seriously, an artist going after . . my own heart.
rip those old denim pockets out, dude !!
and, let the . . tattered poetry begin !!
‘TIM JOHNSON: TRANQUILIZER’
OPENS SAT APRIL 17 / 1 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . MAY 22, 2021
A.D.NYC, 19 MONROE ST., CHINATOWN / 2 BRIDGES
A.D.NYC . . . presents ‘Tranquilizer’, a solo exhibit by Detroit-based artists TIM JOHNSON.
” . . made of seam ripped pocket linings cut and splayed open, Johnson’s marker on fabric works takes
the silhouette of a butterfly as form. Originally conceived as a project to mark each year of the artist’s life,
the series has since extended beyond that original constraint.”
~A.D.NYC
read more: “Tim Johnson, ‘Tranquilizer’ – A.D.NYC
see: TIM JOHNSON / @timmj on Instagram
~TIM JOHNSON . . ‘TRANQUILIZER’ / A.D.NYC / OPENS SAT APRIL 17 / 1 – 8 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 16th, 2021, 9:29am
NATURE MORTE . . a ‘still life’ painting depicting objects, esp dead flowers, that might still be in bloom – but, NOT FOR LONG !!!!!
TAYLOR McKIMENS . . has a big painting – in this 60 artist show !!
‘NATURE MORTE’
OPENS THURS APRIL 8 / 6 – 8 PM
and runs thru . . . MAY 9, 2021
THE HOLE / on THE BOWERY
312 Bowery, N.Y, N.Y. 10012
HRS: WED – SUN / 12 – 7 PM
see: mission statement / THE HOLE / ‘NATURE MORTE’
TAYLOR McKIMENS, ‘SEE THE U.S.A.’, 2021
acrylic, metal leaf & glitter on canvas
75 x 120 in. / that’s approx 6-1/4 ft. x 10 ft. !!!!!
($30,000.)
image: courtesy The Hole
check out: TAYLOR McKIMENS on INSTAGRAM / @taylormckimens
ARTLOVERS FLASHBACK:
not . . one of my earliest photos of Taylor, my photos of him & his work started posting on artnet – in 2003 !!
but, def one of my . . . FAV !!!!
TAYLOR McKIMENS . . . in front of his painting,
at the opening of . . . ‘TAYLOR McKIMENS COMMISSIONS by BRIGHT LYONS 2008-2015’, a pop-up show in Chelsea /
produced by PAUL BRIGHT, winter 2015.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, Feb 3, 2015.
~TAYLOR McKIMENS . . in ‘NATURE MORTE’ / THE HOLE, THE BOWERY / OPENING TO-NITE / THURS APRIL 8 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 8th, 2021, 7:44am
if, you want to know the difference, between a line drawing vs. a painterly surface /
a work of straight imagination vs. a poetic re-creation . . .
then, this exhibit – is your joyful mission /
last week’s post was all about the (freestyle) line drawing / this week we’re all about . . the (studied) painterly / composition.
NOTE: this week is the last week, so don’t blink !!
TIM WILSON, ‘Between Either and Or’
March 2 – SAT APRIL 10, 2021
NATHALIE KARG GALLERY, 291 Grand St., NY, NY 10002
HRS: TUES – SAT / 10 AM – 6 PM
see: great installation shots & background info – NATHALIE KARG GALLERY
TIM WILSON, ‘Stairway III’, 2021
oil on paper mounted on linen stretched panel / 18 x 12 in.
note: that most lovely left hand wall & the light reflection.
TIM WILSON: works his painterly ‘retro’ magic . . .
“portraying domestic interiors gleaned from television and film.”
~gallery website
TIM WILSON, ‘Nightable’, 2020
oil on paper mounted on linen stretched panel / 16 x 12 in.
it’s obviously, the lamp / especially the base, that rocks this ‘retro dreamscape’.
Photos: courtesy Nathalie Karg Gallery
see: TIM WILSON – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
~TIM WILSON, ‘Between Either and Or’ / NATHALIE KARG / last week !! up thru SAT APRIL 10 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 6th, 2021, 1:22pm
‘HEAVEN’S TAB’ – TOM FORKIN, RAUL de NIEVES & COLETTE
this weekend / is the last day: SAT APRIL 3, 2021
A.D.NYC GALLERY
19 MONROE ST, TWO BRIDGES / CHINATOWN, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
check out: great images & background text / ‘Heaven’s Tab’ – on the gallery website
this 3 person show .. !!
it was kind of bewildering, at first.
been thinking about it – for a while. how to define ?
what about: . . . a return to industrial / fantasy ?
the fresh, neon pastel color palette – in the Justin Beiber ‘Peaches’ video /
is what finally broke down the walls, on this exhibit – for me.
I had already cracked the Tom Forkin code:
wryly funny, but still New Age . . . Industrial /
subtext: clay, skills, functional / yet . . in a fictional ‘narrative’.
also, only after I had my mind-blown by the Beiber video, did I lock onto the saturated, but vibe-y color !!
of the RAUL de NIEVES work. very ‘fast-forward’ color Industrial, plus the ‘micro-bead’ fabrication. check, check.
though, there’s definitely a very dark edge, that I personally would not want to interface with, too casually.
no, no & no.
and, Colette ?
well, she’s just someone I always wrote off, as just. . another old school East Village local.
colorful, but always way too predictable. though in truth – I really only knew her for the outlandish, though not very varied costums, big hats, big platform shoes.
kind of like a Christo, but on a smaller scale.
wrapping her body, and not buildings.
but then, my longtime friend . . fearsome curator / gun artist / and fake BASQUIAT forger / ALFREDO MARTINEZ, told me he’s planning to present . . a big ‘WOMEN’S GROUP ART SHOW’, and COLETTE will be included !!
so that piqued my interest / with regard to this current A.D.NYC show.
and, it was: check, check, check. all good.
who knew.
at any rate:
‘HEAVEN’S TAB’ / is a really great, and very apt . . title.
people are really into titles – these days, have you noticed ?
TOM FORKIN, ‘Untitled’, 2021
Travel bar, epoxy clay & acrylic paint / 17.25 x 8.5 x 15.75 in.
looks to be some metal hardware, too.
damn, that’s good.
note: all 3 photos via Instagram @ad.nyc
‘Heaven’s Tab’ installation shot, with TOM FORKIN (foreground) & RAUL de NIEVES (background)
Photo: courtesy A.D.
RAUL de NIEVES, ‘Rhythmic Red’, 2019.
plastic beads & plaster on wood panel / 24 x 24 x 6 in.
one word: scary intense. ritualistic, too. industrial re: assembly of parts.
let’s, hope not: functional.
Photo: courtesy A.D.
‘Heaven’s Tab’ / installation shot with TOM FORKIN / foreground, surrounded by COLETTE.
Photo: courtesy A.D.
COLETTE, ‘Justine joins La Rocka (Modelling Agency)’, 1981.
Photograph, polyurethane, fabric & glitter / 19.5 x 26 in.
which just goes to show:
nothing is written in stone – in the art world / long live the 1980s NYC art scene.
Brava, Colette !! the young kids – dig ya !!
Photo: courtesy A.D.
~TOM FORKIN, RAUL de NIEVES & COLETTE / ‘HEAVEN’S TAB’ / A.D. NYC . . SAT APRIL 3 / last day / don’t blink !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 2nd, 2021, 3:21pm
I’m completely done . . !!
with American Idol after they bounced – this guy.
what a bunch of losers – they completely missed the music, & the zeitgeist.
watch: high school student, ALEX MILLER croon Merle Haggard’s . . ‘Silver Wings’.
he reminds me of a baby-faced / young John Mayer, he’ll lose the pudginess & become a killer performer /
mark my words.
~ ALEX MILLER . . ‘SILVER WINGS’ – MERLE HAGGARD / American Idol |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 2nd, 2021, 2:59pm
yeps. Iam definitely aging . . . backwards !!!!
such a great song / infinite in inspo & so, wise-funny / the song music, lyrics, voices, layers.
mood, visuals. love. all good.
just that tight cut / puts it above the rest.
#1 song in the world / that’s such a great global synch-up.
but, I know a lot of people in the art world, bubbled-up in their own studios, and ambition-driven mind-sets /
outsiders roiled by emotion & doubt / insiders licking their wounds or tracking the next big break /
& esp the academics, have their head in the sand most times . . . so:
“I get my peaches out in Georgia / I get my weed from California . .”
come on . . !!
watch: ‘PEACHES’, Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon / written & produced by HARV . . !!
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see: @harv / Instgram
hey – great color palette, btw !!!!!
nice car !! / great night scenes.
great acrobatic cruising.
great neon !! off-color / transparent, translucent big acrylic letters.
great typeface. size. tunnel effect. the entire mood.
just rolls / like a butter knife . . thru the grey-ness.
if people can create as much as well & even better / as others do make war & set about global / bio troubles,
maybe that’s all good.
maybe . . inspo can prevail.
I think that’s called . . religion.
~’PEACHES’ . . JUSTIN BIEBER ft. DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON / CO-WRITTEN + PRODUCED BY HARV |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | April 2nd, 2021, 2:25pm
line drawings, especially leaning to the biographical fantastic / are trending.
that’s great.
‘JOE W. SPEIER – YOU LIKEY’
MARCH 26 – APRIL 24, 2021
KING’S LEAP, 368 BROADWAY, 506 & 302 / DOWNTOWN, TRIBECA NYC 10013
HRS: THURS – SUN / 12 – 6 PM
DIAL 506 to enter & in elevator
see: KING’S LEAP / PROJECTS
JOE W. SPEIER, ‘Landscape Portrait’, 2021
ballpoint pen, acrylic medium, glitter, and metal microbeads
60 x 48 in.
image via IG @KING’S_LEAP
JOE W. SPEIER / via Instgram Story @hows_nick aka Nick Sullivan
see: JOE W. SPEIER – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
yes, yes, YES !!
check out that website – that should get you through the . . . weekend !!
~JOE W. SPEIER . . ‘YOU LIKEY’ / KING’S LEAP / TRIBECA, DOWNTOWN NYC |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 27th, 2021, 8:46am
great flyer – drawing & exhibition title / Bravo !! Dan !!
‘DANIEL GRAHAM LOXTON: PILLOW FOR DURER’
MARCH 25 – MARCH 31, 2021
OPENING HRS:
14:00 – 18:00 THU March 25th
14:00 – 18:00 FRI March 26th
12:00 – 16:00 SAT March 27th
12:00 – 16:00 WED March 31st
JIR SANDEL
Sankt Hans Gade 14
2200 Copenhagen N
Call upon arrival: (+45) 91 45 86 97
solo exhibition in DENMARK !! – for this up-state, Cold Spring NY artist.
see: ‘DAN IN REAL LIFE’ – artloversnewyork / MARCH 14, 2020
see: ‘DAN CAUGHT THE VIRUS ZEITGEIST’ – artloversnewyork / MARCH 31, 2020
see: DANIEL GRAHAM LOXTON – artist website
~DAN LOXTON . . ‘Pillow for Durer’ / JIR SANDEL, COPENHAGEN / OPENS THURS MARCH 25 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 25th, 2021, 8:12am
INDUSTRIAL . . NOW !!!
THE MANNER of WORKING EVENTS / of WORKING . . . THINGS — IS, A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT !!!!!!!
‘THE MANNER OF WORKING EVENTS’
GREGORY KALLICHE & KRISTEN WALSH
OPENS SAT MARCH 20, 2021 / 11am-7pm
HELENA ANRATHER GALLERY
28 ELIZABETH ST., FLOOR 3, NY NY 10013
HRS: TUES – SAT / 11 AM – 6 PM
~GREGORY KALLICHE & KRISTEN WALSH . . ‘THE MANNER OF WORKING EVENTS’ / HELENA ANRATHER / OPENING SAT MARCH 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2021, 8:19am
Industrial, back then . . 1990s
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, assembling DIY guns from various found & commercial parts.
EXIT ART, NYC / MARCH 25, 1999
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
someone said, I said ‘Guns’ about 100 times, ok maybe 30 . . during my Precog interview. Lord.
20 years ago – was such a different time.
Alfredo traveling around to his various exhibits, with a small metal suitcase assembling his guns from a mix of found,
& commercial gun parts was as close to skills, craft, DIY & industrial – as it got / back then.
for me personally, being a quilter, who did mostly hand-stitched textile / fabric repair with both new & vintage material . . it was totally fascinating to see someone, and especially someone who came from a very different background than my own – piece together gun hardware from various parts. a resourceful / creative scavenger – basically just like me. except with very opposite materials, with very very opposite functions.
but, still about . . guarding the homefront, esp way way back then / all the way to colonial / Revolutionary times.
a DIY craft / skills person just like me, when craft & skills were words to be looked down upon – in the art wold.
and Industrial art – what was that ?
ps: ALFREDO . . will be curating / presenting a big huge hardcore group show, ‘FOLO’ next month / April 15 . . on 23rd St. between 10th & 11th Avenues.
I will be exhibiting a big, brand new . . paper quilt, a ‘tribute’ quilt to Alfredo,
on the occasion of his most Aires Birthday !!
comprised of archival photographs, & some of his old / archival exhibition card invites.
see you – there !!
~NANCY SMITH / PRECOG THOUGHTS / ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . GUNS, GUNS, GUNS / INDUSTRIAL 1990s |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2021, 8:04am
