~DAN ASHER . . a couple of books
DAN ASHER – ‘AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS’
up thru APRIL 22, 2018
MARTOS GALLERY
there are a few great books about DAN, available to browse though, when you enter the gallery, on the desk.
one, a hardback, is very rare . . so it’s a definite / stop & browse.
titled . . ‘DAN ASHER – GUESTARBEITER on the PLANET’
it was published by AUREL SCHEIBLER Gallery in Koln / Cologne, Germany . . sometime pre-1993.
Aurel showed & sold Dan’s work in Europe for a time, and quite well, enabling Dan to live in Germany for few years. it was there that he had access to a clay workshop.
*guestarbeiter . . translates as immigrant / guest worker . . I believe in this case it meant ‘outsider’.
it also has a number of archival photos of Dan.
the other is a wonderful book – to buy, $10 / limited edition of 1,000.
DAN ASHER – ‘CLASS NOTES’
pages from notebooks 1991-92
published by Shoot The Lobster (Martos Gallery) / RATSTAR
2018 ed. 1000
soft cover / staple-bound / 42 pages
a wonderfully produced ‘zine’ it reads like a school ‘notebook’, and is in fact a selection from Dan’s many, obsessive, notebooks – filled with scribbled thoughts, random words, lists, appointments & sketches.
DAN ASHER / ANTHROPOLOGIST . .
Notes on being a . . man
DAN ASHER / ANTHROPOLOGIST
Notes on being a . . woman
DAN ASHER / ANTHROPOLOGIST
Notes on . . navigating society
DAN ASHER . . ANTHROPOLOGIST
Notes on . . observation !!
DAN ASHER . . ARTIST
how to find a way – through this ?
DAN ASHER . . PERSONAL DIARIST
Dan could be easily insulted, just the day-to-day hypocrisy of life insulted.
if you wanted to spend a day with him, without hassle . . better be sure to be armed with any number of random small jokes and . . soothing comments.
let’s just say . . I was eating lunch with him on a number of occasions, in any one of his favorite haunts / depending on how much dough ($$$) / he (or I ) had in pocket, from 4 star sushi bars, to Borscht with Challah slingers for $2 / when he sent a dinner plate flying like a frisbee !!
oh no – busted again / 86ed from another joint !!
it was mostly the vegan places that provoked him most, go figure – something about that healthy clientale.
DAN ASHER . . SHAMAN
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH