‘Eau-Cactus’ / ‘Water-Cactus’ . . . Baptiste Caccia & Jean-Baptiste Lenglet
Galerie Edouard Escougnou, 7 Rue saint Claude, 75003 Paris, France
up thru . . Sept 21, 2020 / looks to be an additional ‘vernisage’ this Thurs & Fri / Sept 3 & 4 ??
Instagram: @galerie_edouard_escougnou
looks to be . . an amazing show !!
great title . . !!
here’s 2 photos from the gallery’s recent Instagram story !!
left: JEAN-BAPTISTE, painting on glass
right: JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET / BAPTISTE CACCIA / COLLABORATIVE imagery
silkscreen printed by Baptiste Caccia
le gang !!!!
EDOUARD ESCOUGNOU, BAPTISTE CACCIA & JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET
ABOVE PHOTOS . . via Instagram Story @galerie_edouard_escougnou
~JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET / BAPTISTE CACCIA . . ‘EAU-CACTUS’ / GALERIE EDOUARD ESCOUGNOU / PARIS / UP-DATE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 1st, 2020, 7:29am
among the early productions on the Virtual Dream Center archive / 7th up from the bottom
is:
‘UNDER THE VOLCANO’ . . a digital re-creation of an actual indie pop-up of the same name, featuring the 1980s/90s work of SIMON CERIGO (RIP), DAN ASHER (RIP) & myself . . NANCY SMITH, who were all working on the Lower East Side, in its glory days.
Curated by Kate & Theo Cerigo, (Simon & Nancy’s children) the survey exhibit took place in the summer of 2015, running for one huge smash weekend in June, in a large, well-lit storefront in Chinatown, right off Delancey . . on the Bowery. As such it is the first digital re-creation of an actual, archival exhibit on the VDC / Virtual Dream Center platform.
with much thanks to NICHOLAS STEINDORF, who curated & produced the digital version.
(& which is both interactive & free to download / see: VDC homepage)
see: ‘UNDER THE VOLCANO’ – VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER / for more photos & essay clips.
BTW:
the above image is the entry to the actual exhibit . . with Simon’s large ‘Lemon Heads’ t-shirt painting on stretched canvas at left, my spray paint lettering of the title – put directly on the wall the day of, and a typically intense black oil stick ‘portrait/mask’ on treated canvas/paper by Dan.
SIMON CERIGO . . collected, collaged & painted on the pop culture media of the day, including band t-shirts of what was then called ‘new music’ or indie.
SIMON CERIGO . . collages on small stretched canvas. very distressed, even for the day.
NANCY SMITH . . large (blue acrylic paint) drawing / from my early 1980s Tarot card series, and also a self-portrait,
I was pregnant with my daughter, Kate at the time, 1985.
& at right, some large still life, charcoal on paper / all pieces: 38 x 50 in.
DAN ASHER . . oil stick, on large canvas backed paper.
YOU CAN READ: the essay I wrote on the exhibit for VDC / Virtual Dream Center, click here
the invite for the 2015 exhibit – was an archival photo of us back in ca. 1981, in Tribeca.
SIMON CERIGO, DAN ASHER, and myself, NANCY SMITH
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / via VDC platform.
~’UNDER THE VOLCANO: SIMON CERIGO, DAN ASHER, NANCY SMITH’ / VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER / ARCHIVE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 29th, 2020, 9:26am
we know JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET . . .
thru his incredible virtual reality / digital platform for artists . . .
see: VDC / Virtual Dream Center . . !!
don’t miss: the ‘Exhibitions archive’ link . . !!
you may just see – some familiar names . . !!
he is showing some of his own work, in collaboration with BAPTISTE CACCIA,
in a show titled: ‘Eau-cactus’.
opening Sat Aug 29 / and running thru Sept 13, 2020.
Galerie Edouard Escougnou, 7 rue saint Claude, 75003 Paris France
~JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET . . with BAPTISTE CACCIA / ‘EAU-CACTUS’ / GALERIE EDOUARD ESCOUGNOU / PARIS / OPENS SAT AUG 29 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 28th, 2020, 3:34pm
WEAR MASKS !!!
CHARLES WASHINGTON & CHARLIE SMITH / ‘ENTERTAINMENT & HISTORY’
BABA YAGA GALLERY, 5821 NY-9G, HUDSON, NY
OPENS FRI AUG 21, 2020 / 6 – 9 PM
SCOTT KEIGHTLEY, artist / founder-director of BABA YAGA, upstate, writes:
“CHARLIE and CHARLES are two friends of mine who live in Hudson and make art.
Charles makes drawings, usually in a series within broader themes, & Charlie makes sculptures utilizing self-designed open systems.”
~CHARLES WASHINGTON & CHARLIE SMITH / ‘ENTERTAINMENT AND HISTORY’ / BABA YAGA / HUDSON, NY / OPENING FRI AUG 21 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 19th, 2020, 2:21pm
BLINN & LAMBERT / aka NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS
adjusting to life . . in the Pandemic / is a W.I.P. / Work in Progress !!!
and yeah, W.I.P. rhymes with . . . R.I.P.
we ALL took hits.
loved ones, lost opportunities, loser economy. lingering isolation, closed schools, etc. etc.
even, the wake-up calls (BLM / POLICE BRUTALITY) hit – hard.
BLINN & LAMBERT, W.I.P. JULY 22, 2020
image via Instagram @blinn_and_lambert
see: BLINN & LAMBERT / artist website
~BLINN & LAMBERT / W.I. P. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 18th, 2020, 1:38pm
ANTONE KONST, ‘LOVE DOVE’, commissioned by Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
up thru . . NOV 2020.
ANTONE KONST . . recently installed a new large sculpture, commissioned by LIGHTHOUSE WORKS, at the watery entry-way to Fishers Island, NY, a small private island enclave . . accessible only via ferry.
quite a beautiful piece, and not surprising, Antone’s imagination was set free, to sail above the horizons of mind, spirit, and actual land & sea.
composed of something like 1,500+ individual copper discs, the fluttery ‘heart’ must have been inspired by traditional ‘Copper Penny’ . . folk art ?
it’s designed to face & reflect at peak . . the intense glow of the sunset !!
here it is, installed / it looks small in the photo, because . . guess what ?
the ocean is LARGE !!
but look closely, the shiny coppery ‘mobile’ . . is bigger than a house !!
20, or even 30 ft. tall.
whoa !!
but, look !!
that shimmery, fluid copper ‘heart’ . . is actually the metallic back wings, of a cold concrete-looking / stained glass stone sculpture style . . . . totemic / BIRD !!
the dove of the title . . revealed.
it does have an eerie, deep / cold water / Norse sense to it.
like a proud & ancient . . ocean-going boat’s . . Viking figurehead.
and, don’t you wish everybody’s ‘moral compass’ . . was set so solid. true, and straight ?
the body is made from cast cement, which was hand-painted on site.
there is a metal armature supporting the cement.
apparently, Antone actually painted the cement on-site, so he could really narrow down on how the colors . . played with the surroundings. that was such a great, even epic narrative decision, because even from the photos, you can tell they have a real-time ‘reverb’ . . with the cold infinite ocean, and the small outpost island.
it’s not cathedral-colored stained glass, it’s ship-faring ocean colors.
it’s a nice play off the shimmery copper, as well.
the sun-thrown shadows of the wing’s copper discs, throw their own kind of cathedral light – upon the strong, simple bird / a totem-shape, a brave steadfast, look-out bird . . from an old, old fable, from an ancient cold ocean sea-faring land.
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ANTONE KONST, surveys the finished install . . . ‘Love Dove’.
bravo, Antone !!!
ALL PHOTOS ABOVE / BY NICHOLAS STEINDORF, thank you . . . NICK !!
and, in reverse narrative:
ANTONE KONST, took this photo of NICHOLAS STEINDORF.
‘Love Dove installation / Fishers Island, NY
all photos / July 3, 2020
~ANTONE KONST . . ‘LOVE DOVE’ / LIGHTHOUSE WORKS / FISHERS ISLAND, NY / UP THRU NOV |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 31st, 2020, 11:30am
big group show !!
including . . DANIEL GIORDANO.
VIRTUAL GALLERY OPENING — ‘LOOK BACK in WONDER’
OPENS FRI / JULY 17, 2020 . . . . at 5 PM
with a talk by the show’s curators . . . ELIZA PRITZKER & GREG SLICK
go to www.artsmidhudson.org/AMH-gallery . . to RSVP
Arts Mid-Hudson
696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite F, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
clockwise from top left, work by:
XUEWU ZHENG, CAROLE KUNSTADT, LAURA GURTON, DANIEL GIORDANO
‘Look Back in Wonder’ . . will be an online exhibit hosted by Arts Mid-Hudson, curated by ELISA PRIZKER and GREG SLICK. ‘Look Back in Wonder’ deals with the constant human quest through time and how artists respond to it. Whether personal, social or anthropological, the artists’ approach to the past through various media has one thing in common: who are we & where do we come from ?’
~Arts Mid-Hudson
with:
SUSAN BERGER, JACINTA BUNNELL, DANIEL BUZI, MARIEKEN COCHIUS, MIRANDA CRIFO, RICHARD DEON, DANIEL GIORDANO, JEROME GOLDBERG, LAURA GURTON, TOM HACKETT, JUNE HE, SUSAN HENNELLY, CAROLE KUNSTADT, XIN LIU, ZELAD (aka JUDITH Z. MILLER, MARIA MORABITO, CELESTE MORTON, BASHA RUTH NELSON, ROBET OEHL, DENISE M. OEHL, FRANC PALAIA, GINA PETRECCA, ANTONELLA PIEMONTESE, CHRISTINE SCHIAVO, JACKIE SHATZ, SUSAN WALSH, YIHAN YUAN, and XUEWU ZHENG.
NOTE:
DANIEL’S . . . ‘LOOK BACK in WONDER’ contribution seems to be a large scale photo of his half-motocross bike / half-dragon large sculpture, titled ‘My Scorpio’,
which he exhibited at MOTHER GALLERY in Beacon, NY / just about this same time, last summer 2019.
to read more / see: Daniel Giordano in ‘Soft Temple’ group show, Mother Gallery, Beacon / Summer 2019
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘My Scorpio’, 2016-2019.
1970s Husqvarna motocross bikes, deep-fried batter, glazed ceramic mermaids, steel, aluminum, railroad spikes, phosphorescent acrylic, Canadian maple syrup, urinal cake, cattails, epoxy, plastic wrap.
88 x 72 x 74 in.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / artloversnewyork
~’LOOK BACK in WONDER’ . . incl DANIEL GIORDANO / VIRTUAL GALLERY OPENING / Arts Mid-Hudson / FRI JULY 17 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 17th, 2020, 2:17pm
LORNA BAUER . . ‘Do You Like Worms ?’,
GAZEBO.SPACE
BY APPT
4-person show, in Sam’s backyard, DELAWARE
at right: LORNA BAUER, ‘The Silent Hum’, 2020
copper, bronze, Miracle-Gro (TM) patina, leather, brass grommets, hand-dyed rope.
sculpture in three parts, varying dimensions
at left: LORNA BAUER, ‘Everything will be the same as here — only a little bit different’, 2020
hanging with chain from tree branch
detail, ‘The Silent Hum’
LORNA BAUER, ‘Everything will be the same as here — only a little bit different’, 2020
copper, bronze, Miracle-Gro (TM) patina.
113 x 4 x 3 in.
LORNA BAUER, ‘From the Cinnabar’, 2020
leather, brass grommets, jand-dyed rope
varying dimensions
ALL PHOTOS VIA GAZEBO / COURTESY: SAMUEL BOEHM
~Do You Like Worms . . . LORNA BAUER ? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 17th, 2020, 1:30pm
GARRET LOCKHART . . ‘Do You Like Worms ?’,
GAZEBO.SPACE
BY APPT
4-person show, in Sam’s backyard, DELAWARE
GARRETT LOCKHART, ‘Summer Breeze’, 2020
carabiner, wire, twine, metal washer, glockenspiel keys, cork, found glass marble /
23.5 x 4 x 4 in.
ALL PHOTOS VIA GAZEBO / COURTESY: SAMUEL BOEHM
~Do You Like Worms . . . GARRETT LOCKHART ? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 11th, 2020, 2:14pm
TED GAHL . . ‘Do You Like Worms ?’
GAZEBO.SPACE
July 4 – 31, 2020
BY APPT
4-person show, in Sam’s backyard, DELAWARE
TED GAHL, ‘Untitled’, 2020
clay, High Energy (TM) suet package, metal suet cage /
5 x 5 in.
ALL PHOTOS VIA GAZEBO / COURTESY: SAMUEL BOEHM
~Do You Like Worms . . . TED GAHL ? |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 11th, 2020, 2:00pm
