{"id":42979,"date":"2021-04-29T10:09:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=42979"},"modified":"2021-04-29T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T16:11:49","slug":"billy-grant-spider-gallery-some-images-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2021\/04\/29\/billy-grant-spider-gallery-some-images-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"~BILLY GRANT . . SPIDER GALLERY \/ some images & thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘BAD BOY BILLY’ . . might not<\/strong> exactly be . . your<\/em> cup of tea,
\nbut, 2021 – isn’t the year to be . . shy.
\nin fact – that might actually be . . a YOU PROBLEM. <\/p>\n

or: BILLY MAKES – LIKE A SQUIRREL !!<\/p>\n

BILLY GRANT at SPIDER GALLERY \/ WITCHITA, KANSAS<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nBILLY GRANT . . makes like a squirrel \/ video
\nsee: BILLY GRANT VIDEO at SPIDER<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nBILLY GRANT, drawing of a baby in flour.<\/p>\n

so, flour baby . . . !!
\nI find this simple image so<\/strong> frighteningly compelling.
\nfirst off, I had <\/strong>to ask – what is this ?
\nthere’s no<\/strong> knowing right off the bat \/ i.e. Instagram, but any digital image in general.
\nso there’s a big potential for fear – right there.
\nreal, fake ? appropriated ? constructed . . photographed, etc etc.
\nare we on another planet, or just looking down – on ours from outer space – a huge site specific man made land\/work ?
\nand, that brings us to – scale \/ dimension.
\ntoday – there is just really: 2 scales.
\none: you know it’s a pants pocket lining, so, no matter how big the digital image \/ you get, as in you can<\/strong> comprehend & factor in the – the actual reality dimensions.
\ntwo: there is no<\/strong> way to know the dimensions – unless you ask.
\nwhich is where Billy’s image lies, and, I’m pretty sure – that’s by design. by deliberation.
\nplus, it’s so damn surreal & of science fiction, and not actually so much pretty – as formative.
\nwhat if this was drawn, huge – on the dark side of the moon ?<\/p>\n

so I asked.
\nand was told, “it’s a drawing of Conner’s baby, I did in flour.”
\nwhich again, brings several thought to mind.
\nin end times, or at the very least . . any stressful present \/ future times – well, you mind has got<\/strong> to go human survival, biology & babies.
\nfor example: how will socially-driven human babies \/ survive enforced social distancing, and school closures, viruses, vaccines, etc etc.<\/p>\n

is it ?
\nalso all about artists today – responding to climate change challenge by scaling down, and using \/ recycling simple materials.
\nis it about: not holding on \/ not making art to frame and archive and hold ‘forever’ in museums.
\nwill there even be museums, or will they all crumble too, eventually. like they always have. ancient cultures \/ civilizations.<\/p>\n

is the whole point ?
\ncreativity, not the resultant creation.<\/p>\n

is it . . an outsider vs insider war \/ esp re the status quo art world. <\/p>\n

is it: a kind of unwritten<\/strong> poetry ? a thought ?
\njust ask the ancient Tibetan scrolls – how powerful a thought \/ can be.<\/p>\n

just think on: how far away we have come from the Impressionists, the Expressionists, the Hudson School of Landscape painting ?? . . the Jackson Pollocks, and Rothkos – with their heroic statements on manknind, choice, the m-o-m-e-n-t.
\nthe profiund moent.<\/p>\n

have we reached: the ultimate profound singularity \/ moment.
\nin effect, a point of unity – before the great cell divide \/ of life.
\nthe moment of the living organism – the baby.<\/p>\n

all images via Instagram \/ courtesy @spider.gallery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘BAD BOY BILLY’ . . might not exactly be . . your cup of tea, but, 2021 – isn’t the year to be . . shy. in fact – that might actually be . . a YOU PROBLEM. or: BILLY MAKES – LIKE A SQUIRREL !! BILLY GRANT at SPIDER GALLERY \/ WITCHITA, KANSAS BILLY […]<\/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\/42979"}],"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=42979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43002,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42979\/revisions\/43002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}