~LaVIOLA BANK/last summer show still standing !!
the LaVIOLA BANK SUMMER SALON runs JULY 16 thru MON SEPT 7, 2009 !!
179 EAST BROADWAY – F TRAIN TO EAST BROADWAY – LOWER EAST SIDE
a big group survey – it was exciting for its range and drama !!
here’s some pix from the opening night – THURS JULY 16, 2009.
BRIAN MONTUORI . . . in front of the big wall of his work.
we saw WES LANG come by to congratulate BRIAN MONTUORI, on his work – so we asked Brian,
if he had any Wes Lang tattoo work – yes, he did !!
WES LANG.
BRIAN MONTUORI’S wall of work – was pretty – awesome.
BRIAN MONTUORI, ‘Electric Tower Study 02’, 2009.
oil on paper, 15 x 15 in. ($750.)
ERIK JEOR.
ERIK JEOR’s wall – totally diff – equally awesome.
. . . on the wall – ERIK JEOR.
ERIK JEOR, ‘Saccharin and Melanin’, 2009.
watercolor on paper, 43 x 60 in. ($4,800)
ALLEN GRUBESIC, ‘I was young …’, 2007.
silkscreen on Scandia 2000 vida paper. Edition of 250. ($100)
KASPER SONNE, ‘Logo (Angst)’, 2009.
neon sign, 9 x 28.5 in. ($3,000.)
MAJ ANYA DeBEAR – totally obsessed with NAPOLEON !!
MAJ ANYA DeBEAR – her ‘popcorn’ popper – housing a Napoleonic vista !!
MAJ ANYA DeBEAR, ‘Re Treat’, 2009.
mixed media, 35 x 25 x 12 in. ($2,600)
. . . large ‘femme’ photos – by VIRGINA INES VERGARA.
and towards the left – the small machine-like images – mixed media collages – are by ESKE KATH.
also really loved this wall by BRIAN RAVNHOLT JEPSEN.
‘8 Kitchen Scenes – Point of No Return, From Here On It’s Straight to Hell’, 2009.
color inkjet on board, 19.5 x 16.5 in each. ($400 ea.)
inkjet photo – BRIAN RAVNHOLT JEPSEN.
there was also a wonderful & funny – display of HuskMitNavn work.
(a Danish street artist – his name means – Remember My Name.)
this is: ‘Untitled (Two People on the Floor)’, 2008.
acrylic on canvas, ($9,900).
HuskMitNavn. limited edition silkscreen print, 2009.
24 x 21 in. ($1,300).
from the same series – HuskMitNavn !!
the exhibit – continued, downstairs !!
it was fun to shift through work – on the flat files.
mostly HuskMitNavn – but catch that !! CASEY JEX SMITH – MORMON TABLEAUX – collage – bottom right, ($350).
what a strange mix !!
what a strange world we live in, 2009.
HuskMitNavn.
on the wall – a more ‘traditional’ art world – CASEY JEX SMITH drawing, ‘Stella’, 2007.
still leaves you, w-o-n-d-e-r-i-n-g.
pencil and color pencil on paper, 20 x 16 in. ($1,500)
one last image – JASON McLEAN, ‘Saltybook of Love (in Fall)’, 2009.
ink on paper, 15 x 11 in. ($425).
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH