MOLLY SODA . . opened her second solo show at JACK BARRETT last weekend, too.
MOLLY SODA . . ‘YOU GOT THIS’
MARCH 1 – APRIL 19, 2020
JACK BARRETT GALLERY, Chinatown / Lower East Side
see: MOLLY SODA – ‘YOU GOT THIS / JACK BARRET GALLERY
MOLLY SODA . . . at her opening last Sunday March 1st,
with her video, ‘MY DESKTOP DECOR . . .’ / .
MOLLY SODA, ‘MY DESKTOP DECOR *RELAXING*’, 2019.
Video, 10 minutes 36 seconds / 1920 x 1080.
Dimensions variable / Ed. of 3 + 1 AP.
note: Haley Josephs exhibit, was in the adjoining main room to the right.
the 2 exhibits were an exceptional – pairing !!
both very personal, very art – focused / yet very very different.
esp with regards to graphics, plasticity, and of course: narrative.
while Haley’s exhibit was looking back . . at childhood, and childhood coming to an end / and maybe not so happily, but very profoundly.
MOLLY’S show was very minimalist . . and super clean / in other words a germ-free .. FUTURE VISION !!!!
but, still human ‘feelings’ . . dominate.
MOLLY SODA, ‘How I Stopped Being Self Conscious And Caring What People Think About Me’, 2020.
vinyl window, vinyl decals, window box, weeds /
24 x 36 in.
MOLLY SODA, ‘it just smells like literally like you’re sitting on the beach drinking a margarita and you’re loving your life
and you’re super rich and like you own a yacht’, 2020.
End cap shelf, soy candles
Dimensions variable.
oh oh / . .
somebody’s licking the ‘open’ product – call the cops !!!
PATRICK MOHUNDRO !!!!!!
he finally made it out of Hunter, and in one piece !!
besides some seriously intense & strange work, including a Soho sidewalk pop-up series / he also curated some pretty whack great art shows in the past few years, incl. the ground-breaking,’THE BIG SHORT’ /
a very inspired group show of 9 ‘alternative’ / very indie curatorial projects / which he co-curated with also then fellow Hunter MFA student, EMILY JANOWICK . . which took place in the Hunter Artists Institute basement office uptown.
see: ‘The BIG SHORT’ – artloversnewyork, FEB 2018
you can see, if you can / most probably temporarily closed to public right now ??
not sure. they seemed pretty Covid-ready for the opening 2 nights ago / wipes, fresh air from windows, etc. etc.
oh no: just checked TEMPORARILY CLOSED !!
Patrick’s work in the new group show ‘ARTISTS’ TOOLS’ / at Special Special NYC
44 E. 1st St, West Storefront, NYC / March 12 – May 3, 2020.
it looks pretty . . smazing !!
you can catch a virtual tour on their IG / @specialspecialnewyork
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~MOLLY SODA . . ‘YOU GOT THIS’ / JACK BARRETT / PIX FROM THE OPENING / incl. PATRICK MOHUNDRO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 14th, 2020, 10:30am
NICHOLAS STEINDORF of Virtual Dream Center & . . . the women of Precog,
GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ, KELLIE KONAPELSKY / front: FLORENCIA ESCUDERO.
at the opening of . . .
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘Paintings and Drawings for Childhood’s End’ /
JACK BARRETT GALLERY / March 1, 2020.
that March 1st weekend turned out to be the last window of time, for public gatherings in NYC.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER x PRECOG / HALEY JOSEPHS OPENING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 14th, 2020, 10:17am
file: in these frightening days . . childhood is worth contemplating.
though these paintings & drawings began as more personal explorations / December 2019 Wuhan China happened.
though, of course – really, it’s all about the expressive ‘maximalist’ painting,
which includes . . choice of ‘hot button’ subject matter / color, plasticity, etc.
Pix from the opening / March 1, 2020.
HALEY JOSEPHS . . . ‘Paintings & Drawings for Childhood’s End’
up thru . . . APRIL 19, 2020
JACK BARRETT, 73 HENRY ST / LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
HRS: WED-SUN / 12-6 PM
more info & images: HALEY JOSEPHS ‘PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS …’ / JACK BARRETT GALLERY WEBSITE
HALEY JOSEPHS at the opening, which was packed !!
behind her a large drawing on paper / in an artist-made frame, which she fabricated
especially – for this show.
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘Hand on the Grindstone Heart on the Flower Eye on the Light’, 2020.
colored pencil on paper.
50 x 58 in.
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘There Lives in Me an Image of All That I Should be’, 2020.
oil on canvas.
60 x 60 in.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~HALEY JOSEPHS . . ‘PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS for CHILDHOOD’S END ‘ / JACK BARRETT / PIX FROM THE OPENING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 7th, 2020, 8:50am
HALEY JOSEPHS . . .
‘Paintings and Drawings for Childhood’s End’
OPENS SUN MARCH 1 / 6 – 8 PM
and continues thru . . APRIL 19, 2020
JACK BARRETT GALLERY, 73 HENRY ST / LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC 10002
HRS: WED-SUN / 12-6 PM
READ MORE: & SEE MORE IMAGES !! / HALEY JOSEPHS – JACK BARRETT
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘One and Many Are the Same’, 2019
Oil on Canvas / 60 x 60 in.
image via JACK BARRETT
~HALEY JOSEPHS . . ‘PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS for CHILDHOOD’S END’ / JACK BARRETT / OPENS SUN MARCH 1 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 29th, 2020, 12:06pm
HALEY JOSEPHS / YALE OPEN STUDIO / MFA PROGRAM
APRIL 27, 2013
HALEY JOSEPHS – WIP / WORK IN PROGRESS / YALE MFA OPEN STUDIO 2013
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~HALEY JOSEPHS . . . YALE MFA OPEN STUDIO 2013 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 29th, 2020, 11:54am
last week, in the WALL STREET JOURNAL . . . Pg. A12 / LIFE & ARTS SECTION, FEB 18, 2020.
“JORDAN CASTEEL’S 2013 portrait ‘Mom’, above, drew at least five bidders, selling for $670,000, a record price
for the painter . . . doubling it’s high estimate / when it kicked off CHRISTIE’S recent sale of contemporary art, in LONDON”.
PHOTO: of WSJ / CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD / FEB 18, 2020 . . . .
JORDAN CASTEEL, YALE OPEN STUDIO MFA PROGRAM / SPRING 2013
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / APRIL 27, 2013
JORDAN CASTEEL, YALE OPEN STUDIO MFA PROGRAM / SPRING 2013 / WALL OF WORK & WORKS in PROGRESS
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / APRIL 27, 2013
and, YES !!
I did catch . . ‘MOM’ . . !!!!
JORDAN CASTEEL, YALE OPEN STUDIO MFA PROGRAM / SPRING 2013
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / APRIL 27, 2013
JORDAN CASTEEL / 1st YEAR
YALE OPEN STUDIO MFA PROGRAM / SPRING 2013
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / YALE OPEN STUDIO MFA PROGRAM – APRIL 27, 2013
‘JORDAN CASTEEL: WITHIN REACH’ . . now up at the NEW MUSEUM, NYC
the 1st solo museum exhibit of her work in NYC /
JORDAN CASTEEL b. 1989 / Denver, Colorado
see: ‘JORDAN CASTEEL: WITHIN REACH’ – EXHIBIT / NEW MUSEUM
SAT FEB 29, 2020 / 3 PM
FEATURED EVENT / NEW MUSEUM
JORDAN CASTEEL in conversation with MASSIMILIANI GIONI / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of the NEW MUSEM
see: more info / NEW MUSEUM
~JORDAN CASTEEL . . IN THE NEWS / YALE MFA OPEN STUDIO 2013 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 26th, 2020, 10:59am
LAST WEEK – TO CATCH . . . !!
DANIEL GIORDANO’S MIGHTY POETIC / SOLO SHOW at . . . at HOFSTRA !!
DANIEL GIORDANO . . . ‘HERMETIC PERVERSIONS: A CHARMING NIGHT WITH VICKI VERMICELLI’
JAN 29 – SUNDAY MARCH 1, 2020
ROSENBERG GALLERY, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11549
note:the poster & text via ROSENBERG GALLERY, HOFSTRA
note: the black & white photo of upstate Hudson River, NY – is from Daniel’s childhood family photo album.
installation shot
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Study For Brother [M’Mubbafuggen Semi-Crunchy Satyr Adonis Asian Meatball Lovin’ Hero
(Foreva-Eva. Foreva-Eva?])’, 2016-2019.
Mascarpone, aluminum, glazed ceramic, plastic wrap, Tang drink mix, Shag carpet, epoxy, medicated itch powder,
acrylic polymer emulsion, phosphorescent acrylic, TruckNutz, enamel, nail polish, starch, wood, loose leaf binder clip,
casein, silicon, gold leaf, variegated leaf, copper leaf, glitter, butterfly wings, artificial tooth.
47.5 x 14.5 x 28 in. / includes pedestal
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Cannoli (My Artax)’, 2016-2020.
Glazed ceramic, bison, braided cord, Tang drink mix, epoxy, Stetson hatbox
23 x 18 x 15 in.
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Cannoli (Careless Whisper III)’, 2016-2018,
Glazed ceramic, goat skin cock rings, Tang drink mix, artificial navel orange, canned tomatoes, epoxy.
48 x 6 x 5.5 in.
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Self-Portrait as my Brother as the Weeper Who Weeps Under the Weeping Willow’, 2016-2019.
Moisturizing face mask, lady bugs, glazed ceramic, iron ore, Murano glass, limestone, strawberry Nesquik powder,
debris, tape, epoxy, phosphorescent acrylic, urine, wire hanger, hardware.
14 x 10 x 12 in.
DANIEL GIORDANO, JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NJ
aka artlovers HQ
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, FEB 17, 2020
ALL ART IMAGES: COURTESY of DANIEL GIORDANO / & THE POSTER/TEXT . . via HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
PHOTO of DANIEL GIORDANO: NANCY SMITH, JERSEY CITY NJ / FEB 17, 2020
~DANIEL GIORDANO / ‘HERMETIC PERVERSIONS . . .’ / HOFSTRA / LAST WEEK . . !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 25th, 2020, 10:04am
TO-NITE !!!!! FRI FEB 21 / 6-8 PM
THE LAUNCH of:
PRECOG MAGAZINE ISSUE #5 . . . &
PRECOG x VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER: A PRECOG COLLABORATION WITH THE VDC / NICHOLAS STEINDORF & JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET /
DIGITAL ONLINE PROJECT / WHOSE ARCHIVAL PLATFORM is run as an INTERACTIVE ‘GAME ENGINE’ . . !!
COME . . CELEBRATE COLLABORATIONS !!
COME . . CELEBRATE ‘HARD COPY’ .. X .. ‘DIGITAL ONLINE INTERACTIVE GAME ENGINE’ . . !!
COME . . PLAY THE WONDERFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN . . . PRECOG – & – VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER . . !!
COME FLIP . . THE PAGES of a richly illustrated / BIG CURATORIAL MAGAZINE / HARD COPY BOOK . . !!
COME STEP . . FROM DYNAMIC INFORMATIVE / WRITTEN TEXT & ILLUSTRATION . . INTO DYNAMIC INFORMATIVE / VIRTUAL REALITY TRANSFORMATION . . !!
at the BIG !! launch event to-nite for:
PRECOG MAGAZINE ISSUE 5: BUBBLE ORCHESTRA / A HUGE CURATORIAL GATHERING of MANY DIVERSE & DYNAMIC – COLLABORATIVE MINDS !!
with . . . PERFORMANCE by ROSANA CABAN & DANI MARI / 7 PM / SOUND INSTALLATION by ROSANA CABAN !!
& COME PLAY / THE ‘PRECOG x VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER . . BUBBLE ORCHESTRA’ / VIRTUAL REALITY GAME ENGINE !!
LAUNCH: PRINTED MATTER / 38 ST. MARKS PLACE / LOWER EAST SIDE NYC 10003
AFTER-PARTY: BEVERLY’S / 21 ESSEX ST. / SOUTH STORE / LOWER EAST SIDE NYC 10002
with SHRAF / ASHRAF RIJAL . . & NODE !!
see: Precog Magazine Issue 5 / Virtual Dream Center – PRINTED MATTER
note: VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER announces it’s new ‘exhibition’ download – ‘BUBBLE ORCHESTRA’ /
VDC x PRECOG / VDC 4.1 x PRECOG MAGAZINE ISSUE 5
AVAILABLE FREE / FOR BOTH PC & MAC
DOWNLOAD HERE: VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER.XYZ / ENG
YOU CAN ORDER: PRECOG ISSUE #5 / $30 ONLINE / PRECOG STORE
~PRECOG x VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER / BIG LAUNCH PARTY / PRINTED MATTER ST. MARKS PL. / FRI FEB 21 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 21st, 2020, 10:20am
OVER UNDER ROOM PRESENTS:
‘ORCHID PARTY’ – NEW WORK by ANDREW GUENTHER
OPENS THURS FEB 20 / 6 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . MARCH 22, 2020
OVER UNDER ROOM / PILGRIM SURF & SUPPLY, 68 N. 3rd ST, BROOKLYN
HRS: WEEKDAYS 12 – 8 PM / WEEKENDS 11 AM – 7 PM
some new works in the show . . .
image via IG @andrewguenther_art
ANDREW GUENTHER . . . at the opening of a big craft / art group show he curated & organized / last year,
at ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY, called ‘BIG RINGER’. it was huge. and groundbreaking in many ways.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, APRIL 27, 2019.
see: ‘BIG RINGER’ / APRIL 27 – JUNE 8, 2019 . . . curated by ANDREW GUENTHER /
over 100+ artists create their take on the ‘engagement ring’ / ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY
Andrew aka EAT THE LEAF, like many of us straddles both worlds / craft & art.
or maybe that is just: ONE WORLD !!
skills, content & . . mindset.
looking at the new work, image above / it appears that his ‘craft’ – jewelry-making, is coming full-on into his painterly side,
and all the better for it.
these seem to be mobile, kinetic free-standing / small metalallic sculptures, rather that his traditional painting on canvas work.
see: ANDREW GUENTHER – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
see: EAT THE LEAF & STORE
ANDREW GUENTHER PENDANT / EAT THE LEAF COLLECTION
image via EAT THE LEAF
~ANDREW GUENTHER . . ‘ORCHID PARTY’ / OVER UNDER ROOM / PILGRIM SURF & SUPPLY / BROOKLYN / OPENS THURS FEB 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 20th, 2020, 2:29pm
‘RELATIVE FIELDS in a GARDEN’ . . . by HEIDI HOWARD & LIZ PHILLIPS
OCT 7, 2018 – FEB 16, 2020
QUEENS MUSEUM
PHOTOS FROM THE CLOSING EVENT – SUN FEB 16, 2020
QUEENS MUSEUM assistant curator . . . SOPHIA MARISA LUCAS,
with the large mural, hand-painted by HEIDI HOWARD, and elements of the immersive / audio by LIZ PHILLIPS, behind her.
‘RELATIVE FIELDS in a GARDEN’ . . was organized by Ms. Lucas along with artist BASEERA KHAN.
support for the project was provided by AGNES GUND.
part of the beauty of the piece, was experiencing how it fit into the open, airy, steel & glass museum,
with natural light flooding through large windows & skylights.
the bamboo ‘pipes’ hanging from the ceiling – are part of the ‘audio’ component / an interactive ‘sonic’ landscape.
I believe they hold the ambient light ‘sensors’ ?
LIZ PHILLIPS . . “spends much time tending to and recording in her urban garden in Sunnyside, Queens. She captures shifts to the sonic landscape that correspond to changes in its physical conditions. In this process, she employs deep listening & recording as a way of learning,
and over many years has developed a keen attunement to the rhythmic cycles & intersections of her home – from bird species to
traffic flow. Her speakers emphasize & manipulate these subtleties, playing a continuously modulating composition which uses sensors
to respond to the progression & intensity of sunlight across the wall.”
~QUEENS MUSEUM
HEIDI HOWARD’S . . “paintings depict friends & loved ones (often fellow artist) in ways that convey not just the characteristics of her sitters, but also her relationships to them & their work. In ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’, her wall mural images 3 generations of women. With fantastical flora that bridge representation & abstraction, and sculptural elements including ceramic flowers, dried bamboo, and birch veneer,
the work transitions through the seasons, moving from left to right.”
~QUEENS MUSEUM
note: the large drawing of a woman tending a garden, is her mother, who is the audio artist / Liz Phillips.
so it really is . . . ‘Relative Fields’ .. in a Garden !!
it’s always really fresh & authentic, when ‘institutions’ in particular, can relate to . . intimate relationships, esp among women,
without feeling they will compromise . . their ‘seriousness’.
I’m thinking . . . this detail, so vivid with its 3D ‘ornamentation’, such as ceramic flowers that petal outwards /
must be . . Heidi’s grandmother / as the museum writings – refer to 3 generations ?
“The 3D elements animate the painting aurally as well as visually. Chosen for their resonant material qualities,
Phillips has turned them into speakers for her field recordings by connection them to transducers, which convert
electrical signals into tactile sound.”
~QUEENS MUSEUM
HEIDI HOWARD, with her mural.
LIZ HOWARD, at left, with her daughter, artist HEIDI HOWARD at right.
LIZ PHILLIPS, . . a pioneer in the audio arts / “has been making interactive sound installations for over 4 decades.”
GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ . . co-editor of PRECOG MAGAZINE,
joined them at the closing event / panel.
Heidi Howard & Liz Phillips / and their ‘Relative Fields in a Garden’ project, are some of the artists featured in the newest Issue #5 of . . Precog / launching at Printed Matter, St. Marks Place – this Fri Feb 21, 2020.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF, of VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER ,
joined the panel, which focused on artist collaborations.
apart from his collaboration with JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET, based in Paris / of VDC,
he is also a collaborative partner with KYLE WILLIAMS in their digital arts project: BLINN & LAMBERT.
note: as well as featuring ‘Relative Dreams in a Garden’, in their new curatorial issue / Precog also collaborated with VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER, to produce the issue . . as a game engine / digital project / on the VDC platform,
with the technical & creative help of Nicholas Steindorf.
pictured on the screen . . is the ‘Relative Dreams in a VR Garden’ immersive ‘game’.
all downlaods on the VDC platform – are free / download here: VDC / VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER.
in the audience, FLORENCIA ESCUDERO, another co-editor of Precog Magazine.
and at left, KELLIE KONAPELSKY, the third Precog co-editor.
see: PRECOG MAGAZINE
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~’RELATIVE FIELDS in a GARDEN ‘ . . CLOSING EVENT / with PRECOG & VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER / QUEENS MUSEUM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 20th, 2020, 9:36am
