if you are in NEW YORK:
NORA BROWN and STEPHANIE COLEMAN
will be playing a show at . . BARBES BROOKLYN
SUN MAY 15 / 6 – 7:30 PM
BARBES, 376 9Th Street, Brooklyn, NY
check out: NORA BROWN on Instagram @little.nb
check out: STEPHANIE COLEMAN on Instagram @stephiecoleman
~NORA BROWN & STEPHANIE COLEMAN / BARBES / SUN MAY 15 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 13th, 2022, 9:10am
if you happen to be in DETROIT . . . !!
‘THE GOOD DAY(S)’ – ARE HERE . . . !!
JEFFREY TRANCHELL . . INVITES YOU TO A:
COMMUNITY PLANTING, COOK OUT, & CLEAN-UP
including . .
a SCULPTURE GARDEN VEILING / featuring works by:
Maya Davis, Kayla Powers, Dmitri Hertz, Orlando Estrada, & Graem Whyte . . !!
& a Sunday Sermon by young Raphielle with . . JONNY CAMPOLO . . !!
FOOD by: CHEF BECKY
SAT & SUN / MAY 14 & 15, 2022 / noon – 5 PM
MAcCay, DETROIT 12333
check out: JEFFREY TRANCHELL on Instagram @jeffreytranchell
~JEFFREY TRANCHELL .. THE GOOD DAY(S) / DETROIT / SAT & SUN . . MAY 14 & 15 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 10th, 2022, 9:50am
HEADS UP !!!
COMIC LOVERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
ADRIAN TOMINE, original ‘prep’ drawing for his now iconic . . ‘covid’ cover /
THE NEW YORKER / DEC 7, 2020.
image via ADRIAN TOMINE Instagram @adriantomine
ADRIAN TOMINE: “I donated this drawing to a fundraising auction for PS 321 in Brooklyn.
It’s the original preparatory sketch for the cover of the December 7, 2020 issue /
THE NEW YORKER magazine.”
BIDDING . . . STARTS: MON MAY 9, 2020 at 9am EDT.
see: go to link in his IG bio
for details @adriantomine
ADRIAN TOMINE, THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE / COVER – DEC 7, 2020
image via ADRIAN TOMINE – IG @adriantomine
check out: ADRIAN TOMINE on Instagram @adriantomine
FROM THE ARTLOVERS – ARCHIVE:
ADRIAN TOMINE, DRAWN & QUARTERLY . . . BOOK-SIGNING TABLE (!!),
BROOKLYN COMICS & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL, BROOKLYN, NY. – DEC 3, 2011
or . . about 10 years ago. (!!)
ARCHIVAL PHOTO & COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
ADRAIN TOMINE, ‘SLEEP WALK and other Stories’,
one of the early ‘graphic novels’ – he was signing.
Publisher: DRAWN and QUARTERLY, BROOKLYN COMIC & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL, DEC 3, 2011
ARCHIVAL PHOTO & COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
see: DRAWN & QUARTERLY /
PUBLISHING HQ – MONTREAL, QUEBEC
check out: DRAWN & QUARTERLY on Instagram @drawnandquarterly
~ADRIAN TOMINE . . ICONIC COVID / NEW YORKER MAG COVER – ORIGINAL STUDY / BIDDING STARTS TODAY – MON MAY 9 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 9th, 2022, 8:44am
seeing – is !! believing !!
JENNIFER J. LEE . . on view at the KLAUS von NICHTSSAGEND Booth / INDEPENDENT ART FAIR NY
Spring Studios, TRIBECA NY
thru . . SUNDAY MAY 8, 2022
JENNIFER J lEE, ‘Untitled (Plaid Skirt’), 2022
oil on jute (!!)
13 x 9 in. (!!)
image via Instagram @jenny_j_lee
check out: JENNIFER J. LEE on Instagram @jenny_j_lee
check out: KLAUS von NICHTSSAGEND on Instagram @klausgallery
check out: INDEPENDENT ART FAIR on Instagram @independent_hq
~JENNIFER J. LEE . . PLAID SKIRT / KLAUS von NICHTSSAGEND GALLERY, NY / INDEPENDENT | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 7th, 2022, 8:44am
the LANDING, LOS ANGELES . .
presents new work by MASAMITSU SHIGETA as part of a group show presentation
at NADA NY 2022
thru . . SUNDAY MAY 8
MASAMITSU SHIGETA, ‘Outdoor Dining and Tree’, 2022
oil on canvas with wooden frame
61 x 47 in.
image via Instagram @newartdealers
check out: MASAMITSU SHIGETA on Instagram @nymasapaint
check out: the Landing Gallery, LA on Instagram @thelandinggallery
check out: NADA / NEW ART DEALERS ALLIANCE on Instagram @newartdealers
~MASAMITSU SHIGETA . . ‘Outdoor Dining and Tree’ / The LANDING. LA / NADA | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 7th, 2022, 8:30am
P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION . . . / A PATRICK MOHUNDRO – POP-UP CURATORIAL PROJECT
presents – among many other low-fi gems . . .
JOHN MILLER, ‘Negative Landscape’ – a limited edition of 25 snow globes . . !!
at the P.A.D. / NADA art fair exhibition, titled: ‘Liber, Liber’
Booth P6 – Pier 36
NADA, Basketball City, NY
thru . . SUNDAY MAY 8, 2022
JOHN MILLER, ‘Negative Landscape’, edition of 25, P.A.D.
image via Instagram @project_art_distribution
watch: the snow fall, here . . !!
check out: P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION on Instagram @project_art_distribution
check out: JOHN MILLER on Instagram @the_middle_of_the_day
check out: NADA / NEW ART DEALERS ALLIANCE on Instagram @newartdealers
~JOHN MILLER . . SNOW GLOBE / P.A.D. / PROJECT ART DISTRIBUTION, NY / NADA | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 7th, 2022, 8:20am
CONGRATS !!
TO JOE BRADLEY . . for the great, rave review – his recent show at PETZEL,
scored in the NEW YORK TIMES:
“at 46, the well-known painter changes direction, emphasizing intuition over concept to make the most riveting paintings of his career.”
~ROBERTA SMITH, NYT
see: ‘JOE BRADLEY BEGINS AGAIN’, NEW YORK TIMES, APRIL 14, 2022
JOE BRADLEY, installation shot via PETZEL GALLERY
the show being reviewed – last month’s:
JOE BRADLEY, ‘Bhoga Marga’, March 3 – April 30, 2022 at PETZEL, 456 W 18th St.
see: JOE BRADLEY, ‘Bhoga Marga’ – PETZEL WEBSITE
I’ve been following JOE, since early 2000.
JOE BRADLEY, with his art band, Cheeseburger / downtown NYC, JULY 24, 2003.
from left: JOE BRADLEY, LUKE CROTTY, & CHRISTY KARACAS.
ARCHIVAL PHOTO & COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
I was the first to write up his debut early shows – at CANADA,
including my fav, ‘Shmagoo Paintings’, at Canada / which ran Oct 25 – Dec 3, 2008,
and, which features prominently – in that recent NYT article.
“The best of these bare minimum works was a series of enormous raw canvases that boasted a single motif outlined in black oil crayon.
While monumental, they had the intimacy of doodles, and were drawn all at once without adjustments,
which was impressive.”
~ROBERT SMITH / NYT APRIL, 14, 2022
here’s some flashback photos from that opening:
JOE BRADLEY, ‘Shmagoo Paintings’, Sat Oct 25 – Dec 3, 2008 / CANADA, CHINATOWN NYC
the invite CARD . . . !!!!!
printed on hardstock, (4 x 5 in.) the exhibit details, were on the reverse.
JOE BRADLEY, and DASH SNOW (!!) – at the opening . . . !!!
‘Shmagoo Paintings’, CANADA, SAT OCT 25, 2008
Archival photo & copyright: NANCY SMITH
JOE BRADLEY, ‘On the Cross’, 2008.
Grease pencil on raw canvas.
Archival photo & copyright: NANCY SMITH
JOE BRADLEY, ‘Superman’, 2008.
Grease pencil on raw canvas.
Archival photo & copyright: NANCY SMITH
JOE BRADLEY, ‘Manmade Dirigible’, 2008.
Grease pencil on raw canvas.
Archival photo & copyright: NANCY SMITH
note: these are all 35mm format photos.
check out: the original post . . ‘JOE BRADLEY at CANADA, OCT 25, 2008’ / artloversnewyork
check out: Mr. Magoo . . !!
an animated & very beloved children’s media figure, created in 1949, by MILLARD KAUFMAN,
Mr. Magoo, “was an elderly, wealthy, short statured retiree who gets into a series of comical
situations as a result of his short-sightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem.”
~JOE BRADLEY . . . THEN & NOW !! | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 3rd, 2022, 8:07am
CASLON BEVINGTON: ‘DUPING FALSE LANDSCAPES’ . . .
CURATED BY DANA NOTINE
‘DUPING FALSE LANDSCAPES’ . . “Presents the artist’s most recent inquiries into the space between digital and the natural, the artificial and the physical , all while questioning the role and existence of painting in a post-internet landscape.”
~KI SMITH Gallery Press Release
APRIL 1 – 24, 2022 / at the 311 E. 3rd St., Lower East Side, NY 10009 location / now down
-&-
APRIL 1 – MAY 8, 2022 / at the 197 E. 4th St., Lower East Side, NY 10009 location / is still running !!
KI SMITH GALLERY
note: 197 E. 4th St. .. HRS: WED-SUN / 12:30 – 6:30 PM
& by app’t.
see: CASLON BEVINGTON text & install photos – KI SMITH GALLERY
CASLON BEVINGTON, ‘ERROR II’, 2022.
acrylic on panel, wooden frame / 16 x 20 in.
image via KI SMITH GALLERY
KI SMITH GALLERY, a recent start-up – now has 2 locations, about a block apart.
KI (pronounced KEY), a very likable, yet ambitious young dealer – grew up in the East Village, so his roots go deep. The E. 4th St. location seems to be the main gallery base, while the more recent E. 3rd St. branch seems to be more of a project, or event / meeting space.
I was lucky enough – to catch Caslon’s showing / at the E. 4th St. closing party / celebration,
last weekend, Sat April 23rd, 2022.
note: the main co-exhibit on 4th St. – runs on thru . . next weekend / SUN MAY 8, 2022.
from left:
CASLON BEVINGTON, KI SMITH, and DANA NOTINE,
KI SMITH GALLERY, 3rd St. Location, SAT APRIL 23, 2022.
CASLON BEVINGTON, ‘Sunstorm (Expanded)’, 2022
acrylic on canvas / 39 x 49 in.
($8,100)
CASLON BEVINGTON: (b. 1992), is a multimedia artist, living & working in NYC / whose work “aims at
visualizing the slippery relationship between physical & non-physical materiality.”
(gallery)
DANA NOTINE: (b. 1993), the curator of the show, and Ki Smith gallery admin associate / is an independent curator based in Brooklyn. “Her scholarship focuses on art’s relationship to the internet.”
(gallery)
which makes sense to me – on a greater personal level . . .
Dana and I having just recently connected, through her Master’s Thesis (MFA HUNTER, NYC) & ongoing interest . . in & regarding the JOSH HARRIS / ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’, bio-documentary, 2009 / directed by ONDIE TIMONER.
the very wild, underground / art-driven . . . and, yet intensely prophetic film, won the Sundance 2009, Grand Jury Documentary award.
in fact, my first impression of this 3rd St., storefront . . ‘art viewing / social space’ was that it reminded me of ‘Quiet’ / the multi-million dollar week-long New Years Eve 2000 art party, which Josh threw to welcome in the new millennial century – and, which was to be the ‘mother’ of the ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ film / where art & social hosting (!!) meet on the floors of 2 empty warehouse buildings in downtown Tribeca / more than 20 years ago (!!) to great effect, and, where – as here . . . ‘futurist’ architecture – played a big big role / in setting the tone.
KIYOMI QUINN TAYLOR, a textile/painter . . who shows with the gallery.
more CASLON BEVINGTON paintings – along the back wall.
“BEVINGTON’S subjects are sourced from digitally produced images often taken on cell phones or now antiquated digital cameras. The images, archived and unintentionally aged, are printed, transferred, corroded, copied over time; resulting in semi-abstract paintings which pose metaphysica inquiries of reality, memory, and perception.”
(gallery, and written in fact by Dana.)
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / unless otherwise noted
check out: KI SMITH Gallery on Instagram @kismithgalery
check out: CASLON BEVINGTON on Instagram @cas10n
check out: DANA NOTINE on Instagram @dananotine
check out: KIYOMI QUINN TAYLOR on Instagram @kiyomitay
~CASLON BEVINGTON . . ‘DUPING FALSE LANDSCAPES’ / CURATED by DANA NOTINE / KI SMITH GALLERY / up thru MAY 8 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 30th, 2022, 1:22pm
now, that’s . . a gritty – slice of life.
if I ever – did see one.
TREVOR KING, ‘PROJECTIONS’
OPENING FRI APRIL 29 / 5 – 8 PM
RUNNING . . . APRIL 29 – JUNE 5, 2022
OUTDOOR EXHIBITION SPACE
ART LOT BROOKLYN, 206 COLOMBIA ST., BROOKLYN, NY
TREVOR KING, ‘PROJECTIONS’ . .
image via Instagram @artlotbrooklyn
PHOTO BY: MEKKO HARJO
check out: ART LOT BROOKLYN on Instagram @artlotbrooklyn
check out: TREVOR KING on Instagram @trevorkingartworks
check out: MEKKO HARJO on Instagram @mekkoh
~TREVOR KING . . ‘PROJECTIONS’ / ART LOT BROOKLYN / FRI APRIL 29 . . 5 -8 PM | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 29th, 2022, 11:08am
SOMETIMES . . .
THINGS ARE VERY FLEETING . . . !!
THE LAST EVER . . . BROCKLEY GARDENS SHOW: JAKE SHORE . . . !!
MON APRIL 25, 2022 / 6 – 8:30 PM
“ONE NIGHT ONLY & THEN WE’RE GONE”
“WE ARE KIND OF A GALLERY SPACE LOCATED – IN A SMALL GARAGE in BROCKLEY, SOUTH LONDON.”
see: BROCKLEY GARDENS
image via Instagram @idiot1000
Photo by: KYLE DANIELS
check out: BROCKLEY GARDENS on Instagram @broccoli_jardinage
check out: JAKE SHORE’ / ‘I LOVE LIFE’ . . on Instagram @idiot1000
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def, check out: JAKE SHORE – tumblr
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JAKE SHORE, ‘untitled’, 2020.
plastic sheeting stretched on wood frame
solo show / SPIDER GALLEEY, WICHITA, KANSAS, OCT 2020
image via JAKE SHORE – tumblr
WE JUST MET – and, YOU’RE GONE ?!!
too sad !!!!
and hey . . that doesn’t sound very . . . broccoli, unless it’s just / time – to go.
plants grow, bloom and – then . . you eat them.
the meaning of life . . . in a green stalk – nutshell ?
~JAKE SHORE . . ‘THE LAST SHOW / THE LAST NIGHT’ / BROCKLEY GARDENS, LONDON / MON APRIL 25 | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 24th, 2022, 12:00pm
