{"id":29377,"date":"2016-05-27T09:14:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=29377"},"modified":"2016-05-27T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:43:22","slug":"jim-joe-vs-lewy-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2016\/05\/27\/jim-joe-vs-lewy-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"~JIM JOE VS LEWY: THE BOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"

DIARY \/ AN 800 PAGE INDEX OF COLLABORATIVE DRAWINGS BY JIM JOE & LEWY \/ LIMITED EDITION OF 100 \/ EACH WITH A UNIQUE DRAWING AS THE COVER \/ EACH SIGNED & NUMBERED ON THE BACK PAGE \/ $250 EACH<\/p>\n

PS: JUST SOLD OUT – IT WAS AVAILABLE LAST TIME I LOOKED (LAST WEEK).<\/p>\n

btw: 100 x $250 = $25,000.<\/p>\n

check it out: JIM JOE VS LEWY WEBSITE \/ DIARY <\/a><\/p>\n

one of the more interesting & original ‘statements’ of the JIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘PIECE OF DIRT’ POP-UP SHOW – was the book. if you couldn’t spring for a drawing, (line painting ?) on canvas
\n . . maybe you could peel off enough greenbacks – for a limited edition, signed & numbered, very large, DIY, almost BIBLICAL . . . book of drawings ?!!<\/p>\n

I did.<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY-DIARY---#-1\"<\/a>
\nthe ‘book’ – was on the ‘sales’ desk as you entered the show.
\nbut you couldn’t flip through that one – it was being kept in mint condition – as in, FOR SALE.<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-vS-LEWY---DIARY---hanging-sample\"<\/a>
\nbut there was<\/strong> one you could freely rifle through – hanging by chain, in a back corner of the room.<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-vS-LEWY---hanging-by-a-chain\"<\/a>
\nit was kind of a communal vs dominant bully kind of thing. no. really, everyone was very polite about taking turns, but some dedicated followers insisted on perusing the entire 800 pages. really.<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY---DIARY---COMMUNAL-AFFAIR\"<\/a>
\nit was like a giant – flip book. <\/p>\n

\"JIm-JOE-vS-LEWY---COMMUNAL-DIARY--#-2\"<\/a>
\ninside, it was very straight-forward, with minimal fuss. a great lay-out, great graphics, font, etc. gray tones, frame on page, etc etc.
\njust like everything in this show: absolutely on point.
\ntrend setter.
\nahead of the curve.<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY-DIARY-#-3\"<\/a>
\nDIY. LOW-FI.
\nbut definite the image was . . KING.<\/p>\n

\"communal-#-5\"<\/a>
\nlol, the pages were . . numbered.
\noh gawd, love that. the placement, the scale\/size. the font.
\nthe sheer audacity, scale & . . irony.
\n800 pages.<\/p>\n

\"communal-#-6\"<\/a>
\n429.
\ndo I have to spell it – love how it’s . . TYPE FONT !!
\nyou have to know . . when to fold<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"communal-#-7\"<\/a>
\naction.<\/p>\n

kinetic sculpture – in another era ?
\nalso totally dug that any ‘conceptualism’ was treated – as just another part of the game.
\na design \/ production decision. aka . . the way things were. that made the show pop. the totality.<\/p>\n

in, and of itself – a radical decision.<\/p>\n

also: vs. the ZINE !! that slim red-headed DIY art book . . stepson.<\/p>\n

\"communal-#-8\"<\/a>
\nhand-written, hand-formed . . letters – rule. year of the monkey.<\/p>\n

somebody will write the paper, no doubt: digital computers & the renaissance of the DIY script \/ calligraphy.<\/p>\n

small gestures – that really really<\/strong> count.<\/p>\n

\"cJIM-JOE-VS-LEWY-DIARY-#-9\"<\/a>
\nthis book – has heft.
\nball . . and chain ?
\n(ever get an email . . from SEAN VEGEZZI ?!!)<\/p>\n

\"JOWY-ROMANO-of-SUBWAY-ART-BLOG---JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY,-PIECE-OF-DIRT\"<\/a>
\nyes, that is<\/strong>: JOWY ROMANO . . of subway art blog<\/a> . . <\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY---DIARY-#-10\"<\/a>
\nshadows, too.
\nghost army.<\/p>\n

\"BENEDICT---JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY,-APRIL-2016-NYC\"<\/a>
\nI went back to see the show again the next day, and to buy a book.
\nBENEDICT was manning the sales desk.<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY-DIARY-#-11\"<\/a>
\nthere were two copies on the desk, numbers 28 & 29.<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY---DIARY---MY-COPY\"<\/a>
\nI picked the one on the right.
\nbesides having the most minimal of all dragon-y scrawls, it proclaimed:
\nYOURE NOT PERFECT EITHER.<\/p>\n

take that (fill in the blank) haters.
\ngo find . . your own<\/strong> ghost army.<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY---doggie-inthe-corner\"<\/a>
\nplus, a little doggie<\/strong> – in the corner !!<\/p>\n

\"JIM-JOE-VS-LEWY---DIARY---29-out-of-100-\"<\/a>
\n29\/100.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
\nJIM JOE VS LEWY, ‘PIECE OF DIRT’, 148 BOWERY, CHINATOWN, NYC. POP-UP, APRIL 2-10, 2016.
\nOPENED APRIL 1, 2016
\nPHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 1 & 2, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DIARY \/ AN 800 PAGE INDEX OF COLLABORATIVE DRAWINGS BY JIM JOE & LEWY \/ LIMITED EDITION OF 100 \/ EACH WITH A UNIQUE DRAWING AS THE COVER \/ EACH SIGNED & NUMBERED ON THE BACK PAGE \/ $250 EACH PS: JUST SOLD OUT – IT WAS AVAILABLE LAST TIME I LOOKED (LAST WEEK). btw: […]<\/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\/29377"}],"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=29377"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29415,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29377\/revisions\/29415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}