although WOOD – is the main element associated with TIGER, it’s metaphysical ‘spine’,
according to the 60 year ‘element’ cycle – 2022 is more specifically broken down again, element-wise / to the Year of the . . WATER TIGER !!
that is WOOD – augmented by Water, as opposed to say, fire.
which means . . a much more mellow, nourishing tiger / as opposed to the fierce predatory one. the strength is still there, but it is ‘tempered’ towards providing protection, it’s a nuance. the focus is still on getting things down / but catching that prey, channels into – less emphasis on killing, and more emphasis on feeding.
water provides wood with growth / seeds to trees, flowers / and, then in turn – the fully grown, thriving, wood provides the wooden boat, that travels the water.
thinking on horoscopes, and the ‘power of a thought-pattern’ that can be derived / from a simple visual hand-drawn image / of a zodiac animal (!!) / leads one to understand – just how primal the human instinct for art, is.
it’s not just the science / it’s the . . magic.
yin yang / another great Chinese concept.
unlike Dr. HENRY LEWIS GATES / & his ‘Finding Your Roots’ /
which is fascinating, don’t get me wrong . . .
the artist in all of us knows, on some deep level: 100% of who you are – is not – just your . . DNA / unless there’s ‘bio-codes’ – in that DNA, for ‘otherworldly’.
it’s practically, or essentially ‘documented’ / that with every great scientific leap, there is a huge popular movement towards contacting the dead through spiritualist / mediums !!
it’s a dang strange universe – that’s for sure.
which brings us back to: the power of a dang good ‘creative’ / visual image !!
NIGO . . born 1970, an internationally famous Japanese fashion trend maker / bold graphic designer, and just a mighty, good all-around / pop culture icon / who is probably, if Wikipedia is your only source / widely known for founding Bape / A Bathing Ape, in the ‘creative’ world, he’s now more famous for creating – the current / hipster brand: HUMANMADE.
and, has nailed . . . the Water Tiger, just by giving it, a ‘wink’ . . . !!!!
this Water Tiger . . is not out to eat you – but, to GREET YOU !!!!
NIGO . . . ‘Water Tiger’ / note: the ‘wood’ housing.
NIGO . . . ‘Water Tiger’ / with HUMANMADE branding
images via Instagram @NIGO (official)
FOLLOW: NIGO on Instagram / @NIGO (Official)
~NIGO . . nails the WATER TIGER . . !! / revised edit |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 7th, 2022, 5:02pm
GREETINGS – MY DIVERSE, ZODIAC TRIBES !!
THE YEAR of the WATER / TIGER 2022 . . IS ABOUT TO BE UPON US / FEB 1st.
bye the way: malleable ‘clay’, and fluid ‘water’ – are not that far apart.
and, work well / to produce utilitarian vessels, (pottery) (poetry) . . . together.
& . . . SO:
EVERY BIT OF INDIGENOUS / COSMIC INFORMATION – IS LIKE A DROP OF WATER . .
TO A THIRSTY BIO / EARTH-ROOTED HUMAN BEING, LOOKING FOR . . ‘hints’ to UNDERSTANDING / and DE-CODING . . what’s in the future, and how best to cope, or be inspired by the dynamics of all those human characters – we will encounter,
and, perhaps . . even, birth !!
perhaps more than half the world !!, have found the Chinese Zodiac, is . . especially helpful / with regards to determining a MIND-SET, A PATH OUTWARD, and a PATH INWARD,
and . . so on, & so:
with regards to the incoming ‘YEAR of the WATER TIGER’ . . .
the GREAT STRENGTH TO GO FORWARD / has it’s more usual impulsive fierceness / tempered to a fluid muscular forcefulness, that is muscle, skills – tempered with some caution, fierceness tempered with fluid water motion . . which is a good thing.
think: poet / scholar / knight / explorer.
apparently, with just a personal skimming glance at the internet / while trying to get a handle on “what is a water tiger” ?!!
I found out, surprise, NOT !!
there is a NEW MOON in CAPRICORN / and a LOT OF . . . AIRES in the SKY !!
which must explain this sudden burst of not only astrology baiting, but my even wanting to resume writing,
as I am . . . a hardcore ARIES.
which accounts for my childlike soul, but seriously . . do not under estimate me !!
nor – talk down to me.
I come out of wood-burning sparks of fire — way, way alive / with both fists in the air !!
& . . . SO: / & . . . SEW:
AFTER, A DEEP, DEEP INTROSPECTIVE REST . . . / THANKS TO . . . TAILI WU / on the IG
I GOT THE ‘HEADS UP’ – WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER /
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR of 2022 – – –
the . . YEAR of the WATER TIGER !!
ALL THINGS FLUID, FAST, BRAVE, and STRONG !! ARE GOOD – TO GO !!
“In the face of setbacks, resistance, or failure, tigers make prompt decisions,
and are willing to re-start from scratch – until they succeed.”
though ‘caution’ and ‘luck’ are also words that bubble up through the collective hive / perhaps as chorus / to the tiger’s streak of rebellion and impulsiveness.
there seems to be a lot of back & forth on that. just as water is so necessary for life, it can be a force of destruction. best to well-consider the choices, take heed.
~Internet
(do I personally have a lot of faith in that ? I don’t know / just take care, and look both ways – on that motorcycle !!)
(world: please, get where – you need to go. without violence.)
(and, with a little bit of – family love, and perhaps accompanied by a heavenly soundtrack, the better to dream, & think, by.)
& P.S.
I guess you might also be very lucky – if you know of someone, about to be born . .
as, a baby in the womb / is often evoked to help in one’s understanding of the powerful, yet fluid life force . . of the ‘Water Tiger’ / tempered, & nourished by it’s watery attributes.
SCREEN GRAB: ‘TIGER GREETING’ . . . A CLAY-BASED / STOP ANIMATION WITH ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
BY: TAILI WU / via INSTAGRAM @tailiwu
YES !!
YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THE ENCHANTING ANIMATION,
& THE WAY, WAY !! HEAVENLY . . . SOUND TRACK !!!!
CLICK HERE: TAILI WU – ‘TIGER GREETING’ / VIDEO & SOUND TRACK / Instagram @taliwu
TAILI WU . . .
is a stop-motion artist, illustrator, and ‘animal detective’ – based in NY.
She currently teaches at SVA / School of Visual Arts, NYC.
follow her: on Instagram / @tailiwu
see: TAILI WU / MONSTER SHAPER.COM / ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
from the . . artloversnewyork archive:
I first encountered the delightful work . . of illustrator TAILI WU,
when her most ‘fresh’ illustrations were featured on . . 2 GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPES /
for YEAR of THE OX / 2021.
(last year !!)
TAILU WU, ‘Cow Girl’ – YEAR of the OX, 2021
image via GRUMPY BERT / YEAR of the OX
TAILI WU, ‘Rain or Shine’ – YEAR of the OX, 2021
image via GRUMPY BERT / YEAR of the OX
~TAILI WU – YEAR of the TIGER !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2022, 11:18am
LAST WEEKEND – TO CATCH THIS SPECTACULAR EXHIBIT !! !!
IN THE NUANCE of SUBTLE GLASS / COLOR SHIFTING & FLUID SHAPES . . WE FIND BEAUTY.
WITHIN THE LARGE & EMPTY / HAND-BLOWN GLASS STORAGE CONTAINERS /
WE COULD ALSO FIND / A WORLD ALERT: WE ARE NOT . . water desert ‘DUNE’ – YET !!
BUT, for how long ?
If !! IF !! YOU ARE IN TORONTO – DON’T BLINK !!
& . . . EVERYBODY ELSE ?!!
THIS MAKES ME WANT TO WISH YOU:
HAPPY – DIGITAL !!! – NEW YEAR !! & . . . MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
LORNA BAUER – ‘Air Is Where Effort Goes’
up thru . . DEC 23, 2021
GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT / in their new Toronto location
1444 Dupont St., Unit 10, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
AN EXHIBIT: STRONG IN THOUGHT, PROCESS, SKILLS, & CARRY-THRU . . .
ARDENT and DYNAMIC . . . full of PHILOSOPHY, or is it CONTEMPLATION ?
WORLD-BIO ENVIRONMENT-CARING / WITH A CURIOUS, HANDS-ON TECHNICALITY, & ABOVE ALL . .
A STOIC, SILENT . . . DYNAMIC !!
THERE BEFALLS – TO THE SPECTATOR – of this parade / MANY THOUGHTS
SPRUNG FROM SEEMINGLY A SIMPLE UTILITARIAN SOURCE.
THE INCREDIBLE VISUAL ‘ATTRACTION’ . . . of LORNA’S WORK /
the re-imagined fluid shapes, the subtle play of shifting / transparent colors of glass,
the fragile versus the strength, the implied uses & volumes /
that always, always – sets my imagination soaring !!!
Spectacular . . . ???
for SURE !!!
just in the . . boldness of the thought, the array / and the craft.
in the oversize vessels themselves, marching straightforward – through the space.
unadorned & free-standing, bubbles of human breath / encased in wrought iron. sending up thought-patterns for all who witness – their silent, immobile . . march.
one-of-a kind vessels – that are shapes, and containers.
an eco-army, of the . . . future ?
def, CHECK OUT: INFO & PHOTOS / LORNA BAUER – ‘Air is Where Effort Goes’ / GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT WEBSITE
INSTALLATION SHOT
note: ALL PHOTOS – ARE COURTESY of THE ARTIST VIA INSTAGRAM / LORNA BAUER / @lornabauer
PHOTOGRAPHER: JIMMY LIMIT
Hand-blown glass in metal wire ‘Trash cans’ – to mold / all the works, which are in fact / large scale, free-standing sculptures – were completed with the help of a . . technical ‘team’.
PHOTOS: JIMMY LIMIT / C?O LORNA BAUER
check out: LORNA BAUER INSTAGRAM @lornabauer
and, from . . . the – artloversnewyork archive:
LORNA BAUER, (re-fillable bottle), mold, and hand-blown glass, 2018.
I have never met the Montreal-based artist in person / but I’ve been fascinated, and intrigued by her work, ever since I first saw photos of it, in the small group show, ‘MAY WEST’ at the very, very Indie gallery, VICKI / in upstate Newburgh, run at that time . . by DANIEL GIORDANO & SAMUEL BOEHM.
LORNA BAUER, ‘Sitio Bottle’, 2018.
mold, and hand-blown glass / 24 x 9 x 4.5 in.
note: these archival photos: c/o VICKI
see: ‘LORNA BAUER – GLASS WORKS – ‘MAY WEST’ – VICKI PROJECTS / artloversnewyork – MAY 14, 2019.
~LORNA BAUER / ‘Air Is Where Effort Goes’ / GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT / TORONTO / up thru DEC 23 !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 17th, 2021, 1:33pm
SAT DEC 18, 2021 / 3 – 5 PM
CLOSING PARTY for:
‘MAGIC MUSHROOMS’ / JON COWAN – PAINTINGS / AMY ROSS – CYANOTYPES / OH Clay – CERAMICS (Kathleen O’Hara)
WITH . . A BOOK SIGNING & TALK by: LAWRENCE MILLMAN – author of ‘FUNGIPEDIA: A BRIEF COMPENDIUM of MUSHROOM LORE’
DRIVE-BY PROJECTS & GALLERY, 81 SPRING ST., WATERTOWN, MA / MASSACHUSETS
READ MORE & SEE IMAGES: MAGIC MUSHROOMS – Drive-By PROJECTS
~”2021 . . . could be called ‘the Year of the Mushroom’ / here in the Northeast, as our wet spring & summer produced an unusually prolific bloom of native mushrooms. . . ”
IMAGE VIA DRIVE-BY PROJECTS
left: JON COWAN / center: OH Clay / right: AMY ROSS
LAWRENCE MILLMAN, ‘FUNGIPEDIA: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore’
Publisher: Princeton University Press, First Edition Oct 29, 2019
DEFINITE, CHECK OUT: LAWRENCE MILLMAN, author, explorer, ecologist . . .
~JON COWAN, AMY ROSS, OH CLAY / ‘MAGIC MUSHROOMS’ / CLOSING PARTY & LAWRENCE MILLMAN BOOK SIGNING / DRIVE-BY PROJECTS / WATERTOWN, MA / SAT DEC 18 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 17th, 2021, 11:00am
’21C LIEDERABEND OP. SENSES’ . . . LIVE !!
2 PERFORMANCES – ONLY !!
COME EXPERIENCE: 2 INTERACTIVE EVENINGS OF ART & SONG /
INCLUDING – TACTILE OBJECTS – IN THE FORM of a HAND-MADE BOOK !!! !!!
ARTWORK, PERFORMANCE & . . WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL / FESTIVE . . LIVE / SONGS !! CONTEMPORARY MUSIC !!!!!!!!! – ART !!!!! / SONGS & . . . DIY BOOKS !!
PEOPLE, COME ON !!!!!!! – HEAD TO – BROOKLYN !! / TO-NITE & TOMORROW !!
THIS – WED & THURS / DEC 15th & 16th, 2021
LIVE AT – NATIONAL SAWDUST
80 N 6th ST., BROOKLYN, NY
GENERAL ADMISSION: $83.00
STARTS at 7:30 PM
PURCHASE TICKETS: NATIONAL SAWDUST / AUDIENCE
see: NATIONAL SAWDUST: ABOUT
see: @nationalsawdust on IG
note: PAOLA PRESTINI, composer / is the National Sawdust co-founder & Artistic Director.
’21C LIEDERABEND OP. SENSES’ . . . FEATURES THE MUSIC of:
PAOLA PRESTINI, JUHI BANSAL, GABRIELA LENA FRANK, MOLLY JOYCE, MARY KOUYOUMDJIAN, MISSY MAZZOLI, ANGELICA NEGRON, EMMA O’HALLORAN, ELLEN REID, SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER, DU YUN, & BETH MORRIS PROJECTS.
CURATED & DIRECTED BY: PAOLA PRESTINI & BETH MORRISON
note: DIFFERENT PROGRAM – EACH NIGHT & EACH NIGHT
FEATURES – A SENSORY OBJECT – DESIGNED BY: KATHRYN HAMILTON !!
EMMY THELANDER – ‘DISCO BALL’, 2021
image via Instagram Story / @emmerslol / EMMY THELANDER
for the show,
EMMY THELANDER . . .
created a “pop-up gothic disco ball . . with imagery from an egg tempera painting I made last year.” , and, which is part of the KATHRYN HAMILTON – TACTILE / VISUAL PRESENTATION.
KATHRYN HAMILTON . . . presents a hand-made book for each audience member / ‘with special artifacts’ – ‘that correspond with each musical piece, expanding your experience of the musica – beyond the usual sight & sound.’
KATHRYN HAMILTON / HAND-MADE BOOK for NATIONAL SAWDUST /
’21C LIEDERABEND OP. SENSES’
2 images via Instagram @nationalsawdust
see: EMMY THELANDER on Instagram @emmerslol
see: KATHRYN HAMILTON on Instagram @sistersylvester
~EMMY THELANDER, KATHRYN HAMILTON / ’21 C LIEDERABEND OP. SENSES’ / NATIONAL SAWDUST / BROOKLYN . . DEC 15 & 16 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 15th, 2021, 9:35am
one more . . .
because, what a way – to head into the New Year /
especially this New Year – – which seems particularly fraught, uncertain, and complex.
where a lot of the pressing issues – circle around crises of lingering human bio threat – and, increasingly disruptive, future negative / environmental concerns.
JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void’, 2021
oil and acrylic on linen mounted to on panel.
12 x 9 in.
note: small scale – but, large ‘radiant’ visual – impact.
image via Instagram @good_naked
a tempest in a teapot /
a brief tiny poem – within a slice of sea, a sky, a lake, a landscape . . . of particular beauty /
yet with a cold, odd ambience. and no people.
enveloped by a fan-like measurement ‘chart’ instead of a sky.
potentially ‘coding’ the complete range & scale of the . . EVOLVING ‘FATE’ OF biodiversity / a red leaning color chart / red signifies danger, pink is loving / unfolding above and around the foam, and froth of a living, breathing, plant-filled earth / with earth being subject, to our future-looking ‘choices’, and many other factors / many beyond our control.
where, there’s still room for beauty & hope, but with a sense of dread or entropy / a silent threat, a foreshadow, of impeding trouble / over our natural planet, as we know it.
or . . knew it ?
JON COWAN – ‘RADIANT VOID’ – OPENS TO-NITE !! / FRI DEC 10 / 6 – 8 PM
GOOD NAKED GALLERY / IN THE BROOKLYN-BASED GALLERY – NEW LOWER MANHATTAN / POP-UP SPACE:
72 ALLEN ST, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC 10002
HRS: OPEN EVERY DAY / 10 – 6 PM
~JON COWAN / ‘RADIANT VOID’ . . . |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 10th, 2021, 10:52am
A ‘RADIANT VOID’ – IN WHICH ART MOVES THROUGH TIME, SPACE, & SOCIAL ERA /
and, still comes up . . . –> RADIANT !!!!
JON COWAN – ‘RADIANT VOID’ – NEW WORK
OPENS FRI DEC 10, 6 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . JAN 16, 2022
GOOD NAKED GALLERY, 72 ALLEN ST., L.E.S., NYC
HRS: OPEN EVERYDAY 10 – 6 PM
GOOD NAKED – IS THE CURATORIAL / EXHIBITION PROJECT OF ARTIST: JACQUELINE CEDAR
JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void in a Gray Rainbow’, 2021
oil, acrylic, and vinyl on linen mounted on panel
6 in. diameter
Image courtesy: JACQUELINE CEDAR
JON COWAN, ‘A GATEWAY APPEARING in the SKY’, 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas mounted on panel10 x 8 in.
Image courtesy: JACQUELINE CEDAR
JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void’, 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas mounted to panel
12 x 9 in.
Image courtesy: JACQUELINE CEDAR /
and, the show’s – namesake inspo !!
have you been checking out those dimensions ?
installation shot / ‘Ragiant Void’ – GOOD NAKED GALLERY
Image via Instagram @good_naked
CHECK OUT: GOOD NAKED on Instagram / @good_naked
CHECK OUT: JON COWAN on Instagram / @joncowan
note:
JON COWAN . . . b. 1982 / Temple, Texas
attended The University of Texas at San Antonia where they
earned a BFA in 2006. Cowan currently lives & works in Brookline, MA. / MASSACHUSETTS
~ JON COWAN / ‘RADIANT VOID’ / GOOD NAKED GALLERY / L.E.S. NYC / OPENS FRI DEC 10 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 9th, 2021, 10:17am
A ‘RADIANT VOID’ . . IN 2 PARTS / FIRST CAME . . . HUDSON, NY
ELIZABETH MOORE FINE ART, WHICH OPENED – FRI DEC 3rd
& THEN, COMES THE LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
GOOD NAKED GALLERY – OPENING FRI DEC 10th
BOTH RUN THRU . . . JAN 16, 2022.
JON COWAN – ‘RADIANT VOID’ – NEW WORK
DEC 3 – JAN 16, 2022
ELIZABETH MOORE FINE ART, 105 WARREN ST., HUDSON, NY
HRS: THURS-SAT: 11-6 PM / SUN: 12-5 PM / MON: BY APPOINTMENT
see: JON COWAN – ELIZABETH MOORE
JON COWAN . . .
oil & acrylic on canvas / 20 x 16 in.
image via ELIZABETH MOORE FINE ART
JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void / Hollow Stump’, 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas.
16 x 20 in.
image via Elizabeth Moore Fine Art
JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void’, (dandelion), 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas.
24 x 20 in.
image via Elizabeth Moore Fine Art
CHECK OUT: ELIZABETH MOORE FINE ART / Instagram @emoorefineart
CHECK OUT: JON COWAN / Instagram @joncowan
note:
JON COWAN . . . b. 1982 / Temple, Texas
attended The University of Texas at San Antonio where they earned a BFA in 2006. Cowan currently lives & works in Brookline, MA. / MASSACHUSETTS
~JON COWAN / ‘RADIANT VOID’ / ELIZABETH MOORE GALLERY, HUDSON NY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 9th, 2021, 9:58am
A RARE BIRD – TAKES FLIGHT OVER . . . MIAMI
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘Rare Bird’, 2021
oil on canvas / 80 x 70 in.
image via Instagram @haley.joesphs
on display at . . .
JACK BARRETT GALLERY, NYC / NADA ART FAIR / MIAMI – ICE PALACE FILM STUDIOS
check out: HALEY JOSEPHS / Instagram @haley.josephs
check out: JACK BARRETT GALLERY / Instagram @jackbarrettgallery
from the . . . ARTLOVERSNEWYORK ARCHIVE:
HALEY JOSEPHS, YALE MFA OPEN STUDIOS, APRIL 2013
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: HALEY JOSEPHS – YALE MFA STUDIO VISIT
HALEY JOSEPHS . . .
at the opening of her solo show: ‘Childhoods End’ / JACK BARRETT GALLERY, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
the show ran . . MARCH 1 – April 19, 2020
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / MARCH 1, 2020 – OPENING
see: HALEY JOSEPHS – ‘CHILDHOODS END’ / JACK BARRETT
JACK BARRETT . . .
at his Gallery / LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC, MARCH 15, 2019
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: JACK BARRETT / SOPHIA NARRETT, PAUL ROUPHAIL, NATHANIEL DE LARGE OPENING – MARCH 15, 2019
~HALEY JOSEPHS / ‘RARE BIRD’ / JACK BARRETT GALLERY / NADA, MIAMI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2021, 9:10am
NOAH BECKER . . . !!
what, IF ?!!!!!
NOAH BECKER, perhaps best known as the publisher of WHITEHOT MAGAZINE.COM /
check out: WHITEHOT MAGAZINE on Instagram / @whitehotmagazine
has an even deeper passion: his own, art !!
he exhibited . . .
a wonderful, twisty narrative, dreamy, screaming painting . . this past Fall, that still – haunts me.
half self-portrait / half shout-out to the . . world.
and, which most definitely . . invoked the vast dark unknown, the unrelenting furies, the very possibly, and near, deep . . scary future / was it a dream ?
that settles on every one of us, in our deepest times.
not to mention: the ‘code’, and power . . of the color: RED.
and, the 3 horsemen / . . . of yore.
NOAH BECKER, ‘Three Figures’, 2021.
acrylic on canvas / 48 x 36 in.
image via FILO SOFI ARTS Instagram / @filosofiarts
it was part of a group show called, ‘What If . .’,
that was mounted by FILO SOFI ARTS, and ran Aug 25 – Oct 3, 2021.
the exhibit was curated by: KaPow & Gaboo / a curatorial & advisory team – founded by:
Gabrielle Dominique Aruta, (owner of Filo Sofi Arts), and Kourosh Mahboubian, (fine art dealer, and advisor).
note: the painting was placed strikingly, on a pink wall – of no small hue (!!)
see: FILO SOFI ARTS on Instagram / @filosofiarts
check out more: ‘What If . . .’ – FILO SOFI ARTS’ – website
‘What If . . .?’ / was a show – which asked us to . . “to consider whether the hypothetical and that which we imagine – might also be part of our reality.”
detail, NOAH BECKER, ‘Three Figures’.
image via FILO SOFI ARTS Instagram / @filosofiarts
detail, NOAH BECKER, ‘Three Figures’.
image via FILO SOFI ARTS Instagram / @filosofiarts
still intrigued, I asked Noah . . . last week, Nov 15 – 20, 2021:
1. What drives you to paint ?
his answer: “Sometimes trauma, but I’m learning to feed off of more healthy feelings. Most people create based on stress or trauma. I’m thinking more about love these days.”
2. Does this (red) painting have a message or narrative ?
his answer: “It’s about distorting nature and enhancing certain colors – so you find yourself in a painting. Nature is usually used more naturalistically. This piece has a naturalistic feeling even with the heightened aspects.”
3. Why is this painting red . . rather than say, blue ?
his answer: “It’s a heightened experience, so the viewer feels the work more electrically – within their subconscious.”
4. What’s your goal here, in this painting ? And/or in life in general ?
his answer: “Sometimes life feels like a waste of energy, and just a waiting period before death. Other times I’ll make something special like this painting, and my love, and excitement for life – is restored.”
from the ARTLOVERSNEWYORK ARCHIVE:
NOAH BECKER, with his self-portrait, Lodge Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC.
Nov 7, 2013
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
NOAH BECKER, another self-portrait, this time / in conversation with: JEAN-MICHEL (BASQUIAT).
Lodge Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC.
Nov 7. 2013
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: NOAH BECKER – LODGE GALLERY, L.E.S. – artloversnewyork
~NOAH BECKER / ‘WHAT IF . . . ‘ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 23rd, 2021, 2:03pm
