Baker Overstreet at Fredericks & Freiser

From the Overstreet exhibit, Follies, which appeared at Fredericks & Freiser over the fall:


Alibaster Plaster Caster, 2008


Sequined Cyclone Sequence, 2008


Sizzle '76, 2008


Tubular Bells, 2008


Gossipo Perpetuo, 2008


The New World Symphony (For the Elite Ark), 2008


Technicolor Chromolume, 2008


The Continental Bathosphere, 2008


Ball in the Jack, 2008

After the Reality II

I visited After the Reality II at Deitch Projects this Saturday. I've posted some (crappy) videos of Ujino Muneteru's Rotators and photos from the show. The dedicated Muneteru was present while I was in the gallery, absorbed in the task of keeping his mechanical sculptures functioning smoothly. The Rotators are autonomous by his division, and yet as I watched him snug the plugs a couple times in a few minutes I could not help but see the artist becoming one of the gears, triggers or conductors collaborating to run the machine. It was adorable.

There will be a performance by Muneteru and the Enlightenment Collective this Wednesday, April 9th.

After the Reality II [Deitch Projects]
Ujino Muneteru [The Rotators]
Ujino Muneteru at Deitch Projects [YouTube]
Ujino Muneteru's Rotators [YouTube]

Kind of Loving Steven Charles Right Now

Get off the Cross, the Wood is Needed, 2003-2006

From Pierogi Gallery:
I am interested in creating problems. Painting is a vehicle for me to dedicate myself to something I know won't work. Abstract painting is the most confusing dilemma I have encountered–it is this confusion that motivates me. I am not a believer. I am in search of holes and gaps. When I start a painting I don't plan or sketch, I just begin... The impetus for this work is my optimism, although what I am optimistic about constantly escapes me.
–Steven Charles, 2002

James Kalm's video of Steven Charles' 2007 Exibit, "13 Monsters for Lightning Bolt," at Marlborough Gallery [YouTube]
Steven Charles [Marlborough Gallery]
Steven Charles [Pierogi Gallery]

Barbara Bernrieder

Untitled, 2005


Untitled, 2004


Untitled, 2003


Untitled, 2005


Untitled, 2006


Untitled, 2002


Untitled, 2005

Barbara Bernieider [Portfolio]

Suzanne Husky's Bizarre Botany

Snail in the Forest, 2002


Untitled, 2004 (for sale - $110)


Flower 6, 2001


Cars, 2003 (Voiture Habillee dressed in recycled sweaters, installed in the Garage Moderne)


Kogepan 7 (for sale - $70)


Kogepan 6 (for sale - $70)

Suzanne Husky [Portfolio]
Suzanne Husky Wallets & Shirts [Poketo]

The Manifold Tabloid Anxieties of Baker Overstreet

Dirty Piler's Beauty Bumps, 2006-7


Discodux, 2006


Pleasant Conversation, 2004


Ginger Bangs, 2006




Hypnotic Breakdown, 2005


Holes for Eyes, 2006


Hair-Don't, 2005


3 Legs in Mink, 2006

Baker Overstreet [Mary Pauline Gallery]
Baker Overstreet [Saatchi Gallery]

Advanced Honey Beauty Space

It is my duty to inform you of two original and fresh opposite-ended emissions into the creative ethers. Behold, a virtual heaven and an unsupervised earthen playground:




The UK-based design deities at Universal Everything have launched Advanced Beauty this week. For months it existed only as a mysterious tab connected to the UE/Everyone Forever empire, but has finally been consecrated with content for the enjoyment of us mere mortals.



Paintings by Adam Stanforth

Coming as it does, from a person who detests the Chelsea gallery format (clinical white walls, beady-eyed receptionists, neatly summarized and stacked press releases, requisite silences, track lighting!) and other infirmary-like vestiges of the so-called "art world," you will be kind to permit my enthusiasm for Thomas Beale's Honey Space.

From Nonsense NYC:

A new space opens its doors for business in Chelsea, though no business is planned. Honey Space, founded and operated by artist Thomas Beale, will present site-specific installations in an unmonitored former warehouse set in the heart of Chelsea. The space is decidedly raw: ceiling tiles are falling down, the back wall is shot up with masonry nails, the floor is uneven. Having invested minimal money in the space itself, Beale has no plans to broker sales of work by the artists exhibited, instead directing interested collectors to the artists themselves, and he has no plans to spend much time operating the space either, for that matter. Every Tuesday through Saturday when installations are on view, he will open metal security gates in the morning, close them in the evening, and during the day be in his own private studio working, while the space is open to the public, unattended. Most striking, the space, on the West Side Highway between 21st and 22nd streets, is dead center in the middle of Chelsea, making it, in a sense, in the center of the contemporary art world itself.

The hyper-development of Chelsea has given Beale the opportunity to create this space. The building is owned by developer Alf Naman, who in the near future plans to develop a luxury residential project on the site. In the meanwhile, Naman has granted Beale and a group of other artists use of the building for studios, in exchange for artwork. Last year he negotiated with Naman to transform his space into an installation of his own work, and open his doors to the public for two separate exhibitions. Based upon the success of these experiences, Beale decided to reduce his own studio space by half, and dedicate the remaining 800 square feet to presenting other people's work.

Honey Space hosts its first opening on Valentine's Day, featuring an installation of paintings by Adam Stanforth, and a rock and roll performance by Mickey Western.

For further proof of that Beale is destined for artistic sainthood see visual evidence below.


Dream Raft


Universal Everthing [UE]
Advanced Beauty [AB]
Thomas Beale [Portfolio]
Honey Space [HS]
Nonsense NYC, weekly NYC oddball events listings [Subscribe]
Adam Stanforth [Portfolio]
Mickey Western [Myspace]

The Recondestruction of Anders Brinch

Back to Fucking Nature

Things Will Never Be the Same Again

"I am a composer decomposing pictures, I rip them, tear them apart and put them back together again, right and wrong as I remember it."
-A. Brinch

EyePopArt's Mandala Record Paintings

While browsing the Etsy art scene, I came across these delightful paintings. They are going for $95 in her Etsy store and seem well worth it. The lucky lady is also being featured in some upcoming HGTV segments. Check out her profile for more details.

EyePopArt

Abritaine (1972) by John McCracken

In Case You Need Somewhere to Go

My boyfriend's parents keep telling me about some friends they had in the 60s who painted thier living room a new color every week. The room kept getting smaller. This is more advanced.

A Few Paintings by Issac Abrams

THIS MAN--man--has got some paintings in the Summer of Love exhibit (organized by Tate London) which is up at the Whitney RIGHT NOW thru September 16th. I HIGHLY--highly--recommend a visitation.

Les Baigneuses by Picasso

why did we do away with full-coverage bathing attire?