LIVING IN AMERICA – TAKE TWO / RAINY DAY READING.
INTERVIEW MAGAZINE . . JUST PUBLISHED !!
a (really !!) PUFF PIECE . . ON ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ last week /
lol, re-formatted for HALLOWEEN, can you believe ?
. . yeah that’s how PUFF, PUFF. . PUFFY.
but, at least they called it . . art: as in . . “a performance piece” !!
the film has never been recognized by the ‘established’ NYC art world critics ?!!
I don’t have to name names – it’s all of them / & what a friggin’ retarded, sorry lot, too.
google: INTERVIEW MAGAZINE: THE SECRET HISTORY of a NYC BASEMENT / OCT 17, 2017
or try: interviewmagazine.com/film/we-live-in-public
it takes forever to load / they obviously want you to buy the hard copy.
PHOTO COURTESY: JOSH HARRIS WLIP ARCHIVES
YOUR BEST BET . . if you don’t know what ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ is . . .
is to download the feature length film – directly / it won director ONDI TIMONER an unprecedented second SUNDANCE BEST USA DOCUMENTARY AWARD in 2009.
her first, was for ‘DIG!’ btw – the cult doc on the notorious, hardcore indie bands . . THE DANDY WARHOLS & THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE !!
both bands . . having a big resurgence currently – in the land of Brooklyn.
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, the ‘real fake’ Basquiat forger . . ran the big shooting gallery in the sub-basement / where anybody who wanted / the Millennial party was technically called ‘QUIET’, and it was open to the public 24/7 . . for 2 weeks !!
where anybody . . could learn to shoot really really big assault rifles / at a professional gun range . . all set up under the guise of a ‘movie prop’, official NYC film props license and all.
NANCY SMITH, that’s me . . just in case you think I’m just an cyborg blogger / AI !!!!
plays an un-intended role in the film / right hand assistant to the tech/entrepreneur/web visionary who the film is all about: JOSH HARRIS / though I was originally in there to do a new age ‘quilting bee’, lol,
I got into a fight with a groupie who was making out with my so-called hubbie in a pod, and I knocked her unconscious in one well delivered & passionate slammer to the throat. she survived.
and therefore, rather unfairly – I got kicked out.
yeah it was me who got into the . . notorious fight, anybody surprised ?????
well:
1. she taunted me /
2. she was sitting on a flimsy plastic backyard garden chair / and the floor was concrete.
DEF, WATCH THE TRAILER: ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ / YOUTUBE
watch that . . . TRAILER !!!!!!
NANCY SMITH . . DRAMA QUEEN / ‘THE QUILTING LADY’,
in ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ / I even made the . . trailer !!
ME & THEO.
in our pod at ‘QUIET’ / DEC 1999 – JAN 2000.
this image was the poster for the film, when it had it’s NYC premiere at MoMA.
the beginning . . of the $1 million dollar art party, as with most things – was the BEST !!
ps: THEO . . is the 9 yr oldkid shooting the big guns, in the film.
damn straight, I wanted my kid to know how to shoot a gun / somebody on the good side has to know how to defend themselves.
& I was so right / about his generation being targeted, was I not.
since most of you are barely 30, maybe pushing 35 ?
and were, what ?
Theo’s age in 2000.
maybe all of 13 ?
at least hit the trailer
to see what the real gritty indie hardcore NYC underground was really like,
before you guys were even out of high school & Brooklyn . . was still just a place where bus drivers – lived.
better yet: download the movie.
center: JOSH HARRIS, he had just sold . . JUPITER.COM for $81 million dollars.
at far right: ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . in his glory days.
FRAME – from the ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ trailer.
~’WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ . . reformatted for HALLOWEEN / INTERVIEW MAG |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 29th, 2017, 11:14am
like I said, things are c-r-a-z-y !!
HOME, whether full-out . . crazy, or full-out super . . crazy FLAT.
HOME / is on the BRAIN, when the world fries – which apparently it is, right now.
& let’s hope not literally. thanks to a couple of really wack politicos & cry baby ‘heads’ of state . . . who, if they were sitting on the subway beside you, you’d already be looking to get up & and change trains.
or pointing up your phone, so you can real live post . . the low-life fight / that’s sure enough . . about to happen.
if you’re a New Yorker – you know what I’m talking about, the crazies !!
the crazies always find the way – to fight 11
hey, you stepped . . on my god damned shoe.
esp the ones in the brand new white ones, ever seen that ?
NYC classic.
KOICHI SATO . . ‘LIVING IN AMERICA’
OPENS TO-NITE FRI OCT 27, 2017 / 7-10 PM
the show runs thru NOV 25, 2017
BILL BRADY GALLERY, 7140 NW MIAMI COURT, LITTLE RIVER, MIAMI, FL / FLORIDA 33150
KOICHI SATO . . . appears to be based in Brooklyn
“I am a watcher of human being, but only ones make my antenna on.” …. !!!!!!!!
you can find him on Instagram .. @koichis49
or check out: his artist website .. KOICHI SATO
READ MORE: KOICHI SATO – BILL BRADY GALLERY
IMAGES COURTESY BILL BRADY GALLERY via INSTAGRAM @billbradygallery
~KOICHI SATO . . BILL BRADY / LITTLE RIVER, MIAMI / OPENS TO-NITE FRI |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 27th, 2017, 2:46pm
GO HOME – while you . . can.
wow, the art scene is having . . quite the bi-polar moment ?!!!!
you can be outright wacky / or super FLAT !!
ANDY CAHILL . . . ‘HOME’
the first solo show at SAFE GALLERY . . . !!!
OCT 14 – NOV 12, 2017
SAFE GALLERY, 1004 METROPOLITAN AVE, BROOKLYN 11211
HRS: SAT & SUN: 12 – 6 PM & BY APPOINTMENT
see . . more images / background info: ANDY CAHILL at SAFE GALLERY
ANDY CAHILL, ‘House Warming / House Cooling’, 2017
Urethane on canvas, 62 x 54 in.
IMAGE COURTESY of SAFE GALLERY via INSTAGRAM @safegallerybiz
~ANDY CAHILL . . SAFE GALLERY / thru NOV 12 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 27th, 2017, 2:13pm
the cutting edge art scene – seems to be t-r-e-n-d-i-n-g: SUPER FLAT !!
‘WIN-DOW-SILL’ . . . . AMY CHAN, CORYDON COWANSAGE & ALEXANDER DESCHAMPS
OPENING SAT OCT 21, 2017 / 7 – 10 PM
MOUNTAIN, 284 SEIGEL ST., 1B, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
HRS: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY – SO, MAKE THE OPENING, ALWAYS A GREAT PARTY !!
ALEXANDER DESCHAMPS, ‘CAT ON BED’. . . .
CORYDON COWANSAGE, ‘HOLE 29’, 2017 . . .
AMY CHAN, ‘POINT REYES’, 2015 . . .
INSTALLATION SHOT, for scale.
from left: ALEXANDER DESCHAMPS DYPTYCH, CORYDON COWANSAGE, AMY CHAN, & ALEXANDER DESCHAMPS.
ALL IMAGES COURTESY: MOUNTAIN GALLERY via INSTAGRAM @mountain.bushwick
~’WIN-DOW-SILL’ . . MOUNTAIN / OPENING TO-NITE SAT OCT 21 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 21st, 2017, 12:28pm
KADY GRANT / @babypetunias
‘STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM’
OPENS TO-NITE FRI OCT 20, 2017 / 6-10 PM
the show runs thru NOV 10, 2017
DRESS SHOP GALLERY, 322 TROUTMAN ST, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN. 11237
HRS: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY – SO, MAKE THE OPENING !! – ALWAYS A GREAT TIME / PAR-TAY !!
see: DRESS SHOP GALLERY / FACEBOOK
INSTALLATION SHOT – COURTESY: DRESS SHOP GALLERY
~KADY GRANT . . ‘STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM’ / DRESS SHOP / OPENING TO-NITE FRI OCT 20 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 20th, 2017, 2:29pm
‘HEAD TOO HEAVY GALLERY – ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY’
CLOSING PARTY – TO-NITE / THURS OCT 19, 2017 / 6 – 10 PM
A BIG GROUP SHOW – IT OPENED FRI OCT 13, 2017
HEAD TOO HEAVY GALLERY, 383 BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN
@headtooheavygallery: Hard Closing TN! don’t miss out on what critics are calling: “Hey man how come I wasn’t in the show? Wtf!” 6:00-10:00pm #tonight #today #thegodhour #october192017 #323bushwickave
IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM @headtooheavygallery
ps: I spy . . . a big, happy urban FURRY FRIEND, or two !!
here’s . . the artist list / HEAD TOO HEAVY GALLERY / ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY GROUP SHOW
IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM @headtooheavygallery
HEAD TOO HEAVY GALLERY – LOGO
~HEAVY CLOSING, PARTY . . HEAD TOO HEAVY / TO-NITE THURS OCT 19 |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 19th, 2017, 12:39pm
‘FATE, up against your will’
needing . . to lighten up ?
much !!
On A Personal note, very personal . . . . & it’s sad – so, be fore-warned.
2 young, carefree & the sweetest 15 yr. old boys you could ever know, & that I know from walking my dog, ever since she was a little 10 lb. puppy / last summer 2016 . . . got seriously hurt, one died and the other is fighting for his life after getting thrown over an 8 ft. high fence and tossed 30 ft. further . . by a hit & run young street thug speeding driver in Jersey yesterday, while they were bike riding.
I can barely contain my sadness.
they would always stop and pet my super friendly, now 90 lb. Akita, Zora & exclaim how big she was getting !!
Furry Friends . . also help you make human friends / and, help you to interface with ‘reality’, in a very special & very happy way.
Fate . . came down on these 2 boys, way too harsh, and way too soon.
I feel like I need to take a moment to be . . bio / human, & not just keep up the usual ‘keyboard’ banter / semi-impersonal art / computer-merged ‘dialog’, and . . share my feelings of sadness, and very human loss.
I want to remember them happy and laughing, & feel like they would like this . . gentle, funny, bittersweet thought, this pause of context, and ‘reach’ . . for greater humanity & meaning, in the wider & ongoing, always ongoing . . scheme of things.
with love & heavy hearts, from their giant panda / furry friend Zora, and her inconsolable minder.
‘FURRY FRIENDS WELCOME’ . . is down / SEPT 12 – OCT 15, 2017
but, you can still score a few unsold pieces . . .
in the: GRUMPY BERT . . ‘FURRY FRIENDS WELCOME’ / ONLINE STORE !!
including this one . . . . !!!!!!!!
KEVIN CHAN, ‘fate, up against your will’
7-1/2 x 5-1/2 ins.
($180)
no words, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN !!
bunnymen / such a good word.
see: KEVIN CHAN, GRUMPY BERT ONLINE STORE
GRUMPY BERT . . 82 BOND ST, BROOKLYN
HRS: TUES-SAT 12 – 7 PM & SUN 12 – 6 PM
~KEVIN CHAN . . GRUMPY BERT / ‘FURRY FRIENDS WELCOME’ |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 19th, 2017, 11:37am
LAUREN CLAY – ‘FIELD of the KNOWER’ – OPENS THURS OCT 19, 2017 / 4-7 PM
the show runs thru Nov 16, 2017
Philip J. Steele West gallery / RCAD / ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE of ART + DESIGN
1600 Pierce St, Lakewood, Colorado 80214 / DENVER, COLORADO
more info: UPCOMING EXHIBITS / EXHIBITS
INSTALLATION SHOT / COURTESY: RMCAD
LAUREN CLAY . . .
MOUNTAIN GALLERY, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NY
MARCH 4, 2016
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see: LAUREN CLAY – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE / DOUBLEFLUFF.COM
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~LAUREN CLAY . . ‘Field of the Knower’ / RMCAD / ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE of ART + DESIGN |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 17th, 2017, 9:19am
VERONIKA PAUSOVA . .
‘INDIAN SUMMER’ – A ‘BOTANICAL’ GROUP SHOW
OPENING TO-NITE MON OCT 16, 2017 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs thru DEC 1, 2017
DTN / DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS, 339 E. 90th ST, SUITE D, NYC
RING THE BUZZER
HRS: SAT 12 – 6 PM or BY APPOINTMENT
~VERONIKA PAUSOVA . . ‘INDIAN SUMMER’ / DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS / OPENING TO-NITE MON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 16th, 2017, 11:54am
NICHOLAS MOENICH . .
‘INDIAN SUMMER’ – A ‘BOTANICAL’ GROUP SHOW
OPENING TO-NITE MON OCT 16, 2017 / 6 – 9 PM
the show runs thru DEC 1, 2017
DTN / DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS, 339 E. 90th ST, SUITE D, NYC
RING THE BUZZER
HRS: SAT 12 – 6 PM & BY APPOINTMENT
~NICHOLAS MOENICH . . ‘INDIAN SUMMER’ / DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS / OPENING TO-NITE MON |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | October 16th, 2017, 10:11am
