\nsalary, chasing you<\/em> – to work, for free of course, on their clients’ behalf.
\nso yeah if<\/strong> I could go away to the countryside, it sure wouldn’t be to that played-out & ticketed !! NADA – FORELAND !!
\nand, hell no, it definite would not<\/strong> be – to that nursing home center of worn-out scenic aesthetics . . NADA – MAINE, either.<\/p>\n
FORELAND ?
\nFORECLOSURE is more like it – thanks to these art world vultures, and more importantly, the people who sponsor them.
\n“Dear Nancy, if you happen to be in Maine . . ?” \/ are you kidding me.
\nI can’t even afford an Uber to Marvin Gardens, apparently.
\nand, I mean Marvin Gardens, Ridgewood NY, not Monopoly.
\nbecause, seriously what’s the diff \/ it’s Pass Go & lose . . $200 in NYC \/ IRL.<\/p>\n
nope. well, maybe it’s not<\/strong> so stupid, to be able to get your little gallery-opening-ready black dress off the hard work – of someone else ? <\/p>\n nope, if I could<\/strong> get to the country, it would be somewhere . . raw, authentic, and totally off-the-beaten-track. where the talent, and the long summer days float up to that big summer sky, in perfect harmony.<\/p>\n nope, I’m going to – Wichita, if only<\/em> in my dreams. <\/p>\n the artist is . .<\/strong> PATTY MULLEN, who had the Spring 2023 show at SPIDER. ‘TIDUS GROUP SHOW 1’ – SUMMER 2023 PS:<\/strong> CONNOR AND CHLOE LANG, PS:<\/strong> CONNOR LANG – designs those incredible awesome exhibition ‘posters’, and the logo spiders, which I first noticed on their BILLY GRANT \/ solo exhibition IG posts, March of 2021. the bright-eyed, drop-dead-comic, realist \/ ‘SUPER MARIO’ – is by DEVON LOWMAN, currently based in NY\/CT.<\/p>\n
\nApparently, I was born to be hard-core Indie, and way ahead of the middling crowd, and probably will be, til the day I die.
\ntiming is<\/strong> everything, and trust me when I say, being<\/strong> way ahead of the pack – is NOT the best kind of timing re your bank account.
\nslow and stupid – wins in this town.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Patty-Mullen-Spider-Gallery-.png\")
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\nSPIDER GALLERY, Wichita, Kansas.
\nnote: all photos courtesy of the gallery via Instagram @spider.gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nyikes !!
\ndid you notice the ‘detail’ of the scenic photo above ?
\nthat’s what I mean, authentic & crushing it . . SPIDER, you lovely true-blue \/ hard-core Indie Rebel !!
\njust born that way, and nothing contrived.
\nthis is<\/strong> what real creative community – comes down to.
\ntake that, all you poser NYC art dealer wannabe . . bros. <\/p>\n
\nand, just in case you are a big-time artlovers fan from Japan – yes !!
\nwe are talking <\/em> Dorothy, the Wizard of Oz, and the fab fab Wicked Witch of the West – sprung from Depression era \/ mid-west America – and, that is <\/strong>spelt: K-a-n-s-a-s \/
\n‘The Wizard of Oz’ – by L. FRANK BAUM.
\nwhich was<\/strong> actually written to address \/ expose . . . government corruption, and posers of all genres !!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nYEP, I’LL BE FLYING IN ON MY VIRTUAL, TALENT-SEEKING, TWITCHY BROOMSTICK . . . TO SEE:<\/p>\n
\nFEATURING: CONNOR LANG, ELOISE LANG, AND DEVON LOWMAN
\nORGANIZED BY: ELOISE LANG
\nSPIDER GALLERY<\/a> – A DOMESTIC EXHIBITION SPACE IN WICHITA, KS \/ KANSAS.<\/strong> <\/p>\n
\nEX-PATS . . from let me guess: Capital M F A \/ North East art schools & circles ?!!
\nrun Spider, “out of our garage turned gallery space in Wichita, Kansas. We moved to Wichita about 4 years ago right before our now 4 year old daughter, Eloise was born . . .
\nWe appreciate staying connected with artist friends and highlighting their work.”<\/p>\n
\nall I can say is: BILLY BE . . GOOD !!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthe other thing I really<\/strong> REALLY like about this show,
\nand that I consider to be very brilliant, and of unique, cutting-edge rebel \/ forward-Indie vision \/ is that this is a GENERATIONAL SHOW<\/strong> \/ but, unlike your average run on-and-on, boring by now \/ multi-generational art shows in NYC, and probably around the world, in a ‘new’ (ugh) drive to be ‘inclusive . . which only<\/strong> leans to older \/ this one, ‘TIDUS GROUP SHOW 1’ . . . skews YOUNG !!
\nand I mean, young.
\nyes. their afore-mentioned daughter – Eloise Lang all of 4 years old, ‘organized’ the exhibit, and proudly displays her work too. I dare you to guess which piece . . is hers !!
\nhint: it’s yellow, abstract expressionist – and really ‘hugs’ the ‘plastic’ compositional borders of the surface. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDEVON LOWMAN, ‘SUPER MARIO’, 2023.
\n‘realist’ \/ animation game character – painting \/ with just<\/strong> the perfect amount of ‘bold’, and great diy humor in the details. and texture, heavy. just so you know, it’s ‘human-made’.
\nwhat could be better – than a fierce flying, almost one-eyed . . Mario \/
\ncounter-intuitively installed on a fabulous-in-its-own-right \/ wooden, barn-like, garage shed, in deep south-central Kansas ?!!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCONNOR LANG, CHLOE LANG, ELOISE LANG, ‘COLLABORATION’, 2023.
\nMIXED MEDIA.
\nGREAT FREE – FALL PAINTING \/ ESP INSTALLED ON THAT GREAT INTERIOR WALL.<\/p>\n