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
DREW MILLER CURATES . . ‘Heaving Pulp Beautiful Bodies’
OPENING SAT MAY 5, 2018 / 6 – 10 PM
BASEMENT PROJECTS, 207 N. Broadway, Santora Building Basement
SANTA ANA / LA / OC/ Southern California
there will be tons of great drawings, sculpture, animations & zines . . for sale !!
it’s “a group show based loosely on images of the body that become distorted, hyperbolized and re-envisioned through processes of drawing, sculpture, reproduction (in this case xerox) as well as images of bodies that have never been recontextualized / mutated in media images.”
~via Instagram @basement_projects
with:
JASON T. Miles, Heather Benjamin, MATT LOCK, LILLI CARRE, PARK JUNWOO,
JUNE CULP, ADAMS PURYEAR, JOEL SKAVDAHL, & DREW MILLER
~DREW MILLER CURATES . . ‘HEAVING PULP BEAUTIFUL BODIES’ / BASEMENT PROJECTS, SANTA ANA, CA / OPENING SAT MAY 5 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 5th, 2018, 11:24am
NICHOLAS SULLIVAN . . ‘O’ / CATBOX CONTEMPORARY BOOK / CATALOG RELEASE PARTY
SAT MAY 5, 2018 / 6 – 8 PM
2 BRIDGES MUSIC ARTS, 75 E. BROADWAY, #205 / MINI-MALL, CHINATOWN
NICHOLAS SULLIVAN – ‘O’ – A BOOK BASED on HIS SHOW of the SAME NAME
RECENTLY EXHIBITED at CONTEMPORARY CATBOX – most imaginatively within a standing pedestal of a catbox !!
114 pages, 8 x 11 in. / limited edition of 50
$25 / CASH ONLY
with an introduction by . . VANESSA THILL
INSTALLATION PHOTO: NICHOLAS SULLIVAN . . ‘O’
CATBOX CONTEMPORARY / FEB 25 – MARCH 11, 2018
IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM @catboxcontemporary
see: CATBOX CONTEMPORARY
see: 2 BRIDGES MUSIC ARTS – ABOUT
~NICK SULLIVAN . . ‘O’ / BOOK RELEASE – CATBOX CONTEMPORARY / 2 BRIDGES MUSIC ARTS / SAT MAY 5 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 5th, 2018, 8:18am
IN MY COLLECTION !!
why, what’s this . .
peeping out through my fav stack / art collection next to my computer desk ??
bless my soul, if it’s not . . a SKEWVILLE ‘POP’ / HUB CAP !!
I bought it for $50 from their FACTORY FRESH SHOW, MAY of 2010.
I had been following them for awhile, and I can remember this date,
because I actually have a faded newspaper clipping – taped to the back of it.
it was the first tabloid – breaking story / of the BERNIE MADOFF $65 Billion Ponzi scheme !!
NEW YORK POST – May 1, 2010.
lol, what’s that . . underneath it ?
that’s for . . another story.
ok – a quick look – back !!
it’s one of the original (!!) metal signs – that hung throughout ‘QUIET’ . . !!
the JOSH HARRIS / $1 million dollar Millennium party !!
that inspired the 2009 Sundance winning doc – ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’.
& now being made into a movie under the guidance of BEN STILLER, lol !!
with JONAH HILL as JOSH / priceless. btw.
the sign was silk screened by R.I.P. BEAUTIFUL COWBOY . . MARK ENGER.
it was a warning . .
not to enter . .
if you didn’t consent to have your likeness – used . . “in any manner they see fit” . . !!!!!
“THANK YOU, LUVVY L.L.C.”
talk about . . s-c-a-r-y clowns !!
I guess I was trying to catalog my collection / via material, as in . . ‘metal sign’.
I guess I stopped there.
coz, I def have a few more !!
and in this case, the more – the MERRIER !!!!!
meaning that . . metal signs are so much easier on the collector vs. works on paper.
re: no need for frames / easy storage etc etc. / no sunlight issues. no ‘sensitive’ handling issues.
and plus, they are usually a reasonable size to handle, too.
& pretty damn . . indestructible.
this one is also signed. by Josh on the back / even though initially it was a ‘find’.
I had grabbed it from certain oblivion, discarded or forgotten, just before the whole party went up in flames (metaphorically).
that’s the funny things about signs, or hub caps. or signage in general / so easy to overlook.
and there’s that’s other funny thing about signs, esp metal ones / being so indestructible – & in that sense,
more of a (thin) sculpture than a drawing. still though, great design / graphics & thought went into the making.
and so, to my experience . . $$$$ value-laden. just on durability. on ‘existence’. on design. on intent.
but also, usually they are like quick multiples, promotions, or outright give-aways / the great signage, after the fact, that everyone else forgets.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~SKEWVILLE . . TO NANCY WITH LOVE / & . . WE LIVE IN PUBLIC |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 3rd, 2018, 1:37pm
THINKSPACE . . will be curating a solo show !! of . . . . SKEWVILLE !!
BKLYN FLAVOR . . .
BOOTH 20
MONIKER ART FAIR, GREENPOINT TERMINAL WAREHOUSE
73 WEST ST., GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN
see: SKEWVILLE
see: THINKSPACE PROJECTS
see: MONIKER URBAN ART FAIR
OPENING TODAY !! THURS MAY 3, 2018 !!
RUNNING THRU . . MAY 6th
HRS:
THURS . . MAY 3 / PRIVATE VIEWING / 5-10 PM $25
FRI . . MAY 4 / 12-10 PM $25
SAT . . MAY 5 / 12-8 PM $15
SUN . . MAY 6 / 12-6 PM $15
~SKEWVILLE . . MONIKER ART FAIR / CURATED BY THINKSPACE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 3rd, 2018, 1:08pm
whereas paintings dominated NADA NEW YORK,
DRAWINGS . . seem to be dominating the buzz – this week around FRIEZE !!
DAN ASHER . . is certainly a good part of that conversation.
if not, the much honored grand-daddy / the OG heart & soul. . of works on paper.
my one & only TOP PICK . . .
for the recent Armory art fair week, was DANNY FERRELL.
his dreamy realist portraits were so fresh, and so finely painted . . they were the most perfect, subtle poetic radiant surfaces seen in a long time / with a palette of tones . . akin to the pearly insides of sea shells . . meets sunset, is the best way I can put it.
so full of ‘new’ / ‘constructed’ . . light & so, a part of the immediate cutting edge dialog – in all ways.
concept, plasticity & subject matter.
I found them at Paris-based GALERIE PACT . . at NADA. I kind of just backed into them / and lo and behold, he seems to be doing pretty good / in fact . . Danny’s on quite a roll !!
the very latest news is that Bill Power’s EXHIBTION A – has just today, released a limited edition multiple for Danny Ferrell, titled, ‘Chris’, 2018 – in an ‘archival pigment print’ format, sized 18 x 13 in. / & in a limited edition of 50.
so . . .
my one & only TOP PICK for the FRIEZE ART FAIR, this week, would have to be DAN ASHER . .
a quite beautiful selection of whose works, is being shown at the MARTOS GALLERY booth, at the FRIEZE ART FAIR.
look for them: Focus Booth A8.
it really shocks me, deeply . . when so-called ‘people in the art scene’ don’t get Dan’s work.
for me, that’s a real clue as to the limits of this person’s insight – once you catch onto the deep personal ‘radiance’ of Dan’s art – there is no going back.
you are captivated and you are addicted. maybe some people, just don’t know how to let go, and let the art take over ?
if you are from out of town, let me tell you a little dark secret about the NYC art world: almost every serious collector, and curator in town, from MATTHEW HIGGS at White Columns, to the late JACK TILTON, has work by Dan, and in the plurals, as in many pieces, . . stored away for when the big numbers, and the real recognition finally break-through.
even GAVIN BROWN was a big fan, giving Dan’s incredible iceberg, and his later, super intense, & very raw American backyard wrestling photos – a beautiful solo show, some years back when he, Gavin . . was ‘Passerby’, downtown on 13th St.
even the big uptown blue chip art ‘advisor’ & gallerist, KATZUHITO YOSHII, owns quite a number of Dan’s works on paper / possibly even more than 20. I know this first-hand, because Yoshii bought them off my art partner/husband, now RIP, SIMON CERIGO . . who was Dan’s first gallerist in the East Village – in the early 80s, and who remained a life-long friend, promoter and collector of Dan’s work, himself.
to my mind – the one glaring flaw that presaged the ultimate demise in the reputation, of the so-called ‘cutting-edge’ Broad Collection, was its lack of even one Dan Asher.
how can anyone call himself a ‘visionary’ collector ??
when the astute, passionate, and timeless ‘siren’ call of Dan’s work – goes right over their heads /
this is the live wire – of the week.
this is – the single most beating heart – of the entire spectacle.
currently on show,
among many others / equally brilliant & sensual – at the Martos Gallery, Focus Booth A8, at Frieze:
DAN ASHER, ‘Untitled’, 2000.
tempera on paper. 17 x 12 in.
($7,500.)
DAN ASHER, ‘Untitled’, 1994.
Clay. 8 x 5 x 4 in.
($4,000.)
IMAGES COURTESY: MARTOS GALLERY
~DAN ASHER . . MARTOS GALLERY, FRIEZE ART FAIR |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 2nd, 2018, 12:07pm
JOE MAKOVIECKI & JAMES BLACK . . .
JACKSON PINES – NOW PHILLY-BASED !! / Philadelphia, PA
see: JACKSON PINES
IMAGE VIA JACKSON PINES
JACKSON PINES . . .
will be playing upstate this weekend !! SAT MAY 5, 2018 – 9 PM
DOGWOOD BAR, BEACON NY / aka DIA COUNTRY !!
47 E. MAIN ST, BEACON, NY 12508
def, check out: JACKSON PINES – ‘LOST & FOUND’
def, check out: JACKSON PINES – PURGATORY ROAD
~JACKSON PINES . . DOGWOOD BAR / BEACON, NY / SAT MAY 5 / 9 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 1st, 2018, 2:54pm
