\nopened Feb 19th
\nruns thru . . . SAT, MARCH 19, 2022
\nSOMEDAY GALLERY<\/a>
\n120 Walker St., #3R \/ TRIBECA, DOWNTOWN NYC 10013
\nHRS: THURS – SAT \/ 11am – 6 PM <\/p>\n
and, make a note:<\/strong> of the actual scale of the watercolors, up on the wall \/ just to the right of center. (on the wall).<\/p>\n I guess we can chalk this one up to: m-y-s-t-e-r-y brought upon by via hyper, over-sized realism. note:<\/strong> watercolor – seems to be in a huge<\/strong> revival – these days. ok, so:<\/strong> unlike the brief text above – I can<\/strong> actually address that thought block – most, definitively !! “Six large sculptures, six small watercolors, six main sources of electrical energy. The sculptures – paper-skinned mushrooms shaped from wire mesh – are staged in a frozen choreography.” “The watercolors depict the warm glow of street lamps, composed with a snapshot vernacular <\/strong>and repeated obsessively from different perspectives. \/ There are many forms of illumination – industrial, chemical, intellectual, spiritual. A lot of the built world mimics sources of light seen in nature. Most mushrooms<\/strong> are known for their superior<\/strong> light-absorption capabilities – able to soak up & store large amounts of vitamin D from the sun . . . . ahhhh:<\/strong> “Psilocybin can identified by a set of distinct physical characteristics: plump, golden caps, purple gils, bluish flesh and stems that, once dried, appear flakey, likestrands of hair when observed under a microscope.” “The sculptures – paper-skinned mushrooms shaped from wire mesh” \/ <\/p>\n “In Gifu Japan, a region dense with luciferin fungi, fireflies, and other bioluminescent<\/strong> organisms, artisans have perfected the craft of hand-made lanterns <\/strong> formed from rice paper & bamboo, that seek to similarly capture the weightlessness<\/strong> of light.” so, huh:<\/strong> is God – the master Electrician ? “The watercolors depict the warm glow of street lamps . . ” read:<\/strong> the entire essay here, & see more pix \/ SOMEDAY GALLERY<\/a><\/p>\n the very perfection of: NEW EDGE CITY TOM FORKIN . . . ‘The Electrician’ – a solo exhibition of new work !! opened Feb 19th runs thru . . . SAT, MARCH 19, 2022 SOMEDAY GALLERY 120 Walker St., #3R \/ TRIBECA, DOWNTOWN NYC 10013 HRS: THURS – SAT \/ 11am – 6 PM TOM […]<\/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\/44863"}],"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=44863"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44889,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44863\/revisions\/44889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Tom-Forkin-Someday-gallery.jpg\")
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\nTOM FORKIN installation shot via Instagram @someday_gal<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Tom-Forkin-install-someday.jpg\")
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\nimage via SOMEDAY GALLERY<\/a>
\nI’m sure as hell, don’t<\/strong> know what the fig, oops fungii – it’s all about, and that . . intrigues me. though, I’m also sure as hell, that plenty people: poets & academics alike \/ could write scads of paper on the show’s ultimate meaning.
\nthe title: ‘The Electrician’ – is brilliant, though don’t ask me to explain that, either !! <\/p>\n
\nsheer poetry of skills, and of course – dig those small watercolors !!
\nthey seem to be romantic city-scapes \/ imbued with turn-of-the-century Victorian . . ‘vapors’ & haunting illumination.
\nof a fleeting, realist – nature.
\nstrange bed-fellows . huge, meticulous 3-D mushrooms vs. tiny, dreamy streets, parks – caught on the flimiest of brushwork.<\/p>\n
\nI find that very interesting.<\/p>\n
\ncontrarian-born person that I am, born under the sign of Aires ignited by flames \/ I almost got kicked out of my MFA Studio grad program in Montreal, in the 70’s \/ the era of huge, color-field painting & dry, minimalist Agnes Martin type pencil rulings \/ with my self-taught<\/strong>, strong-willed, but way dreamy . . small scale watercolors, greatly influenced by Edo period Japanese woodblock prints & poetry. they were also quick in spirit too, fast brushwork & thin wash . . very much like these, in technique.
\nI must have been the only<\/strong> person in the entire painting program – if, not the greater art scene in general, who knew what Windsor Newton meant, knew how to care for fine-tipped sable brushes, & how to tell the difference between hot vs. cold press Arches paper.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Tom-Forkin-mushroom..jpg\")
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\nTOM FORKIN, Mushroom.
\nimage via SOMEDAY GALLERY <\/a>
\nI’m thinking: very much . . a small, realist watercolor – come to life \/ as a huge sculpture.<\/p>\n
\n~gallery essay<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Tom-Forkin-install-the-electrician.jpg\")
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\nTOM FORKIN – ‘The Electrian’\/ installation shot
\nvia SOMEDAY GALLERY <\/a><\/p>\n
\nOther species of fungi appeal to a different kind of illumination – capable of breaking down the rational mind, dissolving<\/strong> the ego, and stimulating spiritual enlightenment.”<\/p>\n
\n~both quotes: gallery essay <\/a> <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Tom-Forkin-detail-mushroom.jpg\")
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\nTOM FORKIN, detail mushroom sculpture
\nimage via SOMEDAY GALLERY <\/a><\/p>\n
\n~gallery essay<\/a> <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Tom-Forkin-watercolor.jpg\")
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\nTOM FORKIN, watercolor, in ‘The Electrician’
\nimage via SOMEDAY GALLERY<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(my son would love that . . word play, Not.) <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Tom-Forkin-trees-light-watercolor.jpg\")
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\nTOM FORKIN, watercolor – street lamps.
\nimage via SOMEDAY GALLERY<\/a><\/p>\n
\n~gallery essay<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SOMEDAY-GALLERY-IG-logo.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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\ncheck out: <\/strong> SOMEDAY GALLERY on Instagram @someday_gal<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Tom-Forkin-Instagram-logo.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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\ncheck out:<\/strong> TOM FORKIN on Instagram @fork_in_tom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"