now, that’s . . a gritty – slice of life.
if I ever – did see one.
TREVOR KING, ‘PROJECTIONS’
OPENING FRI APRIL 29 / 5 – 8 PM
RUNNING . . . APRIL 29 – JUNE 5, 2022
OUTDOOR EXHIBITION SPACE
ART LOT BROOKLYN, 206 COLOMBIA ST., BROOKLYN, NY
TREVOR KING, ‘PROJECTIONS’ . .
image via Instagram @artlotbrooklyn
PHOTO BY: MEKKO HARJO
check out: ART LOT BROOKLYN on Instagram @artlotbrooklyn
check out: TREVOR KING on Instagram @trevorkingartworks
check out: MEKKO HARJO on Instagram @mekkoh
~TREVOR KING . . ‘PROJECTIONS’ / ART LOT BROOKLYN / FRI APRIL 29 . . 5 -8 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 29th, 2022, 11:08am
SOMETIMES . . .
THINGS ARE VERY FLEETING . . . !!
THE LAST EVER . . . BROCKLEY GARDENS SHOW: JAKE SHORE . . . !!
MON APRIL 25, 2022 / 6 – 8:30 PM
“ONE NIGHT ONLY & THEN WE’RE GONE”
“WE ARE KIND OF A GALLERY SPACE LOCATED – IN A SMALL GARAGE in BROCKLEY, SOUTH LONDON.”
see: BROCKLEY GARDENS
image via Instagram @idiot1000
Photo by: KYLE DANIELS
check out: BROCKLEY GARDENS on Instagram @broccoli_jardinage
check out: JAKE SHORE’ / ‘I LOVE LIFE’ . . on Instagram @idiot1000
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def, check out: JAKE SHORE – tumblr
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JAKE SHORE, ‘untitled’, 2020.
plastic sheeting stretched on wood frame
solo show / SPIDER GALLEEY, WICHITA, KANSAS, OCT 2020
image via JAKE SHORE – tumblr
WE JUST MET – and, YOU’RE GONE ?!!
too sad !!!!
and hey . . that doesn’t sound very . . . broccoli, unless it’s just / time – to go.
plants grow, bloom and – then . . you eat them.
the meaning of life . . . in a green stalk – nutshell ?
~JAKE SHORE . . ‘THE LAST SHOW / THE LAST NIGHT’ / BROCKLEY GARDENS, LONDON / MON APRIL 25 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2022, 12:00pm
YEP !!!!!! / FOR SURE !!!!!!
‘JOSHUA ABELOW FEATURING JOSHUA BOULOS’
OPEN TODAY – SAT APRIL 23 / 12 – 5 PM
RUNS THRU . . . MAY 14, 2022
A.D.NYC, 19 MONROE ST., NY
HRS: SAT / 12-5 PM
JOSHUA BOULOS, ‘HAND TALES vol.1: Felons’, 2021.
audio cassette player, Deadmau5 portable speaker, looping audio cassette
image via Instagram @ad.nyc
to hear the sound track . . . . and, yes – you want to /
hit: ABELOW + BOULOS / Instagram @ad.nyc
check out: A.D.NYC on Instagram @ad.nyc
check out: JOSHUA ABELOW on Instagram @joshuaabelow
check out: JOSHUA BOULOS on Instagram @joshuaboulos
~JOSHUA ABELOW FEATURING JOSHUA BOULOS / A.D.NYC / OPEN TODAY / SAT 12-5 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 23rd, 2022, 11:49am
current mood: feeling kind of world . . grimy, & people . . weary.
definite, definite prefer feeling ‘shiny’ . . so much better /
maybe, just maybe – this will help ?
sure do wish, I could be in Chicago – for sure, to see the work – in real life / and, in person.
PEGGY CHIANG – ‘spleen and ideal’
OPENS SAT APRIL 23 / 5 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . . SUN JUNE 5, 2022
PRAIRIE , 2055 W. CERMAK RD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
PEGGY CHIANG,’spleen and ideal’.
image via Instagram @prairie.chicago
you can still catch . . .
these 2 ‘soda can’ sculptures by PEGGY – at the PRAIRIE CHICAGO BOOTH /
BARELY FAIR, CHICAGO – which runs thru this SUN APRIL 24 . . . !!!!
PEGGY CHIANG, (looks to be . . soda can & flashlight?) sculpture
PEGGY CHIANG, ‘No.8’, 2019.
soda can, birchwood, resin, plastic, paint
image via Instagram @prairie.chicago
PEGGY CHIANG, (looks to be . . soda can & flashlight?) sculpture
PEGGU CHIANG, ‘No.3’, 2018
soda can, printed styrofoam, plastic, HMA, plexiglass
image via Instagram @prairie.chicago
def, check out: PRAIRIE GALLERY on Instagram @prairie.chicago
def, check out: PEGGY CHIANG on Instagram @peggy-wendy
~PEGGY CHIANG . . ‘spleen and ideal’ / PRAIRIE, CHICAGO / OPENS SAT APRIL 23 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 22nd, 2022, 12:59pm
‘The starry sky
The lunar voice of the sister sounds unceasing
Through the spiriting night.’
~’Spiritual Twilight’, GEORG TRAKL /
via Haley Josephs exhibit statement.
yes / you just have to catch the happiness – as it happens around you /
it all comes down to: FARM to Table – even, . . . art-wise !!
in this fast-paced, chaotic world.
HALEY JOSEPHS – ‘PASSAGES’
up thru . . . SAT MAY 7, 2022
JACK BARRETT GALLERY, 89 FRANKLIN ST., TRIBECA, NYC 10013
HRS: TUES – SAT / 12-6 PM or by app’t
see: the entire artist statement & exhibit photos.
KATE CERIGO . . . at the opening, FRI APRIL 8, 2022
Photo: NICHOLAS STEINDORF
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘THE MOTHER’, 2022.
oil on linen / 96 x 74 in.
image via JACK BARRETT GALLERY
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘THE LIGHT of the WORLD’, 2022.
oil on linen / 40 x 30 in.
image via JACK BARRETT GALLERY
yes, you have to live – as if there is something . . . special inside you / a ‘mystical spark’ . . !!
~with thanks to JOSHUA ABELOW
check out: JACK BARRETT GALLERY on Instagram @jackbarretttgallery
check out: HALEY JOSEPHS on Instagram @haley.josephs
~HALEY JOSEPHS . . ‘PASSAGES’ / JACK BARRETT / . . thru MAY 7 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 15th, 2022, 10:28am
“When you live as if – there’s nothing special, no mystical spark inside you, you gradually
start to believe it.”
~excerpt from . .
‘Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now’, 2018,
by JARON LANIER / via Joshua Abelow
DANI ARNICA, JOSHUA ABELOW: ‘Anti-Magic’,
Et al. Gallery, SF
the gallery will also be open until 8 PM – on SAT APRIL 16
the show runs thru . . MAY 21, 2022
ET Al., 2831 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94110
HRS: FRI-SAT / 12 – 5 PM
note: Please wear masks
def, check out: the exhibit mission statement . . . !!!!!
check out: ET AL GALLERY SF on Instagram @etalgallerysf
check out: JOSHUA ABELOW on Instagram @joshuaabelow
check out: DANI ARNICA on Instagram @dani.Arnica
~DANI ARNICA & JOSHUA ABELOW . . ‘ANTI-MAGIC’ / Et al. / S.F. / OPENING FRI APRIL 15 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 14th, 2022, 9:10am
if anything about the world, the art world, or humanity in general – is bumming you out . .
you might want to consider . . this.
forget . . vernacular & witty / this is literally . . . the last gasp !!
CHANG SUJUNG, (Chang is her last name, as per Korean surname order) . . .
‘Incessant suicide attempt of a fish in a foreign land’ /
P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION – 5 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBIT / ‘IN WITH THE OLD’
PURCHASE COLLEGE, SUNY – has been extended thru FRI MAY 20, 2022 . . . !!!!
RICHARD & DOLLY MAASS GALLERY, CMFT / PURCHASE COLLEGE CENTER FOR FILM & TECHNOLOGY / CMFT3043
735 ANDERSON HILL ROAD, PURCHASE, NY 10577
HRS: MON-FRI / 10am – 5pm
CURATED BY EMILY JANOWICK & GREGORY WHARMBY
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ORIGINATING CURATOR: SOPHIE MA
& OF COURSE, BIG THANKS TO: PATRICK MOHUNDRO – FOUNDER / DIRECTOR of P.A.D.
CHANG, SUJUNG . . ‘Incessant suicide of a fish in a foreign land’, 2019.
with an internal motor, plastic, cast and hand-painted silicone, batteries, sand.
Forever dying forever living.
15 x 4 x 3 in.
Photo via Instagram @project_art_distribution
note: it’s animated, and makes . . sounds
note: the P.A.D. moving pads / that are at the heart of their diy indie / pop-up displays & mobility.
YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT / THE POOR, but VERY REALISTIC / FISH’S – ANIMATION & SOUND . . . !!
LAST GASP – INDEED . . . !!
HIT THIS: CHANG SUJANG, ‘SUICIDAL FISH’ – P.A.D. VIDEO – Instagram @project_art_distribution
check out: CHANG SUJUNG on Instagram @chang_sujung
check out: P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION on Instagram @project_art_distribution
and, NO !!
the last thing I want to see – is a JEFF KOONS sculpture on the moon.
I mean, I don’t even want to see one – on a mega yard – in the Hamptons.
let alone, a grotesque ballerina beside the pool, in tacky Miami.
see: JEFF KOONS TO THE MOON – artnet
truthfully, I’d much rather see a Jeff Koons ‘fake’ anything – by ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . THE NOTORIOUS BASQUIAT FORGER, on a grimy . . Lower East Side wall.
keep your damn balloon . . paws – off the moon Jeff / Jeff ‘wannabe Bezos’ ?
damn, have some celestial respect, CAN’T YOU ?
CUT DOWN A TREE – PUT UP A PARKING LOT.
~CHANG SUJUNG . . SUICIDAL FISH / P.A.D. RETROSPECTIVE at PURCHASE, SUNY / EXTENDED THRU FRI MAY 20 / with a side of: damn . . Jeff Koons. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 9th, 2022, 8:35am
of course, if there’s . . . ‘creative vernacular’,
surely as night follows day, we will find the: ‘FAUX – VERNACULAR’ . . . !!!!!!
in this case,
it’s that transparent / resin-cast, common utility pail . . . think again !!
that tips – the vernacular reality game, in Peggy Chiang’s ‘Big Country’ – striking contribution.
PEGGY CHIANG, ‘Untitled (Ox) ‘ . . in:
‘BIG COUNTRY’ – a really cool, frosty cool, but def cutting-edge emotional / 5 person group show.
HYACINTH GALLERY – up through . . . SUN APRIL 17 !!!
179 Canal 4B, NYC NY 10013 / where the eastern-most edge of Chinatown, intersects with the Lower East Side
HRS: FRI, SAT & SUN / 12 – 6 PM or by Appointment
PEGGY CHIANG, ‘Untitled (ox),
solid cast urethane resin.
image via Instagram @hyacinthgallery
note: the plant is a reproduction of a water caltrop (Trapa Natans),
an edible aquatic plant similar to water chestnuts, native in Asia & invasive in the USA.
It was introduced to a botanical garden at Harvard in 1877.
~PEGGY CHIANG, gallery note.
check out: PEGGY CHIANG on Instagram @peggy_wendy
~PEGGY CHIANG . . ‘BIG COUNTRY’ / HYACINTH / up thru SUN APRIL 17 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 6th, 2022, 12:55pm
UPDATE: the P.A.D. / 5 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE, ‘IN WITH THE OLD’ . .
at PURCHASE, SUNY . . .
has been / extended thru . . FRI MAY 20 !!
A COUPLE MORE WEEKS . . . !!!!!
DON’T BLINKS !!
GO ON, GO GET YOURSELF . . .
SOME !! ANDREW MERIWETHER . . SOME !! KIND of WONDERFUL !! / FUNCTIONAL, CREATIVE VERNACULAR !!
A BIG PILE of . . . ANDREW MERIWETHER FRANCIS / BAD NEWS !!!!! ‘SOCKS’ – FEATURES
in the P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION PRESENTATION . .
‘IN WITH THE OLD: 5 YEARS OF PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION’ /
THIS SUNY VERSION – CURATED BY: EMILY JANOWICK & GREGORY WHARMBY /
with SPECIAL THANKS to the THE ORIGINATING CURATOR: SOPHIE MA
PATRICK MOHUNDRO – is the P.A.D. FOUNDER & DIRECTOR.
RICHARD & DOLLY MAASS GALLERY / CMFT / PURCHASE COLLEGE CENTER for MEDIA, FILM & TECHNOLOGY / CMFT3043
PURCHASE COLLEGE / SUNY / 735 ANDERSON HILL ROAD, PURCHASE, N.Y.
HRS: M-F / 10AM – 5PM
EXPLORE . . over 400 artworks from the first 5 YEARS of P.A.D. pop-up exhibitions,
in an office-style suite . . !!
including this charming . . little pile of ANDREW FRANCIS . . “DIRTY NEWS” SOCKS . . !!
ANDREW MERIWETHER FRANCIS, ‘DIRTY NEWS SOCKS’.
note: landscape painting to the right – A. PFEIFFER McNAY
Photo via Instagram @project_art_distribution / P.A.D.
ANDREW FRANCIS, ‘KIMYE .. SPLIT’
Photo via Instagram @andrewmeriwetherfrancis
ANDREW FRANCIS, detail, ‘KIM’.
Photo via Instagram @andrewmeriwtherfrancis
ANDREW FRANCIS, detail, ‘KANYE’.
Photo via Instagram @andrewmeriwetherfrancis
check out: P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION on Instagram
check out: ANDREW MERIWETHER FRANCIS on Instagram @andrewmeriwetherfrancis
~ANDREW FRANCIS . . ‘KIMYE SPLIT’ SOCKS / A. PFEIFFER McNAY . . LANDSCAPE / P.A.D. RETROSPECTIVE / PURCHASE COLLEGE, SUNY / extended thru FRI MAY 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 2nd, 2022, 9:53am
TRANSFORMATIVE ?
the most B.S. word in the entire English language / same with . . Fair Use.
ANDY . . . aka Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,
you owe that . . seriously iconic, in her own right / woman rock photog LYNN GOLDSMITH – big time !!
SO, PAY UP !!
you can’t rent a car for a day, especially a rare & historic one, spray paint it, install it in front of City Hall, and then – call it yours, because you ‘transformed it – into art’ . . ?
and, then skip out – on paying for it.
you’d be hauled in for major theft, no doubt about. same thing here.
the only thing that’s ‘transformative’ . . is you stole her copyright,
and, used her unique historic photo – as if it was yours.
you absolutely usurped her photo credit, and with it, her absolute right – to decide & control it’s fate.
she absolutely has the right – to sue for it’s . . unauthorized & very commercial use.
collab / as in ‘collaboration’ is the key word going forward, as it is in many issues now facing a fragile society – across the board.
for those cry babies, whining that a ‘whole genre of art’ will be lost, here’s a few choice words: get original, or collaborate, or . . . . get out.
at a minimum, depending on circumstances – at least show some respect, and acknowledge – the creative ‘riff’.
copyright law is a fairly new concept, as the world turns / and, has always continually evolved, according to the times, and the need to address . . ongoing advances in technology, printing, and etc.
image via: ‘Top Court to Weigh Copyright Case on Prince Images’, by DEANNA PAUL and JESS BRAVIN,
including a 1981 photo of Prince taken by LYNN GOLDSMITH / and the Warhol re-iteration /
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Tues March 29, 2011 / Pg. A3.
now, WILL SMITH vs. CHRIS ROCK – that’s . . m-e-s-s-y.
just FYI:
from my personal experience as an artworld ‘event’ photographer, who has posted many a / and, now historic, and always hard-won – photo online, starting with artnet 2002-04, & now on this image-based indie report / going back to 2005 / – and, who has had ‘transformative’ thrown into my face too many times to count, to justify the blatant theft of my photos, esp into film documentaries, or other larger online & print publications, such as Business Insider, and smaller ones like ‘Guest of a Guest’ etc etc . . and, who used come out – sometimes with more than $12 grand a year in my pocket / from those grimy intellectual copyright battles / and without a lawyer, btw / my humble take on the word . . . ‘transformative’ . . .
stems from the early ‘formative’ days, of Internet / World Wide Web rule-making / which were coming directly – out of a highly comprised, Standford University, California (!!) / dept., which specifically-addressed copyright on the web / and which was, quite laughably funded by the huge tech companies / who were wanting to allow the massive use of other people’s, or publications’ . . media photos / as the new & very easy ‘digital’ reproduction of same – had opened up a Pandora’s box.
it was quite literally, the Wild, Wild West – all over again.
1. like many a conflict – this only served to harden photo & intellectual content copyright . . legal recognition, protection & penalties.
in fact, if you are a big photo maestro, and actually go the (now) legal route, to ‘register’ your photos, you can in fact, make serious damage in penalties.
a few famous cases, have made that, quite clear.
otherwise, as a smaller enterprise, you have the right to demand deletion, of said ‘lifted’ photo, and a couple of $$ grand as penalty.
2. luckily for them, the paid University rule-makers, and their big tech sponsors . . they actually missed the boat – in predicting massive theft of other peoples photos, professional, or not / which they felt they needed – to make legal, to keep web traffic flowing & growing / because turns out:
wouldn’t you know it !!
social media posters – like to use their own photos !!
seriously !!
we have become a nation of photographers, esp with the advent of camera-enhanced cellphones.
3. google !!
or, the snake eats its own tail !!
the best enforcement of unauthorized photo use / turns out to be the very tech giant – that tried to run roughshod, over it.
if you use, abuse, exploit, or just post someone else’s photo / without a proper photo credit at a minimum, you are so busted !!! big Time !!
it’s called: google SEARCH !!
and, Creative Commons – be damned, may you all roast in hell.
whoever said, just because you are a ‘non-profit’, (supposedly?) . . . that – you are right ?
~No, NO NO . . . Bad, Andy !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 31st, 2022, 10:27am
