. . . while at the FRYING PAN DOCK, we also ran into CAT CHOW and a few of her friends.
CAT CHOW and ELIZABETH HUEY
CAT CHOW and ELIZABETH HUEY
CAT CHOW/’Studio Recordings’/Photo Courtesy: CAT CHOW
CAT CHOW’s ‘ Studio Recordings’/’Revolutions per Minute’, is actually made from inter-circled leather belts.
It’s her !! postcard – in the latest session of ‘Harlem Postcards: Summer 2008 ‘ – part of an ongoing project at THE STUDIO MUSEUM in HARLEM, which invites “contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site for artistic contemplation and production. . .
Installed in the museum lobby and available to visitors, ‘Harlem Postcards’ presents intimate views and fresh perspectives on this famous neighborhood”. This season features images by ALANI BOSS, MIGUEL CALDERON, CAT CHOW and FELICIA MEGGINSON.
see: HARLEM POSTCARDS: SUMMER 2008
CAT CHOW was born in 1973 in Morristown, New Jersey. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
oh oh – look, who else is sitting at Cat Chow’s table – JUSTIN SAMSON !!
OK OK – a group portrait – in the back row, standing: of course, ELIZABETH HUEY and CAT CHOW. from left, in front row, in the white shirt, visiting from L.A. – ALEXANDER MAY of the artist collective, house/store.: NOT TO BE REPRODUCED aka NTBR.
see: NOT TO BE REPRODUCED !!
next to him, PATRICK WALSH, who was supposed to have performed in the DEITCH PROJECTS ART PARADE – which got canceled – due to bad weather.
and JUSTIN SAMSON.
ALEXANDER MAY was in town, to perform or present a video at new Lower East Side gallery – MOELLER SNOW, one of whose founder/directors is photographer MAX SNOW, brother to Dash.
see: MOELLER SNOW
they currently have a rather intense, very minimalist / modernist (?!!) video clip playing on their website, with regards to their current exhibit of paintings by KIKA KARADI. The film is a portrait of KIKA KARADI at work, and is by ROBERT JASON.
see: KIKA KARADI-FILM/by ROBERT JASON !!
just in case, you didn’t hit that link, here are a few frames from that ROBERT JASON clip – that should make you think twice – about going back and: hitting it !!
IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP
IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP
IMAGE COURTESY: MOELLER SNOW/ROBERT JASON CLIP
also, at the CAT CHOW table – from left, artist JORY RABINOWITZ and, SEAN TOWNLEY.
Sean Townley is one of 3 founder/directors of the REDEMPTION CENTER over in BROOKLYN.
Jory Rabinowitz had a sculpture in their last big blow-out, which was that big, one day (and night), roof top Bar B Q party – that featured the BOBO crew – from PHILLY !!
see: REDEMPTION CENTER/PAR-TAY/AUG 10/2008
DAVID ALTMEJD/INSTALLATION SHOT/PHOTO BY TOM POWELL/COURTESY: ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY
. . one of the shows – Cat Chow & friends were talking about – was this summer’s – DAVID ALTMEJD show, which ran MAY 3 – JUNE 14, 2008 at ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY.
Altmejd’s work was included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial, and in 2007 – he represented Canada at the Venice Biennale. ” . . . Altmejd was not only selected as one of the youngest artists to represent a country at the Venice Biennale, but also produced a stunning body of work that many considered one of the most impressive of the national pavilions.” (ANDREA ROSEN press release).
see: DAVID ALTMEJD/ANDREA ROSEN/Summer 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, CHELSEA PIERS. FRYING PAN DOCK. SEPT 5, 2008
(unless otherwise noted)
~CAT CHOW & FRIENDS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 23rd, 2008, 8:12pm
NOAM RAPPAPORT – SEPT 5 – OCT 11, 2008
ATM GALLERY – 619 WEST 27TH – CHELSEA – NYC
GALLERY HRS: TUES-SAT 11-6pm
see: INSTALLATION SHOTS/ATM WEBSITE
SOME PIX FROM THE NOAM RAPPAPORT OPENING – SEPT 5, 2008, 6-8pm
on the right, NOAM RAPPAPORT. with him, filmmaker/photographer BRIAN DOYLE
BILL BRADY chats with ANNE EASTMAN
SUE BUTLER, BRIAN DOYLE, NOAM RAPPAPORT, and KURT BRONDO.
BRIAN DOYLE – has an interesting website, ….
check it out: DOYLESTUDIO.com !!
FLORIAN ALTENBURG of SOUTHFIRST.
His wife, MAIKA POLLACK, who runs SOUTHFIRST, with him – has a rep as a very serious curator & art essayist. Their first opening of the FALL season is: ‘THE SPLIT WALL’ , with HILARY HARNISCHFEGER and FABIENNE LASSERRE, opening FRIDAY SEPT 19, 2008.
for more info, see: SOUTHFIRST
you can tell the site has an academic bent – there are no visuals !!
but, in fact the brief texts – are intriguing.
on the right, MICHAEL MAHALCHICK, with EMILY TEPPER, at the NOAM RAPPAPORT opening.
MAHALCHICK has the 2nd show of the season, opening in early NOV 2008 – at CANADA.
a NOAM RAPPAPORT wall piece, framed by MICHAEL MAHALCHICK and EMILY TEPPER.
the NOAM RAPPAPORT wall piece.
. . a view of the installation – a last look actually at this 27th St atm incarnation – the gallery moves over to the old OLIVER KAMM space (next door), and gets a huge new exhibition space – and a real office – next month !!
another look at that NOAM RAPPAPORT – wall piece !!
here’s – what turns out to be a real !! live wire !!: documentary photographer/filmmaker,
PETER SUTHERLAND – check out: this website !!
He recently co-directed, ‘TIERNEY GEARON – The Mother Project’ with JACK YOUNGELSON (Producer, Ghosts of Abu Ghrabi), watch: the trailer !!
He has shown his work at RIVINGTON ARMS and GUILD & GREYSKULL in NYC, CIRCLECULTURE in BERLIN, and seems to be represented by GALLERY WHITE ROOM in TOKYO, JAPAN. He has also participated in several TIM BARBER ‘TINY VICES’ traveling shows.
One his earlier pieces, on which he was Director of Photography – is the acclaimed, and nationally screened. skateboarding film:
‘STOKED: THE RISE and FALL of GATOR’, it’s pretty amazing, you gotta check it out !!
watch: ‘STOKED’/YouTUBE !!
. . back to the NOAM RAPPAPORT show – a silent, lyrical, and totally abstract statement !!
out on the street, doing the artworld prowl, ARTFORUM writer/photographer:
LINDA YABLONSKI. check out her column here: YABLONSKI/ARTFORUM !!
GRAHAM WATLING of MIAMI ICE MACHINE and HEATHER HUBBS.
Heather Hubbs is the long time Director of the NADA (MIAMI) ART FAIR.
. . GRAHAM – who made that great T-SHIRT ? vintage DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY – 2001 (‘QUIET, GUNS & QUILTS’ with JOSH HARRIS, ALFREDO MARTINEZ & NANCY SMITH)
at the after party at the FRYING PAN slip, CHELSEA PIERS: from left,
PETER HALASZ, BILL BRADY and his wife, YOUNGMEE.
also at the NOAM RAPPAPORT after party, a DOMINO photo editor, JONI NOE.
BELLA FOSTER and JONI NOE.
Bella Foster was in a show this past January 2008 – at SOUTHFIRST, see: SOUTHFIRST/’STILL LIFE’
a view of the FRYING PAN – DOCK !!
BIL BRADY chats with ANNE EASTMAN
the Jersey lights across the Hudson.
the FRYING PAN dock, CHELSEA
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
ATM GALLERY
~NOAM RAPPAPORT/atm |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2008, 11:48am
yep, it has finally been confirmed – it’s a done deal – after keeping insiders on the edge of their seats – for the last 6 months !! the ink has finally been laid to paper.
ATM GALLERY will be moving to the former OLIVER KAMM Gallery space on 27th St, and FOXY PRODUCTION will be moving to the former CLEMENTINE Gallery space, also on 27th St – just west of 10th AVE in CHELSEA. With the move, both galleries each easily doubling – their current exhibition space.
this game of musical chairs – now leaves the soon-to-be former FOXY space up for grabs. ATM’s old space – will be re-absorbed by its original/primary leasee, WALLSPACE.
Both spaces will hold inaugural openings on FRIDAY, OCT 17th. FOXY PRODUCTION will present new work by JIMMY BAKER. ATM GALLERY will be presenting a selection of major new works by gallery artists – including a much anticipated large piece by HUMA BHABHA.
on the right, BILL BRADY of ATM GALLERY with NOAM RAPPAPORT, at the recent opening of ‘NOAM RAPPAPORT’ – his debut one man show at ATM GALLERY, SEPT 5, 2008.
The show runs SEPT 5 – OCTOBER 11, 2008.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
(more pix from the opening to post shortly !!)
INSTALLATION SHOT/NOAM RAPPAPORT/ATM GALLERY/PHOTO/COURTESY: ATM GALLERY
see more: installation shots, here !!
JOHN THOMPSON and MICHAEL GILLESPIE, of FOXY PRODUCTION. at the FOXY PRODUCTION opening: ‘OLGA CHERNYSHEVA – NEW WORK’, which also took place on FRIDAY, SEPT 5, 2008. the show runs thru OCT 10th, 2008.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
MOSCOW-BASED, MS. CHERNYSHEVA was not able to be present at the opening – but, she will be present – when a selection of her videos are featured – as part of the ‘MODERN MONDAYS’ FILM SCREENINGS at MOMA. on MONDAY, OCT 20, 2008, at 7PM !!
for more info, see: MOMA/CHERNYSHEVA SCREENING
IMAGE/STILL from OLGA CHERNYSHEVA CLIP/COURTESY: MOMA
INSTALLATION SHOT/’OLGA CHERNYSHEVA-NEW WORK’/FOXY PRODUCTION/ PHOTO COURTESY: FOXY PRODUCTION
to learn more about the artist, see: OLGA CHERNYSHEVA !!
atm GALLERY
FOXY PRODUCTION
~ATM & FOXY / MOVING UP !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 11th, 2008, 10:59am
NATE LOWMAN at the RYAN McGINLEY opening – ‘I KNOW WHERE THE SUMMER GOES’,
TEAM GALLERY, SOHO, NYC. APRIL 3, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
this photo recently posted on artlovers – twice:
see: THE BOMB/APRIL 11, 2008
see: ART LOVERS PHOTOS/1 McGINLEY, 2 REEDERS & AN EGG FUGUE !!/2008-05-09
FIE on ‘THE WOW REPORT’ – EDITED BY STEPHEN SABAN !!
they used my photo – in their most recent post – SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
without permission, without photo credit & although they give the artlovers URL address in the browser – it is NOT a direct hot link – its bogus – it is not a hotlink at all.
see: WOW REPORT & hit on the NATE LOWMAN link !!
it comes up as this:
see: NATE LOWMAN link/WOW REPORT
P-R-E-T-T-Y !! D-A-M-N !! S-L-I-C-K !! – that’s New York street slang for: RIP-OFF !!
the text itself references THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER – oh, that’s just great – “MARY-KATE OLSEN is cheating on her boyfriend, NATE LOWMAN …”
never mind the DOCS – call in the LAWYERS !!
~NATE LOWMAN gets hit !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2008, 8:56pm
. . . ANOTHER – NYC WATERBRAT – SETS SAIL. MARIE LORENZ IS OFF TO ROME !!
. . . the 2008-2009 JOSEPH H. HAZEN ROME PRIZE went to:
MARIE LORENZ – ARTIST – BROOKLYN, NY
for her TIBER RIVER NAVIGATION PROPOSAL:
text courtesy: AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME/2008-2009 WINNERS
more about: THE ROME PRIZE & THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME
MARIE LORENZ, at the TYSON REEDER OPENING, DANIEL REICH GALLERY, NYC
JUNE 3, 2006 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
. . . “what would be an island be … without its water muse ?”
see: the original post/2006-07-29
includes photos of: ZACH CONDON of BEIRUT, PORTS BISHOP, JIM DRAIN & JUSTIN LOWE !!
MARIE LORENZ, in a DEARRAINDROP DRESS, at the opening of the DEARRAINDROP – aptly titled – ‘Members of the Island’ – show at DIESEL DENIM GALLERY in SOHO, NYC
JUNE 15, 2006 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: the original post/2005-09-26
besides great DEARRAINDROP pix – includes another Taylor and Misaki, back in the day, and a photo of RICHARD JOHNSON, of PAGE SIX FAME – with his son, DAMON.
MARIE LORENZ exhibits her handmade (from a kit), kayak & ‘steamroller’ prints.
‘Local transit’, ARTISTS SPACE, SOHO, NYC, MAY 16, 2006 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: more of her exhibit !!
MARIE LORENZ in her studio, GREEN POINT, BROOKLYN
NOV 22, 2005 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
artlovers posted a small, impromptu STUDIO VISIT with MARIE LORENZ back in NOVEMBER 2005 – on the tailcoats of a STUDIO VISIT with MICHAEL WILLIAMS.
At the time – they were both living (independently), and working in this multi-artist communal space, run by MELISSA BROWN.
see: STUDIO VISIT/MARIE LORENZ
PHOTO BY MARIE LORENZ/COURTESY: tideandcurrenttaxi.org
AT the bottom of the STUDIO VISIT – was link to her very fine – photobased – website.
She takes the photos. well woth a visit – just or the photos, not to mention the special water based projects !!
see: MARIE LORENZ/tide and current taxi !!
of course – those who were able to catch her and her crew, back in the day, on AVE B – at that notorious atm Gallery summer show – ‘ROWDY RE-MIX’ !! where the crew – did makeovers – have wonderful memories !!
.. “a re-mixed MARIE LORENZ” – at the wild wild and rowdy – ‘ROWDY RE-MIX’ show at atm Gallery,
back in the day when it was on AVE B – MAY 29, 2004
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
first published in: artnet, as part of ART LOVERS NEW YORK, in the PEOPLE SECTION/’Out in the Big Apple’ –
SPRING 2004′
. . . . now there’s – ‘video gold’ !! – a young TYSON REEDER, a young MICHAEL WILLIAMS, a young, goddess-like MELISSA BROWN, a young TONY MATELLI and, .. a young JUSTIN SAMSON !!
~MARIE LORENZ/ROME PRIZE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2008, 1:42pm
SWOON – opens a big, as in elaborate installation – with many big cut-out, and 3-D elements – at DEITCH PROJECTS on GRAND ST, SOHO, NYC. JULY 7, 2005.
JAPANTHER played outside, in the street – from the back of a truck !!
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
to see the original archival coverage: hit here/2005-10-10 !!
you’ll have to scroll down almost to the bottom of that report – but it’s an interesting journey: back – to the SUMMER of 2005 – featuring KAYROCK and WOLFY – their last big NYC installation !! KATHY GRAYSON, fresh off her ‘LIVE THROUGH THIS: NEW YORK 2005’ book release – and including pix of early STERLING RUBY & AGATHE SNOW work, … and, a photo of TAYLOR McKIMENS & MISAKI KWAI, back in the day !!
back to the present !!
SWOON – PASTE ART – JULY 2008 – CHELSEA, NYC
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
you can see more photos of SWOON’S gallery installations, here on the:
DEITCH PROJECTS website !!
it’s interesting to note that the most recent rows of photos are by: TOD SEELIE
artlovers caught the tip of the ‘ROLLING ON THE RIVER’ – MISS ROCKAWAY ARMADA BENEFIT / EXHIBIT at AD HOC ART – MARCH 28-APRIL, 2006
see: ‘ROLLING ON THE RIVER’
we were kind of speechless – all we could say was:
CHECK OUT THIS SITE !! – THE MISS ROCKAWAY ARMADA/website !!
that should enthrall you, for a couple of hours !!
it’s got early pix, going right back to the beginnings, and, coming right up to present – JUNE 19, 2008 – as of this posting.
” . . . the basic design of our raft is inspired by the FLOATING NEUTRINOS.”
MAY 2006 PHOTO – COURTESY: MISS ROCKAWAY ARMADA
check out: FLOATING NEUTRINOS !! – “FIRST SCRAP RAFT TO CROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC” !!
AND, DO NOT !! MISS THE LINK TO THE MISS ROCKAWAY FLIKER SLIDESHOW
WITH PHOTOS BY TOD SEELIE !! – FLICKR SLIDE SHOW !!
PHOTO FROM THE SITE’S MOST RECENT POSTING
JUNE 19, 2008 PHOTO – COURTESY: MISS ROCKAWAY ARMADA
‘SWOON: SWIMMING CITIES OF SWITCHBACK SEA’
SEPT 7 – OCT 18, 2008
DEITCH STUDIOS, LONG ISLAND CITY – 4-40 44TH DRIVE / see: MAP !!
OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY SEPT 7, 2008 / 6-9 PM
. . . on the early evening of SUNDAY SEPT 7, 2008 – seven handmade boats will dock in front of DEITCH STUDIOS in LONG ISLAND CITY.
for more info, see: DEITCH/SWOON: SWIMMING CITIES OF SWTCHBACK SEA
RIVER PERFORMANCES ARE SCHEDULED FOR: 9/11/08, 9/12/08 & 9/13/08
YOU CAN ALSO GET MORE INFO ON: THE SWIMMING CITIES OF SWITCHBACK SEA/WEBSITE !!
~SWOON/TRIBUTE/SWITCHBACK SEA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2008, 10:37am
‘THE POOL’ – WINNER – SPECIAL DRAMATIC JURY PRIZE – SUNDANCE 2007
from the DIRECTOR of AMERICAN MOVIE & THE YES MEN – CHRIS SMITH
Bluemark Presents: ‘THE POOL’ – 2 WEEKS ONLY – SEPT 3-16 , 2008 – FILM FORUM
see: FILM FORUM/THE POOL !!
also opening nationally !! in 30+ theaters – so, check your local listings !!
see: HIT – SCREENINGS !!
. . . the film has an excellent website, check it out: ‘THE POOL’/OFFICIAL WEBSITE !!
where you can check out, all the rave reviews – and, they are all – right on !!
and, where you can also view the trailer & hear some of the film’s lovely music: ‘THE POOL’/THE TRAILER !!
‘THE POOL’ had its NYC launch screening at the FILM FORUM, this past WED SEPT 3, 2008
The after party was at STEAK FRITES.
on the way in, we meet B.J. of the Brooklyn band – Parts & Labor
you can check out Parts & Labor on: myspace !!
JOHN RIEPENHOFF greets guests. John was a Production Assistant on ‘The Pool’ – he did post production work. He said he started working on the project, right when they got back from India.
He is wearing a MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL (art fair) T Shirt.
the film’s poster was designed by SCOTT CLARIDGE & it also looks like he did the graphic art embellishments on the film’s official website, with simple, yet striking effects.
see: ‘THE POOL’/OFFICIAL WEBSITE
detail, ‘THE POOL’ – poster by SCOTT CLARIDGE.
The use of what looks to be cut-out paper elements – seamlessly integrated into the hi-resolution film still – is not only visually striking, yet downplayed just right – but also an excellent metaphor for the film itself – with combines a moving fictional narrative with the accuracy of a documentary.
a theater lobby photo of ‘THE POOL’ Director – CHRIS SMITH
Photo by ROBIN HOLLAND.
CHRIS SMITH in a candid moment – at the FILM FORUM, just before his newest feature, a fictional narrative – vividly shot on location in Goa, India – ‘THE POOL’ – screened.
at ‘THE POOL’ after party: CHRIS SMITH, the film’s director, co-writer & cinematographer !!; KATE NOBLE, the film’s producer; JOE WONG who co-wrote the film’s enchanting musical score; and graphic designer, SCOTT CLARIDGE who did the film’s poster and website design elements.
. . . . producer – KATE NOBLE.
BARRY POLTERMANN – the film’s editor.
RANDY RUSSELL – the film’s co-writer.
A short story of his, set in IOWA !! – was the original inspiration for Chris Smith’s cinematic tale, ‘The Pool’ – filmed and set in Goa, India.
JOE WONG. He said that a Bombay orchestra – an “old Bollywood orchestra” – made up of “mostly 70 and 80 year-old musicians” – performed the musical score, which he and DIDIER LEPLAE wrote for ‘THE POOL’ . A lot of the sound track has an authentic sound from the Goa region. It has a lot of Portuguese influence as well as regional Panjim elements.
on the right – DIDIER LEPLAE – co-author of the musical score – ‘THE POOL’.
and yep, that’s local artist – well known to many of the downtown crew here – JAMES FRANKLIN – on the left.
CHRIS THOMPSON – he went to India with ‘THE POOL’ crew – where he was assistant editor & production co-ordinator.
at left, CHRIS SMITH !! his camera work on the film – which he also directed and co-wrote – was intense and really infused the film with a vividness of place – and – yet let the story reveal itself – very lyrically.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
. . . some stills from the film – ‘THE POOL’ – directed by CHRIS SMITH & produced by KATE NOBLE.
NOTE: ALL IMAGES COURTESY: ‘THE POOL’/OFFICIAL WEBSITE
JHANGIR BHADSHAH, AYESHA MOHAN and VENKATESH CHAVAN – ‘THE POOL’.
(one of film’s crew at the after party told us – the youngest actor – JHANGIR BHADSHAH – really did use – the money he earned from the film – to go to school, when the production ended.)
meeting up in the park – 2 boys & a girl – from very different classes. ‘THE POOL’
VEKATESH CHAVAN, as the pool admirer, and NANA PATEKAR, as the pool’s owner – who never uses the pool.
(we were also told NANA PATEKAR is a major actor in his native India, a fact – of which we have no doubt – and that, the reason the film plays out with such authenticity is that many of the details, that the actors, in passing conversation – revealed to the filmmakers about their own true lives – was incorporated into the screenplay. . thus VEKATESH CHAVAN really was kidnapped by a stranger, and held captive for 3 days, before he managed to escape – and NANA PATEKAR – had a son who tragically drowned, when he was just 2 years old.
FILM FORUM
~CHRIS SMITH/’THE POOL’ opens to acclaim in NYC !!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 5th, 2008, 11:58am
MARK BORCHARDT & MIKE SCHANK/IMAGE COURTESY: AMERICAN MOVIE
CAST of the COVEN/IMAGE COURTESY: AMERICAN MOVIE
SARAH PRICE & CHRIS SMITH/IMAGE COURTESY: AMERICAN MOVIE
JOHN RIEPENHOFF, of the MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR CREW – aka – the people who brought you the DARK FAIR !! – wrote to tell us he is in town with one of his friends, and a fellow Milwaukean – who turns out to be filmmaker CHRIS SMITH – who happens to be having a ‘mid career survey/retrospective’ at MoMA this weekend, and the release of his newest film, ‘The Pool’ at the Film Forum next week…
JAN ALBERT – our artlovers’ movie maven – reports:
“Go SEE MoMA’S weekend retrospective of Chris Smith’s collected works:
‘CHRIS SMITH – An American Original’.
I’ve seen SMITH’S ‘AMERICAN MOVIE’ and ‘HOME MOVIE’. They are both quirky fun and compulsively watchable. The first, ‘AMERICAN MOVIE’, (which won the GRAND JURY PRIZE for DOCUMENTARY 1999 SUNDANCE), follows a young filmmaker as he maxes out his credit cards and convinces family members and friends to put their money behind his dream of directing ‘COVEN’, a horror film that will make them all a fortune.
In ‘HOME MOVIE’, five Americans allow Smith into their unusual private worlds. These dreamers have channelled all of their creativity into their living spaces – a tree house in Hawaii, a house boat on the Mississippi, an underground missile silo converted into a family abode, and a home amusement park for a couple’s dozens of cats! They are all highly eccentric, passionate and, represent the best of America, in my humble opinion – kind of a bizarro-world Martha Stewart Living Segment !
I haven’t seen ‘THE YES MEN’, but it sounds priceless, and ‘AMERICAN JOB’ also sounds promising (see MoMA description).
On Monday, Sept 1, MoMA is premiering Smith’s latest feature, ‘THE POOL’ , 2 days before it starts its run at the Film Forum. It’s also about a small man with big dreams, but this time the dreamer is a young guy in Goa, India. It is a deceptively simple but deeply stirring story with a charming twist just when you thought it was over.
I can’t think of a better way to spend Labor Day.”
more info, see: CHRIS SMITH – An American Original/MoMA !!
~CHRIS SMITH/in NYC !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 30th, 2008, 12:13pm
‘ARTIFICIAL WORLD’ curated by NATALIE PURKEY & HALEY O’CONNOR
opens to-nite – SAT AUG 23 – 7-10 pm – with a performance by BEN FINO-RADIN
the show runs: AUG 23 – SEPT 6, 2008
MOUNTAIN FOLD – 55 FIFTH AVENUE – 18th FLOOR – NYC
gallery hours: TUES thru SATURDAY 1-7pm/or by appointment
the show features work by: MASARU AIKAWA, MAT BRINKMAN, JOSEPH BUZZELL, BEN FINO-RADIN, AKI GOTO & TETSUNORI TAWARAYA – 7 Japanese and American artists “whose work touches on ideas of made-up, artificial, or simulated worlds. Thru pure ecstatic imagination, distortion, duplication, or simulation, they each evoke a sometimes lucid, sometimes monstrous sub-reality. All diverge at a point between humor and sober reflection. The work ranges from installation, drawing, painting, sculpture and performance.” (press release)
more info, see: mountain fold
MAT BRINKMAN – SILKSCREEN
MAT BRINKMAN – SILKSCREEN
JOSEPH BUZZELL
JOSEPH BUZZELL
AKI GOTO
MOUNTAIN FOLD
~ARTIFICIAL WORLD at MOUNTAINFOLD/opening to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 23rd, 2008, 2:10pm
THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM presents: FREE MUSIC FRIDAYS !!
and that means: tomorrow !! FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 2008 from 5:30-8 PM !!
its a great deal – you get to explore all 5 floors of the museum for FREE, grab a drink in the cafe and enjoy live music in the museum’s ‘stunning’ atrium. this is especially notable – as the current
featured exhibit is – ‘DARGERism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger’ !!
in fact, New York City’s AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM is “home to the single largest repository of works by HENRY DARGER” – probably one of the best & certainly, the most notorious outsider artist of the past century, Henry Darger (1892-1973). sure to be some very fascinating works by him.
get more info on the exhibit: ‘DARGERism’ !!
above, ‘AT SUNBEAM CREEK. ARE WITH LITTLE GIRL REFUGEES AGAIN IN PERIL FROM FOREST FIRES. BUT ESCAPE THIS ALSO, BUT HALF NAKED AND IN BURNED RAGS ….. ‘
HENRY DARGER (1892-1973), CHICAGO, MID TWENTIETH CENTURY
Watercolor, pencil, carbon tracing, and collage on pieced paper. 19 x 70-1/2 in.
PHOTO BY JAMES PRINZ/COURTESY: AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
detail, above image
detail, above image
detail, above image
. . . one of the featured contemporary artists – in ‘DARGERism’ – is none other than our very FAVE !! photographer – JUSTINE KURLAND – !!
above, from ‘DARGERism: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND HENRY DARGER’
‘BATTLEFIELD’ – JUSTINE KURLAND, (b. 1969), NEW YORK
Color Photograph, 2001, 30 x 40 in.
IMAGE COURTESY/AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM/PHOTO COURTESY: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
. . . and in fact, something more – to really look FORWARD to, THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM is following up with what looks to be a really interesting – upcoming exhibition, also drawn from their extensive Henry Darger collection:
‘UP CLOSE: HENRY DARGER’ – will run OCT 7, 2008 – JUNE 2009.
according to the museum’s website – “The American Folk Art Museum will devote an intimate gallery on the fourth floor to rotating exhibitions focusing on a single theme. The first of these will showcase eight of the nearly three hundred watercolors Henry Darger created to illustrate his 15,000-page manuscript The Story of the Vivian Girls, in what is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, caused by the Child Slave Rebellion. VOLUME 6 of that epic will also be on display.”
. . . back to tomorrow, FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 2008 – the live folk music will be performed by:
DAPHNE DARLING at 5:30PM – she seems to hail from TORONTO – see: DAPHNE DARLING
and, ARLON BENNETT at 6:30 – a local talent – see: ARLON BENNETT
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM – 45 West 53rd St. (bet 5th & 6th Avenues) – NYC
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
~HENRY DARGER/FREE MUSIC FRIDAY/The American Folk Art Museum |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 21st, 2008, 12:58pm
