AMERICAN HANDSCAPE – opens to-nite – SAT JAN 19 – 7-10 PM – !!
A SHOW OF POSTERS & PRINTS BY: JUDGE & GINA KELLY – MUSIC BY SON WYATT
– DRINKS BY THE ARM –
THE SHOW RUNS: JANUARY 19 – FEBRUARY 6, 2008
THE ARM – 281 NORTH 7TH ST – BTWN HAVEMEYER & MEEKER – WILLIAMSBURG – BKLYN
HOURS: FRI – MON 12-6 PM OR BY APPOINTMENT
(DURING POSTED GALLERY SHOWS)
BAND POSTERS & OTHER SCREEN & ART PRINTS BY JUDGE AND G. KELLY, “TWO BUSY ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC POSTER SCENE” – NOW ON SHOW – AT THE ARM LETTERPRESS/GALLERY.
JUDGE (Kathleen Judge) – has been working in the medium of silk-screen printing for the past seven years. Previously she’s worked in animation and storyboarding for companies such as Calabash Productions and MTV. When Judge is not on tour with NEKO CASE, she travels to and fro in the country – from print studio to print studio – including Screwball Press, The Bird Machine, The Lower East Side Print Shop, Anchor Graphics and others.
– PRESS RELEASE
G. KELLY (Gina Kelly) moved from sculpture to silk-screening in January of 2006. She resides in Los Angeles and has shown recently with: Me and You Variety Candy-L.A., The Butcher Shop-Chicago, and Concrete Walls Gallery-L.A. Kelly’s studio doubles as her kitchen, and her images represent many bands, artists, and institutions including: CALIFONE, WILCO, BUILT TO SPILL, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY, SMOG, experimental animator BRENT GREEN, as well as THE GETTY, THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM and others – in her two years with the medium.
– PRESS RELEASE
UP-DATE: THURS JAN 24, 2008 – 6:40 PM
AMERICAN HANDSCAPE – is – simply – one of the best shows in NY right now.
The work is in multiples and still fairly under the radar – meaning !! – with prices averaging $20/$30/$40 a print – – you can not lose. unless you’re brain dead & miss out !!!! Some of the prints are in numbered editions. but, even the band posters – which were made in limited editions of 100/150 prints, max. – and with many, well at least some – lost to actual promotional use – i.e. stuck to venue windows, etc, even the band posters are serious collector’s items.
JUDGE was at the opening. G. KELLY was not – she was back in L.A.
JUDGE was that kind of down-to-earth talented craftsperson/artist one often meets up with on film crews or production sets. More a “roadie” than a “fine art studio” artist – her art nevertheless beats ‘hands-down’ – easily – a lot of what we’ve seen recently in Chelsea. Apart from touring and making many venue posters with NEKO CASE – an (a-m-a-z-i-n-g) girl singer, who is also is the long time singer for the hot VANCOUVER band – THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – JUDGE has also made posters for: CALEXICO and FREAKWATER – with many examples of these, and the NEKO CASE posters – in the show.
G. KELLY posters cover bands such as: CALIFONE, WILCO, SEBADOH, ANDREW BIRD, and BONNIE PRINCE BILLY.
BRING CASH – THE ARM DOESN’T SEEM TO TAKE CREDIT CARDS – and if they have a few copies of the one on the wall – you want – you can get your print right away !! – cash & carry – can’t be better than that. (unless you want to bring into consideration – the BRIAN CHIPPENDALE SCREENPRINTS over at CINDERS – and they are $60/a piece. equal in print mastery – but very different in themes & tonality. get BOTH !!)
approaching THE ARM – 289 N 7TH STREET – IN WILLIAMSBURG – BKLYN – NY – !!
THE ARM
THE EXHIBITS ARE PRESENTED ON THE WALLS OF THE ARM LETTERPRESS STUDIO
DAN MORRIS – THE BRAIN – BEHIND – THE ARM. HE ALSO GIVES THE LETTERPRESS CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
JUDGE opens ‘AMERICAN HANDSCAPE’ AT THE ARM, JAN 19-FEB 6, 2008
we meet JUDGE at THE ARM, ‘AMERCAN HANDSCAPE’ OPENING, JAN 19, 2008
JUDGE, ‘NEKO CASE – 2007 AUSTRALIA’
you can check out NEKO CASE: here !!
don’t miss sampling her song: ‘BEHIND THE HOUSE’ – when you check out that website – there’s a download link halfway down on the left hand side
JUDGE, ‘NEKO CASE WITH ERIC BACHMANN’, silkscreen ($40)
G. KELLY, ‘CALVIN JOHNSON’
G. KELLY, ‘SEBADOH’ ($30)
G. KELLY, ‘BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY’, silkscreen, edition 55/97 ($35)
G. KELLY, ‘CALIFONE & WILCO’, silkscreen poster ($40)
JUDGE, ‘FRETBOARD JOURNAL 2007’, silkscreen, edition 39/146 ($20)
IF I HAD $20 – WOULD I BUY IT ? – MOST DEFINITELY, YES !! – DIDN’T HAVE THE CASH ON HAND – BUT HIT UP THE NEXT DOOR DELI’S ATM – EMPTIED OUT THE ACC’T – AND WALKED AWAY – PRETTY HAPPY !! THE PRINT IS VERY DETAILED, NUMBERED & SIGNED ON THE BACK – AND HAS AN AMAZING IRRIDESCENT GLAZE TYPE LAYER ON THE FRETS – YOU CAN JUST MAKE IT OUT – AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE of THE PHOTO.
JUDGE HAD SOME OF HER ORIGINAL SCREENS ON DISPLAY – THIS IS THE SCREEN FOR: ‘CALEXICO NOV 3 2007 TOUR’
JUDGE, ‘FREAKWATER’, silkscreen ($40)
Check out FREAKWATER – on myspace !!, on their website !!, and their discography !! (artlovers music critic SIMON CERIGO – says they are legendary.)
ANGUS TARNAWSKY of the Australian band, BACHELOR Of ARTS, drops by THE ARM, with him, THE ARM founder/director DAN MORRIS.
VANDERCOOK UNIVERSAL PRESS, at THE ARM
C & P PILOT, C & P PILOT, CHALLENGE 25″ GUILLOTINE, BOXCAR PHOTOPOLYMER PLATE BASES, at THE ARM
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, AT THE OPENING, ‘AMERICAN HANDSCAPE’, THE ARM, JAN 19, 2007
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NOTE:
ARTLOVERS NOTES WITH – DEEP REGRET – ON THE ARM GALLERY – HOME PAGE – A SHOW WE WISHED !! – WE HADN’T MISSED !! THIS PAST OCTOBER 2007 – AT THE ARM:
IAN VANEK (of JAPANTHER) – PRESENTS – ‘6 YEARS IN A VAN: A POSTER ART SHOW’
Opening at The Arm – October 20th, 2007 at 8PM.
Featuring the live music of Hornet Leg from Olympia, Washington.
Japanther
Hornet leg
ABOVE: B & W PHOTO HORNET LEG COURTESY/THE ARM HOMEPAGE
THE ARM – IS A SMALL SCALE – GOODS FACTORY – & – GALLERY – LETTERPRESS STUDIO – IN BROOKLYN
FOR MORE ABOUT: THE ARM !!
and check out: www.judgeworks.com
~AMERICAN HANDSCAPE/JUDGE & G. KELLY/THE ARM/OPENS TO-NITE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 19th, 2008, 2:35pm
MULTIPLES AND EDITIONS, VOL. 2 – CURATED BY ETHAN CRENSON
JANUARY 11 – JANUARY 27, 2008
FRONT ROOM GALLERY – 147 ROEBLING ST – WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN – NY
HOURS: FRI-SUN 1-6PM & BY APPOINTMENT
. . . . just when you thought there was nothing new to see, nowhere to go and certainly
NOTHING !! you could afford to buy – you turn a corner on a Williamsburg street – and there it is – a huge happening party, fueled by those crazy great orange PERNOD cocktails, a big group show full of the greatest new work – you’d never imagined existed; and whose artists, not a one – have you heard of before – even though you stalk the art scene incessantly – and !! – best of all – you could walk away with your arms loaded with work – !! – the limited edition multiples range in price from $1 – yes $1 !! – with most averaging in the $20 – $25 range – and the higher production pieces – topping out at about $80 bucks. some large pieces hit a grand ($1,000). even the biggest loser, could walk out happy – like I did – with 2 pieces – for $2 total expenditure – yep, that’s one buck a piece.
o.k. I exaggerated about one thing – I did know one of the artists, but only one, tTRAVIS LINDQUIST, whose path I had just crossed for the first time in about 3 years, over at the ‘MYTH’ opening, the same night at McCAIG and WELLES. AIMEE CHAN, the Associate Director at FRONT ROOM, also had stopped by ‘MYTH” and they both invited me over to check out the FRONT ROOM opening, just 2 blocks away.
AIMEE CHAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR of FRONT ROOM GALLERY and TRAVIS LINDQUIST
OUTSIDE THE ‘MYTH’ OPENING, McCAIG AND WELLES, JAN 11, 2008
APPROACHING THE FRONT ROOM GALLERY – 147 ROEBLING ST – in WILLIAMSBURG
the show’s curator, ETHAN CRENSON, with, his wife, ALIC. they both have work in the show.
ETHAN told me he got the idea for the show while he was out visiting different artists’ studios. Many, as is the custom these days, had ‘left-overs’ from small edition series they had produced for previous shows, and he thought – this would be a good genesis to build a group show around – he was right !! and we are not talking just limited edition prints, either, like back in the day. Just observing – the range and diversity of the limited artist editions – was totally entertaining !!!
Plus they were all really well made, whether handmade or super ‘professionally’ produced – and most all, had a conceptual edge, as well as a uniquely visual richness.
the show has a poster – on really nice shiny card-stock – and a small catalog book, that not only gives detailed info on all the pieces, but serves up small, interesting bios on the participating artists, all 60 of them. The card and poster are based on a butcher’s ANGUS BEEF CHART, with the artist’s names placed – where the names of the cuts of meat were, in the original ..
for some crazy reason, the first piece that grabs our eye is a small sign on a door, that we realize later leads into the gallery office.
but for the moment, its the doorway to ‘EROTIC INFORMATION’.
. . . turns out – to be a piece by the curator, ETHAN CRENSON.
‘Signs’, 2007. plastic, 10 x 2 ins. Edition: 25 (each)
(there were 3: WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER, EROTIC INFORMATION & PLEASE DEPARTMENT !!)
Black plastic sign with white engraved lettering. Mounts with two screws (not included).
Signed and numbered by the artist on the reverse. $21.00 (each)/set of three: $60.00
on a little display case, in the front of the gallery …. CHOCOLATE SANTAS !! – move over … time to let JIMI take over !!!!
1. the little red figurine,
NAVAL CASSIDY, ‘baby Navel Connector’, 2007, red rubber figurine and DVD with case.
Edition: 12
….Navel rescued this small figurine from his parents’ living room, and it has been featured in Cassidy’s work for the last 20 years. The DVD comprises a kaleidoscopic vision dedicated to the figurine in all its terrifying glory… the viewer is encouraged to hold the copy in his/her hands while watching the mandala unfold…WARNING: strong stroboscopic imagery contained in the DVD. Figurine Copies Manufactured by RACHEL LOWTHER. Certificate of authenticity. $50.00
2. the eyeballs – (looking like large SORRY!! – game board pieces),
ETHAN CRENSON, ‘untitled (eye)’, 2007
brass towel bracket and glass (taxidermy) eye
Edition: open
.. The brackets are scavenged from ebay and antique stores, so there are variations in size, shape and patina. Signed by the artist. small: $60 / medium:$80 / Large: $100
3. the bananas,
TRAVIS LINDQUIST, ‘Support the Troops Banana Stressball’, 2007
foam with screen print
Edition: 100 plus 25 APs
A yellow stress relieving toy in bumper ribbon yellow. Signed and numbered. $25.00
TRAVIS told us that ..”every time you squeeze it – it soothes and sends good vibes to the troops overseas.”
we’re like: “wow – how does that work – ?” – & – “oh, well yeah – but, wish it did !!”
4. the FUCK GLOBE,
MARSHALL REESE & NORA LIGORANO
‘F**K Snow Globe’, 2006, snowglobe
Edition: 25, 5th ed. (first ed. 2004). Signed. $125.00
from left: a pile of ‘Chump Change’ by JAN LYNN SOKOTA; two small translucent figures, resin and metal by PHILIP SIMMONS (Edition of 10-$80 for the pair); ‘Soot Bar’ by GREGORY CURRY, mixed media (Edition of 12-$80.00) & to the right – pre-packaged ‘Block Buster’ kits by GEORGE SPENCER ($25.00)
MATT RICHARDS, ‘Gellochio Project’, wood, metal, magic sculpt, paint
detail, MATT RICHARDS, ‘Gellochio Project’.
detail, MATT RICHARDS, ‘Gellochio Project’ – the little puppets were for sell – individually,
$80.00 a piece
MATT RICHARDS, with his ‘Gellochio Project’, in ‘MULTIPLES AND EDITIONS, VOL. 2’ – curated by ETHAN CRENSON, at the opening, JAN 11, 1008
GEORGE SPENCER, GRAPHIC FOR HIS ‘BLOCK BUSTING MACHINE’ (COIN DISPENSER/$1.00 BLOCK in PLASTIC BUBBLE)
GEORGE SPENCER – ‘BLOCK BUSTING’ TABLE INSTALLATION – mixed media
GEORGE SPENCER – ‘BLOCK BUSTING’ MACHINE/COIN-TOY DISPENSER. $1.00
you put 4 quarters into the machine – you get get one or two tiny blocks, in a plastic bubble – out. the tiny blocks are – inscribed: “George”.
GEORGE SPENCER, ‘BLOCK BUSTING’ COLLECTIBLE – $1.00 (directly from the machine at the gallery only) – yo, of, course we scored one !!!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. JAN 11, 2008
UP-DATE: THURS JAN 24, 2008
JAN LYNN SOKOTA – ‘Chump Change’ – !!- 2 COINS FOR $1.00 BILL/DISPENSER at GALLERY
ok. due to popular inquiry – the 2nd thing I scored for $1.00 was some ‘chump change’ made by JAN LYNN SOKOTA. It was just as fun to get too. you put a $1 bill into a coin dispenser – except, instead of getting 4 quarters, like you do in the coin laundry – you get 2 coins – of SOKOTA’S coin series – ‘Chump Change’ – minted nickel-silver coins, 7/8 ins. diameter !!
with political message !!
JAN LYNN SOKOTA, ‘Chump Change’ – $1 BILL/2 COIN DISPENSER
JAN LYNN SOKOTA, ‘Chump Change’ – $1 BILL/2 COIN DISPENSER
YOU PUT A ONE DOLLAR – $1.00 – USA BILL – IN HERE . . .
JAN LYNN SOKOTA, ‘Chump Change’ – $1 BILL/2 COIN DISPENSER
YOU GET 2 COINS – OUT IN RETURN, DOWN HERE.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, ‘MULTIPLES AND EDITIONS VOL. 2’, FRONT ROOM GALLERY, JAN 17, 2008
more pix from the opening will post in the next Art Lovers Photos report – due up – next week.
more info: FRONT ROOM GALLERY – & – FRONT ROOM EDITIONS
~MULTIPLES AND EDITIONS, VOL. 2/CURATED BY ETHAN CRENSON/FRONT ROOM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 17th, 2008, 3:38pm
EVIE FALCI – ‘SMALL PAINTINGS’ – CURATED BY BEN FURGAL – !!
CAKE SHOP – 152 LUDLOW – BETWN STANTON & RIVINGTON – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
UP THRU TUES JAN 29, 2008
!CHECK OUT: THE CAKE SHOP !!
EVIE FALCI AT THE CAKE SHOP INSTALLATION – JAN 10, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
CHECK OUT EVIE FALCI’S: WEBSITE !!
FOR MORE INFO: CONTACT EVIE FALCI – eviefalci@gmail.com
~EVIE FALCI/ABSTRACTION at THE CAKE SHOP |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 16th, 2008, 10:16pm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA – 2ND SOLO SHOW – AT atm
JANUARY 10 – FEBRUARY 23, 2008
atm GALLERY – 619b WEST 27TH STREET – CHELSEA – NY
HOURS: TUES THRU SAT 11-6 PM
“FOR THIS EXHIBIT THE ARTIST IS PRESENTING A SERIES OF SIX SMALL WALL PIECES. DELICATELY ASSEMBLED OF FOUND OBJECTS AND CONSTRUCTED FORMS, ROCHA COMPLETES EACH COMPOSITION WITH AN ATTENTION TO THE MATERIALITY AND WEIGHT OF EACH FRAGMENT, APPLYING SUBTLE LAYERS TO A SEMBLANCE CONCERNED WITH BALANCE AND ILLUSION. THE MATERIAL CHOICES RANGE FROM THE WEIGHT AND AESTHETIC OF A THIN PAINTED LINE TO A BULKY PVC PIPE. BLOWN GLASS, CUT CARDBOARD, AND MOLDED PAPER ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THESE SIMPLE AND WEIGHTLESS ARRANGEMENTS. . . . . (WHICH SEEM) TO HAVE THE SENSE OF DRAWINGS IN PHYSICAL SPACE.”
“MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA WAS BORN IN 1964 IN LISBON, PORTUGAL AND CONTINUES TO LIVE AND WORK THERE AS WELL AS IN NEW YORK. AFTER COMPLETING HIS DEGREE IN PAINTING FROM THE FACULDAD DE BELAS-ARTES IN LISBON, HE COMPLETED A MASTER IN FINE ARTS AT THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS IN NEW YORK. HE HAS EXHIBITED REGULARLY SINCE 1991.”
– atm PRESS RELEASE
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS, ‘Two’, 2007, PVC, balsa wood, 20 x 19 x 11.5 ins. ($4,500)/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS, ‘Western’, 2007, bamboo, plywood, acrylic, 15 x 20.5 x 12 ins ($4,500)/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS at his first opening at atm Gallery, titled ‘AGAINST THE WALL’, OCT 19, 2007.
This first solo show at atm, ran OCT 19 – DEC 19, 2007
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see more pix of: ‘AGAINST THE WALL’
more pix of: individual pieces on the atm website
atm
~MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA/atm |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 16th, 2008, 7:29pm
CHANGECASE – CURATED BY STEVEN STEWART & YASHA WALLIN – OPENS TO-NITE !!
SATURDAY – JANUARY 12, 2008 – 7-10 PM
THE SHOW RUNS: JANUARY 12 – FEBRUARY 10, 2008
94 PRINCE ST – #2 – SOHO – NY – ABOVE FANELLI’S BAR !!
HOURS: WEEKENDS ONLY SAT + SUN 12-7PM & BY APPOINTMENT
FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT: steven_adrian_stewart@hotmail.com
FEATURING THE WORK OF:
JAMES BRITTINGHAM, DEVON COSTELLO, MICHAEL GREATHOUSE, JIM LEE, SYLVAN LIONNI
& PETE PEZZIMENTI
JAMES BRITTINGHAM/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
MICHAEL GREATHOUSE/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
PETE PEZZIMENTI/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
JIM LEE/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
SYLVAN LIONNI/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
DEVON COSTELLO/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
UP-DATE: SUNDAY, JAN 13, 2008
it’s really interesting to go to the show and see the actual sizes of the pieces above. the jpegs were pretty much posted – sized as they came in (most likely, web/formatted by the artists individually) – and, there are some real surprises.
The JAMES BRITTINGHAM piece is much larger than it appears to be, above. The MICHAEL GREATHOUSE piece is much, much smaller in reality, and the PETE PEZZIMENTI painting, is probably the largest painting in the show !!
The show is hung beautifully, and all things taken into account – one has to say: there is a definite & dynamic visual and conceptual edge to this show. The rawness of the space and its off-the-beaten track feel – only add to the almost tangible, yet mysterious and provocative visual experience.
INDEPENDENT CURATORS, YASHA WALLIN, AND STEVEN STEWART, IN A PHOTO TAKEN THE NIGHT BEFORE THEIR ‘CHANGECASE’ OPENING, on 27TH ST – AT THE OPENING OF MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA AT ATM GALLERY, JAN 10, 2008
(that’s – ‘Letter #1’ – by MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS ON THE WALL BEHIND THEM)
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
UP-DATE: WED, JAN 16, 2008 – PIX FROM THE OPENING !!
JAMES BRITTINGHAM, ‘Take Your Medicine’, 2006, acrylic and mylar, 50 x 46 ins.
. . . . as in “poured acrylic and mylar” !!
JAMES BRITTINGHAM, ‘Closing Down’, 2007, acrylic and mylar, 72 x 58 ins.
. . . . “The absence of structural support beneath the ‘skin’ of these paintings emphasizes the necessity for material invention while charting the periphery of conventional picture making” – PRESS RELEASE
from left: JAMES BRITTINGHAM and show co-curator STEVEN STEWART.
JAMES BRITTINGHAM RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM COOPER UNION (BFA 2007)
MICHAEL GREATHOUSE, ‘I think I must have one of those faces you can’t help believing’
MICHAEL GREATHOUSE with his ‘I think I must have one of those faces you can’t help believing’, 2006, painted plywood and MDF
“MICHAEL GREATHOUSE includes two of his sculpted paintings that contain an unabashed allegiance to three-dimension, narrowly before that of surface. Machine-like fragments rendered with machine-like exactness virtually obliterate any trace of the artists’s hand, which (in fact)
the sculptures are wholly generated by.” – PRESS RELEASE
MICHAEL GREATHOUSE, ‘The beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart’, 2005, painted plywood and MDF
a view of PETE PEZZIMENT’S LARGE PAINTING – ‘Untitled’ 2007, oil and acrylic on carpet, 72 x 72 ins
(wow, that’s a great deal, see the price at the show – artlovers !!)
CHANGECASE CO-CURATOR YASHA WALLIN, with MICHAEL SCHUR of METHOD+CONSTRUCTION,
in front of PETE PEZZIMENTI’S LARGE PAINTING.
we missed catching a photo of PETE at the opening – he had to run off early, his band, THE RAMBLERS, (he’s the drummer), had a gig the same nite,
but – here’s:
PETE at BRIAN BELOTT’S STUDIO, and, here’s a link to pix from his: MAY 17, 2007 ‘Kings Don’t Mean A Thing’ opening, last year at MONYA ROWE.
another view of PETE PEZZIMENTI’S PAINTING AT THE CHANGECASE OPENING.
“PETE PEZZIMENTI’S ability to locate a common denominator within dichotomous artistic vantage points is demonstrated by his contribution of a coy, blocky painting on carpet which muses on high and low brows of modernism. This cobbling together of grandfather influences along with his ripe brand of folk formalism continues to generate his unique visual vernacular.” – PRESS RELEASE
on the left, PETE PEZZIMENI, ‘Untitled’, and then, JIM LEE’S white canvas “sort of free-standing” ‘Untitled (Nimbus)’, 2007, acrylic on canvas over wood with pin, and his smaller piece, JIM LEE, ‘Foam Noir’, 2007, oil on linen, carpet foam, corrugated cardboard and latex on wood, 6-3/4 x 11 x 3 ins.
at the opening, performance artist, JENNIFER SULLIVAN, with JIM LEE’S ‘Foam Noir’ behind her.
check out: JENNIFER SULLIVAN’S website !!
from left: JIM LEE and ARTHUR COHEN – both are currently teaching in the FINE ARTS PROGRAM AT QUEEN’S COLLEGE, in FLUSHING, QUEEN’S
DEVON COSTELLO, the ‘hanging’ green piece, ‘Untitled’, 2007, oil on canvas, 25 x 19-1/4 x 3/4 ins.
see: photos of DEVON COSTELLO & his recent show at SPENGEMANN & TAXTER
a view of SLYVAN LIONNI’S ‘Isolation’, 2008, acrylic on aluminum with screws, 54 x 90 ins. – on the opening night.
OPENING PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, JAN 12, 2008
~CHANGECASE/CURATED BY STEVEN STEWART & YASHA WALLIN/opens to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 12th, 2008, 12:56pm
‘Myth: Bedtime Stories and Bullshit’ – OPENS TO-NITE – FRI JAN 11, 2008 – 7-10 PM
JANUARY 11 – JANUARY 29, 2008
McCAIG-WELLES GALLERY – 129 ROEBLING ST – BROOKLYN – NY
HOURS: TUES-FRI 11-7PM / SAT+SUN 12-7PM
ABOVE: CARD ILLUSTRATION/GRAPHICS BY: PATRICK CONLON
FEATURING WORK BY:
WES LANG, LANCE TURNBOW, SWEETY, KEITH LANG & PATRICK CONLON
CURATED BY LANCE TURNBOW, WHO WRITES:
“The cast of characters you see here have been friends for along time. Thrown together by the world of tattooing, three of them are tattoo artists and three of them long time canvases for them to make their mark on.
Suggested by Josh Lord, ‘Myth’, was a fitting theme for the show. With all our tattoo experience, the idea of exploding myth was a natural one. In further conversations with one another we began to really push our own ideas of what ‘myth’ really meant to each of us. The one constant in our conversations was that everyone needs it in their lives in some from or fashion. Whether it is an interest in an ancient religion, not believing in a popular thought, or completely starting one of your own, myth is always someplace in our thoughts, driving us on our paths in one way or another.
This show is a culmination of our thoughts and beliefs on this topic.”
check out: WES LANG
check out: JOSH LORD
check out: PATRICK CONLON
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING – TO POST SHORTLY !!
McCAIG WELLES
~MYTH:BEDTIME STORIES AND BULLSHIT/McCAIG WELLES/opens to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 11th, 2008, 3:51pm
LARRY CARLSON, PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE BRIAN BELOTT INSTALLATION, ‘BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS and BOOKS’, CANADA , APRIL 9, 2005
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
LARRY CARLSON, a friend of BRIAN BELOTT’S, who we first met in 2005 – (see POST BELOW) – has a huge world of his own going on – which you can check out at his extensive website:
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF LARRY CARLSON
here are 2 of our faves from his: LIVE JOURNAL SECTION
LARRY CARLSON, ‘HELIOTROPE BLACK FLOWER DISCS’/IMAGE COURTESY:LARRY CARLSON.livejournal.com
LARRY CARLSON, ‘JOURNEY TO EYE HILL’/IMAGE COURTESY: LARRY CARLSON.livejounal.com
THERE IS ALSO A LINK TO THE RECENT INTERVIEW LARRY CARLSON DID WITH RY FYAN,
WHO IS IN THE L.A. ‘BITTEN’ SHOW – AT KIM LIGHT GALLERY (DEC 15, 2007 – JAN 26, 2008),
on: NY ARTS
~LARRY CARLSON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 11th, 2008, 12:55pm
we recently found out that MoMA – the MUSEUM of MODERN ART – has purchased for its collection – the 2005 BRIAN BELOTT installation, ‘BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS and BOOKS’.
The installation, a collection of approx. 60 handpainted & collaged books of varying sizes, (some done in collaboration with artist/friends), arrayed on a large wooden table, was presented at CANADA, as part of a 3 PERSON SHOW – which opened on MARCH 11, 2005.
Here are few archival shots of the original exhibition . . . .
from left: BRIAN BELOTT, JOE BRADLEY, & sitting in chair, LARRY CARLSON
from left: LARRY CARLSON & BRIAN BELOTT with a look into the pages of the handpainted and collaged books of BRIAN BELOTT’S, ‘BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS and BOOKS’
the original card for the show, which ran from March 11 – April 10, 2005, at CANADA
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: more photos of the exhibit, plus the work of FRANKIE MARTIN & JOCELYN SHIPLEY, also presented that night.
CANADA
~BRIAN BELOTT/MoMA/BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 11th, 2008, 11:39am
BRIAN BELOTT – ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’ – LAST WEEK – !!!
NOVEMBER 29, 2007 – JANUARY 13, 2008
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NY
THE SHOW HAS JUST BEEN EXTENDED – FOR MORE WEEK !!! – its up thru SUNDAY JAN 20th !!!
GALLERY HOURS: WED-SUN 12-6 PM
BRIAN BELOTT – detail, ‘Blue Tin Foil Balls with Keyboard’, 2007, foil, acrylic, spray paint, oil marker, keys, clothes pins, on plexi-glass in found frame, 21-1/4 x 17-1/4 ins. ($3,500), ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’, CANADA
BRIAN BELOTT – ‘Winterfresh’, 2007, acrylic, glitter, foil, chalkboard paint, acrylic, spray paint, oil marker, cotton batting on plexi-glass in metal frame. 41-1/2 x 54 ins. ($8,000), ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’, CANADA
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
DAVID GREENBERG INTERVIEWS BRIAN BELOTT – at the ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’ installation – PRICELESS !!!!
video clip: shot & edited by ANNIE PEARLMAN !!
you gotta !! – check it out !! – it’s here, on: YouTube !!
(Annie !! – thanks for sending the link – it’s great !!!!)
here’s some PIX of BRIAN at the ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’ OPENING !!
. . . YO !! – you’re supposed to – CASH the CHECK – NOT EAT IT !!!!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – CANADA, NOV 29, 2007
more photos from the opening – just POSTED !!!!
CANADA
~BRIAN BELOTT/SWIRLY MUSIC/LAST WEEK !!/w. GREENBERG LINK-PRICELESS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 8th, 2008, 4:08pm
MAX SCHUMANN – ‘CHEVY CHASE’S GRAND BAHAMA VACATION’
MAX SCHUMANN’S SHOW AT TAXTER & SPENGEMANN is in two parts. IF you missed PART 1 – too bad for you – though, you are in luck – artlovers will be posting a whole bunch of photos from the opening of PART 1 – this week – !! – but you CAN STILL CATCH PART 2 !!!
. . . it’s up thru this SATURDAY JANUARY 12th, 2008
MAX SCHUMANN, ‘Untitled’, (The Last Terroir), acrylic on board, 42 x 72 ins – in PART 2.
MAX SCHUMANN – ‘THE RETURN OF FREEDOM’ – AN EXHIBITION IN TWO PARTS !!
Part One: November 30 – December 22, 2007
Part Two: January 3 – January 12, 2008
TAXTER & SPENGEMANN – 504 WEST 22ND ST – CHELSEA – NYC
‘OUR FREEDOM IS UNDER THREAT / OUR FREEDOM SHALL SURVIVE / OUR FREEDOM IS IN PERIL / OUR FREEDOM SHALL PREVAIL / OUR FREEDOM HAS BEEN BETRAYED / OUR FREEDOM SHALL RETURN / OUR FREEDOM SHALLRETURN / OUR FREEDOM SHALL RULE / OUR FREEDOM IS FOREVER’
This is MAX SHUMANN’S second solo show at TAXTER & SPENGEMANN.
Max Schumann lives and works in NYC, where he is well known as the long time
associate Director of PRINTED MATTER, INC – the bookshop on 10TH AVE in CHELSEA.
MAX SCHUMANN, at the opening of ‘THE RETURN OF FREEDOM’ – PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007
MAX SCHUMANN, ‘FREEDOM – $500’, in ‘THE RETURN OF FREEDOM’ – PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN
MAX SCHUMANN, ‘EXCELLENCE – $200’, in ‘THE RETURN OF FREEDOM’ – PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, NOV 30, 2007
more photos from the opening: JUST POSTED !!
TAXTER AND SPENGEMANN
~MAX SHUMANN/THE RETURN OF FREEDOM/LAST WEEK !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 8th, 2008, 2:33pm
