(archival photo) RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA on his way to the OLAFUR ELASSON opening last Spring, (2006)
at TANYA BONAKDAR GALLERY, Chelsea, NYC, April 28, 2006
Photo: Nancy Smith
Rirkrit’s current installation at Zwirner, a recreation of his ‘Untitled 1992 (Free)’ received ‘second place’ billing on the show’s 2 man card, (he got the smaller image on the back) – while GORDON MATTA-CLARK, got the star turn, full card image on the front – but it’s Rirkrit’s piece that is blowing everyone away, and it’s not just the free Thai food.
Watching the on-going construction was one element, but also how it finally evolved within the new DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY space – was another. It looks like an Alpine ‘snack shop’ right smack in the middle of Chelsea, plus you get to see the new GEHRY building rising directly across the street !
The Gordon Matta-Clark piece, a reconstruction of his multi-dwelling, appropriate for broke artists or strung-out street kids – built within a container/dumpster is pretty good, too. It’s a lethal combination – the pairing of these 2 artists was inspired ! – the most magical show – that’s happened in a long long time. reminiscent of the early 80’s art scene glory days !
It’s definitely fun to contemplate the dumpster – while you sit and munch on free Thai food from the picnic-like open-air ‘take out’ joint that ‘Untitled 1992 (Free)’ has resurrected itself as. The original ‘Untitled (Free)’ was basically a food performance that took place at 303’s old space in Soho, a 2nd floor gallery space at the corner of Spring and Greene. At the time, it was a little bewildering for the general art public to walk into a gallery to be served food. But for the young artists of the early 90’s roaming Soho, it became a semi-hangout, with a chance to talk to the artist. It was also much smaller, only one or two tables, and it was pretty much Rirkrit himself making the food.
“For this exhibit, Tiravanija will make a ghost of the 89 Greene Street space in plywood. The kitchen – which will include the same stools, tables, cookers, pots, pans, and refridgerator . . ” (press release)
The Zwirner piece also incorporates another of Rirkrit’s aesthetics – the re-construction of specific interior spaces. The best known example being his show, in the late 90’s at Gavin Brown’s space on 15th St. in Chelsea, when he re-created the ‘shell’ of his East Village apartment, put in a fridge and invited people to hang out and graffiti on the raw wood walls 24/7. Erik Parker, one of the young artists who really got into the spirit of the piece, and did a whole wall, was discovered by then young 20-something dealer, Leo KOENIG, as a result.
At the core of Rirkrit’s aesthetic is the fact that the audience is invited to participate.
In the current piece the audience is asked to participate in a specific historical event – the re-creation of the 303 piece from 1992, . . and eat !
The new production benefits from the open-air aspect afforded by the former garage structure, that is one of the new ZWIRNER storefront galleries.
NEW YORKERS are loving it, and the momentum just keeps growing – its going to be a huge huge HUGE success. The 2 pieces, Rirkrit’s and Gordon Matta-Clark’s brought together, in this large indoor/outdoor/garage open space have just absolutely caught everybodies imagination.
GAVIN BROWN, Rirkrit’s dealer, is co-presenting this exhibit with DAVID ZWIRNER.
and he looked mighty pleased the last time we saw him . . this past Saturday for the DARA FRIEDMAN opening.
GAVIN BROWN, at the opening of DARA FRIEDMAN, ‘Tigertail’, GAVIN BROWN’s enterprise,
West Village, April 14, 2007
Photo: Nancy Smith
. . cooking up the Thai food – RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, ‘Untitled 1992 (Free)’ , co-presented by GAVIN BROWN’s enterprise and DAVID ZWIRNER, at DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY, Chelsea, NYC.
running from: MARCH 21 – MAY 5, 2007
Photo: Nancy Smith, March 31, 2007
(first featured on the artlovers homepage – week of April 10, 2007)
the front of the card for: ‘Gordon Matta-Clark – Rirkrit Tiravanija’
“View during the filming of ‘Open House’, 98 Greene Street, New York, NY 1972”
‘Open House’, a short (and exuberant) film on the building of the MATTA-CLARK container /dumpster dwelling, is projected onto the wall as part of the installation.
It’s high spirits & rough cut images – mix well with the hot Thai food – served up in big steel cannisters on what is fast becoming a big street picnic in Chelsea.
more photos of both the Rirkrit Tiravanija installation, and the Gordon Matta-Clark dumpster & film projection, including some of the construction in an unfinished state: …JUST POSTED.
APRIL 2006 – THE SENSUALISTS – the original report on which the above photo of RIRKRIT first posted
David Zwirner Gallery
Gavin Brown’s enterprise
~RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA/sweeps Chelsea/Gavin Brown |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2007, 11:52pm
. . why does mindless rampage killing of young college students in Virginia turn our thoughts to graphic design ? check out the following posts, and you’ll see why, . . in a heartbeat.
. . . starting with a nod to our own NYC college art students, thru a couple of card/invites and finally some (very) sweet, (very) new record & CD artwork. and one very fresh and (quietly) radiant SPACE 1026 installation in Brooklyn.
first up: a lot of young graphic design artist/undergrad students at SVA are intrigued by this site, called –
yokoland, out of Norway – its the work of 2 young graphic designers in Norway.
the above image is the 1st page, actually the cover, of an animated portfolio ‘book’ that opens up to show their designs, and which is featured on their homepage:
http://www.yokoland.com
young art students now make ‘books’ of their artwork, that they can easily stick under their arms and carry around, pretty much following in the Japanese tradition, rather than the old school – large portfolios & those god awful slides, of yore . . . this website gets the yokoland portfolio book/look – GLOBAL ! in a very lighthanded and lighthearted way.
the young SVA graphic design student who sent recommended the site, wrote:
“Hey check out this website.
It is the website of these 2 young graphic designers in Norway, their work is really
great yet they have a very undesigned website on purpose. just like artlovers !!
Look under latest projects and archive and check out some of their work.”
inspiration. enlightment. art. talent. thought. beauty will out. students rule. don’t draw your guns, draw your art. let light reign, not grief and sorrow for so many young sons & daughters of some very devestated parents tonight. . . America – what up ?
. . . “as we go up we go down . .” – yokoland.
http://www.yokoland.com
~yokoland.com/Norway |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2007, 9:09pm
the card for: ‘Look Behind You’ – ‘Small Paintings by Over Four Dozen Artists’
a serious contendender for favorite show card graphic design of the year !!
(. . . as in show/exhibit card/invite …)
(also unattributed – graphic artists unite !! – get your illustration credits in print, even if its .. only 1/8 in. font size and on the back !!!)
UP-DATE: ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT did the card illustration !!! no surprise there – this kid’s talent is well known in many circles.
The show is still up, if you run and jump – you can catch it – the last day is this WED, APRIL 18
don’t expect too much, its just a small show, even though it has over 48 artists, and, in the front of what is essentially a T SHIRT & STREET GEAR/LIMITED EDITION TOY SHOP, but its still very interesting, and there certainly are a few very ‘swift’ & FRESH pieces, especially by some really new & some totally unknown artists – beyond the usual same old mainstream. (Sto and Kelie Bowman have some nice pieces ! in the show, as does Taylor McKimens.) also, don’t expect a bargain, just cause its in a street shop, Taylor’s small round shaped paintings are priced at $800 ea. !!!!
more photos of some of the artwork to post shortly
Giant Robot: 437 E. 9th Street, (bet. 1st Ave and Ave A) in the Esat Village
Giant Robot – www.grny.net
more photo s formthe installation to post shortly
~Look Behind You/Giant Robot |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2007, 8:35pm
the best graphic design for a show card, still !!!
card designed by ERIK FOSS, with the help of LUCAS IRWIN – of “thunder dog design”
‘DRAW’ ran from Oct 28 – Dec 2, 2006 at FUSE GALLERY in the East Village.
curated by Fuse Gallery founder/director ERIK FOSS and CURSE MACKEY,
this big group survey show has legs ! It’s going on tour !
first stop was Austin, TEXAS , at Gallery Lombardi, MARCH 9 – MARCH 31, 2007 –
just in time to bring some real art to the big SOUTH X SOUTHWEST MUSIC FEST.
‘DRAW’ travels to London in June and onto Japan, Moscow and Beijing (TBD)
you can see the whole show on the Fuse Gallery website:
www.fusegallerynyc.com
P.S. the card’s designer is unattributed – will get back to you with that info . . . asap !
~DRAW/Fuse Gallery/on tour |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2007, 8:03pm
american Sneakers side A finito – side B CIA
Finito and CIa are both sung by Jayson Scott Musson and produced by Steven Ward James.
“Both songs are from the full length album “Darts and Daggers” available for free download with the purchase of this record.
Don’t own a record player? Well, you should buy this record anyway because it’s an amazing picture disc record with artwork from the awesome Jim Houser.”
FREE NEWS
note: this 7″ was being distributed (for sale) at the SPACE 1026 opening at Cinders.
~american Sneakers/7″ art /JIM HOUSER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2007, 7:46pm
YACHT – OUR FRIENDS IN HELL – REMIXES BY YACHT
(artwork unattributed)
Copyright 2007 YACHT & STATES RIGHTS RECORDS
http://www.teamyacht.com
http://www.statesrightsrecords.com
YACHT: MEGA, CD + DVD
arts by e*rock & Matthew Chambers
all songs Copyright Yacht 2004 – Marriage Records #moo5
http://www.teamyacht.com
http://www.marriagerecs.com
~YACHT/CD art |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2007, 7:13pm
YACHT and TELEPATHE played to an overflow and wowed crowd at Cinders last night. Lucky it wasn’t raining – they had the street door open so all the music fans on the street, could hear the music too. Animating the situation was the SPACE 1026 installation (STILL !!) up on the walls, and hanging from the ceiling, radiating a visual glow ‘light show’ behind the animated young performer/musicians.
You can still catch the SPACE 1026 SHOW – it’s up at Cinders until:
SUNDAY – April 29th.
YACHT, who is JONA BECHTOLT, a hi-octane singer/lyricist/ dance & beat master, if there ever was one, and hails from Portland Oregon – has a few CD’s out, probably available at Cinders.
TELEPATHE has a 7″ album out.
TELEPATHE is: RYAN LUCERO (electric guitar), BUSY GANGNES (drums – percussion artist is the more appropriate term), and MELISSA LIDAUDAIS (singer & mini-noise/synthesizer ‘telepathist’). ( and sometimes, ghost singer: ELIZABETH BETHEO !)
TELEPATHE – BUSY GAGNES
TELEPATHE – RYAN LUCERO
TELEPATHE – MELISSA LIADAUDAIS
above 2 PHOTOS – YACHT – aka JONA BECHTOLT, he got hot & took off his nautical blazer !!
Installation by SPACE 1026 – ‘NO BAD BLOOD’ – March 30 – April 29, 2007
Cinders Gallery
EVENT FLYER, at top, by: Sto
ALL PHOTOS: Nancy Smith
cinders
~YACHT/TELEPATHE/SPACE 1026/Cinders |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 15th, 2007, 11:20am
JOEL THIBODEAU and MELANIE LAING at the pre-concert cocktail party for
ANTONY & the ‘Secret Show’ – a benefit concert in support of PARTICIPANT,
Presented by FOUNDATION 20 21, at the Paris Bar, National Arts Club, Feb 4, 2007
Photo: Nancy Smith
MELANIE LAING is a founder of MIGHTY ROBOT the a/v hub that spawned SECRET PROJECT ROBOT. in Brooklyn.
JOEL THIBODEAU is DEATH VESSEL a Brooklyn based one-man band.
DEATH VESSEL received a very interesting write-up in the NY TIMES/Ben Sisario ‘PLAYLIST’ (of last April) by guest contributor JOEY BURNS, the lead singer of the ‘Tex Mex’ band CALEXICO, out of Tucson, Arizona.
that’s the THE NEW YORK TIMES PLAYLIST in the SUNDAY LEISURE SECTION of APRIL 23, 2006.
here it is pretty much in its entirety:
“DEATH VESSEL is basically one guy, JOEL THIBODEAU, who is living in Brooklyn right now. He has this high-lonesome thing going on, and it’s heavenly. His voice is very high – I’d call him a definite alto – and when you first listen to it you’re not sure if it’s male or female. As a songwriter, he’s close to Bill Callahan of SMOG or Richard Buckner, but he sounds completely different. On ‘Stay Close’ (North East Indie), his songs are based on bluegrass and country music and have a nightmarish take on contemporary life: on ‘Deep in the Horchata’, he sings: “losing our voices, and guts we had to spill/Now that you’ve dropped the A-bomb/You’ve put a mute on cicadadas’s song.” The name Death Vessel sounds full of metal and leather, but it’s kind of beautiful, too. In Mexico, they celebrate the Day of the Dead, but it’s really a celebration of life, cloaked in remembrance of people who have passed away. It’s just in the way you interpret it. ”
more Antony ‘Secret Show’ photos
~JOEL THIBODEAU & MELANIE LAING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 13th, 2007, 9:06pm
operator11 is up and running . . . Josh just sent in these images from L.A.
COSTUME DESIGN & FABRICATION: GALYA SOLODOVNIKOVA
PHOTOS BY: JURGEN REISCH
~ www.operator11.com
~ first pix of the new JOSH HARRIS operator11 headquarters in LA
posted in the artlovers report: THE ENTERTAINERS 2007-03-21
~JOSH HARRIS/operator11/LA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 12th, 2007, 5:32pm
ROBERT CHERUBIM, aka MR. COLLECTOR to insiders, has meet with an unfortunate accident. He was run down by a car right outside his home in Jersey.
if you’ve ever encountered New Jersey drivers this won’t surprise you, but how sad for this really nice guy, who happens to have a small but amazing art collection, pretty much under his bed. The accident happened last Thursday or Friday.
from the first reports in, he was seriously hurt, needing surgery on both his ankles, and he is still in the hospital. apparently he will be on crutches for quite awhile, when he does get out. we’ll miss seeing him around & wish him well, and hope he can keep his spirits up during the long haul. everyone in his family is in shock.
here he is at the KOSTABI – ‘Name That Painting’ show – where he is a regular and where he got the MR. COLLECTOR moniker. he is often the only one to come up with the correct answers to the most obscure art history ‘bonus’ questions. He sits in the voting Jury section. when the paddle shows green, its a yes, … to a proposed title, the other side is red and means no.
ROBERT CHERUBIM on the MARK KOSTABI ‘Name That Painting’ game show set.
Kostabi World, Soho, NYC, Nov 3, 2006
Photo: Nancy Smith
UP-DATE: FRI. April 13, 2007:
SAY WHAT ? .. bout Jersey drivers ! last night, just about the time this was being posted,
New Jersey’s Governor, Jon S. Corzine, who travels in a motorcade (!!) was involved in a car accident on the Garden State Parkway that caused him serious injury.
A leg broken in 2 places, splintered bone going right through the skin, broken sternum and collarbone, a slight fracture of the lower vertebrae and 6 broken ribs on each side. He’s hospitalized ..”a breathing tube was inserted into his mouth, but he did not suffer brain or spinal-cord damage” !? (NY POST ). Like our friend Robert, …. “it will be several months before he can walk normally again.” (NY TIMES).
DON IMUS and AL SHARPTON step aside, the real New York City definition of “HO” is – NEW JERSEY driver. as in, . . . ” YO! .. HO! slow down.”
as in . . . looks like Baghdad is going down, get those American boys – home! ho!
and use the mechanical devices, yo.
UP-DATE: APRIL 14, 2007: apparently Gov. Corzine’s injuries are more serious than were previously disclosed, and might in fact be life-threatening. He wasn’t wearing a seat belt (NJ – is the “CLICK OR TICKET” state). He was sitting in the front seat and was thrown to the back of the vehicle by the force of the impact. His driver and an aide who were wearing seat belts, basically walked away from the crash, though extremely shaken. Everybody is sad and wishes him well.
UP-DATE: APRIL 19, 2007: according to news reports, guess who the speeding NJ> demon was – the governor himself. His car, driven by an official state trooper driver, was going 91 mph. and apparently the 2 pick-ups ahead of him swerved to get out of the way, causing the chain reaction crash. Luckily the Governor seems to have stabilized, though it will be many many months of recuperation. and in case you are a total hermit and don’t read the news, he was rushing to get to a meeting between DON IMUS and the NJ basketball girl team he had called ‘nappy haired hos. and ‘bye the way, what’s wrong with nappy hair ! and everyone knows ho just means stupid – as in bad sometimes can mean really great. oh well, enough with the commentary on an art site.
MR. COLLECTOR get well, soon.
~MR. COLLECTOR/bad news |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 12th, 2007, 3:54pm
