ALYSS ESTAY / @uh.lease . . . posted a really awesome photo,
of one of Taylor’s really awesome – new ‘plant’ sculptures – at THE HOLE LA debut opening /
TAYLOR McKIMENS, ‘Plant’ sculpture, papier mache & acrylic paint.
PHOTO: VIA INSTAGRAM @uh.lease (ALYSS ESTAY)
check out: ALYSS ESTAY on Instagram @uh.lease
~TAYLOR McKIMENS . . THE HOLE LA | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2022, 10:13am
IT’S A WRAP – PAPER-WISE !!
TAYLOR McKIMENS . . . has some new ‘paper’ plant sculptures in the new, 3rd HOLE / an LA OUTPOST – DEBUT OPENING !!
TUES FEB 15, 2022 / 6 – 8 PM
THE HOLE LA, 844 LA BREA, LA, CALIFORNIA 90038
TAYLOR McKIMENS installing his new, papier mache plant sculpture – at the new West Coast branch – of THE HOLE.
image via Instagram @kathy_grayson
check out: TAYLOR McKIMENS – Instagram @taylormckimens
~TAYLOR McKIMENS . . NEW PAPIER MACHE SCULPTURES . . THE HOLE LA – DEBUT OPENING / TUES FEB 15 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 15th, 2022, 9:41am
IT’S A – WRAP !!!!
ANDREW MERIWETHER FRANCIS, ‘CONSENT CANDIES’ / “should we . . . ?”
(open edition), 2018 /
packaged ‘candy’, 5 x 5 in.
custom-made Valentine’s Day Candy – that we all grew up with !!
in a sandwich . . baggie.
available at the huge . . P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION exhibit – at WATER ELWOOD MUSEUM, upstate NY.
see: P.A.D / Project Art Distribution Instagram
image via: P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION Instagram
see: WALTER ELWOOD MUSEUM of the MOHAWK VALLEY
NOTE: LAST 2 WEEKS TO SEE THIS . . !!
PS: PATRICK MOHUNDRO FOUNDED P.A.D / ART PAD DISTRIBUTION – ALTERNATIVE POP-UP ART EXHIBITS
SOPHIE MA CURATED THIS ELWOOD MUSEUM NY EXHIBIT – WHICH IS A BIG SURVEY & RUMMAGE SALE/
of PAST P.A.D Projects !!
UP THRU . . . FEB 27, 2022 !!!!!
GO ON !! – TAKE A TRIP !!!!!!!!!
check out: Andrew Meriwether Francis on Instagram @Andrewmeriwetherfrancis
~ANDREW MERIWETHER FRANCIS . . HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY CANDY / P.A.D. | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2022, 10:03am
HAPPY, ARCHIVAL VALENTINE’S DAY . . . !!!!
TO – ME !!!!!!!!
R. CRUMB – SURE GOT MY ETERNAL . . . ‘FATE’.
R. CRUMB . . . ‘OH, POOEY ! IT’S A HARSH UNIVERSE’
EXHIBITION CARD for:’R. CRUMB RESTAURANT PLACEMAT DRAWINGS’ /
PAUL MORRIS GALLERY, NYC / NOV 2 – DEC 9, 2000
Collection: NANCY SMITH
SIGNED !! – in the bottom right-hand corner in black ink, at the opening !!
‘To NANCY FROM R. CRUMB – NOV., 2000’
check out: NANCY SMITH on Instagram @artloversnewyork
~R CRUMB / ‘Oh, POOEY !! IT’S A HARSH UNIVERSE’ – signed exhibition card, NOV 2000 !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2022, 9:44am
SOME ARCHIVAL PIX – of the EXHIBITION CURATOR & INVITED GUESTS . . !!
‘HARD-ASS FRIDAY NITE: THE ART of SPAIN RODRIGUEZ’
CURATED BY: DAN NADEL
ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY
thru . . . APRIL 2, 2022
see: PRESS RELEASE, BIO & PHOTOS
SPAIN RODRIGUEZ (1940-2012), “Nightmare Alley’, 2003.
ink & graphite on paper / 14.5 x 11.5 in.
Published as the cover for ‘The Comics Journal No. 204’.
image via ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY
I didn’t ever cross paths with Spain Rodriguez, but I did cross paths . .
with some of the featured guests, & the esteemed !! curator !!
FROM THE ARTLOVERSNEWYORK ARCHIVE:
DAN NADEL, NYC / NOV 18, 2010
ARCHIVAL PHOTO BY: NANCY SMITH
ALINE KOMINSKY-CRUMB & ROBERT CRUMB,
at the exhibit: ‘The Book of Genesis’, a series of 207 drawings /
David Zwirner Gallery, MARCH 4, 2010.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO BY: NANCY SMITH
ALINE KOMINSKY-CRUMB,
book signing for ‘R.Crumb Handbook’, NYC / MARCH 4, 2010
ARCHIVAL PHOTO BY: NANCY SMITH
see: ALINE KOMINSKY-CRUMB – artloversnewyork
KIM DEITCH, at a Brooklyn book signing, DEC 6, 2008.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO BY: NANCY SMITH
KIM DEITCH, ‘The Search for Smiling ED !’,
book signing, NYC 2008.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO BY NANCY SMITH
~’HARD-ASS FRIDAY NITE: THE ART of SPAIN RODRIGUEZ . . . SOME ARCHIVAL PIX’ | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2022, 9:01am
CURATED BY – DAN NADEL . . . !!
‘HARD-ASS FRIDAY NITE: THE ART of SPAIN RODRIGUEZ’
CURATED BY : DAN NADEL
OPENS . . SAT FEB 12 / 3 – 7 PM
runs thru . . APRIL 2, 2022
ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY, 212 Bowery, NY 10012
HRS: TUES – SAT / 10 AM – 6 PM
see: THE PRESS RELEASE / INCLUDING A GREAT BIO of RODRIGUEZ / SELECTED ART WORKS / & A SCHEDULE of EVENTS
“SPAIN RODRIQUEZ, (1940-2012), called the ‘socialist soul’ of the 1960s underground comics movement, combined leftist politics, outlaw biker adventure, and science fiction . . .
raised in Buffalo, New York . . where he became a member of the Road Vultures Motorcycle Club, which offered him comradery and decades of material / he moved to New York’s East Village in the mid 1960s . . where he began a near 50 year run of publishing / becaming a staff cartoonist for the most renowned of the underground newspapers.”
“In 1969 Spain moved to San Francisco, where he was invited to join ZAP Comix by ROBERT CRUMB.”
~Press Release
note: ROBERT CRUMB & ALINE KOMINSKY-CRUMB in conversation with . . .
exhibition curator DAN NADEL / THURS FEB 24, 1 PM EST on ZOOM / RSVP needed
note: ‘Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez’ film screening / with director Susan Stern & KIM DEITCH – MARCH 24, 6:30 PM at the gallery.
~’HARD-ASS FRIDAY NITE: THE ART of SPAIN RODRIGUEZ’ . . ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY / OPENING SAT FEB 12 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 12th, 2022, 6:43am
WILL . . IS ON A ROLL !!
WILL LEUNG, of ATM NYC & ANOTHER PLACE NYC is expanding westward – good luck Will !!
the debut opening . . is this WED FEB 16th.
“Bringing some artists I’m showing in NYC this year to LA, next week”.
‘ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK’ – 7 person group show
opens WED FEB 16
and runs thru . . MARCH 27, 2022
ANOTHER GALLERY, 355 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
HRS: TUES – SAT / 12 – 6 PM
with: ANNER COHEN, KATELYN LEDFORD, KEITA MORIMOTO,
JEAN-PIERRE VILLAFANE, RICHARD WATHEN, MING YING, YOORA LEE
check out: the new space on Instagram @anothergallery.la
~’ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK’ . . !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 12th, 2022, 6:23am
looks like Albert Shelton, b. 1979 North Carolina, been in NYC since 2003 . . .
had himself a great time – at the opening last night.
‘BE LIKE WATER, MY FRIEND’ / ANOTHER PLACE NYC
OPENED LAST NIGHT – THURS FEB 10, AND RUNS THRU . . . MARCH 20, 2022
52 Henry St., NYC 10002
HRS: WED-SUN / 12 – 6 PM
ALBERT SHELTON aka REALIST RADIO . .
at the opening of ‘Be Like Water, My Friend’, Another Place NYC, FEB 10, 2022
image via Instagram @realist_radio
~ALBERT SHELTON . . at the opening | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 11th, 2022, 2:34pm
BE LIKE . . WATER, SCREAMING TIRES, EXPLODING FIRES, & COSMIC RADIO !!
ALBERT SHELTON . . is on fire / and, in . . watercolor !!
he has new work in the ANOTHER PLACE, NYC – 2nd show.
‘BE LIKE WATER, MY FRIEND’ – a 10 artist / watercolor group show
at . . ANOTHER PLACE, NYC
OPENS THIS THURS FEB 10 / 4 – 7 PM
& runs thru . . MARCH 20, 2022.
Albert Shelton . . .
born 1979 / in Winston-Salem, North Carolina /
according to the all-knowing web, he’s been in NYC since 2003, receiving an MFA from PRATT in 2005.
see: CV / artdoxa
his CV is pretty interesting, especially to me, anyways – for those years of ‘samo-samo’ studio assistant work for some very famous artists, i.e. the two big K’s / KAWS & Koons.
a day job that can eat you alive, but pays the bills.
but, all the while, your own inner creative voice smolders with your own heart-felt / mind-sparked ambition.
yeah. we all know the feeling. of wanting to break-out . . with our own work, and, btw just the F . . . when ?!!
scan his IG posts / same is true here – he writes a nice diary.
the yearning, and burning / and one day . . yeah / my work is going to be – understood, and up on those (art fair) walls.
well, it’s definite about time, his time, to fly free . .
and set the record straight – on what’s . . . really, cutting edge.
I hope he takes off, and never looks back.
Be like water ?
Be like compressed passion – yearning to break out.
ALBERT SHELTON, WIP
image via Instagram @realist_radio
ALBERT SHELTON, ‘Wildfire’, 2022
sumi ink & watercolor on Arches paper / 24 x 18 in.
Image via Instagram @realist_radio
ALBERT SHELTON, ‘OUTER SPACE – ORBS ORBITING’
most def, watch this video & sound track: Albert Shelton / cosmic clip (!!) – Instagram
check out: ALBERT SHELTON . . @radio_realist / Instagram
~ALBERT SHELTON . . ‘BE LIKE WATER, MY FRIEND’ | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 9th, 2022, 10:15am
“Be like water, my friend” . . .
unless that water turn to ice . . . then, be like a 15 yr. old Russian figure skater !!
either way, this show promises to be: . . NEW GEN !! / OLD MEDIUM !!
‘Be Like Water, My Friend’ – 10 artist group show . . all watercolor !!
opens THURS FEB 10, 2022 / 4 – 7 PM
ANOTHER PLACE NYC, 52 HENRY St., NYC 10002
HRS: WED-SUN / 12 – 6 PM
with:
IVANA CARMAN, HYEGYEONG CHOI, UWE HENNEKEN, DAVID RISLEY, KOICHI SATO, ALBERT SHELTON, STIPAN TADIC, RICHARD WATHEN, YE’ELA WILSCHANSKI
here’s a small sampling:
STIPAN TADIC, ‘At the Subway on Valentines Day’, 2021-22
watercolor & gouache on paper /
14 x 10 in.
image via Instagram @stipan.tadic
ps: that’s a KERRY JAMES MARSHALL painting in the [MOMA] poster.
check out: Stipan Tadic on Instagram @stipan.tadic
I’m thinking:
Stipan Tadic’s . . watercolor looks so realist !! great details.
it’s both misty & atmospheric, and then you realize it’s not outdoors . . . it’s inside !!
and, then the ‘painting’ takes over – completely.
RICHARD WATHEN, ‘Smear’, 2022.
watercolor on 640gsm Hahnemuhle paper /
40 x 30 cm. / 15.7 x 11.8 in.
image via Instagram @richardwathenstudio
check out: Richard Wathen on Instagram @richardwathenstudio
Richard Wathen’s watercolor . . . !! so streaky !! so pensive.
such a familiar tactile . . gesture.
yet, so . . strange & other-worldly.
almost ‘realist’, but . . quite over-the-edge !!
that is . . not so real in a visual photographic sense / but – totally captures in a very touching & real way / the introspective feeling of a ‘casual’ moment – that, we all can relate to.
mirror, mirror on the wall.
who – am I ?
~’BE LIKE WATER, MY FRIEND’ . . GROUP SHOW / ANOTHER PLACE NYC / OPENS THURS FEB 10 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 8th, 2022, 10:48am
