~ANDREW GUENTHER . . GIFC, Agatha/Vi Ser Pa Kunst, NADA / NYC 2018
$100 – CASH & CARRY !!!!!
ORIGINAL ARTWORK – SIGNED & DATED !!!!!
WE GOT – 3 !!!!!
‘VELVET ROPES’ / a guest ‘performance’ at the Agatha/Vi Ser Pa Kunst, booth . . NADA NYC, Sun March 11th
was presented by GIFC/GOT IT FOR CHEAP a project of . . O-Ola, L.A.
it included over 60 artists’ original works on paper – all priced at $100.
all signed & dated / cash & carry.
ANDREW GUENTHER, drawing & cigarette on paper. approx. 11-1/2 x 16-1/2 in. / GIFC $100. / SIGNED & DATED 2018.
towards the end of the last day, while I was retrieving my ‘SpongeBob’ fleece/quilt, from the ‘ESSEX FLOWERS – HOME EDITION’ booth, my kid Theo went to check out ANDREW GUENTHER’S work . . at GIFC/’VELVET ROPES’ – at the Agatha/Vi Ser Pa Kunst booth. Andrew had posted about it – on his Instagram: @andrewguenther_art
lol, he came back . . with 2 !!
ANDREW GUENTHER, white & black paint (clock ‘face’), & black ink drawing (her body) on photo print, approx. 11-1/2 x 16-1/2 in. / GIFC $100. / SIGNED & DATED 2018.
this image harked back to a much earlier painting series of Andrew’s, that had originated in part with paper plates, & maybe Picasso ? . . and, which later morphed into his ‘Mother Nature – Earth Mother’. . pendant series.
see: ANDREW GUENTHER / EAT THE LEAF: Earth Mother Pendant
(& yes, we have 3 !!)
& yes, they were both signed, and dated on the front, & in both cases – in the left-hand corner.
I had – to see this !!
CHRIS REXROAD . . of GIFC/O-OLA GALLERY, L.A., and VICTORIA DUFFEE, co-editor of Vi Ser Pa Kunst Magazine, Norway.
O-OLA . . is a gallery “located in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA & home base for the traveling show series: GIFC/GOT IT FOR CHEAP.
VICTORIA DUFFEE is . . “an American artist based in Oslo. She received her BFA from SVA/School of Visual Arts in NYC and is now an MFA candidate at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as at Yale University in Connecticut.” ~Vi Ser Pa Kunst
Vi Ser Pa Kunst / (We Look at Art) . . published out of Oslo, Norway / is edited by ANDREAS BREVIK & VICTORIA DUFFEE.
see: Vi Ser Pa Kunst / viserpakunst.com
the GIFC art works were displayed in a few large binders, and there were quite a few works for offer, in the ANDREW GUENTHER ‘section’.
all $100 – CASH & CARRY.
this one was . . . amazing !!
detail, ‘male reproduction parts’ / looking like long white candles, hand-painted on folk art pottery, on a
‘national geographic’ photo . . ANDREW GUENTHER / GIFC series.
ANDREW GUENTHER, ‘CLOCK’ . . some were very graphic.
this painted & collaged piece, was very . . post-modern.
ANDREW GUENTHER, ink & crayon, possible self-portrait (!!!!).
approx. 11-1/2 x 16-1/2 in. / GIFC $100. / SIGNED & DATED 2018.
my fave !!
was still, the very first one. the crazy, mad one / the naked dude on a deserted island !!
but, still . . dancing.
it might be . . just a guess, but guess – I will:
I think this is how Andrew feels, a lot of the time / art world be damned.
yes. I know – the feeling.
and. just like that.
you throw your money down, you get the work !!
Vi Ser Pa Kunst . . .
the magazine is quite – the riot !!
esp for an art – mag !!
designed like a retro American ‘How to’/’crafts’ book, it has a nice shiny feel, and a great, small paperback book . . ‘weight’.
slim. really lively graphics – throughout. fun to turn the pages.
with a great range of articles inside, some quite colorful.
it’s not afraid to be nationalistic & homey, either.
so surprising, so refreshing. so dis-arming !!
“STREET ART/VEGETABLE FARMING – HOW TO BE A SAMI ARTIST” . . . . LOL !!!!!!!
see: Vi Ser Pa Kunst – Facebook
ps: I’m so digging, how the color palette & ‘vibe’ of the mag cover – works so well, with the Andrew Guenther ‘Desert Island’ drawing, above.)
lone male artist dancing / lone female artist painting. sunsets / sunrises. swirls of pink & blue. pale yellow.
a moment of . . random visual sympatico, for sure.
“I DON’T GET IT!”
“OK”.
DRAWING BY MARTIN SKAUEN
lots of male parts . . in this post.
interview . . with ‘GEIR TORE HOLM: HOW TO BE A SAMI ARTIST.’
see: GEIR TORE HOLM – INTERVIEW ONLINE
that’s . . just how I talk to my huge Akita puppy !!
can definitely . . relate.
the Table of Contents . . .
got my eyeball – on you !!
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