{"id":7007,"date":"2011-09-22T14:49:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=7007"},"modified":"2011-09-22T19:26:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T00:26:56","slug":"andrew-guenthertalkimg-to-a-fishopening-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2011\/09\/22\/andrew-guenthertalkimg-to-a-fishopening-pix\/","title":{"rendered":"~ANDREW GUENTHER\/TALKING TO A FISH\/OPENING PIX"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANDREW GUENTHER: ‘Talking to a Fish and Paraphernalia’
\nopening: SEPT 15, 2011 \/ 6-8 PM
\nthe show runs SEPT 15, 2011 – OCT 22, 2011
\nFREIGHT+VOLUME – 530 W. 24th St – CHELSEA<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n(above) the show’s card – augured well. a striking sort of primitive graphic – just this side of awkward to be very deliberate . . . and . . . attention-getting.<\/p>\n

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\nfrom the left: ANDREW GUENTHER with NICK LAWRENCE of FREIGHT+VOLUME . . . <\/p>\n

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\nANDREW GUENTHER, with his wife . . . artist TIFFANY POLLOCK.
\nI’ve known Andrew, and watched his work play its course out on the scene – since 2000\/2001. he was always, a very very original guy. an edgy visual thinker and strange world plasti-cist . . . there are always a few (formal) threads, going on at the same time. <\/p>\n

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\nANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Negative Window’, 2010. acrylic on unprimed canvas. 78 x 60 in.<\/p>\n

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\nthe newest wave of young ‘turks’ . . .
\nfrom left: DAN FLANAGAN, TRAVIS PRATT and CHRIS BIDDY.<\/p>\n

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\n. . but wait a second, we got a little bit ahead of ourselves . . . lets go back & start at the beginning . . . NICK LAWRENCE stands at the doorway to his year-old re-claimed space . . . a nice sized gallery – with room for several rooms . . . <\/p>\n

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\ngallery artist MICHAEL SCOGGINS, also hangs out – at the starting point.<\/p>\n

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\nin the entry project room niche – Andrew’s animated, talking fish aquarium – with 2 tiny little fish. one was even white and one was black, swimming by . . .<\/p>\n

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\nthe most interesting part of the loop – apart from the images, of course – was the narrator’s voice – a certain type of gentle female voice – speaking in almost nursery rhyme cadence: as you grow you will . . . with a kind of hippie European new age accent . . .<\/p>\n

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\nhello. Andrew and Tiffany have a sweet young new toddler, named Easter Lily – so here’s talking to ya ?<\/p>\n

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\ntrust me – this comes from a new age dad’s: love. and intelligence.
\nhey, this is what happens when you spring from the head of a death metal diehard.
\nsexual biology – the key to human nature.
\nnot to mention: human digestion of liquid protein. and waste elimination . . . being a big part of the human condition.
\nhere’s to: life.<\/p>\n

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\njust barley related in theme – in the next room are a series of ‘unconnected’ paintings.
\nANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Sick Whale’, 2011. acrylic on unprimed canvas. 120 x 78 in.<\/p>\n

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\nANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Vase’, 2010. acrylic on unprimed canvas, 120 x 78 in.
\nnew wave – Matisse.<\/p>\n

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\na smaller m\/m mutli-media piece – and one of my personal favs.
\nANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Bread’, 2011. oil, wood, and papier-mache on linen. 28 x 20 x 5 in.<\/p>\n

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\nyeah, it’s looking to be a papier-mache: loaf of bread. bread, fish. you know, the whole deal.
\npainter’s easel, flower. so, does that spell: shaman ?
\ndetail, ANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Bread’.<\/p>\n

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\nyep, holds a nice place – on the wall. super ironic, too.<\/p>\n

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\nthe middle room – is the paper pie plate face room . . . grinning femmes, only.<\/p>\n

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\nthere’s that large one, and these two middle-sized ones.
\nANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Wheat’ 2011, and ‘Corn’, 2011.
\nacrylic, colored pencil, cardboard and papier-mache. 18 x 36 in. ea.<\/p>\n

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\nand then two tinier ones . . . looking all the world like: Cave of Forgotten Prehistoric Man meets 21st century . . . painter.<\/p>\n

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\nANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Plate Face’, (Yellow and Black), 2011. papier-mache, cardboard, and watercolor on paper. 8 x 6 in.<\/p>\n

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\nANDREW GUENTHER, ‘Plate Face’, (Beach), 2011. papier-mache, cardboard, and watercolor on paper. 8 x 6 in.<\/p>\n

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\n‘Plate Face’, (Beach) from the side . . .<\/p>\n

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\na kind of Gumby – for the new age ? hello . . . rainbow.<\/p>\n

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\nturn the corner, and the last room – is a black and white photo room.<\/p>\n

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\na feather . . . in the sand.<\/p>\n

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\nsome dramatic cactii . . . <\/p>\n

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\nand. what the saturn . . . even some wild, as in ‘found’, urban ‘weedy’.
\nAndrew told me later, this photo was taken on his recent trip to Berlin, and this uncultivated spontaneous weed was sprouting – so innocently in the front steps of – a pre-school. talk about – survival of the fittest.<\/p>\n

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\nok, one last photo. love the hi-contrast compositions – among the organics, dude.<\/p>\n

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\nBILL BRADY in the photo section. he says he is moving ATM to Kansas City.
\nlook out.<\/p>\n

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\nand the last piece – a bean bag game. you put your own<\/em> head – around that. minimal but – loaded, gesture.<\/p>\n

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\nfull circle – we caught up to Andrew outside with MICHAEL MAXWELL. Michael Maxwell helped Andrew print the black and white photos – from the original 35mm negatives.
\nnice job. nice show. one of the best, and most thoughtful, (art) plastic-minded shows in town. <\/p>\n

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

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