~ANXIETY ROOM/FACTORY FRESH/JON BURGERMAN & JIM AVIGNON
JON BURGERMAN & JIM AVIGNON PRESENT: ANXIETY ROOM !!
featuring ‘Anxiety Broom’
OPENING NIGHT PAINTING PERFORMANCE with JON and JIM – THURS FEB 12 from 6-10 PM !!
the show runs FEB 12 – MARCH 15, 2009
FACTORY FRESH – 1053 FLUSHING AVE – BET MORGAN & KNICKERBOCKER – BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
L TRAIN TO MORGAN
Jon Burgerman flies across the pond to collaborate with his friend Jim Avignon and fill the gallery with many drawings and paintings of their beloved characters. “It will be a space to relieve your anxieties, or perhaps further incubate them.”
definite check out t-h-e-s-e websites !! fun & games !!
see: JON BURGERMAN !!
see: JIM AVIGNON !!
PIX FROM THE OPENING – ‘ANXIETY ROOM’ – JON BURGERMAN & JIM AVIGNON.
FACTORY FRESH, FEB 12, 2009
approaching FACTORY FRESH !!
wooden cut-outs hang in the window.
they turn out to be, JON+JIM ‘window masks’. made of painted wood. ($250 ea.)
a tree hangs down from the ceiling. with small icons on it.
an upside down, anti-Xmas tree? barren of any green, any sign of life, except these signs, hanging from it, attached by string – tiny symbols, trinkets, charms ?? of civilized ?? life ??
think that’s a mike, as in microphone ?
well, that’s a dog bone, that’s for sure.
inside.
collaboration. JON BURGERMAN & JIM AVIGNON.
JON+JIM , ‘Nature Retreat’, 36 x 24 in. ($450).
yo. !! it doesn’t get, a-n-y better than that.
JON+JIM, ‘From Elba to Helena’, 24 x 36 in. ($450).
this is actually the first time, t-o-t-a-l-l-y, hard to believe, that Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon have ever meet in person, let alone collaborated !! they did all this fantastic work in the past week.
s-w-e-e-t.
JON BURGERMAN, ‘Foot and Mouth’, 24 x 28 in. ($350)
(just for comparisons, sake !! MR. CURIOUS !!)
FACTORY FRESH workers, IRIS CHU, and MATT UEBBING, in JON+JIM, ‘ANXIETY ROOM’ t-shirts, available at the gallery.
JIM AVIGNON !!
from the press release: “Unpredictable and sensational, JIM AVIGNON has become a pop-icon in fewer than 15 years, defying the rules of the art market and delivering his crisp, technicolor world directly to the people. Avignon is the author and illustrator of the ‘Attack Delay’ series, founder of the one-man-techno-band Neoangin, subject of numerous television documentaries, and a wild and untamed thing. He resides in both Berlin and New York City.”
from left: JON BURGERMAN and JIM AVIGNON.
from the press release: “With a prodigious resume remarkable in both size and scope, ‘Anxiety Room’ marks Jon Burgerman’s second effort with factory fresh founders ALI HA and AD DEVILLE. The Nottingham (London) based artist is the designer of a series of figurines for Kidrobot, creator of the visually stunning book, Pens Are My Friends, and the source of inspiration for innumerable tattoos. Dazed & Confused magazine has described Burgerman’s vibrant, labyrinthine images as “Walt Disney at an Incan monument on mescaline”, and he would like everyone to know he is not just another pretty face.”
in the back room – 2 large paintings by JIM:
‘Everybody’s Still Asleep’, ($900) and, ‘Forecast’, ($900).
fascinated by Jim’s ‘Forecast’ !!
detail, Jim’s ‘Forecast’ – the economy – going down !! the little train that could, NOT !!
anymore !! note the steep drop-off. yeah, right. tell me about it !!
JIM AVIGNON, ‘Forecast’ . . . FEB 2009.
on another back wall, JIM AVIGNON – smaller works on cardboard ($300 ea.)
JIM – cardboard piece. ‘BLACK MEAL’.
JIM – cardboard piece. ‘COMA’.
JON BURGERMAN, drawings on paper. (price range $150 – $175 ea.)
JON BURGERMAN – drawing on paper.
detail, JON – drawing on paper.
JON BURGERMAN – drawing on paper.
detail, JON – drawing on paper.
JON+JIM – ‘BOARD OF ANXIETIES’ !!
drawings, $50 ea. !!
b-o-r-e-d of anxieties, no kidding !!
too many emails !!
moving house. and yep, we know that one, all too well, too.
NYer ANDY DECK, with JON BURGERMAN, at the opening.
computer whiz, philosopher, and artist, ANDY DECK currently teaches code & computer arts at SVA.
he show us his handmade, self-illustrated, funny, very eco-wary – ‘Wildlife Refuse 2009’ calendar.
definite – check him out, at: ARtCONtext.NET !!
inside ANDY DECK’S CALENDAR !!
a page from ANDY DECK’S – ARTCONTEXT – CALENDRICAL – WILDLIFE REFUSE 2009 !!
also at the opening – artist TIM KENT.
Tim has several shows currently happening internationally, but the one we can all see – his upcoming solo show at FACTORY FRESH, is scheduled for next September 2009.
see: TIM KENT/OCULAR JOY FOUNDATION !!
JON+JIM, ‘Ego It Superego’, 48 x 36 in. ($750).
JON+JIM, ‘Not in Ham’, 24 x 18 in. ($400).
oh oh. some fresh cans of paint, clean brushes and a big empty, w-h-i-t-e wall.
the performance – ‘Anxiety Broom’ – !! – begins !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH