{"id":20205,"date":"2014-01-30T09:27:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T14:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=20205"},"modified":"2014-01-31T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:50:35","slug":"15-warren-st-new-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/01\/30\/15-warren-st-new-art\/","title":{"rendered":"~15 WARREN ST . . NEW ART"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW GENERATION . . ARTISTS.<\/p>\n

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\nADAM ZHU.
\nthis was a first time \/ debut exhibition . . for this young artist. <\/p>\n

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\na sienna grey monotone, a site specific collage . . that looked to be pasted directly onto the raw wall.
\nit was both graphic, eroding, full of history, and . . political.
\nif you didn’t know Chinese, you didn’t know what the vertical banners said.<\/p>\n

but even so, and perhaps, because of . . . this piece spoke to a lot of people.
\nI saw it pop-up in the online dialog that immediately sprung up, following the opening night . . <\/p>\n

the other thing that struck me, from my vantage point of observing the cutting edge scene, the so-called ‘underground’ in NYC since the early 80s . . was how consistently some people just land like . . cats.
\nthey land . . right on the thin fine line, the vibrating edge – in the heart of a huge scene within a huge ‘art’ focused city. the power of the individual voice vs the mass momentum.<\/p>\n

for sure, that’s one of the things that makes covering the ‘frontier’ in New York so interesting, this consistent dynamic of landing so perfectly<\/strong>, in such a vast environment. and, making your ‘singularity’ mark.
\nNew York is very very magical that way. <\/p>\n

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\nthe piece worked just as perfectly, within the raw confines of the show – it was a ‘perfect’ storm.
\nfrom the the eroding wall, the old copper pipes overhead, to the reflections of new media, and light (!!) from the sides.<\/p>\n

cut and paste.<\/p>\n

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\nthe collage spoke of lost civilizations, eroding empires, history. the rites of time. entropy.
\nvirtual time travel via the diverse cultural pathways of past artistic visions, & . . glories.
\nbut: the American flag ?
\nupside-down. and in color. blood .. red.
\nand dying, seriously.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthe piece seemed to be dominated by a heroic ‘sadness’.
\na kind-of overall Greek tragedy blow-out. human civilization .. flawed. the Lotus eaters.
\neven ancient civilizations that were capable of such heights of artistic wonder, fall prey to political destruction.
\nand even on a personal destiny: we are born . . to fail. or at least, surely to struggle.
\nit made me think of Simon.
\nit made me think of JOE BRADLEY, and his abstract story, of last year. but still the same story: the Lotus Beaters.<\/p>\n

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\nand, the . . ferocious ancestors, they all knew:
\nwalking on the face of the earth, is not such a gentle . . gambol, after all.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nall the ancients knew this. Greek, Hindu, Mayan . . Minoan. whatever. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nwhen people say . . a work of art is: authentic, this is what they mean.
\nit resonates . . without needing an accompanying verbal narrative.
\nit connects to an untapped, or unspoken knowing-ness, and willingness . . within the intuitive, collective unconscious of each individual viewer, who can walk away with his own . . message, and ‘meaning’. <\/p>\n

the powerful magic of the piece . . seemed to find a ‘echo’, or a ‘sign’ . . in the eroding wall.
\nfor sure, that was<\/strong> some ancient god’s all-seeing ‘eye’ . . hovering, a-b-o-v-e. <\/p>\n

APOPHENIA
\nPAREIDOLIA
\nALGORITHM
\nTO PROCESS . . . KNOWLEDGE.<\/p>\n

15 WARREN ST, 10007<\/a>
\nMORE PIX, to follow.<\/p>\n

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

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