{"id":855,"date":"2009-04-16T12:56:34","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T17:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2009\/04\/16\/virtual-insanitylast-call\/"},"modified":"2012-02-21T11:32:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T16:32:20","slug":"virtual-insanitylast-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2009\/04\/16\/virtual-insanitylast-call\/","title":{"rendered":"~VIRTUAL INSANITY\/last call !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LAST WEEK TO CATCH – VIRTUAL INSANITY !!<\/p>\n

the card – for VIRTUAL INSANITY – a small group show curated by MAXWELL WILLIAMS – with MICHAEL BELL-SMITH, JOHN MICHAEL BOLING, OLAF BREUNING, KATHY GRAYSON, JAMES HOWARD, LUCKY DRAGONS, JILL MAGID & TIFFANY MALAKKOTI.
\nthe show opened on MARCH 21 and runs – just thru this SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009.
\nCINDERS GALLERY<\/a> – 103 HAVEMEYER – WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN.
\nHRS: WED-SUN 1-7PM<\/p>\n

\"cinders<\/a><\/p>\n

the show’s card – above – has got to be the best card for the year, so far !! dunno bout the show – it had a strange all-over feeling – maybe that was the point !! – but the card is a poppin’ classic !!<\/p>\n

the show has scored 2 reviews.
\ncheck out: VIRTUAL INSANITY on FLAVORPILL !!<\/a>
\nand, check out: VIRTUAL INSANITY on FADER !!<\/a><\/p>\n

. . . we were !! at the OPENING – & – here’s the OPENING PIX !!<\/strong><\/p>\n

well, this was a strange enough show. it wasn’t like it was the most poppin’ show I’d ever seen, esp at Cinders. but maybe that was the counterintuitive point !!: virtual insanity is not<\/em> dramatic – like a hand-made woodcut by CANNONBALL PRESS (aka MIKE HOUSTON & MARTIN MAZORRA) – or even the crazy screenprint world of BRIAN CHIPPENDALE – but more like – digital – blanket invasive. as in – too many emails !! hold the info. and please next time – pass on the OLAF BREUNING – he’s way too over-exposed !!<\/p>\n

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\nMICHAEL BELL-SMITH contributed a beautiful little loop projection, ‘Return to Forever’, 2009
\nCourtesy the artist and FOXY PRODUCTION.<\/p>\n

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\nMICHAEL BELL-SMITH, ‘Return to Forever;, 2009
\nHD video loop (edition of 3), Dimensions variable.<\/p>\n

well, it was projected small – but dimensions are variable – so imagine it big. on the wall facing your bed !! forever.
\nwould you ever need to go outside, again. well that’s a thought – that makes a beautiful digital thing: turn and go wrong.
\nof course that’s insane. or might make you insane. but if you weren’t captive on a spaceship – or almost as bad – an inner city housing complex with no patch of sky in sight – and could walk out a door anytime in the real world, and hopefully every now and then be witness to a real sunset – on water well, then it’s not so scary. but what can you really see from your<\/em> window ?
\nand, when’s the last time you saw a sunset on water ?<\/p>\n

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\nKATHY GRAYSON, ‘Lava Life’, 2009. oil and acrylic on panel. 16 x 20 in.
\nCourtesy the artist and KIM LIGHT\/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Kathy calls these . . . “self portraits of bad photo booth green screening” !!
\nWHAT !! green screening \/ gone wrong ? LOL. too many digital options !!<\/p>\n

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\nKATHY GRAYSON, ‘Lost’, 2009. oil and acrylic on panel. 16 x 20 in.
\nCourtesy the artist and KIM LIGHT\/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\"virtual
\nKATHY GRAYSON, ‘Ray Man’, 2009. oil and acrylic on panel. 16 x 20 in.
\nCourtesy the artist and KIM LIGHT\/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\"virtual
\nTIFFANY MALAKOOTI, Gmail (Self Portrait)’ 1 & 2.
\nmost curious – to come around the virtual curve – simulated – digital – drawings.<\/p>\n

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\nTIFFANY MALAKOOTI, ‘Gmail (Self Portrait) 1’, 2009
\nGraphite on paper, 11 x 8.5 in.
\nCourtesy the collection of M. Ernest Williams<\/p>\n

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\nTIFFANY MALAKOOTI, ‘Gmail (Self Portrait) 2’, 2009
\nGraphite on paper, 11 x 8.5 in.
\nCourtesy the collection of M. Ernest Williams<\/p>\n

\"virtual
\nJAMES HOWARD, ‘Neurotransmitter Warehouse (Yukiko Version)’, 2009
\nPrint on paper (Edition of 3), 59.1 x 39.4 in.
\nCourtesy the artist
\n. . . seamless digital manipulation.<\/p>\n

\"virtual
\nJAMES HOWARD, ‘Large Victory Game’, 2009
\nPrint on paper (Edition of 3), 59.1 x 39.4 in.
\nCourtesy the artist<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, James Howard, ‘Large Victory Game’.<\/p>\n

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\nLUCKY DRAGONS, ‘Peace on earth’, 2009
\nCustomized electronics, software, Dimensions variable.
\nCourtesy the artist.<\/p>\n

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\nJOHN MICHAEL BOLING, ‘Twenty Years Ago Today’, 2007
\nQuicktime screen capture of website (Edition of 4)
\nInfinite loop, Courtesy the artist.<\/p>\n

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\non the right, MAXWELL WILLIAMS – the show’s curator.<\/p>\n

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\nKATHY GRAYSON (right), with PATRICK GRIFFIN.<\/p>\n

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\nPATRICK GRIFFIN was wearing a g-r-e-a-t button.<\/p>\n

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\ncenter, snappin snaps – NICK KUSZYK !!
\non the left, STO, and at the right, the curator of ‘VIRTUAL INSANITY’, MAXWELL WILLIAMS><\/p>\n

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

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