~’HOME EDITION’ . . ESSEX FLOWERS / OPENING PIX – PART III / DESIGN INNOVATION !! FINAL WEEKEND !!
ESSEX FLOWERS . . ‘HOME EDITION’
OPENED FRI FEB 23, 2018
and runs thru this SUN MARCH 11, 2018
ESSEX FLOWERS, 19 MONROE ST, CHINATOWN
HRS: SAT & SUN / 12 – 6 PM
the main room was brightly lit, pun intended !!
it had many more artists, and they all played off each other, in a nice, ‘cool’ way.
coming out of that almost ‘ritualistic’ home life, that was the multi-layered front room, this was almost like stepping off the escalator in Macy’s, iF !!
Macy’s was totally cutting edge, and absolutely . . WONKY !!
here’s a very personal sampling / best case scenario: GO SEE IT, FOR YOURSELF !!
coming around the ‘Privacy Screen’/ RUFUS TUREEN’s room divider, was a nice mythical bridge of both worlds: form, function, & flat-out expressionistic / DIY erotic . . mythology !!
in other words: the (very) deep end . . of ‘FAMILY’ LIFE.
3 hand-painted silk scarves by SOPHY NAESS. 22 in. sq., 100% silk.
with a glimpse into the CATBOX CONTEMPORARY . . ‘CATELLITE’, featuring miniature paintings by NICK IRZYK, on the right.
SOPHY NAESS, 3 hand-painted . . silk scarves.
SOPHY NAESS, hand-painted silk scarves.
bubble bath !!
detail, CATBOX CONTEMPORARY . . visiting ‘platform’ / ‘CATELLITE’.
miniature murals, by NICK IRZYK, inside the CATBOX . . ‘Catellite’.
they beckon . . come in. come in. come in.
walk on the mini side !!
& don’t take things, like . . scale / gallery walls, home life ?
. . for granted.
yes, HOME LIFE, is serious .. fun.
COLBY BIRD, shovel.
glimpsed . . on either side,
‘Mirror’ and ‘The Square’, inkjet print mounted on plywood by . . OFRA LAPID.
COLBY BIRD.
ILANA HARRIS-BABOU, dysfunctional ceramic tools.
MARTHA MYSKO, ‘Peach Cinder’, 2017.
from “Selective Memory” / house paint, nail polish, artificial plant, cinder block.
ANDREA McGINTY, ‘Untitled’, 2018.
coffee maker, digital photo custom printed book.
MELISSA BROWN, ‘THE TABLOID DECK’ . . Novelty ‘Predictive’ . . Playing cards !!
ERIKA SOMOGYI, ‘rainbow’ . . . clay & yarn.
vessels & craft / kitchen pot holders, made on a tiny kids’ loom.
RACHEL DOMM, Lay’s Wavy Chips . . ceramic, 2017.
AMY RUHL, The Royal Historian of Oz, Il. . . .
‘MOMMY’, from the “Between Tin Men’, Collection / ceramic.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH