{"id":31140,"date":"2016-11-10T12:06:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=31140"},"modified":"2016-11-11T18:25:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T23:25:41","slug":"shroom-show-helper-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2016\/11\/10\/shroom-show-helper-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"~SHROOM SHOW . . HELPER . . . !!!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘SHROOM SHOW’, HELPER . . . LIVES UP TO – IT’S NAME !!
\nLORDY, Lordy, help is on<\/strong> the way.<\/p>\n

of course, things are very<\/strong> hard here in NYC, where something like 9\/10 people voted for Hillary. Hillary might not<\/strong> have been their first choice, but anything . . trumps the Trump. all I need is to wake up and see Rudolph Giuliani’s ugly mug – in the morning papers alongside Trump – and I feel REPRESSION burn into my consciousness, just as if I’m a cowboy robot . . on WEST WORLD.<\/p>\n

so funny . . how that works. <\/p>\n

just when NYC is plunged into fear, depression and loathing, the greatest ‘alternative’ indie show pops up, at the small HELPER GALLERY in Brooklyn, Prospect Park\/Lefferts Gardens hood.
\ninnovative, creative, profound. and well produced.
\nit’s visionary, visual, wide open to interpretation, spiritual, organic<\/strong> and . . well, magic.<\/p>\n

it’s also very ironic, to come upon this ‘huge world of mushrooms’ . . . in a postage stamp of a gallery. the show, which focuses just as much on the ancient & new age foraging, and growing of mushrooms, as it does on the folklore and spiritual quest \/ magic mushroom vision . . is also rather picturesquely . . right around the corner from entire blocks, and I do mean blocks<\/strong> of Born Again \/ Holly Roller Storefronts. it feels like what Harlem is supposed to be, or was.
\nand then, just immediately beyond . . the waves & waves of Brooklyn-ensconced Hascids !!
\ntalk about a spiritual urban ‘sweet’ spot, or what !!<\/p>\n

the show was organized by . . NICHOLAS MOENICH<\/strong>,
\nwhose name came up just recently with the WON EH alternative, ‘doemestic’ & very<\/strong> indie . . gallery\/residency presentation of ANDRES LARACUENTE \/ ‘Seasonal Year’ . . in the Brooklyn home he shares with LAUREN CLAY.<\/p>\n

amazing, multi-layered exhibit & concept . .
\ntons of talent. every piece is mind-stopping, and that’s not<\/strong> an exaggeration.
\nthe last group show that grabbed my heart, soul & mind like that. and squeezed them together into a higher consciousness, must have been the New Years Eve 2014 \/ SEAN VEGEZZI, ANDREW KATZ & ABELINE COHEN curated & produced ’15 WARREN St’ that popped up, literally . . in downtown Tribeca. a whirling, hard-core & hard-driven . . alternative curatorial project, that hit its mark, double time.
\nexcept, while that show’s supreme charm was in it’s huge, raw, abandoned building ‘venue’, unconventional free-fall \/ de-constructed presentation . .
\nSHROOM is every bit as dynamic, but just . . very well laid-out, precise.<\/p>\n

just like, well . . a garden. <\/p>\n

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‘SHROOM SHOW’ – Organized by NICHOLAS MOENICH
\nthe opening was SAT OCT 22, 2016.
\nthe show is up thru . . SAT NOV 19, 2016
\nHELPER PROJECTS\/GALLERY <\/a>. . 495 ROGERS AVE, Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
\nHRS: by appointment see the ABOUT PAGE<\/a> <\/p>\n

for a full list of participating artists, hit EXHIBITIONS, then . . go to CURRENT<\/a><\/p>\n

HELPER IS: NATHAN GWYNNE, ZEREK KEMPF & CHRISTOPHER RIVERA<\/p>\n

also, check out Instagram:
\n@helpurr
\n@NICH_MOE-NICH – NICHOAS MOENICH <\/p>\n

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