~THE BRUCENNIAL – OPENING PIX – PART III
THE LAST BRUCENNIAL – ‘GIRLS ONLY’
MARCH 7 – APRIL 4, 2014
847 WASHINGTON ST, MEATPACKING DISTRICT, NYC – HRS: WED-SUN / 12-6 PM
BEST HYPER-REALIST PIECE, WATERCOLOR or colored PENCIL ? . . AUREL SCHMIDT
but, what . . snake goes for WHOLE WHEAT ?
aren’t they . . gluten-free ?!!
BEST ‘HYPER-GRAPHIC’ PHOTO . . MORIAH SEE.
reminding me of RICHARD PRINCE, JEFF KOONS and .. STEFAN SAGMEISTER.
but what seals the deal for me – here, is how her calves are so . . ‘chunky’, and not airbrushed, it’s a curious tension, over all.
BEST REALIST, DOCUMENTARY / NAKED PHOTO, GOES TO . . MARGARITA JIMENO
so FRESH. so HAPPY. so SELFIE !!
so far past, so over the heads of all those other in-your-face explicit ole school porn dawgs.
we get it, ALREADY !!
get HAPPY !!
BEST NAKED / ‘INFORMATION GRAPHICS’ / ‘STREET ART STYLE’ PAINTING . . MORGAN ST. EVEREST
BEST CROWD SHOT, mostly because . . competing for my heart along with that ‘rough’ and ‘ready’ MORGAN ST. EVEREST painting above, that is MY OTHER FAVORITE, ‘INFORMATION GRAPHICS’ & ‘STREET STYLE’ PAINTING . . just, just visible on the right.
detail, PAINTING BY . . CHRISTINE TIEN WANG.
detail, PAINTING BY . . CHRISTINE TIEN WANG.
including, BEST ‘MANHOOD’ PAINTING . . IN THE SHOW.
detail, PAINTING BY . . CHRISTINE TIEN WANG.
N is for . . NANCY.
NO !!!!!!
detail, PAINTING BY . . CHRISTINE TIEN WANG.
wow, third reference to JESUS, in as many months, gotta be an art world record.
in front of CHRISTINE TIEN WANG’S painting,
BEST BOY ARTIST, IN HAT HAND-KNIT BY MOM !! – RAPHAEL GRISWOLD.
AARON KUHN, currently at COOPER UNION.
RUNNER-UP BEST BOY ARTIST – CROWD ‘CRASHER’.
INTERLOPER ‘BOY’ ART . . by AARON KUHN.
ha, so cute, what a man cave !!
note the dirty sneakers at right. love it. cracked iPhone screen and all.
and I mean is that Phallic, or what.
just staying on topic, ‘GIRLS ONLY’ !!
and, the winner is: CROSBY – !!
BEST BOY ARTIST – THE LAST BRUCENNIAL – ‘GIRLS ONLY’ . . CROWD CRASHER !!
‘POST YORK’ – a multi-media project – a comic book illustrated by his dad . . JAMES ROMBERGER, inspired in part by Crosby, which comes with a musical flexidisc, music by CROSBY . . just garnered a very prestigious WILL EISNER AWARD – NOMINATION 2013 for BEST SINGLE ISSUE (One-Shot).
congrats, James and Crosby. seriously !!
and see, growing up in a storefront with artist parents on the Lower East Side, back in day when the 80s, and the L.E.S. (!!) were the real deal – doesn’t seem to be such a bad way to bring up a kid, after all.
(just ask Kate & Theo !! 5 Rivington St / East Storefront)
CROSBY – PERFORMS: ‘POST YORK’ image via The Rumpus
most definite, check out: CROSBY, JAMES ROMBERGER, ‘POST YORK’ . . THE RUMPUS – THE NEW YORK COMICS SYMPOSIUM – !!
with many great illustrations & good background info.
IMAGE via SLATE
CROSBY’S parents . . JAMES ROMBERGER and MARGUERITE VAN COOK have been in the news as well, big time.
for another project.
they worked with the late DAVID WOJNAROWICZ on his critically acclaimed autobiography, a graphic novel – ‘7 MILES A SECOND’ – which was just re-released 2013 in a deluxe edition by Fantagraphics, and which received a ton of fab fab press, and a place on the NEW TIMES best seller list.
Crosby’s dad JAMES ROMBERGER penned the drawings, while his mom, MARGUERITE VAN COOK did the inking/coloring, via . . very vivid watercolor.
see: ‘7 MILES A SECOND’ – Fantagraphics.
and, definite, catch: a great review in . . SLATE !!
watch: CROSBY, ‘Are You Listed ?’ . . on YouTube, AUG 2007 – DEITCH PROJECTS.
of course, one of young CROSBY’S . . most amusing 15 mins of fame, to date !!
would have to be this clip of him, doing manual labor, and boring !! – with a few other (also bored) downtown denizens, in support of the very last DASH SNOW exhibit: ‘NEST’ – at DEITCH PROJECTS !!
well, who do you thunk, ripped up all that paper !!
ps: if you listen closely, you can catch taskmaster KATHY GRAYSON admonishing Crosby to get back – to it !!
yeah . . way to go Kathy.
take a kid who does graphics for SWIZZ BEATZ !! and have him rip up phone books, for Dash Snow.
priceless.
good crashing – CROSBY, or what !!
MORE PIX – TO FOLLOW.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, unless otherwise noted.