HOT KNIFE, WITH LEAD SINGER / FRONT MAN . . . LUKE TAYLOR !!
& PKEW PKEW PKEW . . .
ROCKIN’ THE TOWN – THIS WEEKEND !!!!
FRI MAY 25 – PHILADELPHIA / KUNG FU NECKTIE
SAT MAY 26 – BROOKLYN / THE WELL
CHECK OUT: HOT KNIFE, BLACK NUMBERS / ‘MY FANGS’
EIRDIS . . . a NYC-based Icelandic/Chinese artist . . designed the fab poster !!!!
image via Instagram @eirdis
most def, check-out: EIRDIS.COM – ARTIST WEBSITE: EIRDIS RAGNARSDOTTIR
~HOT KNIFE & PKEW PKEW PKEW . . PLAYING PHILLY & BROOKLYN THIS WEEKEND / MAY 25 & 26 !! & CHECK OUT . . EIRDIS who designed the poster !! |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 25th, 2018, 10:29am
SALUTE . . to THE QUEEN of PATTERN & DECORATION !!
‘CYNTHIA CARLSON’
OPENING THURS MAY 25, 2018 / 6 – 8 PM
the show runs thru JUNE 24, 2018
ESSEX FLOWERS, 19 MONROE ST., CHINATOWN
“Cynthia Carlson helped define the New York Pattern and Decoration movement in the late 1970s. Imagine walking into a series of rooms, each covered floor to ceiling with interlocking, 3-Dimensional patterns that surround and frame artworks that don’t distinguish themselves from the ornamentation….”
read more: CYNTHIA CARLSON – ESSEX FLOWERS
CYNTHIA CARLSON, ‘Jacobs Ladder’, acrylic and price tags on rag paper, 1976
image via ESSEX FLOWERS
~CYNTHIA CARLSON . . ESSEX FLOWERS / OPENING THURS MAY 25 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 23rd, 2018, 10:39am
congrats !! HALEY !!
HALEY JOSEPHS . . will have several pieces in what looks to be an all-femme lineup – in this summer’s big group show,
at Gavin Brown’s restaurant / gallery, up-state.
co-founded & run by RIKRIT TIRAVANIJA, it’s Rikrit’s first commercial kitchen.
‘THE SUN IS GONE BUT WE HAVE THE LIGHT’ – big group show
OPENS SAT MAY 26, 2018 / 5 – 10 PM
the show runs thru SEPT 3, 2018
UNCLEBROTHER, 250 E. Front St., Hancock, NY 13783
HRS: FRI – SUN / Bar 5-10 PM, Kitchen 6-10 PM
HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘Eve in the Weeping Woods’, 2018.
oil paint, approx 44 x 72 in.
image courtesy of the artist
~HALEY JOSEPHS . . ‘THE SUN IS GONE BUT WE HAVE THE LIGHT’ / UNCLEBROTHER, UP-STATE / OPENS SAT MAY 26, 5 – 10 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 22nd, 2018, 11:45am
talking about artist-run spaces on Monroe St . . . !!
IAN GOULDSTONE . . . ‘IN THE SHADE BUT NOT THE SHADOW’
CURATED BY . . . WILLIAM LEE
OPENS TO-NITE / FRI MAY 18, 2018 / 6 – 10 PM
the show runs thru SUN JUNE 17
SLEEPCENTER, 9 MONROE ST, BSMT, CHINATOWN, NYC 10002
HRS: FRI-SUN / 12 noon – 6 PM / or by appointment
SLEEPCENTER is run by: WILLIAM LEE, PEIYUAN LI & RUI LIN
SLEEPCENTER proudly presents . . .
‘IN THE SHADE BUT NOT THE SHADOW’, the debut solo show of IAN GOULDSTONE.
Following an ascetic aesthetic, Gouldstone imagines how we might design machines that can teach us grace, new technologies that enable meditation, reflection, and withdrawal.”
~gallery
most def, read more: IAN GOULDSTONE – ‘IN THE SHADE . .. ‘ / SLEEPCENTER
IAN GOULDSTONE – WATCH CGI VIDEO, HERE
IAN GOULDSTONE arrives at SLEEPCENTER
IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM @sleepcenterny
@sleepcenterny: Neon jungles of color and motion from ‘Wanton boys’ by IAN GOULDSTONE, 2017.
software sculpture.
so, funny.
funny, poetic. very human, but unknown in many regards (sleep) / re: their bio science . . . name: SLEEPCENTER !!
same with the only other ‘technology-driven’ site I follow . . .
see: VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER (Paris) !!
you are feeling, d-r-e-a-m-y.
you are feeling, s-l-e-e-p-y.
and, so the AI take-over, begins !!
just joking, maybe !!
maybe . . NOT !!
def check out: SLEEPCENTER
~IAN GOULDSTONE . . SLEEPCENTER / CHINATOWN NYC / OPENING TO-NITE / FRI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 18th, 2018, 11:29am
ESSEX FLOWERS . . . IS ON THE ROAD !!!
FRESH ART DELIVERY . . . TO CHICAGO WITH LOVE, FROM NYC !!!
‘GANGS OF NEW YORK’ . . CURATED BY ESSEX FLOWERS
OPENING TO-NITE / FRI MAY 8, 2018 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs thru JUNE 16, 2018
ADDS DONNA, 3252 W. NORTH AVE, CHICAGO
HRS: SAT / 12 – 5 PM & by appointment
a group show of 11 artists – who run !!! some of NYC’s best / artist-run spaces !!!
curated by one of the city’s most energetic, artist-run galleries . . ESSEX FLOWERS.
with roots in a basement, and now . . a storefront, 19 Monroe St. in Chinatown.
red rover, red rover – let, the ‘show-runners’ – take over !!
featuring:
YEVGENIA BARAS (Regina Rex) / ZACH STEINMAN (The Boom Boom Room) / JASON OSBOURNE (Off White Columns)
MAX SCHUMANN (Printed Matter) / ALLISON WADE (crystal flowers) / LAUREN CLAY (Won Eh)
HOLLY COULIS (106 Green) / JJ MANFORD (Underdonk) / NATHAN GWYNNE (Helper, Constance)
ERIC HIBIT (Ortega y Gassett Projects) / ALA DEHGHAN (17ESSEX)
well, sure now there’s micro art galleries . .
and some very inventive, truly ‘alternative’ viewing ‘venues’ & platforms,
tiny living rooms, degraded pay phone booths, a dingy Hunter basement office, to raw Chinatown studios, and the fall-back / empty storefront pop-ups !!
and, even just some plain ole, solely . . web-archived, or Instagram one-liners !!
but, let’s not forget the ‘heady’ culture of the galleries – run by artist collectives !!
including, in some cases (Off White Columns), e.g, a single artist-director/curator on IG.
but, he’s / they . . are engaging a community, around them.
where the members all chip in to run their spaces, but more importantly share a huge combustible curatorial spark of collaboration, new thoughts bouncing off each other, this way & that / resulting in some of the city’s very best and freshest, cutting edge art !!
GANGS . . rule !!
the premise of this show is that, “each member of ESSEX FLOWERS selected one work by one member active in a fellow artist-run organization”, and put they packed up, and put the work into a truck . . and drove it to Chicago !!
to another collective space . . ADDS DONNA.
founded in 2010, “ADDS DONNA functions as an experimental institution comprehending an exhibition space, an artist collective, and an on-going study group program.”
read more: ADDS DONNA – ABOUT
GANGS . . . on GANGS – on GANGS !!!
ON THE ROAD !!!
ESSEX FLOWERS MEMBERS: NICK TYPOLDAS & JEFFREY TRANCHELL . .
delivering some super fresh / NYC ‘gang’ art – to CHICAGO !!
making the journey . .
art work . . by NATHAN GYWNNE
art work . . by MAX SCHUMANN
ERIC HIBIT, ‘Yellow Anthurium’, 2018. (cc ORGY PROJECTS)
POSTER CHILD, lol – FOR A SHOW OF ‘HEADS’ / GANG TURF.
all images via Instagram @essexflowers
~’GANGS of NEW YORK’ !! . . ESSEX FLOWERS is on the ROAD / ADDS DONNA, CHICAGO / OPENING TO-NITE / FRI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 18th, 2018, 9:26am
‘MIRROR OF VENUS’ . . MARIA PAZ, EMMA KOHLMANN, HEATHER BENJAMIN
OPENS SAT MAY 19, 2018 / 7 – 10 PM
show runs thru JUNE 16, 2018
NEW IMAGE ART, 7920 SANTA MONICA BLVD, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046
HRS: TUES-SAT / 1PM-6PM
more info: ‘MIRROR OF VENUS’ – NEW IMAGE ART
ART WORK BY HEATHER BENJAMIN
IMAGE VIA NEW IMAGE ART
ART WORK BY EMMA KOHLMANN
IMAGE VIA NEW IMAGE ART
CLAY VASE BY MARIA PAZ
IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM @kilns (MARIA PAZ)
~HEATHER BENJAMIN, EMMA KOHLMANN, MARIA PAZ . . ‘MIRROR OF VENUS’ / NEW IMAGE ART, LA / OPENING SAT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 17th, 2018, 2:00pm
JOE BRADLEY & MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 15 years later, lol . . . ???
Mirror mirror on the wall,
Who’s really got the crystal ball ?
not, Interview.
‘JOE BRADLEY, OSCAR TUAZON, MICHAEL WILLIAMS’
MAY 14 – OCT 1, 2018
THE BRANT FOUNDATION ART STUDY CENTER
941 North St., Greenwich, CT 06831
ARTLOVERS: ALWAYS CALLING THE ‘STARS’ – ahead of the pack.
FROM MY ARCHIVES . . .
JOE BRADLEY (left) with his band Cheeseburger, Capitale, DOWNTOWN, NYC
JULY 24, 2003
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
FIRST PUBLISHED: artnet – Aug 29, 2003
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, CANADA, CHINATOWN, NYC
JUNE 11, 2003
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
FIRST PUBLISHED: artnet – Aug 29, 2003
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, painted vinyl. CANADA, CHINATOWN, NYC
JUNE 11, 2003
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / YES, I HAVE ONE FROM SAME SHOW – IN MY COLLECTION.
FIRST PUBLISHED: artnet – Aug 29, 2003
~JOE BRADLEY & MICHAEL WILLIAMS . . 15 !! years !! later !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 14th, 2018, 1:59pm
‘PRIVATE PRACTICE’
OPENING FRI MAY 11, 2018 / 7 – 9 PM
the show runs thru JUNE 17, 2018
UNDERDONK, 1329 WILLOUGHBY AVE, BROOKLYN NY 11237
BRIAN BELOTT, CHRIS BERTHOLF, ROGER DANILO CARMONA, TRYN COLLINS, NICHOLAS CUEVA, KERRY DOWNEY, GEORGIA ELROD, LAURA FRANTZ, ASHLEY GARRETT, TAMARA GONZALEZ, ESSYE KLEMPNER, OSMU KOBAYASHI, ALETA LANIER, JJ MANFORD, DANIELLE ORCHARD, ELISA SOLIVEN, SAM STRAND, JULIE TORRES, AARON ZULPO
” . . a group exhibition of 19 artists, each presenting a selection of their studio practice. Comprised of sketches, notes, objects of inspiration, shrines, postcards, and unseen drawings with completed works, this exhibition explores the line between private and public.Giving the artist permission to show what one would often keep hidden or as an idea not fully processed but for further fruition in another work, this show lays bare the unfolding thinking practice in the studio. The artist is a work in progress, perpetually searching, changing, and staying the same.We are gatherers, hoarders, and historians.”
~UNDERDONK
Pierre Bonnard’s studio in Alpes-Maritimes, France (original photo Henri Cartier-Brasson).
~’PRIVATE PRACTICE’ . . UNDERDONK / OPENING FRI MAY 11 / 7-9 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 10th, 2018, 3:04pm
@skewville: Last Day of Moniker Art Fair
SKEWVILLE curated by THINKSPACE – BOOTH 20
COME BY & GET THE LAST DAY DEALS !!!!!
MONIKER ART FAIR / MAY 3 – 6, 2018
73 WEST ST., GREENPOINT TERMINAL WAREHOUSE / GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN
IMAGE via Instagram @skewville
~SKEWVILLE . . LAST DAY / MONIKER ART FAIR |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 6th, 2018, 12:41pm
artwork: BOBO
image via Instagram @bobo-newyorkcity
TO-NITE !! SUN MAY 6, 2018 / at HONEY’S BROOKLYN !!
BOBO & GRIMM – TOM TOM RELEASE PARTY – GRILL-OUT RAMBLE
IN CELEBRATION of GRIMM ALES / BOBO-DESIGNED LABEL / TOM TOM DOUBLE IPA LIMITED EDITION BEER
93 SCOTT AVE. BROOKLYN 11237
6pm grilling begins
with Food by TARA NORVELL
7:30 Cricket Farm
8:15 Evelyn Donnelly
9.00 Blue Jazz TV
9:45 John Honey
10:30 Gobby
11:15 Nunu Canal
12:00 Vegetators
ARTWORK FOR SALE BY GRETTA JOHNSTON & LINDSAY BEEBE
PROJECTIONS BY TED SEFCIK / RAXTSFK
WITH A LIVE VIDEO FEED of JOHN HONEY
artwork: BOBO
image via Instagram @bobo_newyorkcity
yes: you can always count on BOBO – for the cutting edge / in graphics & signage !!!!!
see: BOBO-NYC.COM
ps: that’s quite the RIOT that they have a ‘shrimp’ logo – being that they are based upstate . .
on a land-locked farm in the Hudson Valley !!!!!
~BOBO & friends . . HONEY’S BROOKLYN / GRILLING TO-NITE !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 6th, 2018, 11:58am
