re: Fables
re: Runes, Spells, Hexcraft & Charms / early Norwegian/Germanic settlers of Pennsylvania, etc. etc. etc. / Magic
“The Northern Runes, and Other Magical Alphabets . . .
Among the Norse and Germanic people there developed a system of writing known as runes. Developed in the early Middle Ages, this system of writing is returning to popularity today (2002), and is especially used in magical workings.There are now many people who do divination with these runes.”
~’HEX & SPELLWORK’ – ‘The Magical Practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch ‘/ written by KARL HERR, Hexenmeister.
Published 2002 / Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC / York Beach, Maine / with offices in Boston, MASS. Printed in Canada (!!)
‘ANTONE KONST: LOVE & FEAR’ . . . ‘NICOLE EISENMAN: NINETEEN NINETIES’
OPENED WED SEPT 11th / aka . . 9/11 / the WTC take-down / the 18th anniversary, so yeah . . already a . . ‘loaded’ situation.
the show runs thru . . . OCT 26, 2019
TILTON GALLERY, 8 EAST 76th STREET / UP-TOWN / NYC 10021
PIX FROM THE OPENING / WED SEPT 11, 2019
ANTONE KONST, and JOHN ANGLES . . at the opening.
ANTONE KONST, ‘Bird Song (black)’, 2019.
Plaster, burlap, hydrocal, polystyrene, pigment, flashe, shellac, polyester, resin, cotton string, paper pulp, steel, plywood, polymer clay, foam-coat, acrylic, Black Oil Sunflower Seed / 65 x 84 x 37 in.
more Hansel & Gretel, than . . . Hobbit ?
detail, ‘Bird Song (black)’.
magical, yes. witchcraft / maybe ?
but still . . more protection charm / bird song than . . say, Arabian Nights.
ANTONE KONST, ‘Frog in the Fog’ 2019
oil on canvas / 67 x 37 in.
More ‘Frog and Toad’, than . . GOT / Game of Thrones.
still, gentle is only . . as gentle does.
there’s also greater unknown / fate / in the mystery of life and a new-found vulnerability in birthing . . a human child. that’s why we have Fairy Tales, Cautions & nursery rhymes.
JERRY BLACKMAN, in front of . . .
ANTONE KONST, ‘Juggler’, 2019.
acrylic, styrofoam, screws, on canvas / 78 x 48 x 5.25 in.
‘Juggler’ . . had real / ‘balls’ . . attached to it’s surface.
bottom, left-hand corner.
bottom border / trolls, or . . . brooding Buddha feet ?
always, keep one eye – open / just as the birds sing, the garden still grows dark . . at night.
RICHARD TUTTLE and . . CONNIE TILTON.
behind them, NICOLE EISENMAN’S co-exhibit . . across the hall /
‘NICOLE EISENMAN: Nineteen Nineties’.
NICOLE EISENMAN . . .
damn, she’s fierce.
NICOLE EISEMAN, ‘Self Portrait with Pirate’, 1996.
oil on wood panel / 64 x 48 in.
cowboy / pirate . . myths & fables.
MARTHA TUTTLE and JAMES MILLER . .
NICOLE EISENMAN painting – behind them.
ANTONE KONST, large neon sculpture – in the garden behind the gallery, at night.
ANTONE KONST, ‘Praying Woman’, 2018.
neon mounted on panel / 44 x 34 in.
CHIS WATTS, and JAENA KWON . . in the garden / after-party.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see: RUNES – Wikipedia
A Younger Futhark inscription on the 12th C. Vaksala Runestone in Sweden
source: Vaksalastenen Runes – Wiki
an inscription, (note the: 3 x 1 in. letter / word block format),
using cipher runes, the Elder Futhark and the Younger Futhark, on the 9th C. Rok Runestone in Sweden.
source: Rokstenen – WiKi
a ‘bracteate, from approx AD 400, which features the ‘charm’ word: ‘ALU’, with a depiction of a horse & a man’s head, & a swastika. apparently the exact meaning of the word ‘Alu’ . . is under some dispute, but it is generally agreed upon to ‘represent’ . . ‘an instance of historical runic magic’. it is the most common of the early runic .. ‘charms’.
source: Alu – wikwi
maybe . . .
it’s a ‘mind-set’ / an empowerment / a spell / a protection ?
the swastika was originally, and in many cultures . . across the globe, a symbol of prosperity & good fortune / well-being esp in the home.
painting – is a mind-set, for sure . . anyways.
usually. . having magic, being magical, or referencing.
this particular night . . shook me up.
it was very much . . a kind of ‘loaded’ ghost-ship of a night, across the spectrum.
~ANTONE KONST . . ‘LOVE & FEAR’ / NICOLE EISENMAN . . ‘NINETEEN NINETIES’ / TILTON GALLERY / OPENING PIX |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 8th, 2019, 11:44am
subtext: symbolist
seekers of undiscovered . . gems !!
sometimes called folk art, outsider art & just plain . . vibrant emotional & expressive art /
if you aren’t (solely) into . . certified labels & careers.
this is YOUR . . weekend.
Go forth & FORAGE !!!!
see: 28th Annual Jersey City Art & Studio Tour 2019 / OCT 3 – 6, 2019 at various locations – throughout Jersey City, including the Heights !!
hey, y’all !!
meet ERIN JENSEN . . .
my Jersey City Heights – BFF & partner in all things thrifting, funny, family & . . cool.
what can I say ?
some people are just natural-born funny, and innate creative.
well, right off-the-bat funny: Erin is not one drop Irish, she’s from sturdy Welsh & Swiss, with a little Danish thrown in there / immigrant stock . . the tough pioneers who came to this country more than a century ago – to log the forests, settling in the west, Washington State, right on the coast. growing up, she used to visit her maternal grandparents there all the time, so there’s def some of that western folklore in them there genes.
but, she actually grew up in Santa Barbara, California . . so she’s a California girl, through & through. her family home was classic mid-century modern, with a great view of the ocean, and she’s always, always, been interested in art, art history & illustration.
I find the Welsh genes of note / so ancient deeply pagan & magical.
this is so classic – naive ‘femme’ symbolism / or what !!
reaching deep in, I so love art – in the wild.
raw spaces, basement studios, etc, etc.
you know – where they come to life, in the secret spaces.
like mushrooms.
Erin has 2 boys, interestingly . . her hubby Noe is of Mexican descent, growing up on a horse farm, in Oaxaca . . which Erin has visited many times / so you can see the Mexican ‘flores’ influence blooming throughout – both in color palette & folk art subjects, as well.
‘flores’.
this one seems very folk art, but different from the others. she says it’s based on a famous ‘European’ painting. it strikes me as very ‘Russian’ / it reminds me of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’.
which is a funny thought / Old World Northern European meets southern Mexican / via California Beach Boys . . . and comes out: Yiddish ?
Erin Jensen’s work . . .
can be found in the Vietnam Vets Community Center – at Pershing Field, up in the Heights.
the price range on the works is: approx $400-$600.
they are variously, oil or acrylic paint – on canvas.
the show at the Pershing Field venue was curated by long-time / Art Tour organizers: DIANE LOMBARDI & ELAINE JAMES.
so, Yeah, go forth and . . . FORAGE / buy LOCAL !!!!!!!!!!
there’s some real good art – up here in the Heights !!!!!!!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~ERIN JENSEN . . 28th Annual Jersey City Art & Studio Tour / Community Center / Pershing Field |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 5th, 2019, 8:21am
subtext: sucker-punch realism
pick your poison . . . !!
white trash hillbilly, or . . Southern black bumpkins !!
‘Neither Devils Nor Divines’ – Rebecca Morgan, Mark Thomas Gibson
opened Sat Sept 14
the show runs thru . . OCT 13, 2019.
Mother Gallery, 1154 North Ave, Beacon NY 12508
note: Rebecca Morgan courtesy of Asya Geisberg Gallery, NY / Mark Thomas Gibson courtesy of Fredricks & Freiser, NY
more background: ‘Neither Devils Nor Divines’ / Press release – Mother
list & photos of works: list of works / Mother
OPENING NIGHT – PIX !!!!
REBECCA MORGAN . . with the limited edition, custom design ‘Corn Cob Bumpkin’ ‘Handkerchief’/ ‘bandanna’,
ROCK SOUP produced for her, $25.
yes !! of course, I got one – when they first came out.
see: ROCK SOUP
Rebecca Morgan, hand-built porcelain jugs.
I had only seen these in photographs / it was such a great exhilaration to examine them in the – round.
I am also, absolutely c-r-a-z-y – for the gallery’s . . authentic / raw, up-cycled space !!
these are raw, new visions / like most of the work on this gallery’s agenda – and, they are not quite ready to be behind static, sacred ‘museum’ display cases yet !!
come on . . art world, let the new art: rebel, revel, and . . reveal !!
a little bit first, before you encase them – with ‘certified’ branding.
now that’s a . . . fierce one.
more like a tantric Tibetan Buddhist god of death, change . . & warning / a guardian.
than a clueless, horny . . ‘ruralist’, lol.
REBECCA MORGAN, ‘Oatmeal Jug’, 2015.
Porcelain / 6.50 x 4 x 3.50 in.
($1,400.)
she might be a dirty girl (!!), but she sure looks sweet – to me.
REBECCA MORGAN, ‘Dirty Girl’, 2014.
oil on panel / 20 x 18 in.
($2,800.)
this bloke – was a fav.
just something about how the face is modeled, really fascinated me.
prob coming from the use of . . graphite, as well as oil paint.
REBECCA MORGAN, ‘Hunter or Hipster Male’, 2012.
Graphite & oil on panel / 26 x 22 in.
($3,200.)
MARK THOMAS GIBSON, with his found puppy Mars, short for Marsden Hartley.
now here is a guy who just radiates with a secret, street smart, folktale, & maybe even, political . . sense of humor, and an down-to-earth self-awareness.
L: MARK THOMAS GIBSON, ‘Self-Portrait – Beach Front’, 2019.
ink on paper, 55 x 76 in.
($8,000.)
R: MARK THOMAS GIBSON, ‘Self-Portrait – Sunshine State’, 2019.
Ink on paper, 55 x 76 in.
($8,000.)
MARK THOMAS GIBSON, ‘Self-Portrait – The Quiet Storm’, 2019.
Ink on paper / 55 x 76 in.
($8,000.)
it kinda says to me . . I give-up / this world is nuts.
it’s raw, but tender / cartoonish – but straightforward.
very thrilling, in fact. in a quiet, under-the-radar way.
great draftsmanship / great compositioon, but above all – heart-strings pulling / funny.
come on, lighten up world / crack a few jokes.
it’s got that gentle humor of ‘Uncle Remus’.
but make no mistake, underneath it all – is an abstract painter !!
just consider the lyrical wash of the color, and the dreamy yet tight, infra-structure.
little did I know what kind of busy bee / hard-core rebel artists hornets nest,
I was about to kick over – when I innocently stepped into this upstate scene / acting on an invite from Daniel Giordano & Samuel Boehm . . / of Vicki !!
the most fun scene right now, no holds bared.
the art & the artists . . amped up / vibrant, dynamic & well . . . they sucker-punch it – to ya.
every time.
no doubt about it.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~REBECCA MORGAN, MARK THOMAS GIBSON . . ‘NEITHER DEVILS NOR DIVINES’ / MOTHER, BEACON / OPENING PIX |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 3rd, 2019, 10:48am
subtext: sucker-punch realism
‘NEITHER DEVILS NOR DIVINES’
REBECCA MORGAN & MARK THOMAS GIBSON
OPENS SAT SEPT 14 / 5-8
& runs thru . . OCT 13, 2019
MOTHER GALLERY, 1154 North Ave., Beacon, NY 12508
more background: Press Release / Mother Gallery
Rebecca Morgan, ‘Granny Huffer’, 2015.
oil and graphite on panel / 10 x 8 in.
image courtesy: Mother Gallery / Asya Geisberg Gallery
Mark Thomas Gibson, ‘Self Portrait – Smooth Sailing’, 2019.
ink on paper / 55 x 76 in.
image courtesy: Mother Gallery / Fredericks & Freiser Gallery
~REBECCA MORGAN, MARK THOMAS GIBSON . . ‘NEITHER DEVILS NOR DIVINES’ / MOTHER GALLERY, BEACON NY / OPENS SAT SEPT 14 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 13th, 2019, 9:52pm
57W57ARTS PRESENTS:
SAMUEL BOEHM . . ‘Forget-Me-Knots’ in the WAITING ROOM
and . .
CHARLES GOLDMAN . . ‘DBLD’ in the PROJECT SPACE
up thru . . OCT 24, 2019
57W57ARTS
DANIEL GIORDANO in black cap, with SAMUEL BOEHM . .
they are quite opposing in their work, and character . . though they make for great yin yang partners-in-art !!
great friends / they also co-founded & run . .
VICKI, a cutting edge curatorial space in Newburgh, NY.
the next show is: Ted Gahl – ‘Zen Paintings’ / Sat Oct 12, 2019
SAMUEL BOEHM . .
L: ‘real Man’, 2019.
oil, wax, and acrylic on canvas / 12 x 10 in.
R:’Star painting’ (delco), 2019.
oil, wax, and acrylic on canvas / 12 x 10 in.
&, yes . . turns out it is – a real waiting room, couches and all.
the work was very benevolent, in the setting. all peace & subtle play / no hard edges,
though . . there certainly were some.
SAMUEL BOEHM . .
L: ‘Real man’ (Windswept), 2018-19
oil, wax, and acrylic on canvas / 12 x 10 in.
C: ‘K Painting’, 2017.
oil, wax, and acrylic on canvas / 12 x 10 in.
R: ‘Star Painting (Saboten)’, 2019.
oil, wax, and acrylic on canvas / 12 x 10 in.
CHARLES GOLDMAN, with his art work in the Project Space at 57W57ARTS.
CHARLES GOLDMAN, ‘RE>CRETE>jj’, 2018.
RE>CRETE>, vinyl strap, styrofoam, metal / 55-1/2 x 61 x 22 in.
CHARLES GOLDMAN, ‘Distant Painting (25-25-50-50)’, 2019.
ink on plexi glass, cyanotype on fabric, wood & hardware / 32 x 4 x 38 in.
Daniel Giordano – at the left.
SUE RAVITZ, owner/director of 57W57ARTS, with her own . . ‘handiwork’ – behind her.
SUE RAVITZ, colorfield / & tightly patterned . . needlepoint.
def, see: SUE RAVITZ – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~SAMUEL BOEHM, CHARLES GOLDMAN, SUE RAVITZ . . 57W57ARTS / OPENING PIX |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 13th, 2019, 2:07pm
subtext: do we all want to be – stars ?
SAMUEL BOEHM . . ‘Forget-Me-Nots’
OPENS THURS SEPT 13 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs thru . . . OCT 24, 2019
in the . . Waiting Room
57W57ARTS, 57 W57th ST., Suite 1207, NYC NY 10019
“The star as we know it is a five-pointed shape. I’ve noticed that we have 5 points too. I often wonder
if we all want to be stars or if maybe stars just want to be people, but then I think that everything
to my people-brain is people-like.”
~Samuel Boehm / 57W57ARTS
more: about the show – ‘Forget-Me-Nots’ . . 57W57ARTS
image via Instagram @samuelboehm
~SAMUEL BOEHM . . ‘Forget-Me-Nots’, 57W57ARTS / MIDTOWN / OPENS TO-NITE THURS Sept 12 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2019, 9:58am
subtext: 9-11 / LOVE and . . Fear
ANTONE KONST – ‘LOVE AND FEAR’
OPENS TO-NITE . . WED SEPT 11 / 6-8 PM
the show runs thru . . OCT 26, 2019
TILTON GALLERY, 8 EAST 76 St., UPTOWN NYC 10021
more info: ANTONE KONST-‘LOVE & FEAR’ / TILTON GALLERY PRESS RELEASE
ANTONE KONST, ‘FROG in the FOG’, 2019.
oil on canvas / 68 x 44 in.
image courtesy of the artist
ANTONE KONST, ‘BirdSong’, 2019 / sculpture
bird seed, shellac, PVA, plaster, burlap, foam, steel, aluminum, pigment, polyester & wood
90 x 46 x 40 in.
image courtesy of the artist
ANTONE KONST, at the closing party of ‘Socrates Annual 2018’, L.I.C., Queens
Photo: Nancy Smith, March 24, 2019.
see: ANTONE KONST, ‘Free Peddler’ / ‘Socrates Annual 2018’
see: ANTONE KONST – ‘FREE PEDDLER’, ‘Socrates Annual 2018 / Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C.’ Queens
ANTONE KONST . . was born in New haven Connecticut in 1987. He graduated from The California Institute for the arts, Valencia, CA
in 2011 & received his MFA from the Yale School of Art, New Haven in 2014. Antone currently lives & works in Brooklyn.
ps: he’s a new dad, and I guess he is thinking about the world from a different perspective, though not far off-topic, if you’ve followed his work.
pss: his dad raises flowers and organic vegetables for market in Connecticut, btw.
~ANTONE KONST . . ‘LOVE & FEAR’, TILTON GALLERY / UPTOWN / OPENS TO-NITE WED SEPT 11 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 11th, 2019, 10:26am
9-11 NEVER FORGET.
this is one of my quilt repair projects.
it is airing on the terrace of my former ‘penthouse’ apt,
on the 20th floor of FDR & Grand, Lower East Side NYC, where I used to live from about 1996-2004,
till we got gentrified out.
it’s a really shallow terrace, so I had to really contort myself to get the doomed towers into the photo.
you can see the kind of damage I was repairing, on the left.
it was a real & very old, farm ‘utility’ quilt, meaning it was made quickly, and to be used.
one way you can tell that, is the fact that it was ‘tied’ with blue yarn, in regular intervals across the surface, instead of ‘quilted’ with hand stitching, which is way more laborious.
I bought it, all raggedy . . upstate in a rural junk shop for $10.
of course, the most amazing thing about this quilt & this photo . .
is that, this old frontier quilt pattern is called . .’Lightning Strikes’.
it was used both as a warning & a ‘protection from’ . . barn fires on the prairies / which were apparently way too common & of course, devastating.
you can see the ‘zig zag’ of the fire – easier in this photo.
sometimes, I go really creative in my quilt repairs / this one was ‘just’ getting the old, worn quilt strong again.
and I’m glad I did.
it had so much history to begin with, and apparently it was to live on . .
into this century as well.
I hand-stitched all the ‘piecing’ parts & actually hand-stitched an ‘x’ into every single tiny black dot,
because, due to its age, and the kind of dyes they used back in the 1800s / esp with regard to black,
the black areas were quite worn-out or gone altogether / quilt & textile archivists call that: drop out.
the complete repair – took at least 2 years.
p.s. over the years I’ve learnt, that quilts & art in general – are way more profound, esp as they ‘play out’ against society and the times,
than the contemporary, logical . . human mind can – imagine.
p.s.s. I saw the 2nd plane come in, over that snip of the East River, turn around mid-flight . . and barrel
at full speed – into the second World Trade Center tower. until that happened, on TV they were ‘saying’ it was a ‘helicopter crash’.
after that, with all the media cameras focused on the scene, the attack was quite obvious & could not be denied.
Photos: Nancy Smith
~9-11 Quilt . . ‘Lightning Strikes’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 11th, 2019, 9:46am
‘SOFT TEMPLE’
June 22 – Aug 4 / extended thru Aug 11, 2019
MOTHER GALLERY, 1154 North Avenue, Beacon NY 12508
HRS: SAT & SUN 1-6 PM & by appointment
with:
RYAN BROWNING, BROCK ENRIGHT, GIOVANNI FORLINO, DANIEL GIORDANO, CHASON MATTHAMS, STEVEN MAYER, JENNY MORGAN, LARYSA MYERS, & ELISA SOLIVEN
more about the show: ‘SOFT TEMPLE’ – MOTHER GALLERY ARCHIVE
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘My Scorpio’, 2016-2019.
1970s Husqvarna motocross bikes, deep-fried batter, glazed ceramic, mermaids, steel, aluminum, railroad spikes, phosphorescent acrylic, Canadian maple syrup, urinal cake, cattails, epoxy, plastic wrap / 88 x 72 x 74 in.
($13,000.)
DANIEL GIORDANO was born in Poughkeepsie, NY. He earned his MFA from the University of Delaware, and has shown nationally & internationally. Daniel Giordano also co-founded & runs Vicki, a curatorial space in Newburgh, NY where he lives & works.
~Mother Gallery
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Self Portrait with Tchotchkes’, 2019.
Moisturizing face masks, peat, strawberry Nesquik powder, epoxy, correctional fluid, alligator, artificial tooth, fibered aluminum coating, glass, iron ore, wire hanger, hardware / 9 x 16 x 15.5 in.
($1,200.)
‘Self Portrait’ . . from the side
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Gougoune’, 2016-2019.
Aluminum, shark, tennis ball, canned marzipan, canned persipan, bells from Santa’s sleigh, copper foil, iron ore, epoxy, diaper rash ointment, tiger balm, twist ties, plastic wrap, wire hanger, hardware / 55 x 29 x 20 in.
($3,000.)
note: ‘Gougoune’ translates from French as ‘flip flop’ / as in thong footwear / summer sandals / flip flops.
‘Gougoune’ detail
‘Gougoune’ detail
BROCK ENRIGHT, ‘Hum’, 2019.
Crushed velvet, hose, note, bell, whisper / 48 x 78 in.
($1,500)
BROCK ENRIGHT was born in 1976 Norfolk, VA / Virginia. He received his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 1988, and his MFA from Columbia University 2002. He currently lives & works in the Hudson Valley.
~Mother Gallery
GIOVANNI FORLINO, ‘The Great Curve 3’, 2019.
ink & colored pencil on paper / 16.5 x 11.7 in.
($9,000.)
GIOVANNI FORLINO was born in Livingston, New Jersey in 1984. He moved to Brooklyn at age 17 & obtained a BFA in drawing from Pratt Institute. Giovanni’s work is in numerous private & public collections world-wide including the Getty Museum & the Guggenheim. He lives & works in Brooklyn, NY & London, UK.
~Mother Gallery
CHASON MATTHAMS, ‘Daffy’s head on Sylvester’s body (beat up)’, 2017.
Oil on panel / 39-3/4 x 19-3/4 in.
(SOLD)
CHASON MATTHAMS (b. 1981, from Pacific Grove, California) lives & works in New York, NY. He received an MFA & a BFA from New York University. Matthams has had several solo shows in NYC & San Francisco.
~Mother Gallery
RYAN BROWNING . .
L: ‘Bavarian Candelabra’, 2019.
Oil on linen, 10 x 8 in.
($800.)
R: ‘Visitation’, 2018-2019.
oil on linen, 10 x 18 in.
($800.)
RYAN BROWNING is an American artist living in Doha, Qatar. He has exhibited & curated in galleries & museums nationally & internationally. He is an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.
~Mother Gallery
STEVEN MAYER, ‘Look Far’, 2019.
Acrylic & medium on panel / 16 x 12 in.
($1,200.)
STEVEN MAYER (B. 1986), grew up in the Skylands region of northern New Jersey & received his BFA from The Tyler School of Art (2009) & his MFA from Rutgers Mason gross (2014). Steven is a piper & artist currently living & working in Brooklyn, NY.
~Mother Gallery
JENNY MORGAN, ‘Space For Forgiveness’, 2019.
Oil on canvas / 19 x 16.5 in.
($5,000.)
JENNY MORGAN was born in 1982 in Salt Lake City, Utah & holds a BA from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Lakewood, Colorado & an MFA from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, NY. She has had numerous shows and critical reviews. She currently lives & works in Brooklyn NY.
~Mother Gallery
DANIEL GIORDANO, & MOTHER GALLERY, BEACON NY . . OWNER / DIRECTOR: PAOLA OXOA.
the tribe comes to . . . Beacon
KATE, ZORA the pooch, artist/curator DANIEL GIORDANO, and . . taking after his dad, young collector THEO CERIGO.
ps / ps / ps / ps / ps / ps / ps / bring on the par-tay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New York Times alert !!
I almost forgot !!
it was such a pumped-up day !!
WILL HEINRICH of the New York Times . . had just published a great essay on the art scene upstate,
“Summer Art Trek: Gallery Hopping in the Hudson Valley” . . which included a really nice spread on DANIEL !! and his distressed motorcycle !! and the ‘Soft Temple’ show in general . . at MOTHER GALLERY !!
as Daniel . . is prone to say: FULL THROTTLE – AHEAD !!
screenshot: NEW YORK TIMES
MOST DEF see: “Summer Art Trek: Gallery Hopping in the Hudson Valley” / “Galleries abound due north of the city, showing Warhol, Basquait, and the talents of Arte Povera”,
written by Will Heinrich, NEW YORK TIMES / AUG 9, 2019
ps: I think the ‘arte povera’ reference – belongs to . . Daniel !!
yep, full throttle ahead.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH / SAT AUG 10, 2019
~DANIEL GIORDANO, BROCK ENRIGHT, GIOVANNI FORLINO, CHASON MATTHAMS, RYAN BROWNING, STEVEN MAYER, JENNY MORGAN . . ‘SOFT TEMPLE’ / MOTHER GALLERY / BEACON, NY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2019, 11:10am
DANIEL GIORDANO – STUDIO VISIT
AUG 10, 2019
DANIEL GIORDANO’s studio . . is in an old red brick industrial building / on the seedy side of Newburgh.
well-worn, the building looks to hold a lot of local history, but for him in particular – as it was home to his family’s coat manufacturing factory for several generations.
well, manufacturing coats, unless you are in China, Pakistan or Viet Nam, ain’t gonna get you nowhere this century, but maybe re-translate that entrepreneurship, hard work, and skills . . factoring in the new (serious) art influences in the surrounding community, and well . . maybe art – will win the day.
looks like a win win – to me.
ps: VICKI . . is on the ground floor storefront.
mark your calendar: TED GAHL – ‘Zen Paintings’ . . opens SAT OCT 12.
DANIEL . . has the whole top / 3rd floor. eat your heart out – Brooklyn.
plenty of room, to go big / catch . . that power and the ‘fury’.
work in progress.
cannoli / and . . cream.
another metal pipe / ‘pole’ piece.
this one looking very . . bio.
Theo and Daniel.
when a (young) collector, gets to see where the magic happens – it’s an awesome thing.
I hadn’t know Daniel was so into working with clay.
this is such a cry. such a call to . . ‘death’.
to depth of soul.
to . . wanting.
my feeling was: a lot of the raw power of the works . . comes not only from the freedom of working in, such a huge, old industrial space / but also from, all the aggregate ‘conversations’, between the different projects, and diverse materials.
‘formalism’ – as in creative, dedicated formalism / it’s funny how it thrives in dedicated . . ‘chaos’.
diverse materials, is not the word / diverse diverse diverse diverse comes closer.
many coats / of many colors. Daniel in the Lions Den.
man-made, artist-shaped, collaged, stood-up, assembled / found.
even . . animal parts.
even . . futuristic.
yep, Daniel . . in the Lion’s den.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~DANIEL GIORDANO . . STUDIO VISIT / NEWBURGH, NY |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 8th, 2019, 9:31am
