P.A.D. x D.o.R / SIDEWALK POP-UP, SOHO, NYC / SAT AUG 21, 2021
11-7 PM / in front of the Donald Judd Foundation / SPRING & MERCER.
the art world moves on, with the ‘fluidity of water’, and no blue chip paddle – can stop it.
SO,
EVERY-BODY / ROCK THAT BODY . . !!!
ROCK – YOUR BODY !!
with . . HEAD / BRAIN GAMES !!
small local gestures, on-point souvenirs, info graphix / & big global thoughts.
TIME – TO BE: TIMELY !!!
see: PATRICK MOHUNDRO & ‘BELONGING TO P.A.D. (Project Art Distribution)’ / ART SPIEL / SOPHIA MA, March 12, 2021
D.o.R. / DEPARTMENT of REFLECTION . . .
seems to be a diverse, evolving artist collaborative based in Miami, Florida.
driven by a passionate ‘awareness’ consciousness / they ironically use great ‘info’ graphics.
see: D.o.R / Department of Reflection website / & hit up all the pages
esp: their about page
image via D.o.R website
some advance images via the P.A.D IG:
‘GOLDEN FLYING FISH’ by SEBASTIAN DUNCAN-PORTUONDO / D.o.R.
SEBASTIAN DUNCAN-PORTUONDO / D.o.R.
SEBASTIAN DUNCAN-PORTUONDO / D.o.R.
NINA SARNELLE / D.o.R
a small ‘momento’ of Santa Monica Beach aka ‘Silicone Beach’, with remnants of microchips, hard-drives & dvds.
NINA SARNELLE / D.O.R.
NINA SARNELLE / D.o.R.
‘Little Birches’ – hanging car air fresheners – by misael soto / D.o.R.
image via IG / @misaelsoto
misael soto / D.o.R
an editioned series of hanging sculptures – for your vehicle.
made to be hung from the rear view mirror / the air suppressors are made of asphalt tar.
image via IG / misaelsoto
‘Git ahead’ – ANGEL GARCIA / D.o.R.
‘Git Ahead’ – ANGEL GARCIA / D.o.R.
‘Git Ahead’ – ANGEL GARCIA / D.o.R.
JAN WEINGARTEN / D.o.R.
JAN WEINGARTEN / D.o.R.
ANGEL GARCIA & misael soto / D.o.R.
“come collaborate with ANGEL GARCIA & misael soto – to determine which hand will touch misael’s body, next.”
misael soto – is the founder of D.o.R. / Department of Reflection.
born in Puerto Rico in 1986 / now based in Miami, misael received their MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in 2018.
EVERY-BODY !!
ROCK THAT BODY – NOW !!!!!!!!
ALL IMAGES: VIA INSTAGRAM @project_art-distribution / unless otherwise noted
~P.A.D. x D.o.R. / SIDEWALK POP-UP / SOHO / SAT AUG 21, 11-7 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 20th, 2021, 10:49am
just in case you didn’t realize how bad / & just how fast, bad things – were getting /
one word: Afghanistan
I’m so not into brutality – in the name of religion, or . . . gov’t.
ROCK YOUR BODY – DON’T DESTROY / IT.
SAFEGUARD – YOUR BODY.
NOTHING / COULD BE – MORE, TIMELY.
btw: have you noticed ?
we are so no longer in the era of . . . JACKSON POLLOCK or ROTHKO.
everything is coming up: narrative, figurative and, totally bio-based / even down to the veggies.
dugudagii – ‘worried’, posted on Instagram – Aug 17, 2021
image via Instagram @dugudagii
dugudagii . . born in 1977 / Tokyo
“started self-taught painting & graphic production in 2000. (that would put him in his 20s)
Started creating three-dimensional objects using resin in 2009.
His works are mainly composed of transparent shapes in which plants – are encapsulated.”
~Gallery Target / Tokyo, Japan
~dugudagii / ‘Worried’ / Tokyo, Japan |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 18th, 2021, 5:18pm
hitting all the right – ANXIETIES !!
‘TIMELY’ . . . a big, ambitious, somewhat themed, diverse group gathering / debut show for this gallery,
curated by the gallery’s founder / director: TESSA KRIEG
runs thru . . . SEPT 6, 2021.
11 NEWEL, 11 NEWEL ST., GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11222.
HRS: SUN-MON / 11-4 PM
WHAT’S A HUMAN BODY – IF NOT, A MEASUREMENT OF TIME ?
SO,
EVERY-BODY !!
ROCK YOUR BODY !! NOW !!
GALLERIST / CURATOR . . TESSA KRIEG.
works by DAN BAINBRIDGE behind her / artist IRENA JUREK, to the right.
TESSA invokes her show, with a poem of her own making / loosely blocking out – a series of ‘timely’ scenarios.
I’m taking these lines – as my guide:
“Read the clock Read the signs” /
“Cosmic simplicity bracketed into good and evil” /
“Running out of time” /
“Quantum extinguishment”.
a word about the space. it’s quite nice, I knew a few people in the room who who would die for a ground floor space like this. it’s deceptively large, and runs more narrow than wide, which actually suits exhibitions of art, while casting an intimate spell.
looking back on the evening, and how to break down what was a bit of a wide open theme, with a lot of players,
about 20 artists – I recalled the sensuous, snake-like / and surprising venue and how it moved, most of all.
it was alike a: BODY !!
a ‘TIMELY’ BODY – OF THOUGHT.
a . . give-me-more-time – to be a living, thriving artist – body, on this earth / kind of cosmic sci-fi – game board.
and, like any ‘body map’: it started with . . . THE TOES !!!!!
1. TOES:
DAN BAINBRIDGE – BIC LIGHTER FIGURINES
tiny clothed / Star Wars like, survivor-like human-leaning furry puppet-like tiny animals, the size of a Bic lighter / approx 3 in. in height / they were amusing, wiggly, balanced in small groups – arrayed on shelves, at the entrance to the show, which at this point remained hidden behind a corner /
they were indeed: the toes.
they were so charmingly imaginative, and yet so real . . esp with the little red gears in their mouths, I had to ask: are they animated ?
no . . .
but, they do set a fire in motion.
hot enough for ya, climate change ?
DAN BAINBRIDGE, with his tiny fire brigade !!
setting the intro – for ‘Timely’ / body.
I might have been more open to them, than your average NYC art reviewer, who cringes at cute – because I’m such a fan of the cutting edge & super endearing work . . of what are called the ‘illustrators’ – in this current culture / still considered by many, part & parcel of the graphic design scene / incl. video/digital games, animation etc.
(why play as a human – when you can be a . . . squirrel ?)
esp when Chinese New Year rolls around, and Grumpy Bert tosses the most delightful imaginary animal / people
horoscopic designs – on lucky red envelopes / up into the creative ether.
see: GRUMPY BERT – THE RED ENVELOPE SHOW
oh no. here come the enemy – start your fires !!
I couldn’t help thinking: lord, how long before we are all reduced to wandering survival tribes – dressed in animal clothing.
seriously.
2. THE LEGS / THE WINGS / THE SPINE / THE EVOLUTION of MOTION
turn the corner into the main room – and here is: THE LEGS, THE SPINE, THE BACK BONE of MOTION !!
DAN BANBRIDGE, ‘Echolocation Pegasus’, mixed media / 72 x 16 x 90 in.
except this large-sized model – really was animated – with moving parts !!
DAN BAINBRIDGE, ‘Pegasus’ detail.
3. MOVING UP THE LEGS into THE real BIO WORKS – THE INTESTINES & DIGESTIVE ORGANS !!
and, then: arms & hands.
ANDY RALPH, a kind of very biological morphing of horse – to man ?!!
ANDY RALPH, ‘FIVE LEGGED SLAB’,
rose gold mirror, stainless steel kidney bowls, lettuce, glazed ceramic tiles, sanded grout, tar,
wood, tin cans, black socks, and uncooked pinto beans / approx 20 x 20 x 42 in.
note: on the right, a painting by JAQUELINE CEDAR /
acrylic on stretched spandex / 72 x 60 in.
JAQUELINE CEDAR, ‘Put me Out’, acrylic on stretched spandex / 72 x 60 in.
image via Instagram @jaquelinecedar
note: she’s got both limbs / the legs & arms !!
ANDY RALPH, the top.
image via the gallery website
4. THE GONADS – THE MIDDLE BODY / GENDER FLUIDITY /SEX ORGANS & if bio appropriate / REPRODUCTION
JUSTIN ORTIZ, ‘Trona’ / 6 x 8 in.
JUSTIN ORTIZ, ‘Wall person’, 6 x 8 in.
RENFIELD PEALE, ‘Gender Fantasies (#2)’, acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 in.
IRENA JUREK . . with her acrylic on sculpy figure, ‘Luck Guy’.
which I’m classifying under: sex. & juicy. fruit.
just because . . isn’t is obvious ?
5. THE HEART / LOVE & HATE / CONFLICT vs HARMONY
NOELLE VELEZ, ‘Bubblegum Stretch’, acrylic on panel
8 x 12 in.
also under: matters of the HEART !!
JOE W. SPEIER, ‘Millennial Painting #1’, 36 x 48 in.
6. and finally – THE HEAD, THE MIND / COMPREHENSION, TIME & MEMORY
CATHERINE MULLIGAN, ‘2014’, oil on board
8 x 10 in.
in the further-back room, TIME . . TICKS ON WITHOUT – PAUSE !!
BLINN & LAMBERT animated / digital wall projection . .
BLINN AND LAMBERT / NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS
‘At Work’, 6 minute / animated digital video loop
watch: the animated loop – on Instagram c/o @artloversnewyork
NOTE: the BLINN AND LAMBERT / animated ‘At Work’ loop – as originally posted to their @blinn-and-lambert IG story in advance of the opening / & photographed by them.
EMMY THELANDER and ANDREW FRANCIS at the opening / outside on the typical Greenpoint, Brooklyn street- at dusk.
Emmy teaches drawing in the BFA program at Hunter, and Digital Design at Hostos.
Andrew will teach sculpture this semester in the Visual Arts Department at Wagner, on Staten Island.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / unless otherwise noted
from the opening / FRI AUG 6, 2021.
~’TIMELY’ / CURATED BY TESSA KRIEG / 11 NEWEL / OPENING PIX |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 15th, 2021, 12:03pm
UP-DATE: SUN AUG 15, 2021
well, maybe ‘playful’ – isn’t exactly the right word.
just go ahead & substitute . . ‘terrifying’ !!
invoking the sun to come out and play is not – what this summer is all about.
more like: less sun, more moderation / more awareness. more industrial / cultural mindset . . change.
with all the huge wild fires raging out of control across the globe – with great destruction / and, artists hate destruction, archival, historic, and present endeavors / though p.s. ceramics are pretty much indestructible, by the way / raging fires destroying everything in their path & all around the globe, melting ice caps & resultant extreme storms & rising sea levels, interior river floods / and, now of course, with basically war – if not just a fraught retreat / in a very hot country consuming the headlines,
invoking the sun gods to come out & play – is tempting your fate.
something New Yorkers had considered themselves lucky to be not vulnerable to, situated where they were, as in not flooded, not on fire, and not at war.
though seriously – all you millennial creatives out there / this is an island, and it will go under / or parts of it will / for sure, at some point.
but, the average New Yorker – civilian day warrior was blissful, and feeling lucky: they were not being challenged by a fire or flood path / which seemed totally someone else’s problem / until our daily heat index . . went completely over-the-top of what humans can safely function in / and we went helplessly from a Heat Advisory – to an Extreme Heat Advisory, day after day.
yeah: ‘sunny-side-up’ – is not the word, just one week later.
more like: feel the heat !! the sun is consuming us, and whose fault – is that ?
though, still a big part of me / is reading this sun doll / ceramic doodle . . – as ‘joyful’. even if that’s just – nostalgic ?
or, wishful ?
the sun’s dance – is a wonderful thing / it’s our climate that has changed.
OPEN TODAY – SUN AUG 8 / 1 – 5 PM
what ?
doesn’t everybody have a ‘sunny-side up’ / doll collection ?!!
DAN MANDELBAUM – ‘MIGHT BE THE LAST SHOW’
JULY 14 – AUG 22, 2021
MARVIN GARDENS, 1534 DECATUR ST., RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385
HRS: SUN / 1-5 PM
OR BY APPT ONLY
IMAGE VIA MARVIN GARDENS GALLERY
DAN MANDELBAUM . . . clay figure.
looks to be smallish, but hefty. looking like it has some grit & some weight / very hot fired & extremely well glazed . . it has the shimmer of watercolor. and a dance of playfulness.
definite more cosmic – in mind-set / as opposed to . . deep hippie.
I’m wondering how it remains balanced on the pedestal. is it attached ?
DAN MANDELBAUM, ‘Chromaric Figure’, 2021.
glazed ceramic / 21 x 14 x 9 in.
Brooklyn-based, DAN MANDELBAUM . . graduated from PRATT INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN, NY. BFA / 2016.
see: DAN MANDELBAUM – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
~DAN MANDELBAUM / CERAMIC FIGURES / MARVIN GARDENS / feel the heat !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 8th, 2021, 8:35am
KELLIE KONAPELSKY . . . !!
‘JOHN AND THE HOLE’ . . .
THE NEW, ‘STRANGE’ FILM / EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY is TALKING ABOUT . . . !!
IS OPENING TODAY, AUGUST 6 – IN THEATERS ACROSS THE US / & ON-DEMAND USA via IFCFILMS.
PASCUAL SISTO . . . “an installation artist with distinctive ideas around architecture, negative space, and composition” & “whose piercing directorial debut..” (both quotes: ROGER EBERT.COM) / this is,
will be doing a Q&A after the 7:30 pm screening – at QUAD CINEMA to-night . . . !!
FRI AUG 6, 2021.
SUPER CONGRATS !! GO OUT TO – KELLIE KONAPELSKY . . . !!
KELLIE . . . our Precog friend / where she is co-editor, publisher & . . graphic designer / designed the fab fab, super cold, nailed it . . . ‘JOHN AND THE HOLE’- movie poster !! / above !! damn !!!!!
really totally drop, dead – great.
& great font, btw /
I also really really like how she let those random, white ‘dot’ high-lites / of those tiny white rocks / play out visually – against the overall green grass field & bravely engage with the title’s font as well / a small touch, but maybe a big graphic design decision ?
but which totally . . brings some sense of the angst of the film – into the poster.
Kellie also . . . “did all the title design in the film.”
& ps I’m also pretty sure she had a lot of random / influence on the film’s creative decisions in general, as well; because PASCUAL SISTO, the newly critically acclaimed / film’s director, is . . her partner. irl / in real life.
SO, BRAVO FOR OUR FRIEND KELLIE !! / 6 DEGREES Of SEPARATION, or what !!
NYC UNDERGROUND, YOU ALWAYS AMAZE ME – YOU ALWAYS . . RULE !!
artlovers flashback:
from left: NICHOLAS STEINDORF and the women of Precog:
GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ, KELLIE KONAPELSKY, and, FLORENCIA ESCUDERO / bottom row center.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / ARTLOVERSNEWYORK, MARCH 1, 2020
historical note: this group photo was taken at what was to become known as the ‘Last Opening’ / as it was in fact the very last public opening, before the whole city, the whole world, shut down for . . COVID. it was a big, party-like celebration for HALEY JOSEPHS’ new painting show, at JACK BARRETT GALLERY, on the Lower East Side.
that’s a hint of Haley’s painting on the wall, and yes !!
she painted the walls – a cloudy baby pink !!
Florencia Escudero . . is co-editor, publisher of PRECOG,
Gaby Collins-Fernandez . . is also co-editor, publisher of PRECOG.
Kellie Konapelsky . . is co-editor, publisher, & Graphic Designer at PRECOG.
see: PRECOG
NICHOLAS STENDORF had just helped them with their digital, interactive ‘feature’ – on the global-minded / Paris-based, online VDC / VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER / digital platform.
some people just get around !!
Nicholas, 1/2 of Blinn & Lambert . . has a digital animation work – in the Brooklyn, Greenpoint / East Williamsburg / inaugural opening, also tonight, of new space: 11 Newel.
things are heating up / & it’s not even – Sept !!
BTW,
here’s: the link to the rave review . . TOMRIS LAFFLEY posted / on ROGER EBERT.
‘JOHN AND THE HOLE’ . . by TOMRIS LAFFLEY / ROGER EBERT – AUG 6, 2021
here’s: the link to the trailer
~KELLIE & . . ‘JOHN AND THE HOLE’ / OPENING IN THE USA – TODAY / Q&A at QUAD CINEMA / TO-NIGHT – 7:30PM SCREENING / FRI AUG 6 |
Posted in Movie Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 6th, 2021, 3:33pm
BIG, INAUGURAL OPENING – at 11 NEWEL / TESSA KRIEG’S NEW GALLERY VENTURE !!
‘TIMELY’ / A BIG GROUP SHOW – CURATED BY TESSA KRIEG
OPENS . . . FRI AUG 6 / 6 – 9 PM
& runs thru . . . SEPT 6, 2021
11 NEWEL GALLERY, 11 NEWEL ST., EAST WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN 11222
HRS: SUN-MON / 11-1 PM
WITH:
NOELLE VELEZ, JESSE EDWARDS, CLARE KOURY, JOE W. SPEIER, JAQUELINE CEDAR, ERNESTO RENDA, DAN BAINBRIDGE, TSAI-LING-TSENG, IRENA JUREK, JUSTIN ORTIZ, RENFIELD PEALE, MERYL BENNETT, MATTHEW TOM, CATHERINE MULLIGAN, BLINN AND LAMBERT, ANGELICA YUDASTO, ANDY RALPH, LEILA POUFFE, THEO ROSENBLUM, and CHELSEA SELTZER.
looks – to be on point !!
“Time as we know it Time as we don’t /
My time Your time Our time” . . .
see: ‘Timely’ / 11 NEWEL
see: 11 NEWEL on Instagram @11NEWEL
I have recently written up . . . 3 of the artists – in the show:
BLINN AND LAMBERT / CATHERINE MULLIGAN / JOE W. SPEIER.
1. actually . . 4 !!
BLINN AND LAMBERT – being a collaborative project involving 2 artists: NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS.
BLINN & LAMBERT are showing a ‘projection loop of a digital video’ /
image via Instagram @11NEWEL
BLINN AND LAMBERT / NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS,
‘EDGE OF LIGHT’ GROUP SHOW / PRESENTED BY CENTER for the HOLOGRAPHIC ARTS / CURATED BY JONATHAN SIMS
DEC 3 – 22, 2020, / PLAXALL GALLERY, LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / FROM THE ADVANCE VIEWING, NOV 28, 2020.
see: ‘EDGE OF LIGHT’ – ARTLOVERSNEWYORK
2. I have never seen or met CATHERINE MULLIGAN irl, but this painting of hers, posted by A.D.NYC back in OCT of 2020 – sure caught my eye.
CATHERINE MULLIGAN, ‘Loyalty’.
oil & silver leaf on panel / 24 x 15.75 in.
image via Instagram @AD.NYC
see: ‘FADE INTO YOU’/ AD.NYC / OCT 17, 2020 – ARTLOVERSNEWYORK
3. likewise, I have never met or seen in real life, JOE W. SPEIER, or his ‘line drawing / narrative’ work, but my review of his recent show at KING’S LEAP via the gallery’s social media photos, this past April 2021 / . . garnered many new fans & mainstream press / for this artist.
JOE W. SPEIER, ‘Landscape Portrait’, 2021
ballpoint pen, acrylic medium, glitter, metal micro-beads.
image via Instagram @kings_leap
see: JOE W SPEIER, ‘YOU LIKEY’, March 26 – April 24, 2021 – ARTLOVERSNEWYORK
~’TIMELY’ / BIG GROUP SHOW / incl: BLINN & LAMBERT, CATHERINE MULLIGAN, JOE W. SPEIER / 11 NEWEL / OPENS FRI AUG 6 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 5th, 2021, 3:21pm
LAST WEEKEND . . !!
NADA House / GOVERNORS ISLAND
ROCK THAT FERRY – OR, MISS THIS FAR-OUT . . ROCKIN’ ART RAVE !!
JONNY CAMPOLO, JEFFREY TRANCHELL – TURN ONZ, DETROIT
JONNY CAMPOLO . . !!
has several light switches – scattered about the NADA Houses.
when you see him, you see a rockin’ rolling good time – for sure.
NYC-BASED, JONNY COMPOLO – is the hands-down / art glass wizard of the east coast.
JONNY CAMPOLO – ‘TURN ONZ’, glass fabrication / light switch, 2021.
the transparent background plane of this glass-based light switch, picks up on its distressed, surreal surroundings, all part of the ‘groovy’, visual game that Jonny plays /
not just so well, but, with such glee . . .
JONNY CAMPOLO, ‘TURN ONZ’ glass fabrication / light switch, 2021.
meet the MAGIC MERLIN . . . of the UTILITARIAN !!
JONNY CAMPOLO, ‘TURN ONZ’ glass fabrication / light switch, 2021.
in these almost medieval, or at the very least uncertain times / who wouldn’t want an outburst like this – on their walls ?!!
IMAGE VIA JONNY CAMPOLO INSTAGRAM
JONNY – keep on trucking !!
JONNY – keep on rocking !!
follow: Jonny Campolo . . on Instagram / @jonnycampolo
JEFFREY TRANCHELL, founder / curator . . of the ‘TURN ONZ’ artist collective, based in DETROIT.
if Jonny is the MERLIN, of this scene / then, JEFFREY . . for sure is the . . KING ARTHUR !!
of this band of mostly underground / merry artists.
formerly NYC-based, where he was a founding member of the ESSEX FLOWERS collaborative gallery, Jeffrey Tranchell almost single-handedly – revved up the creative jump – on utilitarian objects.
sustainable, wildly – or most minimally (!!) imaginative, up-cycled . . art, in a very real sense of the word.
note: the snippet of the ‘jungle’ painting on the left, is by ERNESTO GUTIERREZ MOYA / of the EMERSON DORSH, MIAMI / NADA House 2021 presentation; the ‘autobiographical’ paper & mylar collage light switch he stands beside, is . . MINE !!
while the suspended, painted wooden eggs are by: NIKHOLIS PLANCK, presented MAGENTA PLAINS, NYC.
JEFFREY TRANCHELL – glass fabrication light switch, 2021.
PHOTO COURTESY: TURN ONZ
I didn’t catch Jeffrey’s light switch IRL, which was added to the mix by – popular demand !!
WARNING: don’t stare at it, too long / it can . . . READ – YOUR – MIND !!
but maybe, just maybe: it can make your most innermost dreams – come true.
ORLANDO ESTRADA, ‘TURN ONZ’ light switch – at NADA House 2021 / Governors Island.
image via JEFFREY TRANCHELL INSTAGRAM
check out: Jeffrey’s art, & his cutting edge / curatorial . . vision. / @jeffreytranchell
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / unless otherwise noted.
~JONNY CAMPOLO, JEFFREY TRANCHELL, ORLANDO ESTRADA / TURN ONZ, DETROIT / NADA House |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 31st, 2021, 9:16am
a slab . . .
a slate . . .
a double-take !!
last weekend !!!!!!!!
open thru . . . SUN AUG 1
NADA House 2021 / GOVERNORS ISLAND
SAM MOYER, ‘Light Switch’ . . . presented by TURN ONZ, DETROIT
NADA House 404 B
curated by JEFFREY TRANCHELL.
SAM MOYER, Light Switch, 2021.
all I can say is: what a beaut of a brute / brutalist / minimalist / chip-off-a-surface . . light switch !!
but, still – a story tale unfolds !!
ps: peeking in at the right, a peep of a WILLIE JINKS naive / brute painting . . in the SHRINE presentation – around the corner.
SAM MOYER, ‘Light Switch’.
yes !!
a story tale, albeit more along the lines of . . HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN !!
‘The Snow Queen’, ‘The Ice Virgin’ / the brittle, dark icy north, and the dark, dark sea.
I wonder if Ms. Moyer would object, if I termed her . . the ‘Ice Queen of Governors Island’ . . ?!!
I mean, what’s a watery rock outcrop – of an island / without a myth, a mermaid, or a snow queen.
with a tough, hard stance, a cold, cold heart – but a heart, that’s chipping away, slowly.
would she get mad – if I called her: SAMMY . . LA BETE ?
SAMMY the SNOW QUEEN . . . ?
her work is just so f-cking hard, and tough & . . . wistful.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~SAM MOYER / TURN ONZ, DETROIT / NADA House 404B |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 30th, 2021, 9:36am
last weekend !!
NADA House 2021 / GOVERNORS ISLAND
WILLY LE MAITRE – Presented by CANADA, NY
NADA House 405 B
this presentation – also resonated quite strongly for me.
WILLY LE MAITRE . . . ‘TWINS’, 2021.
“Working in relation to his lenticular photographs and virtual reality installations, Willy Le Maitre uses immersive digital photography to present expanded and exploded views of the ever-forming world. In this new work ‘Twins’, Le Maitre applies continuous panoramic scenes to translucent material which enshroud a pair of standing pods. The printed image acts as a membrane to the form that effectively turns the panoramas inside out. The two ambiguous pod-like figures anchor perspective points, relative to one another and to the beyond, they both encapsulate in their interior voids”. – CANADA
WILLY LE MAITRE, ‘TWINS’.
WILLY LE MAITRE, lenticular photograph.
WILLY LE MAITRE, lenticular photograph.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~WILLY LE MAITRE / CANADA, NY / NADA House 405B |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 29th, 2021, 1:21pm
last weekend !!!!
to see the very remarkable . . .
NADA House / Governors Island, 2021.
. . . up thru SUN AUG 1st.
MARIE LORENZ . . . presented by JACK HANLEY GALLERY, NY
NADA House 404 B
MARIE LORENZ . . with her presentation / which was so interestingly & vibrantly sited in a . . vintage kitchen !!
such a perfect tableau – for her faux archeological ‘objects’ / to be viewed & placed upon. as they are first & foremost 3-D ‘objects’ / that need to ‘sit’ on a surface.
and, also so interestingly – as connected to her themes:
found objects, fished out of the many water bodies surrounding us, and, mostly of the ‘thrown-out’ genre, and if most of our trash doesn’t come from the kitchen, and hence, home – then . . where ?
the old Governors Island military home kitchen . . also reverberates with questions of sustainability / unspoken questions of . . functionality, then, and now.
and… of course with regard to the future / recycling, repurposing / etc etc.
with the NADA houses themselves – now repurposed / as museum or gallery-like exhibit spaces – for this contemporary art presentation / and, really / so much more vibrant & sustainable than a big crowded tent, or the droning maze of a corporate show room.
note: the rigid, black (dying ?) coral, or fauna branch – atop the cabinet
note: the ominous but graceful ‘amphora’ peeking in at the left, sitting on the floor.
MARIE LORENZ . .
this great ole hunk of a piece, was hanging on vintage metal ‘pipes’ and seemed both a big hunk of steak and an . . an old vessel, a vase ? an amphora ?
having a great ‘visual’ conversation with both the interior kitchen space & . . what lay beyond the window.
MARE LORENZ, b. 1973, lives & works in NYC, and “roots her work in exploration and narrative. Since 2002 she has been traveling various waterways in boats she designs and builds, collecting the tidal debris that accumulates in the harbors”. – JACK HANLEY GALLERY
check out: MARIE LORENZ – JACK HANLEY GALLERY
MARIE LORENZ.
“An amphora, a funerary urn, plastic forks and water bottles, formed from cast beach plastic in a fossilized jumble. Future archeologists misunderstand the function, they misplace the objects and the century. Who can possibly remember what went where, when it all gets buried together, impossible combinations of form . . . and fancy.”
~JACK HANLEY GALLERY
a big giant’s teapot ?
more memory jar – than functional pouring vessel / it still seemed . . . steamy !!
braced as if with barnacles, it teemed with marine impulses.
while chiding us all – about – our natural waterway & water life . . . destruction.
MARIE LORENZ . . faux amphora
now, here’s the potential for a very big essay – on art fairs / unexpected presentation locations / historic venues / historic ‘visual’ influences re the actual object / and, the seamless incorporation of a far-out contemporary art object – into an historic kitchen – of all places !!
on an island / surrounded by water – that once functioned, as a – military fort.
dust-to-dust / the story gets retold, to keep the globe – spinning / or, not.
climate change. trash over-abundance. the treasures of the ancient oceans vs the blatant current destruction & overwhelmed natural marine life.
MARIE LORENZ . . .
but first, and foremost – it’s about these shapes !!
historic leaning – yet, full of new invention, new purpose – and, new storytelling.
I didn’t know Marie made objects like these. they blew me – away !!!!!
so handmade. so both about volume, and exterior accessory.
really, really remarkable.
ps: I asked Marie to tell me a little bit more about the fabrication of these amazing vessels:
“the sculptures are cast flotsam (beach plastic), the molds are made from clay, that is where they get their surface color and texture. The big black amphora, I cast out at the beach in the sand, by digging a pit & pressing objects into the sand. The casting material is hydrocal, so not fired, but I think they end up looking like clay / ceramic / fossil . . . because of the molding material”.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
artlovers flashback:
MARIE LORENZ, in her kitchen, in an early 2000 millennial / artist communal residence in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Archival Photo: NANCY SMITH, Nov 22, 2005
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~MARIE LORENZ / JACK HANLEY GALLERY, NY / NADA House 404B |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 28th, 2021, 2:06pm
