~WFMU BENEFIT/PRINTED MATTER
WFMU – ART BENEFIT EXHIBITION – PRINTED MATTER !! opens to-day, as well.
SAT – DEC 6, 2008 – OPENING RECEPTION 5-7 PM !!
exhibit is up thru SAT DEC 13, 2008
PRINTED MATTER – 195 10TH AVE – bet 21st & 22nd STS – CHELSEA, NYC
PRINTED MATTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A BENEFIT EXHIBITION FOR WFMU – FEATURNG ARTWORK by OVER TOW DOZEN ARTISTS !! including OLAF BREUNING (that guy is everywhere !!), NICOLE EISENMAN, JAD FAIR, MIKE KELLEY, CHRIS JOHANSON, CHRISTIAN MARCLAY ,RICHARD PRINCE and CINDY SHERMAN, among others.
see: WMFU
UP-DATE: MONDAY DEC 8, 2008
EVERYBODY IN NYC loves WFMU – the non-profit free-form alternative radio station broadcasting at 91.1FM !!
they are trying to raise funds for a booster antenna – with this art benefit show at PRINTED MATTER.
the show runs through SATURDAY DEC 13th, 2008. here are some of my faves !!
SCOTT TEPLIN, ‘WFMU’, 2008. Ink and watercolor on paper. signed. ($1,200)
GREG LAMARCHE, ‘The New Hustle’, Axelle Fine Arts, 2008.
5 color screenprint on white 335 GSM, conventry rag paper, A/P 10/10, signed and numbered. ($200)
NICOLE EISENMAN, ‘The Session’. New York: WFMU/Lothar Osterburg, 2008
Drypoint Etching on Somerset paper, edition of 50, signed & numbered. ($750)
CINDY SHERMAN, ‘Untitled (Doctor/Nurse)’, 1980/2002
2 black and white photographs, signed. ($1,200)
(great deal – but snapped up already !! – in the first 5 mins. !!)
TOM BURCKHARDT, ‘The Blue Bed’, 2008
colored pencil and acrylic on book cover .($1,000)
MEL KADEL, ‘Sounds’, 2008. Pen and ink, coffee on paper. ($250)
another steal – and, maybe !!
KYLE FIELD, ‘Receipt from General Store’, 2008. ink and watercolor on paper. ($200)
GELITIN !! ‘ Not Yet Titled, 2008, 2008.
Lambda print, edition of 21/100, signed and numbered. ($450)
CHRIS JOHANSON, information not listed as yet – check with PRINTED MATTER.
CINDY SHERMAN, ‘Untitled’, 1987/92, C-print signed. ($1,200)
CINDY SHERMAN, ‘Untitled 1987/92 (Doll with Mask), C-print signed. ($1,200)
RICHARD PRINCE, ‘Untitled (Upstate), 1995-1997.
C-print, edition of 26, signed and lettered A-Z. ($5,000)
STEVE POWERS, ‘I Put the Plea in Please’, 2007
Enamel on aluminum, ($1,000) – OMG !! – that is a real steal !!
it’s unique and it is glossy and it is gorgeous in real-life. the little orange sign says:
“PLEAS ARE NO BARGAIN” – !! somebody smart – better snap that up !!
DANIEL JOHNSTON , ‘Sir, You are Gonna Die’, Highlighter and ink on cardstock. ($250)
another great deal. all in all a great presentation – don’t blink !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH