\na group show featuring the work of 5 artists \/
\nis up thru . . . SUN APRIL 17, 2022
\nHYACINTH GALLERY, LOWER EAST SIDE<\/a><\/p>\n
read:<\/strong> ‘BIG COUNTRY’ \/ HYACINTH GALLERY<\/a><\/p>\n I like small pieces. it’s so<\/strong> . . . underground. it’s kind of like . . artlovers !! my latest epiphany – on the matter is: obviously, I’m<\/strong> coming down on the side of the . . light-to-wear, and, who-gives-a-care \/ about-your-or-mine – damn-wallet \/ pretty, and pretty much low-fi neck adornments of . . JUSTIN BEIBER, PETE DAVIDSON, and, even this week: A$AP ROCKY !! showing up with his $50 green plastic Tamagotchi \/ dangling from a longish plastic chain. low-key creativity, apparently still a big shock \/ even after, that thrift shop vintage 70s popcorn bubble quilt- he wrapped himself up in, for the Met Gala runway \/ just another way low fi & crafts say: check out your<\/strong> world, dude.<\/p>\n as opposed to the stodgy, look-at-me dude \/ million dollar, million-and-a-half dollar ? heavy anchor-around-your-neck, chain, that Drake looked so<\/strong> dumb in \/ photographed at a recent basketball game, sitting court-side, of course. what’s really<\/strong> to ponder in art, I mean \/ sometimes we \/or . . really, 3\/4 of the rest of the art world forgets \/ but, what’s really<\/strong> to ponder, is how a small<\/strong> piece of colored, common metal, maybe just a few dollars of materials, if that \/ and, definite with no real ‘retail’ past history \/ can reflect so<\/strong> beautifully – the shifting light of the sky above a mountain, as well as the mountain, itself. and then, just as simply<\/strong> – one day \/ pick up, and join an edgy, but truly heart-borne, group show in the deepest gritty heart of NYC, Canal St., and still come up . . dancing. reflecting, causing . . . pause to ponder. and, if you<\/strong> can really connect-the-dots, and the bullet-holes, when . . they say: space exploration . . “is to find life on Mars”, nope. it is – not. ‘Jack be nimble, Jack – be quick \/ Jack jump over – the candlestick.’ ‘BIG COUNTRY’ . . . a group show featuring the work of 5 artists \/ is up thru . . . SUN APRIL 17, 2022 HYACINTH GALLERY, LOWER EAST SIDE read: ‘BIG COUNTRY’ \/ HYACINTH GALLERY RYAN KITSON, ‘Shot, Tipped, Flipped, […]<\/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\/44900"}],"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=44900"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44911,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44900\/revisions\/44911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ryan-Kitson-Hyacinth-gallery.jpg\")
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\nRYAN KITSON, ‘Shot, Tipped, Flipped, and Flopped’, 2021.
\nPainted aluminum \/ 18 x 21 x 1 in.
\nphoto via Instagram @hyacinthgallery<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/RYAN-KITSON-Oregon-installation.jpg\")
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\nRYAN KITSON: another one \/ Mt. Ashland, Oregon \/ posted June 2021
\nphoto via Instagram @ryankitson<\/a><\/p>\n
\nespecially . . . those that are curious. original. often light-reflecting, and definite striking,
\nwithin different contexts, and places. functional, or pseudo . . they carry more resonance than their size would belie. it’s like a bite of divine sushi, a poetic phrase, and a tiny revelation – without a huge reveal.<\/p>\n
\nit makes the mainstream art world look ridiculous, pompous & over-wrought.<\/p>\n
\nif you’re<\/strong> small enough – you are<\/strong> always on the thin \/ cutting edge.<\/p>\n
\nthe current rapper ‘style’ war \/ regarding whether to wrap colorful plastic \/ craft bead necklaces – around one’s neck, as opposed to the heavy duty diamond spectacle \/ or serious also heavy, gold chain.<\/p>\n
\nsurrounded by security, btw.
\ndressed as friends, as if. <\/p>\n
\nis . . that it’s not<\/strong> the million dollar ‘price’ tag, the ‘established’ status, or the so-called, & definitely in-house manipulated ‘value’ of the blue-chip art market \/ which is obviously a kind of legal ‘con’ game for sure, though sometimes – it is nice to see ‘history’ in the flesh, no doubt.<\/p>\n
\nand, in doing so \/ in that tiny moment: voice a ‘concern’, an ‘awareness’ \/ of that mountain, and the society as whole which surrounds it.
\nour culture, our urbanization. our natural poetry – or, what there is that is left of it, and our need, whether we know it, or not . . . for that very connected-ness.<\/p>\n
\nto tip-toe into the world \/ as light on your feet, as you can be \/ that, is the real potency of the art world, today.
\ngood night, pre-ponderous art.
\ngood night, moon. and, watch out for crashing space junk, yikes,
\nI think I can<\/strong> see 3 eyes up there on your face now ?!!
\nand it’s not – the 3rd eye, either. <\/p>\n
\nit is – a search for minerals, to mine.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ryan-Kitson-Instagram-logo.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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