ZOOM # 99932077241
PRECOG MAG . . interviews me !!
WED MARCH 17 at 7 PM / EST !!
be there, or be . . square.
apparently, they want to talk about . . .
“repair, art-ing while parenting, and THE Greatest City on Earth (you know the one).”
repair ?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm !!!!!!!!! / interesting !!!!!!!!!!
parenting ?
I don’t know about that. my kids told me to keep my mouth shut, and stay .. positive. lol.
it was – fun !! for them to run around at Keith Haring & Basquiat openings.
and, it wasn’t until they got to high school, that they realized not everybody grew up in a raw storefront, in the heart of the hardcore Lower East Side 80s – surrounded by art.
BUT, paying the bills, and not having much lunch money, was . . a whole other thing.
then again, there was . . . Sushi night !! with Uncle Dan (Asher).
~NANCY SMITH . . PRECOG ZOOM LIVE INTERVIEW / WED MARCH 17, 7 PM EST |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 16th, 2021, 9:33am
if, you are a betting man – this might just be your show.
NICK SULLIVAN . . is kicking off the chain reaction !!
opening today / FRI MARCH 12 / 12 – 8 PM
‘DOMINO’ is an ‘evolving’ group show, that is “based on a chain effect of artists inviting other artists to add artworks to the show”.
the show doesn’t have a exhibition ‘end’ date / so who knows how long this will . . domino ?!!
and, who is up . . next !!
the show is presented at Shoot The Lobster by . . DANIEL BOCATTO,
who also made the super striking – graphic flyer / below:
‘DOMINO’ – an evolving / surprise group show.
opens Fri March 12, 2021, and continues thru ????
SHOOT THE LOBSTER, NY
41 Elizabeth St, Unit 700, L.E. S.
see: ‘DOMINO’ – SHOOT THE LOBSTER
first up: NICK SULLIVAN . . .
who was nice enough to shoot me – a couple of advance images.
at first glance, I was like . . what ?
are we making miniature dollhouse furniture out of paper / craft / skills, now ?
but, no: it’s a bonafide sculpture, atop a pedestal box – 2-1/2 ft. high.
with a crazy, beautiful patina for sure.
gather round, and be comfy warm at home folks . . during covid.
this deceptively simple sculpture, looks so to be as fascinating to stare at – as a well . . real fireplace wood fire,
shooting flames, and all.
NICK SULLIVAN, ‘Stove’ 2021.
newspaper, pastel, charcoal.
30 x 17 x 12 in.
another view.
whoever is smart enough to take that home, is a bonfide winner, no doubt about it.
note: 2 images / courtesy: Nick Sullivan, thank you.
~NICK SULLIVAN . . ‘DOMINO’ / SHOOT THE LOBSTER, NY / OPENS FRI MARCH 12 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 12th, 2021, 9:47am
talking about . . LA /
our friend, LUKE MURPHY . . whose LED / ‘RESIST..EMPATHY NOW..DE-BUBBLE’ / digital, animated ‘Deli’ banner runs across the top of this page /
is in a timely & yet very ‘far-out’ show at the very au-currant . . & large space / Night Gallery.
timely in terms of content / far-out in terms of ultimate societal vision.
it’s the last week to catch the show in person / it’s up thru SAT MARCH 13,
but you can always, esp if you are a Luke Murphy fan in NYC, catch the work online, in the gallery’s well-lit (!!)
and well-photographed / digital . . Viewing Room.
‘LUKE MURPHY, CHRISTINE WANG . . SCREEN TIME’
JAN 30, 2020 – MARCH 13, 2021
NIGHT GALLERY
2276 E 16th St, LOS ANGELES, CA 90021
OPEN: TUES-SAT / 11am-6pm / contact gallery for appointment
PS: Luke Murphy lives & works in NY / while Christine Wang lives & works in San Francisco.
I’m thinking: lively conceptual / different media . . . match-up !!!!
game-on.
see: ‘SCREEN TIME’ – NIGHT GALLERY VIEWING ROOM
from the gallery website:
“NIGHT GALLERY is pleased to present ‘SCREEN TIME’, an exhibition of new work by LUKE MURPHY & CHRISTINE WANG. Both artists address the screen as a digital intermediary for experience. Though it’s trajectory began long ago, the screen’s total encroachment upon daily life reached new heights in 2020 becoming the primary tool of community engagement, creative exploration, and consumer activity in response to long-term shelter-in-place restrictions ..” (Covid)
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Lord Kelvin Column with 5 sides and 9 lights’, 2020.
steel studs, aluminum wire, wood, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
82 x 10 x 10 in.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Ladder Exchange’, 2020.
ladder, steel studs, aluminum wire, wood, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
96 x 30 x 40in.
note: the last time Luke exhibited this kind of neon / digital speeding traffic roadway / it ran along the floor. as if, it was waiting for a model train set, that never came !! seeing it vertical . . is a real shake-up / both in terms of visual effect & context / it seems in this show Luke is adding more ‘props’, and to . . much greater effect.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Field Sign’, 2020.
discarded Xmas tree, steel studs, aluminum wire, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
91 x 35 x 9 in.
CHRISTINE WANG, ‘Volcano’, 2021.
oil on linen / 48 x 48 in.
well …. YES !!!!!!!!!
all photos above: courtesy NIGHT GALLERY
ARTLOVERS FLASHBACK: & not too long ago.
LUKE MURPHY . . .
arrives for the opening of ‘CUBED’ / a group show at THE HOLE, NYC, in which he had a most wonderful LED ‘cube’.
SEPT 10, 2020.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~LUKE MURPHY, CHRISTINE WANG . . ‘SCREEN TIME’ / NIGHT GALLERY, LA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 10th, 2021, 11:00am
The Chinese American Museum LA / Los Angeles, California . . . camla.org
welcomes the ‘YEAR of the METAL OX’ – with an online exhibition featuring 14 Asian American
artists from throughout the USA.
the show ‘runs’ . . MARCH 6 – JUNE 6, 2021
and is is guest curated by . . ALBERT CHAU aka GRUMPY BERT !!!!
see: ‘YEAR of the OX’ – Chinese American Museum / LA
some of the work is also for sale /
see: GRUMPY BERT – YEAR of the OX / Chinese American Museum LA
note: ‘The Metal OX’ – is an ancient Chinese Lunar Zodiac animal symbolically known for:
STRENGTH & RESILIENCE . . . !!!!
TAILI WU . . is included in this LA show & is showing a quite very wonderful stop animation . . !!
it is titled: ‘OVERTURN / flipping away bad things & bringing good luck :)’
note: the soundtrack, ‘Fun’ is by LEZET & his nephew VANJA.
YES !!!!
you . . . . can watch it on her Instagram …… !!
see: TAILI WU – Instagram / ‘OVERTURN / flipping away bad things & bringing good luck :)’
above 2 images: still photos of TAILI WU’s stop animation, ‘OVERTURN / flipping away bad things & bringing good luck :)’
images via Instagram @tailiwu
~TAILI WU . . ‘YEAR of the METAL OX’ / CURATED by GRUMPY BERT / CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM, LA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 7th, 2021, 8:06am
radical / fresh !!
TAILI WU, ‘Cow Girl’, 2021
gouache, watercolor paper / 3-1/2 x 7-7/8 in.
($55)
see: TAILI WU, ‘Cow Girl’ – GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021
TAILI WU, ‘Rain or Shine’, 2021
gouache, watercolor paper / 3-1/2 x 7-7/8 in.
($55)
see: TAILI WU, ‘Rain or Shine’ – GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021
note: TAII WU . . is a stop-motion artist, illustrator, and animal detective based in NY – aka ‘Monster Shaper’ – for her love of making creatures & puppets.
see:
Taili Wu / Monster Shaper . . !!
Taili Wu – artist portfolio
Taili WU – Instagram
~TAILI WU, ‘Cow Girl’ & ‘Rain or Shine’ . . GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021 / Year of the OX |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 6th, 2021, 11:55am
HAPPY . . . CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR !!
ALL YE . . NEO-APPALACHIA, NEW WAVE RADICAL OUTSIDERS / NEW AGE CRAFTERS & FOLKIES / PLUS ALL THE BACK-TO-THE-EARTH EARTHLINGS !!
COME ON !! LET’S TAKE BACK – THE WORLD !!!
AMANDA CASTILLO, ‘Cowkid’, 2021
Black & White Ink / 3-1/2 x 7-7/8 in.
($88)
see: AMANDA CASTILLO, ‘Cowkid’ – GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021
AMANDA CASTILLO, ‘Milkgirl’, 2021
Black & White Ink / 3-1/2 x 7-7/8 in.
($88)
see: AMANDA CASTILLO, ‘Milkgirl’ – GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021
note: AMANDA COSTILLO . . is an illustrator, cartoonist, & storyteller based in the Bay Area of California – currently working with Random House Graphic as the artist and co-author of an upcoming graphic novel series, ‘MAPMAKERS’ – set to start publishing in 2021.
see: AMANDA COSTILLO – PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
~AMANDA CASTILLO, ‘Cowkid’ & ‘Milkgirl’ . . GRUMPY BET RED ENELOPE SHOW 2021 / Year of the OX |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 5th, 2021, 10:05am
IF !!!
only life could be so simple HAPPY – again.
DIANA VUONG, ‘Celebrating OX 2’, 2021
Digital on iPad, printed vinyl and cut & colored pencils and marker.
3-1/2 x 7-7/8 in.
($50)
see: DIANA VUONG / GRUMPY BERT – RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021
~DIANA VUONG , ‘Celebrating OX 2’ . . GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021 / Year of the OX |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 4th, 2021, 10:59am
2021 – YEAR OF THE OX !!
so, who’s the real winner – the Rat, or the OX ?
GRUMPY BERT’S ANNUAL RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021 – IS ONLINE !!
see: ALL PRODUCTS GRUMPY BERT – RED ENVELOPE 2021
TRACY LEUNG, ‘AFTER FLOWER MARKET’, 2021
ink pens / 7 x 7-7/8 in.
($98) / SOLD
see: TRACY LEUNG, ‘AFTER FLOWER MARKET’ – GRUMPY BERT
note: TRACY LEUNG . . is a Hong Kong-born designer & illustrator now based in NY. Her clints include MOMA & The Met.
see: TRACY LEUNG on Instagram @tlsyltd
~TRACY LEUNG, ‘AFTER FLOWER MARKET’ . . GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2021 / Year of the OX |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 2nd, 2021, 9:19am
GRUMPY BERT’S ANNUAL RED ENVELOPE SHOW – IS ONLINE !!
see: ALL PRODUCTS GRUMPY BERT – RED ENVELOPE 2021
stay Grumpy !! Bert !!
forced to retreat to an online / only show this year . . YEAR of the COVID !!
& with all things China . . are about as popular as Corona Beer /
except !! this invite-only show is always !! always !! a delight,
from hyper-cute to Star Wars futuristic, deeply traditional to . . darkly gruesome goth.
yes, illustrators with heart – come out in force – even for . . . ‘Year of the OX’.
so,
you might think the OX would be mundane, and you . . would be WRONG.
besides, these Red Envelopes wish you . . good luck, health, wealth, happiness, and prosperity.
besides which, the wise man – in these global & trying times – needs all his can absorb from all cultures / especially re: origin tales, fables & really the oft-hidden secrets of human nature, esp as influenced by the celestial stars and in this case, the moon / all the better to you maneuver your way through a multi-national life – just that much better, and surely – smarter.
and maybe, even more . . blessed.
whether it be Native American, Viking or Ancient China.
‘Fiddler on the Roof’, or . . Lin Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’.
we can all relate to universal truths, humanity, and the wish for happiness.
we all live on the same earth / under the same sky.
DANIEL RAMIRIZ, ‘The Bow’, 2021.
3-1/2 x 7-7/8 in. on a traditional red envelope
Prisma Color pencils, Markers & Gel-pen
($65)
see: Daniel Ramairiz – ‘The Bow’ on GRUMPY BERT
Daniel Ramiriz was born & raised in Brooklyn /
see: @onlythestare / Instagram
~DANIEL RAMIREZ, ‘The Bow’ . . GRUMPY BERT RED ENVELOPE SHOW 2012 / Year of the OX |
Posted in If I had $200, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 28th, 2021, 1:11pm
PRECOG VOL 6:
‘When the object sins and the diva sings and the spider crawls out of the web someone else made …’
I have 3 drawings in the new Precog 6 … !!!
debuting this weekend at: Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair / Feb 24-28, 2021
with over 400 exhibitors / from 43 countries.
NANCY SMITH, ‘Mirror, Mirror’, 1985, NYC.
charcoal on paper / 38 x 50 in.
inspired by a medieval Italian Tarot card deck, I was pregnant with my daughter, Kate.
NANCY SMITH, ‘Industrial Boy’, 1985, NYC.
charcoal on paper / 38 x 50 in.
this is me . . in my most awkward, androgynous state,
lamenting climate change, back in 1985.
NANCY SMITH, Flowers in a Vase’, 1985, NYC.
charcoal on paper / 38 x 50 in.
yes !!, that is a large format for paper drawing.
but . . it’s a heavy-weight good quality acid-free paper / at the time we lived in a downtown 5 floor walk-up loft space, for very cheap, and with little in the way of heat, etc. I can’t emphasize how raw it was. it was just a step above squatting. the rest of the building was still used to store textiles.
it’s now . . very very expensive condos.
the upside, besides being dirt cheap / was that it was situated on Leonard St. in Tribeca, just below Broadway / so, right around the corner from the famous Pearl Paint. it was super easy to saunter in, & cheap-ish !! to get that kind of large scale drawing paper back in the 80s, and then walk home to work on it.
PRECOG VOL. 6: the cover art !!! / which I absolutely adore . . . !!!!!!!
PRECOG VOL 6: ‘When the object sins and the diva sings and the spider crawls out of the web someone else made …’ / publishing Spring 2021
see: Precog Store – for advance ordering
PRECOG . . . was founded,
as an Indie curatorial publishing project, “that explores science, technology, techno plastics, cyber culture and feminism” / by . . . 3 women:
FLORENCIA ESCUDERO / Co-editor, Publisher
GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ / Co-editor, Publisher
KELLIE KONAPELSKY / Co-editor, Publisher, Graphic Designer
see: PRECOG MAGAZINE
see: PRINTED MATTER VIRTUAL ART BOOK FAIR – 2021
FLASHBACK:
from top left: NICHOLAS STEINDORF, GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ, KELLIE KONAPELSKY
bottom center: FLORENCIA ESCUDERO
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
at the HALEY JOSEPHS, ‘Paintings & Drawings for Childhood’s End’ opening / L.E.S.
JACK BARRET GALLERY, almost exactly a year ago / last March 1, 2020.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF . . had just collaborated with Gaby, Kellie & Florencia,
on their PRECOG X VDC / Virtual Dream Center / Digital Online Interactive Game Engine.
~PRECOG 6 / PRINTED MATTER VIRTUAL ART BOOK FAIR / FEB 24-28, 2021 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 25th, 2021, 10:34am
