{"id":38884,"date":"2018-12-20T16:26:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=38884"},"modified":"2018-12-22T11:47:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T16:47:49","slug":"caramel-bobby-aka-cali-thornhill-dewitt-global-warning-muddguts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2018\/12\/20\/caramel-bobby-aka-cali-thornhill-dewitt-global-warning-muddguts\/","title":{"rendered":"~CARAMEL BOBBY aka CALI THORNHILL DEWITT . . ‘ GLOBAL WARNING’ \/ MUDDGUTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIGGEST REGRET of the YEAR ?
\nthat I didn’t make this opening.<\/p>\n

def, def def !! gonna try to go by & see the work.<\/p>\n

CARAMEL BOBBY \/ CALI THORNHILL DEWITT – ‘GLOBAL WARNING’ at MUDDGUTS<\/a>
\nUP THRU . . FEB 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nCALI THORNHILL DEWITT, ‘FLAMES’, 2018
\n3 ft. x 3 ft. \/ mixed media, paint on canvas. unique.
\nimage via Instagram @caramelbobby<\/p>\n

what’s . . .<\/strong>
\ngrowing on me about the work, through the posted images – is how it’s so insanely<\/strong> bold, and in-your-face, and yet very subtle as an art form – to process. it’s like the ‘graphics’ button has been pushed – to high alert, and so you get<\/strong> the message, the images are very clear, and assume it’s simple & sort of ‘spiritually’ . . walk away. nice job.
\nof course, that’s a big, big mistake.
\nthere’s quite a lot of resonance here, both in context & message, & visual punch.<\/p>\n

but more, as an artist myself . . it slowly dawned on me, that the surface<\/strong> of this work really doesn’t lie in the clear narrative, ‘collaged’ photographic images, nor even – in the big red “X” . . !!
\nthe surface here . . is in the moment of walking through the wall of fire \/ an artist, at their height, deep into their work, and so it comes across very blindingly bright for the rest of us, but once that ‘brightness’ of perfection\/achievement \/ serial creative stepping forward, slows down a little, with a little more viewing, the dynamics of the gesture, the organization, the ‘running’ of a finely honed thought \/ craft & vision . . becomes something that’s hard to put into words, a 4th dimenson – an aura, takes over.
\nand that’s even more interesting to me, as it rises from such graphic straightforward imagery. & organization.
\nand yes, I most def, want to jump into . . that – in PERSON !!!!<\/p>\n

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\ninstall shot.
\nimage via Instagram @caramelbobby<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> definite quilt overtones.
\non many levels, grid organization, story-telling.
\ncommunal & community context.
\nsome carry warnings. some carry ‘protection’.
\namulets.
\nmy fav is . . ‘FILTH’ \/ ‘REAL FILTH’.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> I feel there might be a great<\/strong> conversation here with . . VIRGIL ABLOH !!!!!<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> those black walls, beckon !!<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> def, like the ‘tag’ effect of the ‘cut-out’ images & how they just got ‘placed’ \/ seemingly by chance \/ random. they are so askance \/ yet, the big red “X” is so – centered, and measured.
\nyou def get the feeling, this artist . . .
\nno matter what the ‘legend’, the ‘history’ \/ he paid his dues. he’s so superbly on point, and immersed.
\nand, we all<\/strong> get invited – to the DANCE.<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> the color hues – are . . . off the chart. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BIGGEST REGRET of the YEAR ? that I didn’t make this opening. def, def def !! gonna try to go by & see the work. CARAMEL BOBBY \/ CALI THORNHILL DEWITT – ‘GLOBAL WARNING’ at MUDDGUTS UP THRU . . FEB 2019. CALI THORNHILL DEWITT, ‘FLAMES’, 2018 3 ft. x 3 ft. \/ mixed media, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38884"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38898,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38884\/revisions\/38898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}