UP-DATE: WED SEPT 18, 2013: THE LOW-DOWN SKINNY . . . on KENZO.
CAROL LIM and HUMBERTO LEON, founders of the huge success OPENING CEREMONY, were invited to become creative directors of KENZO, in JULY 2011 – and ever since then . . the house has just taken off. HUGE. HUGE. HUGE.
no doubt about it, witness:
BY WAY OF PARIS . . !!
KATE . . caught a KENZO photo shoot last week – in the streets of BROOKLYN.
WILLIAMSBURG.
PHOTOS: KATE CERIGO, SEPT 2013. BROOKLYN.
actually the KENZO FALL/WINTER 2013 collection .. looks amazing & their website is .. well, swift, clean .. stylish. very stylish .. but, above all else: PICTURESQUE !!
I GOT MY EYE ON YOU !!
see: KENZO OFFICIAL WEBSITE
from the lookbook:
KENZO FW 2013
KENZO FW 2013
KENZO FW 2013
KENZO FW 2013
~KENZO .. in BROOKLYN / UP-DATE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 17th, 2013, 8:45am
meet SERGEJ VUTUC . .
catch up: with his work . .
this is .. SERGEJ VUTUC cooking up a storm at a show . .
photos: from his personal journal . .
if you be a skateboarder .. then you know – what we be .. atalkin’ about !!
photo: SERGEJ VUTUC .. SEPT 10, 2013
ok, since it’s a rainy rainy day here in NYC . .
you might, just be stuck inside with .. more time to cruise the web.
here’s a little more background.
I first meet SERGEJ VUTUC at a wonderful outlaw totally off-the-grid, wild & absolute de-constructed show put on by . . . JOCKO WEYLAND of ELK ZINE & his sometimes, roving / pop-up .. ELK GALLERY,
in the ROCKAWAYS !! ROCKAWAY BEACH – back in SEPT 2011.
the show was called:
SERGEJ VUTUC & LELE – LIVE FROM USA (!!)
see: the first post – SERGEJ VUTUC & LELE
SERGEJ VUTUC, LARS GREIWE and DAVID COULIAU at the opening night/the only night (!!) .. of the show.
it was a one night – PAR-TAY !!
photographer SERGEJ VUTUC originally hails from the BALKANS, CROATIA.
LARS GREIWE is a photographer from GERMANY, and DAVID COULIAU is a documentary filmmaker/cameraman – from FRANCE.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, SEPT 17, 2011. ROCKAWAY BEACH. NYC.
SERGEJ VUTUC & LELE .. the exhibition.
get the picture ?
totally wild, deconstructed and .. GREAT !! AWESOME in a word.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
we got TOTALLY LOST – in the ROCKAWAYS on the way home. if you’ve been there – then you know what I’m talkin about ..
s-c-a-r-y. totally scary.
the projects .. re-done as a concrete wasteland, that goes on for miles.
no parks, no green. nada. nada & more .. nada.
whatever.
this is LARS GREIWE’S skateboard at the time . . in the context it was FUNNIE . .
LIFE ITSELF
IS STILL BEAUTIFUL.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: more pix from SERGEJ & LELE .. LIVE FROM USA / ELK POP-UP, SEPT 2011.
~SERGEJ VUTUC .. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 16th, 2013, 7:17am
VLADIMIR SKATE FILM FESTIVAL, FAZANA, CROATIA .. SEPT 13 -14, 2013
SOME INTERNATIONAL UNDERGROUND NEWS, JUST IN FROM: SERGEJ VUTUC ..
I post this, not just because the graphics are superlative, and the content is a-m-a-z-i-n-g, but because it is interesting to look beyond our little island bursting with cutting edge ‘creatives’ .. to see how American culture, the best of it – the drive and strive for personal freedom and freedom of e-x-p-r-e-s-s-i-on .. is like a seed that blows around the whole world and often sets off a spark on a foreign shore, that is very different in it’s impact & endurance – than it’s ‘current’ cultural ‘footprint’ – here at home.
~ NANCY
and also because:
NYC is very ego-centric. center of the art world supposedly, and all that. sometimes .. we forget there is .. a whole wide world – out there !!
doin’ a whole bunch of great & really .. awesome stuff.
IMAGERY & TEXT BELOW: SERGEJ VUTUC / WORDPRESS
ps: skate translates as .. skateboard – which in turn translates as: ‘wooden toy’. (!!)
SERGEJ VUTUC WRITES:
“for a few years my old friend from Zagreb, ZUBAK, wrote to me about idea to make skatefilm festival in Fanzana, Istrien, CROATIA … few weeks later he send me some photos of parking place/playground where they did it .. raw and full of passion to do something and share with this wooden toy made many things in Fazana different than normal life looks … today start 3rd festival with list of one of the greatest films at the moment in skateboarding and exhibition with list of friends from Balkan but also overseas.”
check out: VLADIMIR FILM FESTIVAL / FAZANA SKATE FILM FESTIVAL – BLOG & LINE-UP !!
SOME HIGHLIGHTS:
‘PUSHED’ – A FILM BY FLORIAN SCHNEIDER
4 GUYS INSPIRED BY A WOODEN TOY – BOBBY PULEO, PONTUS ALV, STEFAN MARX & ADAM SELLO
POSTER / DEFORMIS INTRA DECOREM! – IMAGE VIA: SZNYDOER’S
PONTUS ALV, ADAM SELLO, STEFAN MARX, BOBBY PULEO
most def, check out: FLORIAN SCHNEIDER’S BLOG – SZNYDOER’S !!
CHECK OUT: MAGENTA SKATEBOARDS !!
‘SOLEIL LEVANT’ – a FILM BY MAGENTA SKATEBOARDS
soleil levant .. sun rising ? I’m in !!
omg – catch this trailer – swift, swift & MORE SWIFT !!
watch: ‘SOLEIL LEVANT’ – TRAILER/YouTube
damn, that trailer is A-M-A-Z–IN-G !!
the 2 second ‘intro’ .. WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS (!!) – is absolute FAB !!
yeah, go back & hit that link – or just you know, get off my site and go eat a stale bagel or something.
‘TENGU, GOD OF MISCHIEF’ – a FILM BY COLIN READ
see: mandible CLAW, bitch
watch: TRAILER – ‘TENGU – GOD OF MISCHIEF’ – by COLIN READ
‘THE MANDALAY EXPRESS’ – A FILM BY PATRIK WALLNER
see: VISUAL TRAVELING – A BLOG BY PATRIK WALLNER !!
whatever you do, DO NOT MISS HIS ‘VIDEO’ ARCHIVE !!
INCLUDING:
SEE: ‘CONVERSE CHINA / FAR EAST UP NORTH’ – BY PATRIK WALLNER / VIMEO
SEE: ‘ORDOS’ / A SUPER SUPER AMAZING VIDEO – BY PATRIK WALLNER / VIMEO
FILE UNDER: WISH I COULD BE – THERE !!
~SKATE FILM FEST .. CROATIA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 14th, 2013, 6:38am
BRIAN WILLMONT …
is opening a new indie gallery space in Brooklyn, called GREENPOINT TERMINAL GALLERY . .
the inaugural opening is .. to-nite: FRI SEPT 13, 2013 / 6-9 PM
GREENPOINT TERMINAL GALLERY – 67 WEST ST #320 – BROOKLYN
ps: there’s a GREAT quote / ‘Up In Smoke’ – JACK LONDON .. on the website.
despite it’s numeral configuration, Friday the .. !!
turns out to be an auspicious date – weather-wise.
the gods were NOT smiling down on the art world last night.
all the openings last nite – got rained out, and I mean rained out !!
severe pounding rain, lightning, thunder, the works – from exactly 7-9 PM. so that was that.
today is sunny & like .. butter would not melt in your mouth. rain, what rain ?
the first show is called, ‘UP IN SMOKE’ – it’s a group show featuring works by: JOSEPH HART, MATT LEINES, LEIF LOW-BEER, PAUL WACKERS and RYAN WALLACE.
the show will run thru OCT 6, 2013.
note the gallery hrs: FRI 12-5 PM & BY APPOINTMENT
MATT LEINES, ‘Rick’, 2012. acrylic on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
GREEN .. POINT .. TERMINAL – get it ?
new age .. POINTILLISM !!
MATT LEINES, ‘Interior 2’, 2010. acrylic on paper on collaged paper. 23 x 40 in.
you can find more images: MATT LEINES on tumblr
MATT LEINES, at apparently .. the final BROOKLYN COMICS & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL. NOV 2012.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~MATT LEINES .. ‘GREEN POINT’ TERMINAL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 13th, 2013, 8:06am
A DOUBLE BOOK RELEASE PARTY !! – THURS SEPT 12, 2013 / 7 PM
BERGEN STREET COMICS – 470 BERGEN ST – BROOKLYN
FRANK SANTORO – ‘POMPEII’ – a “spellbinding dreamlike saga”.
and
ANYA DAVIDSON – ‘SCHOOL SPIRITS’ – a “kinetic, mind-expanding debut graphic novel.”
~POMPEII & SCHOOL SPIRITS .. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2013, 7:32am
. . . the story takes place just before the eruption of Pompeii in year 79AD, and follows Marcus, a young expat artist from Paestum who works as an assistant in Pompeii to Flavius, a seemingly well-regarded painter.
Aside from mixing paint . . .
guess, you’ll have to buy the book – to find out . . what happens, next !!
FRANK SANTORO tells a delightful story – “that is rooted in emotional truths” ~ DAN NADEL
captured in the broad strokes of a painterly master artist .. who gets lost in his imagination, in the most abstract .. and poetic of ways. a very wonderful, light hand bound to a curious, and often historical eye ~ NANCY SMITH
FRANK SANTORO – POMPEII
144 pgs, B&W, 8.5 x 11 in.
$19.55
Published by PICTUREBOX / POMPEII – more info
SANTORO – POMPEII / IMAGES VIA PICTUREBOX, where you can find a few more !!
FRANK SANTORO, BROOKLYN COMICS & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL, NOV 2011
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~FRANK SANTORO .. POMPEII |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2013, 7:29am
ANYA DAVIDSON’S debut book – this is the “story of Oola, a high school student with an unusual connection to the supernatural” .. it is at once “funny, sexy, mystical, abd above all,utterly clear.”
DAN NADEL, PICTUREBOX founder adds:
“ANYA DAVIDSON’S crisp cartooning style makes even the strangest occurences seem utterly plausible.” – and he should KNOW !!
ANYA DAVDSON – ‘SCHOOL SPIRITS’
145 pgs – B&W, 8.5 x10.75 in.
hardback – $19.95
PUBLISHED BY PICTUREBOX – SCHOOL SPIRITS/more info
IMAGES VIA PICTUREBOX – SCHOOL SPIRITS – where you can find a few more pix . .
~ANYA DAVIDSON .. SCHOOL SPIRITS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2013, 7:28am
NOAH LYON is part of group show ..
opening to-nite: THURS SEPT 12, 2013 / 6-9 PM
FREIGHT+VOLUME – 530 W 24th ST – CHELSEA
see: ‘The Decline and Fall of the Art World, Part II: The Other 99%’
NOAH LYON, ‘DUCK NEIN AUEIN’, 2013.
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
NOAH LYON, ‘JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS’, 2013
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
NOAH LYON, BROOKLYN COMICS & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL, NOV 2011
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
FOLLOW NOAH LYON – on INSTAGRAM
~NOAH LYON .. in THE DECLINE & FALL/ F+V |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2013, 7:04am
fuck yea .. KAWS, got re-born on tumblr !!
see: fuck yea KAWS
VMA’S MOONMAN – RE-DESIGNED BY KAWS . . . via fuckyeakaws
JEFF KOONS .. ONLY WISHES !!
~ALL THINGS .. KAWS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2013, 8:11am
KAWS was running a pretty fab blog there for awhile. looks like it hasn’t been updated since last summer & maybe, maybe .. he’s on Instagram, now.
there are still some priceless moments – on the archive.
see: KAWS.COM
KAWS – THE KIMPSONS .. via KAWS.COM
~BE .. KAWS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2013, 8:00am
