{"id":21539,"date":"2014-05-14T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=21539"},"modified":"2014-05-21T11:44:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T16:44:01","slug":"its-an-invasion-exhibition-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/05\/14\/its-an-invasion-exhibition-pix\/","title":{"rendered":"~’IT’S AN INVASION’ . . YOU’RE IN !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘IT’S AN INVASION’ – CURATED BY JOSH HUBBARD, KELSEY BENNETT & LELE SAVERI
\nPHILLIP SPRADLEY, NATIONAL ARTS CLUB – PROGRAM DIRECTOR
\nAPRIL 29 – MAY 10, 2014
\nNATIONAL ARTS CLUB<\/a> – 15 GRAMERCY PARK SOUTH, NYC<\/p>\n

EXHIBITION PIX – PART I<\/p>\n

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\nno doubt about it – this rough and tumble group show at the National Arts Club – was the best thing to happen, as in . . pop-up !! FRIEZE ART FAIR WEEK, NYC 2014.<\/p>\n

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\nit was the perfect storm.
\nthe perfect ‘invasion’.
\nthe perfect clash between posh (the venue) and . . what’s happening – heavy !!
\nthe perfect antidote vs. the mostly academia-driven . . art fairs.
\nexcept, for maybe the MARIE LORENZ hand-made rowboat, a nice inclusion . .
\npicturesque.
\nbut, wake up – this is work from over a decade ago, not exactly cutting edge.
\nwell, maybe that is .. cutting edge – to the status quo ?
\nthough still, a nice . . ‘island’ theme – touch.<\/p>\n

but, ‘It’s An Invasion’ . . stood for something, and lived up to it.
\nthat being: the big ‘challenge’.
\nas in . . ‘throw-down, baby’ !! to the otherwise absolutely stifling status quo – here in NYC.
\nthe fact that it happened at the otherwise staid National Arts Club – was just, a happy riot of competing visual signals – on the corner of what was – and what . . is !!<\/p>\n

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\nbringing back the – grit !!
\nyou went up a short staircase, in a very over-decorated but gorgeous ornate old-school clubby building, and once you caught a glimpse of the hallway beyond the velvet rope – you knew you were in the right place.<\/p>\n

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\nand, you’re . . in !!
\nlook at the . . ‘blue sq.’ at center – in that entry hallway – in photo above.
\nyes, that is . .
\nJACK GREER, ‘Urine’, 2014. color pencil on paper over wood support.
\n18 x 18 in.<\/p>\n

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\nlucky timing, two of the 3 curators were manning the show, JOSH HUBBARD, above – and KELSEY BENNETT. all of the curators are artists, and all 3 had work in the show.
\nright on.<\/p>\n

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\nJOSH HUBBARD, ‘Do You Believe That?’, 2014.
\nfelt on vintage fabric, 55 x 34.5 in.
\n($1,000,000 \/ open to offers)<\/p>\n

so fun. okay so the room was dark, or at least the walls were. and the lighting didn’t ‘absolutely’ suit all the pieces, esp this one, but that was half the fun, taking the posh . . and going over-the-top. looking back, I’m liking this presentation, a lot.
\njust get that art, up.
\npop-up vs white box vs tent, you gotta shake things up, sometimes.
\nlike I said bring back . . the grit !!<\/p>\n

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\nI asked JOSH HUBBARD if he did all the that hand-stitching, and he said: yes.
\nnice job, from one hand stitcher, I re-store vintage quilts – to another.
\nfunny thing, when he answered . . I got a ‘London calling’ kind of feeling.
\nthe accent, the grace, duh.<\/p>\n

sure enough, besides being artist & curator – he is also a Brit guitarist, he used to play with DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, one of our recently departed music reviewer Simon Cerigo’s faves . . oh well, c’est la vie. no words possible on that score, anymore.
\nanyways, seems JOSH HUBBARD recently joined forces with singer MICHAEL IAN CUMMINGS to form the New York City based-band . . SKATERS. <\/p>\n

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\nCHECK OUT:<\/strong> SKATERS – ‘DEADBOLT’, published OCT 16, 2013, YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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just to show you, how it goes in NYC, the band also just scored a really nice interview with – INTERVIEW, last week or so, actually APRIL 29, 2014 – and where you can find their pretty nice cover of THE SMITHS – ‘THIS CHARMING MAN’.
\nsee:<\/strong> SKATERS – EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE\/INTERVIEW<\/a>
\nthis: is their official website – SKATERS<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nKELSEY BENNETT. a co-curator of the show, she has 2 color photos in the ad hoc exhibit.
\napparently it’s through her connections, TONY BENNETT, the famous crooner, and . . loves-to-paint guy – is her uncle, that this show happened.
\ngood move, National Arts Club. thanks.<\/p>\n

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\nKELSEY BENNETT, ‘Crypt Keep in the Sun’, 2013.
\ndigital c-print, 12 x 18 in.
\n($350)<\/p>\n

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\nKELSEY BENNETT, ‘Raw Thrills’, 2013.
\ndigital c-print, 12 x 18 in.
\n($350)<\/p>\n

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\nLELE SAVERI, a selection of his monotone xerox photograph \/ collages.
\nLele Saveri . . the final, and third co-curator of ‘It’s An Invasion’ . . was not around the day I passed by, but he has a pretty big, and mighty ‘hip’ presence on the web, just google him.<\/p>\n

and, re: the dark walls.
\nin fact, as I look back at the installation pix, I’m liking more and more – the look of those dark walls, so – party-time, club time . . feels very, immediate.
\ncontrarian !! low-fi. just – happening.
\nso, grit. <\/p>\n

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\nLELE SAVERI . .
\nleft: ‘Untitled (Invasion No. 8)’, 2014. xerox, 8.5 x 11 in. ($100 edition of 10).
\nright: ‘Untitled (Invasion No. 9)’, 2014, xerox, 8.5 x 11 in. ($100 edition of 10).<\/p>\n

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\nRYAN McGINLEY, ‘Shane (Flashlight)’, 2013.
\nc-print, 45 x 30 in.
\n($14,000 + frame)
\nactually there were quite a lot of photographs in the show, prob the most famous contributor being – McGINLEY.
\nand it was a . . beaut, and I bet that is a good price, too.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, RYAN McGINLEY, ‘Shane (Flashlight)’.
\nit was a treat to see it, in person. very . . raw.<\/p>\n

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\nTODD JORDAN, ‘Aiden, New York City, September 2011.’
\ndigital c-print, 32 x 22 in.
\n($1,500)
\nmaybe not quite as mainstream famous as McGINLEY, TOOD JORDAN – still has quite a following of his own, and . . you can see why.
\nit’s hard to put into words, what’s so drop-dead stunning about this work, and maybe that’s why – it is so fascinating.
\nI bet at that price, it’s a steal – though no edition number is given.<\/p>\n

MORE PIX – TO FOLLOW. <\/p>\n

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

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