EVIE FALCI – ‘SMALL PAINTINGS’ – CURATED BY BEN FURGAL – !!
CAKE SHOP – 152 LUDLOW – BETWN STANTON & RIVINGTON – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
UP THRU TUES JAN 29, 2008
!CHECK OUT: THE CAKE SHOP !!
EVIE FALCI AT THE CAKE SHOP INSTALLATION – JAN 10, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
CHECK OUT EVIE FALCI’S: WEBSITE !!
FOR MORE INFO: CONTACT EVIE FALCI – eviefalci@gmail.com
~EVIE FALCI/ABSTRACTION at THE CAKE SHOP | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 16th, 2008, 10:16pm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA – 2ND SOLO SHOW – AT atm
JANUARY 10 – FEBRUARY 23, 2008
atm GALLERY – 619b WEST 27TH STREET – CHELSEA – NY
HOURS: TUES THRU SAT 11-6 PM
“FOR THIS EXHIBIT THE ARTIST IS PRESENTING A SERIES OF SIX SMALL WALL PIECES. DELICATELY ASSEMBLED OF FOUND OBJECTS AND CONSTRUCTED FORMS, ROCHA COMPLETES EACH COMPOSITION WITH AN ATTENTION TO THE MATERIALITY AND WEIGHT OF EACH FRAGMENT, APPLYING SUBTLE LAYERS TO A SEMBLANCE CONCERNED WITH BALANCE AND ILLUSION. THE MATERIAL CHOICES RANGE FROM THE WEIGHT AND AESTHETIC OF A THIN PAINTED LINE TO A BULKY PVC PIPE. BLOWN GLASS, CUT CARDBOARD, AND MOLDED PAPER ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THESE SIMPLE AND WEIGHTLESS ARRANGEMENTS. . . . . (WHICH SEEM) TO HAVE THE SENSE OF DRAWINGS IN PHYSICAL SPACE.”
“MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA WAS BORN IN 1964 IN LISBON, PORTUGAL AND CONTINUES TO LIVE AND WORK THERE AS WELL AS IN NEW YORK. AFTER COMPLETING HIS DEGREE IN PAINTING FROM THE FACULDAD DE BELAS-ARTES IN LISBON, HE COMPLETED A MASTER IN FINE ARTS AT THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS IN NEW YORK. HE HAS EXHIBITED REGULARLY SINCE 1991.”
– atm PRESS RELEASE
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS, ‘Two’, 2007, PVC, balsa wood, 20 x 19 x 11.5 ins. ($4,500)/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS, ‘Western’, 2007, bamboo, plywood, acrylic, 15 x 20.5 x 12 ins ($4,500)/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS at his first opening at atm Gallery, titled ‘AGAINST THE WALL’, OCT 19, 2007.
This first solo show at atm, ran OCT 19 – DEC 19, 2007
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see more pix of: ‘AGAINST THE WALL’
more pix of: individual pieces on the atm website
~MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA/atm | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 16th, 2008, 7:29pm
CHANGECASE – CURATED BY STEVEN STEWART & YASHA WALLIN – OPENS TO-NITE !!
SATURDAY – JANUARY 12, 2008 – 7-10 PM
THE SHOW RUNS: JANUARY 12 – FEBRUARY 10, 2008
94 PRINCE ST – #2 – SOHO – NY – ABOVE FANELLI’S BAR !!
HOURS: WEEKENDS ONLY SAT + SUN 12-7PM & BY APPOINTMENT
FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT: steven_adrian_stewart@hotmail.com
FEATURING THE WORK OF:
JAMES BRITTINGHAM, DEVON COSTELLO, MICHAEL GREATHOUSE, JIM LEE, SYLVAN LIONNI
& PETE PEZZIMENTI
JAMES BRITTINGHAM/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
MICHAEL GREATHOUSE/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
PETE PEZZIMENTI/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
JIM LEE/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
SYLVAN LIONNI/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
DEVON COSTELLO/IMAGE COURTESY: CHANGECASE
UP-DATE: SUNDAY, JAN 13, 2008
it’s really interesting to go to the show and see the actual sizes of the pieces above. the jpegs were pretty much posted – sized as they came in (most likely, web/formatted by the artists individually) – and, there are some real surprises.
The JAMES BRITTINGHAM piece is much larger than it appears to be, above. The MICHAEL GREATHOUSE piece is much, much smaller in reality, and the PETE PEZZIMENTI painting, is probably the largest painting in the show !!
The show is hung beautifully, and all things taken into account – one has to say: there is a definite & dynamic visual and conceptual edge to this show. The rawness of the space and its off-the-beaten track feel – only add to the almost tangible, yet mysterious and provocative visual experience.
INDEPENDENT CURATORS, YASHA WALLIN, AND STEVEN STEWART, IN A PHOTO TAKEN THE NIGHT BEFORE THEIR ‘CHANGECASE’ OPENING, on 27TH ST – AT THE OPENING OF MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA AT ATM GALLERY, JAN 10, 2008
(that’s – ‘Letter #1’ – by MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS ON THE WALL BEHIND THEM)
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
UP-DATE: WED, JAN 16, 2008 – PIX FROM THE OPENING !!
JAMES BRITTINGHAM, ‘Take Your Medicine’, 2006, acrylic and mylar, 50 x 46 ins.
. . . . as in “poured acrylic and mylar” !!
JAMES BRITTINGHAM, ‘Closing Down’, 2007, acrylic and mylar, 72 x 58 ins.
. . . . “The absence of structural support beneath the ‘skin’ of these paintings emphasizes the necessity for material invention while charting the periphery of conventional picture making” – PRESS RELEASE
from left: JAMES BRITTINGHAM and show co-curator STEVEN STEWART.
JAMES BRITTINGHAM RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM COOPER UNION (BFA 2007)
MICHAEL GREATHOUSE, ‘I think I must have one of those faces you can’t help believing’
MICHAEL GREATHOUSE with his ‘I think I must have one of those faces you can’t help believing’, 2006, painted plywood and MDF
“MICHAEL GREATHOUSE includes two of his sculpted paintings that contain an unabashed allegiance to three-dimension, narrowly before that of surface. Machine-like fragments rendered with machine-like exactness virtually obliterate any trace of the artists’s hand, which (in fact)
the sculptures are wholly generated by.” – PRESS RELEASE
MICHAEL GREATHOUSE, ‘The beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart’, 2005, painted plywood and MDF
a view of PETE PEZZIMENT’S LARGE PAINTING – ‘Untitled’ 2007, oil and acrylic on carpet, 72 x 72 ins
(wow, that’s a great deal, see the price at the show – artlovers !!)
CHANGECASE CO-CURATOR YASHA WALLIN, with MICHAEL SCHUR of METHOD+CONSTRUCTION,
in front of PETE PEZZIMENTI’S LARGE PAINTING.
we missed catching a photo of PETE at the opening – he had to run off early, his band, THE RAMBLERS, (he’s the drummer), had a gig the same nite,
but – here’s:
PETE at BRIAN BELOTT’S STUDIO, and, here’s a link to pix from his: MAY 17, 2007 ‘Kings Don’t Mean A Thing’ opening, last year at MONYA ROWE.
another view of PETE PEZZIMENTI’S PAINTING AT THE CHANGECASE OPENING.
“PETE PEZZIMENTI’S ability to locate a common denominator within dichotomous artistic vantage points is demonstrated by his contribution of a coy, blocky painting on carpet which muses on high and low brows of modernism. This cobbling together of grandfather influences along with his ripe brand of folk formalism continues to generate his unique visual vernacular.” – PRESS RELEASE
on the left, PETE PEZZIMENI, ‘Untitled’, and then, JIM LEE’S white canvas “sort of free-standing” ‘Untitled (Nimbus)’, 2007, acrylic on canvas over wood with pin, and his smaller piece, JIM LEE, ‘Foam Noir’, 2007, oil on linen, carpet foam, corrugated cardboard and latex on wood, 6-3/4 x 11 x 3 ins.
at the opening, performance artist, JENNIFER SULLIVAN, with JIM LEE’S ‘Foam Noir’ behind her.
check out: JENNIFER SULLIVAN’S website !!
from left: JIM LEE and ARTHUR COHEN – both are currently teaching in the FINE ARTS PROGRAM AT QUEEN’S COLLEGE, in FLUSHING, QUEEN’S
DEVON COSTELLO, the ‘hanging’ green piece, ‘Untitled’, 2007, oil on canvas, 25 x 19-1/4 x 3/4 ins.
see: photos of DEVON COSTELLO & his recent show at SPENGEMANN & TAXTER
a view of SLYVAN LIONNI’S ‘Isolation’, 2008, acrylic on aluminum with screws, 54 x 90 ins. – on the opening night.
OPENING PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, JAN 12, 2008
~CHANGECASE/CURATED BY STEVEN STEWART & YASHA WALLIN/opens to-nite | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 12th, 2008, 12:56pm
‘Myth: Bedtime Stories and Bullshit’ – OPENS TO-NITE – FRI JAN 11, 2008 – 7-10 PM
JANUARY 11 – JANUARY 29, 2008
McCAIG-WELLES GALLERY – 129 ROEBLING ST – BROOKLYN – NY
HOURS: TUES-FRI 11-7PM / SAT+SUN 12-7PM
ABOVE: CARD ILLUSTRATION/GRAPHICS BY: PATRICK CONLON
FEATURING WORK BY:
WES LANG, LANCE TURNBOW, SWEETY, KEITH LANG & PATRICK CONLON
CURATED BY LANCE TURNBOW, WHO WRITES:
“The cast of characters you see here have been friends for along time. Thrown together by the world of tattooing, three of them are tattoo artists and three of them long time canvases for them to make their mark on.
Suggested by Josh Lord, ‘Myth’, was a fitting theme for the show. With all our tattoo experience, the idea of exploding myth was a natural one. In further conversations with one another we began to really push our own ideas of what ‘myth’ really meant to each of us. The one constant in our conversations was that everyone needs it in their lives in some from or fashion. Whether it is an interest in an ancient religion, not believing in a popular thought, or completely starting one of your own, myth is always someplace in our thoughts, driving us on our paths in one way or another.
This show is a culmination of our thoughts and beliefs on this topic.”
check out: WES LANG
check out: JOSH LORD
check out: PATRICK CONLON
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING – TO POST SHORTLY !!
~MYTH:BEDTIME STORIES AND BULLSHIT/McCAIG WELLES/opens to-nite | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 11th, 2008, 3:51pm
LARRY CARLSON, PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE BRIAN BELOTT INSTALLATION, ‘BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS and BOOKS’, CANADA , APRIL 9, 2005
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
LARRY CARLSON, a friend of BRIAN BELOTT’S, who we first met in 2005 – (see POST BELOW) – has a huge world of his own going on – which you can check out at his extensive website:
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF LARRY CARLSON
here are 2 of our faves from his: LIVE JOURNAL SECTION
LARRY CARLSON, ‘HELIOTROPE BLACK FLOWER DISCS’/IMAGE COURTESY:LARRY CARLSON.livejournal.com
LARRY CARLSON, ‘JOURNEY TO EYE HILL’/IMAGE COURTESY: LARRY CARLSON.livejounal.com
THERE IS ALSO A LINK TO THE RECENT INTERVIEW LARRY CARLSON DID WITH RY FYAN,
WHO IS IN THE L.A. ‘BITTEN’ SHOW – AT KIM LIGHT GALLERY (DEC 15, 2007 – JAN 26, 2008),
on: NY ARTS
~LARRY CARLSON | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 11th, 2008, 12:55pm
we recently found out that MoMA – the MUSEUM of MODERN ART – has purchased for its collection – the 2005 BRIAN BELOTT installation, ‘BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS and BOOKS’.
The installation, a collection of approx. 60 handpainted & collaged books of varying sizes, (some done in collaboration with artist/friends), arrayed on a large wooden table, was presented at CANADA, as part of a 3 PERSON SHOW – which opened on MARCH 11, 2005.
Here are few archival shots of the original exhibition . . . .
from left: BRIAN BELOTT, JOE BRADLEY, & sitting in chair, LARRY CARLSON
from left: LARRY CARLSON & BRIAN BELOTT with a look into the pages of the handpainted and collaged books of BRIAN BELOTT’S, ‘BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS and BOOKS’
the original card for the show, which ran from March 11 – April 10, 2005, at CANADA
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: more photos of the exhibit, plus the work of FRANKIE MARTIN & JOCELYN SHIPLEY, also presented that night.
~BRIAN BELOTT/MoMA/BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 11th, 2008, 11:39am
BRIAN BELOTT – ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’ – LAST WEEK – !!!
NOVEMBER 29, 2007 – JANUARY 13, 2008
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NY
THE SHOW HAS JUST BEEN EXTENDED – FOR MORE WEEK !!! – its up thru SUNDAY JAN 20th !!!
GALLERY HOURS: WED-SUN 12-6 PM
BRIAN BELOTT – detail, ‘Blue Tin Foil Balls with Keyboard’, 2007, foil, acrylic, spray paint, oil marker, keys, clothes pins, on plexi-glass in found frame, 21-1/4 x 17-1/4 ins. ($3,500), ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’, CANADA
BRIAN BELOTT – ‘Winterfresh’, 2007, acrylic, glitter, foil, chalkboard paint, acrylic, spray paint, oil marker, cotton batting on plexi-glass in metal frame. 41-1/2 x 54 ins. ($8,000), ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’, CANADA
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
DAVID GREENBERG INTERVIEWS BRIAN BELOTT – at the ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’ installation – PRICELESS !!!!
video clip: shot & edited by ANNIE PEARLMAN !!
you gotta !! – check it out !! – it’s here, on: YouTube !!
(Annie !! – thanks for sending the link – it’s great !!!!)
here’s some PIX of BRIAN at the ‘SWIRLY MUSIC’ OPENING !!
. . . YO !! – you’re supposed to – CASH the CHECK – NOT EAT IT !!!!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – CANADA, NOV 29, 2007
more photos from the opening – just POSTED !!!!
~BRIAN BELOTT/SWIRLY MUSIC/LAST WEEK !!/w. GREENBERG LINK-PRICELESS !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 8th, 2008, 4:08pm
MAX SCHUMANN – ‘CHEVY CHASE’S GRAND BAHAMA VACATION’
MAX SCHUMANN’S SHOW AT TAXTER & SPENGEMANN is in two parts. IF you missed PART 1 – too bad for you – though, you are in luck – artlovers will be posting a whole bunch of photos from the opening of PART 1 – this week – !! – but you CAN STILL CATCH PART 2 !!!
. . . it’s up thru this SATURDAY JANUARY 12th, 2008
MAX SCHUMANN, ‘Untitled’, (The Last Terroir), acrylic on board, 42 x 72 ins – in PART 2.
MAX SCHUMANN – ‘THE RETURN OF FREEDOM’ – AN EXHIBITION IN TWO PARTS !!
Part One: November 30 – December 22, 2007
Part Two: January 3 – January 12, 2008
TAXTER & SPENGEMANN – 504 WEST 22ND ST – CHELSEA – NYC
‘OUR FREEDOM IS UNDER THREAT / OUR FREEDOM SHALL SURVIVE / OUR FREEDOM IS IN PERIL / OUR FREEDOM SHALL PREVAIL / OUR FREEDOM HAS BEEN BETRAYED / OUR FREEDOM SHALL RETURN / OUR FREEDOM SHALLRETURN / OUR FREEDOM SHALL RULE / OUR FREEDOM IS FOREVER’
This is MAX SHUMANN’S second solo show at TAXTER & SPENGEMANN.
Max Schumann lives and works in NYC, where he is well known as the long time
associate Director of PRINTED MATTER, INC – the bookshop on 10TH AVE in CHELSEA.
MAX SCHUMANN, at the opening of ‘THE RETURN OF FREEDOM’ – PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN, Nov 30, 2007
MAX SCHUMANN, ‘FREEDOM – $500’, in ‘THE RETURN OF FREEDOM’ – PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN
MAX SCHUMANN, ‘EXCELLENCE – $200’, in ‘THE RETURN OF FREEDOM’ – PART ONE, TAXTER & SPENGEMANN
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, NOV 30, 2007
more photos from the opening: JUST POSTED !!
~MAX SHUMANN/THE RETURN OF FREEDOM/LAST WEEK !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 8th, 2008, 2:33pm
NEIL BURKE and SAM McPHEETERS – ‘HUMAN HAIR ‘ – OPENS TO-NITE – !!
SATURDAY – JANUARY 5, 2008 – 7-10 PM
the show runs: JAN 5 – FEB 3, 2008
CINDERS GALLERY – 103 HAVEMAYER ST – BTWN HOPE + GRAND – BROOKLYN – NY
GALLERY HOURS: WED-FRI 2-8PM / SAT+SUN 12-7PM
FROM THE GALLERY PRESS RELEASE:
“The deviant artistic duo of SAM McPHEETERS and NEIL BURKE was perhaps last seen together on these shores as MEN’S RECOVERY PROJECT, a 90s era hardcore band turned weirdo tornado noise rock act whose infamous performances involving s+m masks, ladies lingerie, fat wrestlers, Patrick Henry, and a drummer playing under bed sheets indelibly scarred the imagination of the underground and challenged what could actually be done as a “band”.
Their visual artwork, which accompanied over a dozen audio releases, countless silkscreened posters, zines, and other assorted propaganda, was the perfect addendum to their musical chaos: brightly colored war torn sci-fi landscapes where fleshy suit and tie humanoids roamed aimlessly asking “Am I Normal?”. Their affecting aesthetic is akin to choking victim diagrams and crash test dummy videos – cautionary warnings of the tragedies that humans create for themselves.
Their first art show together in the NY area, this new body of work continues the tradition of pushing the envelope of good taste by channeling anger and despondency through stratling and often laugh out loud hilarious imagery that benefits from sharp as a whip wit and excellent printmaking techniques.
SAM McPHEETERS is a writer, visual and performance artist, who was the former lead singer of legendary NY hardcore band BORN AGAINST, MEN’S RECOVERY PROJECT, and most recently LA’s WRANGLER BRUTES. He currently lives and works in CALIFORNIA.
NEIL BURKE is a poster artist and graphic designer who is responsible for much of the look and feel of VERMIFORM RECORDS. He currently runs his own print shop in PHILADELPHIA called MONOROID. In addition, Burke also played music in BORN AGAINST, MEN’S RECOVERY PROJECT, DANSE ASSHOLE, SINKING BODY, and LIFE’S BLOOD.”
some images !! from the show !! have just begun to be posted on the gallery: website !!
WHILE YOU ARE THERE – CHECK OUT THE IMAGES – CINDERS JUST POSTED OF THEIR ROOM –
at the AQUA MIAMI ART FAIR of 2007 !!!
PHOTOS FROM THE ‘HUMAN HAIR’ OPENING – WILL POST – NEXT WEEK !!
~NEIL BURKE & SAM McPHEETERS/CINDERS/OPENS TO-NITE/SAT JAN 5 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2008, 11:20am
BEST ‘HOLIDAY GREETINGS’ CARD OF 2007 – GOES TO JACK HANLEY !!!
LOOKS LIKE HIS NEXT SHOW IN NYC – WILL BE – LESLIE SHOWS – IN APRIL .
~JACK HANLEY/BEST GALLERY GREETINGS/2007 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2008, 11:15am
