~ANTONE KONST & BRIDGET MULLEN . . HOMETOWN / OPENING PIX
‘MARCH, MEANDER: ANTONE KONST & BRIDGET MULLEN’
runs MARCH 19 – MAY 7, 2017
HOMETOWN, EAST WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN
HRS: SAT & SUN: 12-6 PM & By APPOINTMENT
more: ‘MARCH, MEANDER: ANTONE KONST & BRIDGET MULLEN’ / HOMETOWN
this was a really strongly curated combo show – a really interesting dynamic of tough, hard-core painting, that was also sensuous & poetic / and . . very mysterious. great dialog of ‘will-fullness’ . . between the two painters.
and . . very very: painterly.
almost like . . clay.
PIX FROM THE OPENING: SAT MARCH 18, 2017
ANTONE KONST, with CHLOE, at the opening – a wall of his paintings behind them.
on the right: ANTONE KONST, ‘BBall/Apollo’, 2017
oil on canvas, 36 x 24 in.
ANTONE KONST, ‘Head of the Horse of Selene’, 2016
oil on canvas, 36 x 24 in.
ANTONE KONST, ‘Niki 2’, 2017
oil on canvas, 18 x 14 in.
BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘Live Wires’, 2017
acrylic on panel, 48 x 36 in.
BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘I’ve Decided The Past Is Not Worth Forgetting’, 2016
acrylic and ink on paper, 44 x 30 in.
detail, BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘I’ve Decided . . .’
detail, BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘I’ve Decided . . . ‘
BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘Bullshit Furniture’, 2016
fired clay, glaze, glass, acrylic, 14 x 13.5 x 7 in.
looks like a tabletop ‘photo’ frame, of the most curious . . nature.
on the left: ADAM YOKELL, owner/director of HOMETOWN GALLERY, and on the right: JERRY BLACKMAN, sculptor / curator.
Jerry Blackman was in a recent two-man show at HOMETOWN – & he has an upcoming show at CUCHIFRITOS on the Lower East Side – opening in April.
an interesting, relatively new space, in a now typical / re-purposed multi-studio / vintage building in East Williamsburg, HOMETOWN looks to be a place . . .
to w-a-t-c-h !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH