it’s spring & it’s been a tough year /
but, we are coming up . . . flowers !!
JOSEPHINE HALVORSON: ‘UNFORGOTTEN’
OPENS FRI MARCH 17 / 6 – 8 PM
& RUNS THRU . . . APRIL 22, 2023
SIKKEMA JENKINS, 530 WEST 22nd St., Chelsea, NYC 10011
JOSEPHINE HALVORSON, ‘Peony’, 2022
acrylic gouache on panels / 65 x 80 in. /
25 panels each 13 x 166 in.
image via SIKKEMA JENKINS
~JOSEPHINE HALVORSON . . ‘UNFORGOTTEN’ / SIKKEMA JENKINS / OPENS FRI MARCH 17 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 17th, 2023, 8:55am
WALL FLOWER ?
PERISH THE . . THE THOUGHT !!!
WHEN GROOVY – WAFTS . . THRU THE ROOM !!!
‘GROOVE BOX’ – WALL PAINTINGS . . !!
a 2 PERSON SHOW with . . . ANDY DEMCZUK & ROB VENTURA
OPENS THURSDAY MARCH 16, 2023 / 6 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . APRIL 16, 2023
GOOD NAKED, 72 ALLEN ST., L.E.S. / NYC 10002
HRS: SUN-FRI / 11-5 PM
ROB VENTURA . . “my largest painterly effort to date” . . !!
artlovers: I’m thinking . . flower/power – groovy ?!!! . . hip hip !!
ANDY DEMCZUK . . “Groove Box is TONIGHT” . . !!
artlovers: I’m thinking . . turbulent/exuberant – groovy ?!!! . . hip hip hoo-ray !!
above 2 images via GOOD NAKED
‘GROOVE BOX’ – INSTALL SHOT /
image via Instagram @robventura
~ANDY DEMCZUK & ROB VENTURA / ‘ GROOVE BOX’ / GOOD NAKED / OPENS THURS MARCH 16 / 6 – 8 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 16th, 2023, 3:21pm
and I do mean, deep deep – into the historic . . Lower East Side.
JEFFREY TRANCHELL & JONNY CAMPOLO PRESENT:
TURN ONZ / hand-made lamps & lightswitches / lightswitch covers
at the new NADA HQ / SAT & SUN FEB 18 & 19, 2023
NADA / NEW ART DEALERS ALLIANCE / 311 East Broadway, 2nd Fl Exhibition Space, NYC 10002
PIX – FROM . . . the TURN ONZ table – NADA FLEA / SUNDAY FEB 19, 2023
ALL PHOTOS – BY NANCY SMITH / UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED !!
TURN ONZ co-curators, JONNY CAMPOLO & JEFFREY TRANCHELL . . (and, Scraps the pup).
on the table:
a ‘Faux Flower’ lightswitch, with a vintage florist green (!!) painted plastic cover by DAVID KENNEDY CUTLER, & a ‘Brute’ . . DIY LAMP by JEFFREY TRANCHELL
TURN ONZ co-curator JEFFREY TRANCHELL, with artloversnewyork publisher . . NANCY SMITH
& yes, that would indeed be . . me.
Photo: EMMY THELANDER / thanks for the great photo . . Emmy !!
on the table, from left:
3 stained glass lightswitches by JONNY CAMPOLO, a slightly more sober stained glass & lead lightswitch by JOSIE KEEFE, that ‘cinema verite’ ‘faux rose flower’ lightswitch, thorns & all – by DAVIS KENNEDY CUTLER, a ‘new age neutral-toned woven’ ceramic lightswitch by Detroit’s pottery collective HAMTRAMCK, an ‘elegant, slightly brute’ candelabra lightswitch – by T.D. SIDELL !!
top right: 2 DIY lamps, that are turned on !!
and . . friggin glow – neon pink – by JEFFREY TRANCHELL.
another great photo of me & JEFFREY, at the TURN ONZ table !!
by . . the great . . EMMY THELANDER !!
here you can peep, from bottom left:
a rather morose / goth switch – turn on that goth !! / yes.
that might even be . . . a human skull? by AMBER LOCKE.
moving along: a truly deconstructed . . shipping label/slash/cardboard & elastic band lightswitch cover – by ALEX KNEPLEY, that looks like it quite literally . . ‘covers’ the light switch / jokers rejoice !!
and, there’s . . MINE !! bring on . . the clowns !!
art jokers, and jugglers !!
it’s titled: ‘Good Night, Grinch Babies’, and it’s also made from everyday materials, that is, if vintage Dr. Seuss baby crib cotton fabric – lies around you house – like it does . . around mine !!
held together by that lightest of adhesives, the lowly, but colorful . . & shapely !! binder reinforcement sticker / the fact that they are laid out in a repeating pattern, that “leads you through the artwork” / is an ode to my . . many long years / of art ‘practice’.
and, my sense of humor about it all, probably stems from the decades of over-ambitious / art mover & groovers . . who deluge me with their over-sized, over-wrought / wannabe . . artist egos.
but, seriously !! let’s not ruin a fun day, and leave it – at that !!
but, mine . . is 100% functional, totally vernacular – with a just touch of textile history / so, yeah . . very light-hearted / ‘light’ . . being the key word /
in a Turn Onz . . show.
ALEX KNEPLEY – he of the joking, cardboard . . switcheroo !!
these were pretty funny, too / do your – laundry !!
‘dirty socks’ lightswitch by – OSCAR BEDFORD
which is not to say there weren’t some very fiery, very skilled ones !!
Lightswitch – by ORLANDO ESTRADA
or even some . . very quiet, even archaeological ones / minimal – is not the word. maybe poetic, and . . bone fragments ?
lightswitch – by DYLAN SPAYSKY
DYLAN SPAYSKY, I heard he runs a gallery on his backyard porch, in Detroit.
does that explain his lightswitch, maybe.
JEFFREY . . made a great, turned-on !! / sandwich board for the . . FLEA !!
with lightswitches by: HAMTRAMCK CERAMCK, JAIME KEITER, TRAVIS BOYER, MAGGIE SULIVAN, LAUREN CLAY & JONNY CAMPLOLO . . !!
the other side of the electrified poster . .
with lightswitches by: THE PERFECT NOTHING CATALOG, JEFFREY TRANCHELL, GLEN BALDRIDGE, JAX PARTLOW (the mirrored one), R BLAIR SULLIVAN, and the great, gaping mask by HENRY CRISSMAN . . !!
we’ll give HENRY CRISSMAN – . . . the last “HELLO” /
TURN ONZ, NADA FLEA
LET THERE BE FUN / LET THERE BE SKILLS / LET THERE BE . . LIGHT !!!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, unless otherwise noted /
portraits of NANCY SMITH & CO., by EMMY THELANDER, thanks !!
~TURN ONZ . . . NADA FLEA, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 27th, 2023, 3:58pm
LAMPS . . . TURN ON – THE LIGHT !!!
JEFFREY TRANCHELL, FUNCTIONAL LAMP, TURN ONZ series.
image via Jeffrey Tranchell / @jeffreytranchell
JONNY CAMPOLO & JEFFREY TRANCHELL PRESENT: A WHOLE BUNCH of . . . TURN ONZ !!!
NADA FLEA – NADA HQ / 311 EAST BROADWAY, NYC , EXHIBITION SPACE – 2nd Fl
THIS WEEKEND . . . !!!!
SAT & SUN / FEB 18 & 19, 2023 / 11am – 5pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
~JEFFREY TRANCHELL . . LAMP, TURN ONZ / NADA FLEA / SAT & SUN FEB 18 & 19 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 18th, 2023, 8:18am
go on, flick that !!
start your day – off right.
JONNY CAMPOLO, lightswitch / TURN ONZ series,
fancy cut – stained glass.
image via Instagram @jonnycampolo
‘TURN ONZ’ – presented by JONNY CAMPOLO & JEFFREY TRANCHELL
NADA FLEA / NADA HQ / 311 EAST BROADWAY, NYC – EXHIBITION SPACE, 2nd Floor
THIS WEEKEND . . . !!!!
SAT & SUN / FEB 18 & 19, 2023 / 11am-5pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
~JONNY CAMPOLO . . LIGHTSWITCH / TURN ONZ / NADA FLEA / SAT & SUN FEB 18 & 19 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 18th, 2023, 8:05am
I have a . . . DIY lightswitch !!
in the . . . ‘TURN ONZ’ PRESENTATION – CURATED BY JONNY CAMPOLO & JEFFREY TRANCHELL
at the big NADA FLEA – this weekend / SAT & SUN FEB 18-19, 2023 / 11am – 5pm
at the new NADA HQ – 311 EAST BROADWAY, NYC – 2nd FL.
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
COME ON EVERYBODY – TURN UP THE MAGIC / WHEN YOU FLIP THAT EVERYDAY, & MUCH . . TAKEN FOR GRANTED !!!!
LIGHTSWITCH . . . !!!!!
NANCY SMITH, ‘Good Night, Grinch Babies’, TURN ONZ series, 2021.
DIY fancy cut patches from vintage Dr. Seuss baby crib cotton sheet,
multi-color binder reinforcement stickers, cardstock, standard plastic lightswitch cover.
Photo: Jeffrey Tranchell
the reverse /
Photo: Jeffrey Tranchell
check out: @artloversnewyork on Instagram
~NANCY SMITH . . ‘GOOD NIGHT, GRINCH BABIES’ / TURN ONZ / NADA FLEA / FEB 18-19 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 17th, 2023, 10:59am
QUESTION:
why does this make me think of FREDDY BIZ aka JOSH ABELOW ??
must be . . . the calligraphy !!!
‘The Love Token for Sarah Newlin’,
a Valentine’s Day card made of ink & watercolor on paper, and envelope from 1799.
(American Folk Art Museum via AP)
image via Instagram @afamuseum
American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square. Columbus Avenue at 66th St., NY NY
note: “Although not specifically linked to Valentine’s Day,
an exhibit at the museum opening MARCH 17, 2023, ‘Material Witness: Folk and Self-Taught Artists at Work,’ features 2 examples of ‘Fraktur,’ exuberantly decorated watercolors made by German immigrants in Pennsylvania.’
YO !! . . . that’s in 2 weeks !!!!!
check out: AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / @afamuseum on Instagram
~HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY / AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM / NYC | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2023, 8:10pm
NORA BROWN’S . . traditional Appalachian Banjo playing – meets JACKSON LYNCH’S
unique Bluesy garage-gospel . . . . and, KA-BOOM . . . . . !!!!
THE 6th ANNUAL MID-WINTER JUG & STRING BAND RENDEZVOUS . . !!!!
with . . .
NORA BROWN & JACKSON LYNCH . . . . PERFORMING: FRI FEB 10 at 9PM
GET YOUR TIX – NOW / BEFORE IT SELLS – OUT !!!!!
GIVE A LISTEN . . . !!!!!
~NORA BROWN & JACKSON LYNCH . . JUG & STRING BAND RENDEZVOUS / JALOPY / FRI FEB 10 / 9 PM | Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 10th, 2023, 8:09am
and then, there’s . . the blinding white LIGHT of a SNOW-STORM . . !!
FREDDY / a JOSH ABELOW PROJECT & CURATORIAL SPACE . .
in a old, former . . church, in UPSTATE HARRIS, NY /
PRESENTS:
IAN MILLER, ‘SNOW SHOW’ . . .
a conceptually heavy, but visually dominated – project, “that was staged on JAN 23, 2023, during a snow storm.”
“IAN MILLER (b.1995) presents a series of paintings on the exterior of FREDDY in HARRIS, NY, during a snowstorm. That this presentation has already happened & was photographed, and that the majority of us will not experience in person the cold, snowy day, is as much a part of the paintings themselves, . . as Miller pushes . . at the limits of what is reproducible . . with the assumption that any image created will . . be dominantly seen – on a screen.”
~FREDDY / press release by ALIVIA ZIVICH
IAN MILLER, ‘SNOW SHOW’ . . 2023
FREDDY, HARRIS, NY
IMAGES COURTESY of FREDDY / HARRIS, NY
PHOTOGRAPHS BY: KATYA KIRILLOFF
~IAN MILLER . . ‘SNOW SHOW’ / FREDDY BIZ / HARRIS NY | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 4th, 2023, 8:02am
NIGHT LIGHT . . !!!!
NYC-BASED . . TIM WILSON
has a beautiful piece in . . . ‘NIGHT, LIGHT.’ !!
a big group show which opens today, FEB 2 & runs thru MARCH 25, 2023 — in LONDON !!
COB GALLERY, 205 ROYAL COLLEGE STREET, LONDON, UK
HRS: THURS-SAT / 12 – 6 PM
“AS light fades and the shadows deepen, all petty and exacting details vanish, everything trivial disappears, and I see things as they are in great strong masses: the buttons are lost, but the sitter remains; the sitter is lost, but the shadow remains; the shadow is lost, but the picture remains. And that, night cannot efface from the painter’s imagination.”
~JAMES WHISTLER via COB GALLERY
TIM WILSON, ‘Open Book’, 2022
oil on paper mounted on linen stretched panel / 16-1/4 x 12-1/4 in.
image courtesy @tim_wilson / Instagram
~TOM WILSON . . in ‘NIGHT,LIGHT.’ A GROUP SHOW / COB GALLERY / LONDON / FEB 2 – MARCH 25 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 2nd, 2023, 7:25am
