RED ENVELOPE SHOW – YEAR of the TIGER / 2022
presented by GRUMPY BERT & SPOKE ART at HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY NYC /
IS NOW . . . ONLINE / INDIVIDUAL ‘LUCKY RED’ ENVELOPES – ARE EASY TO PURCHASE !! /
BUT, THEY ARE – GOING FAST !!
& . . . HAPPY BROWSING !!!!!
see: SPOKE ART – THE RED ENVELOPE SHOW
here’s a small sampling . . . !!
BRENDA CHI, ‘Tiger Girl’,
gouache on red envelope / 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
($350)
CHINACAT663, ‘HAPPY HOUR’,
acrylic on red envelope / 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
($88)
CINDY SUEN, ‘Golden Orange Paradise’
watercolor & markers on (double) red envelope / 7 x 6-1/2 in.
($200)
EVAH FAN, ‘MOE’,
acrylic on red envelope / 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
($175)
TIM PEACOCK, ‘Wanderer’,
gouache & ink on red envelope / 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
($80)
KIMCHI JUICE, ‘Prosperity’,
acrylic on Red Envelope / 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
($150)
ZERO PRODUCTIVITY, ‘FOUR POINT OH’,
acrylic , ink & watercolor on red envelope / 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
($88)
all images / THE RED ENVELOPE SHOW – SPOKE ART
~RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2022 / YEAR of the TIGER . . is now online !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 28th, 2022, 1:32pm
EVAH FAN . . the quirky queen of the tiny – sums up facing a Ferocious TIGER:
put a cute, custom Tiger barrette in your hair, and . . own it !!
dig into your life, polish yourself off, and stay – . . true to yourself, BABY !!
the RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2022 / YEAR of the TIGER . . is up thru this SAT JAN 29. 2022.
presented by GRUMPY BERT, & SPOKE ART at HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY NYC.
EVAH FAN, 3 Red Envelopes for YEAR of the TIGER
3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. each
image via Instagram @evahscat
EVAH FAN, 3 RED ENVELOPES / YEAR of the TIGER, drying in her garden !!
image via EVAH FAN – artist website
yes !! CHECK OUT: EVAH FAN on Instagram @evahscat
most def, CHECK OUT: EVAH FAN ARTIST WEBSITE
don’t forget to hit her: ‘CHOPPY’ section / NEWS UPDATE !!
here’s a recent sample:
“Sorry there’s no Shelly here. / I’m Sally, S-A-L-L-Y.”
image via EVAH FAN – CHOPPY
above is an entry from JAN 14, 2022:
“I believe in universal intelligence now. I’ve been wanting to make gag cartoons forever. I’m so grateful to have a piece included in ‘SEND HELP!’. The book is a new collection of desert island cartoons, edited by JON ADAMS & ELLIS ROSEN.”
‘SEND HELP!’ – edited by JON ADAMS & ELLIS ROSEN / published NOV 9, 2021
‘A hilarious collection of desert island cartoons from ‘NEW YORKER’ magazine cartoonists – to help
us feel isolated . . together.’ !!
~AMAZON
EVAH FAN . . is an artist / illustrator, currently based on the West Coast / California.
see: EVAH FAN, INFO – for more ‘clues’.
FROM THE ARTLOVERSNEWYORK ARCHIVE:
EVAH FAN, at the opening of . . ‘Bed & Breakfast’ / Little Cakes Gallery, in the East Village, NYC
ARCHIVAL PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / JUNE 6, 2008.
detail of one of her tiny installations, in ‘Bed & Breakfast’ / Little Cakes, East Village NYC.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / JUNE 6, 2008.
see: EVAH FAN & BRANDON MONROE / LITTLE CAKES – OPENS TODAY / PIX from their ‘BED & BREAKFAST’ exhibit / JUNE 6, 2008 – artloversnewyork.com
~EVAH FAN . . YEAR of the TIGER / TAKE CARE – of YOURSELF ! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 28th, 2022, 9:07am
HAPPY NEW YEAR in Chinese,
literally means: HOPE YOU GET RICH !!
I’ll take – two helpings, please.
the RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2022 / YEAR of the TIGER . . is up thru SAT JAN 29, 2022.
presented by GRUMPY BERT & SPOKE ART – at HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY NYC.
ANNIE WONG aka headexplodie, ‘HOPE YOU GET RICH !’, RED ENVELOPE
3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
image via Instagram @headexplodie
CHECK OUT: ANNIE WONG on Instagram @headexplodie
ANNIE WONG . . . “I make art for sensitive weirdos.”
is a stop motion artist, sculptor & educator.
“My work is a blend of delightful fun, oddball humor, with a touch of teenage rebellion,
stemming from experience growing up – as a second-generation Chinese American,
in South Texas.”
~headexplodie.co
CHECK OUT: ANNIE WONG aka headexplodie – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
~ANNIE WONG . . YEAR of the TIGER / HOPE YOU GET RICH ! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 27th, 2022, 9:09am
BRRRRR . . . frozen, lonely – but, mystical & d-r-e-a-m-y !!
the RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2022 / YEAR of the Tiger . . is up thru SAT JAN 29, 2022.
presented by GRUMPY BERT & SPOKE ART – at HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY, NYC.
SALLY DENG, YEAR of the Tiger / 3 red envelopes – each is: 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
image via Instagram / @sa.deng
CHECK OUT: SALLY DENG on Instagram @sa.deng
SALLY DENG . . .
is an artist based in LOS ANGELES. she recently graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with a BFA, and has exhibited widely in both solo and group shows,
in California, Illinois & Texas.
She won the American Illustration Award in 2016 & 2017.
(Google Books)
MOST DEF, CHECK OUT: SALLY DENG – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
SALLY DENG, ‘Fantastic Worlds’ illustration
image via SALLY DENG
~SALLY DENG . . YEAR of the TIGER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 26th, 2022, 10:46am
one of LOUIE CHIN’s 3 . . Year of the Tiger Red Envelopes . .
is a Memorial Tribute to legendary Hong Kong actor . . . NG MAN-TAT,
who died last year.
a young Ng Man-Tat played RAMBO – in the quintessential, proto-action-packed, tough gangster . . biker / heart-breaker: ‘A Moment of Romance.’ (1990).
the RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2022 / YEAR of the TIGER . .
is presented by GRUMPY BERT & SPOKE ART at HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY NYC – on New York’s Lower East Side.
the big group show runs thru . . . JAN 29, 2022.
LOUIE CHIN, ‘Ng Man-Tat Tribute’ / Red Envelope
3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
image via Instagram @grumpybert
CHECK OUT: LOUIE CHIN – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
LOUIE CHIN . . “Born and raised in New York, Louie Chin is an illustrator whose work includes commercial and editorial content,
as well as individual commissions . . . .
Some of his clients include: Nike, Aime Leon Dore, Adidas & Complex . . . ”
CHECK OUT: LOUIE CHIN on Instagram @loubot
where a recent post presents his awesome, really !!
lunch box – for @boboguys / BOBA GUYS – WEST COAST, USA
LOUIE CHIN, BOBA GUYS ‘LUNCHBOX’
top: front / bottom: the back.
Photos via Instagram @loubot
~LOUIE CHIN . . YEAR of the TIGER / NG MAN-TAT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 25th, 2022, 9:55am
AMANDA CASTILLO . . YEAR of the TIGER / RED ENVELOPE SHOW
Presented by . . . GRUMPY BERT & SPOKE ART
thru . . . JAN 29, 2022
at HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY NYC / 210 RIVINGTON St., Lower East Side, NYC 10002
AMANDA CASTILO, ‘Under The Citrus Tree’.
Red Envelope / 3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
image via SPOKE ART
AMANDA CASTILLO . . .
is a cartoonist & illustrator from the Bay Area, California.
She is currently working with RANDOM HOUSE GRAPHIC as the artist & co-author of
the upcoming graphic novel series: ‘MAPMAKERS’.
CHECK OUT: AMANDA CASTILLO on Instagram @mandallin
CHECK OUT: AMANDA CASTILLO ARTIST WEBSITE
AMANDA CASTILLO – ‘A MODEST UPBRINGING’
& YO !! YO !! YO !!
don’t overlook . . . her COMICS & ZINES !!!
~AMANDA CASTILLO . . YEAR of the TIGER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 22nd, 2022, 9:09am
YEAR of the TIGER !!
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR – 2022, EVERYBODY !!
A RED ENVELOPE . . WISHES YOU GOOD LUCK & in GRUMPY BERT’S CAPABLE HANDS,
SOME GREAT, & VERY UNIQUE . . ONE-OF-A KIND ART . . !!
RED ENVELOPE SHOW – A HUGE GROUP SHOW – WITH OVER 150 WORKS !!
JAN 22nd – 29th, 2022
PRESENTED BY GRUMPY BERT & SPOKE ART
HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY NYC, 210 RIVINGTON ST., LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC 10002
HRS: TUES – SAT / 10am – 6pm
NOTE: the opening day is SAT JAN 22, 2022 / 10:30 AM – 6 PM
the opening is free & open to the public / but all the timed in-person viewing appointments for this day are already !! taken !!
however, I have heard from a little Grumpy Bert Birdie – that if you feel compelled to join the fun – the gallery will do their best to accommodate unregistered arrivals / wear masks & have proof of vaccination, & believe in your . .
good karma !!
otherwise, you can register: for timed visits – here !!
see: GRUMPY BERT
see: SPOKE ART
see: HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY
see: MORE INFO – RED ENVELOPE SHOW – SPOKE ART BLOG
including:
~the show features over 125 artists – from around the world !!
~all of whom created original artwork on Red Envelopes . . a symbol of PROSPERITY & GOOD LUCK !!
~there will be over 100 pieces – in the $100 range & below !!
these are . . . 3 RED ENVELOPES by RACHEL JO
3-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. / each
CHECK OUT: RACHEL JO on Instagram @racheljodraws
RACHEL JO . . .
is a second generation South Korean-American freelance illustrator based in Houston, TEXAS. She graduated from PRATT INSTITUTE in NYC, in 2015 with a BFA in Communication Design & a focus in Illustration.
check out: RACHEL JO – artist portfolio website
CHECK OUT: GRUMPY BERT on Instagram @grumpybert
CHECK OUT: SPOKE ART on Instagram @spoke_art
CHECK OUT: HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY on Instagram @hashimotocontemporary
~RACHEL JO . . YEAR of the TIGER / RED ENVELOPE SHOW / GRUMPY BERT X SPOKE ART / HASHIMOTO NYC / OPENS SAT JAN 22 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 21st, 2022, 8:43am
WILL LEUNG OPENS . . ANOTHER PLACE,
& TAKES . . A SOLO ‘STAB’ at the ART WORLD !!
see: ANOTHER PLACE / LOWER EAST SIDE
follow: @anotherplace.nyc on Instagram
follow: WILL LEUNG / #WILLSEEART / @willnyc on Instagram
WILL LEUNG: “JUST GOING TO TAKE A STAB – AT IT !!”
image via Instagram Story @willnyc / at the inaugural opening of ANOTHER PLACE – his first solo gallery.
JAN 8, 2022.
WILL LEUNG / PHOTO: CULTURED MAGAZINE FEB 9, 2021
FOR A LITTLE MORE LOW-DOWN – on WILL !!
check out: CULTURED MAGAZINE / ‘IN NEW YORK, ATM Gallery REACTS TO THE MOMENT’ . . by MOSES DRIVER / FEB 9, 2021
at that point in time, FEB 2021, just about a year ago: it was all about: WILL & BILL !!!
WILL LEUNG & BILL BRADY.
Will had just partnered up with, and co-opened . . a new rendition / or resurrection of the original / legendary NYC ATM Gallery – with BILL BRADY, the original founder. BILL opened the historic, original, raw & tiny . . ATM space, in 2000 / on a gritty corner of AVE B, in the East Village, when the concept of small, as in very small !! indie galleries – was just percolating.
ANOTHER PLACE . . represents Will’s first solo / gallery venture, and the 2 galleries are side by side, which is quelle FUN !!!
and, YES !!
I do know – that original ATM Gallery time, place, and all the players – very, very well.
I covered that scene for editor WALTER ROBINSON at artnet / from 2002- 2004.
when by 2005 / digital technology had advanced enough – to allow for easy desktop ‘self-publishing’ / artlovers left artnet – to become artloversnewyork.com / in turn, becoming totally indie / independent – itself !!
here’s a link – to my very first photo report for Artnet:
‘ART LOVERS NEW YORK – PHOTOS by NANCY SMITH’ 11/15/02
that’s the top 2 rows / it scrolls down for several more lines / the early digital format at that time was . . thumbnail photos in a grid / and, then, if you hit each photo, you got the larger format.
KEANU REEVES, at “NUTSY’S” – an early . . TOM SACHS install.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / artnet. NOV 8, 2002.
yes !!!
it was an amazing time !!! – even KEANU REEVES was out & about – strolling through the art .. scene.
here’s . .
one of my earliest photos of BILL BRADY, published on Artnet.
it’s artist . . PETER CAINE, on the right / with BILL BRADY at the center / at the original ATM GALLERY, on SEPT 10, 2004.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / artnet
my photo of STEVEN PARRINO, at his big TEAM GALLERY opening on OCT 7, 2004 / the night before he tragically died in a motorcycle accident, was on the same report. it’s been floating around the internet forever.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / artnet
and again, another one – I’m . . really, really very proud of:
CAT POWER !!!
aka singer CHAN MARSHALL / SEPT 9, 2004 – at a CANADA GALLERY opening.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / artnet
you can scroll that original report, in full here: ‘ART LOVERS NEW YORK – PHOTOS by NANCY SMITH’ – ‘YOUTH RULES in the BIG APPLE – FALL 2004’
(!!!!!)
ps: for the brave-hearted & curious, it was WALTER ROBINSON, editor of artnet / at that time – god bless his little ole heart – who gave me my first, big break at artnet / and, it was he . . . who labelled me ‘artloversnewyork’ – like it, or not /
but, it sure did . . . stick !!
~GOOD WILL (LEUNG) . . HUNTING !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 20th, 2022, 1:52pm
BAD LUCK TIGER STRIKES / NYC SUBWAY / SAT JAN 15, 2022
DON’T EVER UNDER-ESTIMATE / THE POWER OF YOUNG, CUTTING EDGE CONTEMPORARY ART / especially when it intersects with . . . ANCIENT FOLKLORE.
TURNS OUT . . .
IT WAS A DARK, DARK PRIMAL SATURDAY, the day of my previous post on LARRY LI, and his strong, strong, crimson-red / and, passionate, inaugural show for WILL LEUNG’S new . . and, first solo gallery space / which is located in the still gritty Lower East Side.
#willseeart
Another Place Gallery.
I was hesitant to put words into (Tibetan Buddhist) thought clouds, re the title of the Show, ‘Bad Luck Tiger’ – when I first considered writing up this striking show, so I thought I’d be – just a little bit ‘cavalier’, to lighten the gray overcast day – and, look on the bright side of Bad Luck, stressing how wonderful it was – that such a young and talented, (Chinese-American) artist, based in L.A. & whose works speak to ‘real issues’ . . had found his way into Will’s heart, & thus took a bite out of the Big Apple art scene – along the way.
sadly, sadly my fear & premonitions – came to strange evil fruition.
a vibrant, beautiful, 40 year-old Professional Chinese-American woman, with a whole lot of life before her, a whole lot of living and promise ahead of her – was shoved to her death / into the path of an oncoming subway train, at Times Square station – by a seriously deranged, mentally ill, homeless (African-American), and very evil man, who said according to the media, something like: “I can do it – I’m God.”
see: “Woman Pushed . . .” – NEW YORK TIMES / JAN 16, 2022
note: the enchanting ‘mosaic tile’ / New Year’s Eve themed / mural artworks in the city’s large traffic hub, the Times Square Subway Station /. . greatly beloved by people from all walks of life – for its somewhat gritty, but delightful depiction of true-life / Big Apple street culture – are by 1980’s Lower East Side artist . . JANE DICKSON.
those who know her work from the early days, including myself – are totally captivated by how her usual medium of dark velvety oil pastel – translated so well into the colored bits of tile, especially as her usual pictorial backgrounds are deeply dark, and stormy – and here in the rumbling MTA station – they come to life . . amazingly !!
even against the open white spaces of the classic white ‘subway’ tile / tunnels.
what comes to life / what goes to death ???
is there really, a definitive line / in 4 dimensional . . thought ?
Jane’s New Year’s Eve ‘celebrants’ . . . are a bit sad, tired, weary, and bleak – for all the joyful commotion / in a word: true New Yorkers.
image via Art Papers
see: ‘Jane Dickson and Times Square Mural’ – Art Papers, Interview by WILL CORWIN, 2018
LARRY LI, ‘The Last Supper Before the Revolution’, 2020
now on view at . . ANOTHER PLACE NYC / @anotherplace.nyc
oil, acrylic, gel transfer, and gesso on canvas
68 x 56 x 1.25 in.
image via Instagram @anotherplace.nyc
~LARRY LI . . . . . .’BAD LUCK TIGER’ is alive & pounces / SAT JAN 15 NYC |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 19th, 2022, 9:58am
BAD LUCK ? / WEAR . . RED !!
I’m not one to invoke, or even whisper . . . ‘bad luck’ /
but, if being 24, and showing at WILL LEUNG’s new space in NYC, is bad luck /
I’ll take two helpings, please !!
LARRY LI – ‘BAD LUCK TIGER’ / INAUGURAL SHOW at ANOTHER PLACE !!
Jan 8 – Feb 7, 2022
ANOTHER PLACE GALLERY, 52 Henry St, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
HRS: WED-SUN / 12 PM – 6 PM
LARRY LI, ‘The Last Supper Before the Revolution’, 2020.
oil, acrylic, gel transfer, and gesso on canvas
68 x 56 x 1.25 in.
image via Instagram @anotherplace.nyc
FOLLOW: ANOTHER PLACE GALLERY on Instagram @anotherplace.nyc
WILL LEUNG, aka . . . @WILLNYC / #WillSeeArt
the founder of ANOTHER PLACE / & a co-owner, with BILL BRADY of the newly reborn . .
ATM GALLERY – next door on Henry St., seems too be a force-of-nature, with a big, new take on . . art & NYC !!
and, with a whole new scene, swirling around him.
FOLLOW: WILL LEUNG on Instagram @willnyc
FOLLOW: LARRY LI on Instagram / @larryli_official
LARRY LI . . .
born 1998 / is a young Chinese-Amercian artist who was born and raised in the Bay Area, CA / California. He currently lives & works in L.A., CA.
from his portfolio website:
“Drawing from his own family history and larger Chinese / American narratives from a contemporary perspective. His work alters history, conflating different time and cultures into one surface, hoping to grapple with his cultural amnesia through the lens of his own diasporic perspective.”
He already has quite an immpressive CV.
see: LARRY LI – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
LARRY LI – IMAGE VIA LARRY LI
I’m thinking / wow !!
looks to be a huge, red & white . . . PAPER QUILT !!!!
~LARRY LI . . ‘BAD LUCK TIGER’ / ANOTHER PLACE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 15th, 2022, 10:56am
