NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE
BENEVOLENCE – OVER VIOLENCE !! !! !! !!
R. BLAIR SULLIVAN – IN VERMONT, THE BEAUTIFUL GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE.
& if bye any chance . . you knew, or heard of Goddard College / located in Plainfield, Vermont. .
back in the 70s, then you know I went there, and never really – came back.
it was the first open curriculum classroom college, ever . . .
I was in the pottery studio hand-building 24/7.
The Who – ‘Magic Bus’ was the song we lived by.
there was a lot of folk art study, primal woodblock printing, new age weaving and radical architecture DIY & salvage among others / lots of wood, windows, and not too many square corners.
Baba Ram Dass caravans to San Francisco – left from the school’s sunny meadows, which were wild-flowered and wild, as we all were – on their journey west / and it was of course, the original home to the now famous, Bread & Puppet Theater.
I was the one & only exchange student from Montreal (!!) (global), & therefore attended tuition-free (!!) (benevolent). the irony, maybe not / being it was the most expensive school in the U.S. at the time.
it was so, so . . the best & strangest year of my life. it was hard to leave.
Quebec was very conflicted, and language rights fascist at the time.
‘STREAM 5: GIVE and TAKE’ . . . with:
Xinhao Cheng, Wallis Couverte, Juneau Projects, Gwen Smith, Haim Steinbach, R. Blair Sullivan, Tomoe Tsutsmi, & Mans Wrange.
Two Chairs, AUG 10-11, 2019 / 12-5 PM
South Windham, Vermont 05359
TWO CHAIRS . . is a “curatorial enterprise made up of artists, curators, and thinkers. This year Two Chairs is expanding its program during August by combining its annual group exhibition in and around a stream in South Windham, Vermont entitled ‘Stream Chapter 5: Give & Take’ . . with an artist residency in collaboration with Meadows Bee Farm that will take place concurrently. We propose . . to create an event that reaches out to an even larger audience – local, national and international. For several years, we have curated group exhibitions that have primarily investigated the effects of human activity on the natural environment. This year our project will include a range of artists who work in a more participatory manner by exploring ideas of benevolence, sharing and care both locally, and globally.”
see: STREAM CHAPTER 5 – TWO CHAIRS / KICKSTARTER
TWO CHAIRS . . “since 2014, Two Chairs has produced multiple projects that stage dynamic associations between artists and unexpected sites – including a stream in Vermont, St.Mark’s Bookstore in NYC, and a Manhattan living room in an old-school Yorkville apartment.”
see: About / 2 Chairs
see: 2 Chairs / 2chairs.org
note: Two Chairs is NYC-based.
see: R. BLAIR SULLIVAN – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
image via Instagram @3ifocal / R. Blair Sullivan
Ryan will be showing this piece, quelle beaut !!
R. Blair Sullivan . . ‘Holding (First Position)’, 2018
cold porcelain with spirulina / 13 x 7 x 2 in.
it’s hand-sculpted & the spirulina – is mixed into the clay. think – on that.
spirulina: filamentous cyanobacteria which form tangled masses in warm alkaline lakes in Africa and Central and South America / prepared as a food or food additive / powder / is a rich source of many vitamins and minerals. . . . “It is incredibly healthy.” “It increases energy levels.”
but . . watch out for contaminated strands, “if grown in unsafe conditions”, i.e. alongside some bad character toxic algae.
bio fact: applies to all life forms, apparently.
source: the web at a quick glance.
the Two Chairs logo – very cool.
~R. BLAIR SULLIVAN . . VERMONT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 9th, 2019, 1:42pm
NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE
the ‘Olde Man’ . . goes to China !!
but, does everybody know: RUFUS TUREEN has taken his performance / art – to China ?
who knew . . downtown, indie gallery underground performance art – riffing off vintage French royals, with a good dose of (French) impressionist brush work, (French) pantomime, and huge curly (French) powder white wigs, would have art world ‘legs’ . . let alone travel ?!!
& to . . China !!!!!!
that’s like – totally around the world / map-wise & culturally.
if you happen to be in Ningbo, Shanghai, China – you can still catch the show, it’s up thru AUG 31.
LL Art Project, Ningbo, Shanghai . . presents:
‘Am I Who I Was’ – Rufus Tureen
July 21 – Aug 31, 2019
all 3 images above: via Instagram @rufustureen
RUFUS TUREEN, just before an ‘Olde Man’ performance.
Essex Flowers, NYC / Nov 3, 2018
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH / artloversnewyork
MOST !! DEF !! . . check-out: RUFUS TUREEN, ‘OLDE MAN’ – BEST of 2018 / artloversnewyork
***** WITH LOTS of PIX, PIX & MORE (MAGICAL) PIX – of the art & the ‘transformative’ / ‘interactive’ performance !!!!!!!! *****
YES. check out that . . link.
NYC taking over the world, and this is – why.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~RUFUS TUREEN . . CHINA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 7th, 2019, 10:08am
NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE
well, everybody knows KAWS went to Japan.
what’s amazing . . is:
1. what a ‘cult’ hero’s welcome KAWS got over there.
BRIAN DONNELLY actually showed up, (or had to) in person to camp / more like tent,
with the lucky ones who won tix to pitch cookie-cutter style tents & roast marshmallows in tiny identical bonfires . . around ‘Companion’, as if the blown-up sculpture was . . a water fall ?
well, come on, the view of Mt Fuji – is amazing.
the great HOKUSAI – is probably rollin’ his eyes, from the grave !!
but it’s so damn so flat plastic graphic, he’d love it.
2. the cross transfer of this solitary, angst-ridden lonely figure going over, so huge in Japan, esp among the leading edge designers, while Hello Kitty cousins, aunts & uncles, rainbow unicorn ponies, powder puffy girlies, anime sailor cuties, and glitter-trippy mushrooms of all sizes . . have fractured into a gazillion million cultural take-over pieces, esp among the youngest here ?
I mean, the KAWS . . ‘Companion’ Macy’s Thanksgiving Day balloon, was only shown / flown . . once, in 2012, the year it was made made, and presented with great fanfare, btw.
it was a big fail / ‘too negative’, lol.
there’s d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y a cultural ‘thesis’, waiting to be written – there.
bet, NARA . . is bawling his brains out – with jealousy.
*NARA as in one-word name, (you know – like Madonna),
doesn’t even google anymore – without his full moniker: Yoshitoma Nara.
Nara was pumped up to be a big art star in the 80s.
how the once mighty – fall.
ditto: Murakami.
like I said: waiting for the grand thesis / that I don’t have the patience to do in full.
writing a blog ? / stuck in the fast lane.
and, yet maybe that’s all you need / the heads-up.
Image via Instagram @kaws #repost @arr.allrightsreserved #KAWSHOLIDAY
~KAWS . . JAPAN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | August 7th, 2019, 9:37am
HUDSON VALLEY / NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE
DANIEL GIORDANO – ‘Even Cowboys Get Caught in the Rain’
OPENS . . THURS JULY 25 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs thru . . AUG 31, 2019
WAAP / WIL ABALLE ART PROJECTS, 1129 EAST HASTINGS St., VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA V6A 1S3
HRS: TUES-SAT / 12PM – 5PM
see more: DANIEL GIORDANO – ‘EVEN COWBOYS’ / WAAP
see: DANIEL GIORDANO – ARTIST WEBSITE
DANIEL GIORDANO, ‘Cyrano & Prayer Hands II’, 2018.
Ink, watercolor, and correctional fluid on paper / 11 x 14 in.
($1,000. CDN)
image via Instagram @danieljgiordano
invite via Instagram @waapart
DANIEL GIORDANO . . hanging the show, yesterday.
the opening is . . to-nite !!!
image via Instagram @waapart
DANIEL GIORDANO, small smoky-light pink colored light bulb, wooden pipe with even smokier, sensual glass form / 3-D sculpture.
can’t decide if its more symbolism . . than diy / def, leaning in with . . the sensual.
ok, yeah. more symbolism – than DIY !!
IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM @waapart
~DANIEL GIORDANO . . VANCOUVER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 25th, 2019, 1:01pm
DETROIT HOMESTEADING NEW YORK ARTISTS – SHINING A LIGHT ON THE LOCAL SCENE
always the best at casting – the net on new art,
JEFFREY TRANCHELL is shining a light on . . . his basket / wicker-making buddy & mentor . . .
DYLAN SPAYSKY . . .
who has a show opening at WHAT PIPELINE, DETROIT, as part of DETROIT ART WEEK
SAT JULY 20, 2019 / 4 – 8 PM
the show runs thru . . AUG 24, 2019 & is titled: ‘GINGO & STICKS’
WHAT PIPELINE, 3525 W. VERNOR HWY, Detroit, MI 48216
HRS: THURS, FRI & SAT 1 – 6 PM & By Appointment
WHAT PIPELINE . . is an artist-run space in Southwest Detroit,
founded & run by DANIEL SPERRY and ALIVIA ZIVICH.
see: DYLAN SPAYSKY – WHAT PIPELINE
DYLAN SPAYSKY . . .
foam fawn, and wicker pike (fish) at The Barker Hangar / FEB 13, 2019.
image via Instagram @dylanspayskyofficial
though the show opening tomorrow, is of ‘stick’ sculpture, or mostly ?
I’m still hung up – on his wicker work, and the distressed foam . . fawn – looks very cool, too.
~JEFFREY TRANCHELL / DYLAN SPAYSKY . . DETROIT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 19th, 2019, 11:04am
DETROIT HOMESTEADING / NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE
JEFFREY TRANCHELL has a great, great piece . . .
in the SAFE GALLERY POP-UP: ‘THE BURN SHOW’ / SAT JULY 20, 2019
(see post below for details)
it seems as if a whole bunch of the art is going to go up in flames – in the bonfire ??!!!
JEFFREY TRANCHELL . . ‘Burn Hat’ / YES !!!! YES !!!! & MORE YES !!!!
this baby – was made to burn !!!
hand-made specifically for the show, it’s a DIY wicker-style ‘hat’.
ps: the ‘D’ is for Dylan, as in fellow Detroit-based artist DYLAN SPAYSKY – who has been teaching Jeffrey how to weave wicker baskets recently / got to love it !!
although at first glance, or from a digital photo, anyway !!
the hat appears to be made from DIY multi-colored craft wicker (!!), it’s actually made from differently colored ‘bomb fuse’ wire . . . all the better – to BURN, BABY BURN !!!
this is one of Jeffrey’s more conservative, early attempts !!
in fact his first attempt. pretty darn good.
who doesn’t love a primitive – primitive ?
Jeffrey writes that Dylan Spaysky makes a lot of wicker-based work, and that “he taught me down by the boat slip that is our local swimming hole.”
in Detroit ? they have swimming holes ?
oh, Brooklyn, you are so over – and, you don’t even know it.
PHOTOS: COURTESY of JEFFREY TRANCHELL
~JEFFREY TRANCHELL . . EAST HAMPTON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 19th, 2019, 10:27am
note to self: something like what the Whitney Biennial shoulda been, but ain’t.
i.e. exciting !!
NEW YORK GALLERIES . . ON THE MOVE
BROOKLYN’S SAFE GALLERY . . PRESENTS A BURNING HOT / SUMMER POP-UP !!
‘THE BURN SHOW’ . . SAT JULY 20, 2019
FOLLY TREE ARBORETUM, 741 SPRINGS FIREPLACE ROAD, EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. 11937
CURATED BY BLAIR BLUMBERG & JONNY CAMPOLO
WITH . . . OUTDOOR ARTWORKS, A LIVE AUCTION, & SLAPSTICK BONFIRE – WITH ‘BURNABLE WORKS THAT MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED’ / & INCLUDING A SURPRISE EVENT: THE LAUNCH OF WATER McBEER’S YACHT ‘LOVE MUSSEL’ . . JUST BEFORE SUNSET
SCHEDULE:
Daytime – Outdoor works on view
6PM – Champagne toast & launch of Water McBeer’s ‘Love Mussel’
8PM – Auction / Bonfire ceremony
10PM – Performance by Vern
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE: TISCH ABELOW, JOSHUA ABELOW, MICHAEL ASSIFF, BLAIR BLUMBERG, JONNY CAMPOLO, RYAN CHIN, KARI CHOLNOKY, NICK DeMARCO, ALEX EAGETON, MYLS FORTE, JOEY FRANK, AMANDA FRIEDMAN, JASHIN FRIEDRICH, NICK FUSARO, PHILLIP JOHN VELASCO GABRIEL, TED GAHL, BRITTNI HARVEY, JOSE HEREDIA, SERBAN IONESCU, GREGORY KALLICHE, JORDAN KASEY, JOSIE KEEFE, KATHRYN KERR, NOEL de LESSEPS, ANTONIA KUO, NATHANIEL de LARGE, JACK LAWLER, JAMES ENGLISH LEARY, ABBY LLOYD, MICA MARDER, FLANNERY McDONELL, EAMON MONAGHAN, PATRICK NININGER, JASON NOCITO, TONY OURSLER, RICH PORTER, CHRIS RETSINA ANDY RALPH, WILL ROSE, LEIGH RUPLE, CLAYTON SCHIFF, EMMA SOUCEK, WILL STEWART, JESSE SULLIVAN, JEFFREY TRANCHELL, RAINE TRAINOR, ARIEL ZAMBENEDETTI & PROB MORE / SPECIAL GUEST WATER MATER McBEER / PERFORMANCE BY VERN / VIDEO BY GREGORY KALLICHE / LANDSCAPE BY NATURE / INVITE GRAPHICS INSPIRED BY TOASTED MARSHMALLOWS . .
~SAFE GALLERY . . EAST HAMPTON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 18th, 2019, 8:59am
NEW YORK CURATORS – ON THE MOVE
YULIA TOPCHIY, a co-founder of ASSEMBLY ROOM, NYC . . .
will present ‘Embodiers’, a multi-medium exhibition by LAUREN KALMAN, opening this . . Wed July 17, 2019 / 4 PM
Room 146 at Trumbull & Porter Hotel, in Detroit – as part of . . ‘Young Curators, New Ideas V’,
a vetted program of Indie curators / part of Detroit Art Week / DAW . . which runs JULY 17 – 21, 2019.
This 2nd edition of DAW has expanded to include 5 days of programing / 36 exhibition openings / 14 studio visits /
13 performances / 8 panel discussions / as well as 11 special programs . . featuring 150+ artists & community members.
DAW . . is open to the public & includes both free & ticketed events.
‘Young Curators, New Ideas V’ . . will feature exhibitions presented by 12 independent curators – which will “transform” 12 hotel rooms into
mini contemporary art galleries. ‘YCNI V’ . . aims to “shine a light on the cultural, artistic, social and political transformations initiated by the creative & curatorial practices of Black, POC, women, LGBTQ+ and gender-nonconforming individuals.” (DAW)
see: YULIA TOPCHIY – WEBSITE
see: LAUREN KALMAN – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
see: DETROIT ART WEEK / DAW
see: YOUNG CURATORS NEW IDEAS V / YCNI V / DAW
LAUREN KALMAN, ‘V’ button (pin), sterling silver / explicit fem body part
reverse
images via Instagram @laurenkalman
YULIA TPOCHIY’S exhibit, ‘Embodiers’ . . .
will present (currently) Detroit-based, metal-smith, performance, and object artist,
LAUREN KALMAN’S diverse, often craft-based & pretty much . . ‘out-spoken’ work platforms . .
. . including jewelry objects that reference erotic zones in the body titled, ‘Icons of the Flesh’.
” . . consisting of video, costumes, mask forms, installations and interactive jewelry . . .
Kalman uses craft mediums and decorative objects as a strategic choice. Minimalism, intellectual purity, health industry, and white male privilege are linked historically, and that link was codified aesthetically throughout the modernist period. Body adornment as decoration can be a necessary interruption to the myopic intellectual order of the established lineages of art and design and established cultural norms more broadly.
The legacy of modernism, minimalism, and the high arts (sculpture & painting), have historically privileged the cerebral over the corporeal. Crafts , in contrast have long been associated with domestic, bodily, and female.
As Kalman’s work deals largely with the female body, it calls upon historical associations with craft and the feminine.”
~Yulia Topchiy
LAUREN KALMAN . . is a visual artist whose practice “is invested in contemporary craft, video, photography, and performance.”
through her work, she investigates beauty, adornment, body image, and the built environment.
Raised in the Midwest, Kalman completed her MFA in art 7 technology from the Ohio State University & earned a BFA with a focus in Metals from Massachusetts College of Art. Exhibiting and lecturing internationally, she has been awarded several important residencies including Haystack, and also at the Santa Fe Art Institute.
(abridged from Topchiy)
KALMAN . . is currently an associate professor at Wayne State University, located in ‘vibrant’ downtown Detroit.
see: LAUREN KALMAN – CV
~YULIA TOPCHIY / LAUREN KALMAN . . DETROIT |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 16th, 2019, 11:21am
NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE
BLINN & LAMBERT . . off this weekend to participate in the 2019 summer residency
at LIFT & PIX Studio / Immersion Program
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
see: BLINN AND LAMBERT – ARTIST WEBSITE
BLINN & LAMBERT IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM @blinn_and_lambert
~BLINN & LAMBERT . . TORONTO |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 13th, 2019, 8:40am
NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE
NICHOLAS MOENICH . . has work in the ALUMNI EXHIBITION / CLEVELAND INSTITUTE of ART,
REINBERGER GALLERY . . . CURATED BY COURTENAY FINN / MoCa Cleveland Chief Curator & CIA alumna.
the show is titled: ‘There’s no basement at the Alamo’.
OPENING TODAY – FRI JULY 12, 2019 / 5 – 8 PM
the show runs thru . . AUG 16, 2019.
HRS: MON-THUR 10am-5pm / FRI 10am-2:30pm
see: NICHOLAS MOENICH – ARTIST WEBSITE
NICHOLAS MOENICH, ‘Untitled (Parasite)’, 2019.
vinyl paint on sized canvas / 42 x 36 in.
image via Instagram @nich_moe_nich
~NICHOLAS MOENICH . . CLEVELAND |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | July 12th, 2019, 8:37am
