above: LIL GIRL SLIM – INVITE – INITIAL VERSION #1
below: LIL GIRL SLIM – FINAL INVITE/POSTER – !! – OH OH – CENSORED !!
. . LUCKY JEFFREY DIDN’T CENSOR THE WHOLE SHOW, LIKE HE DID WITH WES LANG – JUST THE POSTER SEEMS TO HAVE HAD SOME FINE TUNING !!!!
the actual poster is approx 11-1/2 x 15-1/2 ins. – printed on relatively thin paper, so it can be folded to mail.
BIANCA CASADY PRESENTS – ‘LIL GIRL SLIM/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”/PIPE DREAMZ A REVELATION/and the Death of Mad Vicky Lopez’
OCTOBER 6 – 20, 2007 – DEITCH PROJECTS – 18 WOOSTER ST – SOHO
DEITCH PROJECTS
~BIANCA CASADY/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”/POSTER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 24th, 2007, 3:48pm
Sto / ‘The Protector #1’ and … ‘The Protector #2’ . . . $400 each
IF I HAD $800 – I’d buy BOTH !!
WAIT, WHAT ABOUT … ‘I ain’t going’ – that’s pretty funny & . . profound ! . . . for $400
‘WORM ATTACKS’ .. is pretty interesting, too, and it’s only – $300
but then, I’d also want to get ‘Better to get rid of parasites’, $150 – to go with it !!!
but, wait – what about … ‘A warning sign’ – $350
yeah, but check out, the one on the top left – ‘Shaman’ – that is profound, mysterious .. and attractive !! and it’s, only . . . $300
. . . come to think of it – if you just step back – THAT WHOLE WALL – is really interesting.
and, I also really like the portraits – and, they’re $200 a piece – exactly my budget !!!
. . . but, which one ?
and check out – ‘Zombies’ – that’s so intense, for . . . $600
‘Follow your glow’ – is only $150 – and its beautiful in all ways !!!!
ok ok ok – ‘These hands of mine’ – about sums it up – and its – $150 – I’ll take it !
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
Cinders Gallery Presents
My Prayer For You
New Work by Sto
OCT 12 – NOV 11, 2007
ALL WORKS BETWEEN PRICE RANGE of: $50 – $125 – $200 – a couple of pieces at $350 – $400 – and – a few hit $500, $600 and the top price, the last one, comes in at $700 – the hardest part is the pickin !!!
All pieces are one-of-a-kind, unique works; acrylic on canvas/wood stretchers .. or in some cases, acrylic paint on board.
See more works: on the gallery website.
Sto is a co-founder of Cinders Gallery & Bookstore.
CINDERS GALLERY – 103 HAVEMAYER ST – BTWN: HOPE + GRAND – BROOKLYN, NY
GALLERY HOURS: WED-FRI 2-8PM / SAT+SUN 12-7PM
www.cindersgallery.com
~Sto |
Posted in If I had $200 | By Nancy Smith | October 24th, 2007, 12:45pm
BIANCA CASADY – LIL GIRL SLIM – “COSMIC WILLINGNESS”
PIPE DREAMZ A REVELATION … and the DEATH OF MAD VICKY LOPEZ
OCTOBER 6 – 20, 2007
WITH PERFORMANCE BY COCOROSIE – OCT 19, 2007 – 9PM
DEITCH PROJECTS – 18 WOOSTER ST – SOHO – NYC
WATCH & LISTEN !! to – THE “Mad Vicky” video invite . . . on: YouTube !!
WATCH & LISTEN !! to – “Red Bone Slim-COSMIC WILLINGNESS” video invite . . . on: YouTube !!
when you can stop playing that last one! – over & over:
then – WATCH an AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL SCREEN/COLLAGE & LISTEN TO THIS:
“Somebody’s baby boy ain’t coming home, tonight…”
on the – COCOROSIELAND WEBSITE !! (CLICK THE CORN !!)
IMAGE: ARTWORK BY BIANCA CASADY/cocorosieland
** !! ** ARTLOVERS PIX FROM THE OPENING & THE CONCERT at DEITCH PROJECTS ** !! **
BIANCA CASADY – with her mom – CHRISTINA CHALMERS – at the opening.
CocoRosie – BIANCA CASADY & HER SISTER, SIERRA CASADY, (“seaairahh”) – at the opening.
BLACK CRACKER (right) hugs Cocorosie managment/music promotion guy, SIMON GUZYLACK,
at the opening. BLACK CRACKER played (driving!!/crazy!!) keyboard at the CocoRosie performance.
LIL RAE RAE – who played (big) drums!!! – at the Cocorosie performance.
(BIANCA CASADY artwork/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS” at DEITCH PROJECTS – on the walls)
LEIF RITCHEY – who collaborated on the CocoRosie outfits .. & who …
.. “was the only other person to help me with the exhibit” – BIANCA C. – with . . .
MILITIA SHIMKOVITZ, of Voodoo-EROS RECORDS, at the opening.
ANTONY – of ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS – was at the opening.
(BIANCA CASADY – LIL GIRL SLIM/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”/PIPE DREAMZ A REVELATION …
and The Death of Mad Vicky Lopez – DEITCH PROJECTS – Oct 6, 2007)
from the exhibit: BIANCA CASADY/LIL GIRL SLIM/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”
BIANCA CASADY/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”
BIANCA CASADY/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”
BIANCA CASADY/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
BIANCA CASADY/LIL GIRL SLIM/”COSMIC WILLINGNESS”/PIPE DREAMZ A REVELATION/OPENING/DEITCH PROJECTS/OCT 6, 2007 – & –
COCOROSIE PERFORMANCE/DEITCH PROJECTS/OCT 19, 2007
~ CHECK OUT !! – THE COCOROSIE MYSPACE PAGE !!
. . . where you can sample: “Rainbowarriors” – & – “Animals” . . among others, and !! don’t !! miss the links to the video clips of: “Rainbowarriors” & “Noah’s Ark” – at the bottom right – of the page !!
~ WATCH !! – “THE STORY OF COCOROSIE” – on FRENCH T.V. !! – on: YouTube !!
~ WATCH !! – COCOROSIE – “bear hides buffalo” – live at the DEITCH PERFORMANCE/OCT 19, 2007 – on: YouTube !!
~ WATCH !! – COCOROSIE – “bear hides buffalo” – live/VALENCIA 2006 – on: YouTube !!
~ WATCH !! – what looks to be an earlier video, (2006?) – COCOROSIE at HOME – SIERRA PLAYS HARP & BIANCA PLAYS A TOY KEYBOARD – on: YouTube !!
~ SEE: ARTLOVERS – 1st ENCOUNTER – with BIANCA CASADY aka RED BONE SLIM, at AFF / ART FIEND FOUNDATION – (now just a myth!!) – on the Lower East Side: Dec 10, 2004
(top row)
~ SEE: ARTLOVERS – 1st ENCOUNTER – with BIANCA CASADY’S ARTWORK – on the cover of the Voodoo-EROS ALBUM – “THE ENLIGHTENED FAMILY ” – Oct 3, 2005
(top row)
~ SEE: THE ARTLOVERS PHOTO REPORT – on the MARCH 9, 2006 – ‘RED BONE SLIM VS. ITSELF’ – EXHIBIT at AFF / ART FIEND FOUNDATION: Art Lovers Photos: 2006-06-06
DEITCH PROJECTS/BIANCA CASADY
~BIANCA CASADY/COCOROSIE/DEITCH PROJECTS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 23rd, 2007, 12:13pm
. . . this unusual piece by AMY GARTRELL caught our eye back in the summer, when it was exhibited in the back room, while the ARND SEIBERT/SEAN RASPET show – ‘The Way Things Are’ was featured in the main gallery, June 2 – July 7, 2007.
Titled, ‘Untitled’, dated 2007, the materials used were specified as: ghostwood, wood stain, beveled glass. dimensions: 60 x 28 x 24 ins. DANIEL REICH told us at this time – when we remarked how beautiful and mysterious the piece was – that glass making was one of Amy’s loves and it was a hobby for her – in the sense that she actually produces the glass pieces herself – she does not outsource the work.
the patterned leaf & barbed wire ‘wallpaper’ in the background is ‘Wallpaper’, 2006 by ARND SEIBERT.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. DANIEL REICH GALLERY, June 2, 2007
see the original report on which this work first posted: 2007-06-20
(scroll down to row: 6)
check out another one of AMY GARTRELL’S GLASS PIECES – ‘LOVE SPELL’ – exhibited last summer (2007) at AMY SMITH STEWART’S GALLERY, on the Lower East Side:
2007-07-23 – ROW 14
~AMY GARTERLL/DRIFTWOOD/BEVELED GLASS DISK |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 21st, 2007, 10:18pm
artlovers just couldn’t wait . . . for AMY GARTRELL’S one person exhibit, as yet untitled at the time of this visit – and to become: AMY GARTELL: ‘Function Creep’ at DANIEL REICH GALLERY now (OCT 20 – NOV 24, 2007) – so Amy was kind enough to invite us over for a sneak preview peek. and we mean peek – Amy doesn’t like having her unfinished work photographed. and much was still in preliminary stages, evolving magically, organically, around the room. The ‘untitled’ table, with its papier-mache ‘stalacites’ was finished ps, we got to get some pix of that . . . a thrift shop card table – don’t let appearances deceive you – Amy actually hand worked the table’s surface to make it look really used, the watermarks are her hyper realist touch !!
AMY SHOWED us some drawings in her files: including ‘A Rare Convergence (1978)’, 2007 – ink on paper, 23 x 34 ins – which is in the show:
almost finished … ‘For Your Protection’, 2007, Power Mac, ceramic (to be painted a dark brown), glass, lead. Amy makes the stained glass pieces herself – a detail from this glass piece was to become the image on the show’s poster.
ONE OF THE TINY TREASURES, this one a cone shell – in production – getting ready to to be placed inside the cabinet piece: ‘Quite A Display’.
placed on the table, a quilt Amy’s grandmother actually made for her (Amy’s) mom, when her mom was about 9 yrs old. whoa – I’d like an enchanted table like that – to place a small selection of my quilt collection on !!!!
a last look – some unfinished glass panes resting where they should – up against a window.
A VISIT TO AMY GARTRELL’S BROOKLYN STUDIO – where the workshop is in production for ‘AMY GARTRELL – Function Creep’ – DANIEL REICH GALLERY
OCT 20 – NOV 24, 2007.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – SEPT 27, 2007.
~AMY GARTRELL/MINI STUDIO VISIT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 21st, 2007, 9:27pm
AMY GARTRELL – ‘FUNCTION CREEP’ – OPENS SAT, OCT 20 – 6-8PM
SHOW RUNS: OCTOBER 20 – NOVEMBER 24, 2007
DANIEL REICH GALLERY – 537 WEST 23RD ST – CHELSEA
DANIEL REICH GALLERY
~AMY GARTRELL/FUNCTION CREEP/DANIEL REICH/OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2007, 9:56am
ANDRES OINONEN – ‘GONE LIKE TOMORROW’ – OPENS SAT, OCT 20 – 6-8PM
SHOW RUNS: OCTOBER 24 – NOVEMBER 24, 2007
MEHR GALLERY – 436 WEST 18TH ST – CHELSEA
MEHR GALLERY
~ANDRES OINONEN/MEHR/SAT/OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2007, 9:52am
MARK DEAN VECA, ‘Mr .P Loves You’ (detail)/IMAGE COUTRESY: JONATHAN LeVINE GALLERY
MARK DEAN VECA – ‘IMBROGLIO’ – PROJECT ROOM
OPENS SAT, OCT 20 – 7-9PM
SHOW RUNS OCTOBER 20 – NOVEMBER 17, 2007
JONATHAN LeVINE GALLERY – 529 WEST 20TH – 9E – CHELSEA
JONATHAN LeVINE GALLERY
~MARK DEAN VECA/JONATHAN LeVINE/SAT/OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2007, 9:47am
MITCH AND LILAH HAUNT SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
SATURDAY – OCTOBER 20, 2007 – 11-3 PM
AS PART OF A HUGE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION
ALSO FEATURING A FREE PERFORMANCE OF:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ‘MACBETH’ by THE RED DOOR THEATRE COMPANY at 3:30PM
FOR MORE DETAILS SEE:
www.socratessculpturepark.org
~MITCH & LILAH/MACBETH/SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK/SAT OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2007, 9:25am
CHRIS OFILI & WIFE, ROBA ARRIVE AT THE OPENING/SEPT 20, 2007
this large painting was considered the best, by far, of the exhibit
above 3 images: pages in/CHRIS OFILI, ‘AFROMUSES 1995-2005’, THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, ($50)
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
CHRIS OFILI – ‘DEVIL’S PIE’ – DAVID ZWIRNER – 525 WEST 19TH ST – CHELSEA
SEPT 20 – NOV 3, 2007
. . . ‘DEVIL’S PIE’ – not !!!! the show’s nowhere close to as black, forbidden & exciting as the title.
.. if that’s what it means to see an artist…”thinking” – we’re doomed – though everybody had a few favorites – esp the large painting – above. some found the $50 book- ‘AFROMUSES’ – displayed on the galleries bookcases – on the way out – to be the only real evidence of why this show was supposed to be “newsworthy”.
some artists take success and make a run for it – is it too obvious to contrast the stellar route of KARA WALKER’S work & career – some hit big money & fame – and can’t think clearly enough to evolve or change the formula – if, that’s what they want to do – it’s good to steer clear of a career/formula rut – but hopefully – in an upwards direction. bottomline – the boy lost his edge.
DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY
~CHRIS OFILI/DEVIL’S PIE/ZWIRNER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 19th, 2007, 12:30pm
