~AMY LI . . MOTT ST
‘WITHOUT CONSENT’
166 MOTT ST – ALTERNATIVE ART SPACE
SEPT 28 – OCT 17, 2013
166 MOTT ST – CHINATOWN, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
the debut group show – curated by AMY LI
with: BRIAN ERMANSKI, PIERRO CAMPIONE, ALFREDO MARTINEZ, IARA CELESTE DIAZ, MIDORI OKUYAMA, JOSE De OLIO and EMIL MEMON.
approaching the new space was FUN – situated as it was, right where Chinatown and Little Italy butt heads – it was a colorful, and authentic journey.
I adored that Amy Li, had left the space so real. what she had done was to carve an really nice, solid .. exhibition space out of the front of a button & metal fastenings shop . . .
the ancestors were keeping watch.
in fact Amy’s dad owns the store and he popped in and out .. he seemed a very nice man.
son/daughter working relationships with their dads (and moms/Kate !!) are a trending situation.
just look at the huge, biggest blockbuster that just burst onto the movie scene, the critically acclaimed: ‘GRAVITY’ !! . . the latest film from ALFONSO CUARON, now 51 – the Mexican director who gave us, some say the best in the series, ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’, and before that, ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’ . . and his screenwriter son, JONAS, 30.
independent curator AMY LI – who just opened an art space at 166 Mott St – right in the hard-core fringe of New York City’s Chinatown.
born and bred in the same area, Amy graduated from Hunter College, and just recently completed a a one year Graduate Program at Savannah College of Art & Design in Arts Administration, getting her M.A. degree this past August 2013. so she wasn’t into wasting any time, and she got her space up and running within a month. that’s the way to go.
Alfredo’s work was no longer there, it was a CASH & CARRY type thing.
which is pretty common with new spaces. the cutting edge is fast & fluid !!
you gotta make the opening, and then you ought to go back at least once. see what else popped up . . in this case it’s:
from left . . DAVID PERRY, and . . a bright red ‘Gilligan’ by JOSH HARRIS.
if I had the dough, I’d be buying that Gilligan, and walking off with it under my arm, too.
NOAH BECKER, ‘Kofi’, oil on paper, 11 x 14 in.
($1,000.)
JOSE De OLIO, 2 pieces from ‘ABYSSAL WATER’ (set of 3). acrylic on canvas. 16 x 32 in.
($100 ea.)
BRIAN ERMANSKI, ‘Abel Ferrara’, acrylic on canvas. 30 x 40 in.
($1,500)
BRIAN ERMANSKI, ‘I Gave her a Pearl Necklace’, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 35 in.
($1,000)
IARA CELESTE DIAZ, ‘Sophia, West of Eden’, oil on canvas, 42 x 53 in.
(please inquire about price.)
detail, IARA CELESTE DIAZ, ‘Sophia, West of Eden’.
‘Who the Fuck is brian Ermanski?
6 color, 6 black & white, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 11 in.
($100 ea.)
while I was there, RACHEL ABBIE KAY .. a fashion blogger and arts/culture fan .. dropped by.
talking about . . kids and their parents.
the ‘Abbie’ in her middle name stands for the famous street politico, yippie ABBIE HOFFMAN – who is her godfather !! her dad is ARON KAY the famous .. pieman.
he’s the one who threw the pies !!
OMG – check out his website !!
see: ARON KAY – THOUGHTS OF A MAD YIPPIE PIEMAN.
ps: now, go back – and check out the ‘flower’ on Rachel’s dress – compared to the ‘floral’ design on her dad’s website !!
haha – the new ‘wave’ – in a nutshell.
dads and daughters, or what !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH