F.L.A. Gallery Presents: DIRTY FINGERS
curated by CINDERS PROJECTS
FEB 23 – MARCH 24, 2013
F.L.A. Gallery – 10 N Main St – Gainesville, FL
more: DIRTY FINGERS . . .
GIVING … NEW ‘EXPRESSION” – TO THE ADJECTIVE: LAME, !!
HAHAHA!! SPEAKING OF WHICH, SUN FEB 24, 2013 – WHO’S . . . . more LAME ?!!
HUFF POST or OSCAR PISTORIUS ?
it’s a TIE !!
wow, apparently he bashed in her head, before he shot her (in the head) through the bathroom door.
usually in those kind of cases, Oscar – the next step is, you point the gun at yourself, not “walk” !!
obviously that was a big bottleneck of powerful energy – to be literally . . without ‘legs’ … in bed. no ?
blade runner, hamburger helper, no diff. all b-a-d news.
LEIF GOLDBERG – ‘HAMBURGER HELPERS’, monoprint over screenprint. variable edition of 5.
19 x 26 in. Rives paper, signed.
IMAGE COURTESY: F.L.A. GALLERY & CINDERS PROJECTS
~HAMBURGER HELPER . . . (update) |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 23rd, 2013, 11:35am
F.L.A. Gallery Presents:
DIRTY FINGERS
Curated by CINDERS PROJECTS
OPENING: SAT FEB 23, 2013 / 7-10 PM
the show runs FEB 23 – MARCH 24, 2013
F.L.A. GALLERY – 10 N Main St – Gainesville, FLORIDA
HRS: THURS-SAT 5-10 PM / SUN noon-5 PM
check out: PREVIEW of the SHOW – ‘DIRTY FINGERS’
“In an age of digitally manipulated imagery & visual consumption via computer, it is all the more important to remember to get our hands dirty ….
and look at the actual objects …. in the three dimensional world.
‘DIRTY FINGERS’ …. focuses on a group of artists that are continuing to use various forms of printmaking.”
~ from the gallery press release
~DIRTY FINGERS . . . |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 22nd, 2013, 1:22pm
EDGE-WISE !!
JAN ALBERT, the heat-seeking TEKSERVE CURATOR, who just brought us the on-point KEN BROWN mini-retrospective (!!) just got a word in about her curating ambitions . . . on the HUFFINGTON POST.
read about her point of view: JAN ALBERT: The Art of a Computer Store
KEN BROWN POSTCARD – ‘X-RAY CHARLES’ – in the TEKSERVE exhibit:
ART@TEKSERVE PRESENTS: KEN BROWN – NYC STREETPOP
JAN 12 – FEB 24, 2013
TEKSERVE – 119 W 23rd St – Chelsea, NYC
yep, it’s the very last weekend to catch the show, so get on it, New Yorkers !!
INSTALLATION PHOTO of KEN BROWN POSTCARD: NANCY SMITH
~JAN ALBERT GETS A WORD IN . . . |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 22nd, 2013, 12:37pm
last week to catch, don’t blink !!
JOWY ROMANO . . . ‘SEE SOMETHING’ – a photo-shopped presentation of 4 subway ‘artists’.
also presented by ART@TEKSERVE – in the front entry glass display case.
JAN 12 – Feb 24, 2013
TEKSERVE – 119 W 23rd ST – CHELSEA, NYC
for more info: on the in-store exhibit – JOWY ROMANO/’See Something’
JOWY ROMANO, who runs the compelling archive: SUBWAY ART BLOG
has curated a small but S-W-I-F-T (!!) ‘photo-shopped’ subway art display – in the TEKSERVE entry glass cases – facing the interior of the store.
the exhibit ‘re-imagines’ site-specific NYC subway art, with small scale works produced specifically for this show – by 4 artists who do … the art you walk by everyday, underground, truly !! – and is . . . termed by ART@TEKSERVE curator, JAN ALBERT: an “installation celebrating uncommissioned art in the subway.” (!!)
first of all, all ye graphic designers: check out Jowy’s biz card, great design, and fonts . . . or what !!
SUBWAY ART BLOG: Art, photography, events, music, graffiti, culture. and yes, he takes … submissions.
Follow:
twitter @subwayartblog
facebook /subwayartblog
flickr /subwayartblog
subwayartblog.com
from the installation:
JILLY BALLASTIC . . .
“a paste-up artist out of BROOKLYN, known for tagging the New York City subway with site-specific historical images, revamped idioms as policy advisories, and computer errors inserted into platform advertisements.”
MOUSTACHE MAN . . .
“scrawled his moustache tag on countless subway advertisements over the course of a year until he was arrested in 2011. He now stars in a comedy show at UCB Theatre about his experiences becoming one of the NYPDs most wanted graffiti artists.”
A CITY of CHILDREN . . .
“is a graffiti artist whose atypical tag started appearing in the subway in 2012. He’s quickly become one NYC’s most prolific taggers.”
A CITY of CHILDREN . . .
Nowhere to be ..
Nothing to do,
No one to love …
installation shot – from the JOWY ROMANO produced exhibit: ‘See Something’.
‘Poster Boy’ – in the TEKSERVE glass case.
Poster Boy . . . “up yours”.
“Poster Boy is a NYC-based street artist who is well known for his witty remixes of subway advertisements. Some of his work is political, some satirical, and some vulgar; all share one goal, subverting advertisers.”
p.s. last I heard, Poster Boy was an “art collective”, haha well, that’s one creative route to getting around the subway ‘pa-trols’, esp as Poster Boy … singular or plural (!!) really tends to shred the original ads to pieces – so he really got into some serious deep trouble. (nancy)
Poster Boy . . . “consum(e)…”
Poster Boy .. “OBEY”.
hahaha.
nothing like, a little tagger on tagger action – to end a post !!
PHOTO of JOWY ROMANO & INSTALLATION PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~JOWY ROMANO, ‘SEE SOMETHING’ – last week |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 21st, 2013, 11:02am
KEN BROWN – NYC STREET POP
JAN 12 – FEB 24, 2013
TEKSERVE – 119 W 23rd ST – CHELSEA, NYC
more info: KEN BROWN – NYC STREET POP
a few more pix . . .
artist/entrepreneur KEN BROWN with future wife-to-be, artist LISA CRAFTS, ca. 1975-76.
in an archival photo displayed in the glass case – as you enter the store.
Brooklyn hipsters, you ain’t got nothing on us . . . the original Woodstock generation.
you can also check out:
kenbrownpixpop.blogspot.com – ‘Ken Brown’s Garage d’Or’ (!!)
kenbrownpixpop.com
a KEN BROWN postcard – featuring ‘Shriners’ – from his own flea market collection.
KEN BROWN produced over 600 postcards that sold commercially across the country – mostly inspired by political satire, pop culture, and flea market finds.
KEN BROWN postcard: ‘PERHAPS WE SHOULD MOVE INDOORS’.
KEN BROWN postcard: ‘SOME DAY, SON, ALL THIS …’.
KEN BROWN also designed and produced iconic wrapping paper, and yes, even . . . rubber stamps.
“CASH When You Need It” – detail vintage KEN BROWN wrapping paper.
also playing on short loops in the entry display cases at TEKSERVE, a few more of KEN BROWN’s animations. from 1987 – 2001, KEN and his wife, animator LISA CRAFTS created dozens of short films for SESAME STREET, VH1, MTV, and the American Movie Channel (AMC).
INSTALLATION PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~KEN BROWN: NYC STREET POP – last week |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 20th, 2013, 9:40am
to HEAVEN . . .
straight off . . . the mean streets !!
caught forever . . . by KEN BROWN and his camera, and bike (!!).
caught forever ? does that make ’em … ghosts.
I’m thinking, PIX = GHOSTS, that for sure !!
KEN BROWN – NYC STREET POP
JAN 12 – FEB 24, 2013
TEKSERVE – 119 W 23rd ST – CHELSEA, NYC
more info: KEN BROWN – NYC STREET POP
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY . . .
FROM ARTLOVERSNEWYORK !!
with THANKS !!
to KEN BROWN for catching, and preserving this city’s vibrant underground heritage – over the years !!
oops, can a ‘doorway’ truly be called ‘underground’ – I guess, so !!
when it’s covered in art – often electric, always poetic – painted for all to see, amping up the city’s vibe, and cluing us all . . . in.
and a special thanks, to the show’s curator: JAN ALBERT . . .
for producing such a wonderfully entertaining display, and sharing another special moment, with another of this city’s .. truly talented citizens.
now, don’t go getting the idea – this show is just about Ken’s archival ‘street art’ photographs, or even his animated, hand-drawn, slightly veering to the dark side ‘FLIPPY’ animations – there’s lots more to see, a brief overview – will post next.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY – Y’ALL. but, esp – to all my . . . ghosts !!
INSTALLATION PHOTOS of KEN BROWN’S PHOTOS OF NYC DOORWAYS: NANCY SMITH
~KEN BROWN: NYC STREET POP – can’t resist .. a few more doorways |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 14th, 2013, 8:02am
KEN BROWN – NYC STREET POP
JAN 12 – FEB 24, 2013
TEKSERVE – 119 W 23rd ST – CHELSEA, NYC
more info: on the KEN BROWN in-store show
many of us pass by these doorways, that create a hardcore ‘buzz’ in a city of buzz – without a second thought. KEN BROWN took the photos.
you should definitely hop into TEKSERVE and see the full loop, many of the images are ghosts now, only alive through the medium of . . . the archival photo.
C215
C215 is the street tag or ‘moniker’ of CHRISTIAN GUEMY, a French street artist hailing from Paris, FRANCE – who works mostly with stencils . . . stencil art.
C215
angry ghost ?
“OFF THE GRID” !!
haha – I hear ya !!
ELBOW TOE . . . a Brooklyn-based street artist.
in the global melting pot that is NYC, ethnic doorway, calls for . . . ethnic image.
ordinary doorway calls for . . . global expression.
inner city streets often call out on: anger
the words ‘mean streets’ do come . . . to mind.
WELCOME TO HARLEM, NY
but doorways can also be the perfect format for proud – WELCOME TO MY HOOD, TOURIST – ‘POSTCARDS’.
as well as – calls to action . . .
ARMY of ONE – ‘ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END TO WAR!’
but you what ? I’m not even sure, about that !!
haven’t you ever heard the expression: ghost armies in the night . . . ?
INSTALLATION PHOTOS of KEN BROWN’S DOORWAYS of NEW YORK PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~KEN BROWN: NYC STREET POP – MORE DOORWAYS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 12th, 2013, 8:01am
KEN BROWN – NYC STREET POP
JAN 12 – FEB 24, 2013
TEKSERVE – 119 W 23rd ST – CHELSEA, NYC
okay, well the show rocks more F-U-N, than anything else . . . case in point – a wonderful, very fun, and super interesting historical/archival loop of painted, graffed . . . inner city doorways, Ken Brown has caught – with his camera, mostly while riding his bike – over the years.
KEN BROWN – DOORWAYS of the HOOD.
or, there is a poet – behind every door, in this – great, gritty kitty of a . . . city.
KEN BROWN sent in one of his photos of a typical New York City walk-up, and TEKSERVE blew it up, and then synched in a continuous loop of his ‘doorway’ photos – into the doorway. nice. very nice.
in this case: a sea-worthy . . . albeit, slightly freaked-out, blue octopus man !!
the small white exhibit sign reads: ‘As KEN BROWN’S tour shows, not every New Yorker is content to live behind an anonymous grey steel door in a glass tower. These are some personalized portals in the neighborhoods throughout the city.’
HELLS ANGELS, of course !!
INSTALLATION PHOTOS: of KEN BROWN’S DOORWAY photos . . . NANCY SMITH
~KEN BROWN: NYC STREET POP – DOORWAYS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 10th, 2013, 6:32pm
KEN BROWN – NYC STREET POP: a celebration of New York City as seen thru the eyes of KEN BROWN
JAN 12, 2013 – FEB 24, 2013
an in-store exhibition at:
TEKSERVE – 119 W 23rd ST – CHELSEA, NYC
see: KEN BROWN/EVENTS at TEKSERVE
TEKSERVE has a pretty wonderful show going on in their store, it’s still up for the next 2 weeks. a kind of mini-retrospective of the work of KEN BROWN . . . a multi-faceted artist, and entrepreneur – whose often whimsical, but can be … damn it the truth !! artistic take . . . on our sometimes sunny, sometimes raunchy, sometimes harsh, often absurd – but always inspiring streets . . . is entertaining, crazy, witty, or just plain archival – but like all true creative endeavors – it hits you straight between the eyes . . . esp if you are . . . in a New York State of MIND.
KEN BROWN, at the opening, JAN 12, 2013.
CHARLES AHEARN . . . film director and artist.
you gotta love . . . ‘FLIPPY’ – Ken Brown’s hand-drawn animation .. from 2008.
I know it’s got – my life – down in a nutshell.
bet, your’s too.
hello . . out there, I see you.
and you, too.
speak of the devil, and he’s a crawling baby, no joke.
art world pals . . hahaha
oh, my heart . . . hurts.
awgrh, get over it, lady.
get a life – !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
~KEN BROWN: NYC STREET POP at TEKSERVE |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 8th, 2013, 8:21pm
enuff with the ghosts . . . damn it.
someone asked me if I had a voodoo doll, and damn it – yes I do !!
and yes, better believe … it’s stuck full of pins, too.
FILE UNDER: NO MORE PIRATE GHOSTS, no more tough bird Haitian witchdoctor lady ghosts. just Simon can come by and eat the little treats, in the Chinese plate .. by the window in the back.
can’t think of a better image to wash ‘dem damn troubles’ out of my so-called nappy, or is that .. happy head . . . than this one, by one of my fav young artists ever, MIKE PARE … since when I first saw his work at ATM GALLERY back in the early 2000’s … the naughts (?!!).
he has since picked up and moved to New Mexico – but I see you just can’t keep a good artist down forever, despite what Jerry Saltz said about his first major one man show – here. no wonder he moved, it wasn’t just the far-out sunsets, he was a-wanting.
Mike Pare is now based in Milwaukee. our loss, their gain. period.
see: MIKE PARE . . .’BLISSED OUT’, ATM, NYC – SEPT 2005
note: the artlovers section that contained the extensive opening night pix – is no longer open to the general public. well, you can blame the dudes who scan the pix – and then make off, like the content – is their own.
I think we used to call them – bandits.
bandits. art critics. no diff.
‘BLISSED OUT’ was one of the best shows I have EVER seen in my ENTIRE LIFE. it was severely dissed by JERRY SALTZ, and another fine artist – had his art career chopped at the knees, no joke.
who’s laughing . . . ?
I may be dancing on my husband’s grave – but I sure ain’t laughing … at the F state of art criticism in this mediocre, once great – ghost town.
amen.
MIKE PARE . . . . MERCURY DRAWINGS
JAN 11 – FEB 22, 2013
POP GALLERY – 3505 HELMS AVE – CALIFORNIA
see: MIKE PARE – his website (!!)
IMAGE: MIKE PARE – from the current HOMEPAGE of his website, MIKE PARE
~MIKE PARE at POP GALLERY, CA |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | February 7th, 2013, 10:35am
