{"id":39435,"date":"2019-03-08T14:14:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T19:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=39435"},"modified":"2019-03-09T13:27:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T18:27:22","slug":"schoony-distassi-x-contra-poppin-mad-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2019\/03\/08\/schoony-distassi-x-contra-poppin-mad-great\/","title":{"rendered":"~SCHOONY . . DISTASSI X CONTRA \/ POPPIN’ MAD . . GREAT !! \/ & BIG PARTY TO-NITE SAT MARCH 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

HEADS UP: IT’S A BRIT INVASION !!!
\nBIG !! PARTY !! TO-NITE AS WELL !! \/ SAT MARCH 9 \/ STARTS at 6 PM
\nDRINKS, MUSIC, GREAT ART & GOOD COMPANY !!!<\/p>\n

DISTASSI ART X CONTRA GALLERIES !!!
\nLONDON X NEW YORK !!!<\/p>\n

A LDN X NYC COLLAB \/ SHOWCASING . . . THE GREAT SCHOONY !!!<\/p>\n

at CONTRA GALLERIES<\/a>
\n122 W. 26th St, Floor 5, NYC 10001
\nHRS: FRI til 6 PM \/ SAT & SUN: 12 – 6 PM<\/p>\n

RUNS THRU . . . SUNDAY MARCH 10<\/p>\n

PIX FROM THE WILD, OPENING PARTY . . LAST NIGHT \/ MARCH 7, 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\ngreat to finally see them up, up close & personal.
\ncapturing the maybe \/ could very well be . . future in a heartbeat.
\nbeautifully rendered.<\/p>\n

Schoony, ‘Boots’ graphite Edition, 1\/10
\nFiberglass, 2019
\n($19,500)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nSchoony, ‘Boy Soldier Panel’
\nFiberglass, 2019
\n($13,000)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\ndetail, ‘Boy Soldier’
\nunbelievable . . what a statement.
\na promise.
\na dare. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nclassical modelling – with a determination,
\nthat seems . . ingrained into the very DNA.
\njust you – dare me !!
\nKA-BOOM.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nget it together, world \/ or . . this I promise you.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nstreet fashion . . meet up.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nI see your true colors . . .
\nfrom left:<\/p>\n

Schoony, ‘Branded Off White’, 1\/10
\nFiberglass, 2019
\n($19,500)<\/p>\n

Schoony, ‘Branded Louis Vuitton’, 1\/10
\nFiberglass, 2019
\n($19,500)<\/p>\n

Schoony, ‘Branded Supreme’, 1\/10
\nFiberglass, 2019
\n($19,500)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthat is, so !!! so !!!
\nin-your-face \/ in your arm.
\nSchoony, ‘Branded Louis Vuitton’, 2019.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\n‘XL’
\nin-your-face.
\nin-your-arm.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nThe Love Child kills the . . DJ station.
\nthe party temp goes way way up, when this ‘artist\/dude’ gets behind the audio.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nas JOSHUA will attest to.
\nthe show attracted . . a supremo, gritty \/ edgy crowd.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCHRIS MARTINE of . . Contra.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nDISTASSI X CONTRA !!! . . . . . LONDON X NYC !!!
\nKA-BOOM !!!!!<\/p>\n

MICHAEL HOWES\/LONDON, MATT McGLYNN of CONTRA, ED SANDERS\/LONDON, BOE\/DISTASSI\/LONDON. <\/p>\n

see: DISTASSI ART<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nalso noted, Delta2 got the color up and running, on the custom subway car.<\/p>\n

Delta2, Aluminum subway train, 2019.
\n($3,000)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthey . . moved the RICHARD HAMBLETON down lower . . all the better to see.
\nthe large, horizon-focused, gloriously metallic ‘landscape’, had been hung high up previously.
\nnow it was eye-level, an eye-poppin’ eye-level at that.
\nit’s outrageously . . gorgeous.
\nif he hadn’t been so street bitter, Hambleton could have been a modern-day . . Turner.<\/p>\n

RICHARD HAMBLETON, ‘Beautiful Painting’, acrylic on wood panel, 1994.
\nsigned & dated. incredible condition.
\n(price upon request)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nyou could feel Hambleton’s tightly wound, aggressive energy . . in the way the surface was obsessively . . incised.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\neven his signature – was like a knife wound.
\na branding, not unlike the Schoony arm-branding . . above (!!)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nALFREDO MARTINEZ, Gun Drawing.
\nI’m always going to be a die-hard fan.<\/p>\n

ALFREDO MARTINEZ, gun drawing. 2017.
\non hand-made collage paper, with colored marker.
\nat $1,000 \/ an outright . . steal.
\nwake-up . . my peeps, run & jump. & put your $$$ down.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\njust as we were about to say good-bye . . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAL DIAZ (SAMO) shows up . . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nto make his mark !!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nSCHOONY X AL DIAZ
\nLDN X NYC
\nDISTASSI X CONTRA<\/p>\n

I always thought, or imagined, that ‘Schoony’ . . stood for: schooled by NY ???<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nLDN X NYC
\nDISTASSI X CONTRA <\/p>\n

HERE’S YOUR – TICKET !!!
\nTHIS WEEKEND ONLY \/ DON’T MISS THE . . . JOY-RIDE !!! <\/p>\n

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

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