ART MAKES EYE CONTACT – SAT – OCT 11, 2008 !!
* * AN ART SALE & EXPERIENCE TO BENEFIT – TRANSFORMAZIUM !! * *
4 PM – SCREENINGS: BRADDOCK, PA in context
and/or I woke up and all the industry had left our neighborhood
5 PM – TOTAL EYE CONTACT – BBQ !!!
6 PM – THE OPENING:
art sale, raffle (a SWOON, a McGEE, and all inclusive stay in Braddock !!), inter-activities,
cool jams, good people, general goods store !!
* * * PIX FROM THE OPENING – PAR-TAY !! * * *
SWOON aka CALLIE – and – CHRIS STAIN !!
SWOON aka CALLIE – and – CHRIS STAIN – both have work in the show.
PHOTOGRAPHER PORTS BISHOP DROPS BY.
local talent: PORTS BISHOP, STO & NICK KUSZYK.
Nick has work in the show.
BARRY McGEE – this piece was auctioned off. wonder if that auction was rigged – man. I’d rig it – if I could-a – whoever who scored this – s-c-o-r-e-d big time. !!
STEPHEN POWERS ($3,000)
DENNIS McNETT ($150)
NICK KUSZYK ($60) – these are really small little mini paintings like 4 in. x 4 in. tops !!
I tried to pull one off the – wall – but it was stuck on real good.
MAYA HAYUK – DEVENDRA BANHART POSTER. 100 copies. not numbered. not signed. ($40)
MAYA HAYUK – skateboard – ($450)
detail, MAYA HAYUK – skateboard
detail, MAYA HAYUK – skateboard
detail, MAYA HAYUK – skateboard
MAYA HAYUK
IO of OVERSPRAY
SKEWVILLE – ($125)
Icky A. – ($20)
CHRIS STAIN – ($2,000) – undeniably b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l.
see: CHRIS STAIN !!
you GOTTA watch this !!: SWOON, CHRIS STAIN & THE POLAROID KIDD/BEAUBORG FRANCE/2007/SOFARIDA/YouTube !!
& definite !! check out !!: CHRIS STAIN writes !!
NOAH SPARKES – ($600)
SWOON – ($2,000)
BAST
well, there are RAFFLE QUILTS – and then, there are RAFFLE DANCES. whoever won this raffle – got to dance real PRETTY !!
top: CONRAD CARLSON – ($1,500)
white paper cut-out by ANDREW PONEROS – ($350) – oh for $350 bucks – it would be M-I-N-E !!
another CONRAD CARLSON – supposedly he has one of the biggest ‘found’ collections of discarded cardboard – in the city – if not the world !! and, I believe it.
at the left, CONRAD CARLSON, beside one of his cardboard pieces.
word on the street is, Conrad – is the current President of the Black Label (Mutant) Bike Club
New York.
CONRAD CARLSON – ($1,400). . . so, … in yer face, !! – LAZARIDES/OUTSIDERS NY !!
what was that large FAILE piece selling for ? someone told me over $100,000.
detail, CONRAD CARLSON
detail – MAKE FLAMES !! – CONRAD CARLSON
PETER SUTHERLAND – PHOTOGRAPH – ($400) – PETER SUTHERLAND has the next show,
in the new ATM GALLERY, Chelsea 27th STREET – space !!
large wooden 3-D head by UFO – ($1,200) – an absolute steal !!
detail UFO – dig !! those router details in the plywood, at the back !!
reminds me of TAYLOR McKIMENS – ‘The Drips’ !! – come to life in 3-d & in, plywood – yet !!
detail, UFO
RACHEL – last name being sought – know it ? – send it in !!
DENNIS McNETT – ($100) – bet he makes the Black Label posters !!
MONICA CANILAO – ($150) – ‘WE HOLD EACH OTHER, UP’.
TOM BEALE
the wall mounted – faucet – sculpture – GREG HENDERSON – ($900)
detail, GREG HENDERSON – 3-D wall piece – faucet !!
ZACH PUFF – ($60) – really really like this piece, too !! oh, for $60 !!
DAVID ELLIS – ($300)
TOD SEELIE PHOTOGRAPH – ($450)
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – TALL BIKES aka MUTANT BIKES – NEW YORK
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
still – waiting for the the RAFFLE winner to be announced !!
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK
outside in the street – playing around on the BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK – 2 SEATER !!
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK – 2 SEATER !!
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK- 2 seater !!
BLACK LABEL – BIKE CLUB – NEW YORK – MUTANT – TALL/SMALL BIKE !!
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. SECRET ROBOT PROJECT. BROOKLYN. OCT 11, 2008
THE TRANSFORMAZIUM BENEFIT – WITH:
ART WORKS BY: SWOON, STEVE POWERS, MARTHA COOPER, KATIE BURKART, CHRIS STAIN, AIKO, PAPER RAD, BILL DANIEL, LEE QUINONES, THAD KELLSTADT, CAMERON MICHAEL, MELISSA LOMBARDO, SAM FRIEDMAN, HAPPYFun INDUSTRIES, GREG HENDERSON, KRISTIN FETTERMAN, NICK KUSZYK, MATTHEW McGUINNESS, CONRAD CARLSON, KATHLEEN VANCE, BARRY McGEE, DAPHANE FITZPATRICK, NOAH SPARKES, ALISON CORRIE, ANDREW PONEROS, SADU, ICKY A., MAYA HAYUK, FAILE, DOCTOR JPL, LAURA BELLMONT, JOSH TONIES, MARY TREMONTE, PAUL BOSCH, KIKI SMITH, JOEL RICE, CHRIS UPHUES, ZACH POFF . . . . and many more !!
* * EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK * *
* * DANCE PARTY – SAT OCT 18, 2008 !! * *
ALL EVENTS AT: SECRET PROJECT ROBOT: ART EXPERIMENT – 210 KENT AVE – BROOKLYN
see: SECRET PROJECT ROBOT
and, DEFINITELY !! CHECK OUT !!: TRANSFORMAZIUM – to see what it’s all about !!
don’t miss links to:
see: MAYA HAYUK
see: SWOON
see: LADY PINK
see: CYCLE
see: NOAH SPARKES
see: LEON REID IV
see: MARY TREMONTE
see: MARISSA LOMBARDO & BIANCA BUTTI
~ART MAKES EYE CONTACT/BIG PAR-TAY at SECRET PROJECT ROBOT/to-day !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 11th, 2008, 12:52pm
WOLFY.
KAYROCK.
KAYROCK & WOLFY – run KAYROCK SCREENPRINTING – and have recently been producing a series of small handmade limited edition books for several local artists – including Sto and Mike Pare.
The books are available at PRINTED MATTER in Manhattan, & CINDERS in BROOKLYN.
CiNDERS is where we are – at the ALLYSON MELLBERG OPENING – FRI OCT 10, 2008
Their printing studio is located in Williamsburg, BROOKLYN – just above SECRET PROJECT ROBOT.
see: KAYROCK.ORG – & – KAYROCK.ORG/BOOKS
they also – interestingly enough – do custom WEDDING INVITATIONS !! see: KAYROCK.ORG/WEDDING INVITATIONS
we pause to – give this guy – starring in the previous photo’s background – some face time !!
this is JASON DOUGLAS GRIFFIN aka the ‘life partner’ – who currently has a show of his semi-realistic paintings: – ’80’s BABIES’ – up at LEO KESTING GALLERY – the 812 WASHINGTON ST., Manhattan location, (OCT 16 – NOV 2, 2008).
see: LEO KESTING
back to KAYROCK. meet their new intern, ANNA HAINICH.
this is the screen printed, hand bound book they made for STO – recently.
‘Asleep At The Wheel’ – artwork by STO. published APRIL 2008.
16 pages, 4-1/2 in. x 6 in. Edition of 100. handsigned & numbered. ($25 ea.)
pamphlet bound french butcher paper with red cover stock.
a peek inside: ‘Asleep At The Wheel’ – artwork by STO – A KAYROCK SCREENPRINTING PUBLICATION.
‘Asleep At The Wheel’ – artwork by STO.
another KAYROCK PRODUCTION – is this very sweet little book – ‘VECHICLES OF THE ANCIENTS’ by MIKE PARE !!
published July 2008. same format. 16 pages, 4-1/2 in. x 6 in. Edition of 100.
handsigned & numbered. ($25 ea.) pamphlet bound & printed with 2 tones of 100% graphite on french butcher paper with orange fizz cover stock.
‘VEHICLES OF THE ANCIENTS’ – MIKE PARE.
you can currently see a large ‘NAVAJO’ drawing by MIKE PARE up in the new ATM SHOW:
‘EAST MOVES WEST’ !!
see: ATM GALLERY
‘VEHICLES OF THE ANCIENTS’ – MIKE PARE.
‘VEHICULES OF THE ANCIENTS’ – MIKE PARE.
and then, there is – STO’S self-published handmade little gem of a book – ’30’.
each cover is different – get it !! ($4 ea.) inside is a text – which is very poetic and, deeply felt – and, which we won’t give away – so, go get it – dumbass cheapskate !!
STO wears a lot of hats – entrepreneur, gallerist, artist, and writer, not the least, among them.
STO’s – ’30’.
STO with his ’30’ – STO is wearing a JENNY PULLS t-shirt.
then there’s MEL KADEL’S limited edition (100) handmade artist book: ‘CHILLO’. ($24)
this was the first book to sell-out at the CINDERS booth at the recent NY ART BOOK FAIR . . .
inside MEL KADEL’S – ‘CHILLO’ – believe, she handstains each page individually.
oh oh oh – what do we have here – a new handmade book, ‘BANANA BREEZE’ by MISAKI KAWAI and JUSTIN WALDRON – !! – a sharp scenester would have to stop and ponder: does this indicate a new significant other – in Misaki’s colorful world ?
on a top shelf: ‘Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia’; center – a perennial fave – BRIAN CHIPPENDALE’S amazing hardcover comic book tome, from PICTUREBOX; and – what looks to be: ‘Stealing Peechiesa’ !! ? gotta go back & check that one – o-u-t !!
STO’s also got a couple of his own 3-D art pieces scattered about – this is a personal fave – a bag of chips ($250) !!
STO’s ‘BIG GULP’ !!
STO’s radio – with wake-up call !!
it would be a sin to omit – the few remaining porcelain ‘planter’ heads from ALLYSON MELLBERG’S last showing at CINDERS.
porcelain deer – by ALLYSON MELLBERG
STO – reaching to replenish the beers. ALLYSON MELLBERG -‘Do Little’ opening.
CINDERS, BROOKLYN. OCT 10, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
CINDERS
~NEW BOOKS & STUFF/at CINDERS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 11th, 2008, 12:51pm
ALLYSON MELLBERG opens: ‘Do Little’ !! to a large & very receptive crowd in Brooklyn.
ALLYSON came to town briefly – for the opening of this exhibit person of her new works, (all are made in 2008), at CINDERS.
The show runs OCT 10 – NOV 9, 2008 and yes, its a definite – go see !!!
She currently lives, with her husband, fellow artist JEREMY TAYLOR, in CHARLOTTSVILLE, VIRGINIA, where she teaches foundation studio courses, in the Fine Arts Program at JAMES MADISON University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
She seems to be a very private, quiet, though totally right-on & very inspired artist & global citizen – you can get a little more insight into her – on her blog, see: a & j !!
she is standing in front of one of the larger framed drawings on paper, ‘Collectors’, 34 x 25 ins, ($1,500). The work, like all the works in this show – acquires its strange, subtle, monochromatic, and mysterious earth hues from the natural non-toxic materials with which she works exclusively, including homemade walnut ink, vegetable inks and egg tempera.
However, and most ironically – in Ms. Mellberg’s hands – these organic hand-harvested non-toxic pigments – and, in contrast to many of her creative world-sensitive contemporaries – don’t express a robust growing earth plant world !!! The yellowy brown stains and mottled details of the overgrown diseased potato/fungus/mushroom-like rock the girls are ‘collecting’, and the red measles-like dots on the young girls’ own faces and arms – suggest something’s gone wrong – these organically scripted drawings – speak of almost invisible toxins and subtlely diseased eco-systems – they do not augur well for the future.
ALLYSON MELLBERG, detail ‘Collectors’, homemade walnut ink & egg tempera.
. . . in fact, Ms. Mellberg confirms that the ‘rock’ they collect is indeed – toxic – and, not to be touched. It’s a metaphor, I guess – for her general theme throughout: our youngest, and most innocent children, no matter how we take care of them – are being borne into an already degraded and toxic eco-system – and, it is affecting them. They are already ‘damaged’, weakened – we are are no longer able to procreate robust earth plants or animals, human species included …. no matter how organic – the effort – the global degrade & pollution – is already too manifest.
just for fun, or maybe NOT !! – one could take it even further, and question the origins & health of those very eggs – that her egg tempera is derived from !! – was it organic ? more to the point – did she raise it ? did that egg tempera derive from an egg that was laid by a hen raised on a farm – as a free ranging farm animal, like back in the day, or are those industrial super market egg tempera eggs – ‘collected’ from hens cooped up lifelong in small metal cages, like the ones most of us eat, whether we envision it or not, every time we crack one open? OMG – can you just imagine a not so far-off world – where even – in the art supply stores – !! – the labels would be required to inform you of the real origins of your watercolor pigments – the new-age version of that old school – battle: WINDSOR-NEWTON vs. PRANG !!!
. . . which is not say – that because this show has ‘meaning’ – it isn’t b-e-a-u-t–i-f-u-l !! au contraire – even more so!! it takes accountability. it speaks to change and future hope. without text. very visual – pure juice !! it’s this super immediate generation’s step beyond the one that just so briefly flared – and – flamed its way into our hearts – the beautiful losers and neo-hippies – with their psychedelic mushrooms, neon colors and shamanistic visions !! that was/is a neo ‘me’ culture – this one speaks of the ‘other’ – the children who come after us – a very innocent, very sensitive, very gentle animal-listening race – very artistic – but very doomed – if we don’t watch – it !!
just like this portrait – its a kind of reverse decadence. instead of a dark 1930 Berlin cabaret dancer or an equally flamboyant American 20’s flapper – throwing her fur with glorious abandon about her neck – here – well, you get the picture !!! in fact some aspects of her work – brings to mind, for me anyways – BARRY McGEE – his sorrowful decadent world weary – faces painted onto glass bottles.
some of the work is much more dreamy – and less in-your face. though still on point. it be interesting to ask ALLYSON, herself – if she felt she was in-your-face. but look at her blog, a&j, (also linked above). in her own way – she is very determined and very direct about how wants to live her time – on this planet. she is of gardens – but she is no wallflower – she is one strong willed lady…
the show included some small dioramas – with hand-sewn cloth (felt) figures.
the pieces come with the ‘shelves’ – which were made by Allyson’s husband, artist JEREMY TAYLOR.
yes, there are hand painted ‘faces’ along some of the walls. what was that about Barry McGee, Clare Rohas, and, even Matt Leines ?
a close-up of a tiny hand stitched felt figure.
ALLYSON MELLBERG, ‘Give or take’, (collaboration w. JEREMY TAYLOR), wool blend felt, wood, walnut ink backdrop, 2008. ($750.)
ALLYSON MELLBERG, ‘I imagine the wilderness will be strange.’ , homemade walnut ink & egg tempera,
2008. ($1,500)
detail, ALLYSON MELLBERG, ‘I imagine the wilderness will be strange’.
AMERICAN QUILTERS – are you, with me ?
the opening nite party spills out onto HAVEMEYER & HOPE ST.
the favorite roost outside CINDERS.
artists: KELIE BOWMAN (also a co-founder of CINDERS), and her guest, ALLYSON MELLBERG.
the opening reception for: ALLYSON MELLBERG – ‘Do Little’, CINDERS GALLERY, OCT 10, 2008
the show runs thru NOV 9, 2008.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: ARCHIVAL PHOTOS/ALLYSON MELLBERG & JEREMY TAYLOR/HANDPLANT at CINDERS/FALL 2007
CINDERS
~ALLYSON MELLBERG/OPENING PIX !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 11th, 2008, 12:50pm
CINDERS GALLERY PRESENTS:
ALLYSON MELLBERG – ‘Do Little’ – OPENING TO-NITE !! – FRI OCT 10 – 6-10 PM
the show runs: OCT 10 – NOV 9, 2008
CINDERS GALLERY – 103 HAVEMEYER – BTWN HOPE + GRAND ST – BROOKLYN – NY
HOURS: WE-SUN 1-7PM
THIS IS ALLYSON MELLBERG’S second solo show at CINDERS.
“The title ‘Do Little’ – is both a reference to the doctor of the same name who realizes
he can speak to animals – and – a jab at our general public’s apathy towards increasingly
important environmental issues.”
She works with natural non-toxic materials that include homemade walnut ink, vegetable
inks, and egg tempura. Along with the delicate paintings – will be small sculptures and dioramas.
CINDERS
~ALLYSON MELLBERG/CINDERS/opens to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 4:33pm
‘QUALITY OF LIFE’ – OPENS TO-NITE !! – FRI OCT 10 – 6-10 PM !!
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: JAKE DOBKIN, LUNA PARK, SAM HORINE & STREET STARS
the show runs: OCT 10 – OCT 31, 2008
FACTORY FRESH – 1053 FLUSHING AVE – BUSHWICK – BROOKLYN
L TRAIN TO MORGAN/BETW. MORGAN & KNICKERBOCKER
for more info, see: FACTORY FRESH
. . also opening in the same space, same night: ‘BUSHWICK YOURSELF!’
GAETANE MICHAUX – an artist & architect from BRUSSELS – now living in BROOKLYN – mixes it up !!
FACTORY FRESH
~FACTORY FRESH/BIG OPENING to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 4:06pm
ANDY COOLQUITT – ‘LIGHT’ – OPENS TO-NITE !! – FRI OCT 10 – 6-8pm
the show runs: OCT 10 – NOV 16, 2008
LISA COOLEY – 34 ORCHARD ST. – BET: HESTER & CANAL – LOWER EAST SIDE – NY
more info: LISA COOLEY
~ANDY COOLQUITT/LIGHT/OPENS to-nite !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 3:57pm
‘STOOP SALE’ – ETHAN CRENSON
STOOP SALE: FUNCTIONAL, Displaced, Refusing Definition, Glaringly Physcial, Neutral, Indifferent, Validated,
and Private Objects.
A STOOP SALE is laid out on a blanket located outside a building where MARCEL DUCHAMP once had a studio.
The items in the stoop sale are common objects, but they could be taken as ‘poor cousins’ of som eof Duchamp’s readymades.
TIME: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 18, & 25, 2008 (11am-5pm)
LOCATION: 210 WEST 14th STREET between SIXTH & SEVENTH AVENUES
also, check out: ETHAN CRENSON !!
THIS SITE SPECIFIC PROJECT IS PART OF: ART IN ODD PLACES 2008 !!
~ETHAN CRENSON/ART IN ODD PLACES |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 3:43pm
‘MIDAS’ – KENNY KOMER and BORIS RASIN
BROKEN, ABANDONED, and mundane objects along 14th Street … are painted a metallic gold color.
By painting these stationary items gold, the artists bring pedestrians’ attention to the forgotten relics
that otherwise disappear into the urban periphery.
TIME: ongoing throughout OCTOBER 2008
LOCATION: 22, 247, & 526 EAST 14th STREET – & – SE CORNER WEST 14th STREET at 10TH AVENUE
also, check out: KENNY KOMER/BORIS RASIN !!
THIS SITE SPECIFIC PROJECT IS PART OF: ART IN ODD PLACES 2008 !!
UP-DATE: WED OCT 22, 2008
. . . actually happened to walk by, what must be !! – one of their pieces !!
‘MIDAS’ – KENNY KOMER and BORIS RASIN – BROKEN, ABANDONED, AND MUNDANE OBJECTS ALONG
14th STREET – ARE PAINTED A METALLIC GOLD.
and yes, – their premise is true, (if you are a sharp witted pedestrian) – “BY PAINTING THESE STATIONARY ITEMS GOLD, THE ARTISTS BRING PEDESTRIANS’ ATTENTION TO THE
FORGOTTEN RELICS THAT OTHERWISE DISAPPEAR INTO THE URBAN PERIPHERY.”
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, 14th St. at 9th Ave., NYC. OCT 19, 2008
P.S.– in response to a query for more info regarding this street ‘landmark’ & the painting of it !! – we just got an interesting note back – from the artists:
“To be honest we are not 100% sure what that is. We believe it to be some sort of old vent, probably for the subway system. There are a bunch of them throughout the city and they usually appear above a subway line. So that is our guess.
“We approached the DOT, FDNY and DEP to get permits to do a bunch of projects along 14th Street including parking meters, old fire call boxes, street poles, etc. While they all thought the project was interesting, none of them wanted to grant us official permission. Those vents you saw actually weren’t owned by DEP. Maybe they are owned by the MTA but we didn’t want to get another “NO” – so we just went ahead and painted them. We did it in broad daylight with rollers and were never stopped by a single cop, just curious pedestrians.
“We have about a dozen pieces along 14th Street. One favorite is a huge stretch of an old piece of steel spanning around the corner of 14th Street & 10th Avenue.” – KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN
see more pix of their project – on the artists’ website, pretty i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g !!
and, definite – check out their: website !!
P.P.S.
KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN, are local talent – NYC kids – who seem to pretty much collaborate as a creative team – since way back in the day – when they became friends in their COOPER UNION undergrad college days. Though, interestingly enough they both went to the same Junior High School – MARK TWAIN JHS in CONEY ISLAND – and, they both had attended LAGUARDIA HS, previously.
They made waves in the underground (pun intended !!) – way back in 2005 – when they created a series of very detailed site specific underground scenarios in the concrete crawlspace – beneath the WEST 26th ST. sidewalk – in Chelsea – for the now defunct CAPSULE GALLERY – while they were still undergrads at COOPER UNION. Kenny was in his Junior year, and Boris was a Senior. What was so unique, among many things actually – about this project – was that the installation was viewable though a ‘window’ in the basement location of the gallery, though the actual crawlspace itself – was only accessible through a kind of narrow ‘manhole’ entry in the sidewalk itself.
see: 2005-09-26/SUB:URBAN-JET FAN’S ROOM !!
see: 2005-11-2/SUB:URBAN-WRITER’S BLOCK !!
~KENNY KOMER & BORIS RASIN/ART IN ODD PLACES |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 10th, 2008, 2:58pm
. . . the back of the card – was – PRETTY – GREAT, TOO !!!
4 GEEZERS: THE LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS, PEZ & EINE – LAST WEEK !!!
to see these . . . . “world famous guerrilla street artists !!”
SEPT 12 – thru – SUNDAY, OCT 12, 2008
AD HOC ART – 49 BOGART STREET – UNIT 1G, BUZZER 22 – BUSHWICK – BROOKLYN – NY
HOURS: WED-SUN 1-8PM
see: AD HOC ART
PHOTOS FROM THE PRESS PREVIEW OPENING – THURSDAY, SEPT 11, 2008
PEZ means FISH in SPANISH !!
P is for PEZ
P-E-Z
PEZ – from SPAIN !!
a young writer – AEON – a big fan of the 4 GEEZERS – wants some face (not !!) time, too,
and shows us his (paste) work.
FLYING FORTRESS, of Hamburg, Germany signs ‘tag’ books.
FLYING FORTRESS signs a ‘tag’ book !!
FLYING FORTRESS
left: ‘We liked your style #1’, 30 x 40 ins., spray paint, acrylic & marker on canvas. ($3,553)
collaboration – THE LONDON POLICE & FLYING FORTRESS
center: ‘Who cares’, 30 x 40 ins., spray paint, acrylic and marker on canvas. ($3,883)
collaboration – THE LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS & PEZ
right: ‘We liked your style #2’. 30 x 40 ins., spray paint, acrylic and marker on canvas. ($3,553)
collaboration – THE LONDON POLICE & FLYING FORTRESS
‘Who cares’ – collaboration – THE LONDON POLICE, FLYING FORTRESS & PEZ !!
THE LONDON POLICE/Chaz TLP & BOB TLP
THE LONDON POLICE/Chaz TLP & BOB TLP,
‘No sleep til Bushwick’, 50cm x 70cm, ink on canvas. ($2,888.88)
detail, ‘no sleep…’/THE LONDON POLICE
graphic cartoon work by Chaz TLP
detail, ‘No sleep…’/THE LONDON POLICE
graphic cartoon work by Chaz TLP
THE LONDON POLICE/collaboration between Chaz TLP & BOB TLP
ink & acrylic on canvas
THE LONDON POLICE – Chaz TLP does the buoyant, broader stroke cartoon work, (at left),
BOB TLP does the more detailed illustration-like work, (at right).
THE LONDON POLICE/Chaz TLP & BOB TLP
detail, previous image, THE LONDON POLICE.
BOB GIBSON (BOB TLP) does the detailed, realist?/surrealist?/future fantastic?/historical? graphic elements.
detail, BOB TLP work, THE LONDON POLICE
detail, BOB TLP work, THE LONDON POLICE
THE LONDON POLICE – collaboration – between Chaz TLP & BOB TLP – makes for one hell of a visual statement !!
right on !! past, present, future & surreal.
what an amazing contrast !! the futuristic graphic ‘curve’ of Chaz TLP just caught at the left,
and the detailed focus of BOB TLC – on the Library – ‘backwards-time-travel’ stroll !!
Chaz of THE LONDON POLICE. BOB couldn’t make the opening.
both are BRITS, who relocated to Amsterdam, about 10 years ago.
(BEN) EINE – a BRIT !! from the good ole UK !! in front of his masterly lettering.
EINE – he hand-stenciled the wall, around his paintings – for the show.
EINE. the paintings are 32 x 40 ins., acrylic and spray paint on canvas. ($3,000 ea.)
EINE.
. . . does this remind anybody else, of that day-glo colorful, but very graphic, EMPIRE QUILT GUILD RAFFLE QUILT – ‘Broadway Jane’ posted recently.
see: COLONIAL REVIVAL/CONTEMPORARY QUILTS/AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
PEZ
work by PEZ – very graphic – way – ahead of the curve.
PEZ
FLYING FORTRESS, hailing from Hamburg, GERMANY – in front of his wall.
FLYING FORTRESS – a lucky little girl – can say her dad brought her to see FLYING FORTRESS – when she was just a baby.
FLYING FORTRESS.
FLYING FORTRESS. like them all, LONDON POLICE, EINE, & PEZ – very graphic and, way ahead of the curve.
FLYING FORTRESS
this work brings to mind . . . PATRICK GRIFFIN/Count Thy Buttons !!
& more pix: FROM THE OPENING/Count Thy Buttons
THE LONDON POLICE didn’t paint the wall around their works – as the other 3 artists did – but Chaz TLP – (BOB TLP didn’t make the opening) did this small paint job on the wall – next to a big composite of photos he took – ‘EVERY 20 MINUTES !!’ – while here in the USA. EINE did the days of the week – lettering.
THE LONDON POLICE – AD HOC GALLERY DIRECTOR – ANDREW MICHAEL FORD !!
THE LONDON POLICE – not in town very long – Chas TLP – still managed to catch McCARREN PARK – the hot spot of the summer of 2008.
THE LONDON POLICE – FLYING FORTRESS & EINE – installing the show.
THE LONDON POLICE – EINE – ‘star’ stenciling his wall.
back to the show – EINE at the right. and another little girl with her dad – who can grow up & say she was there – where it was really happening – when she was just a baby.
ANDREW MICHAEL FORD – AD HOC’S DIRECTOR (& CURATOR OF THIS SHOW), and RAY CROSS, AD HOC CO-FOUNDER. EINE designed the t-shirt. (obviously.)
RAY CROSS and AIKO.
local talent – WIL PAGAN, at the 4 GEEZERS OPENING
check out: his myspace page
another local talent – JESUS SAVES !!
before leaving, can’t resist, one look back, at EINE !!
likewise – PEZ & FLYING FORTRESS.
outside, in the street – PASTE ART . . . . . on BOGART STREET.
one tree says to another . . . . “I think I’m dying..”
and the other one answers: “me too…”
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
AD HOC ART
~4 GEEZERS: LONDON POLICE/FLYING FORTRESS/PEZ & EINE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 9th, 2008, 2:21pm
DRAWLINGS – (A solo project by ABIGAIL PORTNER: of RINGS/HEX MESSAGE)
last nite !! – WED OCT 8, 2008 – 20H sharp !!
MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY – 3 RUE NICOLET – PARIS 18
check out: DRAWLINGS !!
check out: HEX MESSAGE !!
check out: PAW TRACKS !!
check out: MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY
~ABIGAIL PORTNER/MAD VICKY’S |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 9th, 2008, 1:02pm
