{"id":34593,"date":"2017-10-05T10:48:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T15:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=34593"},"modified":"2017-10-05T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T22:06:11","slug":"artloversnewyork-our-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2017\/10\/05\/artloversnewyork-our-booth\/","title":{"rendered":"~ARTLOVERSNEWYORK . . OUR BOOTH !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

at . . . THE CASUAL ART FAIR. <\/a>
\nSEWARD PARK, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC. OCT 1, 2017<\/p>\n

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\nour booth . . .
\ncame together . . . much easier & way<\/strong> better than we had anticipated !!
\nthe random tent assignment, which gave us . . . nature<\/strong> and trees<\/strong> for a backdrop !!
\nwas an incredible . . lucky<\/strong> BONUS !!<\/p>\n

not only did the grid<\/strong> of the little urban ‘pocket’ park fencing that ran behind us – solve the technical issue of how to hang<\/strong> the works \/ but it looked so<\/strong> great to have a moving<\/strong>, alive & breathing !! backdrop behind the displayed art.
\nand esp. behind NICHOLAS STEINDORF’S ‘leafy’ nature \/ ‘color separation’ pieces at the center.<\/p>\n

our intended spirit of hanging everything casual \/ Casual Art Fair !!, <\/strong> & wild, as in ad hoc & improvised \/ as opposed to formal, framed & white box\/ . . super benefited from this real<\/strong> time, real world . . lit !! & sunny dialogue.
\nit was just the best<\/strong> background ‘window’\/ a virtual video of ‘nature’ running behind – could not<\/strong> have said it better. it gave a fluid<\/strong>, infinite <\/strong>space to the cutting edge art & in a very real sense, combined the diverse nature of our effort . . bringing in the prevalent & shared humanity !! <\/strong> loud & clear !!<\/p>\n

that’s our curator THEO CERIGO, with artlovers’ ‘mascot’ & real life pooch . . Zora \/ a crowd pleaser – if there ever was one.<\/p>\n

ps: that’s my newest, & very subdued . . quilt project, hanging down on the right.<\/p>\n

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\nwe originally intended to screen . . a loop of the VDC \/ VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER . . inter-active, archival digital animated re-creation of ‘UNDER THE VOLCANO: SIMON CERIGO, DAN ASHER, NANCY SMITH’ – ‘A Pop-Up Painting Show: Lower East Side 80’s Art Scene’, June 2015 . . . on the right hand side of our main table . . . ??<\/p>\n

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\nwhich would have been . . . SO GREAT !!
\nbut alas it was not to be, screening video is a touchy prospect it turns out.
\nhave to admit – we were very<\/strong> disappointed by the fail !!
\nfair goers would have been so <\/strong>enchanted !!<\/p>\n

you can catch a glimpse<\/strong> of the beginning<\/strong> of the re-creation here . . the empty storefront in New York’s gritty Chinatown, where the pop-up took place \/ June 6-8, 2015.
\nright on The Bowery.
\nwhich is pretty close to by, to where we actually we had our studio & where most of the art included in the pop-up show was made \/ a raw storefront, at 5 Rivington St, just 2 doors up from the Bowery, where we, me and Simon .. lived & worked & Dan was just around the corner \/ 1987-1996.<\/p>\n

we have to thank NICHOLAS STEINDORF . .
\nwho actually produced the digital re-creation from photographs \/ and of course !!
\na GIANT BIG thank you to . . Paris-based JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET for including ‘UNDER THE VOLCANO’ – on his futuristic online artist gallery space \/ VDC – VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER !!<\/p>\n

yes, CHECK OUT:<\/strong> VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER<\/a> \/ it’s an online, ongoing . . interactive platform that you CAN DOWNLOAD – FOR FREE !!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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DIRECT link to:<\/strong> ‘UNDER THE VOLCANO: SIMON CERIGO, DAN ASHER, NANCY SMITH’ – on VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER ARCHIVE !! <\/a><\/p>\n

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\nwell, BACK TO REALITY, um, maybe . . . !!!
\nwe did<\/strong> have some catalogs explaining the Paris-based online project:
\nVDC \/ VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER<\/a>, founded & curated by JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET, that fair-goers could leaf through.<\/p>\n

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\nand some of JEAN-BAPTISTE’S own<\/strong> artwork !!
\nsketchbooks he made while on an art residency in . . TIBET.
\nhe used everyday children’s notebooks – as the forum, but hello !!
\nof course, the line drawings inside are quite – XXXXX rated !!
\nlol, FAUX – DISNEY !!
\nthe “Real Fake” . . . WALT DISNEY \/ with hand-drawn PORN inside – to boot !!
\n& . . check out that blowing-up \/ friggin trippy MUSHROOM !!
\n& that Looney Tunes ‘tweety’ bird !!
\nwhat kind of message are these guys – giving their schoolchildren . . anyway ?
\nit’s very Americanized – to say the least.
\nit’s very .. counter-culture ?
\nit’s also very counterfeit ? is that the Asian . . component ?
\nit’s the new . . global ‘mix’ !! and such a ‘happy’ place too, lord.
\nesp in Tibet. <\/p>\n

that this is such a taken-for-granted \/ made for kids \/ new wave global ‘branding’ statement . . . astounds me.
\nI mean Hello Kitty . . was one thing.
\nI mean . . TIBET ? sacred Tibet \/ or what’s left of it.<\/p>\n

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\non the left:
\na fine & lively papier-mache ‘Orchid’ by TAYLOR McKIMENS . .
\nCollection: THEO CERIGO<\/p>\n

and . . 2 small ‘tablet’ (aqua-resin) pieces by the ‘2 sides’ of yin \/ yang ANTONE KONST !!
\nand so . . damn erotic.<\/p>\n

that’s a “real Fake” . . ALFREDO MARTINEZ faux Basquiat, coming in on the right.<\/p>\n

there was just some inherent ‘narrative’ – that run through all of these pieces \/ a kind of slightly twisted \/ slightly sad, slightly lush\/tainted erotic, slightly alarming ?
\n . . take on ‘reality’ ??!!!<\/p>\n

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\nesp with the complexity . . of Taylor’s flat, yet 3-d space.
\nobviously so “FAUX” yet . . real \/ as in well-observed.<\/p>\n

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\nthe orchid flower petals really popped against the black cloth, of the tent next door.
\nat once so painterly, and so . . cartoon \/ lush vs. ironic is all I can say.
\n‘faux’ vs real is a very<\/strong> real – issue here. it’s a very deliberate . . game.
\nTAYLOR McKIMENS: the “Real Faux” \/ the “Real Fake” . . . flower painter ?<\/p>\n

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\nwhich is always what intrigues me so much about Taylor’s work . . that crazy balancing act he has going on – between . . narrative & philosophy \/ realist & cartoon-inflected.
\nsincere & tongue-in-cheek.<\/p>\n

of course, sadly<\/strong> later . .
\nthat night was that terrifying & deranged Los Vegas country music concert massacre \/ a kill box, some called it. like killing fish, and young ones at that . . . in a bucket I would say.
\nthe horrific stats made the bad news \/ killer clown nuclear international threats fade away.
\nthe brilliant planning . . so god damned American at it’s very best \/ & worst.
\nso efficient. and great, now everybody<\/strong> got the ‘master plan’.<\/p>\n

after that, the next morning, when I looked again at the photos, I saw more clearly the jaded<\/strong>, sad narrative, the esp sad American cowboy narrative . . that Taylor distills, & which . . inform his ‘cartoon’-based works especially. <\/p>\n

I saw a mad<\/strong>, angry face in the pink ‘water’ spill, spreading like a a huge blood<\/strong> stain against the ‘table’. <\/p>\n

I saw ugly consumerism<\/strong> in the tiny, shabby peel-off orange price tag; and I saw the death of the soul<\/strong> – in the green drooping cash \/ money.<\/p>\n

and of . . course, tears, tears, and more tears !! in the drippy drips.
\na McKimens trademark from day one.<\/p>\n

damn: it’s a drippy world, out there.
\ndamn: it’s a drippy world amongst the beauty.<\/p>\n

MORE PIX – ON OUR BOOTH – TOMORROW !!<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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