{"id":20160,"date":"2014-01-25T12:57:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T17:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=20160"},"modified":"2014-02-05T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T20:53:00","slug":"15-warren-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/01\/25\/15-warren-16\/","title":{"rendered":"~15 WARREN . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nsmall watercolor on paper, by under-recognized 80s downtown artist . . . MICHAEL McCLARD.<\/p>\n

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\nwatercolor by MICHAEL McCLARD in the recent, blink and you’ll miss it – cutting edge group exhibit,
\n . . 15 WARREN STREET.<\/p>\n

SEAN VEGEZZI told me that this was one of his . . “most favorite pieces in the show”.<\/p>\n

I’m thinking that what most attracted him to this piece, was the way the watercolor . . broke apart the otherwise flat conventional paper plane,
\nthe inherent surface plane . . into multi-colored rays, of rainbow . . ‘light’. <\/p>\n

it has an ‘immediacy’ that was echoed in the exhibit – as a whole.<\/p>\n

the portrait was certainly ‘magical’.
\nas opposed to hyper-realist, or abstract expressionist, just saying. <\/p>\n

also prob the ‘overlooked’ & ‘outcast’ status of the artist . . was bound to appeal to a ‘rebel’ crew. <\/p>\n

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\npart of the magic of the piece was most def, it’s presence – and presentation – in this utterly raw and mysterious, old bricked alcove, in the old store’s sub-basement.
\nMICHAEL McCLARD had most definitely been given . . a ‘place of honor.’<\/p>\n

SEAN asked me – if I knew of . . MICHAEL McCLARD ?<\/p>\n

of course, I did. <\/p>\n

in fact SIMON, the recently departed SIMON CERIGO . . my so-called hubby, fellow art maven buddy, and learned music reviewer – was one of the first people, to support and show Michael McClard’s work, at the tail end of the Lower East Side glory days – in the early 80s. at his short-lived . . SIMON CERIGO GALLERY on AVE A, near 12th St.<\/p>\n

we all, all of us un-recognized artists, hope we might pop up .. big, eventually (!!) on the art world grid.<\/p>\n

that we will be saved by the newest generation to burst down the conventional forces that be. and just really weren’t that good at calling the art – are \/ were they ?
\nwe all hope: to have lost the battle, but not the war ?!! <\/p>\n

but, speaking of SIMON<\/strong> !!<\/p>\n

ha ha – he would be rolling with laughter in his grave, now.
\nthough actually what metaphor do you use, for someone whose ashes got scattered in a Vermont stream ?<\/p>\n

oh, well, he’s still choking . . with side-splitting laughter, no matter. <\/p>\n

RICHARD JOHNSON of PAGE SIX<\/strong>, has just informed the world, that MARK KOSTABI<\/strong> is taking up with CICCIOLINA<\/strong> !!
\nha ha.
\na true opportunist never leaves a ‘porn star’, unturned !!
\nor what \/ !! <\/p>\n

hey, you never<\/em> know: do we have buck-naked, hyper-realist Russian-type paintings of KOSTABI entwined with the 60+ CICCIOLINA . . to look forward to ?
\ncan what worked huge<\/strong> for . . JEFF KOONS, work its magic again ?<\/p>\n

talk about: S-L-O-P-P-Y SECONDS !! <\/p>\n

read: KOSTABI PLANS BIO PIC . . for new SWEETIE: PORN-STAR POL CICCIOLINA !! – NEW YORK POST <\/a><\/p>\n

XXX (!!!) <\/p>\n

15 WARREN STREET, 10007<\/a><\/p>\n

MORE PIX, to follow.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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