. . . this unusual piece by AMY GARTRELL caught our eye back in the summer, when it was exhibited in the back room, while the ARND SEIBERT/SEAN RASPET show – ‘The Way Things Are’ was featured in the main gallery, June 2 – July 7, 2007.
Titled, ‘Untitled’, dated 2007, the materials used were specified as: ghostwood, wood stain, beveled glass. dimensions: 60 x 28 x 24 ins. DANIEL REICH told us at this time – when we remarked how beautiful and mysterious the piece was – that glass making was one of Amy’s loves and it was a hobby for her – in the sense that she actually produces the glass pieces herself – she does not outsource the work.
the patterned leaf & barbed wire ‘wallpaper’ in the background is ‘Wallpaper’, 2006 by ARND SEIBERT.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. DANIEL REICH GALLERY, June 2, 2007
see the original report on which this work first posted: 2007-06-20
(scroll down to row: 6)
check out another one of AMY GARTRELL’S GLASS PIECES – ‘LOVE SPELL’ – exhibited last summer (2007) at AMY SMITH STEWART’S GALLERY, on the Lower East Side:
2007-07-23 – ROW 14
~AMY GARTERLL/DRIFTWOOD/BEVELED GLASS DISK |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 21st, 2007, 10:18pm
artlovers just couldn’t wait . . . for AMY GARTRELL’S one person exhibit, as yet untitled at the time of this visit – and to become: AMY GARTELL: ‘Function Creep’ at DANIEL REICH GALLERY now (OCT 20 – NOV 24, 2007) – so Amy was kind enough to invite us over for a sneak preview peek. and we mean peek – Amy doesn’t like having her unfinished work photographed. and much was still in preliminary stages, evolving magically, organically, around the room. The ‘untitled’ table, with its papier-mache ‘stalacites’ was finished ps, we got to get some pix of that . . . a thrift shop card table – don’t let appearances deceive you – Amy actually hand worked the table’s surface to make it look really used, the watermarks are her hyper realist touch !!
AMY SHOWED us some drawings in her files: including ‘A Rare Convergence (1978)’, 2007 – ink on paper, 23 x 34 ins – which is in the show:
almost finished … ‘For Your Protection’, 2007, Power Mac, ceramic (to be painted a dark brown), glass, lead. Amy makes the stained glass pieces herself – a detail from this glass piece was to become the image on the show’s poster.
ONE OF THE TINY TREASURES, this one a cone shell – in production – getting ready to to be placed inside the cabinet piece: ‘Quite A Display’.
placed on the table, a quilt Amy’s grandmother actually made for her (Amy’s) mom, when her mom was about 9 yrs old. whoa – I’d like an enchanted table like that – to place a small selection of my quilt collection on !!!!
a last look – some unfinished glass panes resting where they should – up against a window.
A VISIT TO AMY GARTRELL’S BROOKLYN STUDIO – where the workshop is in production for ‘AMY GARTRELL – Function Creep’ – DANIEL REICH GALLERY
OCT 20 – NOV 24, 2007.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – SEPT 27, 2007.
~AMY GARTRELL/MINI STUDIO VISIT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 21st, 2007, 9:27pm
AMY GARTRELL – ‘FUNCTION CREEP’ – OPENS SAT, OCT 20 – 6-8PM
SHOW RUNS: OCTOBER 20 – NOVEMBER 24, 2007
DANIEL REICH GALLERY – 537 WEST 23RD ST – CHELSEA
DANIEL REICH GALLERY
~AMY GARTRELL/FUNCTION CREEP/DANIEL REICH/OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2007, 9:56am
ANDRES OINONEN – ‘GONE LIKE TOMORROW’ – OPENS SAT, OCT 20 – 6-8PM
SHOW RUNS: OCTOBER 24 – NOVEMBER 24, 2007
MEHR GALLERY – 436 WEST 18TH ST – CHELSEA
MEHR GALLERY
~ANDRES OINONEN/MEHR/SAT/OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2007, 9:52am
MARK DEAN VECA, ‘Mr .P Loves You’ (detail)/IMAGE COUTRESY: JONATHAN LeVINE GALLERY
MARK DEAN VECA – ‘IMBROGLIO’ – PROJECT ROOM
OPENS SAT, OCT 20 – 7-9PM
SHOW RUNS OCTOBER 20 – NOVEMBER 17, 2007
JONATHAN LeVINE GALLERY – 529 WEST 20TH – 9E – CHELSEA
JONATHAN LeVINE GALLERY
~MARK DEAN VECA/JONATHAN LeVINE/SAT/OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2007, 9:47am
MITCH AND LILAH HAUNT SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
SATURDAY – OCTOBER 20, 2007 – 11-3 PM
AS PART OF A HUGE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION
ALSO FEATURING A FREE PERFORMANCE OF:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ‘MACBETH’ by THE RED DOOR THEATRE COMPANY at 3:30PM
FOR MORE DETAILS SEE:
www.socratessculpturepark.org
~MITCH & LILAH/MACBETH/SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK/SAT OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2007, 9:25am
CHRIS OFILI & WIFE, ROBA ARRIVE AT THE OPENING/SEPT 20, 2007
this large painting was considered the best, by far, of the exhibit
above 3 images: pages in/CHRIS OFILI, ‘AFROMUSES 1995-2005’, THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, ($50)
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
CHRIS OFILI – ‘DEVIL’S PIE’ – DAVID ZWIRNER – 525 WEST 19TH ST – CHELSEA
SEPT 20 – NOV 3, 2007
. . . ‘DEVIL’S PIE’ – not !!!! the show’s nowhere close to as black, forbidden & exciting as the title.
.. if that’s what it means to see an artist…”thinking” – we’re doomed – though everybody had a few favorites – esp the large painting – above. some found the $50 book- ‘AFROMUSES’ – displayed on the galleries bookcases – on the way out – to be the only real evidence of why this show was supposed to be “newsworthy”.
some artists take success and make a run for it – is it too obvious to contrast the stellar route of KARA WALKER’S work & career – some hit big money & fame – and can’t think clearly enough to evolve or change the formula – if, that’s what they want to do – it’s good to steer clear of a career/formula rut – but hopefully – in an upwards direction. bottomline – the boy lost his edge.
DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY
~CHRIS OFILI/DEVIL’S PIE/ZWIRNER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 19th, 2007, 12:30pm
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– CHECK OUT THEIR “CATALOG” . . .
MENLO PARK RECORDINGS
~MENLO PARK RECORDINGS/JAPANTHER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 17th, 2007, 11:55pm
KANYE WEST/STRONGER/DESIGN BY TAKASHI MURAKAMI/COURTESY:supertouch
supertouch just posted a really neat piece on . . .
POP LIFE///ART IS THE NEW BLING… / check it out:
DAMIEN HIRST SPIN/SKULL ART: artlovers 2007-09-18
TAKASHI MURAKAMI OPENING NITE PIX – GAGOSIAN GALLERY, MADISON AVE/MAY 1, 2007
~supertouch/MURAKAMI/KANYE WEST |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 17th, 2007, 8:39pm
. . . first buzz in from the FRIEZE ART FAIR in LONDON, is that ROB PRUITT was dressed up as one of his signature PANDA BEARS !!!!
ROB PRUITT – GLITTER/PAINT – PANDA BEARS exhibited at Passerby in MARCH 2003 – we always thought they were great & way ahead of the game – they are only looking better & better as time passes.
from left: ROB PRUITT, RICCI ALBENDA (in cap), and just off to the right, in the background, TONY JUST, at the same show these Panda Bears were exhibited in, opening MARCH 3, 2003, at Passerby.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
GBE
~ROB PRUITT/PANDA BEARS/ARCHIVAL PHOTOS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 17th, 2007, 8:12pm
