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<\/a>\n@offwhitecolumns: @offwhitecolumns is extra pleased to present @ryanrusso19 (RYAN RUSSO \/ BROOKLYN) in ‘Big Trouble in Little China II’.
\nVHS tape transfer and acrylic on canvas.
\n20 x 25 in.
\n2017 <\/em><\/p>\n
here’s a guy . . who runs a ‘viewing’ gallery, hung on the standard-issue, NYC office building white column, opposite his day-job work desk, (at Phillips Auction house, btw) !! artist-gallerist-curator, JASON OSBOURNE . . aka @offwhitecolumns, what sets him apart** . . is his dry humor \/ great clean, cold, poetry-in-motion ‘eyeball’, & his cutting-edge dip into the new pool of new wave, new gen artists coming to the city, like they alway do every year. wave upon wave. being an artist himself, and also just naturally mingling in the art community, also helps give him an edge, but his edge is . . well curated. so, he’s also ‘generous’, as in, taking of his time & ingenuity . . to platform & make a case for other talented artists, for other voices, and in so doing, just by virtue of his all-around-smarts & IG . . to be able to grab some fiercely-held critical, & attention-savvy territory for his ‘friends’. **apart from the fact that the name, is a great riff, on that old school new artists platform, big old clunky white box, White Columns. (no diss-respect). <\/p>\n @offwhitecolumns: @jyryan Jack Ryan’s paintings have a comforting <\/strong> bleakness.They remind us we are awarded the experience of witnessing what we are losing (happy Friday). It’s been a pleasure to hang out with this work. They remind me of the writing of W. G. Sebald. On the column through the weekend! I can also<\/em> relate to this fellow, dedicated art viewer, in that even<\/strong> a shift measured by mere millimeters, makes a big difference, photography-wise \/ makes a whole new way of seeing things, open up. sometimes all you really need, to know it’s good art – is how it opens up a hole in your head, and the poetry . . just spills out.<\/p>\n blood, guts, gore & gush. <\/p>\n Jack, I’m wondering if you will give yourself \/ a shout-out one day, too ?
\nand it’s only<\/em> happening . . on Instagram.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n@offwhitecolumns: @jryan (JACK RYAN) on the column in ‘off-white science’ until April 9th. Hyped and excited!
\nUntitled
\noil on canvas
\n24 x 20 in.
\n2017<\/em><\/p>\n
\nonly started publishing the ‘gallery’ a few months ago \/ Jan 2, 2018 was the inaugural exhibit. <\/p>\n
\nno doubt about it.<\/p>\n
\nhe’s also making . . a new scene.
\ntell me about it !!!
\nnew gen !!!
\ngo-go.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThanks Jack!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nand, to his writing, too.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nsee: JASON OSBOURNE – ARTIST WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n
\nthough I am struck by your poem . . ‘HOW TO QUIT PAINTING’ !!
\n& the cornbread recipe, looks good too.<\/p>\n