{"id":37939,"date":"2018-10-03T10:33:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=37939"},"modified":"2018-10-03T18:51:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T23:51:46","slug":"alfredo-martinez-rollin-in-dough-making-a-short-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2018\/10\/03\/alfredo-martinez-rollin-in-dough-making-a-short-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"~ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . rollin’ in dough & making a short movie !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHOW ME THE . . . MONEY !!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

did I call it right, or what ?!!<\/p>\n

no matter . . the legal ‘controversy’ over his Chelsea \/ 24th St. & 6th Ave digs,
\nand he’s back in there, albeit with a full-time lawyer on retainer !!<\/p>\n

as soon as I saw – he was ordering big gun parts, I knew !!
\nhe had<\/strong> to have some $$$$$ up his . . little ole ‘real fake’ sleeve.<\/p>\n

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\nALFREDO MARTINEZ, in the money,
\nand holding court . . at the Malibu Diner !!<\/p>\n

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\nhe’s been selling his work, hand-over-fist, so fast . . there’s a waiting list.
\nhe just<\/strong> sold the last piece he had left, this one – the night before \/ $10,000.
\ncold, hard cash.
\nhe’s mostly selling to Japanese collectors, and apparently they like to pay . . all cash !!
\nso much so, that he had to go out, and buy<\/strong> a heavy-duty safe for his Chelsea H.Q. – the kind that bolts to the floor from inside !!<\/p>\n

ALFREDO MARTINEZ, ‘Broomhandle Mouser’, 2016.
\nindustrial oil paint on cardboard, 6 ft. x 9 ft. 3 in. <\/p>\n

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\nthe latest ALFREDO MARTINEZ fan club, circa summer 2018.
\nfrom left . . KANAKO SAKAI, Alfredo, and Alfredo’s new assistant . . YURIKA SHIROYAMA.
\n(Eureka ?!!!!)<\/p>\n

YURIKA<\/strong>, who is an artist, writer and curator in her own right – currently works at Plus 81 Gallery on Elizabeth St. in Chinatown \/ she really helped propel ‘hometeam Alfie’, when Alfredo hired her to write-up in Japanese, his background \/ bios and & CV etc for the Japanese collectors, which has in turn lead to some big shows coming up in Japan, in fact . . TOKYO !!<\/p>\n

JESSE SHARER<\/strong> aka Tokyowashere.com <\/a>\/ a big American \/ contemporary art curator, with a killer website<\/a>, btw !!
\nis now located over there, and is looking for a space for a big, one person show . . <\/p>\n

Alfredo also has a 2 person show \/ lined up & locked in – in Tokyo, with other contacts \/ for FEB 2018.<\/p>\n

side note: ALFREDO met Yurika Shiroyama through JIM JARMUSCH.<\/p>\n

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\nSPEAKING OF . . JIM JARMUSCH,
\nALFREDO has so much dough . .
\nthat he just<\/strong> last week hired TOM JARMUSCH, the almost-famous bro of JIM JARMUSCH, an independent short film & documentary filmmaker, based in the East Village for decades \/ along with Tom’s newest collaborator . . MEGHAN MILLER,
\nto create a short film custom-made for Alfredo, which they will all on work on together, and which will utilize Alfredo’s gun props . . . as the backbone of the story \/ the narrative of which, will most probably skew . . . ‘dystopian’.
\nand, which will star . . a beautiful, kick-ass chick, of course !!<\/p>\n

above: TOM JARMUSCH, MEGHAN MILLER watch as Alfredo clues them in on . . . ‘real\/fake’ prop guns.<\/p>\n

side note:
\nTOM JARMUSCH did make an earlier<\/strong> short film, called ‘Alfredo’, a while back – that gained some traction, and a few prizes . . but you might know him better for the video collaborations, he made with DAN ASHER.<\/p>\n

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\nsome of Alfredo’s newly ordered, customized or other-wise assembled, gun ‘props’.
\nand, whose in-coming UPS packages freaked out his 24th St. neighbors (!!).<\/p>\n

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\nJULIA MORRISON, aka JELLY, JELLY MORRISON is going to be . . the star.
\naka the ‘gun-toting’ kick-ass chick \/
\nhe’s already got her signed up . . for professional ‘combat’ training (!!).<\/p>\n

money, guns, food, and chicks . . . something like that.<\/p>\n

Jelly’s career is just starting, but she’s already been in several films, “big parts in small films \/ small parts in big films”.
\nher fave so far, a short film called, ‘The Painted Lady’, and she’s got a ‘hacker’ role in the upcoming, ‘American Thief’ . . .
\nshe’s also excited about a short film she recently completed with SEBASTIAN SOMMER (Guggenhiem, Tribeca) . . “that stars up n coming trans actress\/model . . RICHIE SHAZAM.”<\/p>\n

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\nsee: JULIA MORRISON on IMDb<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nALFREDO . . with a prop gun.
\ndon’t ever under-estimate – the hometown crew !!!<\/p>\n

the saga of the man known as the ‘Real Fake Basquiat’, continues \/ this time . . L-O-A-D-E-D !!<\/p>\n

side note: actually Chapter 2 re: fully loaded.
\nhe was fully loaded to the hilt $$$$ \/ when he and Josh Harris got together in the late 1990s.
\nand, from whence collaboration sprang, ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’, the 2009 Sundance winning doc.<\/p>\n

and, he’s still insisting, over non-stop brunch at the Malibu, and later 4 star Thai for early dinner,
\n. . that, yes !!
\nBENICIO DEL TORO, is<\/strong> def pegged to portray him in the upcoming, (and with breath held, eagerly awaited) . . . ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ – the Hollywood movie.
\n(& I still can’t believe on that, not just the Del Toro bit, but the whole damn scenario.)<\/p>\n

and, what’s wrong with me – anyways \/ how could I not believe him ?
\nand here, here’s $5K to get your Keith Haring out of hock, and the Uber is . . on me.<\/p>\n

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\nIMAGE VIA TOKYOWASHERE.COM<\/a> \/ a “total PRODUCTION \/ ARTIST MANAGEMENT COMPANY” . . (!!)<\/p>\n

see: ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . . TOKYOWASHERE.COM<\/a><\/p>\n

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PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH \/ CHELSEA, NYC SEPT 24, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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