~EMMANUEL LIMON . . ‘SIN COYOTE’ / DRESS SHOP GALLERY – PIX FROM THE OPENING
CHANGING . . GEARS !!
‘HELL BENT / HEAVEN SENT’ !!
last 2 weeks to catch . .
‘SIN COYOTE’ – ‘WITHOUT GUIDE’ . . . WORKS BY EMMANUEL LIMON
up thru JUNE 10, 2017
DRESS SHOP GALLERY, 322 TROUTMAN ST, BUSHWICK. BROOKLYN
HRS: by appointment only / there’s a ‘contact’ at the bottom of their home page
EMMANUEL LIMON / ‘SIN COYOTE’ . . . PIX FROM THE OPENING – APRIL 28, 2017
always fun – to swing by the DRESS SHOP GALLERY, on Troutman St. in Bushwick.
always deep underground & . . very cutting edge / even . . for Bushwick.
just not your ‘usual’ . . gang.
that was EMMANUEL LIMON’s self-customized ‘chopper’ . . parked outside.
an art work – all to itself, and that’s what I mean by . . not your usual gang.
but, still: skills, skills, & more skills.
I don’t know much about choppers, but just enough – to know this one is special.
you can follow Emmanuel Limon . . on Instagram @awkwardchopper (!!)
this is called a ‘King and Queen’ seat.
Emmanuel told me this particular one is “an offbeat of that – which is referred to as a ‘camel hump’ . . ”
must be an outrageous ride !!
and, I heard it does get . . use.
EMMANUEL LIMON . . .
Emmanuel Limon is also the founder, and one of the four current directors of DRESS SHOP GALLERY . .
a hardcore indie project / gallery space – with several artist studios behind the front showing room.
EMMANUEL LIMON, ‘Vida Ajena’, 2017.
hand worked leather, dye. 39 x 55.5 x 3.5 in.
‘Ajena’ translates . . as FOREIGN.
the ‘foreign’ life ?
the ‘alien’ life. the ‘strange’ life.
the . . DRAGON LION – REIGNS.
I think perhaps in general, the more you live life . . as a ‘foreigner’ – the better.
esp if foreigner, means headstrong & . . mythical.
yes, that’s . . PETER SUTHERLAND.
he’s like a flame to . . fire – when he’s around, it’s bound to be hot.
been a fan for many years.
see: PETER SUTHERLAND – PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
KEVIN EMMERSON, of LQQK Studios. silkscreener. and wearing a CNY / CHINESE NEW YORK cap.
def, check out: LQQK
def, check out: CNY / CHINEE NEW YEAR
on the wall:
EMMANUEL LIMON, ‘Cosido’, 2016. / translates as: SEWING !!
Leather / Steel. 22 x 20 x 1.5 in.
what can beat: hand-worked, butter-colored, rounded & baby smooth leather vs raw steel.
Pills, . . . . !!
EMILY DICKINSON, not.
but just as poignant – a journey.
EMMANUEL LIMON, ‘Banana de Vaca’, 2017.
Leather & steel. 44 x 65 x 3 in.
the leather is hand-molded around actual guns.
Emmanuel Limon does all the work hands-on, himself, from the fabrication to the detailed etching on the steel.
the leather is molded around the gun & is in deep relief.
the metaphors & meanings . . of guns – are many.
EMMANUEL LIMON, ‘Hell Bent, Heaven Sent’, 2017
Leather / Steel. 18 x 32 x 2.5 in.
detail, EMMANUEL LIMON.
note . . the hand-stitching.
this still makes me think of EMILY DICKINSON, but more for the contrasts . .
the subtexts / as well as the poetry !! that’s a real reverie of .. thought.
not to forget, all the influences brought to bear, to this new country, by succeeding waves of immigration.
& unless you were a Native American, and Emily D. was surely NOT !! she comes from a line of immigrants.
EMMANUEL LIMON. ‘Plata-O-Ploma’, 2015.
Leather/copper
21.5 x 27.5 x 3 in.
detail, EMMANUEL LIMON. ‘Plata-O-Plomo’.
it’s a huge & interesting marvel of human experience – to consider . . the whole baggage / the whole ‘trip’.
it’s such a dynamic flux.
even just consider: the Protestant heart of Emily’s early Americana vs. . . Emmanuel Limon’s Mexican / South L.A. born . . Christ iconography / Spanish colonist, etc. etc.
which is a whole topic in and of, itself.
and also: what makes 18th/19th C Europeans . . more entitled to populate America, than . . indigent South Americans ? which would be the natural . . continental geo / bio flow ???
KATIE BRANHAM, a director at DRESS SHOP GALLERY, and one of my fave people to talk to, ever.
so, what do you think, KATIE ?
somehow, ‘hell bent / heaven sent’ . . seems like a phrase, Emily Dickinson might relate to.
besides, Emily hand-stitched . . her poems too.
well, bound the pages into booklets, but still . . not many artists, esp today – share needle-work !!
‘COSIDO’ / ‘SEWING’ . . !!!!!!!!!!!!!
my little slice of the art world is still – linking up / stone by stone.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH