this guy – just for his skin color – did he?
BARACK OBAMA, in putting the slimey ‘REVEREND’ RICK WARREN who: 1. supports the outlawing of abortion in all cases !! and, 2. is a “stanch gay rights opponent” !! – in the spotlight at his presidential inauguration – before the entire world – !! – as the spokesman and symbol of America’s religious and spiritual leadership – has taken one very hard and dismissive slap at all of the free forward thinking people who fueled the grass roots engine of his campaign. I bet REVEREND WRIGHT, is saying I told you so: a black panther – can change his spots !! this ‘new’ regime – feels so sold-out already. SAMO / same old same old.
I winder what Sto, over at CINDERS, thinks of his black panther, now?
see: GAY GROUPS PROTEST OBAMA’S INAUGURAL SPEAKER/ON TOP/DEC 18/2008
see: OBAMA DEFENDS CHOICE OF ANTI-GAY PASTOR/ON TOP/DEC 20, 2008
see: REP. BARNEY FRANK, OBAMA ALLY, ‘DISAPPOINTED’/ON TOP/DEC 21, 2008
. . . may as well burn that – ‘rainbow’ flag !!
artwork by JONATHAN HOROWITZ/PHOTO COURTESY: GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise
yeah, right !! – color me RED !!! or how about – just, yellow – for: egg on my face !!
JONATHAN HOROWITZ exhibition installation shot/”OBAMA ’08″/GBE/10/212/2008-11/15/2008
PHOTO COURTESY: GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise
JONATHAN HOROWITZ, detail, GBE/GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise installation – ROB PRUITT – “iPhotos”, 09/13/2008 – 10/11/2008
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
JONATHAN HOROWITZ, detail, GBE installation – ROB PRUITT – “iPhotos”.
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
ROB PRUITT, detail, GBE installation – ROB PRUITT – “iPhotos”.
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
JONATHAN HOROWITZ !! himself, in person. GBE installation – ROB PRUITT – “iPhotos”.
speak of the devil – !! – we actually caught JONATHAN HOROWITZ by the weirdest co-incidence, when we happened to stroll over to catch the last few days of Rob Pruitt’s installation !!
He was probably there to discuss his up-coming show – the next one up – at GBE – “OBAMA ’08” !!
R.I.P. – ART LOVERS !! but esp the NYC ones, and all the GLOBAL ART IDIOTS – who actually thought art & personal freedom – had a chance !! in a new BARACK OBAMA AMERICA …
it’s all smoke and mirrors.
IS ? THERE A ‘CULTURAL WAR’ going on in America – you betcha !!
artwork by ROB PRUITT – ‘RIP ANNA NICOLE SMITH’ in ROB PRUITT, “iPhotos”, GAVIN BROWN’S enterprise, 09/13/2008-10/11/2008.
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~JONATHAN HOROWITZ & BARACK OBAMA/TRUE COLORS ?!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 22nd, 2008, 1:42pm
ALAN REID, ‘THE MAVEN CURATOR’, 2008. IMAGE/COURTESY: LISA COOLEY FINE ART
LAST WEEK – TO CATCH – ALAN REID – ‘HEIRESSES ON TERRACES’
NOV 22 thru SUNDAY, DEC 28, 2008
LISA COOLEY FINE ART – 34 ORCHARD ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
HRS: WED-SUN 12-6PM
HOLIDAY HOURS: DEC 24-26 – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
DEC 27-28 – NOON-6PM
see: more images from the show & artist bio/gallery website
(note: the photos on the gallery website – are truer to the work’s actual hues – than the installation photos – below.)
. . . seeing this show – is seeing how graphic drawing veers away from cartoon & comic-inspired images to – fine art. and it’s not just the larger scale. the etherealness of the mythic subjects – is haunting.
ALAN RED, ‘THE MAVEN CURATOR’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 15 x 13 in. ($1,600)
ALAN REID, ‘Teapot’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 18 x 20 in. ($2,000)
detail, ALAN REID, ‘Teapot’.
ALAN REID, ‘Heiress’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 9 x 11 in. ($1,000)
ALAN REID, ‘The Credits’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 68 x 72 in. ($6,800)
detail, ALAN REID, ‘The Credits’.
ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 36 x 48 in. ($4,000)
detail, ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’.
detail, ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’.
LISA COOLEY, ALAN REID EXHIBIT, ‘Heiresses on Terraces’, December 16, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~ALAN REID/LISA COOLEY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 22nd, 2008, 11:06am
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CATCH !! – THE WINTER 2008 CARTOON BOOT CAMP – !!
DEC 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30th – FRI, SAT, SUN, MON & TUES
with INSTRUCTOR BRIAN KOLM
MEMBERS $100 / NON-MEMBERS $125
at the CARTOON ART MUSEUM – 655 MISSION ST. – betw 3rd & New Montgomery – SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF
~CARTOON BOOT CAMP/CALLING ALL BAY AREA KIDS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 20th, 2008, 2:53pm
‘From RICHIE RICH to WENDY the GOOD WITCH: The ART of HARVEY COMICS’ !! !!
DECEMBER 18, 2008 – MARCH 15, 2009
NOTE: OPENING RECEPTION – WED JAN 14, 2008
MoCCA – THE MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART – 594 BROADWAY at HOUSTON, SOHO, MANHATTAN, NYC
HRS: TUES-SAT 12-5 PM (closed DEC 23-25 & JAN 1, 2009)
GENERAL ADMISSION: $5
. . . if you didn’t grow up with RICHIE RICH, CASPER the FRIENDLY GHOST, and LITTLE LOTTA !! – now’s your chance – to clue in – to why we gobbled them up – way way back in the days of an earlier more gentler – very young childhood – in America.
from the MoCCA website:
“The MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ARt – MoCCA – is pleased to present a visual history of one of the most popular comic book publishers of all time. HARVEY COMICS.
‘From RICHY RICH to WENDY the WITCH: The Art of HARVEY COMICS’ celebrates the art and characters created and/or popularized by HARVEY, including CASPER the Friendly Ghost; Wendy, the Good Little Witch; Richie Rich, The Poor Little Rich Boy; Hot Stuff, The Little Devil; Sad Sack; Joe Palooka; Little Dot; Little Audrey; Little Lotta; Little Max; and many more.
This exhibit includes original art from Harvey comic books and merchandise by stalwarts such as ERNIE COLON, SID COUCHEY, WARREN KREMER and HOWARD POST.
‘From Richie Rich to Wendy the Witch: The Art of Harvey Comics originated at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco – curated by ANDREW FARGO.
For the MoCAA presentation, there is additional curation by MoCCA Chairman ELLEN S. ABRAOWITZ and Director KARL ERICKSON, a with special thanks to MARK ARNOLD.”
p.s. the exhibit, ‘From RICHIE RICH to WENDY the WITCH: The Art of Harvey Comics’
ran from June 28 – Nov 30, 2008 at the CARTOON ART MUSEUM, 655 Mission St. in SAN FRANCISCO.
where it originated there, they have a small write-up on the show, see: their website/exhibits !!
where you can glean a little more information, like:
“the exhibit includes original art and merchandise by stalwarts such as
WARREN KREMER (1921-2003) !! who along with animator STEVE MUFFATTI, (1880-1968) !!
defined the ‘HARVEY’ look …”
and, “Harvey Comics was founded in 1941 by ALFRED HARVEY (1913-19940).” !!
~FROM RICHIE RICH to WENDY the WITCH !!/HARVEY COMICS/MoCCA/NYC |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 20th, 2008, 11:45am
