so,
@abelincolnjr posted this image on Istagram a little while back, and he wrote underneath:
‘In the Butt 4: Trapped under Ass, 19″ x 28″ ink on healthy colon photo – $200 DM if you want it.’
and, I thought wow – that’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen, plus I like his painting style . . !!
so I sprung for it.
it took me a good long while, to work up the courage to actually unroll it from the tube – but, yeah.
I’m still . . totally into – it. wtf.
gorgeous, funny, and a good statement about the world, and the art world, too.
a nice combustion of ‘reality’ meets imagination & . . voila: vve / virtual visual explosion.
plus it’s no dumb print.
one-of-a-kind.
what sets Abe’s wicked street poetry, miles apart in a crowded field – is that penmanship & authnticity . . of line.
and duh, that Tweety bird imagery, is my favorite subtext!!
he also sent along some – stickers !!
merci beaucoup, Abe Lincoln, Jr.
btw: does colon rhyme with . . LINCOLN, just asking !!
ABE LINCOLN, Jr. sticker, hand-colored & signed . . 4-1/4 x 5-1/4 in.
ABE LINCOLN, Jr. sticker, hand-colored, signed & inscribed: ‘THANKS NANCY!’ . . 4-1/4 x 5-1/4 in.
ABE LINCOLN, Jr. sticker, hand-colored . . happy boy. 2-1/2 x 4 in.
who says, micro art buying – doesn’t exist ?
they just don’t have . . the eyeballs.
or, the ‘guts’.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / except where noted @abelincolnjr via Instagram.
~ABE LINCOLN, Jr . . down the hatch !! |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 30th, 2017, 9:43am
last weekend to catch this deceptively light & lively / skillful / expressionistic . . survey drawing show.
‘DRAWING ISLAND’ at . . .
THE JOURNAL GALLERY, 106 N. 1st St, Brooklyn
SAT & SUN MARCH 25 & 26, 2017
HRS: 12 – 6 PM
see: list of artists
see: installation images
TAYLOR McKIMENS, ‘GLORY’.
detail, TAYLOR McKIMENS
detail, TAYLOR McKIMENS
detail, TAYLOR McKIMENS
detail, TAYLOR McKIMENS
CHRIS MARTIN
LEIF RITCHEY
JOE BRADLEY
SARAH BRAMAN
ALEX BECERRA
AUSTIN LEE
MELISSA BROWN
CARLOS VALENCIA
MICHAEL NEVIN, THE JOURNAL GALLERY.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~’DRAWING ISLAND’ . . THE JOURNAL GALLERY / LAST WEEKEND |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 24th, 2017, 9:53pm
LAST WEEKEND To CATCH . .
THE ‘HAPTIC’ SCULPTURES . . of DANIEL DENNETT
SAT & SUN / MARCH 25 & 26, 2017
HRS: 1 – 6 PM
UNDERDONK, 1329 WILLOUGHBY AVE, #211, BROOKLYN
haptic: relating to the sense of . . touch
READ MORE: ‘HAPTIC WHITTLES’- DANIEL DENNETT / UNDERDONK
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~’HAPTIC WHITTLES’ . . UNDERDONK / LAST WEEKEND |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 24th, 2017, 9:23pm
SUPER / HARD-CORE CONTEMPORARY . . . & YET, VERY WISE & ANCIENT
FUNCTIONAL CERAMIC / HAND-BUILT CLAY / FLOWER VASE . . BY DEREK WEISBERG
so, I’m thinking this vase must be inspired by the centuries-old traditional . . ‘TULPIERE’, which is enjoying a current wave of great popularity.
see: Tulipiere – wikipedia
read: a brief, but very interesting paragraph – on the TULIP MANIA OF 1660’s HOLLAND !!
derekweisberg: #functionalceramics #contemporaryceramics #nyceramics #flowers #vase #dontcallmeaceramicist #sculpture #contemporaryart #derekweisberg
recent posting & image via Instagram @derekweisberg
DEREK WEISBERG . . .
will be exhibiting his work in a group show at TRESTLE PROJECTS – in Brooklyn.
the show, titled ‘NEW FINE ART’ . . .
will also features works by: MOLLY RAE, PANAYOTIS TERZIS, ALIZA MORELL, and EMILY KLASS
and seems to examine the new role / or / the new ‘viewing of the role’ of “traditional fine art materials” – a timely topic.
the show opens . . this SAT MARCH 25, 2017 / 7 – 9 PM
and runs thru APRIL 6, 2017.
TRESTLE PROJECTS, 400 3rd AVE, BROOKLYN
note: TRESTLE PROJECTS IS OPEN TO VIEWING – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
“This exhibition presents a small sampling of Brooklyn-based artists whose practices are centered around traditional traditional fine art materials. Through mimicry, remediation, and unconventional applications, these artists push the limits of their materials and explore a corresponding sensuality. By employing a range of responsive processes, each artist engages in an unfolding dialogue between the self and the material – a transference between hand, form, and thought.
In this way, the artists in ‘NEW FINE ART, see their processes as both a method of inquiry to explore physical materiality as well as tools to realize unconscious and psychic visions.”
~TRESTLE PROJECTS – PRESS RELEASE
~DEREK WEISBERG . . life as a flower vase / TRESTLE PROJECTS OPENING SAT, MARCH 25 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 23rd, 2017, 10:49am
graffitius: ‘life as a shorty shouldn’t be so rough!!’ – by MARK CHRONI in LAS VEGAS. for @lifeisbeautiful and @justkidsofficial.
Photo @impermanent_art
image via Instagram @graffitius
~YO !! LIFE !! . . as a shorty !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 22nd, 2017, 9:09am
ANTONE KONST . . has a solo show, ‘SECOND NATURE’,
opening FRI MARCH 31, 2017 – at RADICAL ABACUS in SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
~ANTONE KONST . . RADICAL ABACUS, SANTA FE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 22nd, 2017, 8:56am
‘MARCH, MEANDER: ANTONE KONST & BRIDGET MULLEN’
runs MARCH 19 – MAY 7, 2017
HOMETOWN, EAST WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN
HRS: SAT & SUN: 12-6 PM & By APPOINTMENT
more: ‘MARCH, MEANDER: ANTONE KONST & BRIDGET MULLEN’ / HOMETOWN
this was a really strongly curated combo show – a really interesting dynamic of tough, hard-core painting, that was also sensuous & poetic / and . . very mysterious. great dialog of ‘will-fullness’ . . between the two painters.
and . . very very: painterly.
almost like . . clay.
PIX FROM THE OPENING: SAT MARCH 18, 2017
ANTONE KONST, with CHLOE, at the opening – a wall of his paintings behind them.
on the right: ANTONE KONST, ‘BBall/Apollo’, 2017
oil on canvas, 36 x 24 in.
ANTONE KONST, ‘Head of the Horse of Selene’, 2016
oil on canvas, 36 x 24 in.
ANTONE KONST, ‘Niki 2’, 2017
oil on canvas, 18 x 14 in.
BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘Live Wires’, 2017
acrylic on panel, 48 x 36 in.
BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘I’ve Decided The Past Is Not Worth Forgetting’, 2016
acrylic and ink on paper, 44 x 30 in.
detail, BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘I’ve Decided . . .’
detail, BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘I’ve Decided . . . ‘
BRIDGET MULLEN, ‘Bullshit Furniture’, 2016
fired clay, glaze, glass, acrylic, 14 x 13.5 x 7 in.
looks like a tabletop ‘photo’ frame, of the most curious . . nature.
on the left: ADAM YOKELL, owner/director of HOMETOWN GALLERY, and on the right: JERRY BLACKMAN, sculptor / curator.
Jerry Blackman was in a recent two-man show at HOMETOWN – & he has an upcoming show at CUCHIFRITOS on the Lower East Side – opening in April.
an interesting, relatively new space, in a now typical / re-purposed multi-studio / vintage building in East Williamsburg, HOMETOWN looks to be a place . . .
to w-a-t-c-h !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~ANTONE KONST & BRIDGET MULLEN . . HOMETOWN / OPENING PIX |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 21st, 2017, 10:55am
JEFFREY TRANCHELL . . . ‘LINDA’
OPENING: SUN MARCH 19, 2017 / 6 – 8 PM
the show runs thru APRIL 16, 2017
ESSEX FLOWERS, 19 MONROE ST, LOWER EAST SIDE
read more: JEFFREY TRANCHELL, ‘LINDA’/ ESSEX FLOWERS
yes, let’s consider that strangely profound photo.
a hand holds . . a fuzzy-surfaced, yet specific . . blue.
a hand-cut triangle.
a couple of . . . ‘remarks’ !!
1. ‘LINDA’ !!!!!!
I find that a very strange, yet oddly resonant title for an art show.
wasn’t there a computer os named Linda, or was that . . Lisa ?
well, Jack . . sure enough, LINDA has a title claim – in the computer world.
LINDA . . “in computer science is a model of coordination & communication among several parallel processes operating upon objects stored in and retrieved from shared, virtual, associative memory”.
it was developed in 1986.
source: LINDA – wikipedia
and I would say without irony, those communicative qualities – do belong to JEFFREY TRANCHELL, as well.
and most likely are part of his show’s ‘unwritten’ agenda / concept.
1a. as well, Further the simplicity, beauty & irony of this show’s title . .
is explained without irony, right off the bat, in the gallery text on the show,
“Named in appreciation of the very helpful accountant/sales person who made the partial roll of Pacifico Blue carpet available . . ”
can I be the only one – to so dig that ?!!!!!
2. IS THAT A FLYING . . DORITO CHIP ? he’s holding up as the ‘totem’ of ‘LINDA’ ?
albeit, blue instead of orange ?
2a. or: IS IT A TRADITIONAL ‘FLYING GEESE’ – triangular quilt pattern / piece ?
so, I guess when JEFFREY TRANCHELL curated a one-day / ESSEX FLOWERS pop-up at the Casual Art Fair (Hester St. Fair / Lower East Side, NYC / SUN OCT 2, 2016) about 6 months back, and which featured the ‘snack’ shaped ceramics of RACHEL DOMM, and, 2 hand-repaired & hand-pieced vintage cribs quilts by NANCY SMITH (ok, aka myself !!),
he really was thinking about the concepts & shapes of our work, in ways – I didn’t realize at the time.
yeah, for sure !!
Rachel’s small ceramic snacks & cookies, which became decorative units in her clay transformations – did resemble . . quilt pattern ‘parts’ – which are . . very simple, cut-out basic shapes, yo !! !!
so, yeah.
bless his deep conceptual / visual soul, if that sweet & curious triangle of blue carpet he holds up, isn’t just considering the triangle, a profound, but common Dorito shape, but also, as it imparted in carpet material – it also seems to be referencing the gnarly world of . . ‘quilting’.
it’s also got a . . quelle femme ‘sensual’ side, but that’s – for someone else’s essay.
hey, if ‘snacks’ and ‘quilts’ aren’t . . models of social ‘communication’ – then, what are they ?????
RACHEL DOMM and JEFFREY TRANCHELL, at the ESSEX FLOWERS table, The Casual Art Fair, L>E.S., Oct 2, 2016.
background quilt by NANCY SMITH, RACHEL DOMM’S ceramic ‘treats’, on the table.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
NANCY SMITH – CREATIVELY RE-STORED vintage ‘101 DALMATIONS’ CRIB QUILT / CERAMIC ‘SNACKS’ RE-IMAGINED – BY RACHEL DOMM
PHOTO: ESSEX FLOWERS / JEFFREY TRANCHELL via Instagram
see: RACHEL DOMM / ESSEX FLOWERS, CURATED BY JEFFREY TRANCHELL – CASUAL ART FAIR / artlovers archive
see: NANCY SMITH / ESSEX FLOWERS, CURATED BY JEFFREY TRANCHELL – CASUAL ART FAIR / artlovers archive
~JEFFREY TRANCHELL, ‘LINDA’ . . ESSEX FLOWERS / OPENING TO-NITE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 19th, 2017, 9:43am
ANTONE KONST & BRIDGET MULLEN: ‘MARCH, MEANDER’
OPENS SAT MARCH 18, 2017 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs MARCH 19 thru MAY 7, 2017
HOMETOWN GALLERY, 1002 Metropolitan Ave #21, BROOKLYN
HRS: SAT-SUN / 12-6 PM & BY APPOINTMENT
read more: click on press release / ‘MARCH, MEANDER’ – HOMETOWN GALLERY
ANTONE KONST . . . ‘Night Rider’, 2017.
oil on canvas, 36 x 24 in.
BRIDGET MULLEN . . . ‘Ideal Strains’, 2016.
acrylic and spray paint on paper, 39 x 27 in.
IMAGES COURTESY: HOMETOWN GALLERY
~ANTONE KONST & BRIDGET MULLEN . . HOMETOWN, OPENING TO-NITE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 18th, 2017, 8:51am
MAS PAZ . . . AQUA ES VIDA / WATER IS LIFE
2 x 5 in. STICKERS / 3 STICKERS for $5
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO: STANDING ROCK SOUIX TRIBE / sacredstonecamp.org
ORDER: MAS PAZ – BIG CARTEL STORE
~MAS PAZ . . AQUA ES VIDA / SACRED STONE CAMP |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 15th, 2017, 10:10am
