{"id":32892,"date":"2017-04-25T08:48:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T13:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=32892"},"modified":"2017-04-27T12:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T17:47:19","slug":"nicholas-moenich-micro-pop-upessex-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2017\/04\/25\/nicholas-moenich-micro-pop-upessex-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"~NICHOLAS MOENICH .  . &#8216;PLEASE MR. POSTMAN&#8217; \/ ESSEX FLOWERS &#038; incl misc. ref to: TOM SACHS, KATE &#038; SNOOPY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOO! . . GOTCHA !!<\/p>\n<p>micro pop-up \/ at ESSEX FLOWERS !!<\/p>\n<p>focusing in on, . . .  SENDING A MESSAGE ??<br \/>\non the small scale, free-form curatorial projects popping up across &#8211; the city, right now.<br \/>\nincluding the faux subversive \/ disrupter adverts &#8211; placed into bus shelter ad frames !! <\/p>\n<p>social media &#038; web archiving &#8211; are helping these kinds of projects to . . get around.<br \/>\nwhere you once had huge scale &#8216;land art&#8217; &#8211; in the remote desert \/ rebels, you now have small scale unconventional space &#8216;urban&#8217; &#8211; art projects \/ rebels !!<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s one way to deal with the cost of real estate vs. the huge wave of creativity . . .  in an expensive, but creatively expansive . .  city \/ urban hub.<\/p>\n<p>WON EH . .<br \/>\nis the nomme de guerre of NICHOLAS MOENICH&#8217;S Brooklyn apartment\/ living room project \/ curatorial space, which he runs with fellow artist LAUREN CLAY.<br \/>\nand yes,  the show&#8217;s title does reference the Beatles song !!<br \/>\n&#8220;Please, please Mr. Postman, look and see, see if there&#8217;s a let-ter in your bag, for me ?&#8221;<br \/>\nsweet, lyrical touch &#8211; esp for those of us who hear sound tracks in our head &#8211; at any given moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WON EH guest curates  . &#8216;PLEASE MR. POSTMAN&#8217;<br \/>\nfeat: MORGAN BLAIR, KARI CHOLNOKY, BENNY MERRIS, TRACY MOLIS, THOMAS SPOERDLE<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.essexflowers.us\/\">ESSEX FLOWERS<\/a> mailbox \/ 19 Monroe St, Chinatown<br \/>\nthe pop-up site specific work opened &#8211; SUN, APRIL 16, 2017 &#038; is currently still &#8211; ongoing, for public viewing.<br \/>\nbut, ps: you <strong>need<\/strong> to ask a someone in the gallery to open the mailbox &#8211; with their key !!<br \/>\nso you have to go gallery hrs \/ weekends are good.<\/p>\n<p>or: like us . .  you can <strong>follow<\/strong> along on that micro mother of-all media channels \/ MOAB, ooops I mean >> MOAC  !!<br \/>\n . .  Instagram. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-Mr-Postman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-Mr-Postman.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas-Moenich---Mr-Postman\" width=\"580\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-Mr-Postman.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-Mr-Postman-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNICHOLAS MOENICH &#8211; measures the site . . .<br \/>\nimage via @essexflowers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-curates-Mr-postman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-curates-Mr-postman.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas-Moenich-curates-Mr-postman\" width=\"470\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-curates-Mr-postman.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-curates-Mr-postman-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe show &#8211; is installed.<br \/>\ndig . . that WOOD FLOOR !!!!<br \/>\nand that tiny, but apparently working (?) ceiling .. light fixture &#8211; ha.<br \/>\ndid anybody else ever read &#8216;THE BORROWERS&#8217; when they were a kid ?<br \/>\nimage via @won_eh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Benny-Merris-mr-postman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Benny-Merris-mr-postman.jpg\" alt=\"Benny-Merris---mr-postman\" width=\"471\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Benny-Merris-mr-postman.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Benny-Merris-mr-postman-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBENNY MERRIS, &#8216;An Other Another 88&#8217;.<br \/>\nimage via @won_eh<\/p>\n<p>all the artworks, except for the KARI CHOLNOKY &#8216;keychain&#8217; \/  are small scale photo &#8211;  reproductions of larger originals \/ &#8216;digital prints mounted to museum board&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#038; according to a DM dialog I had with NICHOLAS MOENICH:<br \/>\n&#8220;Mr. Postman was very un-surprised about the tiny exhibit. A true New Yorker.<br \/>\nWe just had to make a small change so he could open the box to deliver all the mail.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tracy-Molis-Won-EH-essex-flowers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tracy-Molis-Won-EH-essex-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Tracy-Molis---Won-EH---essex-flowers\" width=\"705\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tracy-Molis-Won-EH-essex-flowers.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tracy-Molis-Won-EH-essex-flowers-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTRACY MOLIS, &#8216;Untitled (Griffin)&#8217;, 2015. acrylic on panel.<br \/>\nimage via @won_eh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Morgan-Blair-curated-by-Won_eh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Morgan-Blair-curated-by-Won_eh.jpg\" alt=\"Morgan-Blair-curated-by-Won_eh\" width=\"574\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Morgan-Blair-curated-by-Won_eh.jpg 574w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Morgan-Blair-curated-by-Won_eh-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMORGAN BLAIR, &#8216;Stuffed Cartoon Woodchuck at Church Yard Sale Sees The Future Through a Crack in The Patriarchy&#8217;s Palm; What Happens Next Will Leave You Wondering How They Fit All That Cheese in There!&#8217;, 2016.<br \/>\nthe original is acrylic on canvas over panel, 12 x 12 in.<br \/>\nimage via @won_eh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thomas-Spoerdle-Mr-postman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thomas-Spoerdle-Mr-postman.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas-Spoerdle---Mr-postman\" width=\"580\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thomas-Spoerdle-Mr-postman.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thomas-Spoerdle-Mr-postman-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTHOMAS SPOERDLE, DHF \/ &#8216;Foursquare: Extrovert&#8217;, 2016.<br \/>\nthe original is acrylic, enamel &#038; graphite on canvas, 44 x 40 in.<br \/>\nimage via @won_eh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kari-Cholnoky-key-chain.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kari-Cholnoky-key-chain.jpg\" alt=\"Kari-Cholnoky---key-chain\" width=\"492\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kari-Cholnoky-key-chain.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kari-Cholnoky-key-chain-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKARI CHOLNOKY, &#8216;Keychain hang&#8217;.<br \/>\nKari Cholnoky has larger works (!!) currently on exhibit at . .  WON-EH \/ the curatorial\/artist residency &#8211;  Nicholas Moenich &#038; Lauren Clay run in their Brooklyn apt &#8211; living room \/ 467 TROUTMAN ST, #1A, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/won-eh-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/won-eh-logo.jpg\" alt=\"won-eh---logo\" width=\"276\" height=\"216\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32909\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nsee: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woneh.site\/\">WON_EH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> &#038; FILE UNDER: HAD TO . .  L-A-U-G-H !!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NANCY-SMITH-collects-miniatures.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NANCY-SMITH-collects-miniatures.jpg\" alt=\"NANCY-SMITH---collects-miniatures\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NANCY-SMITH-collects-miniatures.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NANCY-SMITH-collects-miniatures-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NANCY-SMITH-collects-miniatures-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had to laugh: because, not only do I collect  . . &#8216;miniatures&#8217; !!<br \/>\nbut I even have a few of those <strong>tomato red<\/strong> 99 cent store measuring tapes &#8211;  which Nicholas Moenich holds up &#8211;  in that first photo !!<\/p>\n<p>and,  you can even see . .  some of my &#8216;micro art&#8217; \/  buying&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p>yes, that&#8217;s a <strong>TOM SACHS<\/strong> masking tape I bought for a pittance,  at Printed Matter years &#038; years ago, and there is also his trade marked &#8216;screw driver&#8217;, on top of it, but not easy to see, here.<\/p>\n<p>the small photograph-sized acrylic paintings,  on 4 x 4 in. mini-stretched canvases &#8211; are by my daughter, KATE CERIGO &#8211;  back from when she was a student, at Laguardia High School.<\/p>\n<p>ok, yeah. I also collect vintage doll house furniture &#038; anything . . . SNOOPY !!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Snoopy-slide-show-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Snoopy-slide-show-1.jpg\" alt=\"Snoopy-slide-show-#-1\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Snoopy-slide-show-1.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Snoopy-slide-show-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nin fact, that SNOOPY vintage toy, also has a &#8216;mini&#8217; . .  <strong>slideshow<\/strong> running in the back &#8211; of its head !!<br \/>\nah, how <strong>do<\/strong> you get the bread into the toaster \/ the eternal question !!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/snoopy-slideshow-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/snoopy-slideshow-2.jpg\" alt=\"snoopy-slideshow-#-2\" width=\"486\" height=\"648\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/snoopy-slideshow-2.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/snoopy-slideshow-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nyou change the image &#8211; by pulling on one of the ears !!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-snoopy-mailbox.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-snoopy-mailbox.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas-Moenich---snoopy-&amp;-mailbox\" width=\"648\" height=\"864\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-snoopy-mailbox.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Nicholas-Moenich-snoopy-mailbox-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>this one is just for . . . NICHOLAS MOENICH !! BOO !! &#8211; GOTCHA !!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>hey, hey, Mr. Postman, look &#038; see &#8211; got something in my mailbag, just for . . THE_E !!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS of my miniatures \/ micro art collection: NANCY SMITH <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOO! . . GOTCHA !! micro pop-up \/ at ESSEX FLOWERS !! focusing in on, . . . SENDING A MESSAGE ?? on the small scale, free-form curatorial projects popping up across &#8211; the city, right now. including the faux subversive \/ disrupter adverts &#8211; placed into bus shelter ad frames !! social media &#038; [&hellip;]<\/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\/32892"}],"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=32892"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32934,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32892\/revisions\/32934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}