VLADIMIR SKATE FILM FESTIVAL, FAZANA, CROATIA .. SEPT 13 -14, 2013
SOME INTERNATIONAL UNDERGROUND NEWS, JUST IN FROM: SERGEJ VUTUC ..
I post this, not just because the graphics are superlative, and the content is a-m-a-z-i-n-g, but because it is interesting to look beyond our little island bursting with cutting edge ‘creatives’ .. to see how American culture, the best of it – the drive and strive for personal freedom and freedom of e-x-p-r-e-s-s-i-on .. is like a seed that blows around the whole world and often sets off a spark on a foreign shore, that is very different in it’s impact & endurance – than it’s ‘current’ cultural ‘footprint’ – here at home.
~ NANCY
and also because:
NYC is very ego-centric. center of the art world supposedly, and all that. sometimes .. we forget there is .. a whole wide world – out there !!
doin’ a whole bunch of great & really .. awesome stuff.
IMAGERY & TEXT BELOW: SERGEJ VUTUC / WORDPRESS
ps: skate translates as .. skateboard – which in turn translates as: ‘wooden toy’. (!!)
SERGEJ VUTUC WRITES:
“for a few years my old friend from Zagreb, ZUBAK, wrote to me about idea to make skatefilm festival in Fanzana, Istrien, CROATIA … few weeks later he send me some photos of parking place/playground where they did it .. raw and full of passion to do something and share with this wooden toy made many things in Fazana different than normal life looks … today start 3rd festival with list of one of the greatest films at the moment in skateboarding and exhibition with list of friends from Balkan but also overseas.”
check out: VLADIMIR FILM FESTIVAL / FAZANA SKATE FILM FESTIVAL – BLOG & LINE-UP !!
SOME HIGHLIGHTS:
‘PUSHED’ – A FILM BY FLORIAN SCHNEIDER
4 GUYS INSPIRED BY A WOODEN TOY – BOBBY PULEO, PONTUS ALV, STEFAN MARX & ADAM SELLO
POSTER / DEFORMIS INTRA DECOREM! – IMAGE VIA: SZNYDOER’S
PONTUS ALV, ADAM SELLO, STEFAN MARX, BOBBY PULEO
most def, check out: FLORIAN SCHNEIDER’S BLOG – SZNYDOER’S !!
CHECK OUT: MAGENTA SKATEBOARDS !!
‘SOLEIL LEVANT’ – a FILM BY MAGENTA SKATEBOARDS
soleil levant .. sun rising ? I’m in !!
omg – catch this trailer – swift, swift & MORE SWIFT !!
watch: ‘SOLEIL LEVANT’ – TRAILER/YouTube
damn, that trailer is A-M-A-Z–IN-G !!
the 2 second ‘intro’ .. WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS (!!) – is absolute FAB !!
yeah, go back & hit that link – or just you know, get off my site and go eat a stale bagel or something.
‘TENGU, GOD OF MISCHIEF’ – a FILM BY COLIN READ
see: mandible CLAW, bitch
watch: TRAILER – ‘TENGU – GOD OF MISCHIEF’ – by COLIN READ
‘THE MANDALAY EXPRESS’ – A FILM BY PATRIK WALLNER
see: VISUAL TRAVELING – A BLOG BY PATRIK WALLNER !!
whatever you do, DO NOT MISS HIS ‘VIDEO’ ARCHIVE !!
INCLUDING:
SEE: ‘CONVERSE CHINA / FAR EAST UP NORTH’ – BY PATRIK WALLNER / VIMEO
SEE: ‘ORDOS’ / A SUPER SUPER AMAZING VIDEO – BY PATRIK WALLNER / VIMEO
FILE UNDER: WISH I COULD BE – THERE !!
~SKATE FILM FEST .. CROATIA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 14th, 2013, 6:38am
BRIAN WILLMONT …
is opening a new indie gallery space in Brooklyn, called GREENPOINT TERMINAL GALLERY . .
the inaugural opening is .. to-nite: FRI SEPT 13, 2013 / 6-9 PM
GREENPOINT TERMINAL GALLERY – 67 WEST ST #320 – BROOKLYN
ps: there’s a GREAT quote / ‘Up In Smoke’ – JACK LONDON .. on the website.
despite it’s numeral configuration, Friday the .. !!
turns out to be an auspicious date – weather-wise.
the gods were NOT smiling down on the art world last night.
all the openings last nite – got rained out, and I mean rained out !!
severe pounding rain, lightning, thunder, the works – from exactly 7-9 PM. so that was that.
today is sunny & like .. butter would not melt in your mouth. rain, what rain ?
the first show is called, ‘UP IN SMOKE’ – it’s a group show featuring works by: JOSEPH HART, MATT LEINES, LEIF LOW-BEER, PAUL WACKERS and RYAN WALLACE.
the show will run thru OCT 6, 2013.
note the gallery hrs: FRI 12-5 PM & BY APPOINTMENT
MATT LEINES, ‘Rick’, 2012. acrylic on canvas, 16 x 24 in.
GREEN .. POINT .. TERMINAL – get it ?
new age .. POINTILLISM !!
MATT LEINES, ‘Interior 2’, 2010. acrylic on paper on collaged paper. 23 x 40 in.
you can find more images: MATT LEINES on tumblr
MATT LEINES, at apparently .. the final BROOKLYN COMICS & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL. NOV 2012.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~MATT LEINES .. ‘GREEN POINT’ TERMINAL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 13th, 2013, 8:06am
A DOUBLE BOOK RELEASE PARTY !! – THURS SEPT 12, 2013 / 7 PM
BERGEN STREET COMICS – 470 BERGEN ST – BROOKLYN
FRANK SANTORO – ‘POMPEII’ – a “spellbinding dreamlike saga”.
and
ANYA DAVIDSON – ‘SCHOOL SPIRITS’ – a “kinetic, mind-expanding debut graphic novel.”
~POMPEII & SCHOOL SPIRITS .. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2013, 7:32am
. . . the story takes place just before the eruption of Pompeii in year 79AD, and follows Marcus, a young expat artist from Paestum who works as an assistant in Pompeii to Flavius, a seemingly well-regarded painter.
Aside from mixing paint . . .
guess, you’ll have to buy the book – to find out . . what happens, next !!
FRANK SANTORO tells a delightful story – “that is rooted in emotional truths” ~ DAN NADEL
captured in the broad strokes of a painterly master artist .. who gets lost in his imagination, in the most abstract .. and poetic of ways. a very wonderful, light hand bound to a curious, and often historical eye ~ NANCY SMITH
FRANK SANTORO – POMPEII
144 pgs, B&W, 8.5 x 11 in.
$19.55
Published by PICTUREBOX / POMPEII – more info
SANTORO – POMPEII / IMAGES VIA PICTUREBOX, where you can find a few more !!
FRANK SANTORO, BROOKLYN COMICS & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL, NOV 2011
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
~FRANK SANTORO .. POMPEII |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2013, 7:29am
ANYA DAVIDSON’S debut book – this is the “story of Oola, a high school student with an unusual connection to the supernatural” .. it is at once “funny, sexy, mystical, abd above all,utterly clear.”
DAN NADEL, PICTUREBOX founder adds:
“ANYA DAVIDSON’S crisp cartooning style makes even the strangest occurences seem utterly plausible.” – and he should KNOW !!
ANYA DAVDSON – ‘SCHOOL SPIRITS’
145 pgs – B&W, 8.5 x10.75 in.
hardback – $19.95
PUBLISHED BY PICTUREBOX – SCHOOL SPIRITS/more info
IMAGES VIA PICTUREBOX – SCHOOL SPIRITS – where you can find a few more pix . .
~ANYA DAVIDSON .. SCHOOL SPIRITS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2013, 7:28am
NOAH LYON is part of group show ..
opening to-nite: THURS SEPT 12, 2013 / 6-9 PM
FREIGHT+VOLUME – 530 W 24th ST – CHELSEA
see: ‘The Decline and Fall of the Art World, Part II: The Other 99%’
NOAH LYON, ‘DUCK NEIN AUEIN’, 2013.
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
NOAH LYON, ‘JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS’, 2013
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
NOAH LYON, BROOKLYN COMICS & GRAPHICS FESTIVAL, NOV 2011
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
FOLLOW NOAH LYON – on INSTAGRAM
~NOAH LYON .. in THE DECLINE & FALL/ F+V |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 12th, 2013, 7:04am
fuck yea .. KAWS, got re-born on tumblr !!
see: fuck yea KAWS
VMA’S MOONMAN – RE-DESIGNED BY KAWS . . . via fuckyeakaws
JEFF KOONS .. ONLY WISHES !!
~ALL THINGS .. KAWS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2013, 8:11am
KAWS was running a pretty fab blog there for awhile. looks like it hasn’t been updated since last summer & maybe, maybe .. he’s on Instagram, now.
there are still some priceless moments – on the archive.
see: KAWS.COM
KAWS – THE KIMPSONS .. via KAWS.COM
~BE .. KAWS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2013, 8:00am
HAHA: REVENGE of the LOCAL HOMIES – for want of a better collective title.
‘SPIRITUAL HUNGER’ vs TROPHY ART – TAKE THREE.
BETTER KNOWN AS: REVENGE of THE POCKET UTOPIANS ..
because we say so.
because, the beat .. goes on !!
ok !!
so the EXACT flip side of that, PERROTIN & CREW invades NYC – would be:
local boy JESUS SAVES, cult figure to the few, but just maybe .. the insider/mighty !!
JESUS SAVES .. outside AD HOC – when it was. on MORGAN ST, in BUSHWICK.
SEPT 2008.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
and yeah, most of ya still don’t know who he is …
remember the scale on this side of the game – is as SMALL – as the scale on the other side is: HUGE.
and we are talking scale, not TALENT.
you know like 1 x 1-1/2 x 1/2 inch. small. like you can hold it in your hand.
one hand.
but if you look – ye shall see the scribble.
POSTSCRIPT . .
what. in one week:
we got MATTHEW DAY JACKSON .. with his “JESUS GIVES” !!
and now we have .. “JESUS SAVES” ..
wtf.
damn, that’s a close .. cut.
ROYCE BANNON .. INTERVIEWS JESUS SAVES .. for THE SOURCE
yeah, READ IT: ‘IN THE NAME of the MARKER’
!!!!!!! x 10,0000, or what.
in the name of the marker.
hahaha. lord save me, Ima crackin’ up.
~JESUS SAVES .. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 8th, 2013, 7:10pm
FILE UNDER: that’s – more like it !!
FILE UNDER: ATTACK of THE GIANT ART GALLERIES, TAKE TWO.
PARISIAN STYLE.
JR . . legendary French ‘muralist’ at the BRITISH – LAZARIDES GALLERY – ‘OUTSIDERS NY’ – POP-UP SHOW.
LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC. SEPT 26, 2008.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
and that was, way way before, anybody else around here – knew who who is was, but of course !!
BREAKING NEWS !!
FRENCH ART DEALER, EMMANUEL PERROTIN will celebrate the opening of his FIRST NEW YORK CITY BRANCH, with an amusement-park / carnival-themed blow-out PAR-TAY on TUES SEPT 17, 2013.
the new huge, 3 level space is 4,300 sq. ft. and is located at 909 MADISON AVE in the Bank of New York Building (!!) – that would be between &2nd 7 73rd on the UPPER EAST SIDE.
check out: GALERIE PERROTIN
the POST goes on to report: among the ‘hot’ PERROTIN artists participating in the ‘interactive’ carnival will be: KAWS, DANIEL ARSHAM, JR, JEANMICHEL OTHONIEL & JOHAN CRETEN.
the gallery also reps TAKASHI MURAKAMI & MAURIZIO CATTELAN.
see: GALERIE PERROTIN BRINGING ART BASH / NEW YORK POST
yeah, the POST, digitial version – had a make-over.
ARTIST: KAWS. PHOTO: FilmMagic via NEW YORK POST
so, THAT WAS .. KAWS who did those great gigantic MOONMEN at the 2013 MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS.
Shame on MTV. They could have given him some credit. I didn’t see any, did you ?
~PERROTIN INVADES .. |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 8th, 2013, 6:43pm
