~DAVID ARON/LITTLE CAKES

David Aron-card

the card for:

DAVID ARON – ‘Cords of the Easy Rescue’

Little Cakes Little Gallery – 625 East 6th Street #1B

JUNE 1 – June 30, 2007 – !! LAST WEEK !!

the gallery is open Friday – Saturday 1 – 6pm

Little Cakes

~DAVID ARON/LITTLE CAKES | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 9:43pm



~CHRISTIAN SCHWARZWALD/DEREK ELLER

bird in the hand

the card for: CHRISTIAN SCHWARZWALD – ‘A BIRD IN THE HAND’

DEREK ELLER GALLERY – 615 West 27th STREET

MAY 31 – JULY 13, 2007

photos from the opening

DEREK ELLER GALLERY

~CHRISTIAN SCHWARZWALD/DEREK ELLER | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 9:37pm



~TOM MEACHAM/OLIVER KAMM

Tom Meacham

the card for:

TOM MEACHAM – ‘the greater good’ – OLIVER KAMM / 5BE GALLERY

621 W. 27th STREET

MAY 31 – JULY 13, 2007

photos from the opening

OLIVER KAMM / 5BE GALLERY

~TOM MEACHAM/OLIVER KAMM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 8:52pm



~JOE BRADLEY/SARAH BRAMAN/DICKSMITH/LONDON

Dicksmith
PHOTO: COURTESY CANADA

JOE BRADLEY, (the sailboat on the wall), and SARAH BRAMAN (the free standing floor sculpture – which looks r-a-d-i-a-n-t) had a really successful sojourn to LONDON, this spring, when DICKSMITH GALLERY exhibited several works by both artists, in a 2 person show, simply titled; ‘Joe Bradley/Sarah Braman’.

the show ran from May 10 – June 17, 2007

you can see more images on the DICKSMITH GALLERY website:
www.dicksmithgallery.co.uk/

CANADA

~JOE BRADLEY/SARAH BRAMAN/DICKSMITH/LONDON | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 8:27pm



~BRIAN BELOTT/Wipe That Clock Off Your Face/ DVD

book # 1

book # 2

book # 3

DON’T MISS OUT!! THE DVD, so cleverly attached to the inside back cover of
‘Wipe That Clock Off Your Face’ is an original CD/DVD that offers BRIAN BELOTT’S
“accclaimed Found Images, a digital slide show of over 2,000 found
photos, with an exclusive full-length soundtrack of FOUND sound collages.”

‘Wipe That Clock Off Your Face’, by BRIAN BELOTT, copyright 2007
Published by PictureBox Inc
Distributed by D.A.P.
Distributed Art Publishers, New York
www.artbook.com
ISBN: 0-9789722-1-X

DVD PRODUCTION BY: ANNIE PEARLMAN

DVD ASSISTANCE: CHRISTOPHER FRAGA

ABOVE PHOTO IMAGES: Nancy Smith

PictureBox, Inc

~BRIAN BELOTT/Wipe That Clock Off Your Face/ DVD | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 8:03pm



~BRIAN CHIPPENDALE/New Mutants

Brian Chipppendale & dan nadel

Brian Chippendale # 2

BRIAN CHIPPENDALE at the ‘New Mutants’ after party, CANADA, Chinatown,
top, with DAN NADEL (at left)
June 22, 2007
PHOTO: Nancy Smith

we’ve being hearing alot about BRIAN CHIPPENDALE from many of the RHODE ISLAND crew, esp those who came to stay in New York. His band, LIGHTING BOLT, for which he is the apparently totally dynamic drummer, has cult status among the knowing.

you can catch his painting talent at CANADA in the ‘New Mutants’ show curated by DAN NADEL,
running JUNE 22 – JULY 22, 2007
at CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE – LOWER EAST SIDE/CHINATOWN

more pix

CANADA

~BRIAN CHIPPENDALE/New Mutants | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 5:51pm



~FRANK SANTORO/New Mutants/Wipe That Clock Off Your Face

Frank Santoro # 2
FRANK SANTORO at the ‘New Mutants’ after party, CANADA, Chinatown,
June 22, 2007
PHOTO: Nancy Smith

FRANK SANTORO finally comes in from the shadows with this show.
he has some beautiful, light handed ink drawings on display.

Frank # 1

Frank # 2

Frank # 3

PHOTOS: Nancy Smith, FRANK SANTORO ink drawings on paper,
‘New Mutants’, curated by DAN NADEL, CANADA
June 22, 2007

more pix from the opening & after party

we also found it interesting to note that FRANK SANTORO is given a ‘WISDOM’ credit on the back page/credits of ‘Wipe That Clock Off Your Face’, by BRIAN BELOTT,
PictureBox,Inc publishers.

CANADA

PictureBox, Inc

~FRANK SANTORO/New Mutants/Wipe That Clock Off Your Face | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2007, 5:28pm



~NEW MUTANTS/CANADA/opening to-nite/FRI/up-date

mutants web
card image by MICHAEL WILLIAMS, COURTESY CANADA

NEW MUTANTS opens to-nite – FRIDAY JUNE 22, 2007 – 7-9pm
the show runs form JUNE 22 – JULY 22, 2007
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE STREET – LOWER EAST SIDE

curated by DAN NADEL

Melissa Brown
Brian Chippendale
Julie Doucet
C.F.
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Ben Jones
Amy Lockhart
Sakura Maku
Frank Santoro
Patrick Smith
Michael Williams

DAN NADEL is the founder of PictureBox, Inc

CANADA

UP-DATE: TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007

‘New Mutants’ is a brilliant little show, and Dan Nadel shows he is really getting into top form. ‘Wipe That Clock Off Your Face’, by BRIAN BELOTT, which his PictureBox, Inc published – was the first indication of a big step-up in the Dan Nadel game.

Dan Nadel-new mutants
publisher and curator DAN NADEL, of PictureBox, Inc in a characteristic mode, at the ‘New Mutants’ after party,
Chinatown, June 22, 2007
PHOTO: Nancy Smith

some of the art work in ‘New Mutants’:

new mutants # 1
PATRICK SMITH, oil on canvas, 48 x 40-1/8 ins.

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 'Fur Tree', oil on canvas, 58 x 76 ins.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ‘Fur Tree’, oil on canvas, 58 x 76 ins.

Melissa brown
MELISSA BROWN, ‘Untitled’, silkscreen on aluminum, 48 x 96 ins.

Frank santoro
FRANK SANTORO, ink drawing on paper

PHOTOS: Nancy Smith, ‘New Mutants’, curated by DAN NADEL, CANADA, NYC,
opening night, June 22, 2007

more pix of the work in the show at the opening

CANADA

~NEW MUTANTS/CANADA/opening to-nite/FRI/up-date | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 22nd, 2007, 8:43am



~IT’S OK TO MAKE MISTAKES/RIVIERA/opens SAT/up-date

Riviera- hektor

‘IT’S OK To MAKE MISTAKES’

OPENS To-NITE – SAT JUNE 16, 2007 – 6-10PM

THE SHOW RUNS FROM: SAT JUNE 16 – SAT JULY 1, 2007
RIVIERA GALLERY – 103 METROPOLITAN AVE – WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday and Friday: 2 – 8PM
Saturday and Sunday: 12noon – 6PM
(or by private appointment 1-718-599-5589)

‘IT’S OK TO MAKE MISTAKES’
JUERG LEHNI AND LAURENZ BRUNNER PRESENT:
– HEKTOR – A PORTABLE SPRAY-PAINT OUTPUT DEVICE !!!

“HEKTOR is a portable Spray-paint Output Device for laptop computers. It was created in close collaboration with engineer Uli Franke for Jurg Lehni’s diploma project at ecal (ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne) in 2002.

Hektor’s light and fragile installation consists of only two motors, toothed belts and a can holder that handles regular spray cans. The can is moved along drawing paths just as the human hand or old plotters would. During operation, the mechanism sometimes trembles and wobbles, and the paint often drips. The contrasts between these low-tech aspects and the high-tech touch of the construction hold ambiguous and poetic qualities and make Hektor enjoyable to watch in action. . .”

websites of interest:
www.hektor.ch/
www.scratchdisk.com
www.lineto.com
www.scriptographer.com
www.vectorama.org
www.laurenzbrunner.com

RIVIERA GALLERY
DIRECTIONS: 103 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, BROOKLY.
Take the L train to BEDFORD AVENUE stop.
Walk south 5 blocks and take right on to METROPOLITAN AVENUE.
Walk 2 blocks to corner of WYTHE and METROPOLITAN.

UP-DATE: TUES JUNE 19, 2007

HEKTOR crew

from left: JUERG LEHNI, HEKTOR’S creator, CHLOE DERDERIAN, RIVIERA’S new Managing Director, LAURENZ BRUNNER, guest collaborator – graphics/content, and MATT OWEN, one of the founding Directors, RIVIERA GALLERY, at the opening.
‘IT’S OK TO MAKE MISTAKES’ – JUERG LEHNI and LAURENZ BRUNNER PRESENT:
HEKTOR – A PORTABLE SPRAY-PAINT OUTPUT DEVICE,
RIVIERA GALLERY, Williamsburg, BROOKLYN, June 16, 2007
PHOTO: Nancy Smith

YEP, HEKTOR was a “light and fragile” low-fi production, and it was fascinating to watch the little machine that could, decorate the gallery walls. the designs were text driven,
but the choice of fonts, tone, (graphics & message), and the spray paint hue made for a very visual and poetic experience. The designs were pre-programmed into a laptop computer, and sent to HEKTOR, which just seemed to be jerry rigged on 2 lines, actually 2 “toothed belts”, connected to 2 pulleys at the top of the wall. it was fascinating to watch the designs evolve.

HEKTOR had to re-claim its “balance” by making a little circle after each complete letter or design glyph, and as the design moved down the wall, and the tether lines became longer, the control of the spray can became more fragile and tenuous – but never really, losing it, all together, for a moment. it basically wobbled and wavered, as the press release rightly stated, and the line became less focused, but it was very much a fun thing. it was like HEKTOR became animate and human, given a little “more rope”. the contrast between the hi-tech, as in the pre-programmed computer directions, and the low-tech messenger, was indeed fun to watch. it was definitely an out-put device that was poetic, as compared to a hi-end printer that spits out clean computer designs, to the dot, and yes, HEKTOR – therefore “conveys the abstract geometries contained in these graphics in a different way than normal printers do.”

JUERG LEHNI, who is a graphic design artist himself, created HEKTOR and apparently invites other artists to collaborate with him, to create exhibitions featuring HEKTOR’S spray paint possibilities . . In this New York HEKTOR debut, he has invited the graphic design artist, LAURENZ BRUNNER to in-put visual “content”. Both artists are Swiss Germans, who are currently in NYC living in the downtown Manhattan area, on a temporary residency grant (GRAPHIC DESIGN) funded by the
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT of ZURICH.

the show is up for 2 weeks, don’t believe there will be any more live demonstrations, but HEKTOR will be there, and the designs in themselves, as finished product are
fascinating enough to stand on their own, though just why they are so compelling in their simplicity – is hard to put into words. must be that special HEKTOR touch, not to mention the a-head of the curve sensibilites of JUERG LEHNI and LAURENZ BRUNNER.

more photos from the opening

VIEW HEKTOR In ACTION
there’s a link to live action clips of HEKTOR here:
RIVIERA GALLERY – HEKTOR: http://seeyouattheriviera.com/hektor

RIVIERA GALLERY – http://seeyouattheriviera.com

~IT’S OK TO MAKE MISTAKES/RIVIERA/opens SAT/up-date | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 16th, 2007, 9:07am



~TED McGRATH/CHRIS SILAS NEAL

TED McGRATH and CHRIS SILAS NEAL – exhibited new works on paper last month at
RIVIERA GALLERY, in Williamsburg, BROOKLYN.

the show was titled: TED McGRATH AND CHRIS SILAS NEAL
and ran: MAY 10 – JUNE 3, 2007
.. . “two of New York’s hardest working illustrators, Ted and Chris channel pop, folk, fine art and doodles into works that have the power to be both hilariously charming and subversively dark.” –
RIVERIA GALLERY

both have really interesting, really different websites.

the CHRIS SILAS NEAL site opens with a blog account of his projects. the latest entry, as of this post, 6/5/07 – relates his recent time with NICKELODEON, don’t miss the QUICKTIME player of the FINAL TV SPOT !

Christopher Silas Neal
IMAGE: COURTESY CHRISTOPHER SILAS NEAL

check out the CHRISTOPHER SILAS NEAL site: http://redsilas.com

………………………………………………………………

the TED McGRATH site is presented in more of a portfolio format…

Ted McGrath
IMAGE: COURTESY TED McGRATH

check out the TED McGRATH site: http://www.tedmcgrath.com

the show is archived under EXHIBITIONS>2007
RIVERIA GALLERY – http://seeyouattheriviera.com

~TED McGRATH/CHRIS SILAS NEAL | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 16th, 2007, 8:29am


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