~SCHOONY . . DISTASSI X CONTRA / POPPIN’ MAD . . GREAT !! / & BIG PARTY TO-NITE SAT MARCH 9
HEADS UP: IT’S A BRIT INVASION !!!
BIG !! PARTY !! TO-NITE AS WELL !! / SAT MARCH 9 / STARTS at 6 PM
DRINKS, MUSIC, GREAT ART & GOOD COMPANY !!!
DISTASSI ART X CONTRA GALLERIES !!!
LONDON X NEW YORK !!!
A LDN X NYC COLLAB / SHOWCASING . . . THE GREAT SCHOONY !!!
at CONTRA GALLERIES
122 W. 26th St, Floor 5, NYC 10001
HRS: FRI til 6 PM / SAT & SUN: 12 – 6 PM
RUNS THRU . . . SUNDAY MARCH 10
PIX FROM THE WILD, OPENING PARTY . . LAST NIGHT / MARCH 7, 2019:
great to finally see them up, up close & personal.
capturing the maybe / could very well be . . future in a heartbeat.
beautifully rendered.
Schoony, ‘Boots’ graphite Edition, 1/10
Fiberglass, 2019
($19,500)
Schoony, ‘Boy Soldier Panel’
Fiberglass, 2019
($13,000)
detail, ‘Boy Soldier’
unbelievable . . what a statement.
a promise.
a dare.
classical modelling – with a determination,
that seems . . ingrained into the very DNA.
just you – dare me !!
KA-BOOM.
get it together, world / or . . this I promise you.
street fashion . . meet up.
I see your true colors . . .
from left:
Schoony, ‘Branded Off White’, 1/10
Fiberglass, 2019
($19,500)
Schoony, ‘Branded Louis Vuitton’, 1/10
Fiberglass, 2019
($19,500)
Schoony, ‘Branded Supreme’, 1/10
Fiberglass, 2019
($19,500)
that is, so !!! so !!!
in-your-face / in your arm.
Schoony, ‘Branded Louis Vuitton’, 2019.
‘XL’
in-your-face.
in-your-arm.
The Love Child kills the . . DJ station.
the party temp goes way way up, when this ‘artist/dude’ gets behind the audio.
as JOSHUA will attest to.
the show attracted . . a supremo, gritty / edgy crowd.
CHRIS MARTINE of . . Contra.
DISTASSI X CONTRA !!! . . . . . LONDON X NYC !!!
KA-BOOM !!!!!
MICHAEL HOWES/LONDON, MATT McGLYNN of CONTRA, ED SANDERS/LONDON, BOE/DISTASSI/LONDON.
see: DISTASSI ART
also noted, Delta2 got the color up and running, on the custom subway car.
Delta2, Aluminum subway train, 2019.
($3,000)
they . . moved the RICHARD HAMBLETON down lower . . all the better to see.
the large, horizon-focused, gloriously metallic ‘landscape’, had been hung high up previously.
now it was eye-level, an eye-poppin’ eye-level at that.
it’s outrageously . . gorgeous.
if he hadn’t been so street bitter, Hambleton could have been a modern-day . . Turner.
RICHARD HAMBLETON, ‘Beautiful Painting’, acrylic on wood panel, 1994.
signed & dated. incredible condition.
(price upon request)
you could feel Hambleton’s tightly wound, aggressive energy . . in the way the surface was obsessively . . incised.
even his signature – was like a knife wound.
a branding, not unlike the Schoony arm-branding . . above (!!)
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, Gun Drawing.
I’m always going to be a die-hard fan.
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, gun drawing. 2017.
on hand-made collage paper, with colored marker.
at $1,000 / an outright . . steal.
wake-up . . my peeps, run & jump. & put your $$$ down.
just as we were about to say good-bye . . .
AL DIAZ (SAMO) shows up . . .
to make his mark !!
SCHOONY X AL DIAZ
LDN X NYC
DISTASSI X CONTRA
I always thought, or imagined, that ‘Schoony’ . . stood for: schooled by NY ???
LDN X NYC
DISTASSI X CONTRA
HERE’S YOUR – TICKET !!!
THIS WEEKEND ONLY / DON’T MISS THE . . . JOY-RIDE !!!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH