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
time . . . is relentless.
it’s already . . . the last days to see:
PHIL COTE: ‘Almost Everything’
curated by JESSE ARAN GREENBERG / JAG Projects at HESSE FLATOW
PHIL . . will be at the closing party / event, today – SAT FEB 13, 2021 / from 4 – 6 pm.
PHIL COTE, ‘Strange Presence’, 2019.
oil on canvas / 24 x 24 in.
detail.
artwork images via Instagram @paintco
yeah, BRO !!
in these uncertain, ancient ferocity / times.
wishing you . . . well.
~PHIL COTE . . ‘Almost Everything’ / JAG Projects / HESSE FLATOW / closing event SAT FEB 13 / 4-6 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 13th, 2021, 1:43pm
wishing you, WELL !!
DREW GILLESPIE, detail installation . .
“Drewy ‘Good Enough’ Andrews”, 202l.
multi-media installation in ‘The First Story: A Show about Twinning’.
presented by JAG Projects, hosted by Marinaro Gallery
up thru . . . Feb 28, 2021.
DREW GILLESPIE, detail install photo of his ‘Twinning’ installation.
image via Instagram @bobo_newyorkcity
such . . . a loaded image.
I’ve written about ‘wishing wells’ lately, specifically with regard to the big LED animated floor ‘cubes’ that LUKE MURPHY has been exhibiting.
this one is from his recent show at THE HOLE /
install photo via THE HOLE – ‘CUBED’.
to my mind, traditionally the phrase ‘Wishing Well’ was a symbol for deep inner reflection, a dive into the ‘personal’ unknown, and perhaps . . even a lucky dream come true.
Drew’s wishing well, is a lot more bizarre.
and yet somehow, in twisting out like this, the whole concept of ‘wishing well’ got twisted out too, but in a good form, and in a more outward . . narrative. I mean maybe his evil twin, aside /
‘wishing well’ ?
wishing YOU, well !!
in these politically fraught / mask wearing, global / deadly pandemic times.
~DREW GILLESPIE . . ‘Wishing Well’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 13th, 2021, 1:06pm
Twinning ? it’s complicated . . !!
especially when you’re stuck at the bottom of a wishing well, and . . talking to a therapy bot.
DREW GILLESPIE . . gives it a shot.
JESSE ARAN GREENBERG / JAG Projects presents a group show . .
‘The First Story: A Show about Twinning’ – running thru FEB 28, 2021
Marinaro Gallery, Sub-Basement
(above 2 images edited from Instagram @jesse_aran_greenberg)
some projects are not made for flat screens !!
watch: the video / @bobo_newyorkcity on Instagram
the text:
“. . . a sculpture of a wishing well about the relationship between 2 identical twin brothers.
the well includes a ‘live’ video feed of a therapy session between a therapist chatbot and a paranoid twin, named Drew Andrews, who is stuck at the bottom of the wishing well.
He is mostly complaining to his therapist about his annoyng twin brother, Andy Andrews, who obsessively follows him around and imitates his every gesture.”
DREW GILLESPIE, “Drewy ‘Good Enough’ Andrews”, 2021
mixed media, dimensions Variable
image via Marinaro Gallery
see: ‘The First Story’ . . Marinaro Gallery
FLASHBACK:
DREW GILLESPIE . . .
BOBO / JAG Projects present . . . ‘MUD FEST’ / Hudson Valley, upstate NY, weekend of July 22-23, 2017.
archival photo: NANCY SMITH, July 23, 2017.
~DREW GILLESPIE . . “Drewy ‘Good Enough’ Andrews” / ‘TWINNING’ / JAG PROJECTS, MARINARO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 4th, 2021, 9:37am
when the deep, dark sub-basement . . . lights up /
can be . . magic.
JESSE ARAN GREENBERG / JAG Projects presents:
‘The First Story: A Show about Twinning’ – a Group Show with:
Sophie Parker, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Lizzie Wright, Luke Barber-Smith, Drew Gillespie (of BOBO), Max Bushman, & Laura Hunt
Jan 28 – Feb 28, 2021
the second in a series of JAG PROJECTS / curated by Jesse Aran Greenberg
hosted by Marinaro Gallery / 1 Oliver St, NY NY 10038
in . . . their Sub-Basement.
FLASHBACK:
JESSE ARAN GREENBERG / JAG Projects
at ‘Mud Fest’, presented by BOBO & JAG Projects / Hudson Valley, upstate NY, July 22-23 weekend of 2017.
archival photo: Nancy Smith, Sunday July 23, 2017.
~JESSE GREENBERG . . is on a roll !! . . . ‘A Show about Twinning’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 29th, 2021, 11:39am
PHIL COTE . . ‘ALMOST EVERYTHING’
up thru . . FEB 13, 2021
HESSE FLATOW
more painterly, than it seems on first impression,
yes . . a Bic lighter can be indeed / a profound meditation.
detail,
PHIL COTE, ‘ Absolute Reality’, 2019.
oil on canvas / 32 x 32 in.
image via Instagram @paintco
Phil . . writes of this painting on his IG page:
“I like thinking about the moment at a concert when everyone puts their lighters (or nowadays phones)
in the air, in a collective expression of euphoric appreciation.”
I was thinking in no order: plastic vs glass / expressionism vs realism / flame vs spark / euphoria crowd vs vandalism riot /
change vs entropy & finally, when I first came to stay in NYC, seeing Gerhard Richter candle paintings in the early 80s, and thinking: this guy is going to be very famous.
~PHIL COTE . . ‘ABSOLUTE REALITY’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 16th, 2021, 2:17pm
and then, there was . . . light.
ok, maybe . . . a Bic lighter ?
PHIL COTE . . ‘ALMOST EVERYTHING’
curated by JESSE GREENBERG / JAG Projects
opens Thurs Jan 14 / 4 – 8 PM
the show is up thru . . FEB 13, 2021
get appt / timed entry tickets from the gallery
HESSE FLATOW, 508 WEST 26TH ST, CHELSEA NYC 10001
HRS: Tues-Sat 11-6
PHIL COTE , ‘Absolute Reality’, 2019.
oil on canvas, 32 x 32 in.
image via Hesse Flatow
“a title . . which emerged from a soft concept hinging on self-awareness & coinciding with moments of inner peace;
a survey of our shared experiences, magical or otherwise.”
~PHIL COTE / @paintco on Instagram
see: PHIL COTE – ARTIST WEBSITE /
see: @PAINTCO / Instagram
ART LOVERS / COSMIC . . . FLASHBACK !!!!!
BOBO . . .
from left: singer DREW GILLESPIE, NICK PAYNE on keyboards & PHIL COTE on guitar
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, NYC / March 24, 2007
I first encountered BOBO, a wild, at that time Philly-based 3 person artist-performance band / art collective.
by sheer luck, I had stumbled upon them at their very first NYC gig, at some after-party in a huge old dive bar,
in the East Village. they were dressed as old timey newspaper boys.
the crowd grew quickly & alarmingly, from 12 fans to a packed packed house.
everybody jumping up and down to the music so hard – on an old creaking wood floor, they NYC floors – used to be.
I thought – seriously !! the floor was about to give way at any moment.
PHIL COTE, at the most incredible / BOBO & JESSE GREENBERG produced . . ‘Hot Mud Fest’, summer of 2017 !!
at the rambling farm where BOBO has relocated in Hudson Valley, N.Y.
a weekend of on-site . . crazy great art, poetry, yes, even pond wading & a pop-up BBQ from Brooklyn.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, HUDSON Valley, NYC / July 23, 2017
~PHIL COTE . . ‘ALMOST EVERYTHING’ / CURATED BY JESSE GREENBERG / HESSE FLATOW / OPENING THURS JAN 14 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 13th, 2021, 3:21pm
9 days into 2021 . . ?
& whaaaaaaaaa…………….
where’s . . . the turn-off switch ?
JONNY CAMPOLO, ‘Turn-On’.
leaded colored glass / posted on IG Dec 26, 2020
image via IG @jonnycampolo
two different boots / two different colored hands ?
one body.
is it a stretch . . to say: a divided USA ?
vibrant, intense, but dysfunctional. or at least . . troubled. opaque.
apparently, if you read about the founding fathers, nothing much is . . new.
I’m thinking, for whatever that’s worth (!!),
it’s not the concept of ‘country’ per se /
it’s more . . human nature. and that’s nano/bio human nature as well: cells vs cells.
but I mean just generally, left all alone on an island, a person would prob hang themselves.
unless maybe they started star-gazing, making friends with the stars, or the fish / or making some kind of art.
it’s always . . war vs creation.
and then . . there was light.
~JONNY CAMPOLO . . . ON / OFF SWITCH |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 9th, 2021, 12:24pm
just 5 days in & 2021 isn’t exactly going the way we hoped / fake psychic media narrative, I . . guess ?!!
2 words: Rapid Corona
so, what I want to know is: what’s . . DNA vs RNA ?!!
PETER SUTHERLAND, MAIL ART: ‘Tree Rings’.
ink jet on mesh decal over c-print / 9 x 6 in.
image via Instagram @petersutherland / posted Jan 3, 2021
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘PSYCHIC / TREE RINGS’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2021, 11:16am
Happy New Year, y’all
this sentiment – we take to be true, and most . . critical.
PETER SUTHERLAND, MAIL ART: ‘Pop Up Earth’.
ink jet on mesh decal over c-print / 9 x 6 in.
image via Instagram @petersutherland / posted Jan 3, 2021
~PETER SUTHERLAND . . ‘Our Home Take Care’, 2021 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | January 5th, 2021, 11:06am
