{"id":43129,"date":"2021-07-07T14:25:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=43129"},"modified":"2021-07-15T14:32:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T19:32:02","slug":"nancy-smith-x-nikholis-planck-nada-house-404a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2021\/07\/07\/nancy-smith-x-nikholis-planck-nada-house-404a\/","title":{"rendered":"~NANCY SMITH X NIKHOLIS PLANCK \/ NADA House 404A"},"content":{"rendered":"

vernacular . . . is my new FAVORITE \/ word.<\/p>\n

NANCY SMITH \/ TURN ONZ, DETROIT
\nX
\nNIKHOLIS PLANCK \/ MAGENTA PLAINS, NYC<\/p>\n

NADA House 404A \/ NADA House 2021 \/ GOVERNORS ISLAND<\/a>
\nup thru . . . AUG 1, 2021<\/p>\n

FUNNY, how that’s . . . me !!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\ndetail, NANCY SMITH, ‘MAYBE . . .’, 2021.
\nphotocopy & mylar collage \/ attached to – a plastic light switch cover.<\/p>\n

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\nNANCY SMITH, ‘MAYBE . . .’, 2021.
\nphotocopy images, DURA-LAR mylar, glue stick, multi-color foil binder reinforcements \/ attached to white plastic light switch cover. <\/p>\n

SO,<\/strong> it’s really, really, ME.
\nstraight-up \/ really really vernacular \/ hardcore underground insider\/outsider rebel\/DIY artist – from the 1980’s LES \/ LOWER EAST SIDE \/ NYC art scene.
\nflash forward . . to this Summer 2021: served up fresh \/ via grassroots, start-up artist collab: TURN ONZ out of DETROIT \/
\nheaded up by, and curated by JEFFREY TRANCHELL.
\nout of DETROIT ?
\nbut, of course !!!!<\/p>\n

nothing<\/strong> like coming into your<\/strong> hometown – as a cloaked mystery \/ upstart – grass roots stranger.<\/p>\n

yes, it’s really, really . . . me: Japanese art lover \/ American quilt maker \/ art lovers – me !!
\nit’s actually . . quite<\/strong> the short story \/ auto-biography.
\nthe line drawing . . .
\nis<\/strong> a vintage 80’s Xerox, when it was black & white only !! \/
\nphotocopy of a black ink line drawing I did in Montreal, in the 1970’s \/
\na deliberate statement of rebellion vs. the reigning color field painting theory of the time,
\nIt’s a re-imagination of MYSELF \/ as an Edo Period woodblock print geisha, so . . .
\nIt’s a . . . self-portrait \/ can y’all connect the dots ?
\neven including the vintage, red & white embroidered flower \/ ‘botanical’ . . ‘banners’ cascading down the sides \/ which are a super realistic take \/ on the actual woven ribbon I often use to repair . . my old quilt repair \/ projects.
\nand here, just might be: legs. opening. go figure.
\nsymbolically.<\/p>\n

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\ncenter: NANCY SMITH, TURN ONZ, DETROIT \/ LIGHT SWITCH.
\nat top: NIKHOLIS PLANCK, MAGENTA PLAINS, NYC \/ painted egg.
\nso,<\/strong> if you turn the corner of NADA House 404A, and go up the narrow wooden staircase, you come upon a ‘magical’ hallway, a presentation that you just <\/strong> might miss, in terms of it’s – not<\/strong> being in ‘walled’ room.
\nand, being of such an . . . ‘ethereal’ atmosphere.<\/p>\n

‘Maybe . . . ?’<\/p>\n

Maybe . . . you know me ? maybe . . . you don’t. now, you know me \/ a little bit more.
\nMaybe we do ? or, maybe we don’t . . . ?
\nthe 18th C. geisha, says:
\nMaybe, we turn – on the lights \/
\nor, maybe . . we don’t.
\nthe Planck ‘wooden’ eggs, also say: folk art. woodblock prints -> wooden Easter eggs
\nskills \/ lyric history, and . . well, in a nutshell\/eggshell: reproduction !!
\nbio reproduction.
\nand . . . red means: good luck.<\/p>\n

a quick re-thought \/ re: folk art,
\nJapanese folk art prints – to – painted \/ wax resist \/ wooden Polish \/ Romaine \/ Ukraine Easter eggs.
\non one wall.
\nin the middle of Governors Island 2021 \/ who would<\/strong> have ever thought.<\/p>\n

both artists are giving you 3-D objects \/ and, ironically in a very, very shallow \/ viewing space.
\nboth artists are having fun, but seriously !! are . . . light-on-their-feet.
\nEaster Eggs, and . . . light switches, come on …… now, people !!!
\n‘vernacular’ – is going to be my new <\/strong>favorite word.<\/p>\n

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\njust, an aside \/ observation:
\nthe optical world – is so<\/strong> contrary, fluid & crazy.
\nI really dig, how my piece is so<\/strong> wrapped in wavy mylar, yet perceives – as flat.
\nwhile the Nikholis egg, is every bit just as much an illustration, but perceives – as round \/ !!
\nmy piece is so glossy, and reflective \/ while his is so matte, and hanging in the air.
\nmy piece has very fantastic cut-out shapes, his work: truly a work – in the very smooth, round.
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\nit’s a narrow space, but here’s a better idea of the install \/ though it also looks like a giant – geography map !!
\nmy light switch – is behind that big blob of blonde hair.
\nthe distressed wall – check, check, check, right on !! <\/p>\n

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\nhanging by a wire.
\nNIKHOLIS PLANCK, ‘OVOIDS’.
\n“are mounted site-specifically, ornamenting the architectural details of the historical (NADA House) buildings as floating cosmic droplets<\/strong>. The ‘Ovoids’ are miniature paintings in the round <\/strong> made by treating wooden egg shapes with gesso, drawing in a pattern, and then dipping them in hot wax. Finally, the artist applies oil paint in a gamut of checkered motifs, anatomical features, and botanical<\/strong> studies.”
\n~MAGENTA PLAINS <\/p>\n

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\nalso – very Japanese in flavor \/ and color \/ vintage lacquer.
\nNIKHOLIS PLANK, ‘OVOID’.
\nreal-life \/ egg-size, btw. some a bit bigger, some a bit smaller.
\n“Like the artist’s signature angular and amorphous shaped paintings that reject the square and rectangular format, the ‘Ovoids’ attempt to overcome another binary of painting in terms of both shape and flatness while reflecting<\/strong> on the engendered notions of the egg, creating an immersive space germinated in a constellation of a macabre biology study.”
\n~MAGENTA PLAINS<\/p>\n

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\nNIKHOLIS PLANCK, ‘Ovoid’
\nlooking towards the other end of the hallway.
\nis that the ‘Cloak Room’ – install ?
\nmaybe, you don’t actually need to go up stairs, maybe you just turn a corner.
\nI mean, I’m getting old \/ but I still come from the era of ‘open floor plans’, so it all becomes a bit of . . . a maze.
\nspeaking of which, a maze \/ funny how someone’s ‘macabre’ – is someone else’s . . ‘fun’.<\/p>\n

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\nKATE CERIGO . . . at the NANCY SMITH X NIKHOLIS PLANCK \/ installation wall
\nNADA House 404A \/ Governors Island, summer 2021.<\/p>\n

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\nJEFFREY TRANCHELL, founder of the artist collective: TURN ONZ, out of Detroit \/ curated the, I would say, seriously !! de-light-ful, fresh, super varied, and enchanting . . artist-made light switches that appear – scattered throughout the historic NADA houses.
\nhere:
\nNANCY SMITH, paper collage \/ light switch, presented by TURN ONZ, DETROIT \/
\nand . . .
\nNIKHOLIS PLANCK, 2 hanging \/ painted wooden eggs, ‘Ovoids’ – presented by Magenta Plains, NYC.<\/p>\n

and which placement, btw happened totally by random \/ my light switch – placed next to the Planck ‘Ovoids’.
\nactually, Jeff came around and put up the light switch art first, then came the ‘Ovoid’ free fall.
\nJeff said, he was always pleased and surprised – with how the rest of the main body \/ art presentations worked with the TURN Onz light switches, & how the unplanned \/ site-specific architectural dialogs – worked out.
\nbut especially, here.<\/p>\n

note:<\/strong> the wild landscape painting in the next room is by . . ERNESTO GUTIERREZ MOYA,
\npresented by Emerson Dorsch Gallery, of Miami & posting – next. <\/p>\n

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

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