progressive, Indie & hardcore !!
THE MEN, MILK MUSIC & JAPANDROIDS – REVIEWED by SIMON CERIGO, JULY 31, 2012
After ODing on swoon-pop home recordings for the last few years, I recently returned to some new thrashing guitar bands. Foremost amongst these new groups is a Brooklyn band – THE MEN, whose new album, ‘Open Your Heart’ is buzzing.
Next comes JAPANDROIDS a two piece band out of VANCOUVER, B.C. that has been banging for a couple of years.
And finally newcomers MILK MUSIC slowly roaring out of OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON – the Williamsburg of the West Coast, home to BUILT TO SPILL.
THE MEN – the cover of their new album, ‘OPEN YOUR HEART’ – courtesy of PITCHFORK.
watch: THE MEN – Freaky (live on KEXP) – YouTube
watch: MILK MUSIC – I’ve Got a Wild Feeling – live at WMFU – YouTube
watch: JAPANDROIDS – The House That Heaven Built – YouTube
~3 NEW BANDS . . . THE MEN, MILK MUSIC & JAPANDROIDS |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 31st, 2012, 7:36am
. . . and, then there is KICKSTARTER: where hope springs anew – and – TALENT runs like clear FRESH water – through the new world.
AN ARTFUL LIFE – BY MICHAEL HEW WING
go to: MICHAEL HEW WING on KICKSTARTER to watch his video, see his work & read his thoughts !! & hopes !!
PHOTOGRAPHY & DRAWING – BY MICHAEL HEW WING
FRAMED DRAWING BY MICHAEL HEW WING.
MICHAEL HEW WING is a native born and bred CHINESE-AMERICAN NEW YORKER – who currently lives and works out of BROOKLYN.
~MICHAEL HEW WING – on KICKSTARTER !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 29th, 2012, 8:31am
moving on to more funner things, hey this is NEW YORK CITY – not LA !!
TODAY – ONE DAY ONLY – RAIN or SHINE !!
SAT, JULY 28, 2012 from 1-6 PM
ART BAZAAR today at SOLOWAY – the artist collective gallery in WILLIAMSBURG
GO GET YOURSELF A PSYCHIC (!!) PORTRAIT – ONLY $39.99 !!
featuring booths and works by: The Museum of Commerce, Hayden Dunham, Josh Hart and Emily Auchinchloss, Graham Collins and Jennie Lee, Tova Carlin, DRAOK, Noah Dillon, Megan Kincheloe, Hannah Barret, Laurel Sparks, Sophy Naess, Carmelle Safdie, Glen Baldridge, Louise Sheldon, Sue Havens, Jessie Stead, Fawn Krieger, Munro Galloway, Pat Palermo, Branden Koch, and Annettte Wehrhahn
SOLOWAY – 348 South 4th Street – BROOKLYN
~ART BAZAAR TODAY !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 28th, 2012, 5:21am
whoever is running (anonymously) Stop How’s My Dealing BETTER CLEAN UP THEIR OWN ACT – FIRST !!!
that photo they have posted of MARTIN BROMIRSKI is MINE !!! – NANCY SMITH / artloversnewyork.com !!!
that’s a big NO NO – that’s blogging 101: DO NOT RE-POST PHOTOS – WITHOUT PROPER PHOTO CREDIT & LINK TO ORIGINAL SOURCE.
THAT is COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT – THAT IS THEFT !!!
THAT is NEGATIVITY.
THAT IS: PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES – SHOULD NOT THROW STONES !!!
you can see the photo incorrectly re-posted on ART FAG CITY – headlining a post by LEIGHANN MORRIS that just posted 2 days ago: JULY 25, 2012
see the post, here: How’s My Dealing Makes an Enemy – by Leighann Morris
the caption reads: Martin Bromirski, Image Courtesy of Stophowsmydealing.blogspot.com
as if !!
AFC: for guys who like to make like they are BIG & PRO, FACTUAL & CLEAR, and for artists’ rights !! – that’s a huge faux pas.
it’s called COPYRIGHT VIOLATION and you should know better.
not to mention the legal liability.
don’t you guys check your photo sources ?
great start on getting more focus on the photos, bye the way.
the correct caption:
MARTIN BROMIRISKI at his opening in Brooklyn, OCT 1, 2010 – PHOTO BY NANCY SMITH/artloversnewyork.com
see the original artlovers post: Bro Bro Bromirski – OCT 2010
DAMN, that’s nasty.
~THIEF !!!! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 27th, 2012, 3:40pm
so, NO . . . it’s NOT just us !! everybody be on life support !!
they are sending out an S.O.S. – in Paris, too.
in fact you could even call it, kinda ‘quick’ sound bite-wise, the summer of:
life support vs. the ghosts. ha.
the dead walking vs. the walking dead !!
and a little cruel if you include Batman.
see: ROBERTA SMITH/LA MOCA on Life-Support
see: BREAKING NEWS – JUST POSTED 5 MINS AGO !! – LA TIMES: DEMANDING LA MOCA DIRECTOR’S REMOVAL
the director in question, that be JEFFREY DEITCH.
my take, thanks for asking !!
1. it’s ok, for directors to curate – esp contemporary art museums that have to downscale, and most importantly be light on their feet. BUT, you are only as good as your last show, esp in LA !!!!!!
and you should have some social skills, no ?
2. maybe, the holy trinity of artist, dealer, collector – where the said dealer becomes a museum director in an institution mostly funded by the same collector – is maybe NOT, ok.
3. JEFFREY would be ok, if ELI hadn’t pulled the $ plug.
4. and the other trustees don’t want to pay up anymore – now that Eli’s completely taken over and booted their side of the camp, i.e. the ousted curator Paul Schimmel and all the other resigned-from-the-board artists, like John Baldessari and Ed Ruscha.
hey, they liked having Ed over for dinner.
BRUNO SERRALONGUE, ‘SOS #1, Serie Florange’, October 2011, Ilfochrome print mounted on aluminium. 126 x 157 cm. Photo DR courtesy Air de Paris, Paris.
from the press release:
BRUNO SERRALONGUE’s new solo show at Air de Paris presents a selection of photographs from his recent series: South Sudan 2011, on the official commemoration of the country’s independence; Kosovo 2009, still in preparation, on the construction of a new country in Europe; and Florange 2012, the working title for a series on the industrial dispute at Arcelor Mittal in France . . . .
Bruno Serralongue was born in Chatellerault in 1968. He lives and works in Paris, and since 2004 has been teaching at the Geneva University of Art and Design . . . .
BIENVENUE/Welcome – check out: AIR DE PARIS, PARIS-FRANCE
AIR DE PARIS – 32, rue LOUIS WEISS, PARIS-FRANCE.
TROIS EXPOSITIONS DU 14 SEPTEMBRE AU 21 OCTOBRE 2012
VERNISSAGE VENDREDI 14 SEPTEMBRE 2012 de 18 h a 21 h.
BRUNO SERRALONGUE – ‘Histoire des avant-dernieres luttes.’
AARON FLINT JAMISON
and, JEAN-MARIE APPRIOU – ‘Ginger Succubes’ – dans la vintrine/in the window
~S.O.S . . . in Paris ? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 26th, 2012, 5:50pm
as in . . . literally. event: past !! history. over. it was last week.
as in . . . these flowers, be they the ghosts of Washington Square . . . past ?
or present.
continues . . .
The Flowers of Washington Square Park
A Play in Five Acts
by: Nik Gelormino
. . . “Animals. Animals. They’re Different.”
~the ghost . . . in Gowanus |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 26th, 2012, 5:34pm
UP-DATE: 7:36 PM
omg, whatever is wrong with me !! – DEDICATED TO ELI BROAD !!
TRANSPARENT STUDIO at BOSE PACIA in BROOKLYN is pleased to announce that their current artist-in-residence – PRIYANKA DASGUPTA – will create a life-size, mechanical puppet inspired by her grandmother (!!), which clutches objects to maintain control (!!) over her physical environment and “manage the frustrations of fading memories.” (!!)
in other words: she speaks to . . . how hard it is for old people – to give up their belongings. (!!)
PRIYANKA DASGUPTA, born in KOLKATA, INDIA in 1979 – has an MA in Studio Art – NYU/ICP (2003) and a BA in Literature from St. Stephen’s College, DELHI (2000). Among other honors, she is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award (2004). Her video installations have been presented internationally at many prestigious venues – she currently lives and works in New York.
TRANSPARENT STUDIO at BOSE PACIA, NY . . . is an artist residency program launched this past January 2012 by BOSE PACIA.
“Emerging and mid career artists are chosen for the studio program through a submission process based on project proposal and artistic merit. Residents are provided with a studio in the main gallery space for a 1-3 month period. By turning the transitional gallery space into temporary artist studios on the street-level in an active arts neighborhood, we are hoping to allow for an atmosphere of engagement and conversation around the creative process. During the residency, the public is invited to interact with the artist throughout their creative process allowing exchanges and collaborative relationships.”
BOSE PACIA – 163 PLYMOUTH ST – BROOKLYN, NY
the show runs JULY 10 – OCTOBER 6, 2012
with some scheduled events on the 1st THURSDAY of every month / 6-9 PM.
THURS AUG 2: a sharing of work in progress.
THURS SEPT 6: an exhibition of the work in progress and panel discussions.
THURS OCT 4: an interdisciplinary installation and literary event with Billy & CO
& ALL DAY FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT 28-30, is the DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL – events at the gallery will include a live performance and the completed shadow puppet installation – by PRIYANKA DASGUPTA.
otherwise note: gallery hours, MON – FRI are by APPOINTMENT ONLY.
contact: mail@bosepacia.com
PRIYANKA DASGUPTA – ‘Dreams of Inconvenience’ (detail), 2011. acrylic and wire.
image: screengrab from the gallery website.
PRIYANKA DUSGUPTA at work. you can find several more images of the artist – and her work on the gallery website: here !!
image: screen grab from gallery website
~the ghost . . . in DUMBO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 24th, 2012, 2:06pm
OUTEAST GALLERY PRESENTS:
‘GORILLA MONSON’
a solo exhibition of recent work on wood and paper by BROOKLYN based artist – MASON SALTARRELLI.
MASON originally hails from NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – where they know a lot about dreams, visions, and ghosts !!
He currently lives and works in BROOKLYN.
the show runs JULY 19 thru AUGUST 13, 2012.
OUTEAST GALLERY – 65 TUTHILL RD, MONTAUK, NY
see more of MASON’S WORK: MASON SALTARRELLI
ARTWORK BY – MASON SALTARRELLI . . . . ghostly !!
MASON SALTARRELLI – at the opening of ‘The Old Stone House – New Histories’, Brooklyn, N.Y. – a group show which featured a good number of his artworks.
the super edgey & interesting show ran FEB 1 – 27, 2012.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, NYC, FEB 1, 2012.
see: more PIX – from the OLD STONE HOUSE, BROOKLYN OPENING / artlovers archive
~the ghost in the Hamptons |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 24th, 2012, 1:14pm
re: the BATMAN THEATER MASSACRE – SUMMER of 2012.
FILE UNDER: I’m for life & sci fi. the true power of creativity.
YODA: the ghost in the culture machine – OR – the GHOST OF MOVIES PAST !!
JOY. CELEBRATION. LIFE I FEEL.
IMAGE COURTESY HALLMARK CARDS & LUCASFILMS
~the ghost in the culture machine |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 24th, 2012, 1:04pm
meanwhile back home – so, just what do you do . . . in a disaster ?
apparently you tag: HELP ME !! . . . Jerry ???!!!!
ok, when you were stunned enough by the THOMAS DEMAND ‘disaster’ show – at MATTHEW MARKS on W 22 in Chelsea, last Spring 2012 . . . you might have looked around, when you returned to the street to . . . to find your current bearings. am I safe ?
what the F ?
HELP ME JERRY ?
as in Jerry Saltz ? the art critic / truck driver ?
now that’s what I call – one salty . . . mother of an S.O.S. !!
I didn’t know whether . . . to laugh, or cry.
and yes. I WAS jealous . . .
but on the other hand, mine would prob say: FUCK YOU NANCY.
life is SO unfair.
I mean I’m into ‘skills’ – and Jerry is NOT.
I called alot of artists when they were completely off the charts, or just on the nano nancy charts !! – and it took years for the lightbulb to go off in Jerry’s head – if ever, to catch up. give an example: JOE BRADLEY.
I mean I did coin the phrase: pass the saltz – as in SKIP !!
but ok, if he got this – he must have done something to deserve it.
though I (obviously) still haven’t (ala NORA EPHRON) forgiven him for trashing, and derailing bye the way !! that great psychedelic MIKE PARE show – at ATM years ago.
but I did get close enough to check out the materials.
looks like some kind of super heavy ‘lego’ toy building blocks . . . like the size they might make for the pre-K / kindergarten set ?
nice. really well glued down too. neon.
damn, I’m jealous. S.O.S. JERRY – YOU’RE IMMORTAL !!
in fact – he was in great company too. the whole was was great. damn. damn. damn. the future !!
and ha.
kudos to DAN ASHER and ALEXANDER McQUEEN – future cops gonna be underwater (!!) Japanese babies riding . . . sea ‘horses’ !!
Hushpuppy meets Hello kitty ?
all the street graff & lego & wheat paste and making Jerry famous action – is taking place around the Chelsea landmark COMME DES GARCONS store. designed in 1998-1999 by FUTURE SYSTEMS – it’s still one of the most beautiful and mysterious and future-looking sites in the whole god damn city, more than 10 years later !!
more pix: NEW YORK ARCHITECTURE
and check out: COMME DES GARCONS – their website, this is VISUAL !! though it’s hard to actually get any INFO !! hey FUCK the info !!
so just how do you say …. oy vey in Japanese ?
in American it’s: Help me. Help me Rhonda yeah, get a piece of her heart !! NOT !!
and whatever did happen, to the summer of love ?
the New York Post is calling it, 2012 – the summer of blood !!?
what is it about (record) heat & the city . . . that spikes the stats.
meanwhile the New York Times is playing it on the low ball: ‘Drought Takes a Toll Across the U.S. – The drought is expected to worsen’ . . ‘Weather takes Toll on Food Prices as Crisis spreads across the Nation’.
help me, Jerry !!
and heads up !! all you graphic designers – and ‘info’ font specialists !!
they give a great map on Page A11: Drought’s Footprint !!
hey, at least we’re not gonna be – underwater, yet !!
of course New York City . . . being the global artist mecca that it is – there was also a Frenchie weighing in on the DIRE state of affairs, too . . .
wow. talk about your tortured artist !!
melanger/mix tout les ingredients . . . and what do you have: ONE BIG MESS !!
the poster child of the future – a wolf / boy – hybrid ?
in rainbow – no less.
oy vey – in hipster ? . . . just saying.
(just joking – calm down, Brooklyn. if Alfredo can take it, so can you !!)
here’s lookin’ at ya kid.
don’t say nobody warned ya.
and yeah, someone buy Jerry a drink. and tell him – it’s on me !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
UPDATE: FRI JULY 20, 2012 at 1:08 PM – & now, you can FILE THIS UNDER: HOLY BATMAN !!
BREAKING NEWS !! HOLY BATMAN !! NO JOKE – SUMMER Of 2012 – SUMMER OF BLOOD.
as we speak: NEWS ABOUT the BATMAN MASSACRE in COLORADO – is just hitting the web – it’s termed: the biggest mass shooting in the US (!!) since . . . . 2007
and the first in a theater ?
where’s the joke in that.
for real: where’s the joker . . . better check your back.
damn.
the bad news is coming in so fast – you can’t keep up with it.
UP-DATE: TUES JULY 24, 2012
well maybe that was the break – in the bad news dept ?
the final catharsis ?
it’s interesting to note from an art world & comic book world point of view – the use of popular culture – as a platform from which to act out on violence. I wonder if this has historical precedent. I’m sure, yes. the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln does come to mind, immediately.
the biggest shock was for the movie goers to process that this was not 3D – advanced special effects . . . BUT the ultimate culture war.
~sending out an S.O.S. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 20th, 2012, 9:50am
