{"id":400,"date":"2007-10-16T19:13:06","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T00:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/10\/16\/mail-order-monsterstomoo-gokitataylor-mckimenswes-lang\/"},"modified":"2007-10-17T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T15:51:14","slug":"mail-order-monsterstomoo-gokitataylor-mckimenswes-lang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/10\/16\/mail-order-monsterstomoo-gokitataylor-mckimenswes-lang\/","title":{"rendered":"~MAIL ORDER MONSTERS\/TOMOO GOKITA\/TAYLOR McKIMENS\/WES LANG\/KATHY GRAYSON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Mai_Order_Monsters_large.jpg\" width=\"371\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Mial Order Monsters\/Taylor McKimens\" class=\"centered\" \/><br \/>\nMAIL ORDER MONSTERS NYC POSTER\/IMAGE COURTESY: DEITCH PROJECTS<br \/>\nthis image was featured on the artlovers home page\/week of: SEPT 11, 2007<\/p>\n<p>talking bout TAYLOR McKIMENS . . .<\/p>\n<p>TAYLOR McKIMENS did the <em>LETTERING<\/em> for the NEW YORK CITY POSTER of the PERES PROJECTS\/BERLIN GENERATED &#8211; KATHY GRAYSON CURATED &#8211; &#8216;MAIL ORDER MONSTERS&#8217; &#8211; which opened the FALL SEASON at DEITCH PROJECTS on GRAND STREET -running &#8211;  SEPT 6 &#8211; SEPT 29, 2007.<br \/>\nTOMOO GOKITA provided the IMAGE, from a drawing of his called &#8230;..&#8217;Orthopedic Surgery&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>There was some controversy attached to the DEITCH PJOJECTS staging of the exhibit &#8211; it was <em>not<\/em> exactly the same presentation that PERES PROJECTS served up earlier in Berlin. WES LANG&#8217;S work was deleted &#8211; that is omitted &#8211; that is, censored. for supposedly &#8230; generating too many quote unquote negative comments.(?!) DEITCh PROJECTS being the very same galelry that serves up TERRY RICHARDSON graphic images of dicks &#038; asshole lickings. (excuse the expression &#8211; but its true).<\/p>\n<p>to get an idea of the so-called (racist (?) &#8211; not sexist !!) nature of the WES LANG work &#8211; check out the previous artlovers link to KATHY GRAYSON&#8217;S BLOG\/record of the PERES PROJECTS \/BERLIN July 1, 2007 opening . . . &#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/08\/01\/kathy-graysonmail-order-monsters\/\">KATHY GRAYSON on MYSPACE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s a link to the actual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/08\/01\/mail-order-monstersperes-projectsberlin\/\">PERES PROJECTS\/BERLIN exhibit (with more pix !!)<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n . . you can see for yourself &#8211; how great TAYLOR&#8217;S new lettering for the NYC show is &#8211; compared to the orginal Berlin poster, shown here. sometimes the best inspiration isn&#8217;t immediate.<br \/>\nand here&#8217;s an early HALLOWEEN TREAT . . . archival artlovers photos of:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Taylor__PETE___Kathy_Grayso.jpg\" width=\"284\" height=\"429\" alt=\"Taylor, Pete &amp; Kathy Grayson\" class=\"centered\" \/><br \/>\nFROM LEFT: PETE PEZZIMENTI, KATHY GRAYSON &#038; TAYLOR McKIMENS at the DEARRAINDROP &#8211; &#8216;RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX&#8217; &#8211; OPENING, ON A VERY RAINY SUMMER NITE, at DEITCH PROJECTS on WOOSTER ST &#8211; WAY BACK on JUNE 25, 2004.<br \/>\n  HOW TIME FLIES!<br \/>\nPHOTO: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s a link to the original &#8216;RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX&#8217; photo coverage<br \/>\non: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/Magazine\/people\/smith\/smith7-26-04.asp\">artlovers on artnet\/SUMMER 2004<\/a> (scroll down, midway)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Gokita_at_atm.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"429\" alt=\"Tomoo at atm\" class=\"centered\" \/><br \/>\nTOMOO GOKITA  at HIS FIRST ONE MAN SHOW in NYC &#8211; &#8216;drunko&#8217; &#8211; at atm GALLERY, opening:<br \/>\nSEPT 16, 2006<br \/>\nARCHIVAL PHOTO: NANCY SMITH <\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s a link to the original artlovers coverage of:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/artlovers\/report\/2006-10-12.html\">&#8216;drunko&#8217; at atm\/SEPT 2006<\/a><br \/>\n(scroll down, midway)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAIL ORDER MONSTERS NYC POSTER\/IMAGE COURTESY: DEITCH PROJECTS this image was featured on the artlovers home page\/week of: SEPT 11, 2007 talking bout TAYLOR McKIMENS . . . TAYLOR McKIMENS did the LETTERING for the NEW YORK CITY POSTER of the PERES PROJECTS\/BERLIN GENERATED &#8211; KATHY GRAYSON CURATED &#8211; &#8216;MAIL ORDER MONSTERS&#8217; &#8211; which opened [&hellip;]<\/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\/400"}],"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=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}