{"id":36165,"date":"2018-03-05T10:26:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=36165"},"modified":"2018-03-05T13:21:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T18:21:42","slug":"home-edition-essex-flowers-opening-pix-part-ii-dancin-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2018\/03\/05\/home-edition-essex-flowers-opening-pix-part-ii-dancin-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"‘HOME EDITION’ . . ESSEX FLOWERS \/ OPENING PIX – PART II \/ DANCIN’ IN THE DARK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ESSEX FLOWERS . . ‘HOME EDITION’
\nOPENED FRI FEB 23, 2018
\nthe group show runs thru . . MARCH 11, 2018
\nit’s wild !!
\ndon’t miss it.
\nESSEX FLOWERS<\/a>, 19 MONROE ST., CHINATOWN
\nHRS: SAT & SUN \/ 12-6 PM & by appointment<\/p>\n

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\nPHILIP HINGE of CATBOX CONTEMPORARY, with EMILY JANOWICK.
\nEmily Janowick was the co-curator of the recent ‘THE BIG SHORT’, up at Hunter.
\nCATBOX CONTEMPORARY<\/a> has an off-gallery . . ‘CATELLITE’ installation – in the ESSEX FLOWERS ‘HOME EDITION’ show, too !!<\/p>\n

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\nMICHAEL MAHALCHICK & LIZZIE WRIGHT.
\nLizzie made those eerie, neon-colored LED lamps . . that had sent the magic dial way up, in the darkened front room, at the nighttime opening !!<\/p>\n

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\none of Lizzie’s lamps to the right.
\nMAHALCHICK had an ‘inter-dimensional’ installation, that was right under my repaired, early 20th C. crib quilt !! the auditory part of it was a mint condition \/ vintage Mickey Mouse portable vinyl record player !! just what every kid had in their basement, back in the day, maybe from the 50s ?
\nand . . it worked. <\/p>\n

so it was a little bit of ‘home’ ‘decor’ history . . in dialog.
\neven at that, maybe a 30 year difference in age, between the log cabin patchwork quilt and the factory-made record player, it was such a big<\/strong> leap in . . family culture, and kid ‘dynamics’. visuals \/ graphics. fabrication. spirit. though both were very . . lively, when you broke it down into basics \/ and ‘kid’ joyful.<\/p>\n

I totally loved how it said . . “hi kids!” !!!!!
\nunder my re-paired quilt \/ since it was so <\/strong>long in the making, for anybody<\/strong> to take my re-claimed \/ preservation-minded, creative-stitched \/ quilt projects seriously.
\nfinally . . a home, even if temporary. a ‘rental’, lol.
\na baby footstep into the art world conversation.
\nthank you, co-curator JEFFREY TRANCHELL & . . ESSEX FLOWERS !!<\/p>\n

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\nthe Mahalchick record player sat on a curious, but very useful, moveable, fluid, segmented wooden table, ‘Squat’ by SARA MURPHY. the table was very adaptable, and was also more ‘illustrative’ \/ of like, a Greek goddess ? from a proper angle.
\nit was actually split into two parts \/ with another part, just around the corner.
\nSara had a foot, in both rooms.<\/p>\n

in the background, on the right, is a glimpse of a very animated, wall divider: a ‘Privacy Screen’ by RUFUS TUREEN. silkscreen, acrylic, hollow doors, canvas.
\nall these elements – wove together.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, RUFUS TUREEN . . ‘Privacy Screen’.<\/p>\n

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\nMahalchick had these strange, talk-about-dark-magic !! vintage, vinyl albums . . re-purposed, into 3-d artwork, & oh oh . . BABY !!
\na little wild child baby, under the once raggedy, now happy . . baby crib quilt.
\n‘Home is where the heart is !!” ~MELISSA BROWN.<\/p>\n

you can see the naked ‘butt’ of the Sara Murphy ‘goddess’ table, now . . !!
\nFERTILITY !! oh la la. & a big issue re: HOME.<\/p>\n

that is a rough & wild, DIY hand-woven rag rug by MICHAEL WELSH, on the floor. one of the other few items – that managed to hold a place – in both rooms \/ day or night, every chic home . . needs a nice, cushy rug !!
\nalso very traditional, btw – in the form & in the making. <\/p>\n

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\nMICHAEL MAHALCHICK, ‘standard’ LPS, anything, but.
\nhe encased them in some kind of weird pigment, rubber combo. very durable as artworks, btw. at $500 a pop, a very good deal. a sculpture, really.<\/p>\n

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\nre: pigment.
\nthat swirl of ‘tie-dye’, was a ‘Flag’, by ANDREA McGINTY.
\na kind of even more . . DIY venture, made from old sweatpants, it kept that dark room: honest & hardcore . . to the very last drop.
\nsomething a teenager would do, down in the basement.<\/p>\n

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\nabove it all, declaring ancient Romans . . abound.
\nRYAN FALKOWITZ, ‘New Flag’, 2017.
\ndigital print on polyester.
\nmy re-worked quilt to the right.
\nyou can see the Log Cabin, ‘Straight Furrows’, pattern – better in this light.<\/p>\n

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\nnighty-night time . . at the hardcore, Museum of Home Furnishings !!
\nWALK ON IN. THE SPELLS, THE GODS. THE . . FINE SKILLS \/ THE BRUTE !!
\nWE GOT IT – ALL. FAST FORWARD, & LOOKING BACKWARD, too.<\/p>\n

MICHAEL WELSH, ‘Untitled’, 2018 – soda bottle Terrarium.
\nBEN DOWELL, ‘Cheerios’, 2015. 12 x 8 x 3 in. Zinc-cast cereal box.
\ndetail, off to the right \/ ‘Roy 3.0’ by WILLIE WAYNE SMITH, a painted ‘white’ plaster head.<\/p>\n

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\nmore subversive . . home ‘decor’ in the window.
\nWILLIE WAYNE SMITH, crazy painted ‘white’, NOT !! \/ plaster head.
\nLIZZIE WRIGHT . . new age LED light.
\nPATRICK ARNOLD, ‘GOD IS DEAD’\/ ‘Untitled (Pillow)’, 2018.
\nembroidery, canvas, pillow form. edition #1\/10. 18 x 18 in.<\/p>\n

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\nRYAN FALKOWITZ, ‘New Flag’, 2017.
\ndigital print on polyester.
\n39.5 x 58 in.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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