{"id":39877,"date":"2019-04-21T14:21:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T19:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=39877"},"modified":"2019-04-21T16:43:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T21:43:58","slug":"sophia-narrett-paul-rouphail-heart-shaped-face-nathaniel-de-large-jans-pond-jack-barrett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2019\/04\/21\/sophia-narrett-paul-rouphail-heart-shaped-face-nathaniel-de-large-jans-pond-jack-barrett\/","title":{"rendered":"~SOPHIA NARRETT, PAUL ROUPHAIL . . ‘HEART-SHAPED FACE’ \/ NATHANIEL DE LARGE . . ‘JAN’S POND’ \/ JACK BARRETT"},"content":{"rendered":"

subtext: CRAFT
\nand, no doubt – about it.<\/p>\n

in these 2 side-by-side shows, ‘craft’ – as a concept \/ figures large.<\/p>\n

SOPHIA NARRETT, PAUL ROUPHAIL – ‘A Heart-Shaped Face’ \/
\nNATHANIEL DE LARGE – ‘Jan’s Pond’
\nMARCH 15 – APRIL 28, 2019
\nJACK BARRETT<\/a>, 173 Henry St., fringe of Chinatown, NYC.
\nHRS: WED-SUN \/ 12-6 PM & by appointment<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nJACK BARRETT . . the day after the opening.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nseems to be a natural-born . . poetic.
\nputs on some great shows.
\nreminds me of a young Gavin \/ GBE.<\/p>\n

SOPHIA NARRETT, ‘Path’ embroidery – at right.<\/p>\n

he founded 315 Gallery in Brooklyn, where he gave Haley Josephs<\/strong> some great outings.
\nrecently re-booted & re-located to the LES \/ Lower East Side \/ Chinatown, under his own name. prob a wise move.<\/p>\n

see:<\/strong> HALELY JOSEPHS ‘Finger in the Hive’, 315 Gallery. Sept 7 – Oct 7, 2018 \/ artloversnewyork<\/a>
\nsee:<\/strong> HALEY JOSEPHS, 315 Gallery at Sunday Art Fair, London. Oct 4-7, 2018 \/ artloversnewyork <\/a><\/p>\n

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\nSOPHIA NARRETT, ‘Path’, 2019 \/ slightly cropped
\nEmbroidery thread, fabric, acrylic, aluminum.
\n5 x 4.25 in.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\ndetail, SOPHIA NARRETT, ‘Path’.
\n‘craft’ & ‘metaphor . . loom large in these works.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nPAUL ROUPHAIL, ‘Lavender Room’, 2019.
\noil on canvas.
\n54 x 36 in.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\ndetail, PAUL ROUPHAIL.
\nI would say, that can of soda – was well crafted.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthe main room was more of a complete . . environment.
\nwith craft, concept, technical skills, & . . metaphor \/ message aplenty.
\nNATHANIEL DE LARGE, ‘Jan’s Pond’. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nfrom a distance it had the trappings of a giant . . paper cut-out.
\nthe hanging canopy was actually a piece.
\nNATHANIEL DE LARGE, ‘Ethical Future’, 2019.
\nCorn and soybean biodegradable bags, LED lights.
\ndimensions variable.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthis was the ‘pond’.
\nNATHANIEL DE LARGE, ‘Gig of Pride’, 2019.
\nPlywood, carpet.
\n72 in. diameter, 5 in. height.<\/p>\n

it reminded me of that, audacious, ‘banal’, industrial, brown shaggy carpet,
\nJOE BRADLEY exhibited in his very first outing, c\/o Kenny Schachter, back in early 2000s.
\nsome people in the ‘art wold’ were quite affronted by it.
\nI thought it was – sublime. funny & smart – it was definite aimed at the right targets !!
\nthe usual suspects parading as art critics – dragging the whole scene & everybody in it down.
\n20 years later, this is quite the (victory) circle – come round.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nNATHANIEL DE LARGE, ‘Trevor’, 2019.
\nChain mail, cyanoacrylate.
\ndimensions variable, (life-like)
\ncraft &industry – these truths we take as self-obvious. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nChain mail, hand-mgde. diy. but, why is it beside Jan’s pond ?
\nEnvironmental . . S.O. S. ?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\n‘Jan’s Pond’ . . looking in from the other direction.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nNATHANIEL DE LARGE, ‘HT125’, 2019.
\nAnodized titanium, Dibond, human hair, steel.
\n24-1\/4 x 9-3\/4 in. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nNathaniel de Large’s technical skill . . was sublime & subtle, witness the ‘swan’.
\nindustrial, and crafty – in the same breath. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\ndamn, the conclusion ?
\nlooks like our natural habitat . . . just might be going completely, down the drain.<\/p>\n

read more & images:<\/strong> ‘A Heart-Shaped Face’ – SOPHIA NARRETT & PAUL ROUPHAIL \/ JACK BARRETT<\/a><\/p>\n

read more & images:<\/strong> ‘JAN’S POND’ – NATHANIEL DE LARGE \/ JACK BARRETT <\/a><\/p>\n

wonderful show, absolutely – on point.
\ngo see it \/ up thru APRIL 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nEXHIBITION INVITE \/ IMAGE<\/p>\n

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

subtext: CRAFT and, no doubt – about it. in these 2 side-by-side shows, ‘craft’ – as a concept \/ figures large. SOPHIA NARRETT, PAUL ROUPHAIL – ‘A Heart-Shaped Face’ \/ NATHANIEL DE LARGE – ‘Jan’s Pond’ MARCH 15 – APRIL 28, 2019 JACK BARRETT, 173 Henry St., fringe of Chinatown, NYC. HRS: WED-SUN \/ 12-6 […]<\/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\/39877"}],"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=39877"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39916,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39877\/revisions\/39916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}