{"id":2339,"date":"2010-10-28T21:12:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T02:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2011-10-18T18:57:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T23:57:19","slug":"twelve-and-underopening-nite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2010\/10\/28\/twelve-and-underopening-nite\/","title":{"rendered":"~SAFFRON\/TWELVE AND UNDER\/OPENING NITE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nthis diverse group show at SAFFRON, a new storefront gallery, art, vintage, and flower shop in Fort Greene – was so fun, mostly because of all the fresh faces – and new voices. the theme was organized around work – 12 inches and under – in scale – hence the name: ‘TWELVE AND UNDER’.
\nthe opening party took place – last Friday Oct 22, 2010 – the show remains up thru Dec. 31, 2010.
\non the right: KANA TOGASHI, co-curator of the ‘TWELVE AND UNDER’ show, and a co-founder with her mom of the store. that’s her mom – MIHOKO, on the left.<\/p>\n

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\nmany of the mostly young artists in the show – are friends of Kana’s.
\nKana wanted to do something special to celebrate the first anniversary of the store – and she thought, what better way than to give a platform to her many talented friends.
\nabove on the left: that’s KANA TOGASHI – herself a painter and a pretty good photographer, and now a storefront entrepreneur !! and it appears, a curator and patron of the arts. next is ROBYN – who is a writer. and, at the right is KATE CERIGO – painter and graphic designer. <\/p>\n

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\ntwo artists in the show – JENNIFER WONG and DANIEL GOERS.<\/p>\n

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\nJENNIFER WONG – her three – full-color spectrum photographs had an interesting Kodak-moment intensity – that lasted way longer than a first impression usually does . . . <\/p>\n

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\nand which offset the initially deceptive snapshot casualness, esp with the documentary\/hand-held feel, and – color ‘bleeds’. JENNIFER WONG.
\ncheck out: myrtleavenuebirdtown.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nDANIEL GOERS’ piece was completely off the wall, or rather, off the tree ! titled ‘Bracket Fungus’ it is 100 % living fungus -in a frame. which made me wonder: it could live forever – in a frame ?
\nyou can read more about his work – in 2 very sharp and bright art\/design sites:
\nsee: his own – scrap ecology<\/a>
\nand for sure, check out: designsquish<\/a><\/p>\n

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\njust to the left of his work, was this intense little puzzle of a scribble of a Celtic knot . . . <\/p>\n

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\nby KRISTIN REGER.<\/p>\n

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\nchanging gears – this duo of color photographs was on the facing wall.
\nstrange and mysterious, yet so detailed – I was drawn to them over and over again.
\nPhotos of Hong Kong – by WINNIE AU.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, photo by WINNIE AU.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, photo by WINNIE AU.<\/p>\n

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\nand just outside on the street, how fun to meet up with WINNIE AU, herself.<\/p>\n

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\nback inside, GABRIEL SMITH. <\/p>\n

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\ncollage and acrylic paint by GABRIEL SMITH.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, GABRIEL SMITH.<\/p>\n

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\nphotographer TOMOKO DAIDO.
\na friend of TOMOO GOKITA, TOMOKO DAIDO is a member of the Tokyo-based artist collective 35minutesmen – aka – 35mm !! in fact, she and 6 other members of what looks to be a photography collective – will be featured in a show, aptly titled ’35minutesmen’ at FORDHAM UNIVERSITY’S CENTER GALLERY, Lincoln Center Campus, 113 West 60th Street at Columbus Avenue, NYC – opening soon, actually: NOV 6, 2010 and running thru Dec 19, 2010. the opening reception for the show is FRI, NOV 12, 2010\/from 6-8 PM.
\nthe show, ’35minutesmen’ is curated by STEPHEN APICELLA-HITCHCOCK & ANIBAL PELLA-WOO.
\nthe Fordham University Center Gallery is open from 8am – 8pm every day.
\nsee: Fordhamvisualarts.blogspot.com\/<\/a>
\nand for sure, check out: 35minutesmen.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nblack and white nature photograph by TOMOKO DAIDO. it a classic ‘capture’ of icicles coming down leaves, and was shot in Europe. it was fun to learn that Tomoko has a book out on her black and white photography – called ‘White Elephant’ !! <\/p>\n

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\nBRANDON PILCHER.<\/p>\n

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\nBRANDON PILCHER – a unique cyanotype with wax.<\/p>\n

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\nmeet: SELDON YUAN.<\/p>\n

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\nSELDON YUAN, his piece defies photography – a shimmering assemblage of tiny mirrors that alternately pixelates and then, comes together to form a portrait – depending on different light sources, distances, and angles.<\/p>\n

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\nyou can see the portrait aspect – better from a distance here, at bottom right – that’s JIM at the counter.<\/p>\n

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\nKana’s brother SHUNYA also helps run the store. and, he also has an interesting art studies background, but as far as I got this busy night – was one word: Argentina !! <\/p>\n

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\nthis super interesting conceptual design piece in the window is by JON SCHRAMM, a friend of TETSUKI NAKATOMI, who is the show’s co-curator along with Kana. Tetsuki is – a student of architecture.
\n JON SCHRAMM teaches architecture at Parsons.
\nthe piece says: but is it a home \/ drawn by jon schramm \/ font berhold akzidenz grotesk
\nsee: jonschramm.com<\/a>
\nand check out: flickr.com\/points-and-lines<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nalso by JON SCHRAMM, it says:
\nsharpen pencil
\ndo not let loose graphite fall to the paper
\ngrab the pencil, feel it’s weight and rotate between your fingers
\nplace pencil on paper
\nhold a breath
\nmove your whole arm
\nlet it out.<\/p>\n

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\nintense composition by JJ MANFORD.<\/p>\n

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\ngraphite drawing and paper collage by NICKOLA POTTINGER.<\/p>\n

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\nanother strange and compelling multi-media work on canvas – by NICKOLA POTTINGER.<\/p>\n

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\nNICKOLA POTTINGER.
\nKANA TOGASHI, KATE CERIGO, NICKOLA POTTINGER and GABRIEL SMITH – all first meet up as students at New York City’s LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Kana went on to study at Pratt, Nickola and Gabriel went to Cooper Union, and Kate went to SVA. <\/p>\n

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\nspeaking of which – here is an array of small photo-based canvases by KATE CERIGO – a true colorist if I ever did see one. <\/p>\n

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\nand where did she get that love of family album pix from ?
\nshe must have grown up surrounded by photos and art !!
\nKATE CERIGO – paint on canvas: friends in the lake – when we were young.<\/p>\n

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\nKATE CERIGO. yep this is Theo – back in the day !!<\/p>\n

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\nKATE CERIGO, photo-based painting on canvas. <\/p>\n

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\nNICKOLA POTTINGER and KATE CERIGO.<\/p>\n

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\ncan I get in a few more pieces ?
\nhere’s a super graphic photo duo by – KATIE WHITE.<\/p>\n

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\na mysterious photo landscape by MAKI KAORU.<\/p>\n

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\nand an equally mysterious and compelling photo – by the musician AKI ONDA.<\/p>\n

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\na quirky and yet, sly composition by FUMIHIRO MATSUZAKI.<\/p>\n

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\nELISA SOLIVEN’S painting.<\/p>\n

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\na wall of work. a photo-collage on cardboard of an embroidery by NANCY SMITH (ok. that’s me), 2 pieces by JUNKO WATERHALL, and at the right, a striking and very sharp, fun black and white composition by DAISAKU YAKABE.<\/p>\n

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\nNANCY SMITH, photo-based paper collage on cardboard. <\/p>\n

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\nNANCY SMITH, paper banner.<\/p>\n

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\nKEIGO TAKAHASHI at the opening.<\/p>\n

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\nNORA DEMENUS made the scene as well. <\/p>\n

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\nthe show’s co-curator TETSUJI NAKATOMI, in a hand-knit poncho by guess who.
\nok. I told you already – just call me crack (of all trades) . . . NANCY SMITH.<\/p>\n

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\na good luck SAFFRON – thrift-shop find – cat !!<\/p>\n

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\nanother one of Kana’s lucky cats . . .
\nat least it’s silver and not feral – a little inside joke, I cannot resist.
\n(Josh Harris – and Greenberg the cat – coming up soon.)<\/p>\n

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\n‘TWELVE AND UNDER’ – A GROUP EXHIBIT curated by KANA TOGASHI and TETSUJI NAKATOMI
\nin honor of the store’s first anniversary – running through DEC 31, 2010
\nSAFFRON – 31 HANSON PLACE – FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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