~LIZZIE FITCH & JONATHAN DELACHAUX
. . . no, it’s not just the street boys, talkin ’bout the way the world is.
two young artists, GENEVA-based JONATHAN DELACHAUX and PHILLY-based LIZZIE FITCH – are currently making the NYC scene – with their take, too.
It’s actually quite a brilliant curatorial match.
NOTE: THE SHOW HAS BEEN EXTENDED THRU – MARCH 21st !!
JONATHAN DELACHAUX AND LIZZIE FITCH
opened Jan 16th,
the show runs JAN 16 – FEB 21, 2009
FOXY PRODUCTION – 623 W. 27TH ST – CHELSEA – NYC
HRS: TUES-SAT 11-6 PM
LIZZIE FITCH !! from Philly – as in Philadelphia !! as in BOBO country !! at the opening.
you first meet her, here: BOBO’S on 27TH ST/2008-07-15 !!
LIZZIE FITCH meets BILL BRADY, that ATM guy.
Lizzie was born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1981.
She currently lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied at RISD, The Rhode Island School of Design, and she is also an artist/performance musician, she has performed with The Experimental People Band in NYC, New Orleans, and Cleveland.
see: The Experimental People Band/YouTube
a quick peek at . . . . what’s on Lizzie’s rack !!
c-o-n-s-u-m-e-r beware !!
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’, 2008.
rubber, plastic, clothing, rack hangers, paint, cardboard.
Geneva-based JONATHAN DELACHAUX.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX, with a peek at his work, the ‘GOLEM’ series, 2008.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX, with his wife, ZOE CAPPON.
JONATHAN is part of a band, called What’s Wrong With Us, and Zoe is the lead singer.
check out: What’s Wrong With Us !!
ZOE CAPPON, artist & musician.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX and CHAD PARKS.
Chad Parks plays in London and New York’s: Three Black Peas.
He also plays guitar and sings with: Near Death Experience.
musician NATHANIEL GOLDSTOCK.
see: KOALA BEAR
CHAD PARKS, ELYAS KAHN, and NATHANIEL GOLDSTOCK.
ELYAS KAHN is the lead singer for the Nervous Cabaret.
do N-O-T !! miss sampling: NERVOUS CABARET on MySpace !!
ELYAS CHAN and CHAD PARKS at the JONATHAN DELACHAUX & LIZZIE FITCH OPENING,
FOXY PRODUCTION, JAN 16, 2009.
JESSE GREENBERG, he of the large plastic sculptures and small ‘touchables’, also dropped by.
Jesse, like Lizzie, is Philly-based, and was also well represented in the 2008 hit BOBO SUMMER SHOW at FOXY !!
see: BOBO’S ON 27TH ST !!
JONATHAN DELACHAUX with ‘Golem’, 2008. acrylic on canvas.
In this series of paintings, a story-telling narrative, Delachaux’s characters build Golem, the man-made creature of clay first cited in the Talmud.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX was born in Motiers, Switzerland in 1976. He studied at the Ecole superieure d’arts visuels, Geneva. He currently lives and works in Geneva.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX. no, your eyes do not deceive you.
both Lizzie’s and Jonathan’s work have heavy-duty, as in explicit, graphic references to the most primal aspects of human-hood. His work is based on life-size puppets which he hand builds. He then paints from them, using them as models, onto plastic film, in reverse, and then transfers that image onto canvas.
The result is an acrylic painting with an uncannily flat, photographic surface.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘FAMILY – WALKING’, 2008. multi-media.
Lizzie uses hand-made puppets, in this piece, as well. but in a 3-D form, and as the primary vehicle.
Ironically although she uses many piececs of reality, her ‘people’ are not photographic, but collaged !!
as in, truly – patchwork !!
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘FAMILY – WALKING’.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘FAMILY – WALKING’.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘FAMILY – WALKING’.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘FAMILY – WALKING’.
. . . what’s, that, inside that bag ?
detail, LIZZIE FITCH, ‘FAMILY – WALKING’.
oh oh. pretty tough stuff. today’s art is not for the faint-at-heart !!
makes the street stuff – look like a wall in the park. ok – the train tracks.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘FAMILY – WALKING’.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘FAMILY – WALKING’.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘TOWER – COMFORTABLE RISK’, 2008. mixed media.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘TARGET – A MALL WAS’, 2008. mixed media.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘TARGET – A MALL WAS’.
detail, LIZZIE FITCH, ‘TARGET – A MALL WAS’.
dismemberment !! of another nature.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX, ‘GOLEM’.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX, ‘GOLEM’.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX, ‘GOLEM’.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX, ‘GOLEM’.
JONATHAN DELACHAUX, ‘GOLEM’.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’.
detail, LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’.
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’
detail, LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’
pay attention to the ‘brand’ logo on that bag !!
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’.
global w-a-r-n-i-n-g !!
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’
tag-me-not !!
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’.
TAGGED – IKEA !!
LIZZIE FITCH, ‘CLOTHING RACK – RACK HIGHWAY’.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
