~NICHOLAS MOENICH . . ‘PLEASE MR. POSTMAN’ / ESSEX FLOWERS & incl misc. ref to: TOM SACHS, KATE & SNOOPY
BOO! . . GOTCHA !!
micro pop-up / at ESSEX FLOWERS !!
focusing in on, . . . SENDING A MESSAGE ??
on the small scale, free-form curatorial projects popping up across – the city, right now.
including the faux subversive / disrupter adverts – placed into bus shelter ad frames !!
social media & web archiving – are helping these kinds of projects to . . get around.
where you once had huge scale ‘land art’ – in the remote desert / rebels, you now have small scale unconventional space ‘urban’ – art projects / rebels !!
it’s one way to deal with the cost of real estate vs. the huge wave of creativity . . . in an expensive, but creatively expansive . . city / urban hub.
WON EH . .
is the nomme de guerre of NICHOLAS MOENICH’S Brooklyn apartment/ living room project / curatorial space, which he runs with fellow artist LAUREN CLAY.
and yes, the show’s title does reference the Beatles song !!
“Please, please Mr. Postman, look and see, see if there’s a let-ter in your bag, for me ?”
sweet, lyrical touch – esp for those of us who hear sound tracks in our head – at any given moment.
WON EH guest curates . ‘PLEASE MR. POSTMAN’
feat: MORGAN BLAIR, KARI CHOLNOKY, BENNY MERRIS, TRACY MOLIS, THOMAS SPOERDLE
ESSEX FLOWERS mailbox / 19 Monroe St, Chinatown
the pop-up site specific work opened – SUN, APRIL 16, 2017 & is currently still – ongoing, for public viewing.
but, ps: you need to ask a someone in the gallery to open the mailbox – with their key !!
so you have to go gallery hrs / weekends are good.
or: like us . . you can follow along on that micro mother of-all media channels / MOAB, ooops I mean >> MOAC !!
. . Instagram.
NICHOLAS MOENICH – measures the site . . .
image via @essexflowers
the show – is installed.
dig . . that WOOD FLOOR !!!!
and that tiny, but apparently working (?) ceiling .. light fixture – ha.
did anybody else ever read ‘THE BORROWERS’ when they were a kid ?
image via @won_eh
BENNY MERRIS, ‘An Other Another 88’.
image via @won_eh
all the artworks, except for the KARI CHOLNOKY ‘keychain’ / are small scale photo – reproductions of larger originals / ‘digital prints mounted to museum board’.
& according to a DM dialog I had with NICHOLAS MOENICH:
“Mr. Postman was very un-surprised about the tiny exhibit. A true New Yorker.
We just had to make a small change so he could open the box to deliver all the mail.”
TRACY MOLIS, ‘Untitled (Griffin)’, 2015. acrylic on panel.
image via @won_eh
MORGAN BLAIR, ‘Stuffed Cartoon Woodchuck at Church Yard Sale Sees The Future Through a Crack in The Patriarchy’s Palm; What Happens Next Will Leave You Wondering How They Fit All That Cheese in There!’, 2016.
the original is acrylic on canvas over panel, 12 x 12 in.
image via @won_eh
THOMAS SPOERDLE, DHF / ‘Foursquare: Extrovert’, 2016.
the original is acrylic, enamel & graphite on canvas, 44 x 40 in.
image via @won_eh
KARI CHOLNOKY, ‘Keychain hang’.
Kari Cholnoky has larger works (!!) currently on exhibit at . . WON-EH / the curatorial/artist residency – Nicholas Moenich & Lauren Clay run in their Brooklyn apt – living room / 467 TROUTMAN ST, #1A, Brooklyn.
see: WON_EH
& FILE UNDER: HAD TO . . L-A-U-G-H !!
I had to laugh: because, not only do I collect . . ‘miniatures’ !!
but I even have a few of those tomato red 99 cent store measuring tapes – which Nicholas Moenich holds up – in that first photo !!
and, you can even see . . some of my ‘micro art’ / buying’:
yes, that’s a TOM SACHS masking tape I bought for a pittance, at Printed Matter years & years ago, and there is also his trade marked ‘screw driver’, on top of it, but not easy to see, here.
the small photograph-sized acrylic paintings, on 4 x 4 in. mini-stretched canvases – are by my daughter, KATE CERIGO – back from when she was a student, at Laguardia High School.
ok, yeah. I also collect vintage doll house furniture & anything . . . SNOOPY !!
in fact, that SNOOPY vintage toy, also has a ‘mini’ . . slideshow running in the back – of its head !!
ah, how do you get the bread into the toaster / the eternal question !!
you change the image – by pulling on one of the ears !!
this one is just for . . . NICHOLAS MOENICH !! BOO !! – GOTCHA !!
hey, hey, Mr. Postman, look & see – got something in my mailbag, just for . . THE_E !!
PHOTOS of my miniatures / micro art collection: NANCY SMITH