{"id":41107,"date":"2019-10-23T14:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T19:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=41107"},"modified":"2019-10-24T00:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T05:12:03","slug":"ted-gahl-zen-paintings-the-low-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2019\/10\/23\/ted-gahl-zen-paintings-the-low-down\/","title":{"rendered":"~TED GAHL . . ‘ZEN PAINTINGS’ at VICKI \/ THE LOW-DOWN !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

SO, YEAH . . . . !!
\nI DID <\/strong>find . . a car !!<\/p>\n

flew in . . on the wheels of a silver chariot.
\nlike a thief-in-the-night, with crew in hand.
\nnothing’s better, than a kid . . with a silver Audi.<\/p>\n

TED GAHL . . ‘ZEN PAINTINGS’
\nOPENED SAT OCT 12 \/ 6 – 9 PM
\nshow runs thru . . NOV 16, 2019 \/ BY APP’T
\nVICKI<\/a>, 327 Liberty St., Newburgh, NY 12550 \/ www.vicki.fun <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nTED GAHL
\n‘Wake up and zen.’<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthis was my<\/strong> fav piece \/ it was very ‘passive-aggressive’ inter-active \/
\n& you could even take it home, and it would continue performing, as long as you re-filled the incense.
\nimagine showing that off – to your friends !!
\nand ps,it’s aroma fills the room . . like a blanket
\nlike a house on fire, next door . . with the right brand.<\/p>\n

very functional, as well as being . . a flat-out art statement.
\nthe fact that it stood <\/strong>vertically \/ attached upright to a wall,
\nas opposed to your<\/strong> standard incense holder, which sits on the tabletop \/
\nallowed a very Freudian . . sequence to repeat, over & over.
\nwhen first placed in, the reddish velvety incense stick – is as rigid as hell \/
\npointing right at – you.
\nI caught here, at the down-time of the endless cycle \/ of life.
\nit was also a little bit of an illusion, but extremely realistic, definite based in real time \/ like a micro-viewing, of a fire.
\nbroken down to \/ just one full element \/ an exercise in . . singularity.
\nin other words, it was very much the dance of the . . MALE.
\n(written in zen code !!)<\/p>\n

TED GAHL, ‘Offering Painting’, 2019.
\nacrylic on panel, Nag Champa incense \/ 14 x 11 in.
\n($2,500)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nI think it even comes with a . . free refill ?
\nthis is <\/strong>the one to use \/ if you want to keep it . . REAL.
\nthe whole room was suffused in hypnotic aroma.<\/p>\n

the lay-out of the show \/ with its sparse presentation, (very) small repeating canvases, non-working wooden bench, & a random ceramic Japanese-like tea bowl, was quite the . . Architectural Digest minimalist \/ but, that was an illusion.
\nthe ambience was thick as magic \/ totally smokey \/ a trippy haze enveloping all.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\n*thick-as-thieves in the dark, I even caught my on ghost reflection – in the window.
\nyou can catch the BBQ food cart, with its glowing embers, on fire in the night \/ & also smokey, btw.
\nreflecting from the other side of the glass window, Zen lightning. Zen arousal. Zen fable.
\nZen . . rising ?<\/p>\n

*thick-as-theives . . in the night: outlaw \/ underground
\nas in, “stealing the hqrd-core art scene away, from . . Brooklyn.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nTED GAH, at center . . .
\nflanked by the VICKI curators \/ and co-founders:
\n(L) SAMUEL BOEHM, and (R) DANIEL GIODANO
\nTed Gahl’s ‘Zen Paintings’, behind them. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nDAN LOXTON, and DANIEL GIORDANO.
\nDan Loxton . . just opened up his<\/strong> own indie curatorial space, upstate.
\ncalled Uffizi, it’s a one room “intimate viewing room in the Hudson highlands” \/
\ni.e. in his (rural) house, in Cold Spring, NY.
\n“Food, refreshments, refinement, skuzzgrime.”
\nthe inaugural show is up now: “Qasi Pink” \/ Uffizi \/ Vegan Curry
\non view by app’t \/OCT 19 – Nov 10 \/ email: info.uffizi@gmail.com
\nit’s like . . the proverbial ‘chip’ off the ole marble block \/ Uffizi, Florence \/ Uffizi, Cold Spring.
\nwell, Hudson Valley is certainly turning into the bonafide art hub, isn’t ?<\/p>\n

see: Qasi Pink aka skuzzgrime on Youtube <\/a>\/ with 2 subscribers (!!!)
\na ‘touch’ too much nihilist pink . . punk chaos ?<\/p>\n

DANIEL GIORDANO, Hudson Valley native, born and bred in Poughkeepsie,
\n& now based in Newburgh . . will be showing there mid-November.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nROSEMARY, and TED.
\nI refuse to allow the site, to become – just about . . the men.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nmeanwhile, outside . . Donald “Witt-it” Whitted was serving up the best fresh grilled turkey tacos ever, only $4 a pop, totally worth it.
\nVicki Island food cart ? \/ no disappointment there.
\nDonald says he’s grilling up pulled ribs, at the next one.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthe live coal fire BBQ \/ made the early Fall night air, as smokey & crisp – as the show, inside.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nTED GAHL, ‘Untitled’, 2019.
\nacrylic on canvas \/ in artist’s own frame \/ 8 x 10 in.
\n($1,800)<\/p>\n

and there I was, expecting to see black line \/ cartoon drawings.
\nwhack.<\/p>\n

ah, living life in the Zen lane \/ Up-state. <\/p>\n

see:<\/strong> more install shots – on the gallery website <\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nincluding the very<\/strong> non-functional wood bench & . . the very<\/strong> functional \/ Zen \/ tea bowl.<\/p>\n

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

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