Resist LED-Deli sign by Luke Murphy lukelab.com

~MELISSA BROWN / ‘NEW SHOCKS’ / Classic Car Club / Manhattan / OPENS TODAY / SAT OCT 26

open: NOON – 10 PM

‘NEW SHOCKS’ – A CONTEMPORARY ART & CAR CULTURE HAPPENING

CURATED BY: STEVE ELLIS / @STEVELLISART

HOSTED BY: CLASSIC CAR CLUB MANHATTAN / 1 PIER 76 / 408 12TH AVE NYC

OPEN TODAY: SAT 26, 2024 / NOON – 10 PM / IT IS A FREE EVENT & ALL AGES WELCOME

RSVP LINKS IN @stevellisart

ARTWORK BY MELISSA BROWN / image via IG / @boogiebrowntown

~MELISSA BROWN / ‘NEW SHOCKS’ / Classic Car Club / Manhattan / OPENS TODAY / SAT OCT 26 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 26th, 2024, 11:48am


~BOBO & OTHERS / ‘Zodiak’s Market’ / BABA YAGA / UPSTATE / OPENS SAT SEPT 28

4-7 PM / GROUP SHOW

Riddle’s / @riddles.live / presents ‘Zodiak’s Market’ . . .
“a place with star charted G’astronomy. Reaching from the point of ‘stay skeptical’ to ‘I’m hungry’.”

.. including works by BOBO / @bobo_nys

BABA YAGA GALLLERY , 5821 NY-9G HUDSON, NY 12534
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY / except opening reception
@baba_yaga_gallery

~BOBO & OTHERS / ‘Zodiak’s Market’ / BABA YAGA / UPSTATE / OPENS SAT SEPT 28 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 28th, 2024, 2:22pm


~JACOB JACKMAUH and 6 more / P.A. D. x Parent Company / PARENT COMPANY GALLERY / DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN / OPENS FRI SEPT 27

6-8 PM

YOU TAKE A PARKING LOT AND PUT UP . . . A FLOWER POT


ARTWORK / DISCARDED CAR TIRE TURNED INTO A PLANTER /
(great American vintage tradition, so U.S.A.) / artwork by JACOB JACKMAUH / @jacob_jackmauh
image via Instagram @parent.company.gallery

GROUP SHOW
with: SiSi CHEN, JACOB JACKMAUH, JESSI LI, RYAN OSKIN, HELEN XINAN RAN, ALEX SCHMIDT

ON VIEW SEPT 27 – NOV 16, 2024

PARENT COMPANY
BASEMENT of 154 EAST BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10002
HRS: OPEN SATURDAYS 12-5 & BY APPOINTMENT & AT OPENING RECEPTIONS

PARENT COMPANY . . is a non-profit artist-run exhibition space founded by ADA POTTER
in 2023.

~JACOB JACKMAUH and 6 more / P.A. D. x Parent Company / PARENT COMPANY GALLERY / DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN / OPENS FRI SEPT 27 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 27th, 2024, 3:40pm


~PLANT SWAP / LAVENDER COUNTRY DETR0IT / SUNDAY, SEPT 22

NOON – 4 PM

“GIVE / RECEIVE / EXCHANGE”

12333 MACKAY ST., DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48212

POSTER IMAGE: VIA JEFFREY TRANCHELL / Instagram @jeffreytranchell
POSTER ARTWORK by: @louisesheldonstudio
POSTER / FLIER printed by: @shelbysay

~PLANT SWAP / LAVENDER COUNTRY DETR0IT / SUNDAY, SEPT 22 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 21st, 2024, 7:03pm


~NICKO RUBIN / EAST HILL TREE FARM TASTING TOUR / PLAINFIELD / VERMONT / SUNDAY SEPT 22

EAST HILL TREE FARM TASTING TOUR / SUNDAY, SEPT 22 / 1-3 PM

“THE FARM WILL BE OPEN FOR PLANT SALES BEFORE, DURING and AFTER THE EVENT. FALL is a GREAT TIME TO GET YOUR FRUIT TREES IN – WE HOPE TO TASTE ASIAN PEARS, APPLES, SCHISANDRA BERRIES, GRAPES, ELDERBERRY, PLUMS, PEARS, CHESTNUTS, SEA BERRIES, AUTUMN OLIVES and maybe some KIWIS and BLUEBERRIES, if we’re lucky.” THE NURSERY WILL BE OPEN FOR PLANT SALES ALL day !!

“We will walk the farm, see the plants, and taste what is rip. Bring your questions.”

NICKO RUBIN,
EAST HILL TREE FARM,
3499 EAST HILL Rd., Plainfield, VERMONT 05667

note: all 2 photos c/o NICKO RUBIN / INSTAGRAM @easthillfarm

~NICKO RUBIN / EAST HILL TREE FARM TASTING TOUR / PLAINFIELD / VERMONT / SUNDAY SEPT 22 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 21st, 2024, 6:21pm


~BLINN and LAMBERT / GUEST / BROOKLYN / OPENS THURS SEPT 12

6 – 8 PM / BLINN and LAMBERT / NICHOLAS STEINDORF AND KYLE WILLLIAMS

Guest Gallery
1451 DEAN ST., BROOKLYN NY 11213

~BLINN and LAMBERT / GUEST / BROOKLYN / OPENS THURS SEPT 12 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2024, 3:20pm


~CONGRATS !! DANI LEVINE . . PROVINCETOWN FINE ARTS WORK CENTER / PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTTS / 2024-2025 RESIDENCY

DANI .. chosen to attend the upcoming @fineartsworkcenter 2024 – 2025 residency, as Visual Arts Fellow, FAWC / Fine Arts Work Center
24 Pearl St., Provincetown, Massachusetts.


photo c/o FAWC / FINE ARTS WORK CENTER

~CONGRATS !! DANI LEVINE . . PROVINCETOWN FINE ARTS WORK CENTER / PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTTS / 2024-2025 RESIDENCY | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2024, 2:19pm


~LUKE MURPHY / StarQuilt / CANADA GALLERY, BOOTH B6 / FRIEZE SEOUL 2024 / SEPT 4 – 7

SEPT 4 – 7 / COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
@friezeofficial

LUKE MURPHY, ‘StarQuilt’, 2019,
P4 LED Matrix Panela, animation code, mini-PC running Linux,power supplies, aluminum, wire or MDF armature. Technical: Python3 scripts and software, Gigabyte brand i3 mini-PC, running Lubuntu Linux, Linsn receiver card, sender card, 5v 40A 125/220v AC power supplies.
61 x 41 x 3 inches

ps: LUKE MURPHY / @lukemurphy49 designed & installed the LED-Deli animated sign / banner running at the top of this page.

image c/o the artist & CANADA GALLERY, NYC via Instagram @canada.nyc

~LUKE MURPHY / StarQuilt / CANADA GALLERY, BOOTH B6 / FRIEZE SEOUL 2024 / SEPT 4 – 7 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 5th, 2024, 8:29am


~EARL HOWARD / PIONEER WORKS PRESENTS: / ICE PERFORMS: EARL HOWARD’S ‘BOSON1’ / THURS SEPT 5

8 PM . . .


Pioneer Works / False Harmonics #19 . .
and the International Contemporary Ensemble / @intContemporary present: “the world premiere of EARL HOWARD’S ‘Boson1’ a flexible-instrumentation structured improvisation for 10 musicians & a performer of live sound processing. This performance is the outcome of a series of workshops at the composer’s home, where the performers learned to become conversant with Howard’s unique compositional & improvisational languages. As the 19th installment of Pioneer Works ‘False Harmonics’ series – which explores alternative approaches to composition, improvisation, and performance – the evening will also feature contrasting works performed by musicians of International Contemporary Ensemble.”

and, with works by: Fay Victor, Nicole Mitchelll, Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, Ingrid Laubrock & Rick Burkhardt

GREAT FLIER PHOTO by: artist HEIDI HOWARD, of EARL HOWARD, (above) who just happens to be her dad !!

get tix & more info at:

Pioneer Works
Sept 5, 2024 / doors: 7 PM / starts: 8 PM
159 Pioneer St., Brooklyn, NY. 11231.

~EARL HOWARD / PIONEER WORKS PRESENTS: / ICE PERFORMS: EARL HOWARD’S ‘BOSON1’ / THURS SEPT 5 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 4th, 2024, 2:40pm


~’BABA FEST 24′ / BABA YAGA GALLERY / HUDSON , UPSTATE NY / SAT AUG 31 / 2-10 PM

SATURDAY !! 2 – 10 PM !!

‘BABA FEST 24’ – ANNUAL / BIG GROUP SHOW – UPSTATE NY
BABA YAGA GALLERY – 5821 NY STATE ROUTE 9-G / HUDSON, NY 12534
ORGANIZED BY: @tommmmmmyboy / THOMAS ROESCHLEIN
GREAT POSTER: see @BABA_YAGA_GALLERY / Instagram for full list & links

~’BABA FEST 24′ / BABA YAGA GALLERY / HUDSON , UPSTATE NY / SAT AUG 31 / 2-10 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 28th, 2024, 8:26am


~SAM COCKRELL / in group show: ‘VIRGO HARDWARE’ / STARSHIP GALLERY / BROOKLYN / OPENS SAT AUG 31 4-8 PM

OPENING AUG 31, 4-8 PM

and runs thru . . . SEPT 22, 2024 / STARSHIP, 70 JEFFERSON STREET, BROOKLYN NY 11206

STARSHIP GALLERY is the recent offspring of AIRPLANE, an artist-run non-commercial art gallery.
@starship_gallery


‘new Virgo DUCK painting’- image via Instagram @chicfila69 / SAM COCKRELL


BIG GROUP SHOW – ALL !! VIRGO !!

~SAM COCKRELL / in group show: ‘VIRGO HARDWARE’ / STARSHIP GALLERY / BROOKLYN / OPENS SAT AUG 31 4-8 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 28th, 2024, 7:38am


~ANNA KUNZ & CHRIS MARTIN, JUDY PFAFF & PEPE KARMEL / ‘AL HELD: About Space ‘ / TUES SEPT 3

~

THE NEW SEASON of NSE / THE NEW SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT @broooklynrail begins TUESDAY, SEPT 3 2024
1 PM EASTERN / 10 AM PACIFIC

image & info via ANNA KUNZ / note: #alheldfoundation / THE BROOKLYN RAIL

~ANNA KUNZ & CHRIS MARTIN, JUDY PFAFF & PEPE KARMEL / ‘AL HELD: About Space ‘ / TUES SEPT 3 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 28th, 2024, 7:03am


~NICKO RUBIN / ‘TASTING TOURS’ / EAST HILL TREE FARM / PLAINFIELD, VERMONT / SEPT 22 & OCT 26

SUNDAY SEPT 22, 2024 / 1-3 PM
SUNDAY OCT 6, 2024 / 1-3 PM

‘TASTING TOURS’ !!!!
“THE FARM IS BURSTING with fruit and we want to share it with you !!
Join us !!
We’ll walk the farm, see the plants and taste what is ripe !!
We hope to taste: pears, blueberries, blackberries, buffalo berries, grapes, elderberries, sea berry, apples, plums, spikenard, and more . . .
Send us a message if you plan to come, or just show up.”

NICKO RUBIN,
East Hill Tree Farm
NURSERY for FRUIT TREES, NUTS & BERRY PLANTS

East Hill Tree Farm,
3499 East Hill Rd, Plainfield, VT 05667


Photo: Courtesy Nicko Rubin via Instagram @easthilltreeefarm

~NICKO RUBIN / ‘TASTING TOURS’ / EAST HILL TREE FARM / PLAINFIELD, VERMONT / SEPT 22 & OCT 26 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 22nd, 2024, 1:04pm


~IGGY CAPRA, HOP PETERNELL / ‘WHAT’S GOING ON DOWN THERE ?’ / BABA YAGA / UPSTATE N.Y. / CLOSING RECEPTION SUNDAY JUNE 30.

CLOSING PARTY: 5-9 PM
5821 State Route 9-G / HUDSON NY 12534

see: @baba_yaga_gallery / Instagram

~IGGY CAPRA, HOP PETERNELL / ‘WHAT’S GOING ON DOWN THERE ?’ / BABA YAGA / UPSTATE N.Y. / CLOSING RECEPTION SUNDAY JUNE 30. | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 29th, 2024, 1:20pm


~HENRY CHAPMAN OPENS NEW GALLERY / INAUGURAL OPENING / ‘THE GOOD INTENT’ / OPENS WED JUNE 5

GREAT GOING !!!!!

WRITER & PAINTER HENRY CHAPMAN & partner/wife LAURA MacMILLAN are opening what’s sure to be a very cutting edge gallery:
GUEST GALLERY / 1451 DEAN ST, CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN, NY 11213

Witness the inaugural exhibit, ‘THE GOOD INTENT’ / OPENING . . . . THIS WED JUNE 5th / 6 – 8 PM

“curated by American artist RYAN KISH, the show titled ‘The Good Intent’ . . takes its title from a pub he (Kish) frequented while living in London and painting at the Turps Banana Studio Program. Extending the fellowship he found there, the show brings together artists at different stages of their careers and engaged in strikingly individual and expansive approaches to contemporary painting.”
~GUEST GALLERY

‘THE GOOD INTENT’ . . .
with: PHILLIP ALLEN, JOSHUA ARMITAGE, ZOE CARLON, DIDO HALLETT, MARK JACKSON, RYAN KISH, & ANNE RYAN
CURATED by GUEST CURATOR: RYAN KISH
POSTER IMAGE by: ZOE CARLON / ‘Primula II’, oil on aluminum
(image courtesy of the artist and South Parade)

GUEST GALLERY
1451 Dean St., Crown Heights, Brooklyn NY USA
. . . thru AUGUST 11, 2024


PHOTO via Instagram @guest.gallery


PHOTO via Instagram @guest.gallery


PHOTO via INSTAGRAM @ guest.gallery


PHOTO via Instagram @guest.gallery

~HENRY CHAPMAN OPENS NEW GALLERY / INAUGURAL OPENING / ‘THE GOOD INTENT’ / OPENS WED JUNE 5 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 3rd, 2024, 2:59pm


~SONIA RUSCOE / ‘THRILL’ / at / the newly relocated NONCHALANT / CATSKILL, N.Y. / music performance SUNDAY JUNE 2

I missed posting about Sonia’s opening last weekend . . .
due to a heat-related power outage just as I was about to / and, great poster by Sonia !!
great title, too !!

BUT, GOOD NEWS !! the show will be up for a month.
The new Nonchalant location, 393 Main St., Catskill, New York, 12414 / will be open this weekend, (June 1 & 2, 2024),
from 12 to 5pm / with a musical performance on Sun June 2 evening . . .

great poster by OTTO OHLE who also runs Nonchalant.

OTHERWISE,
it’s weekends 12-5pm, or by appointment

~SONIA RUSCOE / ‘THRILL’ / at / the newly relocated NONCHALANT / CATSKILL, N.Y. / music performance SUNDAY JUNE 2 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 31st, 2024, 1:32pm


~BLINN & LAMBERT / in ‘Means of Production’ / LUNCH HOUR

up thru July 31, 2024
more of a creative collective pop-up than an established gallery space /
best to schedule an appointment or attend a scheduled event.
see: LUNCH HOUR

the collaborative duo Blinn & Lambert / aka NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS
are showing a new projection at: ‘MEANS of PRODUCTION’/ LUNCH HOUR
great setting !!!

PHOTO BY: Anjuli Rathod / (@anjuli.rathod) via Instagram Story @blinn_and_lambert

~BLINN & LAMBERT / in ‘Means of Production’ / LUNCH HOUR | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 31st, 2024, 12:35pm


~BLINN & LAMBERT, MARTHA TUTTLE & many others / ‘MEANS of PRODUCTION’ / LUNCH HOUR / MAY 18 – JULY 31, 2024

BLINN & LAMBERT (NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS) / MARTHA TUTTLE & Many Others . . . .

‘MEANS OF PRODUCTION’
OPENING: SAT MAY 18, 2024 / 6 – 9 pm
LUNCH HOUR at the Sheerly Touch-Ya and Shishanwu LLC Warehouse
74-12 88th Street, Glendale NY 11385

~BLINN & LAMBERT, MARTHA TUTTLE & many others / ‘MEANS of PRODUCTION’ / LUNCH HOUR / MAY 18 – JULY 31, 2024 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 15th, 2024, 12:14pm


~DASH SNOW & DAN COLEN / FLASHBACK to 2006 !!

DASH SNOW opens ‘Silence of The Only True Friend That Shall Never Betray You’ at now defunct Rivington Arms, LES, NYC.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO by: Nancy Smith, NYC, Sept 7, 2006.

DASH SNOW with DAN COLEN (right)
at the same opening.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO by: Nancy Smith, NYC, Sept 7, 2006.

ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH

~DASH SNOW & DAN COLEN / FLASHBACK to 2006 !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 15th, 2024, 11:56am


~Joe BRADLEY, LUKE MURPHY & others / ‘EARLY MAN 2’ / THE HOLE TRIBECA / MAY 3 – JUNE 22, 2024

‘EARLY MAN 2’ – group exhibition
THE HOLE TRIBECA – 86 WALKER STREET, NYC, NY 10013
HRS: TUES – SAT / 11AM – 6PM


JOE BRADLEY, ‘Untitled, (Human Form)’, 2010
Silkscreen on canvas, diptych / each 96 x 63 in.


LUKE MURPHY, ‘FirePile 3.0’, 2024
LED Matrix Panels, wood stretcher bars, wire, video hardware, software, code, / 28 x 25 x 24 in.

ALL PHOTOS ABOVE COURTESY: KATHY GRAYSON / THE HOLE GALLERY

~Joe BRADLEY, LUKE MURPHY & others / ‘EARLY MAN 2’ / THE HOLE TRIBECA / MAY 3 – JUNE 22, 2024 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 5th, 2024, 11:19am


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