{"id":21274,"date":"2014-04-02T09:28:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T14:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=21274"},"modified":"2014-04-02T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T15:24:56","slug":"dan-asher-new-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/04\/02\/dan-asher-new-power\/","title":{"rendered":"~DAN ASHER . . NEW POWER"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAN ASHER: UNDERDOG, no more.<\/p>\n

I heard that the MARTOS GALLERY, located in Chelsea . . was showing some DAN ASHERS at the Independent Art Fair of last month, and that the work had even attracted some serious media attention, specifically: the NEW YORK TIMES. <\/p>\n

that’s so cool . . that Dan’s work could rise above the usual suspects in a cutting edge fair like that. though I’m not surprised, in an increasingly over-populated art world of ‘wannabes’ . . I had no doubt, Dan’s singular intensity was always going to prevail. <\/p>\n

so I swung by the gallery, and sure enough . . DAN has found a serious platform here. TAYLOR TRABULUS, the Martos Gallery director . . who personally seems to be very interested in Dan and his world – told me that the gallery will<\/strong> be mounting a major show for DAN, this coming NOV 2014 – and she is working closely with Dan’s executor, BEN BERLOW to make this happen.
\nTaylor was kind enough to provide me with some images – close to the type of pieces that were shown at the Independent, all larger-sized oil stick, or pastel on paper – from the early 80s.<\/p>\n

guess the art world’s best kept ‘dirty little secret’ – that everybody who’s anybody owns a few, and they are looking to make a killing . . is secret – no more. <\/p>\n

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\nTAYLOR TRABULUS, MARTOS GALLERY DIRECTOR, NYC. MARCH 2014.
\nPHOTO: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n

DAN ASHER IMAGES – COURTESY: MARTOS GALLERY<\/a> – 540 WEST 29TH STREET, CHELSEA, NYC<\/p>\n

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\nDAN ASHER, ‘Untitled’, 1983. pastel on paper.
\n42 x 30.75 in.
\n($18,000)<\/p>\n

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\nDAN ASHER, ‘Untitled’, 1980s. oil-stick on paper.
\n42.5 x 30.25 in.
\n($18,000)<\/p>\n

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\nDAN ASHER, ‘Untitled’, 1983. oil-stick on paper.
\n30 x 22.25 in.
\n($15,000)<\/p>\n

DAN always knew that his <\/strong>day would come !!
\na veritable ‘live wire’, if there ever was one – the fact that mainstream support, translate: the not<\/strong> very inspired ‘critics’ who dominated the scene in the 80s\/90s – eluded him in his lifetime, only fueled his frustration, while stoking his firecracker personality & uniquely powerful . . creativity. <\/p>\n

a contemporary of JEAN MICHEL’s, they were close friends – who lacked Basquiat’s charismatic charm, and back story – DAN nonetheless had that great vibrant 80s ‘juice’ in no short supply. his greatness went over a lot of people’s heads, esp when his obstinate & contrary character kicked in. <\/p>\n

but that was Dan, hard-wired from day one, and it’s just this, his very personal primal scream at life, that explodes to life in everything he touched – be it the pencil or ink drawings, oil stick or pastels, the early 70s black & white BOB MARLEY photographs, on through . . his great 90s iceberg & extreme wrestling documentary color photography series.
\nfrom the moment his brain engaged – no mater the format or cause – Dan’s huge internal ‘rush’ of self-expression, bubbled-up, and made . . ‘CONTACT’.
\nhis impulsive non-stop creative urge took flight, and as you can see from the above samples, it was total – ‘touch down’. <\/p>\n

watch out world, DAN ASHER about to take over, and about . . time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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