IMAGE – ALEKSANDRA MIR/COURTESY PRINTED MATTER
‘ALEKSANDRA MIR: A RETROSPECTIVE of PRINTED MATTER’
SEPTEMBER 20 – NOVEMBER 8, 2007
OPENING RECEPTION: THURS SEPT 20, 2007 (5-7PM)
at PRINTED MATTER – 195 TENTH AVENUE – www.printedmatter.org
This retrospective exhibit will present a survey of the artist’s publications, multiples, posters, invitation cards, etc – selected by Aleksandra herself.
For the occasion, PRINTED MATTER is publishing MIR’S book, ‘LA: A GEOGRAPHY OF MODERN ART’ with photography by JUSTIN BEAL.
“Independent publishing has been an integral part of her work and this exhibit will provide overview of that activity” – PRESS RELEASE, PINTED MATTER
Aleksandra Mir (b. 1967, Lubin, Poland) is currently based in Palermo, Sicily.
You can see more of her work at her website: www.aleksandramir.info.
ALEKSANDRA MIR, (at left, in the red dress) at the recent opening of her exhibit: ‘Aleksandra Mir – NEWS ROOM – 1986-2000’ – MARY BOONE GALLERY, 541 WEST 24 STREET, Chelsea. SAT SEPT 15, 2007
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
ALEKSANDRA MIR, also currently has a show up at MARY BOONE GALLERY on WEST 24TH STREET. It opened this past weekend. It is really dynamic, and has a lot of energy – from 2 sources.
1. the drawings themselves are very alive, mostly edgey, bold black outlines, (they are all: all black & white drawings, by the way – no color!) – drawn with SHARPIE (marker) outlines – with some crosshatch and a few sparse but quirky/lively details. very cartooney in spirit .. . themed to specific TABLOID COVERS !!! yet with only TEXTS – strangely no images – not even crude abbreviated ones – of the tabloid cover photos – …
2. she has a crew of young student/artists working on them, LIVE !!! SHARPIES in hand, and with specific instructions to crosshatch this, or super BOLD outline that. ALEKSANDRA does the outlines.
(not sure if the live crew is there during weekdays – or only on Sat – check with gallery.)
& DON’T MISS CHECKING out ALEKSANDRA’S headquarters/live desk/studio in the back room !! SHE MIGHT EVEN BE THERE WORKING LIVE – or, if not – you can still get real close up to her working process.
UP-DATE: FRI SEPT 21
WORD IS ALEKSANDRA MIR is in the gallery each & every day, all day long – working on the project – with her young crew of about 16 artist/assistants, also there each day as well.
UP-DATE: TUES SEPT 25
MARY BOONE DIRECTOR – RON WARREN tells us … ” . . . and they will continue this regimen, for the entire length of the show – they are functioning as a ‘Newsroom’, producing new works every day, and the actual installation, the pieces on the walls, change every few days as well” – it’s rumored the show has been extended to a 2 month run ?
UP-DATE: MON OCT 8
that’s just a rumor – the show will close as scheduled – SAT OCT 27 – is the last day.
you can get more info at the MARY BOONE GALLERY website.
‘ALEKSANDRA MIR – NEWS ROOM 1986-2000’
SEPT 15 – OCT 27, 2007
MARY BOONE GALLERY – 541 WEST 24TH STREET
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING WILL POST IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
MARY BOONE GALLERY
PRINTED MATTER
~ALEKSANDRA MIR/Printed Matter/opening SEPT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 19th, 2007, 6:13pm
from left: HOWARD HALLE, Editor-at-large, TIME OUT, and JERRY SALTZ, the new SENIOR ART CRITIC at NEW YORK MAGAZINE – attend the recent COLLIER SCHORR – ‘THERE I WAS’ – opening, 303 Gallery, SAT SEPT 15, 2007
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
JERRY SALTZ – ANTI-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GUGGENHEIM RANT – MAKES PAGE SIX – RIGHT ON, JERRY !!!!
first up – gotta say – how great – to have an up-to-the-moment photo !! just, when you need it !!!!!!!
(WALTER ROBINSON: EAT YOUR HEART OUT ….)
. . . JERRY SALTZ, long time, intrepid NYC art world critic – made PAGE SIX, of the New York Post, today (Monday Sep 17, 2007 – Pg.14) – IN an item, (sans photo!!!) which reads:
‘Dis-United‘
‘NEW York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz attacks former Guggenheim Museum director Thomas Krens in this week’s issue, calling him “reckless, destructive, myopic and misguided”, for supporting notorious anti-Israeli nation United Arab Emirates and its decision to build a 300,000-square-foot edifice designed by Frank Gehry. “Numerous government sites warn that Israeli passport holders and travelers whose passports bear Israeli stamps will be denied entry visas to the Emirates. Thus, the Guggenheim – founded by a Jewish family, an institution with Jewish curators and scores of works by Jewish artists, designed by the Jewish Gehry – isn’t really welcome either.” Saltz writes in the mag.’
well, one thing’s for sure, DUBAI aint gonna displace New York City – as the capital of the art world – any time soon.
. . . and by the way, HOWARD HALLE – just for the record – wasn’t there a – ‘TIME-OUT DUBAI’ – specially put out by TIME OUT NEW YORK – for that joke of an art fair – the DIFC GULF ART FAIR, of DUBAI, UAE (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) – of last SPRING, running MARCH 8-10, 2007.
and yo! JERRY – how come you said nothing – when your (former) some-time publisher artnet.com – also lent (sold ?) their ‘seal-of-approval’ – the ubiquitous artnet logo !!! to be plastered all over the DIFC FAIR and its publications ? (and at a time when your articles were appearing regularly in artnet.)
see: artloversnewyork – THE BOMB/ MARCH 8, 2007: ~DIFC Gulf Art Fair 2007
~JERRY SALTZ/anti-Guggenhiem UAE rant/makes PAGE SIX/..and photographed with HOWARD HALLE of TIME OUT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 17th, 2007, 1:17pm
HUMAN RITES WATCH – A PERFORMANCE SERIES CURATED by MICHAEL MAHALCHICK
SEPT 3 – SEPT 15, 2007
KLAUS VON NICHTSSAGEND GALLERY – 438 UNION AVENUE – BROOKLYN, NY
(L to LORIMER STREET or G to METROPOLITAN AVENUE)
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
ALL PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT 7:30PM – UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED – see gallery website for details:
www.klausgallery.com
~BRIAN BELOTT PERFORMS To-NITE !!! : TUES SEPT 11th…
. . . “BRIAN BELOTT works himself into a shamanistic trance via repetitive rhythms and utterances that somehow function in a place between ingratiating, irritating and irresistible.”
~LILY LUDLOW & ALLEN CORDELL PERFORM SEPT 12, 2007
~FRANKIE MARTIN PERFORMS ‘FREAKOUT #15’: THURS SEPT 13 at 8:30PM
NOTE: FRANKIE’S PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED – DUE TO ILLNESS… GET WELL – FRANKIE !!
~CURTIS CARMAN along with ZACH FABRI and DIINONN BROOKS PRESENT ‘PATTY CAKE DRIBBLE’ – “which mixes a gospel singer, a drag queen, and a performance artist into a fierce ritual and spirit dance that targets nothingness as a destiny. .”: FRI SEPT 14
~MARCOS ROSALES PERFORMS: SAT SEPT 15
~YOU CAN FIND LINKS TO: YouTube clips of the performances –
on the gallery website: KLAUS VON NICHTSSAGEND – or – follow them thru here – BY HITTING THE HOTLINKED TITLE, UNDER EACH IMAGE !!
HIT: EMILY LUTZKER – ‘THE STALKER PROJECT PART II: ANOTHER DATE’ – SEPT 7, 2007
HIT: ‘LUCIANA ACHUGAR – SEPT 9, 2007’
HIT: JOCELYN SHIPLEY – ‘cuteofficers of cuteopolis’ – SEPT 6, 2007
HIT: THE REV. LUKE MURPHY – ‘Where Are We Going?’ – SEPT 5, 2007
HIT: ANNIE PEARLMAN – ‘Private Time’ – SEPT 4, 2007 – with BRIAN BELOTT & PETE PEZZIMENTI
HIT: ELYCE SEMENEC & JOHN ODOM – ‘True Love Always – Elyce and John’ – SEPT 4, 2007
HIT: ‘BRIAN BELOTT – SEPTEMBER 11, 2007’
HIT: ‘LILY LUDLOW & ALLEN CORDELL – SEPTEMBER 12, 2007’
HIT: FRANKIE MARTIN – ‘An Introduction to LIVE FROM THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE’ – SEPT 12, 2007
(looks like Frankie performed after all, or at least supplied a clip !!)
HIT: ZACH FABRI, DIINONN BROOKS and CURTIS CARMAN – ‘PATTY CAKE DRIBBLE’ – SEPT 14, 2007
HIT: MARCOS ROSALES – ‘LADY KILLERS (with attachments)’ – SEPT 15, 2007
~HUMAN RITES WATCH/MAHALCHICK & FRIENDS/BROOKLYN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 11th, 2007, 1:55pm
SUPER HEROS RETURN by MUMBREEZE – IMAGE: COURTESY LITTLE CAKES LITTLE GALLERY
KINYA HANADA and his wife, KAO – are MUMBREEZE.
Photographed in the gallery show they call:
SUPER HEROES RETURN – LITTLE CAKES LITTLE GALLERY, SEPT 8, 2007
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
TIME To FLY OVER to LITTLE CAKES GALLERY in the EAST VILLAGE and turn up the heat in your mind’s eye !!! MUMBREEZE is in town.
“A Large staircase stacked with papier-mache dolls is their version of ‘Ohinasama’, a Japanese family tradition to celebrate the holiday Girls’ Day…” – and don’t forget to ask Hanna to turn some of them around – they have reverse images !!!
There’s also a video collaboration with E*Rock, with a simply drawn, low-key animated super hero, a kind of JERRY SEINFELD of new pop psychedelic video – “whose only power is the ability to exchange different heads with the touch of a button. He walks around town with nothing to do, and then just falls asleep.”
.. and then of course there are some beautiful whimsical light-hearted light-filled drawings.
Prices range from $200 to $400 tops! – so quit whining that the art world is just a scummy
billionaires’ club party.
SUPER HEROES RETURN – BY MUMBREEZE
SEPT 7 – SEPT 30, 2007
Little Cakes Little Gallery – 625 East 6th STREET – BUZZER 1B – EAST VILLAGE
(btw AVE B & AVE C)
GALLERY HOURS: FRI thru SUNDAY, 1 – 6PM & also by appointment
see: MUMBREEZE on ‘IF I HAD $200’
Little Cakes Little Gallery
~MUMBREEZE/LITTLE CAKES |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 8th, 2007, 12:47pm
JIM DRAIN at the opening, meets SVA student KATE CERIGO
. . . more shots from the opening night:
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, JIM DRAIN OPENING, GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY,
SEPT 7, 2007
JIM DRAIN OPENED A HUGE SHOW OF NEW WORK, last night at Greene Naftali Gallery. The work was so SO!! much more dynamic and diverse than the photos on the gallery website make it out to be – this is one case where one picture (at least the installation shots on the GREENE NAFTALI website…) are NOT worth a thousand words.
The show’s a live wire – it’s gotta be seen live !!!!!!
JIM DRAIN – SEPT 4 – OCT 13, 2007
GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY – 508 WEST 26th STREET – 8TH FLOOR
GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY
~JIM DRAIN/GREENE NAFTALI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 8th, 2007, 12:13pm
LARRY CLARK, ‘Jonathan Velasquesz’, 2004
PHOTO: COURTESY LUHRING AUGUSTINE
LARRY CLARK – LOS ANGELES 2003-2006 – opens FRI SEPT 7, 6-8
the show runs SEPT 8 – OCT 13, 2007
LUHRING AUGUSTINE – 531 WEST 24 STREET
as well, the artist will be present at a booksigning, SAT SEPT 8, 3-5
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING
LUHRING AUGUSTINE
~LARRY CLARK/LUHRING/AUGUSTINE/FRI SEPT 7 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2007, 12:34pm
TOP: smocker: TIPRIN FOLLET
BOTTOM: smocker: MOLLY KEOGH
PHOTOS: COURTESY SUSAN INGLETT GALLERY
ANDREA ZITTEL / SMOCKSHOP opens FRI SEPT 7, 6-8
the show runs SEPT 7 – OCT 13, 2007
SUSAN INGLETT GALLERY – 534 WEST 22 STREET
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING
SUSAN INGLETT GALLERY
~ANDREA ZITTEL/SUSAN INGLETT/ FRI SEPT 7 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2007, 12:15pm
ERIK FOSS, at the FUSE GALLERY summer survey show, ‘Revelation’, which he curated.
July 21, 2007
PHOTO: Nancy Smith
there is a brief, but interesting clip of ERIK FOSS that recently posted on moli roller.
He is being interviewed at the ‘DRAW’ group (OCT 28 – DEC 2, 2006) show, which he curated at FUSE GALLERY, NYC.
go to:
http://www.moli.com/p/moli_roller/811/0
~ more about ‘DRAW’ on artlovers
~ to view the ‘DRAW’ show, here’s the link on the gallery website, “ON TOUR”
~ ERIK FOSS curated ‘Revelation’, a smaller group show, with a darker side, this summer 2007 – at FUSE.
~ more on ‘Revelation’
~ artlovers photos from the ‘Revelation’ opening
FUSE GALLERY
~ERIK FOSS/MOLI ROLLER/DRAW |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 7th, 2007, 11:24am
PHOTO: COURTESY ATM GALLERY
HUMA BHABHA opens THURSDAY, SEPT 6, 6-8PM
the show runs SEPT 6 – OCT 13, 2007
atm Gallery – 619b WEST 27th STREET- CHELSEA
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING
atm Gallery
~HUMA BHABHA/ATM/THURS SEPT 6 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 5th, 2007, 5:42pm
IMAGE: www.hownosm.com
check out one of the best designed and swiftly animated websites to come across our desk in a long time:
hit:
www.hownosm.com
NOSM, (left) and HOW (right) flank, German artist, WON, (center) at the
‘Banned From Television 7’ exhibit, presented by The Canal Chapter, NYC,
last summer, 2006.
(the painting on the wall behind them is by: WON (aka WONABC)
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, June 3, 2006
initial post: ‘Banned From Television’/The Canal Chapter
more pix from the ‘Banned From Television 7’ – at the Canal Chapter, Summer 2006
~HOW/NOSM.COM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 5th, 2007, 3:57pm
