STERLING RUBY, ‘SUPEROVERPASS’ opens to-nite: FRI APRIL 27, 6-8PM
the show runs from APRIL 27 – MAY 26, 2007
FOXY PRODUCTION – 617 WEST 27th STREEET
(card: detail, STERLING RUBY, ‘SUPEROVERPASS’)
UP-DATE: MAY 4, 2007:
STERLING RUBY, ‘SUPEROVERPASS’, 2007
Formica, woods, screws, glue
88 x 132 x 48 ins. ($55,000)
Photo: Nancy Smith, taken at the opening, April 27, 2007
more photos from the opening to post shortly
~STERLING RUBY/FOXY PRODUCTION/FRIDAY | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 27th, 2007, 12:26pm
MOMOYO TORIMITSU (in nurse’s uniform) with her robotic sculpture, ‘Mr. Jiro Miyata’, – Ms. Torimitsu is one of 33 artists to be featured in the upcoming JAPAN SOCIETY exhibit: ‘Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists.’
PHOTO: MICHAEL DAMES
(article scanned from the New York Times Thursday, March 22, 2007)
‘asian businessman’ by MOMOYO TORIMITSU, DEITCH PROJECTS, exhibited Jan 10-FEB 7, 2004
Photo: Nancy Smith
this photo first posted on: artnet: 2-23-04 (4th row down)
~MOMOYO TORIMITSU/Japan Society | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 27th, 2007, 11:30am
. . . looks like the GORDON MATTA-CLARK exhibit has been extended thru: JUNE 3, 2007
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 945 MADISON Ave at 75th STREET
(scanned from the New York Times Friday, April 27, 2007)
~GORDON MATTA-CLARK/Whitney/extended | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 27th, 2007, 11:15am
LOT #24
ANDREAS GURSKY, ‘Toys “R” Us’, 1999, color coupler print. Diasec mounted.
61- 3/4 x 113-1/4 ins. – numbered 3/6
Estimate $1,200,000 – 1,800,000
THIS LOT DID NOT SELL.
. . . probably because it found its way into the wrong auction, as a result of its high estimate. It was presented in an evening of high priced classical photography, but it is considered an “artist generated photographic” art object, (Thomas Ruff’s work is another example). It should have been placed in the upcoming contemporary art sale.
This sublime Gursky was offered to the wrong audience.
’27 EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS’
24 APRIL 2007 – 7pm
‘PHOTOGRAPHS’
25 APRIL 2007 – 10am & 2pm
ABOVE IMAGE: SCANNED FROM THE AUCTION CARD
~ANDREAS GURSKY/PHILLIPS | Posted in The Bomb | By Simon Cerigo | April 25th, 2007, 6:06pm
MAX SCHUMANN, Associate Director of PRINTED MATTER, at his usual post,
‘LOVELY DAZE’ inaugural issue – book launch, PRINTED MATTER, Oct 22, 2005
Photo: Nancy Smith
. . . talking with CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, about his handmade wooden ‘puppet’ figures,
BREAD and PUPPET came up – Christopher had visited their Vermont workshops in the past, and he mentioned that MAX SCHUMANN, (known to art scene locals, as the omnipresent associate director of the non-profit art bookstore PRINTED MATTER), is – in fact, the son of renowned BREAD and PUPPET founder, PETER SCHUMANN. There is a family resemblance, come to think of it !
this photo first posted in the artlovers report of: 2006-01-17
(scroll down – pix from the ‘LOVELY DAZE’ book launch are towards the bottom)
BREAD&PUPPET official website
(check out the interview with PETER SCHUMANN by MARC ESTRIN)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_Puppet_Theatre
~MAX SCHUMANN/Bread and Puppet | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 25th, 2007, 10:31am
(archival photo) CHRISTOPHER MARTIN in front of his work, at the opening of the small group show,
‘Yes in the Age of Wood’, Little Cakes Little Gallery, Sept 30, 2004
(archival photo) DAVID ARON in front of his work (and wearing it) at the opening of
‘Yes in the Age of Wood’, Little Cakes Little Gallery, Sept 30, 2004
David Aron will be having the next show at Little Cakes –
‘Cords of the Easy Rescue’, June 1 – 30, 2007 – watch out for that one !!!
(archival photo) artist, curator, gallerist, the then HANNA FUSHIHARA, photographed a little after the
‘Yes in the Age of Wood’ opening, at Little Cakes Little Gallery, (the first one, on 6th Street, also in the East Village) Oct 14, 2004 – with some of her pet rocks, (that got sent down to Andrea Zittel’s desert site project). and yep, Hanna and David meet and made the big bond at this opening.
Photos: Nancy Smith
these photos were first posted in artnet: ‘Youth rules in the Big Apple in Fall 2004’
wow, what a difference a few years makes. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN’S work is so much more developed, dynamic, totally complete, and diverse, now. but it’s always nice to have meet a young artist before they break out & esp before they go on to become a big star on FOOD NETWORK CANADA – that last part, being said tongue-in-cheek because apparently the production company behind his show, is just about as efficiently run as any real 100% artist production, meaning its great, but not chugged out on the production line.
. . . guess “FOOD JAMMERS” isn’t broadcast in the USA because its illegal to home brew here ?! otherwise, look out Jamie Oliver, we’d have our very own Canadian version of the “Naked Chef”… who also shows at Little Cakes ! no cooking pun intended.
Christopher Martin, who’s from Toronto, meet up with our Little Cakes friends at
RISD – Rhode Island School of Design.
As for this show, at Little Cakes. it is beautiful, the skills are meticulous, and the philosophy: fun. There aren’t that many artists who can successfully bridge both abstract & figurative art formats. The work, extremely luminous in color, and in 3 different genres ! fills the space – perfectomundo. In fact, one of Hanna’s great gifts, apart from her top rank curatorial eye, is her presentation ability. Little Cakes is tiny, but the experience is large. It consistently outranks, in vision and content, almost all, if not absolutely more than 3/4 of all the shows in Chelsea, most of the time.
Compare that to the other side of the universe, the new MICHELE MACCARONE space in the West Village, which has to be just about the largest and most gorgeous gallery space to open in a long time – it’s beautiful and futuristic open-ended interior, supposedly said to be designed by Michele herself, (local art wags are calling her an artist – just for that interior configuration) but: in her first 2 shows so far, she has had trouble, curatorially, filling the gallery with work that can outshine the space ! Little Cakes on the other hand, is like the Faberge Egg of galleries in NYC right now – we’ll take little space, great art – over big budget, underwhelming vision – though Michele does serve the best wine of all, at her openings !
UP-DATE: APRIL 26, 2007:, ok, ok, maybe we were a little harsh,
the pix from the CORY McCORKLE opening – look pretty good.
~CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, DAVID ARON, HANNA FUSHIHARA ARON/MACCARONE | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2007, 11:03pm
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN – ‘SHAPESHIFTERS’ – opens at LITTLE CAKES – this weekend !
it’s a nice sunny day, maybe a stroll over to the East Village is in order ! – in Celebration of Earth Day and the opening of the show, Little Cakes will be giving away small succulents and planties to the first 5 visitors – this Saturday & Sunday !!
‘SHAPESHIFTERS’ by CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
Drawings, Light Boxes, & Little Characters that live on cliffs . . .
at Little Cakes Little Gallery – 625 East 6th Street # 1B (bet Ave B & Ave C)
April 20 – May 20, 2007
. . . “his drawings mimic collages when in fact, every part of them has been handpainted . .. he has also sanded particular areas for a worn look that contrasts with other areas that are bubbly and videogame-like.
. . . “Christopher’s light boxes make one dream about the possibility of Atlantis or the Fortress of Solitude in psychedelic colors. They glow like gemstones and pull the viewer in through the lines of perspective. The boxes are lit from behind in both white and black light. Each light tube can be switched on and off to create different color effects.
. . . “The cliff dwelling ‘dudes’ that live in Christopher’s magical world look as if they were caught in the middle of a rountine day chugging drinks from gourds . . Viewers are treated to Christopher’s skills as a crafts person . . they are made from found wood. One is made from pieces chewed by beavers, while another is made from a chunk of wood with three knots that form both eyes and a nose. Each ‘dude’ wears armor made of layers of cloth scales. The canopies they sit below are made from boat sail fabric … they are mini tents shielding them from the rays of the sun and droplets of rain in a world unknown to us.
. . . “CHRISTOPHER MARTIN lives and works in TORONTO, Canada. he is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of design.
His day job is a somewhat glamorous one: he is the co-host of a FOOD NETWORK CANADA show – “FOOD JAMMERS” – where he and 2 other conspirators construct homebrew cooking equipment using junkyard parts, found objects, and locally sourced ingredients. The show is seen coast to coast in Canada and is also broadcast in Australia, Italy, Brazil and Thailand !
. . .” . . ‘SHAPESHIFTERS’ is Christopher Martin’s first solo show in New York City.”
(Little Cakes press release)
PHOTOS: COURTESY Little Cakes Little Gallery
Little Cakes Gallery Hours are: Friday thru Sunday 1pm – 6pm and also by appointment
(1-646-342-1056)
UP-DATE: APRIL 24, 2007
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN at Little Cakes Little Gallery, for the first weekend presentation of his: ‘SHAPESHIFTERS’, a show of drawings, lightboxes and ‘little characters’. (his T Shirt says: “Comets on Fire”)
Photographed: Sunday, April 22, 2007
The show runs from April 20 – May 20, 2007
Hours: Friday – Sunday 1 to 6pm & by appointment
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, ‘little figures’, wall sculptures, he calls the awning tents – “wompers”, the little spirits underneath can also be purchased separately.
The black & white one is about 3-1/2 ft. high, the colored awning one is about 6 ft. high.
you can just make out the layers of tiny ‘scales’ , sort of like feathers, that comprise the wooden “puppet” clothing.
(approx. $1,000 ea. – price varies with number of figures.)
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, ‘Drawings on paper’, (framed), they look like they are collages, but in fact – they are meticulously painted acrylic “drawings”, as Christopher says he prefers to call them, (as opposed to paintings on paper . . ) with varying surface textures.
24 x 30 ins. ($1,500)
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, LIGHTBOXES, 16 x 22 ins. lighting effects can be varied. ($1,800)
ALL (5) UP-DATE PHOTOS: Nancy Smith
more photos of the installation to post THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2007
~CHRISTOPHER MARTIN opens at Little Cakes/today! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 21st, 2007, 10:32am
(archival photo) DAVID ZWIRNER, center, at the Luc Tuymans opening,
DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY, Chelsea
Oct 14, 2005
a view of the GORDON MATTA-CLARK dumpster multi-dwelling, seen from the back.
DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY, March 31, 2007
Photos: Nancy Smith
‘Gordon Matta-Clark – Rirkrit Tiravanija’
March 21 – May 5, 2007
DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY
. . . “featured in this exhibit will be a recreation of ‘Open House’, 1972, a work that, like much of Matta-Clark’s oeuvre, applies new meaning to abandoned and commonplace materials through the art of recycling. Originally located in the street outside 89 Greene . . . the dumpster held architectural fragments and construction-site detritus and was featured in Matta-Clark’s film of the same year, also titled ‘Open House’. In the film, the dumpster is converted into a makeshift living environment for the homeless… ”
(press release)
the complete set of photos from the 2005 LUC TUYMANS opening
more photos of the GORDON MATTA-CLARK installation
Gordon Matta-Clark is currently the subject of a major solo exhibition at the
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. on view through JUNE 3, 2007
-GORDON MATTA-CLARK/David Zwirner | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 18th, 2007, 12:42pm
(archival photo) RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA on his way to the OLAFUR ELASSON opening last Spring, (2006)
at TANYA BONAKDAR GALLERY, Chelsea, NYC, April 28, 2006
Photo: Nancy Smith
Rirkrit’s current installation at Zwirner, a recreation of his ‘Untitled 1992 (Free)’ received ‘second place’ billing on the show’s 2 man card, (he got the smaller image on the back) – while GORDON MATTA-CLARK, got the star turn, full card image on the front – but it’s Rirkrit’s piece that is blowing everyone away, and it’s not just the free Thai food.
Watching the on-going construction was one element, but also how it finally evolved within the new DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY space – was another. It looks like an Alpine ‘snack shop’ right smack in the middle of Chelsea, plus you get to see the new GEHRY building rising directly across the street !
The Gordon Matta-Clark piece, a reconstruction of his multi-dwelling, appropriate for broke artists or strung-out street kids – built within a container/dumpster is pretty good, too. It’s a lethal combination – the pairing of these 2 artists was inspired ! – the most magical show – that’s happened in a long long time. reminiscent of the early 80’s art scene glory days !
It’s definitely fun to contemplate the dumpster – while you sit and munch on free Thai food from the picnic-like open-air ‘take out’ joint that ‘Untitled 1992 (Free)’ has resurrected itself as. The original ‘Untitled (Free)’ was basically a food performance that took place at 303’s old space in Soho, a 2nd floor gallery space at the corner of Spring and Greene. At the time, it was a little bewildering for the general art public to walk into a gallery to be served food. But for the young artists of the early 90’s roaming Soho, it became a semi-hangout, with a chance to talk to the artist. It was also much smaller, only one or two tables, and it was pretty much Rirkrit himself making the food.
“For this exhibit, Tiravanija will make a ghost of the 89 Greene Street space in plywood. The kitchen – which will include the same stools, tables, cookers, pots, pans, and refridgerator . . ” (press release)
The Zwirner piece also incorporates another of Rirkrit’s aesthetics – the re-construction of specific interior spaces. The best known example being his show, in the late 90’s at Gavin Brown’s space on 15th St. in Chelsea, when he re-created the ‘shell’ of his East Village apartment, put in a fridge and invited people to hang out and graffiti on the raw wood walls 24/7. Erik Parker, one of the young artists who really got into the spirit of the piece, and did a whole wall, was discovered by then young 20-something dealer, Leo KOENIG, as a result.
At the core of Rirkrit’s aesthetic is the fact that the audience is invited to participate.
In the current piece the audience is asked to participate in a specific historical event – the re-creation of the 303 piece from 1992, . . and eat !
The new production benefits from the open-air aspect afforded by the former garage structure, that is one of the new ZWIRNER storefront galleries.
NEW YORKERS are loving it, and the momentum just keeps growing – its going to be a huge huge HUGE success. The 2 pieces, Rirkrit’s and Gordon Matta-Clark’s brought together, in this large indoor/outdoor/garage open space have just absolutely caught everybodies imagination.
GAVIN BROWN, Rirkrit’s dealer, is co-presenting this exhibit with DAVID ZWIRNER.
and he looked mighty pleased the last time we saw him . . this past Saturday for the DARA FRIEDMAN opening.
GAVIN BROWN, at the opening of DARA FRIEDMAN, ‘Tigertail’, GAVIN BROWN’s enterprise,
West Village, April 14, 2007
Photo: Nancy Smith
. . cooking up the Thai food – RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, ‘Untitled 1992 (Free)’ , co-presented by GAVIN BROWN’s enterprise and DAVID ZWIRNER, at DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY, Chelsea, NYC.
running from: MARCH 21 – MAY 5, 2007
Photo: Nancy Smith, March 31, 2007
(first featured on the artlovers homepage – week of April 10, 2007)
the front of the card for: ‘Gordon Matta-Clark – Rirkrit Tiravanija’
“View during the filming of ‘Open House’, 98 Greene Street, New York, NY 1972”
‘Open House’, a short (and exuberant) film on the building of the MATTA-CLARK container /dumpster dwelling, is projected onto the wall as part of the installation.
It’s high spirits & rough cut images – mix well with the hot Thai food – served up in big steel cannisters on what is fast becoming a big street picnic in Chelsea.
more photos of both the Rirkrit Tiravanija installation, and the Gordon Matta-Clark dumpster & film projection, including some of the construction in an unfinished state: …JUST POSTED.
APRIL 2006 – THE SENSUALISTS – the original report on which the above photo of RIRKRIT first posted
~RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA/sweeps Chelsea/Gavin Brown | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2007, 11:52pm
. . why does mindless rampage killing of young college students in Virginia turn our thoughts to graphic design ? check out the following posts, and you’ll see why, . . in a heartbeat.
. . . starting with a nod to our own NYC college art students, thru a couple of card/invites and finally some (very) sweet, (very) new record & CD artwork. and one very fresh and (quietly) radiant SPACE 1026 installation in Brooklyn.
first up: a lot of young graphic design artist/undergrad students at SVA are intrigued by this site, called –
yokoland, out of Norway – its the work of 2 young graphic designers in Norway.
the above image is the 1st page, actually the cover, of an animated portfolio ‘book’ that opens up to show their designs, and which is featured on their homepage:
young art students now make ‘books’ of their artwork, that they can easily stick under their arms and carry around, pretty much following in the Japanese tradition, rather than the old school – large portfolios & those god awful slides, of yore . . . this website gets the yokoland portfolio book/look – GLOBAL ! in a very lighthanded and lighthearted way.
the young SVA graphic design student who sent recommended the site, wrote:
“Hey check out this website.
It is the website of these 2 young graphic designers in Norway, their work is really
great yet they have a very undesigned website on purpose. just like artlovers !!
Look under latest projects and archive and check out some of their work.”
inspiration. enlightment. art. talent. thought. beauty will out. students rule. don’t draw your guns, draw your art. let light reign, not grief and sorrow for so many young sons & daughters of some very devestated parents tonight. . . America – what up ?
. . . “as we go up we go down . .” – yokoland.
~yokoland.com/Norway | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2007, 9:09pm
