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<\/a>\n48 BOWERY, the former home of a famous Dim Sum palace.<\/p>\n
they say the ‘thick’ lines (bubble, bubble) are the handiwork of LEWY, and the thin lines are by JIM JOE, (stick, stick – you pick).<\/p>\n some pieces have words, some don’t. all are strange and disquieting. while PARIS is apparently – the true blue behind-the-scenes key ‘grip’ of the scene, being the ‘producer’ who has the architectural skills, know-how & creative design eyeball . . who produced (hands-on) & designed this show, and also I believe 170 SUFFOLK, and prob 15 WARREN, as well. this one says: ‘The return of the Past’. note the canvas hanging hardware at the top. the show was designed & managed perfectly, and in fact beyond all expectation. mesh with the surroundings, flush with the works.<\/p>\n drama, drama, drama. fork in the road.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nTAYLOR McKIMENS . . looking as wonderfully raw & ‘distressed’ – as the show.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthey scrubbed, maybe power washed the walls, but the resultant ‘camo’ of layers . . the residue of history remains. nice. patina.
\nand a great offset . . to the all-white canvases \/ black line drawings.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘BOY VS ROAD’
\nOIL ON CANVAS, 36 x 48 INCHES
\n($4,500 USD)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘TRAVEL VS ROCK’.
\nOIL ON CANVAS, 36 x 38 INCHES
\n($4,500 USD)<\/p>\n
\nand quiet. many many waters run deep – as the saying goes.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nOLIVIA BALLARD, SAMUEL PUGLIA, JONATHAN PUGLIA.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSPENCER TULLIS. Spencer been making some pretty harsh DIY films lately.
\ncan’t help but think back to his stupendous, towering diy folk art mama, in the 15 WARREN ST \/ New Years Eve – 2014 (huge group) show.
\nand, then the masterly & exquisite hyper0real blow-out Egyptian time-traveler of 170 SUFFOLK, June 2014.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMATT JACKSON, was also featured in that first 170 SUFFOLK knock-down . .
\npaintings of some kind of small poppy-like, pop art flowers – on some kind of distressed background.
\nin a better word: super distressed romantic.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJACK IRVING, TOMMY MALEKOFF.
\nJACK IRVING also had a piece in the 170 SUFFOLK show. a kind of huge smashed-up . . car ?
\nlooked great against the cinder block walls.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDANE ‘DIRT’ & CHLOE LLORET . . .
\nDIRT is kind of the bad boy leader-of-the pack, or at least of the party. & a brilliant, in his own way, maker of very brief, but very cool\/casual, on the lowdown . . short films.
\ncheck out @danedirt<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nPARIS VENTURE and . . photographer, filmmaker ANDREW KASS.
\nAndrew also had a great install in the 170 SUFFOLK show, a pay telephone . . . yep.
\nand a ‘grinning’ coffin in 15 WARREN. <\/p>\n
\nvery quiet, very visionary. no wonder their shows come across so well.
\nserious skills. beyond the beyond. way beyond the ordinary, for sure.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘HAMMER VS EGG’.
\nOIL ON CANVAS, 36 x 48 INCHES
\n($4,500 USD)<\/p>\n
\nthat’s the hand of LEWY.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJIM JOE VS LEWY – great install by PARIS VENTURE . . against a very raw backdrop.
\npoetic & steel-ey.
\nedge-y.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\ninstall by PARIS VENTURE.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthe view to the ceiling. often a cause for despair in a pop-up. not here.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthe view to the floor. beyond the beyond. mesmerizing.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘PONY VS HORSE’
\nOIL ON CANVAS, 36 x 48 INCHES
\n($4,500)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\ntalk about ‘pouring on’ the metaphors.
\nlife is<\/strong> a comic \/ tragedy.
\nnobody is arguing with that.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nYES, DUDE.<\/p>\n