{"id":22541,"date":"2014-09-12T09:17:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=22541"},"modified":"2014-09-12T12:12:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:12:24","slug":"satan-ceramics-opening-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/09\/12\/satan-ceramics-opening-pix\/","title":{"rendered":"~SATAN CERAMICS . . OPENING PIX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WICKED GOOD !!!<br \/>\nKNOCK-DOWN SKILLZ !!!<br \/>\nOVER-TURNED CONVENTIONS !!!<br \/>\nELECTRIFIED OPENING !!!<br \/>\nTONS OF EXCITEMENT, CONTRAST, CONTAINMENT &#038; GLAZES !!!<br \/>\nSHINY BRILLIANT WHITE &#038; MATTE BLACK SURFACES.<br \/>\nEVERY-BODIES WORK &#8211; was on FIRE !!!<br \/>\nthis show is just way off the CHARTS. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;BRAIN TO HAND TO OBJECT (CLAY)&#8221; &#8211; JJ PEET, MANIFESTO<\/p>\n<p>SATAN CERAMICS<br \/>\nOPENED SUN SEPT 7, 2014<br \/>\nthe show runs thru OCT 25, 2014<br \/>\nand features ceramic work by: MARY FREY, PAT McCARTHY, JJ PEET &#038; TOM SACHS<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon94.com\/exhibitions\/detail\/satan-ceramics\">SALON 94 FREEMANS<\/a>&#8211; FREEMANS ALLEY, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Satan-ceramics-the-scene.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Satan-ceramics-the-scene.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Satan-ceramics---the-scene\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Satan-ceramics-the-scene.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Satan-ceramics-the-scene-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nomg &#8211; the opening was HUGE !! just like the good ole days !!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jeanne-Greenberg-Rohatyn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jeanne-Greenberg-Rohatyn.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jeanne-Greenberg-Rohatyn\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jeanne-Greenberg-Rohatyn.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jeanne-Greenberg-Rohatyn-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\non the left: SALON 94 founder, JEANNE GREENBERG ROHATYN, with pal ERIN.<br \/>\nJEANNE looking g-o-o-d, but esp like they always do &#8211;  when they have connected hard.<br \/>\ndamn, did she just score . . and, opening game of the season.<br \/>\nrelevancy, skills, future vision, in-your-face-punk. 3D ceramics ?!!!<br \/>\npottery.<br \/>\nyep.<br \/>\ndeath metal black glaze ? check.<\/p>\n<p>everybody needs a little downtown street creed, now and then &#8211;  even Salon 94.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Julian-Schnabel-Sept-2014-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Julian-Schnabel-Sept-2014-.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Julian-Schnabel-Sept-2014--\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Julian-Schnabel-Sept-2014-.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Julian-Schnabel-Sept-2014--225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\neven big daddy himself, JULIAN SCHNABEL was there, and looking spiffy, or what !! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Alberto-Mugrabi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Alberto-Mugrabi.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Alberto-Mugrabi\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Alberto-Mugrabi.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Alberto-Mugrabi-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nmega-collector ALBERTO MUGRABI, keeping it on the down-low, don&#8217;t be fooled.<br \/>\ncaught him seriously engaged with the PATRICK McCARTHY tablet wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DREW-MILLER-SEPT-2014-NYC.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DREW-MILLER-SEPT-2014-NYC.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DREW-MILLER-SEPT-2014---NYC\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DREW-MILLER-SEPT-2014-NYC.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DREW-MILLER-SEPT-2014-NYC-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe&#8217;ll let comic book artist DREW MILLER . .  represent all the new kids, the electric new wave of young talent that has recently stormed onto the scene, just waiting for their next big move &#8211; to make their own big burning mark !! about to tip the island, watch out.<br \/>\never heard of &#8216;POOR THING &#8211; NUMBER ONE&#8217; ?<br \/>\nwell, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2013\/08\/31\/james-miller-drew-miller\/\">now you HAVE !!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote data-secret=\"4GnF1wTGzc\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2013\/08\/31\/james-miller-drew-miller\/\">~JAMES MILLER .. DREW MILLER<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"display:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2013\/08\/31\/james-miller-drew-miller\/embed\/#?secret=4GnF1wTGzc\" data-secret=\"4GnF1wTGzc\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" title=\"Embedded WordPress Post\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-SATAN-CERAMICS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-SATAN-CERAMICS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JJ-PEET---SATAN-CERAMICS\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-SATAN-CERAMICS.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-SATAN-CERAMICS-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJJ PEET, apparently the master of cutting-edge clay and zen-like glazes &#8211; the SATAN CERAMICS guru himself.<br \/>\nwhat could be better, than a natural born trouble maker, basking in the limelight of achievement ?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-TINY-TEA-CUP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-TINY-TEA-CUP.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JJ-PEET-&amp;-TINY-TEA-CUP\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-TINY-TEA-CUP.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-TINY-TEA-CUP-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhe was sipping from a (his) tiny hand-made tea cup.<br \/>\nthis is so . .  what we mean by great art has &#8211; juice . .<br \/>\nthough this guy looked to have a very dry, and tres sly !! sense of humor.<br \/>\ncontrarian or what. form follows function &#8211; !! not.<br \/>\nI guess that&#8217;s the satanic part &#8211; stepping out.<br \/>\nanybody who says that contemporary art doesn&#8217;t involve skills &#8211; get outta my way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-stoneware.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-stoneware.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JJ-PEET---stoneware\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-stoneware.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-stoneware-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJJ PEET, stoneware.<br \/>\nnote . .  the BIG RED BRICK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-Brickvace_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-Brickvace_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JJ-PEET---Brickvace_3\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-Brickvace_3.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-Brickvace_3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nX marks the spot.<br \/>\nJJ PEET, &#8216;BRICKVACE_3&#8217;, 2014, Porcelain, 3 x 3 x 3 in.<\/p>\n<p>Clay makes bricks, bricks make houses.<br \/>\nwhen a vase has a (design) face &#8211; clay makes a brickvace !! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-Brickvace_-19-2014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-Brickvace_-19-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JJ-PEET-Brickvace_-19,-2014\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-Brickvace_-19-2014.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-Brickvace_-19-2014-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJJ PEET, &#8216;BRICKVACE_19&#8217;, 2014. Porcelain, 3 x 3 x 3 in.<br \/>\nreally . . through the LOOKING GLASS !! ALICE et al.<br \/>\nnote: the shadows, very magical installation. something the gallery website, which is very staid and formula uptown  &#8211; did not catch.<br \/>\nexcept for that logo &#8211; the SATAN CERAMICS logo was GREAT. the T shirts were selling like hot cakes, $20 a pop.<br \/>\nwe got it. we got 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-viewer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-viewer.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JJ-PEET-viewer\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-viewer.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JJ-PEET-viewer-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJJ PEET, &#8216;BRICKVACE_VIEWER&#8217;, 2014.<br \/>\nPorcelain, aluminum, electronics, rubber. 6 x 12 x 8 in.<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t tell me contemporary art isn&#8217;t . . relevant.<br \/>\ntribal knowledge meets modern technology . . head-on.<br \/>\ncapital C &#8211; for communication. and, creativity.<br \/>\nartists and scientists, rule.<br \/>\nincluding skilled, and witty &#8211; ceramists . . who are both.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-satan-ceramics.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-satan-ceramics.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mary-Frey---satan-ceramics\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-satan-ceramics.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-satan-ceramics-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMARY FREY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-catcher.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-catcher.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mary-Frey---catcher\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-catcher.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-catcher-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMARY FREY, &#8216;Catcher&#8217;, 2014.<br \/>\nstoneware\/underglaze\/carbon fiber. 5 x 5 x 5 in.<br \/>\nthat orange, with all that black and white, in the room &#8211; is to die for.<br \/>\njust gorgeous. fab fab fab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-Fruitbowl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-Fruitbowl.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mary-Frey-Fruitbowl\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-Fruitbowl.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-Fruitbowl-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nlooking at MARY FREY&#8217;S . . &#8216;FRUIT BOWL&#8217;, 2014.<br \/>\nPorcelain\/death metal black underglaze. 10 x 10 x 10.5 in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-key-party.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-key-party.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mary-Frey---key-party\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-key-party.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Frey-key-party-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMARY FREY, &#8216;KEY PARTY&#8217;, 2014.<br \/>\nPorcelain, death metal black underglaze. 8.5 x 6.5 x .5 in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TOM-SACHS-SATAN-CERAMICS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TOM-SACHS-SATAN-CERAMICS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"TOM-SACHS---SATAN-CERAMICS\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TOM-SACHS-SATAN-CERAMICS.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TOM-SACHS-SATAN-CERAMICS-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTOM SACHS, now there&#8217;s a story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TOM-SACHS-nasa-cup.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TOM-SACHS-nasa-cup.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"TOM-SACHS---nasa-cup\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TOM-SACHS-nasa-cup.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TOM-SACHS-nasa-cup-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTOM SACHS, &#8216;CONEJO&#8217;, 2013.<br \/>\nEnglish porcelain, temple white glaze, NASA red engobe, reduction fired. 3.75 x 4.75 x 5 in.<\/p>\n<p>TOM SACHS . .<br \/>\nhe is SO ambitious, and he is such an easy target &#8211; sometimes we all gang-up and go a little rough on him, but if he was ever born to make art, he was born to make this piece !!<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t matter what he did in the past, doesn&#8217;t matter what he does . . in the future. as far as I&#8217;m concerned &#8211; I am giving him one big pass to last a lifetime &#8211;  to the genuine art strivers Hall of Fame &#8211; with this one. he has finally lived up to his future vision, pseudo fabrication dreams. what was it I read about his wedding,  &#8220;ALBERT EINSTEIN meets Bart Simpson.&#8221; hmmm. yep.<br \/>\nabsolutely BRILLIANT. beautifully rendered, perfect scale.<br \/>\nhe should make a whole dinner set of these and send them to the President of the United States. they should make at least one of these mandatory equipment on space ships. art + science &#8211; the future of the world &#8211; in your hands. <\/p>\n<p>and don&#8217;t forget the . . past. the skills, the human bio-ness of the race. the great achievements, the uneven lurches forward.<br \/>\nfunction, color red, code logo, all in the palm of your hand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tom-Sachs-hot-Nut-Bowl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tom-Sachs-hot-Nut-Bowl.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tom-Sachs---hot-Nut-Bowl\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tom-Sachs-hot-Nut-Bowl.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tom-Sachs-hot-Nut-Bowl-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTOM SACHS, &#8216;HOT NUT BOWL&#8217;, 2013.<br \/>\nporcelain, 2.5 x 4.375 x 4 in.<\/p>\n<p>speechless, who knew the guy could hand-build ?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tom-sachs-hot-nut-bowl-shad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tom-sachs-hot-nut-bowl-shad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tom-sachs-hot-nut-bowl-shad\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tom-sachs-hot-nut-bowl-shad.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tom-sachs-hot-nut-bowl-shad-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nbeautiful balance, and I don&#8217;t mean just the hand-built vessel, exquisite balancing act. the imbedded branding, the fab glaze etc, etc. <\/p>\n<p>I mean the whole installation itself, the wooden raw edges of the display shelves, the lighting &#8211; which threw graceful, lingering, defining and dancing delicate shadows on the 3D objects, 3D !!  &#8211; after-all.<br \/>\nthey should have posted the exhibit pix with the installation accents, not stripped them down to be so bland and bare &#8211; on white sheet backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>BUT,<br \/>\nI mean, all the better for me !!<br \/>\nace photog that I am.<br \/>\nI mean where would <strong>I<\/strong> be &#8211; in a perfect &#8211; world ?<br \/>\nwhere would any of us be &#8211; in a perfect world. hoo-ray for hand built pottery.<br \/>\nand zen-like glazes, tiny scales, and nonsensical form.<br \/>\nall inter-relating like a roomful of swaying Tibetan prayer bells.<\/p>\n<p>which brings us to . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-mcCarthy-satan-ceramics.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-mcCarthy-satan-ceramics.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pat-mcCarthy-satan-ceramics\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-mcCarthy-satan-ceramics.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-mcCarthy-satan-ceramics-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPAT McCARTHY.<br \/>\naka the Pigeoneer of BUSHWICK !! <\/p>\n<p>the last time I saw him was in this tiny show in a tiny, but concept-wise immense !! &#8211; storefront gallery in Brooklyn called MUDDGUTS, and deservedly, so.<\/p>\n<p>MUDDGUTTS to . .  SALON 94, even FREEMANS ALLEY &#8211; now that&#8217;s what I call an . . &#8216;ascent&#8217;.<br \/>\nPat, he must have been watching his birds in flight, take off. or what. we outta here.<br \/>\nwe out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-mcCarthy-hi-rise-perc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-mcCarthy-hi-rise-perc.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pat-mcCarthy---hi-rise-perc\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-mcCarthy-hi-rise-perc.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-mcCarthy-hi-rise-perc-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPAT McCARTHY, porcelain hi-rise pigeons perches.<\/p>\n<p>Pat told me he had made all new work for this show &#8211; in the 2 weeks since I had swung by that classic underground moment of a show, PAT&#8217;S PIGEON CLUB. ROOF SUPPLYS, FANZINES, BIRD TALK !!<\/p>\n<p>we had had a huge Pigeon club talk on his, then, all-white glazed, with very zen touches &#8211; porcelain hi-rise perches, about pigeons and their amazing eye sight, all the better to soar.<\/p>\n<p>and, here were Pat&#8217;s pigeon perches v.2 &#8211;  accessorized with little &#8216;stripes&#8217; of nicely &#8216;keyed&#8217; glaze color &#8211; all the better to get back home to your own special perch. apparently it&#8217;s not just us humans that are &#8211; deathly . . territorial. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarhy-detail-hi-ris.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarhy-detail-hi-ris.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pat-McCarhy---detail-hi-ris\" width=\"727\" height=\"545\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarhy-detail-hi-ris.jpg 727w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarhy-detail-hi-ris-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPat told me .. &#8220;I found my color.&#8221;<br \/>\nwe outta here &#8211; or what ?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-coop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-coop.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pat-McCarthy-mini-coop\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-coop.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-coop-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPAT McCARTHY &#8211; mini coop !!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nif you peered inside &#8211; you could just make out a miniature set of his signature porcelain hi-rise pigeon<br \/>\nperches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches-.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches--\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches-.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Pat-McCarthy-mini-perches--300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nsee &#8217;em ?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Joey.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Joey.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Joey\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Joey.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Joey-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know if this was an ode to a long lost hero of the Lower East Side mean streets, or if this signaled this mini coop &#8211; was actually home to a special dude pigeon &#8211; named . . Joey, of course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Joeys-coop-note-cement-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Joeys-coop-note-cement-b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Joey&#039;s-coop---note-cement-b\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Joeys-coop-note-cement-b.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Joeys-coop-note-cement-b-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe mini coop &#8211; from the back, note that concrete block &#8211; extreme left bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cement-brick.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cement-brick.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cement-brick\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cement-brick.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cement-brick-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nyeah, sweet. satanic !!<br \/>\ntongue-in-cheek sweet.<br \/>\na mini concrete brick. <\/p>\n<p>holding everything down. holding everything . . together.<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t they say, god is in the details. <\/p>\n<p>and so the wild rush of a Satanic circle &#8211; that is SATAN CERAMICS . .  that began with a big red brick . . ends with a tiny gray one. what a nice touch, what a nice metaphoric rhyme.<br \/>\nall things come round.<br \/>\nwhat a nice &#8211; throw-down to <strong>the<\/strong> mentor, JJ PEET.<\/p>\n<p>just goes to show . . like in science, like in art &#8211; like in life.<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s always truth in real pottery,  I mean !! &#8211;  poetry !!<br \/>\nwhat comes around, goes around. ancient arts, new minds.<br \/>\nsatanic.<\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WICKED GOOD !!! KNOCK-DOWN SKILLZ !!! OVER-TURNED CONVENTIONS !!! ELECTRIFIED OPENING !!! TONS OF EXCITEMENT, CONTRAST, CONTAINMENT &#038; GLAZES !!! SHINY BRILLIANT WHITE &#038; MATTE BLACK SURFACES. EVERY-BODIES WORK &#8211; was on FIRE !!! this show is just way off the CHARTS. &#8220;BRAIN TO HAND TO OBJECT (CLAY)&#8221; &#8211; JJ PEET, MANIFESTO SATAN CERAMICS OPENED [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22541"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22543,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22541\/revisions\/22543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}