talking about homegirls !!
LENA looks fab . . . in PAGE SIX, today !!
PHOTO: RUVEN AFANADOR for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY c/o Page Six, NEW YORK POST – NOV 29, 2012
the caption says: “Lena Dunham looks fabulous in the new issue of of Entertainment weekly, in which JON HAMM endorses her talent .. and concludes: “I also hope she writes a really good part for an aging former TV star.”
read ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ‘Entertainers of the Year: LENA DUNHAM’
LENA DUNHAM . . . writer, director, actress . . . real person !! and, comedian.
still photo from: TINY FURNITURE (2010)
did we forget to mention, and . . . real-life child of a New York City artist !!
LENA and her mom, real life photographer – LAURIE SIMMONS
still photo from: TINY FURNITURE (2010)
check out: ‘TINY FURNITURE’ (2010) – A FILM BY LENA DUNHAM
“Shalloooom. Hubba Hubba !! …. you look so pretty .”
and … happy to say …. it’s a pretty FAB TRAILER !!
and really FAB FAB MOVIE !!
you can catch it – on Netflix instants !!
~LENA DUNHAM .. IT girl !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 29th, 2012, 9:45am
oh, I can’t RESIST !!
big time – art world … fan news !!
FIRST UP: GREGORY CREWDSON !!
FILE UNDER: getting …. ‘Under the Roses’, yes !!
looks like I’m not the ONLY !! friggin person to love that movie – ‘GREGORY CREWDSON: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS’, an amazing on-all-levels, documentary film made on the life and work of the contemporary artist/photographer Gregory Crewdson – by BEN SHAPIRO.
GREGORY CREWDSON, photographed in SEPT 2008 at the RITA ACKERMANN OPENING, in CHELSEA. ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, NYC
PHOTO BY & COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
yep, it looks like, he just stepped out . . of the movie !!
. . . as word has it, gently drifting down to the Big Apple from Yale, where Crewdson teaches, even the photographer himself, is quite taken aback . . . by the snowballing success of the film.
which, yes has taken off. no thanks to the New York Post.
CREWDSON is reported to have said . . .
something to the effect that: the film catches him so intimately because . . . “the ‘guy’ (Ben Shapiro) followed me around for so long, I just thought it would never get made” . . . “so I let my guard down !!”
dive in the mystery pond, and swim those laps, baby !!
and yep, that’s one of the best parts of the film. New York Post be damned, you get to know Gregory, and his work – just like the back of your hand, or more succinctly like a days’ old t-shirt, that you even slept in, as well !!
the intimate portrait … contrasts nicely with, even stunningly so, with the, at times technical, but always enjoyable 3-D reveal on Crewdson’s work. which filmmaker and also photographer, Ben Shapiro treats us to, so generously. as he gently pulls the curtains open, on the extensive production, and secrets !! that go on behind-the-scenes of these frozen-in-time statements on the American ‘dream’.
10 years of archival footage is no joke. in fact, the documentarian Shapiro, meets the contrarian fantasy-maker Crewdson, head-on, in a kind of a cinematic … break-dance face-off.
fact spinner vs. fiction maker, and both men come up … smelling roses !!
one captivating little fact/thought … dropped so casually amongst many others, in the film … is that although enough production goes on behind-the-scenes in a Crewdson project as to make you think this was a big budget movie filming in your small town America main street … it’s NOT. the big diff is that Crewdson has to say it all in one frame. and the rest is the unspoken ‘mystery’.
and that is really what his (ironically) ‘hyper-realist’ work is all about: mystery, mystery and fear and loss.
in the film, he says something to the effect that: the big difference between what I do and the movies, is that I ‘don’t have to worry about taking the story past this one image’, I don’t have to write what happens next.
while Shapiro, the ‘bio-realist’ filmmaker, thanks to over 10 years of footage – moves backwards, and forward and sideways … like a cat.
the Speedies, anybody !! ha.
no surprise, the film has already popped back up on the big screen in New York City, where it is now playing at the Lincoln Cinema thru DEC 6.
don’t miss it. the sheer beauty of the imagery, shines out, on that big screen, for sure.
esp the ‘fog’ truck !!
see: ‘GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS’ – LINCOLN CENTER
where they’ve got some great shots from the film, and therefore of Crewdson’s work – looping on a really nice – digital slideshow.
see: ‘GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS’ – the official website & TRAILER
and note, the TRAILER is just, well … it isn’t really up to ‘speed’. . . the film is hundred thousand times – better. they should have rolled with more raw imagery, rather than the ‘sensational’ homeless guy ? just saying. in case it turns you off. NOT.
MEANWHILE . . . IN OTHER NEWS !!
ON A PERHAPS MORE MUNDANE – BUT EVEN MORE . . . ‘SENSATIONAL’, TABLOID-NEWS WORTHY NOTE !!
and even making international headlines . . . this morning !!
HOMEBOY, VITO SCHNABEL – is coming … up ‘roses’, too !!
they say he is hanging with … DEMI MOORE. you go, VITO !!
and sell some art while you are at – it !!
p.s. ASHTON KUTCHER – is said to be a big fan of …. ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ !! – so, I guess Demi is too ?
see: ‘Life After Ashton: 50 year-old Demi Moore ‘dating’ Elle Macpherson’s art dealer ex VITO SCHNABEL’ … DAILY MAIL ONLINE
new generation NYC art dealer VITO SCHNABEL at the opening of the second BRUCENNIAL 2012.
PHOTO BY & COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH.
POP-UP SPACE, DOWNTOWN GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC. FEB 29, 2012
VITO SCHNABEL, Julian’s much liked eldest son, is best known here, in NYC – for his key association with the ‘rebel’ crew, aka BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION, that puts on the BRUCENNIAL SHOW, an underground head-to-head face-off with the staid Whitney Biennial attempt to keep up it’s severely faded and way past expiry date rep – as the cutting edge survey of the scene.
see: PIX & COMMENTARY – BRUCENNIAL 2012 – OPENING / artloversnewyork
~NYC Art Celebs … in the news: GREGORY CREWDSON & VITO SCHNABEL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 28th, 2012, 10:03am
MATT BUA & MAX GOLDFARB . . .
invite you to the launch party for their book: ‘ARCHITECTURAL INVENTIONS’ / TODAY – TUES NOV 27, 2012 / 7-9 PM
at: COLUMBIA’S STUDIO X – 180 VARICK ST – SUITE 1610 – LOWER MANHATTAN
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
born out of the drawingbuilding.org online archive, ‘Architectural Inventions’ is a compendium of unbuilt structures that only exist on paper. Including the work of architects, designers, and artists from around the world, the book reveals an array of alternatives, expansions, or critiques of our inhabited environments told through drawing.
highlighting visions that exist outside of established channels of production and conventions of design, ‘Architectural Inventions’ showcases multiplicity in concept and vision, fantasy and innovation. ~ press release
MATT BUA and MAXIMILIAN GOLDFARB will introduce the book with some brief remarks, and then, will invite all guests present – to contribute to a public discussion on themes relating to this work.
additionally the drawingbuilding archive will be presented as an ongoing slide show, and a limited quantity of books will be available for sale.
drinks will be provided.
to order ‘Architectural Inventions’ online please see: Laurence King Publishers
so . . .
the drawingbuilding website is totally – awesome, right on & a great web ‘journey’ – with a very diverse base & range . . . of thought and design !!
most def – check it out: drawingbuilding.org
here are just 2 samples:
from the mind, hand, & eye of: IAN McKAY in . . drawingbuilding
likewise: sketch by BLANE DE ST. CROIX .. in drawingbuilding
also see: MATT BUA: CATAMOUNT PEOPLE’S MUSEUM – CATSKILL, NY – pictorial archive on artloversnewyork
MATT BUA, CATAMOUNT PEOPLE’S MUSEUM, CATSKILL, NY
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH. SEPT 4, 2010, CATSKILL, NEW YORK.
P.S. SAVE THE DATE: SAT DEC 8, 2012 – STONE SYMPOSIUM in CATSKILL, NY
see: ‘Unknown Origins of the Engineered Stone Landscape in the Catskill Area and Beyond’
~ARCHITECTURAL INVENTIONS .. BOOK LAUNCH TODAY – TUES NOV 27 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 27th, 2012, 10:45am
‘McCarthy on the Air’ by MATHIEU DESJARDINS
Printed by GFELLER & HELLSGARD
at Re-Surgo!, BERLIN, 2012
2 color silkscreen – limited edition ‘Mini Zine’
printed on 170 g light yellow paper
16 pages, 15 x 11 cm. edition of 125, numbered.
see: ‘McCarthy on the Air’ by MATHIEU DESJARDINS – Re-Surgo!
~Re-Surgo! .. MATHIEU DESJARDINS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 26th, 2012, 9:36am
and . . . check out:
‘Silver Skull Hunters’ by FRODO MIKKELSEN
a limited edition silkscreen book published & printed by Re-Surgo! . . . out of BERLIN
silver on black heavy paper
16 pages incl cover, 16 x 22 cm
edition of 130, signed & numbered
see: ‘Silver Skull Hunters’ by FRODO MIKKELSEN from Re-Surgo!
~Re-Surgo! . . FRODO MIKKELSEN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 26th, 2012, 9:25am
while we are at it, also really like the zine by Re-Surgo! partner, ANNA HELLSGARD
‘Wool on Teufelsberg’ – ANNA HELLSGARD
Printed by Gfeller & Hellsgard, Re-Surgo!, BERLIN 2012
2 color silkscreen on 170 g light grey paper
16 pages, 15 x 11 cm, edition of 125, numbered.
see: ‘Wool on Teufelsberg’ – ANNA HELLSGARD / Re-Surgo!
~Re-Surgo! . . ANNA HELLSGARD |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 26th, 2012, 9:08am
BERLIN imprint Re:Surgo! has just published a beautiful new silkscreened and handbound limited edition art book, curated by STO of CINDERS . . . featuring artwork by artists such as: BRIAN CHIPPENDALE, ALLYSON MELLBERG, KEVIN HOOYMAN, SUMI INK CLUB, KELIE BOWMAN, JESSE ROSE VALA, JULIEN LANGENDORFF, and JOHN ORTH.
Curated Series #05 by Sto
1 color silkscreen, 22 x 16 cm
24 pages + cover
edition of 125, numbered $14 USD
see: Curated Series #05 by Sto
check out: the background story . . . WITH LOTS of PIX – from the Re-Surgo! headquarters & print shop – in BERLIN !!
check out: Re-Surgo! – a BERLIN-based artist screenprint atelier run by ANNA HELLSGARD & CHRISTIAN GFELLER (formerly known as . . . BONGOUT)
if you are in BERLIN, you can check them out – in person:
In:Surgo! – Torstrasse 110, 10119 Berlin – Mitte, U8: Rosenthaler Platz
CURATED SERIES #05 by STO, Re-Surgo! / ARTWORK on COVER/RIGHT: KELIE BOWMAN
left: JESSIE ROSE VALA
right: BRIAN CHIPPENDALE
left: SUMI INK CLUB
right: KELIE BOWMAN
left & right: SUMI INK CLUB (LUKE & SARA from LUCKY DRAGONS)
left: JESSIE ROSE VALA
right: ALLYSON MELLBERG
~Re:Surgo! #05 curated by STO . . . |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 25th, 2012, 1:21pm
just posted on INDIEwire . . .
‘We Live In Public’ filmmmaker ONDI TIMONER has produced a nutshell narrative on the history of a nutshell ‘rocket’ !!
WATCH: The Pivot That Saved Twitter, As Explained by ‘We Live In Public’ filmmaker ONDI TIMONER – video !!
POSTED to artloversnewyork by: KATE CERIGO – WED NOV 21, 2012.
Ondi: “Twitter wasn’t always a social network with 500 million users . . .
Find out from one of the founding team members, DOM SAGOLLA how this monster of communication was born.”
the video is brought to you by Interloper Films (Ondi Timoner) and FastCompany.
from the video:
“in 2005 when I joined them I was the 9th employee. I was head of quality, so I was brought in .. to be the first user.”
– DOM SAGOLLA
“to be a Twitter user . . is to be a JOURNALIST” !!
~inside the TWITTER bubble, ONDI TIMONER .. does it, again !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 21st, 2012, 10:43am
though outsize $$$ numbers for ‘art’ are mindboggling all around, it’s NOT quite a celebration of art, per se.
more like . . . a banking option with benefits !!
you get to diverse your holdings and park your (immense) $$$ in a hard copy hi-end item, that hopefully . . . you fall in love with as well.
and trust me they got it all locked up, among the players . . . very little if ANY, of the action trickles down to the street level art world and/or market.
ANDY WARHOL/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK, via CHRISTIE’S IMAGES – c/o NEW YORK TIMES
“ANDY WARHOL’S 1962 silk-screen work, ‘Statue of Liberty’ sold for $39 million, or $43.7 million with fees (USD). Much was made of the fact that its red and green colors create a 3-D effect.” – NEW YORK TIMES
3-D !! (duh.)
but damn that Andy Warhol, ALWAYS ahead of the pack, or what !! if it isn’t neon pink camo – it’s 3-D !!
the action took place at CHRISTIE’S NYC, Wed Nov 14, 2012.
“Making much of the fact that it is silk-screened in red over green ink on a white background in a way that creates the illusion of a 3-D image, Christie’s tucked cardboard pairs of 3-D glasses into every catalog.” (!!).
read more: RECORD-BREAKING PRICES at CHRISTIE’S – NEW YORK TIMES/NOV 15, 2012
JEFF KOONS – STAINLESS STEEL ‘TULIPS. PHOTO: CHRISTIE’S – c/o NEW YORK TIMES
JEFF KOONS (B. 1955) ‘Tulips’, high chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating
80 x 180 x 205 in. Executed in 1995-2004.
at the same auction, ‘Tulips’ . . . “a monumental Jeff Koons sculpture of stainless-steel flowers with transparent color coating, from 1995-2004, also brought a record auction price for that artist, selling to a telephone bidder for $33.6 million, well above its $22 million high estimate.”
see: RECORD-BREAKING PRICES at CHRISTIE’S (above link) as well,
and . . .
check out: INVESTOR’S FLY TO CONTEMPORARY ART – NEW YORK TIMES/NOV 16, 2012
~also livin’ large in the bubble: KOONS & WARHOL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 20th, 2012, 4:32pm
everyone knows, the only real sizzle in the art world right now – is in the secondary market, and the only real cutting edge sizzle in the secondary market is, guess who . . . ?
DAN COLEN.
I’d sure like to know what brand of bubble gum he’s chewing, because it sure sticks to the bottom of your foot, er, I mean wallet.
let’s hope the synthetic, cheery-looking stuff, sticks to the paintings, too.
according to the New York Times … “another record price for an artist at auction was set for Dan Colen, ‘S&M’, one of the artist’s abstract canvases created only of chewing gum that was expected to bring $200,000 to $300,000, was bought by WENDY CROMWELL, an art adviser, for $480,000, or $578,000 with fees.”
the action was at PHILLIPS de PURY.
a clear vindication for artlovers . . . which posted vocal support for the ‘sticky’ work, in opposition to the negative review that appeared in the New York Times – when the bubble work first surfaced in a solo show at GAGOSIAN, a couple of years back. the show was titled ‘Poetry’ and ran from SEPT 10-OCT 6, 2010.
see: CHEWING GUM !! DAN COLEN – YOU GO GO !!
SOME ARTLOVERS PIX FROM: DAN COLEN, ‘Poetry’, GAGOSIAN GALLERY, NYC. SEPT 10-OCT 6, 2010
DAN COLON, ‘A Love Story’, 2010
Chewing gum on canvas. 106 x 209 in.
detail, DAN COLEN, ‘A Love Story’. (bubble gum)
DAN COLEN, ‘The Space Between Nothing and Everything’, 2010
Oil on canvas. 131 x 218 in.
detail, DAN COLEN, ‘The Space Between Nothing and Everything’. (oil on canvas)
DAN COLEN, ‘Overture (“Two Minutes in Silver Wells, Two Minutes Here, Two Minutes There, It Was Going to be Over in this Bedroom in Encino”)’, 2010
Half Pipe made of plywood, metal. 92 (H) x 192 (W) x 368 (L) in.
DAN COLEN, ‘Cracks in the Clouds’, 2010. Motorcycles, variable.
DAN COLEN, ‘In a Million Years’, 2010. oil on canvas, 90 x 204 in.
PHOTO OF DAN COLEN in ‘NEST – DASH SNOW DAN COLEN’, a big limited edition ‘coffee table’ book published by DEITCH PROJECTS in 2008.
PHOTOS BY & COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH. NYC SEPT 2010
~DAN COLEN: Bubble Gum Sticks |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 19th, 2012, 9:17am
