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Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Dec 6, 2015
Nov 10, 2015
Tonight In NYC: MARCIA RESNICK BOOK SIGNING PARTY
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project
6 East 1st Street
New York, NY 10003
Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project and Insight Editions invite you to meet punk legends photographer Marcia Resnick and writer Victor Bockris at a book signing, slide show, and reading from their new book:
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| Victor Bockris & Marcia Resnick, 1977 |
Photographs by Marcia Resnick
Text by Victor Bockris
Featuring rockers Joey Ramone, David Byrne, Iggy Pop and Mick Jagger; poets William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg and provocateurs John Waters, Andy Warhol and John Belushi among many other stars of drop-dead glamorous New York nights – presented here for your personal inspiration and pleasure.
Resnick's magnificent series of portraits of the cutting edge artists from three generations combined with Bockris' enlightened texts give us this first portrait of the beat punk age.
Be sure to join us for Marcia’s full exhibition at Howl! Happening this February.
Oct 8, 2015
East Village Eye nostalgia
This one goes out to the nostalgia junkies. I recently discovered that the East Village Eye has made several issues available in PDF format. They've also done up a few of their swell covers on t-shirts. I await my May '79 t-shirt as I type.
Of course real paper copies are always available via places like 98 Bowery and eBay, but this is good opportunity to try before you buy.
Check out PDF's here, and the t-shirts here.
Sep 17, 2015
Sep 10, 2015
The Downtown Decade: NYC 1975-1985 coming soon to Glenn Horowitz Bookseller
In a show that sounds not all that far off from what the Fales Library did about 10 years ago, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller announced the following event(s) earlier today:
The Downtown Decade: NYC 1975–1985
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, September 10–Saturday, October 10, 2015
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 15th, 6–8 pm
17 West 54th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
Catalog PDF available here. Includes many photos of Stupefaction faves & pals like Kate Simon, Allan Tannenbaum, Marcia Resnick, Roberta Bayley, Bob Gruen, and much more.
We are excited to begin our Fall season with The Downtown Decade: NYC 1975–1985, a multi-genre overview of the visionary creative scene that developed on New York City's Lower East Side during the late 1970s and early 1980s. At a time when the city was on the brink of fiscal disaster and suffering daily internal chaos, a burgeoning and interconnected artistic community emerged that would enduringly alter previously held perceptions of art, photography, literature, film, and music.
On display will be original items both by and featuring many of the era's participants, including Rene Ricard, David Armstrong, Nan Goldin, the Lurie Brothers, Jenny Holzer, Richard Prince, Peter Hujar, Kiki Smith, and Christoph Kohlhofer, as well as historical documentary material—vintage issues of the East Village Eye, gallery flyers, posters, manuscripts, and advertisements—and original artwork and photography by Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kate Simon, Philip Taaffe, Francesco Clemente, Marcia Resnick, Curt Hoppe, Jimmy DeSana, Christopher Makos, and Patti Smith, among others.
A soundtrack showcasing the period's outstanding musical talent will also be playing in the gallery during the show, including songs by the Ramones, The Clash, Blondie, Public Image Ltd., Grandmaster Flash, Talking Heads, James Chance, the Lounge Lizards, and Television.
The exhibition will be on display from Thursday, September 10–Saturday, October 10, 2015.
An opening reception will be held Tuesday, September 15th, from 6-8 pm.
Events in conjunction with The Downtown Decade:
Book Signing: Jeannette Montgomery Barron
Date: Wednesday, September 30th, 6-8 pm
Location: GHB Penthouse, 20 West 55th Street
Photographer and author Jeannette Montgomery
Barron will be signing copies of her new book, My Years
in the 1980s: New York Art Scene, in the GHB penthouse. Material featured in the book will be on display during the event, and RARE will remain open until 7 pm.
Screening: Downtown 81, with Glenn O’Brien
Date: TBA
Location: GHB Penthouse, 20 West 55th Street
Please join us for a special screening in the
GHB penthouse of Downtown 81, starring
Jean-Michel Basquiat, which has been praised for capturing “…that New York moment when punk, emerging rap, art school cool and the East Village art and music scenes were at their creative best.”
The film’s writer and producer, Glenn O’Brien, will both introduce the film and answer questions afterward. Seating will be limited.
Aug 4, 2015
Jul 27, 2015
Jul 20, 2015
Before & After: Album Art 10
Before:
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| Countess Shirvanskaya’s Crime, Ivane Perestiani, 1926 |
After:
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| The Sound, Jeopardy, 1980 |
Jul 18, 2015
Rock 'n Roll high school ephemera: What if punks were REALLY animals?
I've had finding this on my mind for years! And last night, while searching for something completely unrelated, there it was! Drawn by a classmate of mine back in probably 1983, we all found it so funny he had to xerox the original for us. Or at least he did for me. I still love it. Especially the fact that Bean McKay (sic) is not an animal at all. Thank you Robert G.
Jul 17, 2015
Movie of the Week: The Queen Is Dead by Derek Jarman (1986)
Here's a short film by Derek Jarman for the Smiths' new release at the time, The Queen Is Dead. There are three songs used ('The Queen is Dead', 'There is a Light
that Never Goes Out' and 'Panic'), and they are matched by some great imagery put together by Jarman. Apparently the "Panic" video was extracted from this film.
Jul 3, 2015
Jun 7, 2015
May 1, 2015
Friday Ephemera: ESG & Y Pants, 12.17.80, The Other End, NYC
To purchase this, and see much more like it, visit Gallery 98.
Mar 30, 2015
Documentary of Note: I Thought I Told You To Shut Up (The Reid Fleming Doc)
Man, this is gonna be good.
If you're seeing this in an email click the story headline to access the video trailer on Stupefaction.
Mar 25, 2015
Mar 24, 2015
Mar 11, 2015
TG24: I Hope Your Ears Don't Bleed
Thanks to Ubu Web for making the Throbbing Gristle TG24 set available. For hardy souls only...Listen here.
TG24 was originally released as a cassette boxed set in 1980. The set
contained the first of Throbbing Gristles 24 shows in addition to two
C90 cassettes taken from a Throbbing Gristle radio interview. The set
was presented in a small attache case with a personalised handmade
collage and various autographed pictures.
Mar 10, 2015
Beyond Time: A new album and film about William Turnbull by 23 Skidoo
Coming across this news was certainly a pleasant surprise. One of my all-time favorite UK post punk bands, 23 Skidoo, are releasing a new LP (their first in 15 years!!!) entitled Beyond Time, along with a DVD of a documentary with the same title which tells the story of acclaimed UK artist, William Turnbull. Turnbull happens to be the father of two of 23 Skidoo's members. Here are the details, along with a film clip - if you're reading this in an email you may want to click the headline to see the video.
Directed by Alex Turnbull and Pete Stern, Beyond Time is a journey into the life and work of artist William Turnbull, from his modest roots as the son of a Dundee shipyard engineer to his standing as one of the world’s most highly regarded modern sculptors. Narration is by Jude Law. “An insightful, irreverent documentary, yet with a palpable sense of purpose” said the Daily Telegraph, with the Guardian confirming that“William Turnbull helped change the way we see art today.”
The soundtrack music is performed by 23 Skidoo. Formed in 1979 as industrial, post-punk and funk genres coalesced, the group included Bill Turnbull’s sons Alex and Jonny together with Fritz Catlin and Peter ‘Sketch’ Martin. As well as new music, the accomplished score features re-worked versions of older material. “Johnny and I thought 23 Skidoo’s anti-commercial tendencies came from a punk sensibility,” explains Alex. “But it turns out we had a genetic predisposition to anti-establishment practices. Bill was a polymath at a time when that was a dirty word, shifting between sculpture and painting and putting both in a symbiotic relationship. Now crossing boundaries is everywhere: think of hip-hop. The name of the band referenced a William Burroughs short story. Burroughs used, as we did, cut-up techniques, collaging and sampling. We were oblivious to the fact that a lot of that aesthetic was in what Bill did until I made the film.”
Both the CD and vinyl versions of Beyond Time include a Region 0 NTSC format DVD of the documentary film (with bonus features), but feature different artwork. The CD/DVD package features a portrait of Bill by photographer Ida Carr, while the vinyl/DVD version features a detail from 05 by William Turnbull (oil on canvas, 1959) printed on matt reverse board.
CD tracklist:
1. Dawning (version)
2. AYU (ambient)
3. Calypso
4. Interzonal
5. Kendang
6. Contemplation
7. Helicopterz
8. Urban Gamelan
Vinyl tracklist:
A1. Dawning (version)
A2. AYU (ambient)
A3. Calypso
B1. Kendang
B2. Contemplation
B3. Helicopterz
B4. Urban Gamelan
Both formats come with a Region 0 DVD copy of the film, and can be ordered here.
Mar 4, 2015
Movie of the Week: News From Home by Chantal Akerman (1977)
Big thanks to Peteski over at This Isn't Happiness for tipping me to this incredible art film/documentary. Released by Chantal Akerman in 1977, the entire 90 minute film consists of long, slow shots of various scenes & locations in Manhattan while the voice over (Akerman), in French, reads letters from home that she received between 1971 and 1973. The colors & photography are just mouthwatering. And look how quiet & empty the streets are.
If you're interested, you may want to watch this now as who knows how long it will be remain on YouTube? The film can be found on this DVD collection of Akerman's work from the 1970's.
(If you're reading this in an email, click the headline to see the film on the blog.)
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