~ANDRE SARAIVA – PIX FROM THE HALF GALLERY, NYC OPENING
ANDRE SARAIVA – ‘LOVE LETTERS’
OPENED: FEB 11, 2012
the show runs thru MARCH 1, 2012
HALF GALLERY – 208 FORSYTH – LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
ANDRE SARAIVA – also known in Paris, as – Mr. A, arrives . . .
with . . . actress and model – ANNABELLE DEXTER-JONES, not far behind.
from left: Italian street artist MACS – with JACK.
the Mr. A – smiley face !!
the ANDRE SARAIVA – Mr. A – Parisian mailboxes are going for: $4,000 a pop. each is signed and dated or otherwise notated . . . on the back.
the show also includes many small scale, and sweetly retro-romantic whimsical, watercolors on paper – framed in (contrastingly) solid and very graphic – statement black wooden frames.
yes. they can, carry you away . . . to a better time and place.
ANDRE SARAIVA . . . must be: LOVE LETTERS for ANNABELLE . . .
‘Andre and Annabelle’, watercolor and ink on paper. 8.25 x 5.75 ins. in black frame.
($1,600)
ANDRE SARAIVA – ‘To Paint Is To Love Again’, watercolor and ink on paper, 11.5 x 8 ins. in black frame.
($2,250)
. . . if you don’t think this romantic kind of ‘souvenir’ retro Parisian style isn’t all the rage, or going to be !! think again . . . has anybody else seen the dreamily animated FERNANDO TRUEBA & JAVIER MARISCAL Cuban jazz love letter: ‘Chico and Rita’ !! maybe ‘postcard’ from another era – is the better word.
it’s up for an Academy award. (Best Animated Feature Film).
ANDRE SARAIVA – ‘Mr. A PINK SQUARE’, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 ins.
($2,500)
(so, it’s not just about that engaging smiley face grin, it’s also about that . . . ‘winking’ eye.)
talkin’ bout postcards – downtown camera magnet – HESH makes the Mr. A show.
smiling faces . . . going places.
HESH is playing sideman, and tambourine for NYC cult band, THE MYSTERY LIGHTS, fronted by singer MIKE A. BRANDON – they just played Mercury Lounge last week.
THE MYSTERY LIGHTS – will also be playing the THE BOWERY ELECTRIC – this Fri, Feb 17th, 2012 – at 8:30.
where there’s a Mr. A – could there be a Mr. H – not far behind ?
about to slip back into the downtown night:
LES ROGERS, SETH ‘DADDY’ McBRIDE, and HESH . . .
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, NYC. FEB 11, 2012