so, do I !!!!!!!
art work by ROB “TMO” PLATER . . aka @TMOPLATER
“A Brooklyn-bred artist caught up in the love affair of image making,”
Solo crew affliate
Facebook: TMO Art
image found, photographed by & posted to Instagram . . . by @STREETART.VS.FINEART / NYC – 5 BROZ – TUGBROOKLYN
~TMO PLATER . . I HOLD GRUDGES | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 28th, 2016, 10:02am
ROY MIRANDA’S . . SUMMERY, BEACH-Y SWEET & MAGICAL . . SELF PORTRAIT !!
on a new flyer for the WILD YAKS . .
ROCKAWAY BEACH PARTY – AT RIPPERS – TODAY – SAT JULY 23, 2016 / 6 PM – FREE.
“GONNA BE A – SIZZLER” – !!!! ~ WILD YAKS !!!!
roy_miranda_: new flyer for the @wild_yaks family . . and self Rockaways portrait . . rambling dreamer art studio – East Williamsburg New York USA
let the good times roll children of summer . . Rockaway Beach Queens New York USA.
image via Instagram @roy_miranda_
~ROY MIRANDA . . so: let the good times roll !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 23rd, 2016, 9:00am
ANDREW GUENTHER recently posted this saying, that SIMON CERIGO, RIP . . . was quite well known for.
I see . . it still rings true.
it’s also exactly replicating Simon’s notorious handwriting.
now that’s a . . ghost army !!
eattheleaf: Art’s a dying, not a living.
#plate #artquotes #artistquotes @kennyschachter @artloversnewyork @katecerigo
image via Instagram @eattheleaf – plate by ANDREW GUENTHER
& also bringing on thoughts of . . PABLO !! (Picasso).
SIMON CERIGO – PHOTO by MARTIN BROMIRSKI of anaba blog
read: more about SIMON – anaba blog
~ANDREW GUENTHER: channels SIMON CERIGO, party animal / ghost | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 23rd, 2016, 8:36am
EAT THE LEAF, half man/half robot: stay HUMAN. PABLO PICASSO, anybody ?
which brings us back, full circle . . . to ANDREW GUENTHER !!!!!!
the Brooklyn-based painter, and new ‘era’ . . . jewelry craftsman/designer/creative – who goes by the name: EAT THE LEAF.
ANDREW GUENTHER / EAT THE LEAF / @eattheleaf.
in his studio/workshop. GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN, NY. JAN 2016
ANDREW greets us, Oct 2015.
we, me & Theo, my son . . . went to visit Andrew several times over the past year.
we started off looking for a special custom gold EAT THE LEAF ‘signet’ ring for Kate, for her birthday, and along the way – we fell (deep) in love with his design work. Theo bought a handful. literally, of pressed stencil ‘message’ rings for himself, he bought me a sweet pinkie ‘SMILE’ stencil ring in gold, & then, a month later – even a lovely, lovely, lovely . . . “ALREADY DEAD” gold pendant . . for Christmas 2015 !!
yeah, that good.
Andrew’s house in Greenpoint, where he lives with . . TIFFANY GRACE POLLOCK, and their two young children, Easter Lily & Ivo.
we actually had been to Andrew’s house, his studio is in the lower level basement, once or twice before, probably for a Greenpoint Open Studio weekend.
Andrew showed us a handful of paintings – he happened to have around that day. they were beautiful, relevant, smart & crazy.
ANDREW GUENTHER ‘COLA’, painting, acrylic on canvas.
ANDREW GUENTHER, ‘mushroom’ detail.
one day I’m going to go back – and get me a painting, fer sure.
and who knew . . mushrooms could bite.
but today, we were on a mission, to find Kate a special custom-designed ring for her birthday.
Andrew’s . . EAT THE LEAF worktable.
Andrew’s EAT THE LEAF sketches . . .
really, so fun !! to get so close to his thinking, and thoughts. designs – in the making.
EAT THE LEAF designs . . at the moment of birthing / processing.
NASA . . on a human scale.
Andrew shows us some sample rings.
over time, we got a couple of variations on those ‘message’ stencil rings, one in gold for me that says ‘SMILE’, something I need to know, or at least remember. and a handful – for Theo in various hardcore ‘guy’ metals !! bronze and copper, something like that.
and – we decided on the ‘signet’ ring, at the left – to be the base for Kate’s birthday ring, and asked Andrew, since he actually knows Kate – to come up with some special designs just for her.
that was back in October, OCT 2015.
fast forward . . . JAN 2016.
KATE receives her ANDREW GUENTHER / EAT THE LEAF custom design ‘signet’ ring – in gold, and . . . she love, love loves it !!
it actually says ‘Smile’ too, like mine, except in script – interwoven into the almost free form face. very poetic. nice bond. and – it’s very Picasso-like, which I really like. it’s kind of a wake-up call. it’s very very interesting, style-wise. a sort of revival of someone who had ‘died’ re relevance & over-marketing / there, for awhile ?
it strikes me, as so curiously: very . . avant-garde.
it’s also interesting in terms of artists today being very multi-disciplinary, even craft-wise, right, right now. just like Pablo. the KANYE . . ‘life of Pablo’, even. including those who cook, make bread, or sew. take video. post social media. hand-dye. are into ancient indigo, flower arranging. raise animals, fly pigeons & honor bees. grow gardens. build boats & travel waterways. collect mid-century furniture. etc etc. huge wave of graphic design, both commercial & commercial/indie, indie book making, DIY publishing. zines. marbling. DIY script/fonts, street art. tea ceremonies. pottery. one-of-a-kind ceramics. endless. filmmakers. ‘creatives’ are a big force today, there’s no denying their role vis-a-vie – the digital world.
can we add (ttttrump) . . speech writers to the list ? & the growing respect for the laws/rights of intellectual property / & original thinking . . amidst all this freely accessed/published info (and photos) that surrounds us. thanks to our new century / human bio google robot component.
YES.
the human / computer .. the man bio / robot age is here, it’s just we’ve MERGED our brains first. augmented our brains – first.
we are wired into the web. we are . . HALF MAN / HALF MACHINE.
here’s my . . EAT THE LEAF pendant. it’s solid gold.
it says: ALREADY DEAD. think about it.
totally love the goth rose, and the bone-y skeleton hand. a hand holds a rose. nature. romance. aroma. even . . the thorn.
but the hand. the hand speaks to . . skills. hand skills, human skills, hands-on skills !!
sKILLs / kill. as in . . . ‘kill it’ – rule.
the power of the creative mind. the power of nature, the power of the leaf. growth & creativity.
hand sKills . . in my case: once also known as ‘fancy stitching’, embroidery / quilt repair / sewing, craft work, painting. writing. documenting, even photography is a form of handiwork. and so is archiving . .
and in Andrew’s case: jewelry making.
‘already dead’ is very different from . . the ‘walking dead’.
it’s not about being the ghost army, it’s about being – the army.
it’s about being ‘hard’, as in hard-nosed. persevering. focused.
present tense.
I s/wear it all the time – it’s my day-to-day motto.
I got it – the moment I saw it.
in all ways. but especially, quite literally. if you see me, you see it.
EAT THE LEAF !!!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: EAT THE LEAF – HANDMADE JEWELRY BY ANDREW GUENTHER
~ANDREW GUENTHER : EAT THE LEAF, DIAMOND in the RAW . . . | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 22nd, 2016, 12:50pm
TRAIN ART aka MONIKER ART . . . a diamond in the RAW !!!!!!
also makes my mind – take off, esp the drawing side, . . of my mind.
MONIKER ART by . . . POOR BOY
image posted by REEFER SUTHERLAND aka @thesavageland
~POOR BOY: DIAMOND in the ROUGH . . | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 22nd, 2016, 12:46pm
moniker art by: Chukshun, 10/14 . . . ‘FEED YOUR GHOSTS’ – (!!)
posted on Instagram by REEFER SUTHERLAND aka @thesavageland
not only is this a great depiction of a clay pot, albeit one with earthy, magical ancient First American native roots – but, it says: “FEED YOUR GHOSTS” !!!
respect . . your ancient ones.
be SPIRITUAL.
and. in that: it makes me think of that film I just saw – ‘MEN GO TO BATTLE’.
and, it makes me want to draw, again. too.
~moniker art by Chukshun – via @thesavageland | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 22nd, 2016, 12:36pm
from @STREETART.VS.FINEART
HERE In THE YEAR 2038 – A WOMAN WILL WALK A DOG, WHICH hAD BEEN CLONED 4 TIMES
unaccredited street art from Montreal – posted on Instgram by @streetart.vs.fineart
ahhh, the (anglophone) Homeland.
now I know from whence I sprang – the melted snow waters up north – have been laced . . with – future vision ?
~HERE . . in the YEAR 2038 – Montreal Street Art | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 22nd, 2016, 12:12pm
‘I’LL TRADE YOU THIS BABY FOR — THAT BEER . . . ‘
@nastyneckface1: SOUNDS LIKE A FAIR TRADE TO ME!!!
image via Instagram @nastyneckface1
damn, what a brutal week.
~NECKFACE . . damn, what a brutal week | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 22nd, 2016, 12:01pm
DANIELLE DEJESUS – SOLO SHOW
opening FRI JULY 15, 2016 / 7-9 PM
the show runs thru AUGUST 14, 2016
GRUMPY BERT – 82 BOND ST, BROOKLYN
DANIELLE DEJESUS . . the princess of mini !!!!
does STARWARS.
and, is it no wonder . . people want to escape REALITY ?!!!!!
DANIELLE DEJESUS . . the PRINCESS of MINI – paints a tribute portrait of PRINCE. RIP.
2 images via Instagram @danielledejesus1
that’s GOATBUNNY, with . . . DANIELLE DEJESUS, on the right.
she’s holding a GOATBUNNY sticker.
‘TAT IT UP’, GRUMPY BERT, BROOKLYN. JAN 8, 2016
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~DANIELLE DEJESUS . . OPENING TO-NITE, FRI JULY 15 at Grumpy Bert | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 15th, 2016, 10:06am
BLONDE ART BOOKS presents:
BABZ / Bushwick Art Book & Zine Fair 2016
SAT & SUN – JULY 16 & 17, 2016 / 1-7 PM
hosted by SIGNAL
260 Johnson Ave, BROOKLYN
STO . . . will be selling a new series of handmade books this weekend at #babzfair2016 in Brooklyn @ssiiggnnaall . . . 260 Johnson Ave, Brooklyn.
image via Instagram @stoishere
~BABZ: BUSHWICK ART BOOK & ZINE FAIR . . this weekend / Sto will be there | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 15th, 2016, 9:51am
