and in a funny reverse –
FREE LIFE CENTER – A TOURING – MODULE DIY – ART INSTALLATION by MARK WARREN JACQUES & SETH NEEFUS !!
out of PORTLAND, OREGON !!
OPENS – AT NEEDLES & PENS – in SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA !! TO-NITE – FRI AUG 6, 2010 / 7-10 pm !!
with musical performances by PIONEER, TEMPIST FUGIT & OLD FRIEND as well as VALERIE GEORGE !!
check out: the NEEDLES & PENS website for the details !!
the show runs thru AUGUST 31, 2010.
also most def !! check out the FREE LIFE CENTER website – !! – which features a quick-time video of the FREE LIFE CENTER going up, at a previous gig – along with some great banjo-sounding gui-tar strumming – !!
see: FREE LIFE CENTER !!
from the NEEDLES & PENS press release:
“MARK WARREN JACQUES and SETH NEEFUS are two Portland-based artists embarking on a dream. Free Life Center houses their optimism and creativity, and you are invited to join them as they take their mobile art center on a nomadic journey.
Inspired by the community of free thinkers around them , they bring knowledge of earthy spirituality and simplicity to encourage others to share the ‘free life’ through hosting an experience of music, art, skillshare, storytelling, and creativity.
Free Life Center is a large scale freestanding installation crafted from salvaged building materials. the one-room structure emanates the artists’ homespun aesthetic and their commitment to a high level of DIY craftsmanship. The construction is modular (built in sections) and can be adapted to suit a variety of configurations along their journey, whether it is a traditional gallery space or a site-specific event outdoors.
These vagabond dreamers will host community events, musical performances, workshops, drawing parties, and more within the walls of the Free Life Center at all stops along their Art-tour starting in June 2010. From the structure itself, to the art, inspiration, collaborations and experiences of their newest project, mark and Seth hope to spread ideas that can lead to a more healthy, happy, and creative free life.” – Leslie Miller, Pacific Northwest College of Art
~FREE LIFE CENTER OPENS To-NITE at NEEDLES & PENS/SF !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 6th, 2010, 11:48am
HEADS UP !!
YACHT PLAYS THE SOUTH STREET SEAPORT/NYC – TO-NITE – FRI AUG 6, 2010 – at 8 PM !!
ADMISSION FREE – IN AN OPEN AIR CONCERT – PRESENTED BY THE RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL !!
we first caught the awesome YACHT – aka JONA BECHTOLT !! – out of Portland, Oregon – when he played at CINDERS – way back in 2007 – !!- SAT APRIL 14, 2007 – to be specific.
it was an amazing night – the other band up – was the also awesome beyond belief: TELEPATHE out of Brooklyn !!
the artwork on the wall was by art collective – SPACE 1026 – out of PHILLY !! no kidding the night rocked !!
art + music = BELIEVE IN ME !!
here are some archival pix – from the night !!
YACHT = aka JONA BECHTOLT – says hi – just before he goes on “stage” !!
there was just enough time for him to show us some of his recent CD releases . . .
some of which included or featured – some of his own far-out intense artwork !!
more – early CD artwork by YACHT !!
onstage – YACHT – was a one-man – explosion of energy, word, and song !!
it got hot – in the small CINDERS storefront gallery. real quick . . . the place was packed.
SPACE 1026 – out of Philly – artwork on the wall.
CINDERS co-founder KELIE BOWMAN at the small venue – but super intense, out-size YACHT performance !!
among the for-sale offerings – on the CINDERS bookshelf that night . . .
BRIAN CHIPPENDALE’S – BIG HARD COVER COMIC BOOK !!
and CINDERS co-founder – STO’s limited edition print – ‘BELIEVE IN ME’ !!
ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH. NYC, APRIL 14, 2007
see: the original post: YACHT / TELPATHE at CINDERS !!
see: the post on YACHT’S CD artwork !!
see: YACHT on MYSPACE !!
~YACHT PLAYS SEAPORT – To-NITE !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 6th, 2010, 10:46am
so, yep here is the MOMA – MUSEUM OF MODERN ART NYC – BROCHURE OF EVENTS FOR JULY 2010 !! – starring JOSH HARRIS !!
in the see-thru custom built – community !! – shower – he had designed and built for QUIET – the Pseudo Millennium Party – featured in WE LIVE IN PUBLIC !!
(and ya, you better believe there were a plenty of live action camera feeds – directed on that baby.
you coudld watch the action, 24/7 – in the bubble dining room – in real time !!
and yah, I took showers in it – but alone – and, with a huge fleece blanket wrapped around me !!)
it had huge hot water aplenty – unlike Josh’s multi-million dollar custom-built Broadway at Spring St. loft !! but, that’s another story !!
THE BIG QUESTION: does Josh finally feel – like he’s being taken – seriously – for – a bonafide artist – ala JEFF KOONS and DAMIEN HIRST – ?? – gracing the MOMA brochure thus – instead of the C.E.O. of a ‘fake’ company – let alone the “biggest internet guru – you’ve never heard of” – !!
hope so !! and yo, Josh – try to remember your pals on the way, up. as if !!
~JOSH HARRIS/WE LIVE IN PULIC, RULES !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 27th, 2010, 3:27pm
ok, if you are truly on a shoestring collecting budget – there is still plenty of opportunity to score !!
name one place? MY PLASTIC HEART – 210 FORSYTH – in the Lower East Side – almost right next door, if not exactly next door to the HALF GALLERY & right around the corner from the LANDMARK SUNSHINE MOVIE THEATRE !!
where they seem to have plenty of MATT SIREN – GHOST GIRLS – at $45 a pop !!
and in an amazing ‘right on’ range of colors.
the black head, on the right – that’s the way the MATT SIREN – GHOST GIRL looks – inside the package !!
it’s the very last few days to catch the current featured show – here’s a little sampling.
‘Slippery Slope’ by Robots Will Kill (RWK).
mixed media, 11 x 14 in. ($150).
‘I AM THE FUTURE’ – Dacosta !!
digital print on archival stock, 13 x 19 in.
detail, ‘I AM THE FUTURE’ – Dacosta.
‘Billi Kid Sinatra Stencil’ – by Billi Kid
spray paint & stencil on wood. 12 x 12 in.
more MATT SIREN – GHOST GIRL boxes – line the wall.
talk ’bout color range – would be hard-pressed – to choose a box !!
and love love the graphics. the lay-out. the font. the shadows. and, the muted off-colors !!
apparently, I’m not the only one with a ‘make a choice’ dilemma !!
ALL ABOVE PHOTOS – COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
. . . and opening – this FRIDAY – JULY 30, 201O !!
‘CHAPTER ONE – THE CONFRONTATION – ROHBY VS PHU’ – !!
the show runs JULY 30 – AUGUST 13, 2010 !!
check out: MY PLASTIC HEART !! NYC !!
~MY PLASTIC HEART, HURTS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 27th, 2010, 3:10pm
ANNE EASTMAN has really got her ‘mobile’ art – down. it still might be beyond the reach of most of ya – but that’s your problem. and at $4,000. (!!) – it’s a no-brainer, probably the sleeper of the season.
ANNE EASTMAN, ‘The Importance of Doing Nothing’, 2009.
Iridescent plexi mobile, wood frame, stretched fabric. 24 x 24 x 24 in. ($4,000)
BILL BRADY/ATM GALLERY – 542 West 24th St – up thru July 23, 2010.
also at ATM – in the back room: PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Ice Cream and Tacos’, 2010. two different looping videos . . .
and don’t miss the small TOMOO GOKITA, in the office !!
across the street, a big ROY LICHTENSTEIN offering – brought the desire to get back to ATM, and re-check that ANNE EASTMAN mobile out again !!
ROY LICHTENSTEIN, ‘STILL LIFES’, up till JULY 30, 2010 – GAGOSIAN GALLERY, 555 W. 24th St.
also on the way to check out the Lichtenstein show – JOE BRADLEY with his new baby son, BASIL, and baby mama VALENTINE !!
later on 23rd St – NATE LOWMAN.
and, MELISSA BROWN.
. . . they were on their way to the opening of ‘Shred’ at Perry Rubenstein – where we caught, for the first time, the elusive, but mighty talented BRIAN DOUGLAS aka ELBOW-TOE !!
he was way happier hanging out with fans – than being photographed !! no kidding.
but his piece was really great.
BRIAN DOUGLAS (ELBOW-TOE), ‘Bears’, 2010. cut paper glued on birch panel.
35 x 48 in. ($12,000.)
the show also featured a nice SHEPARD FAIREY .
SHEPARD FAIREY, ‘Big Brother is Watching You’, 2010, retired stencil, mixed media on paper.
44 x 30 in. ($20,000.)
though I preferred the SWOON offering, ‘HELICOPTER’, 2010.
screenprinting on collaged paper with handpainting. 73 x 52 in. ($14,000.)
esp the access to checking out the collage work !!
along the border edges of the piece.
and the draftsmanship of the screenprinting.
‘Shred’ was curated by CARLO McCORMICK and runs thru AUGUST 27th at PERRY RUBENSTEIN on 23rd St.
ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~chasing summer’s art !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 15th, 2010, 8:45am
ONDI TIMONER and ROBERT REDFORD.
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE DIRECTORS LAB, UTAH. JUNE 2010.
PHOTO COURTESY/INTERLOPER FILMS
more info on this conference and a brief up-date on WE LIVE IN PUBLIC – to post shortly in artlovers’ MOVIE REVIEW SECTION !!
in the meantime, check this out !!
Ondi’s team just sent us a great link to a video-interview with Ondi – put out by the AMBULANTE FILM FESTIVAL , where WE LIVE IN PUBLIC recently enjoyed a special presence. The festival, in Mexico was founded by actors GAEL GARCIA BERNAL and DIEGO LUNA . . .
read more: 4th AMBULANTE FILM FESTIVAL/LA TIMES !!
there’s one priceless quote in that LA TIMES link:
“the actors, and the director of the festival, ELENA FORTES, said they wanted to challenge the assumption that documentaries are boring” !!
yo, everyone knows – DOCS RULE !!
here’s the link to the interview: ONDI TIMONER on WE LIVE IN PUBLIC/AMBULANTE FILM FESTIVAL !!
what’s so great about the clip, is Ondi relating how our Pseudo / JOSH HARRIS dot.com millions NYC-based downtown Millennium Artist Party – QUIET – started it all off !!
plus the clip actually has a really cool sound track, and is edited really sweetly.
at the very beginning – the ‘underground’ artist bunker based on Japanese pod hotels and archival footage of Nazi concentration camp prisoners stacked one on top of the other – goes up. it will house over 100+ in-house production crew and artist guests – as well as quite a few live wires. and not, just as in characters. literally, each bunker was wired for 24/7 surveillance and had its own small screen for choosing among several live action channels of the multi-faceted event.
JEFF GOMPERTZ and JOSH HARRIS.
Jeff built the bunker pod hotel – with a lot of input from Josh.
he had to put it up pretty damn fast – like in one week, two weeks – tops.
though it’s come down through legend and the media – as being described as an “underground bunker hotel” – though it was a truly a hotel, underground is used in the rebel sense – it was fabricated to look like an underground bunker, but it was actually installed on the 2nd or 3rd floor of an old manufacturing loft building on Lower Broadway near Chambers St. what was really underground – was the art scene that Josh tapped to make it all happen – a raw frontier downtown art scene – where the only things you had to have – were an ability to capture Josh’s A.D.D. T.V. baby – attention span – and, not, that’s NOT !! be affiliated with an established gallery. from there on in – it was one big wide-open and really wild scene. talk about 24/7 artist par-tay !!
of course any hotel, downtown or not – underground bunker or not – had to come up with some sort of eating option – as in FOOD !!
the dining room at QUIET serviced the 100+ artist residents and guests – and was most def not – bunker – it was 4 star. for real. with its own 4 star Asian chef and 4 star meals. 3 meals a day. and completely FREE. the seating arrangements could get a little intense – but let’s not go there. it was wired too.
the bubble wrap interior and the creative dining menu, and even some over-the-top table-top performances were the brain child of OWEN BUSH. the bubble dining room, and small custom kitchen – were actually built in the adjoining building. a one or two story storefront that used to be a famous photographer’s studio at the time of the civil war. After QUIET it morphed into the LEO KOENIG gallery and CANADA was downstairs. there was a lot of rivalry.
actually rivalry ruled. everywhere, and all the time. but particularly between these two after-the-shock of QUIET gallery venues. Leo used to block off the entrance to the stairway leading to CANADA at his openings – with a big piece of wooden board – so CANADA couldn’t ride on his coattails !!
and, it’s really true – what Ondi says – that everybody there – would have opted to stay there forever, if they could have. it wasn’t so much the community – as the intense anti-community !! – the rush of the 24/7 rivalry and jousts to stay in Josh’s favor, in the spotlight and in the dough !! big time. big time money. big time rivals. kept you in high-gear production mode double-time. no fake wannabes there, you could get shot – it was that intense. plus like Ondi says – free meals 3 times a day. free pod hotel lodging, and a huge dot.com budget. not to mention – the never-ending open bar driven parties.
speaking of which – all you new generation VAMPIRE fans.
nobody’s saying this, in the mainstream media press or in the various festival interviews – but it’s true.
the downtown VAMPIRES of New York City came out of the shadows of their daytime hiding jobs – to run a lot of the QUIET parties. daytime didn’t exist at QUIET. It was nighttime, party time all the time.They even had their own huge super intense VAMPIRE NEW YEAR 2000 PARTY, on the night before New Year’s Eve proper !! JUDGECAL, aka CAL – the leader of the pack – worked for Josh at Pseudo and also ran the war video game installation on the (real) underground basement floor, right next to Alfredo’s shooting gallery, and the now infamous interrogation room !! At some of the real early parties – you could even score your very own custom-made pop-on fangs !! on the spot. no kidding. I know because – I was there. I witnessed it first-hand. and, no I personally – didn’t get pop-on fangs. but I was really and truly – honored, mke that fascinated – that Cal and the Vampires chose my quilt installation space – also adjacent to the shooting (as in guns) gallery in the real basement – for their wild and ritualistic party-hearty pre-NEW YEAR 2000 all night bash !! they were not evil, they were just intense. much very wired into the cosmic forces and rhythms of the natural primordial world. celebrating the Millennium – was a natural. after awhile there was no day and there was no night at QUIET, at some point it all meshed. there were no windows. there was no sunlight. and if you were working behind the scenes for Josh – you were working 24/7. you just crashed – in that damn pod hotel – until it became an orgy – but like Ondi says, “that’s a narrative” for another time. another person. put it this way, I dug the Vampires over the quasi-porn stars.
that was the thing about Quiet – it had this amazing range. from day to night, vampires to college kids proposing Zen gardens on the rooftops. guns to quilts. Josh would arrange to have anybody who pretty much made a contribution to the creative energy – ‘financed’ and installed – with the one hand, while he deliberately pushed buttons and sabotaged others – with the other. the 360 degree world of human nature – from creative genius to puppet master. dot.com CEO to Luvvy. in other words: the works. looking both backwards and forwards. making things and tearing them down. the juice, the in-the-moment – was unbelievable.
. . . and, I do remember when Ondi got hired !! like she says here, in this Ambulante clip – “so, I go hired for this job” – to film QUIET 24/7 for the live action feeds – with such matter-of-fact countenance – yet with such look-back-in amazement realization. She was just, what 31 ? when she approached Josh for work. Josh liked the rough cuts of ‘DIG!’ that she had to show him !! and gave her the job. that’s the way it worked. and p.s. she had a large film crew with her 24/7.
see: ONDI TIMONER/WIKIPEDIA !!
what can I say. the only words – that every struggling young artist who hits the Big Apple wants to hear, and what ultimately makes QUIET and WE LIVE IN PUBLIC such a rush: was that yes !! at QUIET and in WE LIVE IN PUBLIC – indie talent could prevail. raw talent could win. and raw talent could rule.
just to make sure you got the picture right: make that . . . nothing-to-lose talent. end-of-the-world and beginning of the Millennium talent. fulcrum and vortex of the very beginning birth of the internet – talent. 100% straight up – Indie talent. rock bottom NYC underground talent. raw and rough cut. burning the night, losing the day – and owning the city. for 2 weeks. at the rock bottom day zero crossroads of this crazy millennium century. and its only, what – one decade later.
under-written and funded by an eccentric dot.com visionary – only 10 years ago – a bunch of ground zero NYC artists and tech nerds – partied like it was the end of the world – under the no-holds-barred yin yang inspired – black and red PSEUDO logo.
the FEDS, the suits, they even sent in FEMA !! the NYPD and the NYFD thought we were a suicide cult !! or at the very least – ya’ll – pure anarchy in the heart of the country’s biggest cost of us, and they shut us down. the dot.com bubble burst, and Pseudo went belly-up.
Flash forward . . . just 10 puny years later.
and it’s starting to feel like the end of the world. except it’s – corporate anarchy that rules.
funny how – instead of a rogue artist group under a stark black and red Pseudo logo . . . now it’s the innocent green and yellow flower of the BP suits – that captivates the imagination, and rules the waves with their 24/7 live action ocean floor feed. and you thought you’d never live to see a bubble – you’d actually want to see busted. and you thought Pseudo – meant deceptive. I’m thinking just 10 years later – the gulf oil spill is only gonna make a bunch of outsider artists and nerdier than nerd computer geeks – look even more – Pseudo. out of this world. and right on message.
and, as the Millennium progresses – with each succeeding interview – Ondi seems even more amazed that she was there to “catch it”.
see: PSEUDO/Wikipedia !!
~ONDI TIMONER & WE LIVE IN PUBLIC !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 8th, 2010, 4:40pm
IMAGE COURTESY/THE STREETFASHION+5XPRO
. . . we always knew our friends at TEKSERVE were great patrons of the arts, but wow – their give-away reusable canvas bag – is making international fashion headlines !!
thanks Kate – for the heads up !!
see: thestreetfashion+5XPRO/MARTEDI 29 GIUGNO 2010 !!
~TEKSERVE/INTERNATIONAL FASHION HIT !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 30th, 2010, 1:54pm
was I surprised TAYLOR McKIMENS did such a great job of ‘installing’ Kathy’s inaugural show ? no way.
and in fact I had seen a ‘mini’ version of his new painting !! – in this little mini book he gave me last Spring.
this is the book laid flat – back cover & front cover.
it’s all of 4 sheets stapled together – with 2 staples !! – in the center. the book laid flat is 4-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. !!
(closed it’s 2 x 2-3/4 in. !!)
check out Taylor’s trademark – fly !! – at the top right hand corner.
the large painting in the ‘NOT QUITE OPEN FOR BUSINESS’ show – is the centerfold !!
here’s another ‘spread sheet’ – is it that supposed to be Taylor – on the right ?
Taylor comes from the deep South West !!
for more, check out his: website !!
more golden oldies !!
TAYLOR McKIMENS IN HIS BROOKLYN STUDIO. JUNE 2007.
MISAKI KAWAI, in pal TAYLOR McKIMENS’ STUDIO, BROOKLYN. JUNE 2007.
PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~TAYLOR McKIMENS/mini me !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 30th, 2010, 11:30am
IMAGE COURTESY: MISAKI KAWAI STUDIO
it was fun to see Misaki’s work in the THE HOLE inaugural show – esp because Kathy Grayson’s curatorial sensibilities tend to tilt to the very intense, and even grotesque !! and wow – guys it’s summertime !! doesn’t that count for anything – !!
talking about Misaki – her studio has just put a new limited edition handmade zine – ‘Secret Scrap’ !! In a small of edition of just 50, it is compiled from her drawings and “handmade scrap collage” !! it’s 24 pages, 4-1/2 x 6 in. produced in color ink jet and rope bound for $20 !!
you can see more about it on her website: MISAKI KAWAI/SECRET SCRAP !!
in fact her website is a nice summertime cruise: MISAKI KAWAI !!
SECRET SCRAP COVER/IMAGE COURTESY: MISAKI KAWAI STUDIO.
FLASH – FROM – THE PAST !! talk about GOLDEN OLDIES !!
here’s a couple of early pix of MISAKI – in HER BROOKLYN STUDIO, taken JUNE 2007 !!
PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~MISAKI KAWAI/SECRET SCRAP !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 30th, 2010, 10:43am
yes, that HOLE OPENING – to-nite – is the KATHY GRAYSON & PALS – inaugural opening !!
104 GREENE ST bet PRINCE & SPRING in SOHO . . . SAT JUNE 26, 2010 / 6-9 !!
and yep, a lot of people are calling the title of the gallery – more than – a slight tad unfortunate !!
kind of in that sad AUREL SCHMIDT take – when she’s in that desperately seeking attention mode . . . know what I mean ??
. . . and, if you think the title is a bad omen of things to come – and why are those smart ass girls so defensive – when we know they are bad ass to the core – check out the first image on their press release/website. LOL. well, wow – thank god they changed that (previously posted) sleazy one. the new one is actually way better. well but wait. maybe it does come round – as the images do seem to revolve. you’ll know it – when you see it – beer froth (??) on a butt naked Barbie doll-type butt on the (clean) beach with a Freudian beer bottle – is the best way to put it. art from behind, get it ??
catch: ART FROM BEHIND !!
& catch: the first 2 press releases on the gallery’s minimalist, way cool website !!
actually – the ‘button’ logo reminds us of PATRICK GRIFFIN’S work – and if he’s on the agenda – then – things are looking up. . . it’s also maybe the best way to say HOLE GALLERY, which is, by not !! the fact that this first – ‘NOT QUITE OPEN FOR BUSINESS’ – exhibit, a group show of “unfinished art, unfinished poems and unfinished symphonies” – has been handed over to TAYLOR McKIMENS to pull off !! – and which promises over 20 local artists !! just might make it – a reason to celebrate summer in the hot grimy gritty city – to-nite !! one thing’s for sure – everybody is gonna be watching, to see – if – they can pull it off.
but, more to the point – I wonder if they’re gonna be able to pull off – some booze ?? and I don’t mean beer. I guess frozen Margaritas – in plastic cups – might be asking for too much ??!!
Rob Pruitt – where are ya – when we need ya most ?
UP-DATE: SUNDAY JUNE 27, 2010 – 10:30 AM
MY BAD !! & PIX FROM THE OPENING – WHICH WAS DRY, AND HOT – BUT FUN ANYWAY, IN A DARK KIND OF WAY. . .
my bad !!
AUREL SCHMIDT finally gets – raw – right !! and we all know – that is the true meaning of: hole !!
oh you bad girrrls !! when I got home – there was big doc on COURTNEY LOVE playing out on MTV !!
self portrait by AUREL SCHMIDT, ‘For Lucien’, 2010. pencil and colored pencil on paper. 7 x 10 in.
what helped – was that she went against grain, keeping the image small – in a room full of ego-sized pieces . . as well, the perspective, duh, and color aspects – transcended any easy sleaze write-off. even from moi.
former DEITCH DIRECTOR & now: THE HOLE DEAL – in her own right – super curator of the dark, she hopes (!!) – KATHY GRAYSON and the show’s design heart – TAYLOR McKIMENS !!
my bad, again. Taylor did not organize the show – it’s all Kathy curated thru and thru – and pretty predictable as such, but that’s ok – if it means 20 more talent plus artists – get their work shown . . . the big apple is big enough. Taylor designed and produced the installation !! a big, can we say: BOBO !! inspired – riff on ‘construction’ materials left lying around after the fact !! great break-up of the space !! great off-key hues. pretty funny. well actually, pretty comic !! that pale green plank of wood behind Aurel’s drawing above – completely f-a-u-x !! – and, Taylor McKimens produced !!
and, just what the doc called for – cause otherwise, except for this high ceiling-ed going nowhere alcove in the very front, the exhibition space proper – was pretty much – just a hole in the wall – with low ceilings and narrow at that that. with ugly exposed brick walls. hey, space is space – eat your heart out !!
yep – that’s a STEVE POWERS enamel on aluminum sign – 20 x 8 ft.
it says: ‘If You Were Here I’d Be Home Now’ !!
there was no way to step back and get a full shot. in fact – hooray for sites that can’t be photographed – you couch potato – you’ve got to get off your butt – and get there to see it for yourself. its gorgeous . . .
guess that wall – might function as a kind of a ‘guest’ alcove for large, narrow pieces ?
then the show proper started – with a sweet note, and probably thanks to Taylor – MISAKI KAWAI, ‘White Fluffy’, 2008. acrylic on canvas . 202 x 20 in.
(sorry guys – there were no prices on the public / price list ??)
TAYLOR McKIMENS. ok I bet you finally start to hear a lot about Taylor, aside from forever being beamed up – outta these pages – with this large painting. it’s found pretty much at the end of the somewhat winding exhibit, and shows that a genius piece can be exhibited in what look looks like a former office warren with low ceilings and still soar. white box gallery or not . . . I’m still calling Taylor the Jackson Pollock of his generation. period. drips. get it ?
yep, she’s blowing bubbles – amidst the drips !!
Taylor’s pal – Philly-based MATT LEINES – had a nice wall too – his work looked great splayed out on the faux McKIMENS pegboard !!
CANADA’S MICHAEL WILLIAMS had a show stopping piece – as well.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ‘Unfinished Face’, 2010. oil on unprimed canvas. 52 x 68 in.
on the right – ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT had a very cool – piece in the show too.
with him MARIA and NOAH LYON. if you are in STOCKHOLM – you can catch the last week of Noah’s show at STENE PROJECTS !! and/or you catch a nice head trip by hitting his website: RETARD RIOT !!
ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT , ‘Art Blog’ !!
you gotta love it. or what !!
even SWEENEY had a great piece in the show – loved that it was – star shaped portrait !!
detail, SPENCER SWEENEY. ‘Yet To Be Titled’. 2010. mixed media on canvas.
5 pointed star at 47 x 47 in.
IO. and yes, she had work in the show too.
raw looking photographs.
what would a KATHY GRAYSON show – be – without ROSSON CROW !!
with her on the left: L.A. dealer HONOR FRASER.
up close and beautiful: HONOR FRASER and ROSSON CROW.
there were several large ROSSON CROW paintings in the show – this was my fave.
and in that back room alleyway – alongside the ROSSON CROW and TAYLOR McKIMENS canvases – guess who ??
BARRY McGEE – a mechanized ‘tagger’ !!
albeit a slight bit – rickety – but a true beaut . . . no doubt about it.
maybe you could have him work on it a few more hours – make it slightly more hardy.
my bad !! – it’s gets the last word – on THE HOLE – from us !!
ALL PHOTOS – COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~THE HOLE INAUGURAL SHOW OPENS/TO-NITE & MY BAD !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2010, 1:12pm
