{"id":356,"date":"2007-08-01T20:25:59","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T01:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/08\/01\/mail-order-monstersperes-projectsberlin\/"},"modified":"2007-08-08T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2007-08-08T21:01:08","slug":"mail-order-monstersperes-projectsberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/08\/01\/mail-order-monstersperes-projectsberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"~MAIL ORDER MONSTERS\/PERES PROJECTS\/Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mial<\/p>\n

MAIL ORDER MONSTERS, Curated by KATHY GRAYSON
\nwith: FRAN SPEIGEL, DENNIS TYFUS, BEN JONES, TOMOO GOKITA, EDDIE MARTINEZ, WES LANG,
RY FYAN, TAYLOR McKIMENS & JOE GRILLO
\nJuly 1 – August 4, 2007
\nPERES PROJECTS\/Berlin<\/p>\n

POSTER IMAGE: courtesy PERES PROJECTS, image: TOMOO GOKITA<\/p>\n

if you are in BERLIN, you can catch the last week of this show, apparently the hit of the summer 2007 season. if not, not to worry – the show is coming to DEITCH PROJECTS, this FALL – in fact, the opening has been moved up to: THURS SEPT 6th, 2007. (6-9pm) (76 Grand ST)<\/p>\n

\"Kathy
\nKATHY GRAYSON photographed at the recent NICOLA VASSELL opening on Greene St. in SOHO,
\nMAY 11, 2007
\nPHOTO: Nancy Smith<\/p>\n

more pix of KATHY & her friends at Nicola’s<\/a><\/p>\n

. . . back to ‘MAIL ORDER MONSTERS’, from the press release:
\n“Peres Projects presents a group exhibition by curator Kathy Grayson, exploring new trends in fucked-up figuration. Every generation has its unique take on the figure and the most exciting new art seems to all see the figure as broken, decaying, fractured, and monstrous! Each artist in this exhibition exemplifies this pervasive tendency in a unique way …” <\/p>\n

some images from the PERES PROJECTS website: <\/p>\n

\"Monsters
\nTAYLOR McKIMENS, ‘Goo Girl on Cement Bags’, 2007<\/p>\n

\"Monster
\nTAYLOR McKIMENS, ‘Melt Truck’, 2007<\/p>\n

\"monsters
\nDENNIS TYFUS, ‘She Had Mushrooms’, 2005<\/p>\n

\"Monsters
\nTOMOO GOKITA, ‘Woman of the Year’, 2006<\/p>\n

\"Monsters
\nJOE GRILLO, ‘Detroit Graffiti’, 2007<\/p>\n

\"monsters
\nJOE GRILLO, ‘The Real American Tail (theusaisamonster)’, 2007<\/p>\n

\"monsters
\nJOE GRILLO, ‘Nestle Mesca’, 2007<\/p>\n

\"Monsters
\nWES LANG, ‘What is and What Never Should be’, 2007, acrylic on fabric<\/p>\n

\"Monsters
\nWES LANG, ‘From the Red, White and Blue’, 2007<\/p>\n

\"Monsters
\nWES LANG, ‘Of Sad Songs and Waltzes’, 2007<\/p>\n

all ‘MAIL ORDER MONSTERS’ images: COURTESY PERES PROJECTS\/Berlin<\/p>\n

PERES PROJECTS\/Berlin<\/a><\/p>\n

DEITCH PROJECTS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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