MICHEL GONDRY dropped by the GARY PANTER opening at CLEMENTINE, APRIL 4, 2008 – as well – !! – to the delight of many . . . who seemed to be great fans of the GONDRY helmed, totally original – & visionary – flick – ‘BE KIND REWIND’ !!
see: ‘BE KIND REWIND’ FEB 16 – MARCH 22, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
MICHEL GONDRY greets us at the GARY PANTER opening. he knows us from our brief fling with public access TV stardom !!! on the celebrity quizz show – MARK KOSTABI’S ‘Name That Painting’ – and we even dared say, at some point – that perhaps this slapshot ‘game show’ production – might – ? – have provided some inspiration for Michel Gondry’s ‘BE KIND REWIND’ ?
oh oh – we introduce MICHEL GONDRY to JOE GRILLO !!!
MICHEL GONDRY meets another fan, street artist MICHAEL D’ANDRADE
MICHEL GONDRY’S son – PAUL GONDRY – an accomplished artist in his own right – Paul spilts his time between Paris and New York. A published comic book author – PAUL GONDRY directed (and drew) an animated music video for – the NYC band – The Willowz !!
It’s actually pretty good !! it’s actually pretty great !!
check it out: here !!/siouxwire
a frame from – PAUL GONDRY’S animated music video – ‘Take a look around’ – featuring the music of NYC band – The Willowz.
~MICHEL GONDRY/PAUL GONDRY/GARY PANTER OPENING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 26th, 2008, 12:17pm
JOE GRILLO, of DEARRAINDROP, aka affectionately by his friends as JOE GORILLA, meets up with pals, including MISAKI KAWAI – at the recent GARY PANTER opening, CLEMENTINE, APRIL 4, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
on the far right – CHRIS KUCINSKI – he worked on the DEARRAINDROP crew that put together the DEARRAINDROP/SPHINX SHOW at DEITCH PROJECTS – back in the day.
(put: DEARRAINDROP – RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX – into the artlovers in-house SEARCH – for some links !!)
JOE GRILLO greets MISAKI KAWAI – warmly – !!
JOE GRILLO and MISAKI KAWAI ‘play for the camera’ – GARY PANTER OPENING, APRIL 4, 2008
MISAKI is up for Joe’s ‘throw-down’ !!!
JOE GRILLO and MISAKI KAWAI – who says the NYC artworld – “take themselves way too seriously !!” (oh yeah, the artlovers movie critic !! Jan Albert in her recent review of ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ !!)
~JOE GRILLO/MISAKI KAWAI/GARY PANTER OPENING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 26th, 2008, 12:16pm
‘GARY PANTER: Pictures from the Psychedelic Swamp: 1972-2001’
APRIL 4 – MAY 10, 2008
CLEMENTINE – 623 W27TH STREET – CHELSEA
the card for the show. GARY PANTER, ‘Untitled (detail)’, 1991, acrylic on canvas, 23 x 93 ins.
some pix from the opening, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
GARY PANTER at the opening. one big claim, among many, to fame – designed Pee-Wee Herman’s playhouse !!
currently teaches illustration at SVA (School of Visual Arts, NYC)
more bio/info: PICTUREBOX
DAVID HEATLEY checks out the GARY PANTER boxed book – at the front desk
artworld scribe – CARLO McCORMICK with his family, wife TESS and young son.
CARLO has a witty, not to mention informed – scoop on – dog poop art – the state of the art – street crew known as the SPRINKLE BRIGRADE – one of New York City’s answers to the ‘Graff’ crack down – in the latest OVERSPRAY, ISSUE #07. OVERSPRAY’S PUBLISHER/EDITOR-in-CHIEF being none other than East Village bred/West Village educated local talent – iO !!
see: OVERSPRAY MAG
young comic/illustration artist DAVID HEATLEY shows his book to DAN NADEL, of PICTUREBOX
DAVID HEATLEY, happy to catch Dan Nadel’s attention !!
DAVID HEATLEY, ‘MY BRAIN IS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN’ – ‘A GRAPHIC MEMOIR’
STEPHEN KEY and JOHN BREINER
MICHAEL D’ANDRADE. the character on his shirt is ‘Cheech Lizard’ – designed by Bode.
CAT LAUIGAN, illustration senior at PARSONS
JAMES FRANKLIN, also shows at CLEMENTINE, here in front of the GARY PANTER work
JUSTIN WALDRON, MISAKI KAWAI and ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST
talented sons of 2 different worlds – meet – NYC native son MICHAEL D’ANDRADE – meets PAUL GONDRY – the PARIS, FRANCE raised son of MICHEL GONDRY !!
GARY PANTER, leaving the opening, with his daughter – I believe her name is OLIVE SIENNA !!
CLEMENTINE
~PIX/GARY PANTER OPENING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 26th, 2008, 12:15pm
. . . that’s 27th Street to be specific.
word bubbling up from the artists, make that: friends!! of the artists – – is – that CLEMENTINE is closing !! and JEFFREY DEITCH snapped up TAYLOR McKIMENS – right away !!
. . the big question remaining – is: whose gonna grab MISAKI KWAI & MATT LEINES !!
TAYLOR McKIMENS at the MATT LEINES SHOW, CLEMENTINE, FEB 21, 2008
a brand new TAYLOR McKIMENS – painting – in the back office, CLEMENTINE, FEB 21, 2008
an iconic TAYLOR McKIMENS, back office, CLEMENTINE, FEB 21, 2008
TAYLOR McKIMENS and MATT LEINES – at the opening of the current CLEMENTINE show – ‘GARY PANTER: Pictures from the Psychedelic Swamp: 1972-2001’, which runs APRIL 4 – MAY 10, 2008. CLEMENTINE is situated at 623 W 27th ST in Chelsea.
detail, MATT LEINES, from his debut, and I guess, last, show at CLEMENTINE. his show – titled ‘The Righteous Age’ – ran from FEB 21 – MARCH 29, 2008
see: artlovers/’GO FIGURE’
detail, MATT LEINES, from ‘The Righteous Age’
detail, MATT LEINES, from ‘The Righteous Age’
MISAKI KAWAI, at the GARY PANTER opening, CLEMENTINE, APRIL 4, 2008
see: MISAKI’S ‘WINDOWS’/MACY’S
see: more pix from the MACY’S show
GARY PANTER, at the most recent CLEMENTINE opening, and the show currently up – ‘GARY PANTER: Pictures from the Psychedelic Swamp: 1972-2001’ – running APRIL 4 – MAY 10, 2008
GARY PANTER, large painting in the show. CLEMENTINE.
. . . whatever you might think of the CLEMENTINE girls, on a personal level – you have to give them credit for being the first, and the best venue – to give room to the new wave explosion of graphic/comic book/illustration art – that has come to dominate the New York City art scene.
who is going to take up the slack ? . . . gallerists !! better watch out – or – RED ROVER, RED ROVER – PICTUREBOX is gonna take over !!
‘GARY PANTER/GARY PANTER’ – a 2 volume, 688 page full-color monograph published by PICTUREBOX and available at the gallery, ($95).
~buzz from the street |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 25th, 2008, 11:28am
CONGRATS !! to our friend VASCO NUNES !!
first: PLANET B-BOY is still playing !! in NYC !!
Vasco Nunes was the Director of Cinematography for PLANET B-BOY.
see: the original POST for details & show times/LANDMARK SUNSHINE/DELANCEY
second: NIMROD NATION, on SUNDANCE CHANNEL – an 8 part series directed by BRETT MORGAN and photographed by PAUL MAILMAN, WOLFGANG HELD and VASCO NUNES – was just announced as this year’s recipient of the prestigious PEABODY AWARD recognizing distinguished achievement and meritorious public service – the oldest and most honored award in electronic media. The award ceremony will be in NYC on June 16, 2008.
from the press release: “The sweet sensitive ‘Nimrod Nation’ received a Peabody. This beautifully shot, eight-part documentary series from Sundance Chanel takes viewers into the heart of a small Michigan town.”
Nimrod Nation is still running on TV, and you can download episodes via website.
The website has an incredibly beautiful introductory loop – exceptional for the still images & the haunting sound track.
check out: NIMROD NATION/intro
check out: NIMROD
NATION/episodes
IMAGE COURTESY/NIMROD NATION
IMAGE COURTESY/NIMROD NATION
P.S. BRETT MORGAN, the lead producer of NIMROD NATION is also the Director of ‘CHICAGO 10’ – which was reviewed recently an artlovers by JAN ALBERT.
reed her review – ‘CHICAGO 10’
~VASCO NUNES/NIMROD NATION/PEABODY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2008, 1:58pm
. . . CERN ONE – YMI CREW – BROOKLYN – QUEENS – NYC
. . . ‘BALLOON HAT’/PROJECT’ CLIP !! – YO! ya gotta check this out – see: YouTube !!!
CERN ONE / YMI CREW / NYC
EDER / SAVADOR, BRAZIL
check out: inflatableminute.com
check out: addi’s new balloon art
~CERN ONE/BALLOON HAT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2008, 11:01am
from CERN ONE – YMI CREW:
tonight – LOWER EAST SIDE – dj party – THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2008
. . . 2 great art shows are up in the spot
. . . dopest music on da scene
. . . style wars on da screen!!
Teneleven – AVE C – between 10Tth and 11th STREETS – 9pm til !!!!!!!
~DJ PARTY at TENJUNE/to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2008, 10:50am
KATHERINE BERNHARDT – OPENING – TO-NITE !! – THURS APRIL 24, 2008 – 6-9PM
‘KATE, GISELLE, AGYNESS, NATALIA, KANYE, GEORGE & SIMON’
the show runs: APRIL 24 – JUNE 1, 2008
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE ST – CHINATOWN – NYC
GALLERY HOURS: WED thru SUNDAY 12-6PM
IMAGE COURTESY: CANADA
CANADA
~KATHERINE BERNHARDT/opens to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2008, 10:39am
STO & KELIE – HIT THE ROAD to CHICAGO
IMAGE COURTESY: CINDERS GALLERY
SONNY & CHER, .. ooops that’s STO & KELIE, two of our favorite hometown people – of CINDERS GALLERY, in BROOKLYN – will be in the ‘GOFFO’ section, of the NEXT ART FAIR, CHICAGO – 7th floor by the bar !! if you are in Chicago – don’t miss ’em.
They will be featuring the work of ALLYSON MELLBERG, KELIE BOWMAN, SUZANNE SATTLER, AJ FOSIK, MATT LEINES, WILLIAM BUZZELL, STO, MATTHEW FELYD, KIERSTEN ESSENPREIS, SEAN SAMOHEYL, and others, . . . inside of a “fantastical car” !!!
NEXT ART FAIR – MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA – CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
APRIL 24 – 28, 2008
NEXT ART FAIR/GOFFO
CINDERS
~CINDERS/NEXT/CHICAGO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2008, 10:08am
. . . last week to see:
PETER COFFIN – ‘You Are Me’
MARCH 22 – APRIL 26, 2008
ANDREW KREPS GALLERY – 525 WEST 22ND STREET – CHELSEA
“Andrew Kreps Gallery is pleased to present Peter Coffin’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Coffin’s practice playfully suggests that our inability to explain phenomena is perhaps more liberating than restrictive. The show include a kinetic sculpture/installation, a video wall, sound works, and a suite of prints on display in the gallery’s front office.
At the center of the exhibition is a large, industrial conveyor that carries a cluster of balloons through the gallery space. At the end of each day the balloons will be carried to the street .. and released. . .
In the back room of the gallery is a video wall of 30 monitors each displaying separate video montages of animals at play. The footage, collected primarily from animal behavior researchers, shows animals acting on their curiosity, engaging in play and aesthetic activity.
On view in the office space… is a suite of prints, ‘Untitled (Designs for Colby Poster Co.)’. These original works invoke iconic advertisements called “show prints” which traditionally incorporate letterpress text atop a tri-colored gradient of fantastic colors, a ubiquitous medium for promoting rock concerts, touring carnivals, school board candidates, boxing events, rodeos, union strikes, revivals, picnics, and dances. The artists chooses not to embellish the prints with letterpress text, instead highlighting the 80 designs he has created with hisown aplette for Colby Poster Co., Los Angeles. ”
– press release.
the card/poster for the show was an 8-1/2 x 11 ins. “MAD FOLD-IN” designed by the famous AL JAFFEE, himself. The gallery even inserted it – as a full page ad – for the show – into ARTFORUM.
some pix from the installation:
PETER COFFIN, at the JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS OPENING/’A New High in Getting Low’,
FEB 23, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
ANDREW KREPS
~PETER COFFIN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2008, 9:12am
