ASHLEY EPPS – ‘POSSESSIONS’
opens this SAT APRIL 30, 2016 / 6-10 PM
prob runs thru MAY 21, 2016
DRESS SHOP GALLERY, 322 TROUTMAN ST, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
ASHLEY EPPS, installation view
Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts MFA Thesis Show, Spring 2016.
mixed media, 2016.
above image courtesy of the artist
definite check out: ASHLEY EPPS – website
ASHLEY EPPS . . at the DRESS SHOP ‘Quarterly’ opening, in Brooklyn. March 26, 2016.
ASHLEY EPPS, big raw Texan energy: don’t turn yr back – on me !!
or . . I’ll see you in – hell.
I bet !!!!!!!!
PHOTOS of ASHLEY EPPS: NANCY SMITH
~ASHLEY EPPS . . POSSESSIONS – OPENS THIS SAT / DRESS SHOP, BUSHWICK |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 27th, 2016, 7:49am
JOE BRADLEY, ‘Krasdale’ is now up at GAGOSIAN GALLERY – 980 MADISON AVE, NYC
the show runs APRIL 2 – MAY 3, 2016
see: JOE BRADLEY – ‘KRASDALE’
JOE BRADLEY . . one of the sculptures in ‘Krasdale’, Gagosian Gallery, NYC
‘TBT’, 2016. Bronze. 27 x 18 x 11-1/4 in.
edition of 4 + 1 AP.
this one is quite obvious, but that’s the deal with Joe;s work, how he can twist the F out of obvious.
I like how it breaks down into a bottomline code, for humanity. and even, the best drive or evolutionary instinct within human-ity.
it’s kind of a 3D pictogram or hieroglyph.
JOE BRADLEY, ‘TBT’, 2016.
wood, 13-1/2 x 18-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.
edition of 4 + 1 AP
if I were able to fork out the big chunk of green backs ($$$) these pieces prob commando, this would be the one I’d get. I like the lightbulb one above very much, and it’s very elegant. If you had one of his more messy, expressionist abstract paintings, such as those in the GBE show: ‘Lotus Beaters’ of a few years back – you might pick this one & that would definite rock . . in context.
but just in the vacuum of pure thought – this is the one I would plunk my mini fortune down on. its got such a great, ‘so damn’ ugly edge.
plus it’s just a broader metaphor – to reach for, plus it’s funnie. as opposed to elegant.
plus its . . . wood ? bow wow.
images via GAGOSIAN GALLERY WEBSITE
ps: for our foreign friends: ‘Krasdale’ is a brand of cheap, lower end corporate + prob modified the hell out of, mostly super processed food ‘stuff’ – found in lower end stores & grocery chains in NYC and beyond. your typical NYC bodega would carry Krasdale items. low end macaroni and cheese, anybody.
food for thought, not normally. but in Joe’s hands . . . yes.
~JOE BRADLEY . . ‘KRASDALE’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 27th, 2016, 7:25am
JOE BRADLEY, left – frontman of the indie art band CHEESEBURGER . . .
with bandmates, LUKE CROTTY & CHRISTY KARACAS – at a KENNY SCHACHTER / ROVE pop-up at CAPITALE, a downtown bar+event venue, NYC – Summer 2003.
fun fact: Joe’s band / performance ‘stage’ name was: Malibu Von.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH. JULY 24, 2003.
note: this is a copyright-protected photo.
please do not use without prior written permission.
~JOE BRADLEY: Cheeseburger – archival photo from 2003 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 26th, 2016, 10:21am
last weekend to catch . . .
the DRESS SHOP GALLERY RESIDENTS – GROUP SHOW: ‘QUARTERLY’
the show runs till SUN APRIL 23, 2016
DRESS SHOP GALLERY, 322 Troutman St, Bushwick, Brooklyn
featuring the work of:
EMMANUEL LIMON, THERESA FREISS, ERIK SCHONBEEK, PAUL BERGERON, ANNA SOUVOROV & KATIE BRANHAM
left: EMMANUEL LIMON, right: ANNA SOUVOROV
image courtesy Dress Shop Gallery on facecbook
~DRESS SHOP: QUARTERLY . . last weekend, Brooklyn |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 20th, 2016, 8:45am
#mood
Penny Pinch, Penny Pinch, Lucky Gnome – Wheat paste, Street Art Chicago
via Instagram @billycraven – Billy Craven
~Penny Pinch, Lucky Gnome . . street art Chicago |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 20th, 2016, 8:30am
#mood
BANDIT, Stencil art, street art Chicago
via Instagram @Billycraven – Billy Craven
~Bandit . . street art Chicago |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 20th, 2016, 8:27am
1. PIX FROM THE JIM JOE VS LEWY – ‘PIECE OF DIRT’ OPENING
2. PIX FROM THE DRESS SHOP – QUARTERLY / RESIDENTS’ OPENING & A (BIG) LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES
~coming up next: |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 19th, 2016, 11:08am
FRANK APE aka BRANDON SINES: ‘OUR HEADS OUR ROUND SO OUR THOUGHTS CAN CHANGE DIRECTION’
#francispicabia #allenginsberg #frankape
image: via Instagram
@FRANK_APE
~FRANK APE . . skateboard from the brain |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 19th, 2016, 11:04am
image: MIKE GUERRERO via Instagram
@mguerrero149
~MIKE GUERRERO . . skateboard from the heart |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 19th, 2016, 11:00am
‘STUDIO GOLD’ – a group exhibit of over 25 artists
curated by .. STUDIO MINERS
opened this past SAT, APRIL 16, 2016 / 7-10 PM
the show runs thru MAY 14, 2016
MY PLASTIC HEART, 210 FORSYTH ST, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
a zine will be released at the opening, which includes a “glimpse at the spaces, collections and objects artists surround themselves with . . .”
all pieces are size 12 x 12 ins. or under.
all pieces are unique – they are not prints.
& they are priced – to SELL.
read more: ‘STUDIO GOLD’ at MY PLASTIC HEART
flyer image:
TOUGUI. ‘Peaceful’. 12 x 12 in., engraving on wood.
($300)
OBLVN, ‘Ride The Lightning’, 6 x 6 ins., enamel on wood.
($250)
MIKE GUERRERO, ‘GOOD DOG”, 12 x 12 ins., acrylic gouache on watercolor paper.
($250)
PETER KATO, ‘My Honey Bunnie’, 12 x 12 in. acrylic on wood.
($175)
Clams Rockefeller, ‘Moondance’, 12 x 12 ins., enamel on steel.
($150)
see: STUDIO MINERS – WEBSITE
~STUDIO GOLD . . at MY PLASTIC HEART, curated by STUDIO MINERS, L.E.S. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 18th, 2016, 9:39am
