~DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL/FACTORY FRESH
LAST FEW DAYS – TO CATCH !!
THE DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL – ARTWORK by AD DEVILLE & PUFFERELLA !!
which runs – only – !! – thru – this – SUNDAY – DEC 22, 2008 !!
then the gallery closes – to re-open with a new – as yet unannounced show – FEB 12th, 2009.
FACTORY FRESH – 1053 FLUSHING AVE – betw MORGAN & KNICKERBOCKER – BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
L TRAIN TO MORGAN
HRS: 1-7 PM
click here: to see photos of the opening & installation !!
click here: to see works available from the show – online !!
so, if you are cruising for some fun art, some good art – & some real deals – look no further !!
WITNESS:
AD DEVILLE – ‘THE BAT MOBILE LOST ITS WHEELS’ – $800
hand painted & scraped on old wood – 48 x 33 x 3 in.
SKEWVILLE – CAR PRINT – $30
PIX FROM THE OPENING – DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL – FRIDAY DEC 5, 2008
artwork by AD DeVILLE – and yep, that’s real barbed wire !!
AD DeVILLE – ‘BEAT IT !’
AD DeVILLE – ‘SWHAT?’
at the opening – AD DeVILLE meets artlovers’ offspring – KATE CERIGO !!
the quote unquote – ‘BUSHWICK LOCAL’ !!
at left, ROBBY D.
AD DeVILLE – the FACTORY FRESH logos !!
AD DeVILLE – FACTORY FRESH ‘crates’
AD DeVILLE – ‘CHECK USELF’
AD DeVIILE – metal ‘bottle top’. ($80)
AD DeVILLE – ‘bottle top’. at right, soda pop bottles – screenprint mounted on board.
meet: SUCKLORD and NATALIE. Natalie does motion graphics mostly for commercial sites,
such as, TruTV.
SUCKLORD makes toys – as in custom art toy figurines !! – check out: SUCKADELIC !!
(. . . those ain’t yo mamma’s toys.)
in the back room – a first glimpse at the fab/erotic world – offered up by PUFFERELLA.
as in: fab/fabulous & fab/fabric – and you know what erotic means, right ?
this is: ‘Cat Fight’.
PUFFERELLA – ‘YR NOT MY BEAU’, ($500).
. . . a stroll past a PUFFERELLA wall of smaller works.
there was also a short wall of photos by CHRIS & CHRIS.
this is KANA. KANA TOGASHI.
(what a great hair cut !!)
the CHRIS & CHRIS photos were low-fi & … a riot !! they were titled: ‘SUCK IT’.
for the obvious …. joke-is-on-you.
CRIS & CHRIS – from – ‘SUCK IT’.
oh oh – who’s that ? caught between a pointed gun .. and a hype place.
PHOTO BY KANA TOGASHI.
NANCY SMITH aka artloversnewyork, and daughter, KATE CERIGO.
DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL, FACTORY FRESH, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NYC. Dec 5, 2008
PHOTO BY KANA TOGASHI.
ok. quickly moving outside – FACTORY FRESH has an outdoor courtyard – just like ALPHABETA.
and, likewise – it is – BOMBED !!! by many talented guests, passing thru.
detail, FACTORY FRESH outdoor courtyard.
this is the newest addition. by NIGEL TRIDENT aka TRUE. DEO CREW.
the man of the moment – NIGEL aka TRUE.
more of the FACTORY FRESH courtyard.
lots of SKEWVILLE – to be found, duh. in the courtyard.
AD DeVILLE and his twin bro – are SKEWVILLE. They have been putting their mark on NYC since 1996.
more marks – in the FACTORY FRESH courtyard
STIKMAN – FACTORY FRESH COURTYARD, NYC. Dec 5, 2008
KUMA – FACTORY FRESH COURTYARD, Dec 5, 2008
switching gears – back inside – PUFFERELLA. ‘thinking of another’ !! ($300)
the elusive PUFFERELLA herself, aka ALI HA.
ALI HA and AD DeVILLE founded, and run – FACTORY FRESH.
also lovin’ PUFFERELLA’S work – KANA and TETSUJI.
Tetsuji recently graduated from Japan’s Kumamoto University, Architecture Studies..
moving back towards the front of the gallery – AD DeVILLE’S – wanna watch ? – ‘POCKET WATCH MAN’ catches our eye.
a limited screenprint. it’s $50. ohhhh for 50 bucks !!! I would – if I could.
(that’s how bad this year is – don’t even have a lowdown $50 to blow on art – what with the quote unquote recession, trickling down. and BERNIE MADE-OFF – I mean MADOFF – which is pronounced – MADE-OFF !!
a lot of the people he swindled were just plain dumb and/or plain crooks – they were so head-over-heels rolling around in the big mega-bucks – they didn’t really want to double check, those phony baloney invoice statements – full of zeros, as in millions and billions. now, they really have all the zeroes they want !! talk about a 50 BILLION $$ NYC SCAM- ARTIST !! heard tell – some of them were art buyers – on some level. probably not on cool stuff like this – but hey, let’s not go into that… its already bad enuff. it’s the last thing we need in NYC coming down the pipeline, and hitting all us little guys – at the end of the food chain. the guys at the top of the chain – are no joke – falling like flies. .. with some taking the real exit out – swinging from DIY closet nooses in London and slitting their wrists over wastebaskets in NYC).
and everyone says – its gonna get worse. so back to the art !!
… anybody wanna buy a watch, how about a hedge fund ?
AD DeVILLE – nailed it. he’s got the current culture down on paper. and what’s best about it – his art – besides it’s flat-out truth – and predilection for the way things are – is his sweet sense of humor.
he doesn’t kill you with the gravity if it all – just lights up your day – with the iconic sense of a world gone to ruin !! the SKEWVILLE street tags – exhibit the same sense of social commentary.
(legendary) SKEWVILLE car print. love that silver !! ($30)
oh oh – what’s this !!
BECKY – knows a good thing – when she sees it – she’s just bought herself – an AD DeVILLE – BOOMBOX !! ($150)
and AD DeVIILLE signs it for her, on the spot – what can beat that !! nothing.
and here’s Becky’s friend, KATHARINE ….
she’s just bought a soda pop – ‘bottle cap’ – ($80) – and AD DeVILLE signs the back of that, too.
AD DeVILLE signs the back of the metal SODA POP – bottle cap.
AD DeVILLE does a bang-up job signing artworks for his fans.
AD DeVILLE the man behind the ‘BOTTLE CAP’ and (very smart) happy art buyer – KATHERINE.
AD DeVILLE – nails – BUSHWICK !!
“not another photo !!” – artlovers shows she can take her own medicine – rolling her eyes all the same !!
from left: TETSUJI, NANCY SMITH, and KATE CERIGO. DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL.
FACTORY FRESH, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NYC. Dec 5, 2008
PHOTO BY KANA TOGASHI.
a great night – one parting street shot – on the way to the L train, MORGAN ST. STATION.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – unless otherwise noted, thanks to KANA TOGASHI !!
UP-DATE: TUES DEC 30, 2008
ALI wrote to tell us the show – the DeVILLE’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL – will be up till Jan 25, 2009 – and open to the public – by appointment. contact the gallery !!