{"id":39236,"date":"2019-02-20T14:46:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T19:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=39236"},"modified":"2019-02-23T11:19:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T16:19:41","slug":"the-art-of-new-york-1980s-contra-galleries-opening-pix-part-i-delta-2-rick-prol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2019\/02\/20\/the-art-of-new-york-1980s-contra-galleries-opening-pix-part-i-delta-2-rick-prol\/","title":{"rendered":"~’THE ART of NEW YORK: 1980s’ . . CONTRA GALLERIES \/ OPENING PIX – PART I: DELTA 2 & RICK PROL"},"content":{"rendered":"

think: raw !!
\nthink: from the street up !!<\/p>\n

don’t let . . ‘scruffy’ fool ya.
\ncoz that’s ‘scruffy’ – as in . . GRITTY \/ NYC GRITTY.<\/p>\n

there’s a lot of heart, soul, & big big ambitions . . in this here place.
\na real, hardcore . . old school \/ ‘downtown’ vibe.<\/p>\n

‘THE ART of NEW YORK: 1980s’ . . CONTRA GALLERIES<\/a>
\n122 W 26th St. Fl 5, Chelsea \/ Midtown Manhattan
\nOPENED FEB 13 \/ & RUNS THRU . . . FEB 28, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

more on the exhibit:<\/strong> ‘The Art of New York: 1980s’ – CONTRA GALLERIES<\/a><\/p>\n

PIX FROM THE OPENING FEB 13, 2019 \/ PART I: DELTA 2 & RICK PROL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nDelta 2 . . . painting, 2019.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail . .<\/p>\n

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\ndetail . . <\/p>\n

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\ndetail . .
\nbottom right-hand corner.<\/p>\n

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\nDelta 2, not really a ‘revival’ \/ not just history.
\nthe painting is current, 2019 – raw, powerful. free flying. & attracting new fans, like a . . magnet.<\/p>\n

I really like how this painting is presented on boxes \/ something real real street about that.
\nsomething improvised, of the moment.
\n‘scruffy’ – as opposed to, hmmm: staid \/ minimalist \/ staged.
\nthere’s a real<\/strong> life force flowing – thru the show.<\/p>\n

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\nDelta 2.<\/p>\n

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\nyeah, that right-hand corner !!<\/p>\n

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\nDelta 2 . . .
\nsome small RICK PROL paintings to the right.<\/p>\n

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\nRICK PROL.<\/p>\n

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\nRICK PROL.<\/p>\n

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\nRICK PROL \/ NYC RIP.
\nthat’s so<\/strong> DARK. Mack the Knife.
\nmaybe it’s a portrait of Richard Hambleton ?
\none of my fav pieces in the show \/ sccruffffy.
\nskin off your teeth – raw. ragged. true.<\/p>\n

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\nwhat . . ?
\n‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ – ?!! in an 80s show ?
\nyou know what ? damn yes !! hardcore as hell.
\nJOSH HARRIS, ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ lightbox.<\/p>\n

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\nat the opening, ROBERT FERNANDEZ aka NOVA THE WRAITH.<\/p>\n

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\nmost def: YES.<\/p>\n

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\nYiYi . . making the scene \/ she just re-located to New York – from Texas.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

think: raw !! think: from the street up !! don’t let . . ‘scruffy’ fool ya. coz that’s ‘scruffy’ – as in . . GRITTY \/ NYC GRITTY. there’s a lot of heart, soul, & big big ambitions . . in this here place. a real, hardcore . . old school \/ ‘downtown’ vibe. ‘THE […]<\/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\/39236"}],"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=39236"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39302,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39236\/revisions\/39302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}