~ANTONE KONST . . ‘CUTTINGS’ / MARIANNE BOESKY, NYC / OPENS THURS JAN 13

the opening – has been re-scheduled / from last week

ANTONE KONST – ‘CUTTINGS’
OPENS THURS JAN 13 / 5 – 8 PM
MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, 509 West 24 Street, Chelsea, NY 10011


ANTONE KONST, ‘Last Flowering’, 2021
Oil on Canvas / 78 x 60 in.
image via the artist & the gallery

I’m thinking . . .
Water & Wood . . . give life to Flowers
the title of the exhibit – ‘Cuttings’, and of course / the title of this specific painting, ‘Last Flowering’, . . could very well invoke – a Year of the Water Tiger . . mindset.
it’s . . . fierce !!
and, it’s . . complicated.
note: the primal vase, and, the little ‘tiger’ striped . . bees /
I’m thinking . . .
“Float like a butterfly, sting – like a bee.” (M. ALI) / the bee, being both ecologically essential, and potentially – dangerous.
btw: the Chinese color for – good luck / RED !!


ANTONE KONST, ‘Tiger Lilies’, 2021.
oil on canvas / 78 x 60 in.
note: the vase & the self-evident tiger-striped / flowering.
image via the artist & the gallery


ANTONE KONST, ‘Meadow’, 2021.
oil on canvas / 78 x 60 in.
image via Instagram @annntone

from the press release:

“The flower is a cosmic attractor, an ephemera, unstable body that allows one to perceive –
that is, to absorb – the world.”
~Emanuele Coccia

” . . . Composed from reference photographs taken by the artist over the last year combined with sources from popular culture and art history, Konst roots each bouquet of oversized blossoms in animated vessels. The result embodies a range of psychological states that shift throughout each composition’s many expressions.”

” . . . Konst, whose family has been growing cut flowers in the Netherlands for generations, created this body of work while reflecting on philosopher Emanuele Coccia’s idea that the form of the flower is a ‘laboratory of conjunction’, a space where disparate things – memories, emotions, motivations, temporalities, and aesthetics in this case – can co-exist.”
Antone Konst, (b. 1987) lives & works in Brooklyn.

see more images & the full text: ANTONE KONST – ‘Cuttings’ / gallery website


follow: ANTONE KONST on Instagram / @annntone

from the artloversnewyork archive:


ANTONE KONST, with friend JOHN ANGLES,
at the opening of Antone’s exhibit, ‘Love and Fear’, Tilton Gallery, NYC
SEPT 11, 2019
Archival Photo: NANCY SMITH

see: ANTONE KONST, ‘LOVE & FEAR’ / artloversnewyork




~YUSUKE HANAI . . ‘FACING THE CURRENT’ / POWERLONG MUSEUM, SHANGHAI

FACING REALITY . . LUCK or NO LUCK.
the BOAT’S on the water, and there’s no . . turning back.

YUSUKE HANAI . . ‘FACING THE CURRENT’
JAN 23 – FEB 22, 2022
POWERLONG MUSEUM, SHANGHAI

subtext:
WATER & WOOD / is a . . ‘wooden’ BOAT – in a HUGE, HUGE SEA. note:
he’s just one person / like a baby in the womb. like a baby, he knows not when, or where or how / just growing forward, no stops.
WATER & WOOD -> CARRYING THE ‘TIGER-SPIRITED MAN’) / WHO JUST MIGHT BE – THE MOST HUMBLE, but, BRAVEST ‘EVERYMAN’ WARRIOR / aka THE ESSENTIAL ‘SAMURAI STORY’ – VILLAGE ‘CLOWN’ ?
WITH . . . HIS COMPANION (DOG). (FILL IN YOUR OWN . . . . LINES.)

WATER & WOOD / LOOK TO BE .. OK. / but, the MAN, not – so much !!
RIDING – THE TIGER . . IS FIERCE.

check out: POWERLONG MUSEUM, SHANGHAI

check out: SMARTSHANGHAI / POWERLONG MUSEUM – for the ‘lowdown’ (!!)


follow: YUSUKE HANAI on Instagram / @hanaiyusuke




~NIGO . . nails the WATER TIGER . . !! / revised edit

although WOOD – is the main element associated with TIGER, it’s metaphysical ‘spine’,
according to the 60 year ‘element’ cycle – 2022 is more specifically broken down again, element-wise / to the Year of the . . WATER TIGER !!
that is WOOD – augmented by Water, as opposed to say, fire.
which means . . a much more mellow, nourishing tiger / as opposed to the fierce predatory one. the strength is still there, but it is ‘tempered’ towards providing protection, it’s a nuance. the focus is still on getting things down / but catching that prey, channels into – less emphasis on killing, and more emphasis on feeding.
water provides wood with growth / seeds to trees, flowers / and, then in turn – the fully grown, thriving, wood provides the wooden boat, that travels the water.

thinking on horoscopes, and the ‘power of a thought-pattern’ that can be derived / from a simple visual hand-drawn image / of a zodiac animal (!!) / leads one to understand – just how primal the human instinct for art, is.
it’s not just the science / it’s the . . magic.
yin yang / another great Chinese concept.

unlike Dr. HENRY LEWIS GATES / & his ‘Finding Your Roots’ /
which is fascinating, don’t get me wrong . . .
the artist in all of us knows, on some deep level: 100% of who you are – is not – just your . . DNA / unless there’s ‘bio-codes’ – in that DNA, for ‘otherworldly’.
it’s practically, or essentially ‘documented’ / that with every great scientific leap, there is a huge popular movement towards contacting the dead through spiritualist / mediums !!
it’s a dang strange universe – that’s for sure.

which brings us back to: the power of a dang good ‘creative’ / visual image !!

NIGO . . born 1970, an internationally famous Japanese fashion trend maker / bold graphic designer, and just a mighty, good all-around / pop culture icon / who is probably, if Wikipedia is your only source / widely known for founding Bape / A Bathing Ape, in the ‘creative’ world, he’s now more famous for creating – the current / hipster brand: HUMANMADE.
and, has nailed . . . the Water Tiger, just by giving it, a ‘wink’ . . . !!!!

this Water Tiger . . is not out to eat you – but, to GREET YOU !!!!


NIGO . . . ‘Water Tiger’ / note: the ‘wood’ housing.


NIGO . . . ‘Water Tiger’ / with HUMANMADE branding

images via Instagram @NIGO (official)


FOLLOW: NIGO on Instagram / @NIGO (Official)




~TAILI WU – YEAR of the TIGER !!

GREETINGS – MY DIVERSE, ZODIAC TRIBES !!
THE YEAR of the WATER / TIGER 2022 . . IS ABOUT TO BE UPON US / FEB 1st.

bye the way: malleable ‘clay’, and fluid ‘water’ – are not that far apart.
and, work well / to produce utilitarian vessels, (pottery) (poetry) . . . together.

& . . . SO:

EVERY BIT OF INDIGENOUS / COSMIC INFORMATION – IS LIKE A DROP OF WATER . .
TO A THIRSTY BIO / EARTH-ROOTED HUMAN BEING, LOOKING FOR . . ‘hints’ to UNDERSTANDING / and DE-CODING . . what’s in the future, and how best to cope, or be inspired by the dynamics of all those human characters – we will encounter,
and, perhaps . . even, birth !!

perhaps more than half the world !!, have found the Chinese Zodiac, is . . especially helpful / with regards to determining a MIND-SET, A PATH OUTWARD, and a PATH INWARD,
and . . so on, & so:
with regards to the incoming ‘YEAR of the WATER TIGER’ . . .
the GREAT STRENGTH TO GO FORWARD / has it’s more usual impulsive fierceness / tempered to a fluid muscular forcefulness, that is muscle, skills – tempered with some caution, fierceness tempered with fluid water motion . . which is a good thing.
think: poet / scholar / knight / explorer.

apparently, with just a personal skimming glance at the internet / while trying to get a handle on “what is a water tiger” ?!!
I found out, surprise, NOT !!
there is a NEW MOON in CAPRICORN / and a LOT OF . . . AIRES in the SKY !!
which must explain this sudden burst of not only astrology baiting, but my even wanting to resume writing,
as I am . . . a hardcore ARIES.
which accounts for my childlike soul, but seriously . . do not under estimate me !!
nor – talk down to me.
I come out of wood-burning sparks of fire — way, way alive / with both fists in the air !!

& . . . SO: / & . . . SEW:

AFTER, A DEEP, DEEP INTROSPECTIVE REST . . . / THANKS TO . . . TAILI WU / on the IG
I GOT THE ‘HEADS UP’ – WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER /
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR of 2022 – – –
the . . YEAR of the WATER TIGER !!
ALL THINGS FLUID, FAST, BRAVE, and STRONG !! ARE GOOD – TO GO !!

“In the face of setbacks, resistance, or failure, tigers make prompt decisions,
and are willing to re-start from scratch – until they succeed.”
though ‘caution’ and ‘luck’ are also words that bubble up through the collective hive / perhaps as chorus / to the tiger’s streak of rebellion and impulsiveness.
there seems to be a lot of back & forth on that. just as water is so necessary for life, it can be a force of destruction. best to well-consider the choices, take heed.
~Internet
(do I personally have a lot of faith in that ? I don’t know / just take care, and look both ways – on that motorcycle !!)
(world: please, get where – you need to go. without violence.)
(and, with a little bit of – family love, and perhaps accompanied by a heavenly soundtrack, the better to dream, & think, by.)

& P.S.

I guess you might also be very lucky – if you know of someone, about to be born . .
as, a baby in the womb / is often evoked to help in one’s understanding of the powerful, yet fluid life force . . of the ‘Water Tiger’ / tempered, & nourished by it’s watery attributes.


SCREEN GRAB: ‘TIGER GREETING’ . . . A CLAY-BASED / STOP ANIMATION WITH ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
BY: TAILI WU / via INSTAGRAM @tailiwu


YES !!
YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THE ENCHANTING ANIMATION,
& THE WAY, WAY !! HEAVENLY . . . SOUND TRACK !!!!
CLICK HERE: TAILI WU – ‘TIGER GREETING’ / VIDEO & SOUND TRACK / Instagram @taliwu

TAILI WU . . .
is a stop-motion artist, illustrator, and ‘animal detective’ – based in NY.
She currently teaches at SVA / School of Visual Arts, NYC.


follow her: on Instagram / @tailiwu

see: TAILI WU / MONSTER SHAPER.COM / ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE

from the . . artloversnewyork archive:

I first encountered the delightful work . . of illustrator TAILI WU,
when her most ‘fresh’ illustrations were featured on . . 2 GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPES /
for YEAR of THE OX / 2021.
(last year !!)


TAILU WU, ‘Cow Girl’ – YEAR of the OX, 2021
image via GRUMPY BERT / YEAR of the OX


TAILI WU, ‘Rain or Shine’ – YEAR of the OX, 2021
image via GRUMPY BERT / YEAR of the OX




~LORNA BAUER / ‘Air Is Where Effort Goes’ / GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT / TORONTO / up thru DEC 23 !!

LAST WEEKEND – TO CATCH THIS SPECTACULAR EXHIBIT !! !!

IN THE NUANCE of SUBTLE GLASS / COLOR SHIFTING & FLUID SHAPES . . WE FIND BEAUTY.
WITHIN THE LARGE & EMPTY / HAND-BLOWN GLASS STORAGE CONTAINERS /
WE COULD ALSO FIND / A WORLD ALERT: WE ARE NOT . . water desert ‘DUNE’ – YET !!
BUT, for how long ?

If !! IF !! YOU ARE IN TORONTO – DON’T BLINK !!
& . . . EVERYBODY ELSE ?!!
THIS MAKES ME WANT TO WISH YOU:
HAPPY – DIGITAL !!! – NEW YEAR !! & . . . MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

LORNA BAUER – ‘Air Is Where Effort Goes’
up thru . . DEC 23, 2021
GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT / in their new Toronto location
1444 Dupont St., Unit 10, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

AN EXHIBIT: STRONG IN THOUGHT, PROCESS, SKILLS, & CARRY-THRU . . .
ARDENT and DYNAMIC . . . full of PHILOSOPHY, or is it CONTEMPLATION ?
WORLD-BIO ENVIRONMENT-CARING / WITH A CURIOUS, HANDS-ON TECHNICALITY, & ABOVE ALL . .
A STOIC, SILENT . . . DYNAMIC !!

THERE BEFALLS – TO THE SPECTATOR – of this parade / MANY THOUGHTS
SPRUNG FROM SEEMINGLY A SIMPLE UTILITARIAN SOURCE.

THE INCREDIBLE VISUAL ‘ATTRACTION’ . . . of LORNA’S WORK /
the re-imagined fluid shapes, the subtle play of shifting / transparent colors of glass,
the fragile versus the strength, the implied uses & volumes /
that always, always – sets my imagination soaring !!!

Spectacular . . . ???
for SURE !!!
just in the . . boldness of the thought, the array / and the craft.
in the oversize vessels themselves, marching straightforward – through the space.
unadorned & free-standing, bubbles of human breath / encased in wrought iron. sending up thought-patterns for all who witness – their silent, immobile . . march.
one-of-a kind vessels – that are shapes, and containers.
an eco-army, of the . . . future ?


def, CHECK OUT: INFO & PHOTOS / LORNA BAUER – ‘Air is Where Effort Goes’ / GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT WEBSITE


INSTALLATION SHOT

note: ALL PHOTOS – ARE COURTESY of THE ARTIST VIA INSTAGRAM / LORNA BAUER / @lornabauer
PHOTOGRAPHER: JIMMY LIMIT


Hand-blown glass in metal wire ‘Trash cans’ – to mold / all the works, which are in fact / large scale, free-standing sculptures – were completed with the help of a . . technical ‘team’.

PHOTOS: JIMMY LIMIT / C?O LORNA BAUER


check out: LORNA BAUER INSTAGRAM @lornabauer

and, from . . . the – artloversnewyork archive:


LORNA BAUER, (re-fillable bottle), mold, and hand-blown glass, 2018.
I have never met the Montreal-based artist in person / but I’ve been fascinated, and intrigued by her work, ever since I first saw photos of it, in the small group show, ‘MAY WEST’ at the very, very Indie gallery, VICKI / in upstate Newburgh, run at that time . . by DANIEL GIORDANO & SAMUEL BOEHM.


LORNA BAUER, ‘Sitio Bottle’, 2018.
mold, and hand-blown glass / 24 x 9 x 4.5 in.

note: these archival photos: c/o VICKI

see: ‘LORNA BAUER – GLASS WORKS – ‘MAY WEST’ – VICKI PROJECTS / artloversnewyork – MAY 14, 2019.




~JON COWAN, AMY ROSS, OH CLAY / ‘MAGIC MUSHROOMS’ / CLOSING PARTY & LAWRENCE MILLMAN BOOK SIGNING / DRIVE-BY PROJECTS / WATERTOWN, MA / SAT DEC 18

SAT DEC 18, 2021 / 3 – 5 PM

CLOSING PARTY for:
‘MAGIC MUSHROOMS’ / JON COWAN – PAINTINGS / AMY ROSS – CYANOTYPES / OH Clay – CERAMICS (Kathleen O’Hara)

WITH . . A BOOK SIGNING & TALK by: LAWRENCE MILLMAN – author of ‘FUNGIPEDIA: A BRIEF COMPENDIUM of MUSHROOM LORE’

DRIVE-BY PROJECTS & GALLERY, 81 SPRING ST., WATERTOWN, MA / MASSACHUSETS

READ MORE & SEE IMAGES: MAGIC MUSHROOMS – Drive-By PROJECTS
~”2021 . . . could be called ‘the Year of the Mushroom’ / here in the Northeast, as our wet spring & summer produced an unusually prolific bloom of native mushrooms. . . ”


IMAGE VIA DRIVE-BY PROJECTS
left: JON COWAN / center: OH Clay / right: AMY ROSS


LAWRENCE MILLMAN, ‘FUNGIPEDIA: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore’
Publisher: Princeton University Press, First Edition Oct 29, 2019


DEFINITE, CHECK OUT: LAWRENCE MILLMAN, author, explorer, ecologist . . .




~EMMY THELANDER, KATHRYN HAMILTON / ’21 C LIEDERABEND OP. SENSES’ / NATIONAL SAWDUST / BROOKLYN . . DEC 15 & 16

’21C LIEDERABEND OP. SENSES’ . . . LIVE !!

2 PERFORMANCES – ONLY !!

COME EXPERIENCE: 2 INTERACTIVE EVENINGS OF ART & SONG /
INCLUDING – TACTILE OBJECTS – IN THE FORM of a HAND-MADE BOOK !!! !!!

ARTWORK, PERFORMANCE & . . WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL / FESTIVE . . LIVE / SONGS !! CONTEMPORARY MUSIC !!!!!!!!! – ART !!!!! / SONGS & . . . DIY BOOKS !!
PEOPLE, COME ON !!!!!!! – HEAD TO – BROOKLYN !! / TO-NITE & TOMORROW !!

THIS – WED & THURS / DEC 15th & 16th, 2021
LIVE AT – NATIONAL SAWDUST
80 N 6th ST., BROOKLYN, NY
GENERAL ADMISSION: $83.00
STARTS at 7:30 PM

PURCHASE TICKETS: NATIONAL SAWDUST / AUDIENCE


see: NATIONAL SAWDUST: ABOUT

see: @nationalsawdust on IG

note: PAOLA PRESTINI, composer / is the National Sawdust co-founder & Artistic Director.

’21C LIEDERABEND OP. SENSES’ . . . FEATURES THE MUSIC of:
PAOLA PRESTINI, JUHI BANSAL, GABRIELA LENA FRANK, MOLLY JOYCE, MARY KOUYOUMDJIAN, MISSY MAZZOLI, ANGELICA NEGRON, EMMA O’HALLORAN, ELLEN REID, SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER, DU YUN, & BETH MORRIS PROJECTS.

CURATED & DIRECTED BY: PAOLA PRESTINI & BETH MORRISON

note: DIFFERENT PROGRAM – EACH NIGHT & EACH NIGHT
FEATURES – A SENSORY OBJECT – DESIGNED BY: KATHRYN HAMILTON !!


EMMY THELANDER – ‘DISCO BALL’, 2021
image via Instagram Story / @emmerslol / EMMY THELANDER

for the show,
EMMY THELANDER . . .

created a “pop-up gothic disco ball . . with imagery from an egg tempera painting I made last year.” , and, which is part of the KATHRYN HAMILTON – TACTILE / VISUAL PRESENTATION.

KATHRYN HAMILTON . . . presents a hand-made book for each audience member / ‘with special artifacts’ – ‘that correspond with each musical piece, expanding your experience of the musica – beyond the usual sight & sound.’

KATHRYN HAMILTON / HAND-MADE BOOK for NATIONAL SAWDUST /
’21C LIEDERABEND OP. SENSES’
2 images via Instagram @nationalsawdust


see: EMMY THELANDER on Instagram @emmerslol


see: KATHRYN HAMILTON on Instagram @sistersylvester




~JON COWAN / ‘RADIANT VOID’ . . .

one more . . .
because, what a way – to head into the New Year /
especially this New Year – – which seems particularly fraught, uncertain, and complex.
where a lot of the pressing issues – circle around crises of lingering human bio threat – and, increasingly disruptive, future negative / environmental concerns.


JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void’, 2021
oil and acrylic on linen mounted to on panel.
12 x 9 in.
note: small scale – but, large ‘radiant’ visual – impact.
image via Instagram @good_naked

a tempest in a teapot /
a brief tiny poem – within a slice of sea, a sky, a lake, a landscape . . . of particular beauty /
yet with a cold, odd ambience. and no people.
enveloped by a fan-like measurement ‘chart’ instead of a sky.
potentially ‘coding’ the complete range & scale of the . . EVOLVING ‘FATE’ OF biodiversity / a red leaning color chart / red signifies danger, pink is loving / unfolding above and around the foam, and froth of a living, breathing, plant-filled earth / with earth being subject, to our future-looking ‘choices’, and many other factors / many beyond our control.
where, there’s still room for beauty & hope, but with a sense of dread or entropy / a silent threat, a foreshadow, of impeding trouble / over our natural planet, as we know it.
or . . knew it ?

JON COWAN – ‘RADIANT VOID’ – OPENS TO-NITE !! / FRI DEC 10 / 6 – 8 PM
GOOD NAKED GALLERY / IN THE BROOKLYN-BASED GALLERY – NEW LOWER MANHATTAN / POP-UP SPACE:
72 ALLEN ST, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC 10002
HRS: OPEN EVERY DAY / 10 – 6 PM




~ JON COWAN / ‘RADIANT VOID’ / GOOD NAKED GALLERY / L.E.S. NYC / OPENS FRI DEC 10

A ‘RADIANT VOID’ – IN WHICH ART MOVES THROUGH TIME, SPACE, & SOCIAL ERA /
and, still comes up . . . –> RADIANT !!!!

JON COWAN – ‘RADIANT VOID’ – NEW WORK
OPENS FRI DEC 10, 6 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . JAN 16, 2022
GOOD NAKED GALLERY, 72 ALLEN ST., L.E.S., NYC
HRS: OPEN EVERYDAY 10 – 6 PM

GOOD NAKED – IS THE CURATORIAL / EXHIBITION PROJECT OF ARTIST: JACQUELINE CEDAR


JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void in a Gray Rainbow’, 2021
oil, acrylic, and vinyl on linen mounted on panel
6 in. diameter
Image courtesy: JACQUELINE CEDAR


JON COWAN, ‘A GATEWAY APPEARING in the SKY’, 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas mounted on panel10 x 8 in.
Image courtesy: JACQUELINE CEDAR


JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void’, 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas mounted to panel
12 x 9 in.
Image courtesy: JACQUELINE CEDAR /
and, the show’s – namesake inspo !!


have you been checking out those dimensions ?
installation shot / ‘Ragiant Void’ – GOOD NAKED GALLERY
Image via Instagram @good_naked


CHECK OUT: GOOD NAKED on Instagram / @good_naked


CHECK OUT: JON COWAN on Instagram / @joncowan

note:
JON COWAN . . . b. 1982 / Temple, Texas
attended The University of Texas at San Antonia where they
earned a BFA in 2006. Cowan currently lives & works in Brookline, MA. / MASSACHUSETTS




~JON COWAN / ‘RADIANT VOID’ / ELIZABETH MOORE GALLERY, HUDSON NY

A ‘RADIANT VOID’ . . IN 2 PARTS / FIRST CAME . . . HUDSON, NY
ELIZABETH MOORE FINE ART, WHICH OPENED – FRI DEC 3rd
& THEN, COMES THE LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
GOOD NAKED GALLERY – OPENING FRI DEC 10th
BOTH RUN THRU . . . JAN 16, 2022.

JON COWAN – ‘RADIANT VOID’ – NEW WORK
DEC 3 – JAN 16, 2022
ELIZABETH MOORE FINE ART, 105 WARREN ST., HUDSON, NY
HRS: THURS-SAT: 11-6 PM / SUN: 12-5 PM / MON: BY APPOINTMENT

see: JON COWAN – ELIZABETH MOORE


JON COWAN . . .
oil & acrylic on canvas / 20 x 16 in.
image via ELIZABETH MOORE FINE ART


JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void / Hollow Stump’, 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas.
16 x 20 in.
image via Elizabeth Moore Fine Art


JON COWAN, ‘Radiant Void’, (dandelion), 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas.
24 x 20 in.
image via Elizabeth Moore Fine Art


CHECK OUT: ELIZABETH MOORE FINE ART / Instagram @emoorefineart


CHECK OUT: JON COWAN / Instagram @joncowan

note:
JON COWAN . . . b. 1982 / Temple, Texas
attended The University of Texas at San Antonio where they earned a BFA in 2006. Cowan currently lives & works in Brookline, MA. / MASSACHUSETTS