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<\/a>\nit didn’t seem right to show Kate & Theo in front of Simon’s painting, without showing the whole painting, and its rebel rebel indie . . cry.<\/p>\n
SIMON was a storyteller, but more along the lines of an observer, and an . . archivist. Simon was into ‘distressed’ – way before it was the norm.<\/p>\n he also used this ARTFORUM, SUMMER 1984 – as a journal, scribbling down thoughts, and drawing in it. he only did this once<\/strong>. it’s where Kate found his scribble: ‘Under the Volcano’<\/strong>. the movie must have just come out, and the phrase stuck with her, and became the title of the show, the metaphor for the times.<\/p>\n what’s so funny – is !!<\/strong><\/a>
\nSIMON CERIGO, acrylic paint, t-shirt and found ‘vinyl’ on stretched canvas. 6 x 7 ft.
\nthe t-shirt says: FASTER. PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
\ntalk about ‘growing up’ under . . the volcano.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nwell, now you know where they got . . their ‘moxie’.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\ngreat portrait. Simon was also heavily into comic book art.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nreal, vinyl.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nlooking at SIMON CERIGO, small collage with white acrylic paint on stretched canvas.
\nSimon was into comic book art, Japanese art of all periods, and of course contemporary art, but esp heavy on the big and not so big, German artists of the 80s and 90s<\/strong>.
\nMARTIN KIPPENBERGER was a big big influence. <\/p>\n
\nwe have boxes of his ripped, now vintage indie music flyers, posters and art show cards, in particular he liked to rip old flyers – off the street. he liked to put the music, and the art – that was happening, back to back.
\nor side by side. literally. nobody but nobody on the art scene knew the indie music scene as well as he did.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSIMON CERIGO, detail top, exhibit card: GILBERT & GEORGE 1971-1991.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSIMON CERIGO, exhibit card: COLLIER SCHORR, DECEMBER 3-23, 1994.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSIMON CERIGO, this small painted collage on stretched canvas, approx 1-1\/2 x 2 ft . . used to hang in Collin DeLand’s AMERICAN FINE ARTS gallery office, forever. Collin loved it. and even though, ART CLUB 2000 included Simon’s work in one of their early group shows, Collin never thought to look at, let alone . . . show any other of Simon’s work – and that was Simon’s life \/ career arc . . . in a nutshell.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSIMON CERIGO, detail, THE MURMURS . . at CBGB’s.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSIMON CERIGO, detail. HI. ART CLUB 2000. CLEAR. AMERICAN FINE ARTS 22 WOOSTER. SATURDAY JULY 23 6-8 PM THROUGH AUGUST 13.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSimon wasn’t prolific in his art making – although he was prolific in his collecting .. !!
\nhe only made a few of those small, white paint \/ collage canvases.
\nhe called the series: ‘The Big Sadness’.<\/p>\n
\nwith this one<\/strong> Artforum, so we have kept it close at hand.<\/p>\n
\nme and Theo were just watching a re-run of ‘HOLLYWOOD COP’ with EDDIE MURPHY<\/strong>, on TV last week, and the villain, who is also a sleazy, slick wannabe high-end art dealer<\/strong>, holds up this very same Artforum !! it’s very distinctive . . with that blue and orange grid – we almost fell off our chairs !!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nfrom Simon’s Artforum journal . . .<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthe reference to the movie is at the top of this page.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n‘UNDER THE VOLCANO’.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSIMON CERIGO, Game of Thrones, or what ?!!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSIMON CERIGO, ‘I Just want to cry’ – the classic, ‘tears of the clown’.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n‘Yojimbo’ – Simon loved nothing better than . . Japanese Samurai movies.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n‘Sanjuro’.<\/p>\n