if you saw ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ .. then you know he was also a pretty fake hubby, who was willing to throw me under the bus without a moment’s hesitation, when it was he – who set up the ‘taunt’. <\/p>\n
*though JOSH HARRIS . . did<\/strong> get to see his name in Artforum because of some Euro-chick, who wrote up . . ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ as her top 5 . . whatever. I’d rather be entombed forever, Under The Volcano – than dead, bought & sold all the way . . in Artforum.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ALFREDO-MARTINEZ-SIMON-CERGO.jpg\")
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\ntop: Gun \/ watercolor painting with hand-made paper surface collage, on found cardboard pizza box, 24 x 28 in., Sept 1, 2017 . . by ALFREDO MARTINEZ aka “THE REAL FAKE” #Basquiatforger
\nbottom: Found painting with hand-scribbles & bits of collage, 18 x 18 in., ca. 2004 . . by SIMON CERIGO . . #underthevolcano.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nit was somebody’s rather primitive, but very charming acrylic painting \/ canvas on wooden stretcher bars, no less. that he picked up off the street, & probably saved from the garbage dump. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthis collage bit – was an Artforum ad he looked to have cut out, from a newspaper ?
\nthat was another element of his ‘real fake’ persona.
\nthough he constantly pooh-poohed Artforum,his whole entire life – he would have given his eye teeth to have seen his name in print on those pages, even just once.<\/p>\n
\nthough quite a few years after the fact. the film, which focused<\/strong> on the bonafide, real time . . hardcore \/ underground art scene in NYC \/ at the time of the Millennium (Dec 1999-Jan 2000) won BEST DOCUMENTARY (USA) at SUNDANCE, in 2009, so really I don’t find that very impressive at all, re Artforum. because otherwise no mention – at all.
\nyeah, SO don’t get me started on Artforum.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSIMON was into hand scribbling, before ‘rough’ or primitive \/ DIY hand-calligraphy was all the rage, or even . . a term. a thought. a thought bubble.
\nit reads: “MY MOTHER’S BEAUTY WAS MY TICKET TO THE STARS.”<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthat’s Simon, ca. 1990, NYC. Lower East Side. . . with our young son, Theo.<\/p>\n