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<\/a>\nANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Green Birds’, 2018. oil on canvas. 16 x 12 in.
\n& to be found, in his current show at SOFT OPENING, BROOKLYN<\/a>
\nimage via Instagram @andrewguenther_art<\/p>\n
I did<\/strong> jump, when this image came down my Instagram pipeline 2 days ago. then I really did . . JUMP !! TOM is such a contrary bird, such a bad boy. sincerely, it’s nice to see he has found someone who can handle him, give him a much needed (leaning humorous) pr make-over, and apparently, make him happy \/ no small thing. I mean, this is also just after they were in St. Moritz for Tom’s solo show with Vito \/ so skiing, (where her skis got stolen), and, then (trying hard) to surf the waves, 1\/2 way around the world \/ in one week – classic\/fantastic. and, then speaking of green lit – love birds !! and, it’s weird<\/strong> because . . . <\/p>\n all I could<\/strong> think of, meaning: was compelled (!!) to post on Christmas Day, for no real good reason, except maybe I’m high functioning \/ outsider \/ borderline . . with strange non-linear, more often than not, ‘presentient’ radar . . . & always attracted to shiny foil surfaces, but esp to this shiny, reflective, fade-to-dark saturated \/ Bugs Bunny new ‘old stock’ Xmas retro stickers, which I had just unearthed in an old school, (Jersey City) Heights thrift shop, catch-em while you can, the whole area is going mad crazy with gentrification.<\/p>\n NASA and LOONEY tunes . . is that a rhyme ? shiny, saturated neon green . . such a strange color to kick off a new year. 2019 . . what up ?!!! ANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Green Birds’, 2018. oil on canvas. 16 x 12 in. & to be found, in his current show at SOFT OPENING, BROOKLYN image via Instagram @andrewguenther_art I did jump, when this […]<\/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\/38966"}],"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=38966"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39012,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38966\/revisions\/39012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nit made everything that was going on in my head – stop.
\nit was just so dark, and brood-y, so unexpected from all the previous images, that had been posted for this small ‘plant’ shop show. so unique. so emotional. such a call for . . love ?
\nit made everything I was thinking about, stop. except, for one thing.
\nmy contempt, or really boredom, capital B !! for all the so-called art collectors. you know, the big ones who post great holiday travelogue pix, or divorce drama. oh, so what.
\nyou have Hirsts, Koons, Basquiats, Harings and Warhols.
\nsame old, same old. so predictable, to the point where its meaningless. that is so stuck in the 80s. it’s so un-impressive, really.
\nbreak out a JACK GOLDSTEIN. a DAN ASHER. a TAYLOR McKIMENS.
\nan ANDREW GUENTHER. this is the art scene, not a French patisserie doing all the same classic holiday faves – year after year.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/SARAH-HOOVER-TOM-SACHS.gif\")
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\nSARAH HOOVER & TOM SACHS on holiday in Hawaii.
\nimage via Instagram @sarahhoov<\/p>\n
\nthe very next image – on my IG thread was this !!!!
\n2 REAL ‘LOVE – BIRDS !! – all encased in that same, shimmery but gooey honey dark, glowing shiny green glow.<\/p>\n
\nand, she’s quite the Instagram raconteur \/ quite the ‘bird’ herself !!
\nI mean, dig that fab fab mini dress, is it Chanel ? never mind. it could be, or not. it’s HOT.<\/p>\n
\nwe should all only trip – so lightly.
\nplus she’s so good at laying it down. nothing off-putting, ever. or you know<\/strong>, I’d be mouthing off.
\nplus I mean, you know . . I’m already a huge fan for anything he slaps that crazy NASA sticker \/ logo onto.
\nplus I used to run into early Tom, back in the golden artnet days (2002-2004) and what amazed me (I now realize), was – he was the first ‘distressed’ fashionista, everybody (successful) was so proper, or maybe Schnabel schlumpy, but he was truly distressed \/ wearing a beat-up black or was it blue (?), puffer jacket – held together with duct tape.
\n& apparently he’s still pretty much the same, or maybe it’s a ‘performance’-worthy, nerdy ‘tech’ jacket, or a hi-end (I guess) pair of print all-over pjs \/ and, she’s holding up the other end, encased in classic black velvet Chanel sheath, with a string of pearls as shoulder straps.
\nin a 5 star bistro. yep, that’s quite the gal – for Tom.
\nand apparently right on the mark, color-wise, just like magic. dancing on the perfect line between where the underground meets the mainstream big stakes.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/andy-cahill-green-light.gif\")
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\nimage via Instagram story @andycahill<\/p>\n
\nwouldn’t you know, I check out maybe just one, or 2 of the scrolling video clip stories – at the top of the very same IG page, & one of the young turks of the underground, ANDY CAHILL has a story which looks to be, from the swinging haircut, to be him dancing with his girl \/ painter GRETTA JOHNSON. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bugs-Bunny.gif\")
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\nimage via Instagram @artloversnewyork<\/p>\n
\nstrange call, or what.
\noh, the (shamanistic) patterns we all use – to navigate reality.
\nI mean, in one way, or another.
\nname one. other than myself ?
\nhow about:
\nMELISSA BROWN <\/a> \/ fortune-teller, games theorist, and magic-realist painter – extra-ordinaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"