{"id":23182,"date":"2014-10-29T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T16:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=23182"},"modified":"2014-10-29T20:02:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T01:02:33","slug":"ducks-pix-from-the-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/10\/29\/ducks-pix-from-the-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"~DUCKS . . PIX FROM THE EXHIBIT"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘DUCKS’ – CURATED BY RYAN TRAVIS CHRISTIAN
\nOCT 24 – NOV 29, 2014
\nGREENPOINT TERMINAL GALLERY<\/a> – 67 WEST ST. #320 – BROOKLYN, N.Y.
\nHRS: FRI & SAT \/ 1-6 PM or by appointment<\/p>\n

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\nGREENPOINT TERMINAL GALLERY is a small, but big ambitions . . artist-run gallery in Brooklyn, and the – artist who runs it is . . BRIAN WILLMONT.
\nhe has his own studio behind the gallery, so making an appointment to see the shows – is . . NO BIG DEAL. he’s a very friendly, engaging, social is the word – and smart, guy. he’s definitely taking the ‘Brooklyn’ brand . . forward.
\nthe contact is on the gallery website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nRYAN TRAVIS CHRISTIAN, ‘The Scientist’, 2014.
\ncolor pencil on paper, 10.25 x 12.75 in.
\n($900)<\/p>\n

RYAN TRAVIS CHRISTIAN curated the show – pretty much everything was made specifically for the show. the many & very diverse contributors were given like 2 months – to come up with something about ducks !!
\nwhat is it about ducks, anyway ?<\/p>\n

I asked BRIAN, why the ducky theme ?
\nand this is what he said: “I think RYAN chose ducks because they’re funny and silly. He has a history of ducks in his work and there’s a rich history of ducks in cartoons, which he works with a lot.”<\/p>\n

it’s a very retro – theme. I was thinking DAFFY and Donald and all that, incl Mother Goose – must have been before ca. 1940, when more people grew up on farms, or closer to rural areas – and ducks had big CHARACTERS in the family yard. !! now we all live in cities and only know rats, dogs, cats – and, Sharks !!
\nand, oh yeah – pigeons.<\/p>\n

sure enough in a nice essay on the show, ‘What the Duck ?’ posted by OPENING CEREMONY<\/a>
\nwe get to learn that RYAN “recently moved to a house with a pond in the suburbs of Chicago, so he’s had a lot of time to observe them” – who’s the leader of the pack, etc. <\/p>\n

I’m thinking there is something about ducks – that goes counter intuitive to the fast paced and high risk world today, so it was even more interesting to see such a big group effort – trying to pin them down, or is that – set them free.
\nducks, they not only seem akin to humans, but they get cut up a lot, comically speaking . . and hunted into food, more ominously. yum yum Peking duck. so there’s got to be a moral in there – somewhere.
\nbut – on with the . . show !!<\/p>\n

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\nERIC SHAW, ‘DuckDuck’, 2014.
\nvinyl paint and gauche on paper, 16.5 x 11.5 in.
\n($800)<\/p>\n

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\nMATT LOCK. ‘Ruffians Visiting an Art Exhibit’, 2014
\nmixed media on paper, 8.5 x 12 in.
\n($120) (wow – that’s a STEAL !!)<\/p>\n

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\nCASSIE MARIE EDWARDS, ‘Sitting Duck’, 2014
\noil\/alkyd on paper, 11 x 14 in.
\n($750)<\/p>\n

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\nSOFIA LEIBY, ‘DUCK (after Steinberg)’, 2014
\nacrylic on Arches paper, 7 x 11 in.
\n($350)<\/p>\n

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\nJOSH REAMES, ‘Fucked Up Mallard’. 2014
\nacrylic on canvas, 12 x 16 in.
\n($1,200)<\/p>\n

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\nMORGAN BLAIR, ‘Quack is Wack’, 2014
\nacrylic and sand on panel, 11 x 14 in.
\n($550)<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, MORGAN BLAIR, ‘Quack is Wack’.<\/p>\n

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\nSTACIE JOHNSON, ‘Ducky duck’, 2014
\nacrylic on cardboard and paper clay, 5 x 8 x 1 in.<\/p>\n

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\nLOUIS SCHMIDT, ‘Duck Study #12’, 2014
\nacrylic and graphite on paper, 11 x 14 in.
\n($350).
\nI liked this one – because the duck was so . . pensive, and sad.<\/p>\n

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\nMATT LEINES, ‘Duck Hunt, a Humorous Rifle Industry Publication Aimed at Japanese Children’, 2014
\nink, colored pencil, and graphite on paper, 8 x 10 in.
\n($1,000)
\nit was great to see this piece in person, I liked it because it was so graphic as only MATT LEINES can be, in that twisty & funny . . offbeat, upbeat . . you know kind of way of his, you know . . aimed<\/strong> at children, and, Japanese at that !!
\nyep, looking a lot like a woodblock print.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, MATT LEINES, ‘Duck Hunt’
\nmore like a tarot card, than a how-to-hunt, and KILL . . ?!!
\nyour OWN species ?!!<\/p>\n

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\nEDRA SOTO, ‘Duck Parts (Milagros)’, 2014
\nTooling metal, Dimensions variable.
\n($250)
\ntalk about complete . . deconstruction.<\/p>\n

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\nCHRISTIAN REX van MINNEN, ‘Duckface’, 2014
\noil on panel, 14 x 11 x 2 in.
\n(SOLD)
\nit’s the tattoo – on the face . . !!
\nawesome \/ gruesome, off the wall. funnie. lush. not a bad price – either.<\/p>\n

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\nADAM SCOTT, ‘KALLE ANKA (Leave Me Alone)’, 2014
\ncolor pencil on paper, 11 x 14 in.
\n($800)<\/p>\n

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\nJEREMY TINDER, ‘Sliced Duck’, 2014
\nacrylic on wood, dimensions variable.
\n($400)<\/p>\n

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\nJAY STUCKWISCH, ‘Two Drakes’, 2014
\nDigital on canvas, 11 x 14 in.
\n($600)<\/p>\n

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\nBRIAN COOPER, ‘Empty Space is Not Nothing 9’, 2014
\noil on wood, 9 x 12 in.
\n($1,000)<\/p>\n

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\nDANIEL ALBRIGO, ‘3 1\/2 Ducks’, 2014
\ngesso on linen wrapped panel, 11 x 14 in.
\n($500)<\/p>\n

in the CHINESE HOROSCOPE . . to be DUCKY, is to be . . LUCKY !!<\/p>\n

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

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