so, what’s up with bubbling food, yolks, or water . . in glass containers ?

CARLA PEREZ GALLARDO
@babayagagallery: There is a hornet on Carla Perez Gallardo’s artwork today.
image via Instagram @babayagagallery
HUDSON GRAND BUFFET / 90 GREEN ST. / MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND & runs thru . . June 2019
Open Weekends & By Appointment
BABA YAGA GALLERY, HUDSON, NY 12534
~CARLA PEREZ GALLARDO . . HUDSON GRAND BUFFET / BABA YAGA, HUDSON, NY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 29th, 2019, 1:02pm
if you can’t be there, Instagram can be your next best buddy.

HOMER SYNDER, interactive install / community project.
@babayagagallery: come paint Homer’s house.
image via Instagram @babayagagallery
HUDSON GRAND BUFFET / 90 GREEN ST. GROUP SHOW / MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND & runs thru . . June 2019
Open Weekends & By Appointment
BABA YAGA GALLERY, HUDSON, NY 12534
~HOMER SYNDER . . HUDSON GRAND BUFFET / BABA YAGA, HUDSON, NY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 29th, 2019, 12:54pm
HUGE BLAST THIS WEEKEND . . . HUDSON VALLEY !!
BIG GROUP SHOW (as in HUGE !!!) at 90 GREEN ST, HUDSON. NY. 12534
HUDSON GRAND BUFFET & PULVERS GLASS
OPENING FRI MAY 24 / 6 PM – LATE
EXHIBIT OPEN SAT MAY 25 TILL 8 PM / PERFORMANCES TBA
EXHIBIT OPEN THRU THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
& CONTINUES . . THRU JUNE ON WEEKENDS & BY APPOINTMENT
AFTER-PARTY SAT MAY 25 at HALF MOON BAR / 8 PM
for: COMPLETE LIST of ARTISTS / BABA YAGA GALLERY
PRESENTED BY SCOTT KEIGHTLEY / BABA YAGA GALLERY, HUDSON
most def, check out: BABA YAGA GALLERY, HUDSON



~BABA YAGA . . ROCKIN’ THE VALLEY / MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND / OPENING FRI MAY 24 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 24th, 2019, 7:42am
subtext: COLOR BLOCK / as in . . GRAPHIC DESIGN – ASCENDING
subtext: GRAPHIC DESIGN / CRAFT: POSTER / EXHIBIT FLYER
subtext: THE COLOR: GREEN / KEEPS ON ASCENDING / & IN MORE HUES / well, there’s always: hope.
subtext: GREEK MYTHOLOGY, SORROWFUL – ASCENDING
subtext: ‘ASPHODEL’ – ASCENDING / I’m thinking: my deepest saddest regrets on your passing, (Mother) Earth.
see: ‘ASPHODEL MEADOWS’ – AFTERLIFE DESTINATION of ordinary souls
Question: is ‘Afterlife’ – a craft ?
& last, but not least . . .
subtext: TORONTO !! – ASCENDING !!
MOTHER CULTURE TORONTO . . . !! / MOTHER CULTURE INTERNATIONAL . . . !!
is pleased to present . . .
‘ASPHODEL MEADOWS’ . . . a destination group exhibition by: Laurie Kang, Katie Lyle and Jenine Marsh /
organized by: CALEB DUNHAM
ONE DAY ONLY: THURS MAY 23, 2019
on view from: 3 – 6 PM
The Swap Shop – 487 Spadina Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2T4

event flyer image via Instagram @motherculture.love

MOTHER CULTURE . . . is a platform for contemporary art & media, staging exhibitions internationally
def, come see: about . . . Mother Culture
~LAURIE KANG, KATIE LYLE, JENINE MARSH . . ‘ASPHODEL MEADOWS’ / MOTHER CULTURE, TORONTO / THURS MAY 23 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 23rd, 2019, 9:19am
subtext: COLOR BLOCK – ascending
subtext: industrial / commercial housing
subtext: environment
subtext: craft / photography + house building / book making + graphic design

PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘NEW PROMISE LAND INC.’, 2019
published by ETUDES BOOKS, PARIS / limited edition of 300
text / Interview by LOLA KRAMER
more info: ‘NEW PROMISE LAND INC’ / PETER SUTHERLAND / ETUDES BOOKS No. 20 . . . . HARD COVER, FIRST EDITION, MARCH 2019
note: available at select indie / art bookshops – NYC.


above 3 images via Instagram @petersutherland

image via Instagram @etudesbooks / Blue Books
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘New Promise Land Inc.’ / Etudes Books, Paris |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 23rd, 2019, 8:38am
subtext: EMILY JANOWICK aka @pleather_mommy / Instagram – ascending
subtext: ‘Mother’ culture – ascending, & sure enough, see: Mother Culture – 2 posts above !!
subtext: ‘craft-based’ art, as in . . edible pill-making (/!!) – ascending to conceptual art
subtext: ‘color block’ – aka bold color graphics – ascending
subtext: graphic design – ascending
if . . .
you are in a David vs Goliath kind of mood-y, this is your anti-Whitney tonic.
actually they go pretty well together / this weekend’s study in . . art world / yin yang.
EMILY JANOWICK’S ‘WATER WORKS’ . . . at PATRICK MOHUNDRO’s Soho street corner pop-up: pad_gallery
Sat May 18, 2019 / 11 am – Sunset / Wooster & Spring ?
as pop-up / cutting edge, and stubbornly indie rebel – as it gets / esp in Soho, esp these days. this decade, whatever !!

EMILY JANOWICK / ‘Vitamin Shoppe’
and no, the corner ain’t named after the Sacklers !!
@pleather_mommy: “Eat my drawings this Saturday @pad_gallery ! ‘WATER WORKS’ – they’re nontoxic”.
image via Instagram @pleather_mommy (Emily Janowick)

EMILY JANOWICK . . .

EMILY JANOWICK . . .

EMILY JANOWICK – magic brew in a glass jar.
all 3 images via Instagram @pleather_mommy

pad_gallery / Wooster & Spring . .
typical set-up.
image via Instagram @pad_gallery
~EMILY JANOWICK . . ‘WATER WORKS’ / pad_gallery, Soho / pop-up today !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 18th, 2019, 9:49am
‘DAISY CHAIN’ . . the inaugural exhibit / of new artist-run gallery: A.D.
OPENS FRI MAY 17 / 6 – 9 PM
runs thru . . . JUNE 23, 2019
A.D. / ANNO DOMINI / 19 MONROE ST, L.E.S. / CHINATOWN, NYC / BASEMENT
HRS: SAT & SUN: 1 – 6 PM & BY APPOINTMENT
featuring work by:
MAGGIE LEE, CLAIR MOREY, MITCHELL ALGUS, ERNST YOHJI JAGER, NIKHOLIS PLANCK
A.D. > > > is a new gallery project presented by: PHILIP HINGE, NICHOLAS SULLIVAN & NICK IRZYK.

FLYER IMAGE BY: NICHOLAS SULLIVAN

A.D. / BEST GALLERY LOGO – IN A LONG TIME (!!)
~’DAISY CHAIN’ . . A.D. INAUGURAL EXHIBIT / OPENS FRI MAY 17 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 16th, 2019, 1:03pm
‘MAY WEST’ at VICKI PROJECTS, NEWBURGH, NY
3 Montreal-based artists: LORNA BAUER, SIMON BELLEAU, MEGANE VOGHELL
. . . UP THRU JUNE 1, 2019

SIMON BELLEAU, ‘The Prey’, 2019.
wood cane handle / 4 x 2.5 x 4 in.

SIMON BELLEAU. ‘The Dresser’, 2019.
wood / 48 x 24 x 9 in.

SIMON BELLEAU, ‘The Table’, 2019.
wood table, MEGANE VOGHELL drawing, avocado pit /48 x 36 x 22 in.

MEGANE VOGHELL, ‘Arbre, trampoline et bete (entre l’arbre et le graine)’, 2019.
pencil, grahite, charcoal. gouache, dry pastel, oil pastel & acrylic on paper / 11 x 14 in.
note: all images via VICKI PROJECTS

check out: SIMON BELLEAU – WEBSITE

check out: MEGANE VOGHELL – FLICKR
~SIMON BELLEAU, MEGANE VOGHELL . . ‘MAY WEST’ / VICKI PROJECTS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 15th, 2019, 10:46am
CRAFT / ART
LIFE / DEATH
that’s a snake chasing . . its own tail.
the only labels that should be bantered about are: effective ? sustainable ? happy ? healthy ?
and if not, explain.
LORNA BAUER brings hand-blown glass . . to ‘MAY WEST’ / VICKI PROJECTS
up thru . . JUNE 1 / BY APPOINTMENT
327 LIBERTY ST., NEWBURGH, NY 12550

Montreal-based artist, LORNA BAUER exhibited these ‘reflections’ . . on the generic ‘plastic’ water bottle.

LORNA BAUER, ‘Sitio Bottle’, 2018.
mold- and hand-blown glass / 24 x 9 x 4.5 in.

that pop . . says: “STOP” !!
or / STOP & LOOK . . . !!
all 3 images via Instagram @lornabauer

they almost look like Penguins.
which is very strange / how ani-mal-istic they seem.
and re: penguins, btw . . happy ? healthy ? sustainable / NOT !!!!
image via Instagram @danieljgiordano

check out: LORNA BAUER – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE !!!
note: shirts, shirts, everywhere !!!
~LORNA BAUER . . GLASS WORKS / ‘MAY WEST’ / VICKI PROJECTS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 14th, 2019, 2:54pm
SAMUEL BOEHM & DANIEL GIORDANO PRESENT: ‘MAY WEST’
FEATURING 3 MONTREAL-BASED ARTISTS:
LORNA BAUER, SIMON BELLEAU & MEGANE VOGHELL
OPENING SAT MAY 11 / 6 PM
running thru . . JUNE 1, 2019
VICKI PROJECTS, 327 LIBERTY ST., NEWBURGH, NY 12550
HRS: BY APPOINTMENT
‘MAY WEST’ ???!!!
is that a riff on . . . MAIS OUI ???
could . . . be.

note: super great . . how this image self-animates !!!!
as you scroll down – the screen.

~’MAY WEST ‘ . . VICKI PROJECTS, NEWBURGH, NY / OPENING SAT MAY 11 6 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 11th, 2019, 11:14am