probably the most hardcore, and toughest . . opening of them all /
Francisco Correa Cordero presents:
‘COVEY GONG & ELI PING’
OPENING . . . . SAT NOV 5 / 6 – 8 PM
& runs thru . . . JAN 8, 2023 / !!
LUBOV, 5 E. Broadway, 4th fl, L.E.S. / NY NY 10038
HRS: WED-SUN / 12 noon – 6 pm
& by app’t
“As materials can conform to a body, a body may adapt to the systems it lives in.”
~Covey Gong
read: artist statement by COVEY GONG, Oct 2022
~COVEY GONG, ELI PING . . LUBOV / OPENING SAT NOV 5 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 4th, 2022, 4:22pm
as fresh as you can get, straight outta – the wrapper !!
trick ?
or treat ?!!!!
ORLANDO ESTRADA, ‘Void’, 2013-2022 / looks like a chocolate bar – to me ?!!!
soil, water / 73 x 26 in.
image via Instagram @jeffsgallerydetroit
currently on exhibit in . . .
ORLANDO ESTRADA, ‘THE MODERN WORLD’ . . .
JEFFS GALLERY DETROIT / Instagram @jeffsgallerydetroit
~HAPPY HALLOWEEN . . from ORLANDO ESTRADA & JEFFS GALLERY DETROIT | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 31st, 2022, 4:13pm
from . . the Art Lot Nancy !!
Rivington & The Bowery / Archive.
Scissors, paper, SOUL.
Photos: NANCY SMITH, NYC 1994.
NANCY SMITH, DIY PAPER CUT-OUT / SKELETON, 1994.
brown paper bag, shipping paper, black craft paper, scissors, string, and glue.
unique & . . lost to the elements – a long time ago.
hanging in my gritty backyard,
at 5 Rivington St., we lived in the East Storefront, half a block up / from the Bowery.
on the deep deep and raw LES / Lower East Side.
ca. 1987-1996.
when drug & gun battles erupted on the roof, like pop corn,
and bums set fire to trash cans – for sport.
in a time of big project / big ambition 90’s art – think: JEFF KOONS, and CINDY SHERMAN / ELI BROAD & Co.
I was cutting paper, making fragile one-of-a kind banners, as well as delicate Japanese-inspired ink line drawings on glassine tissue, which also wavered mighty – in the slightest breeze.
some paper lanterns, too.
always contrarian / to the last drop. that’s me.
and, so why did I feel like such an outsider, who everyone overlooked ?
hmmmm ???? / I wonder.
but it’s funny, because that’s when I met Josh / Josh Harris of WE LIVE IN PUBLIC / the Andy Warhol of the new digital web / and of course, (initially) / he only wanted artists who weren’t in galleries !! go figure !!
so in the end – it pretty worked out . .
if . . ‘experience’ also known as ‘the journey’ / vs. the ‘anointed’ walls / are everything ?!!
though as you can see – the going was a little rough.
I was always very ‘light-handed’- with my art projects /
not, just in terms of materials, but re: ‘scale’, scale of size, and scale of . . ‘permanence’.
I absolutely hate the word . . studio ‘practice’ /
give me: skills !!!! vision. expression. folk art ? street art ? Edo period Japan ?
a little later on, like 10 years later – I figured out I could glue stick my paper designs . . to mylar / in sheet format, they would still flutter and still be light-weight / but be more permanent, and perhaps – more collectable ?
not that, that helped much . . .
art people especially . . were so staid, and close-minded / in that not so long ago past / where the lines between outsider art vs. formal ‘practice’ / ‘studio’ art – were so rigid /
esp right before everything – totally, totally changed . . and, that would be – about 2002.
DIY broke so free and so big !! – just about the same time / as indie galleries & pop-ups – took over.
graffiti, esp on subways and plastered to traffic poles, Gee’s Bend quilts at the Whitney in 2002 / Keith Haring & even Jean-Michel (painted refrigerator doors, anybody) . . helped put that revolution – over the top.
just at the same time as nascent social media / iPhones, and of course: self-publishing !!
put DIY – both indie art, galleries, and collabs / on speed dial.
I mean, it used to be: is there a sound of hands clapping / if you are alone in a forest /
now, it’s: is it art – if there’s no photo / never mind the gallery wall.
I was always, and still am – very light-handed in my art projects, but also, in my art – musings !!
but, as you can plainly see from the Halloween skeleton hanging above . . :
‘ethereal’ doesn’t rule out . . . sinister, and foreboding /
my inner artist hardcore / true grit soul – twisting in the wind /
and wondering, whatever was – to become of me ?
ps: I still don’t have a gallery, not even of my photos ?!!!!
though Jeffrey Tranchell, now of JEFF’S GALLERY, DETROIT . . has exhibited some of my work (quilts & paper pieces / light switches), here and there.
and, come to think of it – I did back into a starring role . in ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’. through no choice of my own, bye the way.
in fact my best buddy – from that time, Alfredo Martinez aka the Notorious Basquiat Forger – just might be my most mainstream claim to fame ?
talk about .. wondering what the future – holds.
don’t ask.
~HAPPY HALLOWEEN . . from 28 years ago !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 31st, 2022, 3:11pm
scarecrow, scarecrow – do tell /
PETER SUTHERLAND,’BUTTON SMASHER’, published by Salt and Pepper, TOKYO. 2022.
200 pp, soft cover, limited edition of 500.
image via Instagram @petersutherland
~PETER SUTHERLAND, HAPPY HALLOWEEN . . from ‘BUTTON SMASHER’ !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 31st, 2022, 12:43pm
RUN, JUMP . . . !!
SUN OCT 30 – 4:30 PM / L.A. / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA . . . TIME
PETER SUTHERLAND’S NEW FILM, & NEWEST CURATING (!!) PROJECT / ‘GROUP SHOW’
RT / RUNNING TIME: 48 mins.
PREMIERES – SUN OCT 30, 2022 / 4:30 PM L.A. TIME
BRAIN DEAD STUDIOS – MOVIE THEATER
611 N. FAIRFAX AVE., Los Angeles, CA
SEE: the first 30 seconds of the film / which is also the TRAILER . . !!!!!
on Instagram – SOUND ON !!!!!!!!!!!
go to: PETER SUTHERLAND – ‘GROUP SHOW’ . . TRAILER on IG / Instagram
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘GROUP SHOW’ SHORT FILM / PREMIERE / BRAIN DEAD STUDIOS, FAIRFAX L.A. / SUN OCT 30 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 29th, 2022, 10:17am
HOLY . . SMASHING PUMPKINS !!!!
if you be in . . . TOKYO !!!
run, jump . . to the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR !!
SALT AND PEPPER BOOKSTORE / PUBLISHERS . . BOOTH /
TOKYO MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART
THURS OCT 27 – SUN OCT 29, 2022
& catch a copy of:
PETER SUTHERLAND, ‘Button Smasher’, a limited edition of only 500 !!!
published by SALT AND PEPPER / it is a curated collection of his photographs
spanning 20 years / from NYC to Colorado.
200 pp, soft cover, and includes an interview by . . . SHIMPEI NAKAGAWA
image via Instagram @petersutherland
SALT AND PEPPER, holding up ‘BUTTON SMASHER’, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR
image via Instagram @saltandpepper223
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘BUTTON SMASHER’, SALT and PEPPER booth / TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR / OCT 27-29 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 28th, 2022, 1:53pm
AL FREEMAN, Jr. . . . . ‘FLOORS’
OPENS THURS OCT 27 / 6 – 8 PM
runs thru . . DEC 11, 2022
56 HENRY, 105 HENRY ST. ANNEX / LOWER EAST SIDE
HRS: WED – SUN / 12 – 6 PM
AL FREEMAN, Jr., ‘Lotto Ticket on Dark Wood’, 2022.
vinyl and poly-fil / 80 x 80 in.
large, vinyl wall sculpture
note: this is Al Freeman’s fifth solo exhibit with 56 HENRY.
“AL FREEMAN sits on Philip Roth’s couch . . . ” !!!!!!!!!!!!
read: DAN NADEL’s . . quirky / brilliant introductory essay – for the show . . . !!!!
AL FREEMAN Jr. / vinyl wall sculpture
vinyl and poly-fil
note: all images via 56 HENRY
~AL FREEMAN, Jr. . . ‘Floors’ / 56 HENRY / 105 HENRY ST. ANNEX / OPENS THURS OCT 27 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 26th, 2022, 5:13pm
sometimes, a warm velvety painted wall works, and sometimes . . it doesn’t.
I think it’s the art itself – that tips the scale.
one last week to catch: ‘Manscaping’ / THE HOLE, L.A., 884 N. La Brea Ave
and you . . can decide for yourself.
TAYLOR McKIMENS, ‘Vgabond’, 2022.
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 62 in.
THEO A. ROSENBLUM, ‘Crossroads’, 2020.
wood, metal, resin, acrylic / 86.5 x 34 x 32 in.
BRENDAN LYNCH, ‘Autumn Fantasy’, 2014.
oil on canvas / 66 x 84 in.
TIM GARDNER, ‘Lakeshore’, Lake Louise, 2021.
watercolor on paper / 15 x 20 in.
ANT HAMLYN, ‘Sunflower Chandelier’, 2022.
custom PVC & nylon suspended kinetic inflatable, internally embedded LED lighting system, steel cables,
d shackles, smart timer, ducting, blower /
59 x 118 x 118 in.
NOTE: ALL PHOTOS via THE HOLE
~TAYLOR McKIMENS . . . & a few others / ‘Manscaping ‘ / THE HOLE, L.A. / up thru SAT OCT 29 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 26th, 2022, 1:24pm
LOOKING AHEAD:
TIM WILSON . . .
will be showing some new dreamy ‘interior’ paintings, with NATHALIE KARG,
at the ADAA / Art Dealers Association of America . . The Art Show / NOV 2 – 6, 2022
Park Avenue Armory, NYC.
this is the 60th Anniversary of the ADAA /
all art fair admission proceeds – go to support the Henry Street Settlement.
Photo of Tim Wilson & new work: via Instagram @tim_wilson
~TIM WILSON . . NATHALIE KARG / ADAA . . NOV | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 25th, 2022, 8:36am
Anton also has a one man show at Each Modern . . .
ANTON KONST. . . ‘SIRENS’
OCT 22 – NOV 26, 2022
EACH MODERN, 38 Lane 79, Sec. 2 Xinyi Rd.,Taipei, Taiwan
ANTONE KONST . . ‘SIRENS’
image via Instagram @eachmodern
what I like about Anton’s work, is that it’s not too loopy, too cute, or even poetic.
there’s a real depth of soul, and research / that informs the authenticity of the works’ plasticity, – which really walks that painterly hard-edge line, with . . fresh vision.
it’s tough painting, that unfurls with a narrated . . resonance, often a fictional mystery or magic (such as a flowerpot with a scowl), or gives delicate, swirling flight to a figure of myth, but it’s never heavy on the stormy side, it’s still – all about painting.
he’s also an inspired, (mostly line) draftsman, & bold colorist.
ANTON KONST, to the right /
in a brilliant tie-dye hoodie – made in a small shop back home in Brooklyn.
image via @annntone Instagram Story via @wu_meichi
ANTONE KONST . . having a blast – in Taiwan !!
image via Instagram Story @annntone via @eachmodern
ANTON KONST, ‘Dogwood’, 2022.
oil on linen / 78 x 60 in.
in ‘SIRENS’ – Each Modern, Taipei.
image via Instagram @annntone
~ANTON KONST . . ‘SIRENS’ / EACH MODERN, TAIPEI | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 22nd, 2022, 9:46am
