~ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST STEALS MIAMI !! IN THE MEAN TIME !!
ha. speaking of which – comix, of course & art books, for sure – and, festivals !! – the news from MIAMI is that FREIGHT+VOLUME is debuting ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST’S new volume In The Mean Time – “a sparkling compilation of recent drawings and verse tackling the art world” to great acclaim. The slim illustrated tome has already been heralded by JERRY SALTZ, JAY McINERNEY, and JOHN RICHARDSON among others – as “a satirical tour-de-force”. Edited by YASHA WALLIN and designed by EMILY ANDERSON, the FREIGHT+VOLUME book was launched last nite – with a big party at the STANDARD HOTEL.
ANTHONY will be reading and signing copies in the FREIGHT+VOLUME BOOTH at the PULSE ART FAIR, DEC 2-5th, 2010 – Booth E-305 and at several other venues. yeah – go get yourself a signed copy.
see: PULSE MIAMI – THE ICE PALACE – 1400 NORTH MIAMI AVE, at NW 14th ST – MIAMI !!
FREIGHT+VOLUME FOUNDER NICK LAWRENCE and MANAGING DIRECTOR KEVIN KAY are really excited by the southern splashdown of Anthony’s new book – which they produced – as well as the warm reception their gallery booth has been garnering. featured artists include: TATIANA BERG, KENT DORN, whose current show in NYC – is wowing everybody, ANDREW GUENTHER – a personal fav, DAMIAN STAMER, PETER HUCHISON of ‘ROBOT CITY’ fame, and ALI SMITH. as well as works by TRUDY BENSON, ERIK DEN BREEJEN, PETER HOFFMAN, RUSSELL TYLER, CHAD PERSON and DAVID BASKIN.
as well FREIGHT+VOLUME is proud to announce that the OKAY MOUNTAIN ART COLLECTIVE . . . a really happening 10 person artist collective outta AUSTIN, TEXAS – who they profiled with a gallery show this past summer 2010 – has one of the featured artist installations at PULSE MIAMI – an EXTREME TRAILER !! aka the “customization of automobiles and barbecue pit trailers” !! which is a kind of low-key or down-low way of saying – wow, as these few pix easily attest to. or as we call it here in the Northeast – tailgating !!
IMAGES COURTESY: OKAY MOUNTAIN & FREIGHT+VOLUME
and p.s. a little bird told us that: Le Baron is still the raging insider party of choice – 6 or 7 PM or was that am ?? – ha – every nite – in the basement of the DELANO – aka – the LENNY KRAVITZ FLORIDA ROOM !!
OMG !! – I asked for confirmation – and – it is 6 or 7 – in the AM !! WATCH OUT – PARTY HEARTY MIAMI DOESN’T BREAK OFF !!
AND HEAD OUT TO – SEA !! or as our source says: “ARTWORLD REVELRY – TO THE MAX !!”
. . . but the big deal is – we got the very first advance copy of ANTHONY’S new book, In the Mean Time fresh off the presses – and air freighted to NYC – just for us – today !!
ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST – IN THE MEAN TIME – THE OTHER ENDS OF THE WORLD – CARTOONS & DARK LIGHT VERSE
Published by FREIGHT+VOLUME / VOLUME EDITIONS 2010
Publisher: NICK LAWRENCE / ART DIRECTION + DESIGN: EMILY ANDERSON / EDITOR: YASHA WALLIN
Printed by Apex Printing, Atlanta, GEORGIA – in an edition of 2500 paperback. ($20).
additionally a limited hardcover edition of 26 signed and lettered copies with an original drawing will be available ($500).
‘WELL, I’M BACK . . . DESPITE POPULAR DEMAND !!!’
‘COPYRIGHT, ED? THAT IS SO TWENTIETH CENTURY OF YOU’.
‘When aliens from beyond the stars
Thought to check out the human race
They knew they would need a welcoming space
A dive you can find just about any old place
Where they can probe our parts at a leisurely pace
So they’re here as Irish bars
Those shamrocks and harps are decoys designed
By an evil galactic mastermind
As I’m sitting here over a Jameson or three
Everything’s crystal clear to me.’
“SO I DIED
ALL MY DEAR OLD FRIENDS WERE SURROUNDING ME !
I WAS IN HEAVEN !
THEY TOLD ME WHAT THEY REALLY ALWAYS THOUGHT OF ME !
I WAS IN HELL.’
‘I AM NOT NORMALLY A CRUEL VINDICTIVE PERSON. BUT I’LL MAKE AN EXCEPTION
IN YOUR CASE !’
‘ . . . AND SOMETIMES I THINK SO QUICKLY THAT MOST PEOPLE
DON’T REALIZE THAT I AM THINKING AT ALL
CONFESSIONS OF A SECRET THINKER’
‘IT’S OKAY TO BE A DIRTY OLD MAN BUT
NOT A NEEDY OLD MAN’
‘IT DOESN’T COUNT IF…
ONLY ONE OF YOU REMEMBERS IT / IT’S A CRY FOR HELP / … IF NEITHER OF YOU KNOWS WHO THE OTHER IS !
‘IT WAS ONLY AN ACT OF MERCY’
‘THE HUMAN RACE : WINNERS + LOSERS’
‘ME ? I’M JUST A GIGOLO
BUT I’M BETWEEN GIGS RIGHT NOW’
‘I SHOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER EXIT STRATEGY’
‘SO ! I WAS WRONG’
ha.
PHOTOS – UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED: COPYRIGHT NANCY SMITH