Twinning ? it’s complicated . . !!
especially when you’re stuck at the bottom of a wishing well, and . . talking to a therapy bot.
DREW GILLESPIE . . gives it a shot.
JESSE ARAN GREENBERG / JAG Projects presents a group show . .
‘The First Story: A Show about Twinning’ – running thru FEB 28, 2021
Marinaro Gallery, Sub-Basement
(above 2 images edited from Instagram @jesse_aran_greenberg)
some projects are not made for flat screens !!
watch: the video / @bobo_newyorkcity on Instagram
the text:
“. . . a sculpture of a wishing well about the relationship between 2 identical twin brothers.
the well includes a ‘live’ video feed of a therapy session between a therapist chatbot and a paranoid twin, named Drew Andrews, who is stuck at the bottom of the wishing well.
He is mostly complaining to his therapist about his annoyng twin brother, Andy Andrews, who obsessively follows him around and imitates his every gesture.”
DREW GILLESPIE, “Drewy ‘Good Enough’ Andrews”, 2021
mixed media, dimensions Variable
image via Marinaro Gallery
see: ‘The First Story’ . . Marinaro Gallery
FLASHBACK:
DREW GILLESPIE . . .
BOBO / JAG Projects present . . . ‘MUD FEST’ / Hudson Valley, upstate NY, weekend of July 22-23, 2017.
archival photo: NANCY SMITH, July 23, 2017.
~DREW GILLESPIE . . “Drewy ‘Good Enough’ Andrews” / ‘TWINNING’ / JAG PROJECTS, MARINARO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 4th, 2021, 9:37am
when the deep, dark sub-basement . . . lights up /
can be . . magic.
JESSE ARAN GREENBERG / JAG Projects presents:
‘The First Story: A Show about Twinning’ – a Group Show with:
Sophie Parker, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Lizzie Wright, Luke Barber-Smith, Drew Gillespie (of BOBO), Max Bushman, & Laura Hunt
Jan 28 – Feb 28, 2021
the second in a series of JAG PROJECTS / curated by Jesse Aran Greenberg
hosted by Marinaro Gallery / 1 Oliver St, NY NY 10038
in . . . their Sub-Basement.
FLASHBACK:
JESSE ARAN GREENBERG / JAG Projects
at ‘Mud Fest’, presented by BOBO & JAG Projects / Hudson Valley, upstate NY, July 22-23 weekend of 2017.
archival photo: Nancy Smith, Sunday July 23, 2017.
~JESSE GREENBERG . . is on a roll !! . . . ‘A Show about Twinning’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 29th, 2021, 11:39am
PHIL COTE . . ‘ALMOST EVERYTHING’
up thru . . FEB 13, 2021
HESSE FLATOW
more painterly, than it seems on first impression,
yes . . a Bic lighter can be indeed / a profound meditation.
detail,
PHIL COTE, ‘ Absolute Reality’, 2019.
oil on canvas / 32 x 32 in.
image via Instagram @paintco
Phil . . writes of this painting on his IG page:
“I like thinking about the moment at a concert when everyone puts their lighters (or nowadays phones)
in the air, in a collective expression of euphoric appreciation.”
I was thinking in no order: plastic vs glass / expressionism vs realism / flame vs spark / euphoria crowd vs vandalism riot /
change vs entropy & finally, when I first came to stay in NYC, seeing Gerhard Richter candle paintings in the early 80s, and thinking: this guy is going to be very famous.
~PHIL COTE . . ‘ABSOLUTE REALITY’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 16th, 2021, 2:17pm
and then, there was . . . light.
ok, maybe . . . a Bic lighter ?
PHIL COTE . . ‘ALMOST EVERYTHING’
curated by JESSE GREENBERG / JAG Projects
opens Thurs Jan 14 / 4 – 8 PM
the show is up thru . . FEB 13, 2021
get appt / timed entry tickets from the gallery
HESSE FLATOW, 508 WEST 26TH ST, CHELSEA NYC 10001
HRS: Tues-Sat 11-6
PHIL COTE , ‘Absolute Reality’, 2019.
oil on canvas, 32 x 32 in.
image via Hesse Flatow
“a title . . which emerged from a soft concept hinging on self-awareness & coinciding with moments of inner peace;
a survey of our shared experiences, magical or otherwise.”
~PHIL COTE / @paintco on Instagram
see: PHIL COTE – ARTIST WEBSITE /
see: @PAINTCO / Instagram
ART LOVERS / COSMIC . . . FLASHBACK !!!!!
BOBO . . .
from left: singer DREW GILLESPIE, NICK PAYNE on keyboards & PHIL COTE on guitar
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, NYC / March 24, 2007
I first encountered BOBO, a wild, at that time Philly-based 3 person artist-performance band / art collective.
by sheer luck, I had stumbled upon them at their very first NYC gig, at some after-party in a huge old dive bar,
in the East Village. they were dressed as old timey newspaper boys.
the crowd grew quickly & alarmingly, from 12 fans to a packed packed house.
everybody jumping up and down to the music so hard – on an old creaking wood floor, they NYC floors – used to be.
I thought – seriously !! the floor was about to give way at any moment.
PHIL COTE, at the most incredible / BOBO & JESSE GREENBERG produced . . ‘Hot Mud Fest’, summer of 2017 !!
at the rambling farm where BOBO has relocated in Hudson Valley, N.Y.
a weekend of on-site . . crazy great art, poetry, yes, even pond wading & a pop-up BBQ from Brooklyn.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, HUDSON Valley, NYC / July 23, 2017
~PHIL COTE . . ‘ALMOST EVERYTHING’ / CURATED BY JESSE GREENBERG / HESSE FLATOW / OPENING THURS JAN 14 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 13th, 2021, 3:21pm
9 days into 2021 . . ?
& whaaaaaaaaa…………….
where’s . . . the turn-off switch ?
JONNY CAMPOLO, ‘Turn-On’.
leaded colored glass / posted on IG Dec 26, 2020
image via IG @jonnycampolo
two different boots / two different colored hands ?
one body.
is it a stretch . . to say: a divided USA ?
vibrant, intense, but dysfunctional. or at least . . troubled. opaque.
apparently, if you read about the founding fathers, nothing much is . . new.
I’m thinking, for whatever that’s worth (!!),
it’s not the concept of ‘country’ per se /
it’s more . . human nature. and that’s nano/bio human nature as well: cells vs cells.
but I mean just generally, left all alone on an island, a person would prob hang themselves.
unless maybe they started star-gazing, making friends with the stars, or the fish / or making some kind of art.
it’s always . . war vs creation.
and then . . there was light.
~JONNY CAMPOLO . . . ON / OFF SWITCH |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 9th, 2021, 12:24pm
just 5 days in & 2021 isn’t exactly going the way we hoped / fake psychic media narrative, I . . guess ?!!
2 words: Rapid Corona
so, what I want to know is: what’s . . DNA vs RNA ?!!
PETER SUTHERLAND, MAIL ART: ‘Tree Rings’.
ink jet on mesh decal over c-print / 9 x 6 in.
image via Instagram @petersutherland / posted Jan 3, 2021
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘PSYCHIC / TREE RINGS’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2021, 11:16am
Happy New Year, y’all
this sentiment – we take to be true, and most . . critical.
PETER SUTHERLAND, MAIL ART: ‘Pop Up Earth’.
ink jet on mesh decal over c-print / 9 x 6 in.
image via Instagram @petersutherland / posted Jan 3, 2021
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘Our Home Take Care’, 2021 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2021, 11:06am
Interview with . . . BLINN & LAMBERT / NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS
>>tune in at: www.holocenter.org
~’EDGE OF LIGHT’ . . Interview with BLINN & LAMBERT / SAT DEC 19 / 2:30 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 19th, 2020, 9:55am
PIX FROM A BLACK LIGHT EXHIBIT . . !!
A MOST DYNAMIC . . REALIST, FUTURISTIC, EXPERIMENTAL, & DIVERSE GROUP SHOW
THAT RUNS FROM SCIENCE THRU SCI FI . . . & BACK TO COMMUNITY PROTEST & CLIMATE CHANGE !!
‘EDGE OF LIGHT’ . . . A GROUP SHOW
CURATED BY . . JONATHAN SIMS
PRESENTED BY . . CENTER for the HOLOGRAPHIC ARTS
CULTURE LAB at THE PLAXAL GALLERY, 5-25 46th Ave, LIC / LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS, NYC
DEC 3 – 27, 2020
timed entry from 5 – 9 PM / Thursdays, Saturdays & Sundays
book free at holocenter.org
def, check out / more info: ARTISTS’ PAGE – ‘EDGE OF LIGHT’ / HOLOCENTER / SCROLL DOWN !!
YES !!
I GOT TO SEE THE EXHIBIT . . . IRL !!
BLINN & LAMBERT / NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS . .
with their stereoscopic installation . . ‘NNAATTUURRAA MMOORRTTAA’
“Get Your Anaglyph Glasses . . On !!”
BLINN & LAMBERT, ‘NNAATTUURRAA MMOORRTTAA’ . . .
stretched across an eeennntire wall . . !!
EMMA HENDRY, ‘FOREST FIRE’.
“I use neon & LED lighting to make objects . . . in nature, seem surreal.”
firrrrreeeyy !! flowery !! detail . . . for sure !!
EMMA HENDRY, ‘FOREST FIRE’.
RACHEL GUARDIOLA, ‘VEGA Project / Bio-MYNE’
“A signal goes out and makes contact from a location that is unknown.
Projections of Madame Vega a bio-pirate comes through.”
read more narrative: Rachel Guardiola / ‘VEGA ..’ / HOLOCENTER
foreground: NOOSHIN ROSTAMI . .
NOOSHIN ROSTAMI, ‘ZAMAN’.
“Between physically shaping and shining light on an idea I get lost myself.”
outside the gallery, in real . . (kind-of-bright-wintery) daylight / SHOHEI KATAYAMA,
“a Japanese American artist living in Pittsburgh, PA / Pennsylvania.”
SHOHEI KATAYAMA, ‘Ancient Voices’.
an . . “Installation with Strontium Aluminate, Kopp Glass 40 filters, UV light, audio of deep-sea / surge glacier currents captures captured via goPro, sea sponges.”
see: a better rendition at Shohei Katayama / ‘Ancient Voices’ / Holocenter
KAMARI CARTER & JULIAN DAY, ‘Blissville’.
“within a darkened gallery, ‘HMS NT HTLS HOMES NOT HOTELS’ sizzles in bright neon . . .
the phrase quotes a sign from a recent protest in Blissvile , a ‘forgotten neighbourhood within Long Island City in which long term residents oppose the erection of a third homeless hotel branded as a short-term shelter.”
note: a full-color video runs on a small screen to the right, on the adjoining wall.
KAMARI CARTER & JULIAN DAY, ‘Blissville’ video / footage
KAMARI CARTER & JULIAN DAY, ‘BLISSVILLE’ video / footage
JONATHAN SIMS, the curator of ‘EDGE OF LIGHT’ /
a totally dynamic, diverse, visionary & . . in it’s own way: immersive . . exhibit.
def, go see the entire show – in its own (dark) light / not everything can be caught on camera, least of all . . . LIGHT !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / SOME PIX from the ADVANCE VIEWING / SUN NOV 28, 2020
~’EDGE OF LIGHT’ . . PHOTOS FROM the EXHIBIT !! / IRL !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 19th, 2020, 9:52am
A ‘DARK SPACE EXHIBITION’ . . . !!
HOLOCENTER NYC / CENTER of HOLOGRAPHIC ARTS
PRESENTS: ‘EDGE OF LIGHT’ . . .
“Explore a series of installations created by artists working with light as a material & medium.
Sculptural projections have been created on-site by combining digital and optical manipulation with precision-made and found objects.
Light is deconstructed, shaped, and streamed in these stunning new works.”
the exhibit runs from DEC 3 – DEC 27, 2020
this diverse, fascinating, & often radical group show . . .
which yes !!, I did get to see . . via a private advance viewing last Sunday /
is curated by . . visual artist JONATHAN SIMS / @chromadetic on Instagram
is presented by the (roving) HOLOCENTER NYC / CENTER of HOLOGRAPHIC ARTS
at the . . CULTURE LAB LIC at THE PLAXALL GALLERY, 5-25 46th Ave, LIC, LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS NYC
is an interesting / large, and somewhat raw indie, non-for profit venue . . in, and of itself.
more community, than commercial platform – for sure / with a river – running by it !!
a great city views, & not to forget . . sometimes / live music, and a great taco truck, too !!
see: Culture Lab LIC at The Plaxall Gallery, LIC / FB
because of the resurgent Covid numbers / there will be a . . . VIRTUAL OPENING !!
tonight – THURS DEC 3, 2020 at 7 PM !!
see here: for details.
otherwise: book free entry / timed visits: at holocenter.org
and, most def check out: HOLOCENTER NYC / CENTER of HOLOGRAPHIC ARTS
~’EDGE OF LIGHT’ . . HOLOCENTER NYC / PLAXALL GALLERY LIC / VIRTUAL OPENING: THURS DEC 3 at 7 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2020, 10:56am
