atm’s BILL BRADY with photographer DAVID ADAMS, originally from Australia, now living in Rotterdam. in the ERIC SALL exhibition currently up at atm Gallery thru Saturday, May 10, 2008 (ERIC SALL, ‘Thick Freakness’, in the background)
check out: DAVID ADAMS/website
the photos are quite beautiful. very documentary style.
FRANK JULIUS TAAL, curator of contemporary art projects, at DE AANSCHOUW and DE KUNSTSUPER, both in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. also drops by the ERIC SALL exhibit at atm Gallery. (beside him, ERIC SALL’S ‘Joy Rebellion’).
De Aanschouw is a kind of ‘vitrine’ or glass window display case/exhibition space.
(it seems to be kind of like: Mauritizio Cattelan’s old ‘Wrong Door’ Gallery – that used to be in a faux glass door display case next to the former 20th St./Chelsea location of the Andrew Kreps Gallery, before it moved to its current larger space, on 22nd St.)
De KunstSuper is a larger more conventional gallery.
check out: de Aanschouw/80b
also a pretty interesting website !! and ….
check out: De KunstSuper
which also looks to be a very cutting edge exhibition space.
FRANK JULIUS TAAL showed us some images via computer from a recent project at De Aanschouw – in which successive artists painted over the same surface. De Aanschouw is located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, (incl. last 3 of computer/photo images)
atm Gallery, Chelsea, NYC,
Saturday, APRIL 26, 2008
Frank Julius Tall also showed us some postcards from previous de Aanschhouw exhibits !! here are 2.
PHOTOGRAPHY: BAS WEIJKAMP
PHOTOGRAPHY: BAS WEIJKAMP
and here is a sample image from the DAVID ADAMS ‘fotografie’ website:
PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID ADAMS
atm Gallery
~Rotterdam visitors at atm |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 6th, 2008, 9:45am
card for the show/ERIC SALL, ‘Joy Rebellion’, 2008, oil on canvas, 65 x 51 ins.
ERIC SALL – ‘SOLID LIQUID – up thru this SAT MAY 10, 2008
APRIL 4 – MAY 10, 2008
atm Gallery – 621 W 27TH ST – CHELSEA
ERIC SALL with ‘Thick Freakness’, oil on canvas, behind him.
Eric Sall has a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He was awarded the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation grant in 2004. He has work in the SAATCHI COLLECTION and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Eric’s wife, multi-media artist, RACHEL HAYES. She is from Virginia, Eric hails from Kansas City, guess they met while he was in graduate school in Virginia. They moved to Brooklyn, last June 2007.
ERIC SALL, ‘Chemical Reaction’, 36 x 40 ins.
ERIC SALL, ‘Chemical Reaction’, 2008, oil on canvas, 36 x 40 ins.
ERIC SALL, ‘Icy Hot’, 2008, oil on canvas, 30 x 22 ins.
ERIC SALL, ‘Icy Hot’, above the gallery desk, to the right, atm assistant director, SARAH MATTES.
ERIC SALL, ‘Joy Rebellion’, 2008, oil on canvas, 65 x 51 ins.
ERIC SALL, ‘Gutted’, 2008, oil on canvas, 65 x 51 ins.
detail, ERIC SALL, ‘Gutted’, 2008
ERIC SALL, ‘Never Enough’, 2008, oil on canvas, 65 x 51 ins.
detail, ERIC SALL, ‘Never Enough’, 2008
detail, ERIC SALL, ‘Never Enough’, 2008
detail, ERIC SALL, ‘Never Enough’, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
atm Gallery
~ERIC SALL/atm/last week !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 6th, 2008, 7:59am
all images from the YouTube clip: Cindy Sherman Filmed in 1986/State of the Art/ILLUMINATIONS TV/CO/UK
see: the clip on YouTube !!
~CINDY SHERMAN/1986 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 5th, 2008, 10:53am
PAUL H-O & CINDY SHERMAN in ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’/PHOTO COURTESY/’Guest of Cindy Sherman’
PAUL H-O . . . and
. . TOM DONAHUE, co-directors of ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’
at the afterparty, THE CUTTING ROOM, NYC, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL,
APRIL 27, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
IMAGE COURTESY/’Guest of Cindy Sherman’
‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ had its premiere in the last week’s TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL – APRIL 2008
JAN ALBERT – loved the movie !! – read: her review
check out: ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’/official website
(don’t miss the YouTube links !!)
ORIGINAL ARTLOVERS HOME PAGE/POSTED/APRIL 24, 2008:
** YO!! listen up !! **
there’s a great little art world film – premiering in the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL THIS WEEK !!!
FUNNY, SWIFT, COMPELLING, WITH SWEET HIGHS & LOWS
this is a REAL insider’s look behind the photos !!
and the art world careers.
PAUL H-O who churned out GalleryBeat on Public Access TV – in the early 90s – with WALTER ROBINSON !! – (that’s what you did when you wanted to rock the artworld before there was the web) – & – TOM DONAHUE of ‘WASHINGTON HEIGHTS’ acclaim – have put together a really intimate & witty reflective documentary – that you don’t often get to see – I wonder, why! …. that it includes footage of some of our favorite people in the art world, and what a diff 5 years can make – is the icing on the cake. this IS the one to go see….
just saw it, last nite .. and I’m still fascinated by it . .
* it’s got black & white surfer titles just like that only other really great art movie – ‘BASQIUAT’ – in fact, it even has vintage Julian Schnabel footage – (classic Julian throwing a fit) – and, even, CHARLIE FINCH gets a star turn – with a cameo appearance !! *
* but unlike ‘BASQUIAT’ – it’s got the REAL characters – playing themselves – what could be better !! !! *
* ‘GUEST OF CINDY SHERMAN’ – a FILMLIKE PRODUCTION – !! – has its premiere this SUNDAY, APRIL 27th at 9PM !! *
UP-DATE: MON MAY 12, 2008
happier days – PAUL H-O (HASEWAGA-OVERACKER) and CINDY SHERMAN, at the FALL 2004 opening of CINDY SHERMAN’S ‘CLOWN’ photographs, METRO PICTURES, MAY 7, 2004
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: the original post
~Guest of Cindy Sherman |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 5th, 2008, 9:55am
. . . all I could get out of them – was: they’re bringing instruments !!!
SCOTT REEDER & TYSON REEDER – EGG FUGUE – To-NITE – FRI MAY 2, 2008
FROM 7:45 – TO COINCIDE WITH SUNSET
DANIEL REICH GALLERY – 537 W 23Rd STREET – CHELSEA
and, YO !! YO !! – their show of mostly small, magical, yin/yang bro. paintings – is still up !! check it out !!
(finally – a little competition for JOE BRADLEY’S BIG-BEIGE !!)
SCOTT REEDER – ‘Bread and Butter (Night)’
TYSON REEDER – ‘Woman with Vase’
TYSON REEDER -‘Woman with Keyboard’
SCOTT REEDER – ‘Rectangles Relaxing’
the large painting on the left, SCOTT REEDER – ‘Paper at Night’, and on the floor, at left, SCOTT REEDER – ‘Untitled’ – ceramic sculpture
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
DANIEL REICH
~SCOTT REEDER & TYSON REEDER/EGG FUGUE/TO-NITE !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 2nd, 2008, 2:56pm
KEN KAGAMI / SNOOPEE / ZINE RELEASE – To-NITE – FRI MAY 2 – 6-9 PM
show runs: MAY 2 – MAY 9, 2008
the journal Gallery – 168 NORTH 1ST STREET – BROOKLYN
gallery hours: MON-SUN 12PM – 6PM
This exhibit is presented in co-ordination with the release of Ken Kagami’s SnooPee – a zine published by PictureBox.
you gotta check out this guy’s website – it’s pretty wild !!
the journal
PictureBox
~KEN KAGAMI/PICTUREBOX/zine launch/to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 2nd, 2008, 2:40pm
KADAR BROCK – ‘HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH’ – opens to-nite !! THURS – MAY 1 – 6-8
the show runs: MAY 1 – MAY 31, 2008
BUIA GALLERY – 541 W. 23RD ST – CHELSEA
. . a great ‘Doc’ card – but definite not, NOT a ‘Doc’ show – unless you go for a really wild stretch – as in ‘Doc’ portrait of the artist – from the inside – out ?
its good old painting.
UP-DATE: TUES MAY 13, 2008 – PIX FROM THE OPENING
KADAR BROCK in front of … ‘Uptown Boogaloo’, 2008, 72 x 60 ins.
KENNY SCHARF drops by, Kadar Brock at right.
. . . KENNY told us the colorful ceramic tabletop sculptures, exhibited & produced by CerealArt at the recent ARMORY ART FAIR – are – BONGS !!! maybe, they are worth the money, after all !!
see: ARMORY MARCH 2008/scroll down towards bottom
KENNY SCHARF sports some custom designed bling !! his work seems to be having a renaissance – lucky KENNY !!!
KADAR BROCK, ‘Uptown Boogaloo’, 2008, 72 x 60 ins., acrylic, oil, flashe, and spraypaint
KADAR BROCK, ‘November Rain’, 2008, 72 x 60 ins.
KADAR BROCK, ‘Thunderbird’, 2008, 72 x 60 ins.
SHERRY WONG and pal, RAYLENE GORUM catch up, in front of KADAR BROCK’S ‘Thunderbird’.
SIMON CERIGO – artlovers’ esteemed music critic & art-critic-at-large, not to mention non-stop partier, was an early BUIA GALLERY supporter.
TIMOTHY HULL
from left: TIMOTHY HULL, CHRISTIAN DIETKUS, and PAUL SEPUYA make the scene.
VANESSA BUIA, takes a break on 23RD ST. – where her storefront gallery is located, on one of Chelsea’s main thoroughfares. some of her most recent shows, including a beautiful TOM FRUIN exhibit and a stunning show, seriously, of large ‘face’ paintings, titled ‘EVERLASTING’ by MATT JONES – have brought her – some new consideration.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
BUIA GALLERY
~KADAR BROCK/BUIA/to-nite!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 1st, 2008, 2:35pm
the journal, ISSUE entry 22, SPRING 2008
the journal/SPRING 2008/featuring JONATHAN MEESE, TERENCE KOH and JACK PIERSON/
Magazine Launch – THURS – MAY 1, 2008 – 5-7 PM
PRINTED MATTER – 195 TENTH AVE – CHELSEA
“Printed Matter – is pleased to announce a launch for the spring edition of the journal, featuring an assembling of artists that includes Jonathan Meese, Terence Koh, Lisa Oppenheim, and Destroyer.
The issue also includes a 32-page supplement of drawings by Jack Pierson, who will be present to sign copies. ($15)
This issue of the journal (Entry 22) features an interview with German enfant terrible Jonathan Meese as well as reproductions of 28 new paintings, collages , and drawings by the artist. The issue also showcases photo portraits (!!) by Terence Koh of his family, as well as an interview with Koh, and a discussion with New York artist Lisa Oppenheim. Other contributors include Thomas Awalt Rouse, Mick Barr, Mark Borthwick, Kria Brekkan, MELISSA BROWN, DESTROYER, Josh Dibb, RY FYAN, Evan Gruzis, Tim Koh, Andrew Kuo, Rivane Neuenschwander, Deanna Templeton and MICHAEL WILLIAMS. . .
the journal was founded in 1999 by MICHAEL NEVIN – and – has been a repository for DIY creative culture (both as a zine and as a gallery space since 2004 . . .”
~ press release
UP-DATE: TUES MAY 13, 2008 – PIX FROM THE LAUNCH
the journal was held up in US customs. it’s printed in Hong Kong. when have we heard that story before. so JACK signed copies of his book ….. ‘DESIRE/DESPAIR’
JACK PIERSON, ‘DESIRE/DESPAIR’
JACK PIERSON, ‘DESIRE/DESPAIR’
JACK PIERSON, ‘DESIRE/DESPAIR’
JACK PIERSON signing copies of his book.
there was one display copy of the new SPRING/SUMMER 2008 – the journal Magazine.
not sure who did the cover art – it’s pretty cool.
a 2 page ad for VIVIENNE WESTWOOD-in the journal Spring/Summer 2008
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD in the journal
there was an article on: EVAN GRUZIS.
Interview by ANNABEL MEHRAN/Portrait by CARTER FOSTER.
EVAN GRUZIS was at the Magazine launch, that’s him on the left, with MICHAEL NEVIN of the journal.
there also looked to be a really interesting article on MICHAEL WILLIAMS and MELISSA BROWN – specifically centered on the ‘Picture Booth’ performance they did last DEC 2007 – at the journal gallery space, in Brooklyn.
detail/Photo of MICHAEL WILLIAMS and MELISSA BROWN, in the journal Spring/Summer 2008
JACK PIERSON, PRINTED MATTER, MAY 1, 2008
MICHAEL NEVIN, PRINTED MATTER, MAY 1, 2008
‘PANRAY’ – a book on a shelf catches our eye – PURIM meets AFGHANISTAN ?
ALINA SELEZNEVA, an intern at PRINTER MATTER, is serving the wine.
She is in the HUNTER COLLEGE, NYC, BFA Program
at the door, we notice stacks of custom made skateboard decks by ARI MARCOPOULOS.
he is the documentary filmmaker/photographer from the ‘BEING TRUE/NIKE’ exhibit (at the journal) who made – ‘CRAIG KELLEY’ (2008) – a short ‘work-in-progress’ tribute to the world champion snowboarder who was killed in an avalanche in 2003.
see: ‘BEING TRUE’/4 SCREENINGS
the reverse of the deck – ARI MARCOPOULOS, ‘Cairo, Sonoma’ 2006,
New York, NY: Printed Matter, Inc., 2007
Signed Edition 100 / $150.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
the journal
PRINTED MATTER
~JACK PIERSON/the journal/PRINTED MATTER/to-nite!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 1st, 2008, 2:19pm
‘Doc’ PAUL H-O
and, ‘Doc’ TOM DONAHUE (co-directors) ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ at the afterparty,
THE CUTTING ROOM, NYC, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, APRIL 27, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
. . . BRING ON THE ‘DOCS’ !!!
as in . . doc-u-mentary !!
. . . from full-length (low budget) Indies like: ELEPHANT EYE’S ‘PLANET B-BOY’, and now, FILMLIKE’S ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ – to – big time – TV ‘Docs’ like SUNDANCE CHANNEL’S ‘NIMROD NATION’, and that other great TV sleeper – PBS.ORG’S – ‘CARRIER’/chronicling life on the nuke-powered warrior ship USS NIMITZ !! – to –
. . . in-your-face, (no-budget) mini-Indies !!! – such as those 4 short clips – screened at the journal Gallery last Sat – as part of their recent ‘Being True’/NIKE (‘hipster/slacker/skater’) American documentary photo/exhibit curated by EMMA REEVES and AARON ROSE, (who also curated the screening) and, better believe it – !! – no mini-Indie presentation, anytime !! soon – is gonna beat that screening – for sheer juice & stun gun impact – this – one time only – swift stab in the night showing – in terms of: line-up, talent, and on-the-edge presentation – totally flew over (and under) the radar – dead straight/ahead of the curve.
what can I say – beyond the obvious – it blew me away – just like ‘PLANET B-BOY’ and ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’.
. . . the key, is – not just that these are ‘Docs’ – it’s that these are brilliant ‘Docs’ – and, they just seem to be coming at us fast & furious – from what looks to be all sides – they are, simply put, some of the best stuff being put forward in NYC, right now. kinda, like that big wave of comic-inspired art – that hit NYC a couple of seasons back, which despite a current, & brutal, turf shake-down – still pulses strong.
. . . look at this, its like a boxer getting beat up – to warm up & go on to win – first ‘PLANET B-BOY’ touches down in NYC, a few weeks ago, and, unknown to us – that was just the beginning, the ‘Doc’ momentum just kept on rollin’ – with exceptional ‘Docs’ & ‘Doc’ style shows – hitting the deck running, every time – ahead of the curve, right on the mark, totally down and totally entertaining – and completely without warning – within the space of less than a week, you got Paul H-O & Tom Donahue’s ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ opening at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL & then, 3 days later – the 4 ‘Being True’/NIKE clips at the journal Gallery.
(profiled in post below)
look out !! – The ‘Docs’ are coming back, not just to re-claim their fair share of the ‘art’ product turf – but, hopefully, to muscle in on some of that art ‘product’ cash flow – CINDY SHERMAN, NAN GOLDIN – move over !!
How many ‘Doc’ pix – did you see in ELI BROAD’S collection – ? EXACTLY. that’s what I mean – none !! – his collection was so behind the curve, as to be absolutely embarrassing. well, that’s the great thing about art – art moves on !! and you gotta follow the flow – and the flow is: the ‘Docs’ vs. the ‘Posers’ !! and in APRIL 2008 – the ‘Docs’ are winning.
(who said ‘posed’/staged/theatrical photos outrank or beat the archival photo, as ‘art’ product – anyways ? I’d like to punch ’em out – well. ok. back in the 80’s they were pretty hot.)
bye the way – ‘Poser’ in this case – refers to ‘posed’ or ‘staged’ photos, and, after-the-fact bio pix, and definitely what is, today – mostly, all deadbeat stale & staged – performance art.
unless you want to consider THE DARK FAIR – performance art – and I do !!
and . . . yo!, we don’t mean the ‘ULTIMATE POSERS’ – that’s a whole other POSER category – those guys are very much in the ‘Doc’ game. the NATE LOWMAN/DAN COLEN, ‘WET PAIN’ show at MACCARONE – was very much a NYC ‘Doc’/style show !!
we include RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, URS FISHER, maybe PAUL McCARTHY & definite, yes – the obvious hit of the month – RYAN McGINLEY – all as ‘Doc’ worthy !!
and, no – we don’t mean all we ever want to see is ‘Docs’ – we’ll ride that crazy DARK FAIR/MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL train – any old day. It’s just a matter – of stopping – to state the obvious – ‘Doc’ is the flavor flav of SPRING 2008 – NYC.
a great graphic design is still a great graphic design – & – you still jump – when one comes your way. in fact – this year’s SENIOR CLASS – GRAPHIC DESIGN/ADVERTISING at SVA – really rocked the art student/young professional turf – they contributed a lot of buzz to artlovers to follow up on – esp the SAGMEISTER show – so much so – here’s a shout out to them – they graduate this MAY 2008 – congrats!
comic/illustration still rocks much of the art here. PICTUREBOX, TAYLOR McKIMENS, MATT LEINES, the CINDERS crew, BRIAN CHIPPENDALE, even BRIAN BELOTT – some of the new street artists – they are just gonna get bigger, and bigger.
but all-in-all, those guys made their big splash – upon arrival – their wave has hit and – now a new wave is coming in – ‘staged’ photo/tableaus/re-created narratives/stilted or academic performance pieces are out !! the ‘Docs’ – are back – and want back in – big time !!
in fact, if you look no further, than that old ‘lost-it’ scourge of an art magazine – the APRIL 2008 – ARTFORUM – its mostly all ‘Doc’ realism/or aiming for ‘Doc’ realism – almost all the way through – the endless parade of paid for/full color/full page gallery ads. (though as usual, the commentary is pretty much a waste of time) – whether actual photography – or painting/drawing – ‘Doc’ aesthetics rule – from the black and white TOMOO GOKITA display at TAKA ISHII GALLERY in TOKYO; to more technically – RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA’S ‘Foster You’re Dead’ poster at GALLERIA EMI FONTANA in MILAN; to MARK TANSEY at FAURSCHOU.COM, wherever that is – to EIJA-LIISA AHTILA at MARIAN GOODMAN in New York, to GREGORY CREWDSON at LUHRING AUGUSTINE in New York, WHITE CUBE in LONDON, and GAGOSIAN in Los Angeles; (ok, the CREWDSONS are staged – but yell ‘Doc’ – so we’re letting them in) – to the obvious – archival PETER HUJAR photos at MATTHEW MARKS, and – the not-so-obvious – also in New York, at L & M ARTS – the Chinese artist TIANBING LI – whose documentary painting style him sets him, in my mind’s eye – right on top of that huge Asian horde wanting to devour the artworld beast, so badly, though, let’s be honest – if that CHINA market isn’t the artworld equivalent of a con – what is ? well, what do I know ’bout making money ? that’s just my consensus on the actual contemporary art being shlepped to and from there. but, someone who’s been there – told me, even 2nd generation Chinese Americans who make it (very very big) in international finance/law, whatever – as well as most other native (super wealthy) Asians, like filling their huge homes up with Chinese or South Asian artifacts, whether it be antiques or contemporary art. . put it this way – they ain’t big on collecting AMERICAN FOLK ART, be it SHAKER ART or AMERICAN VINTAGE QUILTS !! if they can be talked into buying CHUCK CLOSE – remains to be seen !!
but, . . . back to the case at hand – the ‘Docs’.
Julian Schnabel’s ‘BASQIUAT’, and even, ‘BEFORE NIGHT FALLS’ – were great – but !! both were actually formatted as: documentaries – by someone who could pull it off !! – the #1 question that young artists hitting this town ask – is – “was ‘BASQUIAT’ a true rendition” – and yes, it was, & it still is one of the greatest art movies ever made – but, the big diff from then to now – is – that ‘PLANET B-BOY’ and ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman” – are true ‘Docs’ !! – the real people – the real talent – in their real story, in their real time – pretty much caught – as they were living it, making their art moment – LIVE !! . Art and it seems, movie making has caught up to real time. ONDI TOMONER and VASCO NUNES caught the vibe, early on – as anyone who saw early footage of the JOSH HARRIS/QUIET PARTY or the commercially released ‘DIG!’ already knows.
just to add some perspective – can you just picture a bunch of pro theatrical Broadway dancers re-creating ‘PLANET B-BOY’ ? that’s such a ridiculous concept, such an ugly scenario – it just cracks me up – and, who else could play Paul H-O & CINDY SHERMAN – better than, they do !!
Paul H-O, video camera in hand – made to feel like a second cousin, if that – to Cindy’s capital A ART photography.
it’s interesting to stop and consider – that – ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ – is really about 2 – two !! – polarities – it’s not just about the polarity of male and female – it’s also about the polarity of artist/photographer (Cindy) vs. ‘Doc’/photographer (Paul H-O). Not only does it give us exceptional bird’s eye views of how each side ‘creates’ – but it also – very much shows us which side is/was favored by the artworld at that time – it was a very unbalanced and very unwarranted bias in favor of staged – ‘I am art’ product. What was wrong with the artworld – or really the big collectors, who determine and actually define – the market – at that time – (and now too, probably). Are they that unsubtle that they can only perceive art that is “plated” for them. how can any serious art maven – miss out on the significance, beauty and can-never-be reproduced ‘art’ of the Documentary photo ?
In fact, Cindy’s work began as a kind of send up of the ‘Doc.’ And, her camera is also focused solely on herself – but not in real time – not as a visual journal – but as ‘making a point ‘ – ‘creating a fantasy’ – a personal ability to be camo/girl in ‘mock-up’ land. Most of Cindy Sherman’s work (nix on those clown photos, ugh) is great art – no matter how you slice and dice it – but it’s not the only genre – why should it be the only photo on the a wall – in that huge grouping in ELI BROAD/LA AA land ? Paul H-O might yet, get the final word. or at least a respectful re-evaluation from a new hipper generation. His ‘Doc’ photo art – is just as intense, just maybe not as capital A ART as Cindy’s.. His photo art is more akin to a digital version of ‘wake and bake’ – you know – like, when you wake up and the first thing you do is get stoned, that’s called ‘wake & bake ‘ – except in this case, it was – wake & film. the video camera diary vs. the staged portrait – why can’t it be both that score the artworld gold. the newly appreciated ‘Doc’ rush looks to be real. though these ‘Docs’ – are definitely not !! stoner ‘Docs’ – in the least !! – nor, could you term them ‘reality’ shows – without getting kicked in the face. though obviously, YouTube – and digital camera culture – helped set the tone.
one last word: on ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ – actually one of the things so fascinating about the film – is – how well – it gets across Cindy’s game – there is no put down of her work – but the role of observer is so well done by the ‘Doc’ behind the camera of the film – that the Eli Broads of the world – just can’t make the leap.
(bye the way, heard that Cindy Sherman and Nan Goldin hate each other – oops – we weren’t supposed to say that – if this needs to come down – so be it !! can’t resist the low-down, for the moment.)
SO, . . who else is in the ‘Doc’ game ?
besides the filmmakers above, and of course the 22 young artist/photographers in ’22 YEARS OF AMERICAN YOUTH’ – ‘BEING TRUE’/NIKE – that surfaced recently at the journal Gallery.
#1 – all those great ROCK N’ ROLL chroniclers, of any decade !!!
AARON ROSE’S ANP QUARTERLY is great ‘Doc’ art magazine.
and, well, no brainer – how about last Fall’s LARRY CLARK show (SEPT 8-OCT 13, 2007) at LUHRING AUGUSTINE – it’s so obviously the grand daddy – so therefore, its so easy to overlook – but the show’s poster – the only poster from that season, still up on our wall – just keeps on rollin’ – looking better and better, as time passes. and you can include ‘KIDS’ here, too. HARMONY KORINE is all about ‘Doc’ style. AGNES B – seems to get it !!
if you wanna to walk the wild side – than, that’d be – my pal, PORTS BISHOP – and if you wanna get really wild – I’d throw artlovers right into the mix, too, cause if I’m not gonna – who is ?
. . . like the APRIL 29 BlackBook Insider!! says – “Breaking out is hard to do !!”
those guys, BlackBook – finally – sent out their first decent missive – they got one nano-second to throw something your way – !! – what else – 3 documentary portrait photos: COLIN MELOY leaving the DECEMBERISTS, in San Francisco; PETER MOREN, of Peter Bjorn and John, attempting a solo flight in Los Angeles; and ADAM YAUCH (MCA) of the Beastie Boys .. who is, quote: “Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot when he discusses his new documentary!! at the Apple Store in SoHo . . . so support these guys in their solo endeavors, because .. as they say, breaking out is hard to do.”
A SELECTION FROM THE AD PAGES OF ARTFORUM/APRIL 2008:
RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, ‘FOSTER, YOU’RE DEAD’, APRIL 3-31 MAY, 2008,
Galleria Emi Fontana, Milano
PETER HUJAR, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
‘Doc’ style painting – MARK TANSEY, ‘FIX’ , 2000, OIL ON CANVAS, 30 x 46 ins. Faurschou/Copenhagen/Beijing
‘Doc’ style drawing – TOMOO GOKITA, APRIL 1-26, 2008, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
‘Doc’ style painting – TIANBING LI, ‘ME AND MY BROTHER, MARCH 20-APRIL 26, 2008,
L & M ARTS, New York
~BRING ON THE ‘DOCS’ !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 30th, 2008, 11:44am
the journal Gallery – INVITES Y’ALL TO A SCREENING OF 4 FILMS BY ARTISTS FEATURED IN THEIR CURRENT EXHIBIT – ‘Being True’ – to-nite !! – SATURDAY – APRIL 26, 2008 – 8pm.
the journal Gallery – 168 North 1st STREET – BROOKLYN
’22 YEARS OF AMERICAN YOUTH’/’BEING TRUE’/A GROUP SHOW OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY 22 AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS/CURATED BY EMMA REEVES and AARON ROSE/SPONSORED BY NIKE
“In celebration of the spirit of ‘Being True’, curators EMMA REEVES and AARON ROSE offer us
another lens through which to experience those who dare to use self expression as a vehicle to provoke through their work. Selected from the exhibition’s 22 contributing artists, BRENT STEWART, ARI MARCOPOULOS, JEANEEN Lund, and TOBIN YELLAND present 4 unique films that commemorate the essence of ‘Being True’.” – press release
the films:
THE ALUMINUM FOWL (2006)
Directed by JAMES CLAUER with still photographs by ‘Being True’ contributor BRENT STEWART. Produced by HARMONY KORINE. A glimpse of four brothers’ daily obsessions with chickens, rap, music, and aliens. (13 mins.)
CRAIG KELLY (2008)
Directed by ARI MARCOPOULOS. A “work-in-progress” version of a feature length documentary based on the life of world-champion snowboarder CRAIG KELLY. An intimate look at the life of the great athlete and charismatic personality who was sadly killed in an avalanche in 2003.
(20 mins.)
VIVA MORRISSEY! (2006)
Directed by JESSICA HUNDLEY, with still photographs by ‘Being True’ contributor JEANEEN LUND. (10 mins.)
THORN AND TOAD (2003)
Directed by TOBIN YELLAND. “Thorn and Toad is two sides of a story about a fight. I basically filmed each story and cut them together. I’ve known Thorn for fifteen years and Toad for around ten.” – T. (4 mins.)
UP-DATE: MONDAY APRIL 28, 2008
it was an amazing screening – intense, hyper, brief, (brief as hell!!) – and stunning. absolutely stunning. it was like watching a snowflake implode !! – blink – and, too bad !! – you missed it – losers !!
SOME PIX FROM THE APRIL 26, 2008 SCREENING
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
THE ALUMINUM FOWL (20060
Directed by JAMES CLAUER with still photographs by ‘Being True contributor BRENT STEWART. Produced by harmony Korine. (13 mins.)
THE ALUMINUM FOWL – bored to death – with their dead end lives, even though still so young, and strong – 4 brothers down south – say of their culture – all we got to do down here, is kill things to watch them die. and one pulls off a chicken’s head. like he does it all the time – no big deal, and we watch its death twirl and final stop.
one brother was obsessed with twisting silver foil around everything and everyone. he seemed kind of dumb. the first bro profiled, above, who alternately loved and lived with the chickens, and then killed some, (ones that he didn’t live with !!) was our fave. he felt like a natural writer/storyteller. he was also the main narrator. one another bro – was totally awesome – not many words – very aggressive. he just got on his BMW and rode/pedaled as fast as he could down a long long stretch of smoothly paved mall concrete, and just flew off the end/embarkment, a sudden drop-off of at least 4 feet. fearless. absolutely sure of his physical skill. the smartest. you really felt his life, his potential for skills was really being wasted by his poverty & rural dead end up-bringing.
THE ALUMINUM FOWL
THE ALUMINUM FOWL – a chicken farm
CRAIG KELLY (2008)
Directed by Ari Marcopoulos. a kaleidoscopic of archival footage of world-champion snowboarder CRAIG KELLY, as he flies by board, at great speed, over uncharted virgin snow fields down steeply inclined mountain ranges.
He was also fearless and one with his speed. the stun element in this clip – was powerfully visual – the speed & and the snowscapes rushing by. the stun element in the first clip – was also visual – but also psychological – for one, the dead chicken dance.
CRAIG KELLY
CRAIG KELLY
THORN AND TOAD (2003)
Directed by TOBIN YELLAND. (4 mins.) the kid is saying something like ..”the world is full of really tough people. and I’m not that tough.. or .. I’m not tough enough ( .. to keep from getting beat…)
VIVA MORRISSEY! (2006)
Directed by JESSICA HUNDLEY, with still photographs by ‘Being True’ contributor JEANEEN LUND. (10 mins.)
A portrait of the Los Angeles based LATINO MORISSEY FAN CLUB. It was was formatted as a standard rock documentary – except its focus on this niche of Angeleno MORRISSEY fans was – very telling, and gave it a uniqueness.
VIVA MORRISSEY
this clip was unique for its subjects – Angeleno MORRISSEY fans – definite self-described outsiders – who really really relate to the lyrics and soul of the MORRISSEY music.
definitely not – the beautiful loser hipsters of RYAN McGINLEY’S MORRISSEY tour photos. nor even the beautiful slackers of LARRY CLARK. but beautiful, stunningly so, nonetheless in their own dark secret way, esp when we see them partying up close in mixed male/female big (hot chemistry) groups. they become very charismatic – when comfortable among their peers or just talking individually – all centered around – you got it – MORRISSEY.
VIVA MORRISSEY
VIVA MORRISSEY
VIVA MORRISSEY
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VIVA MORRISSEY
VIVA MORRISSEY
MICHAEL NEVIN and KATHY LO, outside the journal Gallery, evening of the screening
JOSH PORTER, center in light green shirt, ASSOCIATE BRAND MANAGER, NIKE, setting up
the journal founder MICHAEL NEVIN, with JULIA DIPPELHOFFER, the Managing Editor of the journal (and also his wife)
photograph behind them – ‘C4, FOUR FINGERS’ – by CHERYL DUNN, SAN FRANCISCO, 1998
the journal event photographer KATHY LO.
Her photos documenting events at the journal Gallery are regularly posted on the journal/website.
She took these photos, featured on a previous artlovers post: ‘TRUE BEING’/NIKE opening
(is this cliche – but does she remind anyone else of MAY PANG, when she was a young, and casual, photographer of JOHN LENNON, during his “LOST WEEKEND” – as chronicled in archival pix in her very moving, newly released book – ‘instamatic karma’ – ‘photographs of John Lennon’ by May Pang’ ?)
HISHAM BHAROOCHA drops by
filmmaker/photographer TOBIN YELLAND
TOBIN YELLAND – ‘ETHAN FOWLER’ – BENICIA, California, 1995
TOBIN YELLAND: . . . “we were driving out of San Francisco to go skate Benicia or Santa Rose skatepark … Ethan was 17 and we just filmed a video part for a new company he started riding for. He is basically at the height of his power as a skateboarder. He makes everything look effortless on and off his board…. I choose this image because this photograph embodies enjoying the fruits of hard work and still throwing caution to the wind and above all knowing the importance of having a good time!”
ALAIN LEVITT – ‘CAB’ – LOWER EAST SIDE, New York, 2001
POPPY De VILLENEUVE – ‘THE GANG’ – QUEMADO, Texas, 2007
NAOMI HARRIS – ‘THRILLER’ – MICHAEL JACKSON TRIAL, SANTA MARIA, California, 2005
TERRY RICHARDSON – ‘METAL HEAD KIDS’ – NEW JERSEY, 1996
the journal – archival issue/entry 19/Spring 2007 – artwork by AUREL SCHMIDT
the journal Gallery
~BEING TRUE/4 FILMS/the journal Gallery/to-nite!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 26th, 2008, 12:29pm
