LISA OPPENHEIM, detail, ‘The Sun is Always Setting Somewhere Else’, 2006, looped slide projection, dimensions variable/PHOTO COURTESY: LISA COOLEY FINE ART
‘GUT OF THE QUANTIFIER’ opens to-nite – SUNDAY – MARCH 9, 2008 6-8PM
the show runs MARCH 9 – APRIL 20, 2008
LISA COOLEY FINE ART – 34 ORCHARD ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
a group show featuring the work of:
TAUBA AUERBACH, BARB CHOIT, DAN ESTABROOK, TATIANA ECHEVERRI FERNANDEZ, BRION GYSIN, LISA OPPENHEIM, FRED SANDBACK, PAUL SHARITS, MATT SHERIDAN SMITH & SUE TOMPKINS
we recently caught up with LISA COOLEY at a recent John Connelly Presents opening:
LISA COOLEY at the ‘A New High in Getting Low’ opening, JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS, FEB 23, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
LISA COOLEY FINE ART
~LISA COOLEY/opening to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 9th, 2008, 4:56pm
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE !! & WHITE MAGIC FANS !! TAKE NOTE:
DANCE PAR-TAY !! TO-NITE !!
SATURDAY – MARCH 8, 2008 – 10PM – $6 AT THE DOOR
GLASSLANDS – 289 KENT – WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN – NY
(btwn SOUTH 1ST + SOUTH 2ND – L to Bedford, J to Marcy)
NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN presents Part Time Punks and Jah Division
DJ’s MICHAEL STOCK (filmmaker) and BENJAMIN WHITE (GoGoGo Airheart guitarist) of L.A.’s most popular subcultural dance party – PART TIME PUNKS – lay down hours of post-punk dance action with DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN – while – THE SOCIAL REGISTRY’S dub – JOY DIVISION – cover band – JAH DIVISION – performs with an expanded line-up featuring members of ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, WHITE MAGIC, and all-star SOCIAL REGISTRY cast.
see: NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN
see: GLASSLANDS
~GLASSLANDS/DANCE PARTY !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 8th, 2008, 6:44pm
“Rosson Crow at the opening of her show at Honor Fraser in Los Angeles, honorfraser.com, and YES she wore the outfit to the dinner…”PHOTO/COURTESY: CANADA
ROSSON CROW is scheduled to be in the abstract painting group show, ‘SUBSTRACTION’, curated by Nicola Vassell, coming up at DEITCH PROJECTS at the end of this month – opening: FRI MARCH 29, 2008 6-9PM.
that’s just the newest addition – to the ‘UPDATES’ PHOTO GALLERY on CANADA . . . take the cruise: it’s most definitely fun !!!
CANADA
~RAINY DAY CRUISE: CANADA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 8th, 2008, 4:17pm
special MEMORIAL . . . .
DAVID ASKEVOLD SCREENING – to-nite – SAT MARCH 8, 2008 6-8PM
SHORT FILMS and VIDEOS FROM 1967 to 2006
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE ST – BETWN HESTER + CANAL – CHINATOWN – NYC
‘My Recall of an Imprint from a Hypothetical Jungle’ – DAVID ASKEVOLD, 1973, 6:00 min./IMAGE COURTESY: CANADA
DAVID ASKEVOLD – THREE EASY PIECES – INVITE IMAGE/COURTESY: CANADA
DAVID ASKEVOLD – THREE EASY PIECES – up thru SUNDAY MARCH 9, 2008
the show ran: FEBRUARY 1 – MARCH 9, 2008
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE – HOURS: WED-SUN 12-6PM
last day to catch this show, tomorrow !!
The NEW YORK TIMES finally !! kicked in with some really relevant contemporary reviews this past FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008 – and included a KAREN ROSENBERG review of this show. Sadly, it is noted – that DAVID ASKEVOLD died this past January, and that the show was planned before his death. The show is described as including a series of paintings he made last year and a video from the 90s. Ms. Rosenberg also notes that David Askevold was “a founding member of the 1970s contemporary scene in Halifax, Nova Scotia. {CANADA!!} {whose} . . .better-known participants included the ur-conceptualists Lawrence Weiner, Dan Graham and Lucy Lippard.” She concludes with a description of his short video ’16 Candles’, and says: “this elegant, evocative piece bears comparison to the work of fellow Canadian Conceptualist, Rodney Graham, and suggests that a more comprehensive look at Mr. Askevold’s work is in order.”
BELOW – archival photos: DAVID ASKEVOLD, at his exhibit, ‘THE IMMEDIATE LANDSCAPE’, CANADA, MAY 20-JUNE 19, 2005
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
DAVID ASKEVOLD in front of one of his large scale digital photo collages, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
DAVID ASKEVOLD, large scale digital photo collage, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
detail, above digital photo collage, DAVID ASKEVOLD, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
detail, above photo collage, DAVID ASKEVOLD, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
CANADA
~DAVID ASKEVOLD/screening to-nite |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 8th, 2008, 2:31pm
last day to catch !!
JESSE PASCA – ‘My Heart as a Stock Market’
FEBRUARY 13 – MARCH 8, 2008
MEHR GALLERY (MIDTOWN)
436 W. 18TH STREET, CHELSEA – NYC
JESSE PASCA, ‘My Heart as a Stock Market’, 2000-2002, ink, colored pencil on paper, 18 x 12 ins./IMAGE COURTESY: MEHR GALLERY
This is a sweet, refreshingly light-hearted show that presents itself beautifully in the natural light of the gallery. No wonder it scored a neat little write-up (by Rachel Wolff) in the NEW YORK Magazine culture blog: VULTURE – Edited by Dan Kois & Lane Brown.
see: VULTURE POST/JESSE PASCA
A born New Yorker, JESSE PASCA continues to live and work out of NYC and Sag Harbor, NY. She received an MA with Honors in Art Education from City College of New York, and a BFA from SVA (School of Visual Arts, NY).
There are 8 drawings in the show. Four are based on horizontal grid tables, and the rest are vertical. we liked the vertical ones best – though looking back – we did really like this horizontal one, too.
JESSE PASCA, ‘A Certain Knowldege’, 2008, gouache, latex, ink, marker on w/c paper, 22 x 15 ins. ($2,500)
our super favorite was the ‘purple’ chart featured at the top of this post – because the alternating horizontal bands of purple and black gave a kinetic impression of ‘zipper’ folded paper.
detail, JESSE PASCA, ‘My Heart as a Stock Market’, 2000-2002, ink, colored pencil on paper, 18 x 12 ins. ($2,000)
too bad, the photograph can’t quite catch the optical illusion.
the left hand margin of the grid tables is in tiny handwritten ink script:
detail, JESSE PASCA, ‘My Heart as a Stock Market’, 2000-2002
another vertical ‘heart’ chart, we really liked:
JESSE PASCA, ‘If I Could Tell You I Would Let You Know’, 2008, pencil, gouache, latex, ink, marker on w/c paper, 15 x 22 ins.
detail, JESSE PASCA, ‘If I Could Tell You I Would Let You Know’
detail, JESSE PASCA, ‘If I Could tel You I V Would Let You Know’
. . . what can we say, looking back, the horizontal ones started to reveal themselves as pretty interesting, too.
JESSE PASCA, ‘My Heart as a Stock Market: Alternative Landscape (B)’, 2008, ink on watercolor paper, 26 x 30 ins.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see more images: gallery website
MEHR GALLERY (MIDTOWN)
~JESSE PASCA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 8th, 2008, 1:00pm
‘SPACING OUT’ – curated by Cinders Gallery
OPENING TO-NITE – !!- FRIDAY – MARCH 7, 2008 – 7-11PM
the show runs: MARCH 7 – MARCH 29, 2008
SPACE 1026 – 1026 ARCH STREET – 2Nd FLOOR – PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
gallery hours: open everyday / noon-midnight
featuring the work of: DIANE BARCELOWSKY, KELIE BOWMAN, CHRIS DUNCAN, GEORGE FERRANDI, MATT FURIE, KEVIN HOOYMAN,DAVID HORVITZ, HILARY PECIS, SHAWN REED, STO & more !!!
KELIE BOWMAN at a CINDERS opening, OCT 12, 2007
STO also at a CINDERS opening, OCT 12, 2007
STO, acrylic on board, CINDERS. OCT 12, 2007
STO, acrylic on board, CINDERS. OCT 12, 2007
STO ‘BELIEVE’, acrylic on board, CINDERS. OCT 12, 2007
KELIE BOWMAN, ‘How To Build A House’, screenprint on vintage ledger page, CINDERS. FEB 22, 2008
DIANE BARCELOWSKY, painting on paper, CINDERS. JAN 5, 2008
KEVIN HOOYMAN, drawing on paper, CINDERS. NOV 16, 2008
see: more on KEVIN HOOYMAN
SHAWN REED, LITTLE CAKES. OCT 11, 2007
see: more pix – SHAWN REED at LITTLE CAKES
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
more info see: SPACE1026/SPACING OUT
CINDERS GALLERY
~CINDERS in PHILLY !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 7th, 2008, 11:30am
1. JOE BRADLEY
JOE BRADLEY – at the MICHAEL WILLIAMS opening. CANADA, OCT 11, 2007
2. CHEYNEY THOMPSON
CHEYNEY THOMPSON at his debut solo show. ANDREW KREPS,
MARCH 13, 2007
note: this photo first posted on artnet – in ART LOVERS NEW YORK-PHOTOS BY NANCY SMITH – in the PEOPLE SECTION
see: artnet/ART LOVERS/SPRING 2004
3. ROE ETHRIDGE
ROE ETHRIDGE in a early photo, also first posted on artnet – ART LOVERS NEW YORK, at an opening of his photographs, ANDREW KREPS, APRIL 17, 2004
see: artnet/ART LOVERS SPRING 2004
ROE ETHRIDGE, at the RICCI ALBENDA opening, ANDREW KREPS,
MAY 5, 2007
4. AGATHE SNOW
AGATHE SNOW, ‘Mother Complex’, 2005, mixed media, in ‘I Throw Herring to the Dog’, CANADA, July 13, 2005
first posted: art lovers SUMMER 2005
5. GANG GANG DANCE – BRIAN DeGRAW
BRIAN DeGRAW, outside a RITA AKERMANN – ANGEL BLOOD – performance, KENNY SCHACTER’S West Village Gallery, NYC. OCT 12, 2003
first posted: art lovers SUMMER 2006
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: photos of BIENNIAL 2008 curators: SHAMIM MOMIN & HENRIETTE HULDISCH/THE BOMB/FEB 13, 2007
WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2008
~5 TO WATCH/WHITNEY BIENNIAL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 5th, 2008, 1:31pm
NICOLA VASSELL, a gallery director at DEITCH PROJECTS, and MAD VICKY – at the opening of: BIANCA CASADY – Lil Girl Slim “COSMIC WILLINGNESS”, DEITCH PROJECTS, OCT 6, 2007
NICOLA VASSELL is photo profiled, as ‘THE BROKER’ – gallery director & writer, in the new issue of PAPER MAGAZINE (MARCH 2008). She will be curating an upcoming show at DEITCH PROJECTS – to open at the end of this month. (MARCH 29, 6-9PM). Called ‘SUBSTRACTION’ – it aims to show . . “how today’s abstract painters are updating New York School abstraction with the energy of the streets, and the jam packed frequencies they dispense.”
Included in the show – DAN COLEN, ROSSON CROW and STERLING RUBY.
LEIF RITCHEY – at the Lil Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness” opening. (Leif was actually the only one other person Bianca asked to help her with mounting this exhibit).
TOOYA RITCHEY, at right, with Leif’s sister, CHRISTINA, both wearing LEIF & TOOYA handmade dresses, at the – Lil Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness” opening.
MAD VICKY’S sister, SIERRA CASADY, (in red) at the Lil Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness” opening. together they are Coco Rosie. Leif & Tooya made her outfit.
Sierra later performed in this Leif & Tooya costume.
self portrait, MAD VICKY LOPEZ aka Ll Girl Slim aka Red Bone Slim aka Bianca Casady aka . . . . . in – Lil Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness”.
self portrait, with her sister, BIANCA CASADY, also known as RASTA MAD VICKY LOPEZ . Lil Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness’, DEITCH PROJECTS, NYC, OCTOBER 2007
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
more about the show: DEITCH PROJECTS
~MAD VICKY & FRIENDS/NICOLA VASSAL/NYC |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 5th, 2008, 12:23pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Paris, FR
A LETTER FROM MAD VICKY:
Welcome to Vicky’s mansion!
Come enjoy the marvels and marvel over the joy.
I present to you one of the greatest artists of our time,
Prince Leif Ritchey. He will present his splendor on
the occasion of the First day of February in the year 2008
to christen MadVicky’s Gallery with friendly voodoo spawning fertilely
for years to come. I will serve you tea, MadVicky style.
Someone from Marriage Frere might spit it out directly in my
face but that’s ok– it will be far too creamy and
rich for their sophisticated dirty water taste.
After the exhibition the gallery will slowly morph
into a multifunctional art space where objects can be
sold and worn for an array of prices: hand made items,
dresses, antiques, cigarettes… a tiny music
store of my personal favorites including bootlegs
you can’t find anywhere else in the world.
Leif and Tooya will shop keep as the featured resident artists
for the first few months.
MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY – 3 rue Nicolet. 75018 PARIS
~MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 4th, 2008, 8:37pm
. . . LEIF & TOOYA are opening (to run for a couple of months) – a clothing store at MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY – 3 rue Nicolet, PARIS / 8eme – this week !!!
. . . if you don’t know who LEIF & TOOYA ARE – that’s too bad – because they are some of the coolest and most talented people in this city – going way back to ART FIEND FOUNDATION !! – yep – that’s ART FIEND FOUNDATION – !! on Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side. where they once ran an ‘indy’ clothing collective/store . . . where they sold their own handmade clothing/designs, and that of others, (notably LEILA HEKMAT), and also staged art exhibits and special musical performances – in the small storefront space.
Anybody, who has followed atm Gallery – has seen LEIF’S artwork in Bill’s earliest shows – way back on AVE B.
. . somewhere unravelled through – those earliest ART FIEND DAYS – lies early ties to DEVENDRA BANHART & COCO ROSIE, and, if, you don’t know who MAD VICKY is . . . if, you saw the COCO ROSIE concert/Bianca Casady LiL Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness” – show at JEFFREY DEITCH last FALL, 2007 – well, then, you saw MAD VICKY aka BIANCA CASADY – 1/2 of COCO ROSIE – !!
see: the show’s poster/BIANCA CASADY/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”
see: the show’s email invite/FROM: “RHASTA MAD VICKY LOPEZ”
and, if we want to evaluate exactly what this might translate into overseas – even from this far distance across the pond – I’d say – they have it all ‘sewn’ up – no pun intended. – why ?
two brief remarks – that are well documented facts:
1. KARL LAGERFIELD is a HUGE FAN of DEVENDRA’S – make your own conclusions.
2. didn’t you see it in the papers here, it got a lot of press – COCO ROSIE performed at the after-party – !! – for – PRADA – at the recent NYC FASHION WEEK 2008. . . . and PRADA and MUI MUI rule !!! well this season, anyway. (anybody see the new PAPER !!!)
you’ve got to check out their website – no kidding !!
see: mad vicky’s tea gallery.com
once there, make sure to hit:
‘artist a la mode’ – where you can read: LEIF & TOOYA’S – MISSION STATEMENT !!.
hit: ‘LINKS’ – and you can get hooked up to: LEIF & TOOYA’S designs
and: MAD VICKY’S MYSPACE PAGE !!
~LEIF & TOOYA/MAD VICKY’S TEA GALLERY/PARIS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 4th, 2008, 5:34pm
