closer to home . .
& perhaps leaning slightly more – into the vernacular, though certainly: no less .. . fantastic !!!
EUROPA – HOSTS A ONE DAY – ‘HOLIDAY MARKET’ /
SAT DEC 17, 2022 / 11 – 6 PM
EUROPA GALLERY, 125 DIVISION ST., CHINATOWN, L.E.S., NYC
featuring work by:
Future Jupiter, Abby Lloyd, Noel de Lesseps, Jonny Campolo, Georgia McGovern, Isabel Rower, Hope Street Clay, NAMU, Chris Retsina, Christian Joy, Big Sky, Brockett Creek Exhibitions, Joanne Fields, Naomi Romm, Mae Mae . .
& . . sure to be others / including Jeffrey Tranchell !!
among the wondrous . . treasures:
JONNY CAMPOLO, from his ‘TURN ONZ’ series, lead glass – light switch cover / unique
one-of-a-kind & handmade.
image via Instagram @jonnycampolo
JONNY CAMPOLO, from his ‘TURN ONZ’ series, fused glass – light switch cover / unique
one-of-a-kind & handmade.
image via Instagram @jonnycampolo
JEFFREY TRANCHELL, assemblage lamp sculpture / unique
one-of-a-kind & handmade.
image via Jeffrey Tranchell
JEFFREY TRANCHELL, assemblage lamp sculpture / unique
one-of-a-kind & handmade.
image via Jeffrey Tranchell
ISABEL ROWER will have crazy great / utilitarian ceramics
image via Instagram @isabel_rower / Hammer Museum installation / NOV 2022
ISABEL ROWER . . ceramics
image via Instagram @isabel_rower / Hammer Museum installation / NOV 2022
CRAZY GREAT !!
POSTER BY: GRETTA JOHNSON
GO – GET ‘EM . . . . !!!!!!
~JEFFREY TRANCHELL, JONNY CAMPOLO, ISABEL ROWER . . in BIG !! group show / ‘EUROPA HOLIDAY MARKET’ / SAT DEC 17 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 16th, 2022, 9:17am
BIG . . OFF-THE-CHARTS . . UNDERGROUND / IN THE SKY – ART BLAST !!!
‘AFTERGLOW’ . . . !!!!!!!
ANAIS HORN: Very happy to announce the Opening Reception of . . . ‘AFTERGLOW’ / SAT DEC 17 / 2 – 8 PM
with . . 20 Artists / 19 ARTISTS & the Text by WENDY VOGEL is an artwork – as well
with Sound Performances at the opening, by . .
LESTER St. LOUIS at 6 PM / EILERT ASMERVIK at 6:30 PM
curated by: ANAIS HORN, FELIX KINDERMANN, and EILERT ASMERVIK
interesting note: this event is supported by the ACFNY/Austrian Cultural Forum NYC,
and, ‘The Grand Chelsea’? . . Anais Horn’s personal ‘flat’ .
born in Austria, she currently lives & works in PARIS /
. . . GLOBAL ?!! that’s so, on point.
see: ANAIS HORN – ABOUT
VENUE OPEN HRS / AFTER THE SAT DEC 17 OPENING:
DEC 18 – 21, 2022 /
SUN DEC 18 & MON DEC 19 / 2 – 4 PM
& THEN BY APPOINTMENT / anais at anais-horn.com
The Grand Chelsea / Anais Horn – Apt 20 C
270 W. 17th Street, Chelsea, NYC / 10011 NY
ANAIS HORN: “in a private, 20th-floor Chelsea apartment offering panoramic views of Manhattan from north to southwest, curious contradictions serve as substrate for the group exhibition . . . ‘Afterglow.’
Built in 1989, when America’s neo-liberal economy seemed unstoppable, a popcorn roof crowns the wide windows that let light flood in day & night, acting both as borders & transmitters between the outside & the inside life.
Elevated in the sky, the domestic space hosts no ghosts but promotes the illusion of detachment from street-level urban realities. In its attempt at simultaneous isolation & accessibility the apartment sets the tone in which the presented works oscillate around the private & the public, connection & alienation, intimacy & distance.”
with: Eilert Asmervik, Elizabeth Beugg, Tony Cokes, Chloe Delanghe, Lina Viste Gronli, Anais Horn, Felix Kindermann, Brittany Adeline King, Kris Lemsalu, Adam Martin, Patrick Carlin Mohundro, Nancy Nowacek, Michael Pollard, Mary-Ashley Ramirez, Kate Sansom, Jake Shore, Julie Stavad, Chang Sujung, George Egerton-Warbutton
~JAKE SHORE . . in BIG GROUP SHOW / ‘AFTERGLOW’ / THE GRAND CHELSEA / OPENS SAT DEC 17 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 15th, 2022, 9:38am
now, that’s what I call, seriously . . up-cycled !!!
URS FISCHER/UF . . . POP-UP SHOP
OPENS THURS DEC 8 / 6 – 8 PM
RUNS THRU . . . FRI DEC 23, 2022
OPEN EVERY DAY / 11 AM – 7 PM
JEFFREY DEITCH, 76 GRAND ST., SOHO, NYC
SHIRTS . . SCARVES . . HOODIES . . UP-CYCLED ITEMS . . & . . more
THIS IS . . . the launch / for the new URS FISCHER/UF brand – & that’s . . the logo /
quelle belle . . !!
and too, too funny.
the new extension of his practice, is a . . shop !!
“the unique pieces – including T-shirts, up-cycled garments, and domestic objects – are based on some of
Fischer’s most recent works / such as the ‘CHAOS#1-#501’ series of digital sculptures.
The clothing will be available in the store – along with a curated selection of vintage books and records, limited & open edition prints, along with NFTS and, a new painting.”
~JEFFREY DEITCH NYC
ALL IMAGES VIA INSTAGRAM @jeffreydeitchgallery
~URS FISCHER/UF POP-UP / JEFFREY DEITCH NEW YORK / OPENS THURS DEC 8 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 8th, 2022, 10:37am
BLINN & LAMBERT . . aka . . NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS
WILL BE PRESENTING A NEW TWO CHANNEL / CINEMATIC INSTALLATION . . .
IN THE FRI EVENING / DEC 2nd, 2022
PROGRAM ONE: ‘SELF-REFLECTING PROPHECY’ / DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM
LOCATION: 718 STUDIOS – 130 THAMES ST., BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
of the 5 DAY . . .
MONO NO AWARE / COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION – MONO XVI FESTIVAL of CINEMA ARTS
THIS IS THEIR 16th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL – OF CINEMA ARTS !!!!
FREE / ALL AGES & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
FIVE NIGHTS OF EXPANDED CINEMA PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION & SCULPTURE
MADE BY OVER 50 INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS & ARTISTS – OF THE MOVING IMAGE
THE FESTIVAL RUNS: NOV 30, DEC 1, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 2022
IMAGE CREDIT: ‘FOR CYNTHIA’, 16MM ANIMATION – BY NORA RODRIGUEZ, 2022
BLINN & LAMBERT / STILL IMAGE / NEW 16MM FILM WORK – for MONO XVI
via Instagram @NCHLSSTNDRF
BLINN & LAMBERT: excited to announce KYLE WILLIAMS & NICHOLAS STEINDORF . .
were selected to be in the @mononoawarefilm – MONO XVI Cinema Arts Festival.
we will be screening a new two-channel 16mm film – this FRI DEC 2nd /
Doors open at 7pm – Event begins at 7:30pm /
our installation will be running 7:30 – 8:30 & throughout the evening / between performances – till 12.
FRI night – only.
718 Studios – 130 Thames St., Brooklyn, NY
image via Instagram @NCHLSSNDRF
BLINN & LAMBERT: & it’s on . . . EKTACHROME !!!!
~BLINN & LAMBERT . . MONO XVI FESTIVAL of CINEMA ARTS / BROOKLYN / FRI DEC 2 |
Posted in Movie Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 1st, 2022, 12:26pm
and, then there’s . . . LIGHT-NESS !!
lightness . . . of BEING !!!!!!!
JACOB JACKMAUH . . . has new sculptural work in:
‘SONGS FROM MEMORY’
A GROUP SHOW – CURATED BY JAMIESON EDSON
up thru . . . DEC 3, 2022.
THE DISTILLERY GALLERY, 516 E. 2nd St., SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
HRS: MON – FRI / 9am-6pm or by app’t
THE DISTILLERY GALLERY . . is an artist-run Gallery & Project Space in South Boston. MA.
JAMIESON EDSON . . is an artist-curator.
JACOB JACKMAUH . . is currently a co-director of ART LOT BROOKLYN, here in NYC.
JACOB JACKMAUH, ‘Civic Virtue’, 2022.
biodegradable paper straws, brass plated paper fasteners, sugar free chewing gum, saliva.
22 x 23 x 23 in.
image via Instagram @jacob_jackmauh
detail . . JACOB JACKMAUH, ‘Civic Virtue’
image via Instagram @jacob_jackmauh
~JACOB JACKMAUH . . in ‘SONGS FROM MEMORY’ / THE DISTILLERY GALLERY / BOSTON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 19th, 2022, 10:22am
the thing about ‘light’ . . .
is that, more than its myriad manifestations, infinite meanings & fabulous range of radiance /
as well as: motion, fluidity, and don’t forget . . . shadows !!
is the fact that it both . . propels, informs & yet foils – the would-be photographer.
this is a show – to view in person.
‘MORE LIGHT !’ / CHART GALLERY, TRIBECA . . . up thru JAN 7, 2023.
case in point: LUKE MURPHY vs. MARIKO MORI.
I know Luke’s piece, ‘STARLIGHT, WARM AND COOL’, must twinkle, rumble, roam, flood, and flicker,
because I know his work very, very well / but, a still photo – leaves us confronting a big, big mystery as to how this piece is ‘programmed’, how it ‘plays’ out – on its computer coded animated matrix.
even a video clip – doesn’t truly capture the work, as the LED color fights the camera all the way.
this is a world of condensed, animated, literal light – and, it doesn’t hold its breath for no one.
“warm and cool” . . is a hint of the incandescent color burst journey.
so is . . ‘starlight’ /
but with its finite, straight mechanical borders / those real-world hard steel edges,
it’s more like a ‘slice of sky’ – than a . . cosmos.
more a signal – than a planetary pulse.
which compels the comparison – to Mariko Mori.
her work in a strange, curious way, is not animated – and yet it speaks to cosmic vision /
bubbling up . . new baby planets ? cosmic plant life ?
“genesis” . . is surely a clue.
so, do I mean: Luke Murphy / signals vs Mariko Mori / conception ?
all I know is, I see: YIN YANG.
straight vs round.
the animated LED light pulses of Luke’s work – are contained, both by their programmed matrix, and steel structure, even repeating – in a loop.
whereas, the stationary composition of Mariko’s ‘painting’ / ironically conjures up: infinite motion. birth. and cosmos.
YIN YANG. as surely as the cat chases – its tail.
if anything ‘cosmic’, is to be said about Luke’s work, his LED creation of ‘scripted’ light / resembles more a man-made, or another unknown ‘sentient’ . . . construction:
I’m thinking a huge, huge spinning spacecraft / angular and skinny, far far off in the deep deep sky.
whereas Mariko is all femme: round, and organic . . as a pregnant belly.
with a chaotic, infinite illusion / vision . . radiatng from the stationary painted surface . .
Mariko’s piece feels more organic in nature / its light is . . plastic: opalescence.
an artist’s . . . skillful conjuring.
a planet’s surface – close up & personal ?
this painterly dome – ‘feels’ no more man-made / than a bubble on the surface of a pond.
there is serenity here, but it feels deceptive to me.
in a word: bubble bubble / trouble trouble.
it feels so minute, and yet so vast – and it can burst in the very next frame.
and, yet Luke’s ‘Starlight’ – also comes – home to us /
LED deli signs, neon signs . . light up every major city / and metropolis.
as well as, stadiums, concert venues etc. etc. /
projecting text info, typefaces, and the intermediate abstract ‘patterns’ swirling, a visual necessity for the comprehension of the ‘message’ /
pulsing colored light to capture – your mind, and mind-set.
look at the Luke Murphy LED DELI digital banner, ‘RESIST’ – that plays across the top of this page: and, blow it up – as big as your mind can imagine.
and, then take one minute . . to ponder how I can make colors light up, and patterns twirl, and words flow: words of action, no less !! that play across YOUR screen / via Luke’s technical magic / no matter where I am, and no matter where you are.
I guess one could conclude that LIGHT – is as elusive as a poem, and moves with the power of a ‘song’.
as NASA keeps on showing us / and, as the Bible told us: it all comes down to . . colored, moving ‘light’.
MARIKO MORI, ‘Genesis IV’, 2022.
UV cured pigment, dibond and aluminum / 63-1/2 x 3 in.
edition of 5 plus 2AP
image courtesy CHART GALLERY
~LUKE MURPHY vs MORIKO MORI . . ‘MORE LIGHT !’ / CHART |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 18th, 2022, 9:58am
looks to be such a wondrous, enchanting show / shot thru & thru / with all kinds — of light !!
just like a far-off . . . starry sky.
I was all set to make the opening, but it just wasn’t in the cards / stars (?!!)
but, there’s still – a couple more weeks !!
‘MORE LIGHT !’
NOV 10, 2022 – JAN 7, 2023.
CHART GALLERY, TRIBECA
see: works in the exhibit
LUKE MURPHY, ‘STARLIGHT, WARM AND COOL’, 2022
Steel studs, LED matrix panels, video driver, hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code.
93 x 32 x 28 in.
image courtesy CHART GALLERY
YES,
damn the reality bites !!
I want so much, to see – that baby / shimmer. shimmy, and shake.
~LUKE MURPHY . . ‘MORE LIGHT !’ / CHART |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 17th, 2022, 2:50pm
LUKE MURPHY . . . !!!
has new work . . . .
in what looks to be a wildly diverse / group show of fired-up . . incandescent / inspiration.
‘MORE LIGHT !’
OPENS THURS NOV 10 / 6 – 8 PM
& runs thru . . . JAN 7, 2023.
CHART GALLERY, 74 FRANKLIN ST., TRIBECA, NEW YORK, NY 10013
HRS: TUES-SAT / 10am – 6 pm
poster image: KARIN DAVIE, ‘Beam Me Up no. 3 (Small)’, 2022.
oil on canvas over wood, 30 x 24 x 7/8 in. / each panel 30 x 12 x 7/8 in.
image courtesy of the gallery & artist / Photo by RIPPLE FANG
“More light, more light! Open the window so that more light may come in.”
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe via Chart Gallery
“The exhibition whose title comes from the famed last words (above) of German poet, philosopher, & color theorist JOHANN WOLFGANG von GOETH, features artworks that range from technical explorations of optical effects to . . efforts rooted in spirituality and metaphysical realms.”
~CHART GALLERY PRESS RELEASE
with works by: LARRY BELL, MARSHA COTTRELL, RYAN CROTTY, KARIN DAVIE, ADAM HENRY, YAYOI KUSAMA, MARIKO MORI, LUKE MURPHY, IVAN NAVARRO, HELEN PASHIGAN, CHARLES ROSS, ESTHER RUIZ, DAVID SHAW, ALYSON SHOTZ, HIROSHI SUGIMOTO, and LAUREN VINCIARELLI.
OM / Oh My . .
on a personal note: love how Luke Murphy comes right after . . . Mariko Mori /
what an awesome – yin yang pairing.
alphabetical lists – seemingly so straightforward, apparently . . can be quite the magical, too.
so, be there / or be square, as opposed to full on . . . lit !!!!
~’MORE LIGHT !’ . . CHART / TRIBECA / OPENING THURS NOV 10 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 9th, 2022, 1:53pm
‘GROUP SHOW’ – a short documentary, curatorial project . . film by PETER SUTHERLAND
SHOT in NY & CALIFORNIA / 2020-2022 / RT 48 MINS
WILL HAVE IT’S NYC PREMIERE TODAY – SUN NOV 5, 2022 / 6 PM
DAKOTA, 110 BOWERY #3, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘GROUP SHOW’ / NYC PREMIERE / DAKOTA / SUN NOV 6 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 6th, 2022, 10:09am
also opening today . . .
‘SCULPTURE GARDEN’, with:
STEPH GONZALEZ-TURNER, ANTONE KONST, MARIE LORENZ, and ROBERT ZEHNDER
CURATED BY ANTONE KONST
OPENS SAT NOV 5 / 4 – 6 PM
and runs thru DEC 4, 2022
24/7 visible from the street
ART LOT BROOKLYN, 206 Columbia St., BROOKLYN, NY 11231 / Red Hook
sculpture by MARIE LORENZ, built to withstand the outdoors, and yet, yes !!
it does ‘play’ . . . music.
and who, doesn’t love . . translucent plastic, esp against – a natural backdrop.
~’SCULPTURE GARDEN’ . . ART LOT BROOKLYN / OPENS SAT NOV 5 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 5th, 2022, 8:30am
