~DAVID ASKEVOLD/screening to-nite
special MEMORIAL . . . .
DAVID ASKEVOLD SCREENING – to-nite – SAT MARCH 8, 2008 6-8PM
SHORT FILMS and VIDEOS FROM 1967 to 2006
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE ST – BETWN HESTER + CANAL – CHINATOWN – NYC
‘My Recall of an Imprint from a Hypothetical Jungle’ – DAVID ASKEVOLD, 1973, 6:00 min./IMAGE COURTESY: CANADA
DAVID ASKEVOLD – THREE EASY PIECES – INVITE IMAGE/COURTESY: CANADA
DAVID ASKEVOLD – THREE EASY PIECES – up thru SUNDAY MARCH 9, 2008
the show ran: FEBRUARY 1 – MARCH 9, 2008
CANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE – HOURS: WED-SUN 12-6PM
last day to catch this show, tomorrow !!
The NEW YORK TIMES finally !! kicked in with some really relevant contemporary reviews this past FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008 – and included a KAREN ROSENBERG review of this show. Sadly, it is noted – that DAVID ASKEVOLD died this past January, and that the show was planned before his death. The show is described as including a series of paintings he made last year and a video from the 90s. Ms. Rosenberg also notes that David Askevold was “a founding member of the 1970s contemporary scene in Halifax, Nova Scotia. {CANADA!!} {whose} . . .better-known participants included the ur-conceptualists Lawrence Weiner, Dan Graham and Lucy Lippard.” She concludes with a description of his short video ’16 Candles’, and says: “this elegant, evocative piece bears comparison to the work of fellow Canadian Conceptualist, Rodney Graham, and suggests that a more comprehensive look at Mr. Askevold’s work is in order.”
BELOW – archival photos: DAVID ASKEVOLD, at his exhibit, ‘THE IMMEDIATE LANDSCAPE’, CANADA, MAY 20-JUNE 19, 2005
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
DAVID ASKEVOLD in front of one of his large scale digital photo collages, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
DAVID ASKEVOLD, large scale digital photo collage, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
detail, above digital photo collage, DAVID ASKEVOLD, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005
detail, above photo collage, DAVID ASKEVOLD, CANADA, MAY 21, 2005