RED LIGHT / GREEN LIGHT . .
LET . . DIANNA XU come over !!!!!!!
2019 . . is the ‘CHINESE YEAR of THE PIG’ & once again, GRUMPY BERT . . .
presents this wildly popular group show, showcasing a wide and diverse range of illustrators – at their creative & imaginative . . BEST !!!!
working on traditional ‘lucky’ red Chinese New Year coin envelopes, these glorious pieces can usually be yours – for the taking, starting at $50 each / all of which are one-of-a-kind.
GRUMPY BERT, ‘RED ENVELOPE SHOW’ – OPENING RECEPTION SAT JAN 5, 2019 / 5 – 7 PM
show runs thru . . . JAN 27, 2019
FLUSHING TOWN HALL, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, N.Y. 11354
more info: ‘RED ENVELOPE SHOW’ – GRUMPY BERT / FB
see: “PIGS have a beautiful personality and are blessed with good fortune in life” . . . . (!!) / 2019 EARTH / YEAR of the PIG
so, 2019 could be . . . SWEET & MEATY ?!!!!
I’m in.
DIANNA XU – PORK BELLY for YEAR of the PIG
image via Instagram @diannaxu
~RED ENVELOPE: DIANNA XU . . GRUMPY BERT, FLUSHING TOWN HALL / OPENING RECEPTION SAT JAN 5 |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2019, 9:32am
RAINY DAY – PARADE !!!!!!!
ANDREW GUENTHER WELCOMES . . . ‘SOFT OPENING’.
NEW LOCAL BROOKLYN / GREENPOINT SPOT for all things . . HAND-MADE & ORGANIC, incl . . ART !!
ANDREW GUENTHER – ‘NEW PAINTINGS’
OPENS TO-NITE FRI DEC 28 / 7 – 10 PM
SOFT OPENING, 570 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn NY 11222
see: SOFT OPENING PLANT STORE & GALLERY SHOP – PLANTS, CERAMICS, BOTANICALS/ HOME GOODS & ART / FACEBOOK
IG: @softopeningbk
@andrewguenther_art: “Pick up some real plants when you get my fake ones.”
image via Instagram @andrewguenther_art
@andrewgueenther_art:”Okay, okay. I’ve added a few photographs . . This one was taken in
Berlin several years ago.”
image via Instagram @andrewguenther_art
def, checkout: ANDREW GUENTHER – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
when he’s not doing ‘art’, Andrew is making jewelry, where his line is known as . . ‘EAT THE LEAF’.
def, checkout: EAT THE LEAF – by ANDREW GUENTHER
ps: if you ever wondered where I got that shiny, hand-made / golden “ALREADY DEAD” (!!!!) pendant that hangs around my neck, now – you know !!
and . . FOR REAL / THAT’S HOW I FEEL – in 2 words !!
plus obviously I got a GHOST ARMY – many dear, now departed friends . . in that big ole / DEAD ARTIST CLUB – UP IN THE SKY.
FLASHBACK . . . !!!!!
since, it’s a super rainy day, after a false alarm “Alien Invasion over Manhattan” night . . . it was a utility sub-station explosion, or so they – say.
(I’m personally waiting for the big headline . . “ALIENS – HAVE LANDED” !!!!)
here’s something to divert ya, a little digital trip !!!
ANDREW & ME – go far back. he was the intern at the now defunct Daniel Silverstein Gallery, on 21st St. in Chelsea, when I was showing there, in late 1990s.
I have a ton of pix of him, and his WORK !! over the decades.
he’s such a colorful and super talented figure, who wavers like a flame, about to spark – on the fringes of the ever-changing underground.
I hope one day, before I am REALLY DEAD / that some gallery will finally wake up – and show them ?!!
here’s one:
ANDREW GUENTHER . . . with his paintings, in his home studio.
GREENPOINT OPEN STUDIO WEEEKEND, OCT 5, 2014.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
I picked that one, because, well !!!!!!! no words needed !!!!!
but also because, it’s in a nice run of artlovers articles, covering topics & with photos of:
1. a great, early – “FADE” piece . . by ROB PRUITT.
2. PAUL McCARTHY – offends PARIS !!
3. MATT LEINES painting . . in an early, big GREENPOINT TERMINAL GALLERY – group show.
4. WALTER ROBINSON – his big RETROSPECTIVE – was just setting out – to conquer the art scene.
5. archival pix of SIMON CERIGO, R.I.P. & his work . . . truly already dead & representing the splendor of the DEAD ARTIST CLUB / still, just short of taking over big time / ‘UNDER THE VOLCANO’, and, most def . . a ring leader of my own personal . . GHOST ARMY.
SIMON a was the director of the DANIEL SILVERSTEIN Gallery in the late 90s, and as such, was the one to give a young Andrew Guenther, fresh out of some university art school, his first job in NYC.
5. and finishes up with . .
an extensively documented STUDIO VISIT, with ANDREW GUENTHER, including that photo above / GREEN POINT OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND. OCT 5, 2014.
SURPRISE BONUS . . ?
NICHOLAS STEINDORF . . . new wave ‘ringleader’, in his own right / shows up !!!
most def: SCROLL DOWN / ARTLOVERSNEWYORK – 2014 !!!!
SIMON CERIGO, ca. early 1990s.
toy model with custom paint job. if this image doens’t ‘encapsulate’ Simon,
I don’t know what – would.
a huge lover of art, and it’s . . ‘fanciful, yet meaningful’ flight.
it’s best, is most often . . it’s most elusive – in a broad-based, dumbed-down mass market.
talk about . . . ‘soft’ openings (!!!)
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
WALTER ROBINSON, ‘REVENGE’, 1982.
acrylic on canvas.
SIMON was a big, and very early fan . . of both Andrew Gunther, and Walter Robinson.
we owned a stack of early Andrew Guenther 1990s drawings, and ‘Revenge’, was among our first early Walter Robinson purchases.
PHOTO: HELENE CERIGO LUPATKIN
~ANDREW GUENTHER . . ‘NEW PAINTINGS’ / SOFT OPENING, BROOKLYN / OPENS FRI DEC 28 |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 28th, 2018, 9:24am
the other reason to swing by MUDDGUTS – TODAY !!
A WILD !! ASSORTMENT !! of PAINTED, PAPER / ONE-OF-A-KIND, ORNAMENTS BY . . TAYLOR McKIMENS !!!!!!
$150 – $200 a pop.
image via INSTAGRAM STORY @taylormckimens
image via Instagram @muddguts
image via Instagram @muddguts
image via Instagram @muddguts
image via Instagram @muddguts
~TAYLOR McKIMENS . . PAPER HOLI-DAZE !! ORNAMENTS !! at MUDDGUTS . . |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 22nd, 2018, 12:24pm
lol, meanwhile b-i-g switch-up . . from car travel – to SPACE !!
from $250 to . . $1,000 / but, s-t-i-l-l worth every penny !!
if I had $200 x 5 !!!!!!!
Bad Boy, TOM SACHS . .
is offering up a limited release of his NASA ‘chair’, for $1,000. a pop.
limited time only . . .
“available for 24 hrs on our webstore” / and, the clock started ticking 35 mins. ago. FRI DEC 7 2018 – 12:43 PM
def, check out: TOM SACHS / STORE / NASA chair & where you can order YOURS !!
image via Instagram @tomsachs
@tomsachs: Space program / NASA Chair, 2012
Mars ‘Flown’ Chairs available for 24 hrs on our webstore.
Limited release of Samsonite Model 2250 Mission Control and audience NASA chairs.
Each 31.25″ x 17.25″ Samsonite folding chair was used during the mission (i.e. ‘flown’ that took two astronauts
to the surface of Mars at the Park Avenue Armory, NYC 2012.
Each High Density Polyethylene (H.O.P.E.) and zinc plated, powder coated steel chair is made in U.S.A.
screen printed with NASA, and and labeled with an individual hero’s name and unique serial number.
Chairs contain dust from the Martian surface, and signs of use.
No choices, no returns.
Signed by the artist.
Each NASA chair comes with “Chairs” zine.
Published July 12, 2012
NASA Chair
($1,000.00)
TOM SACHS SWISS PASSPORT DESK
def, see: TOM SACHS WEBSITE
FROM THE ARTLOVERS ARCHIVE: JAN 21, 2003 !!!! 15 YEARS – AGO !!!!
TOM SACHS at his NUTSY’S INSTALLATION / BOHEN FOUNDATION, JAN 21, 2003
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~TOM SACHS . . NASA CHAIR / WORLD WIDE WEB / ORDER YOURS NOW !! THE CLOCK IS TICKING !! |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 7th, 2018, 12:38pm
IN-YOUR-FACE / DIY . . TAKE 2 !!!!
UP-CYCLE . . THOSE RUSTY OLD SPRAY PAINT CANS !!
LOW BROW ARTIQUE
143 CENTRAL AVE, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NY 11221
HRS: WED-FRI 12-8 PM / SAT+SUN 11-7 PM
CLOSED MON +TUES / WINTER
@lowbrow_nyc: “Fucking white people with their arts & crafts…
Now making a bunch of these. For sale in the shop.”
image via Instagram @lowbrow_nyc
only $20 !! a pop !! / & NOT an edition.
damn. I had to get me one !!!
is the friggin’ L train running ?
yes . . it’s Thanksgiving weekend !! Praise the Lord.
I’m on !! Jersey to Bushwick . . in a hard-core heartbeat.
everything is so damn fraught . . today.
bring on the DAMN . . DIY !!!
the more in-your-face, and HOMIER !! the BETTER !!!
radical contrarians unite . .
in a new age of rebel arts & crafts !!!
Red rover, red rover, let the insider / outsiders . . . take over.
right in the heart of still authentic Bushwick – a rebel heart grows.
re-purposed rusty old SPRAY CANS bearing succulents – line one shelf.
a seed grows in . . Brooklyn
a radical ‘graff’ artist & purveyor of Spray paint supplies . . blossoms into a pop-up pocket DIY gardener.
take an old empty spray paint can.
the rusting is accelerated by an immersive water bath, first.
then . . “let them dry. Spray (the interior) with a clear varnish by either 94 or Gold.”
then throw in some dirt, & a baby succulent, and you are good to go.
this one is . . . mine.
best $20 – ever !!!!!
BISHOP.
artist/store owner. entrepreneur and . . gardener.
damn, check out the rows & rows . .
of color tonality on the wall / if that ain’t . . ‘pretty little maids all in a row’ / OG ‘garden’ metaphor !!
I don’t know what is.
oh yeah. somebody on your list, wants this.
so, take that brisk trek over to outer Bushwick,
take that lonely $20 bill in your pocket, and fork it over. no brainer.
or better yet, if you are flush.
pull that dirty, well-worn, w-i-d-e elastic band, off that wad of $20s, or if it’s:
Real-fake Basquiat forger / Alfredo Martinez style $100 bills burning a hole in your pocket /
my sincere advice is: flash the cash,
peel off those greenbacks . . & buy out the store.
def, check out: LOW BROW ARTIQUE
they have other merch, including logo t-shirts, graff-centered artworks, Boundless Brooklyn water tower & billboard kits, ink markers and, hands-dpwn,
. . “the largest aerosol color selection on the east coast.”
to peer upon that wall of cans, is to tremble / every time.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / logos: LOW BROW ARTIQUE
~LOW BROW ARTIQUE . . RUSTY, OLE SPRAY PAINT CAN / ‘SUCCULENT’ PLANTERS |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 30th, 2018, 10:36am
IN-YOUR-FACE . . .
GLORIOUSLY OVER-THE-TOP, WICKED / BOLD & BEAUTIFUL.
IT’S NOT JUST THE SOCIAL POLITICS BUT, THE ‘VICTORY’.
THE ‘VICTORIOUS’ TRANSCENDING . . of the CULTURE, GENRE & ART HISTORY, that went before.
trampled. done. over.
I dunno, maybe that is .. politics ?
well, it damn well puts art history – in it’s place, anyways.
I’m for anything / but most esp. anything supremely ‘outsider/insider’. heavy with the w-i-t, & flat-out . . inspired.
plus . . it’s FUNCTIONAL.
most of these are already sold-out, so duh, it seems,
I’M not, the lonely & only . . one.
‘CULTURAL RECEPTACLE’ – SOLD OUT !! / was $250 ea.
HAND-MADE by DEVIN TROY STROUTHER / & founder of COLOURED PUBLISHING.
one-of-a-kind . . . NOT AN EDITION !!
‘GLAZED CERAMIC . . THAT FUNCTIONS AS AN ASHTRAY’, 6 x 5-7/8 x 1-1/8 in.
images via . . ‘CERAMICS – COLOURED PUBLISHING’
def, check out: CERAMICS . . COLOURED PUBLISHING
there are still some “PIPES” – LEFT !!
‘CULTURAL INSPIRATION (BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT) #20’
HANDMADE BY DEVIN TROY STROUTHER / ONE-OF-A-KIND / NOT an edition / each one is different.
‘GLAZED CERAMIC SCULPTURE . . THAT FUNCTIONS AS A PIPE’.
4-7/8 x 1-1/2 x 1-1/4 in.
$300.
image via ‘CERAMICS – COLOURED PUBLISHING’
to order, check out: Cultural Inspiration – COLOURED PUBLISHING
DEF, CHECK OUT: COLOURED PUBLISHING, BOOKS, etc
~DEVIN TROY . . COLOURED PUBLISHING / CLAY PIPES & . . . !!! |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 24th, 2018, 10:52am
the ROY WADE – ‘MICKEY MINAJ’ piece . . below is only $150 !!!!
and it’s an original – not a print.
HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY, MICKEY !!
MICKEY MOUSE . . made his debut on Nov 18, 1928.
note: even though the press release (quoted below) clearly states work by WIZARD SKULL,
will be featured in the show, his work is on the (supremo) flyer / with no other pieces in the show. but I still think that makes him a very big PART – of the show.
it’s a great image.
lol, Brandon M. Wisecarver, Managing Director of Con Artist Collective writes:
“He was going to be in the show, but got pulled away to be featured in the official show in Australia.’ !! (SUN NOV 19, 2018)
Long Live . . all the Mickeys, mutants, con artists and real fakes . . everywhere !!
ta-ta-talk about . . BRANDING !!
and, yes.
File under: the REAL FAKE !!!
‘UNAUTHORIZED’ – MICKEY !!!!
OPENING PARTY !! FRI NOV 16 / 7 – 11 PM !!
the show runs thru . . NOV 23, 2018
CON ARTIST COLLECTIVE & GALLERY, 119 LUDLOW ST., L.E.S,, NYC, NY 10002
HRS: MON-SAT 11am – 7pm
“JOIN US . . in celebrating 90 years of a cartoon icon with this unauthorized exhibition of artwork featuring the world’s most famous rodent. An open-call to the general public, this show will feature work from collective members like WIZARD SKULL, DEAN MILLIEN, JAUAD BENTAMA, SASHA LOV, and TERRI FROHMAN as well as newcomers making their Con Artists Collective debuts like JASON MALSTROM, EMMANUEL LAFLAMME, SHITHOUSE MOUSE, IKORA and . . more.” !!
~CON ARTIST COLLECTIVE
INFLATABLE MICKEY SUIT by WIZARD SKULL
image via CON ARTIST
ROY WADE -‘MICKEY MINAJ’
looks like colored pencil on paper, maybe 8 x 10 in.
ONLY: $150 & ORIGINAL !!!!!!
image via Instgram @roywade
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&: *check-out* *check-out* *check-out* !!!!
def, check out: WIZARD SKULL / WIZARD$KULL
def, check out: ROY WADE
~’UNAUTHORIZED’ MICKEY . . incl WIZARD SKULL & ROY WADE / CON ARTIST, L.E.S. / OPENS FRI NOV 16 |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 16th, 2018, 4:38pm
NIGO . . just posted this / re: MERCH PRICES
just in case you were wondering . . . ????!!!!!!
not too pricey / not too shabby, either.
just about right.
I mean, a bandana is just . . . $16 !!
image via Instagram @nigo
~NIGO . . just posted this |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 16th, 2018, 12:22pm
$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 !!
Vi Ser Pa Kunst is published at irregular intervals / online & offline.
For advertisements, contributions and inquiries, contact: viserpakunst(at)gmail.com
www.viserpakunst.com
supported by ARTS COUNCIL NORWAY
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~ANDREW GUENTHER . . GIFC, Agatha/Vi Ser Pa Kunst, NADA / NYC 2018 |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 14th, 2018, 11:37am
SEA SALTZ !!
‘ALONG A RIVER OF SAPPHIRE POOLS’ – MOUNTAIN, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
a selection of limited edition / dye sublimation printed / artist-designed beach towels.
curated by MICHAEL FLEMING of MOUNTAIN, and OLIVIA SWIDER of SELENA.
all of the towels – limited edition of 10 / $130 ea. – can be seen & purchased here:
SAPPHIRE POOLS, MOUNTAIN – SHOPIFY
this one, is a bit of an . . . in-joke !!!
it is also very much . . PHOTO-BASED !!!!
NICHOLAS CUEVA, ‘SALTZ’, 2017
limited edition of 10, beach towel.
($130)
photo via Sapphire Pools/MOUNTAIN
apart from the beauty of the fabulous distressed look . .
there’s something awesomely beautiful about an art ‘critic’ whose main pedantic theme is: naked, and in-your-face-private-parts – gone big !!
ad nauseam . . . !!
to now, be able to have many private parts, and bare bottoms – rubbed all over his face.
~NICHOLAS CUEVA . . ‘JERRY SALTZ’/ LIMITED EDITION BEACH TOWEL, ‘SAPPHIRE POOLS’ / MOUNTAIN |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 10th, 2017, 3:17pm
