ERIK PARKER – ‘BETWEEN THE LINES’
FEBRUARY 16 – MARCH 8, 2008
MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY – 509 WEST 24TH ST – CHELSEA – NY
ERIK PARKER also opened a show, of works on paper in the PROJECT SPACE, in the small front room of the MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, on Friday, Feb 16, 2008. After a long-time association with LEO KOENIG – ERIK seems very happy to be here. Unlike his previously exhibited large canvases, here he presents a small series of drawings on paper, sometimes: 2 to a frame – that seemed much more intense and focused, despite the smaller size, or because of it ? These drawings were also unique from his past work in their utilization of rows of tiny inventive, and ‘serially’ expressive cartoon-type embellishments – essentially – contemporary hieroglyphics. Though colorful, and full of cartoonish imagery – that imagery was often more wicked, than light-hearted – so the work had a real edge – that, close up – seemed very hard, and almost totally dark in spirit.
ERIK PARKER at the opening of ‘BETWEEN THE LINES’, FEB 16, 2008, MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, NY.
MARIANNE BOESKY, at the ERIK PARKER opening.
a guest studies an ERIK PARKER drawing, at the opening.
ERIK PARKER, ‘CORE’, acrylic and ink on paper
detail, ERIK PARKER, ‘CORE’ – one of the more light-hearted, but still – sobering pieces.
detail, ERIK PARKER, ‘CORE’ – those yellow orbs – are reminiscent of those early 80s KEITH HARING metal ‘buttons’ & are about the same size, too.
ERIK PARKER, ‘KEEP IT TOGETHER’ – !!
watch out – there’s always a new wave of young artists wanting to make it to the top. from left: NIKITA SHOSHENSKY & MATTHEW STEINBERG a couple of local talent – NYC boys, who made it thru LaGuardia H.S. and COOPER UNION – and are looking to make the real scene, now. at the ERIK PARKER opening. FEB 16, 2008
ERIK PARKER had a really great card – it was cut from hard card stock – to resemble an old vinyl 45rpm – the lettering was in a great raised typeface – of iridescent cobalt blue.
another drawing in the show, ERIK PARKER, ‘NEVER RUN’
detail, ERIK PARKER, ‘NEVER RUN’
detail, ERIK PARKER, ‘NEVER RUN’ – what do they say – God is in the details ?
. . . no, just remembered – the saying is: the DEVIL is in the details !!!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: more of the work, here !! / on the gallery website
unfortunately there are no close-ups – so if you’re in NYC – your gonna have to get up off the couch – and go see the show up live and personal.
MARIANNE BOESKY
~ERIK PARKER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 19th, 2008, 3:44pm
gotta run to some OPENINGS !! yo, content is everything. ok. style counts, too.
more to follow !!!
yes, including: MATTHEW STEINBERG & NIKITA SHOSHENSKY !!
but, we’ll leave you . . . with a couple of biggies:
yes!! it was JOSH HARTNETT at the KON TRUBKOVICH – ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’ opening, last night, Friday, FEB 15, 2008, at MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, NYC.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH/artloversnewyork.com
ANDREW GUENTHER, with 3 pieces in the ‘BREVITY’S RAINBOW’ show at CINDERS & the curator of the ‘ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’ show – summer of 2003 – was also, at the KON TRUBKOVICH opening.
on the right, DANIEL JACKSON of SURFACE-TO-AIR (the design collective) & BBLESSING (a small, but groovy retail menswear store on the Lower East Side – which recently scored a big write-up in the NY TIMES STYLE SECTION – and, its pronounced, just Blessing – the x-tra B is for ‘style’), with ARROW, at the KON TRUBKOVICH opening.
wouldn’t be fair to omit – the main man – last night – at any rate, he certainly has a big, and very male, fan base !!
. . . and, that would be KON TRUBKOVICH – opening ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’ – at MARIANNE BOESKY, FEB 15, 2008
. . . VITO SCHNABEL, was also there, but he definitely wasn’t in the mood to be photographed – usually he’s very outgoing, and friendly. he must feel burnt by the recent unfortunate press he got on PAGE SIX, linking him to ELLE MacPHERSON, in a rather stupid way. He made sure that he was followed around, by one of the only 2, gorgeous, and young, leggy blondes in the room.
the card for: KON TRUBKOVICH – ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’ – FEB 16 – MARCH 15, 2008, at MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, CHELSEA.
KON TRUBKOVICH – ‘Almost Nowhere’
FEBRUARY 16 – MARCH 15, 2008
MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY – 509 WEST 24Th ST – CHELSEA – NY
KON TRUBKOVICH’S biggest claims to fame, and no small change, either, seem to be his inclusion in 2 trend-setting international shows: ‘Six Feet Under’ at the KUNSTMUSEUM, BERN; and ‘Uncertain States of America-American Video Art in the 3rd Millennium’ which was curated by DANIEL BIRNBAUM, GUNNAR B. KVARAN and HANS ULRICH OBRIST at the 2nd MOSCOW BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 2007.
His most important show to date, has got to be his debut solo show at P.S. 1 which was curated by the one of the most inspired curators here in New York, and that would be NEVILLE WAKEFIELD. Titled ‘No Country for Old Men’ (!!) – it was presented in 2006.
Raised in Moscow, Russia, till age 11 – he now lives and works in New York. many of his fans at the show seemed to be fellow Russian ex-pats – heavily nuanced, male, Russian conversations floated over the opening chatter. It was evidently apparent that those in attendance, and there were many – were really into the work.
read more about the show – on the: gallery website – press release !!
KON TRUBKOVICH, frame from a video work, ‘No Exit’, in ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’.
KON TRUBKOVICH, frame from another video work, ‘Ant Farm’, in ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’.
KON TRUBKOVICH, color photograph, in ‘ALMOST NOWHERE’.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
MARIANNE BOESKY
~KON TRUBKOVICH & JOSH HARTNETT !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2008, 4:13pm
NICOLAS CONSUEGRA & MONICA PAEZ – ‘VOID’
FEBRUARY 15 – MARCH 29, 2008
MAGNAN EMRICH CONTEMPORARY – 505 WEST 28th ST. – CHELSEA – NY
This is the first NYC solo show for this 2 young artists – who originally hail form Bogota, Columbia.
Now living and working in NYC – they both received MFA graduate degrees from PRATT, Nicolas Consuegra in 2007, and Monica Paez in 2006. In fact, the gallery first met up with their work at the PRATT GRADUATE SCHOOL OPEN STUDIOS.
This show at MAGNAN EMRICH CONTEMPORARY is a collaborative effort – in which “they examine the constant need for space in a city like New York.” (press release)
from left: gallery partner ED EMRICH, (who is also a naturally inclined photo hound!), NICOLAS CONSUEGRA, and MONICA PAEZ, at the opening, which took place last night, FEB 15, 2008
NICOLAS CONSUEGRA and MONICA PAEZ, at the opening of their first solo NYC show, ‘Void’.
the photograph on the wall behind them – is also the image for the card.
the small, but well conceived installation, presented a wall of ‘mirror bricks’ – that interacted with a strangely compelling precision – with the framed photographs, and the guests, at the opening.
MONICA PAEZ at the mirror brick wall.
NICOLAS CONSUEGRA & MONICA PAEZ, ‘Untitled (Container)’, 2007, Digital C-print, 50 x 36.7 ins., Edition of 4, ($4,500)
NICOLAS CONSUEGRA & MONICA PAEZ, ‘Untitled (erased self-storage 2)’, 2007, Digital C-Print, 50 x 36.7 ins., Edition of 4, ($4,500) – and also the image for the card.
the gallery director, VAUGHN LEWIS.
the good-natured, gallery director VAUGHN LEWIS, peeks out from behind the mirrored wall.
MAGNAN EMRICH CONTEMPORARY & their sister gallery MAGNAN PROJECTS around the corner on 10TH AVE. – brought NYC – one of the best shows of last season – the DUKE RILEY – submersible and mosaic/scrimshaw show – ‘AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN’ – of NOV 1 – DEC 22, 2007.
check out: the first DUKE RILEY POST/’AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN’
check out: photos from the DUKE RILEY – ‘AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN’ – opening !!
MAGNAN EMRICH CONTEMPORARY
~NICOLAS CONSUEGRA & MONICA PAEZ/VOID/MAGNAN/EMRICH |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2008, 2:38pm
artwork by MADSAKI/IMAGE COURTESY: CANNONBALL PRESS
when we checked out the CANNONBALL PRESS website, (a few posts below) – we saw work by MADSAKI, and the name rang a bell . . .
MADSAKI had been in the now famous, (we think), ‘ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’ SUMMER 2003 – show at DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, curated by a then – very young !! ANDREW GUENTHER !!
on the left: MADSAKI, with KENJA MIGHT and 3 OX SUPERMARKET, at the opening of ‘ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T-SHIRTS’, DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, JULY 16, 2003
DANIEL SILVERSTEIN GALLERY, at that time (it’s first locale was in Soho), was located on 21ST ST. in Chelsea, NYC and is now defunct.
MADSAKI’S T-SHIRT/’ONE HUNDRED ARTISTS – ONE HUNDRED T SHIRTS’/SUMMER 2003
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: 100 T SHIRTS (2007-02-28)
CANNONBALL PRESS
~MADSAKI/remember? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2008, 2:07pm
KEVIN HOOYMAN at the opening of ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS GALLERY, Nov 16, 2007. (that’s one of his finely detailed colored pencil drawings – on the upper left hand side of the wall.)
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
KEVIN HOOYMAN recently showed his work, in a 3 Person Show – at CINDERS – in Brooklyn. The show was titled: ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’ and the other 2 artists in the show were – BRIAN CHIPPENDALE and JUNGIL HONG. (good company !! ).
The show ran Nov 16 – Dec 30, 2007.
here’s: the first post with the card !!
check out: photos from the opening !!
here are some more of KEVIN HOOYMAN’s work from that show:
detail, KEVIN HOOYMAN, colored pencil drawing, in ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS
KEVIN HOOYMAN, pencil drawing, in ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS
KEVIN HOOYMAN, detail above drawing
KEVIN HOOYMAN, detail above drawing
KEVIN HOOYMAN, detail above drawing
KEVIN HOOYMAN, detail above drawing
KEVIN HOOYMAN, colored pencil drawing, in ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS
KEVIN HOOYMAN, colored pencil drawing in ‘EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD’, CINDERS
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
you can see more of the show on the CINDERS website – under ‘PAST SHOWS’
at: CINDERS GALLERY
check out: KEVIN HOOYMAN’S website !!
~KEVIN HOOYMAN/remember? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 16th, 2008, 1:41pm
IMAGE: SPACE 1026. ‘Locally Localized Gravity’ (installation view, Insititute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania). 2007.
PHOTO: ADAM WALLACAVAGE/COURTESY: SPACE 1026
POPRALLY PRESENTS
AN EVENING WITH CANNONBALL PRESS & SPACE 1026
THURSDAY – FEBRUARY 14, 2008 – 7-10PM
MoMA – THE LEWIS B. AND DOROTHY CULLMAN EDUCATION & RESEARCH BUILDING
4 WEST 54TH ST – MIDTOWN – NYC
TICKETS: $5 – available at the Museum Information & Film desks
NOTE: YOU MUST BE at least 21 or older !! – to attend (cocktail reception !!)
JOIN PopRally for a special night with MARTIN MAZORRA & MIKE HOUSTON, printmakers and founders of CANNONBALL PRESS, along with artists from SPACE 1026, a unique creative community located in downtown PHILADELPHIA.
CANNONBALL PRESS is a BROOKLYN-BASED organization that produces affordable black and white prints by a number of artists (including SEAN STAR WARS, DAVID REES, DAVID ELLIS, MAYA HAYUK and SWOON). In addition to their own art, Mazorra and Houston also work together to create large format woodcut prints.
SPACE 1026 was founded over a decade ago by a handful of artists and tricksters who organize rowdy public events and outrageous installations at their building and at other institutions. At the heart of SPACE 1026 is a communal screenprinting workshop where the madness comes to life. – PRESS RELEASE
FOLLOWING presentations by the artists, GRETCHEN WAGNER, Curatorial Assistant in MoMA’s Department of Prints & Illustrated Books, moderates a discussion about the artists’ work. A cocktail reception follows the event.
more info: MoMA
check out: SPACE 1026, PHILADELPHIA
definitely check out: CANNONBALL PRESS
IMAGE COURTESY/CANNONBALL PRESS, BROOKLYN
~SPACE 1026 & CANNONBALL PRESS/at MoMA/to-nite/FEB 14 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2008, 4:34pm
artwork by KEVIN HOOYMAN/IMAGE COURTESY: kevinhooyman.com
LIBBY ROSOF is 100% RIGHT ON – !! – WHEN SHE SUGGESTS, in the article highlighted below – on WHITE NOISE! at SPACE 1026 – TO CHECK OUT KEVIN HOOYMAN’S ‘fun’ website – it’s more than fun – it’s: a-m-a-z-i-n-g !!
and takes a while to traverse all its twists & turns and some, surprises.
gotta love the line drawing !! and the animation !!
check it out: KEVIN HOOYMAN – website !!
~KEVIN HOOYMAN/website !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2008, 4:22pm
WHITE NOISE! – A SHOW ABOUT MODERN MYSTICISM
runs thru FEBRUARY 2008
SPACE 1026 – 1026 ARCH STREET – 2ND FLOOR – PHILADELPHIA
FEATURING WORK BY: DREW BECKMEYER, MICHELLE BLADE, THERMI CANIAGIM, C.F., KEVIN HOOYMAN, PAULINA MAKELA, KYLE MOCK, JAY NELSON, ERIKA SOMOGYI, MIKE SWANEY, JESSE ROSE VALA, JUSTIN B. WILLIAMS & ISSAC LIN.
JUSTIN B. WILLIAMS is also the show’s curator.
the WHITE NOISE! card/IMAGE COURTESY: SPACE 1026
artwork by ISAAC LIN/IMAGE COURTESY: SPACE 1026
ISSAC LIN’S tiny TIGER SKIN T-SHIRT, gouache on (cut) paper, 5 x 6 ins./IMAGE COURTESY: ROBERTA FALLON and LIBBY ROSOF’S artblog
LIBBY ROSOF covered this show for her artblog
. . . here’s the the beginnings of her thoughts . . .
the post is titled: WHITE NOISE MYSTICS AT SPACE 1026
“At a moment when the so-called adults of the world are failing to find solutions to the big problems that face us on Planet Earth, a desperate new generation is turning to mysticism for a way out of the mess we are making.
Their thinking is not so far from the thinking of the 60s, with its search for transcendance through sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.
White Noise! at SPACE 1026 this month is a group show about modern mysticism, spirituality, new psychedelia and the environment. It draws artists from coast to coast and includes one from Finland. (Paulina Makela)”.
see the rest of the article: ROBERTA FALLON AND LIBBY ROSOF’S artblog
definitely check out: SPACE 1026
~WHITE NOISE/SPACE 1026/PHILLY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2008, 4:05pm
ONLY UP FOR 10 DAYS !!
BREVITY’S RAINBOW – A GALAXY OF TINY ARTWORKS
CURATED BY MAXWELL WILLIAMS
THE SHOW RUNS FEB 8 – thru – FEB 17, 2008
CINDERS – 103 HAVEMEYER ST – BTWN HOPE & GRAND – WILLIAMSBURG – BKLYN – NY
HOURS: WED-FRI 2-8PM / SAT+SUN 12-7PM
A GREAT LITTLE SHOW OF OVER 200 VERY SMALL ARTWORKS BY A DIVERSE RANGE OF ARTISTS – INCLUDING – PFFR, ERIKA SOMOYGI, NOAH LYON, KEEGAN McHARGUE, ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT, ANDREW GUENTHER, MIKE PARE, WES LANG, ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS, MISAKO INAOKA, ELIZABETH HUEY, MAYA HAYUK, ROYAL ART LODGE, KELIE BOWMAN & STO.
MOST OF THE WORK FALLS WITHIN THE $50 – $150 range. for example the ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT PIECES – ARE A STEAL – at $50/a piece. KELIE BOWMAN’S PIECE is $125. YOU CAN PICK UP A SMALL ANDREW GUENTHER PAINTING FOR $250 – INCLUDING A VERY FUNNY (WORKING) CLOCK – also $250 !
the top-tier prices are:
KEEGAN McHARGUE’s untitled piece is $3,000; the WES LANG piece, ‘Since I laid my burden down’ goes for $4,000; and small line drawings by ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS are priced at $5,000/a piece.
our favorite pieces were the tiny figurines by MISAKO INAOKA – just because we’ve never seen anything like that before – imaginary animal/beasts crafted like mass produced STAR WARS figurines – they were beyond perfectly detailed – and emitted strange bleating – motion sensitive sounds !! Her ‘3 EGG EVOLUTION’ is priced at $1,500. – and her ‘TREE OF EVOLUTION’ – taps out at $5,000.
at the opening, of ‘BREVITY’S RAINBOW’, NOAH LYON, (with work in the show), and his wife, of about a year, MARIA LYON.
NOAH LYON, ‘Many moods of dudes’, ($200 ea.)
top, NOAH LYON, ‘Many moods of dudes’, below, STO, ‘asspirin’
STO, ‘asspirin’, ($80)
JESSICA VITKUS, ‘I hate you 752’, ($100)
ERIKA SOMOGYI, untitled, ($50-$150 ea.)
ERIKA SOMOGYI, ‘untitled’, ($50), in ‘Brevity’s Rainbow’
ERIKA SOMOGYI, ‘untitled’, in ‘Brevity’s Rainbow’
left: BOYD SHROPSHIRE, ‘4 small paintings’ ($150), and, right: JESSE BROWN ‘5 Inch Cube Drawing’ ($125)
ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT, ‘GRIMMACE BONG’ & ‘Who Blurbered’, ($50 ea.)
ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT is a member of Philadelphia’s SPACE 1026
ANDREW GUENTHER, ‘untitled (clock)’, ($250)
MIKE PARE, ‘DID YOU MISS ME’, (sold)
ANN REGAN, ‘El PASO, TEXAS (HIGHWAY 61)’, ($50)
ANN REGAN, ‘EL PASO, TEXAS (BOB DYLAN)’, ($50)
KATLYN HERSHMAN, ‘I give up’, ($125)
the tiny flag turned on electric power, KATLYN HERSHMAN, ‘I give up’
MATT HANSEL, ‘Cloud connected’, ($480)
detail, MISAKO INAOKA, ‘Tree of Evolution’, ($5,000) (5 individual ‘toy’ animal/beasts on a tiny shelf – the figurines are motion sensitive and produce sounds)
detail, MISAKO INAOKA, ‘Tree of Evolution’
detail, MISAKO INAOKA, ‘Tree of Evolution’
DYLAN MARTORELL, ‘untitled’, pencil on paper, 4.5 x 4.5 ins. ($150 ea.)
another great deal !!!
MOLLY McINTYRE, ‘Sean’, ($50)
MOLLY McINTYRE is a member of Philadelphia’s SPACE 1026
MAXWELL WILLIAMS, the curator of ‘Brevity’s Rainbow’, at the opening, outside on the street in front of CINDERS, FEB 8, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, FEB 8, 2008
see: more pix from the show/CINDERS website
~BREVITY’S RAINBOW/CINDERS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 7th, 2008, 4:40am
PETER STALEY – AT THE ARM – OPENING RECEPTION – FRI FEB 8 – STARTS AT 7PM
THE SHOW RUNS FOR 10 DAYS ONLY : FEB 8 – FEB 18, 2008
LIVE PERFORMANCE BY WINTER SUN (MATT REILLY – aka 1/2 JAPANTHER)
WITH DJ BOB DYLAN THE ROBOT VERSION 1.1
THE ARM – 281 NORTH 7TH ST – BTWN HAVEMEYER & MEEKER – WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN – NY
GALLERY HOURS: FRI, SAT, SUN, MON: NOON – 6PM
THE ARM
~PETER STALEY/THE ARM/OPENS FRI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 7th, 2008, 4:22am
