ArtCall Diary - Entry 8/04/2000
Rocked and Rolled
It might be just as well that we aren't on our way to Pennsylvania
this weekend, to cover the outdoor Lama Farm rock show. We found ourselves
a stamp of the ArtCall mascot the giraffe, chosen because we always have
to stick our necks out and a giraffe is tall enough up to see the warning
signs. Currently, we have over three days of downtime
to recover from and we are rocked that so few redesigned shares have been
turned in. (All the ArtCall artists should expect visits shortly.) There
are a ton of pictures from the end of July that haven't made it into any
diary entries, including over twelve disks of material from the Asylum
of the Deranged.. KatKitty has been working on a slideshow for the Webbittown
Web Site for this worthwhile performance. This slideshow will be bigger
than the Red Spot Outdoor Slide Theater and will include many amazing photos
of perversion and peppy spirit. So with this and the other missing coverage
of art openings, performances, bounced check maladies, missing key mysteries,
half started but never finished ArtCall's (which may wind up coming into
the archive as a backdated entry), it is now time to proceed to this entries'
agenda. I'll endeavor to catch up in the next 24 hours or so, as that is
how long it takes to make a major issue such as this one.
Nick the photographer at Kostabi World. Valerie the K-World receptionist
and the eyewitness to the Irreplaceable Artifact cave-in.
Families were evacuated and the danger lasted quite awhile. Elsa Rensaa
without a hat, on her birthday (this might be a first).
New work by LA2 from Follin Gallery.
A finished Shepherd's Pie (that could not be beat) from Friend of a Farmer
Restaurant on Irving Place.
A random cow out on Houston and West Broadway. Greg Highlen at alt.coffee
on Avenue A on a warm July night, as he picked up his share for redesigning.
On the left a Mark Kostabi work in progress. ArtCall thinks that this will
go down as a landmark of Kostabi art. If there was ever a must have Kostabi,
this is one we would highly recommend. On the right a Keith Haring piece
owned by Paul Kostabi, previously owned by LA2.
We stopped off at Donahue/Sosinski Art at their 3rd floor space on 560
Broadway, to enjoy the art of George Schneeman and to drop off a couple
of shares for redesigning.
What a difference .03ths of a second makes (I was trying to capture an
image of 59:59:59:59.) The work by Alfredo Maritnez hits the target as
fun art to look at. Sound installations by Bret Hammen corner your art
experience at the Summer 2000: Choices exhibit at Donahue/Sosinski Art.
Lance Fung and Weimin Huang at Huang's opening July 19th, at the Lance
Fung Gallery at 537 Broadway building.
.
As the dog daze of summer reign supreme, I headed towards the 'exist' door,
and said good-bye to another successful fluxus
opening at the Lance Fung Gallery.
Anna Lascari came over to Headquarters, and we checked out a potential
new pad for Anna on Broome Street, but the asking price had been jacked
up.
Richard Gins came over and it was off to the Montserrat Gallery opening
on July 20th, with all the usual suspects, Bob Dombrowski, Bokov, Diane
Sbano, Aristides Duval, Luis Vega and a bevy of other hot art notables
were there to wine and cheese.
In the last 15 years no one has shown more artists than Montserrat Gallery
at their 584 Broadway location. Marisol Navajo was the featured artist
at this show.
July 20th, was one of the top three eye candy nites in Soho. Fanelli Cafe
is a hot viewing spot, located at Prince and Mercer Streets. Michael San
Filippo, About's Italian Language
guide, was out with some lady friends. Michael likes to bring his own eye
candy with him. We had fun catching up since our last meeting at "The Big
Red Ball" in Las Vegas, last October.
As we hung out on the stoop in Soho, Richard West (Richie Rich) stopped
for a gabfest with Richard Gins. The gossip was so good we were late for
Hammerbrain at the Continental. Calmx dropped and we walked up to the East
Village for iced coffees at alt.coffee. Ray finally had a meeting with
his landlord. He has been put on a month-to-month deathwatch, with an eviction
likely this winter. A sad but inevitable sign of the times on Avenue A,
now that even Avenue C is considered tame (safe for the tourists). I guess
Avenue D is next. I wonder how long it will take for a railroad car flat
to actually go for five grand, unimproved? Do they charge extra for rat
infestation Keep your ear to the ground for just when they lower
the axe on Rays, on a cold and unsuspecting day.
Friday July 21st was pleasant and warm. Heidi Follin, Paul Kostabi and
Colin Moynihan enjoying the night air at Grilled Cheese on Ludlow Street.
Tia Sprocket and Aristedes Duval rounded out a star studded trek along
Houston Street. Grilled Cheese at 164 Ludlow Street serves up some (you
guessed it) dandy grilled cheese sandwiches.
Sultry was the best word to describe Saturday the 22nd. Calmx and I did
some gallery hopping, starting at the Broome Street Gallery and Soho 20
Gallery.
Calmx decided to do some serious shopping that afternoon and we barely
got to Soho 20 on time. Adrienne Moumin had a show opening there that day.
We dragged Calmx away from Armani Exchange, to do some heart felt shopping.
There were cats available for adoption out on Broadway. The one in the
center is Boots.
As
Calmx and I walked up Lafayette, we happened across this interestingly
titled flag. I have no idea what they sell in the store. Maybe it's all
full of A list model types. We continued up Layfayette, past the Absolut
New York billboard. The billboard was a mock up of an apartment in the
shape of an Absolut bottle, an apartment bigger than headquarters (sigh.)
I was envious, the bottle had a real bathroom and kitchen. We headed up
to Danal restaurant on 10th Street for a dinner committee meeting with
Heidi Follin and Paul Kostabi. Dinner in Danal's garden was a wonderful
idea on such a warm night. Danal serves fantastic seafood, steak and vegetarian
fare.
We arrived to find Heidi and Paul waiting for us. The restaurant cat dropped
by to welcome us as we were making our menu selections. My choice was of
a sirloin that "could not be beat". A committee meeting ensued about our
recent check (reality) difficulties.
Monday led to an impromptu viewing of the Absolute Ensemble at Joe's Pub,
part of the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. Kristian Jarvi ( the gent
in the above photo with the striped sweater) is the leader of this modern
jazz fusion band.
She didn't move for over 90 minutes.
The hip, trendy, patronage gave a rousing ovation.
And as hard as we tried (and we knew what prices could be found), priceline.com
let us down in our attempt at playing travel agent for Genevive's friend
and bandmate Hisako Corn, for her trip to Paris next month. I guess we
will have to issue another earnings warning to William Shatner.
Next Issue: Medical Record
Department, (a preview) and we are over the 65% out mark.
Jottings: Quad Cinema W. 13th St. 8/11 4-6, MWF Video Club 35
E 1st St 8/11 7-10, Wide Open Cabaret ABC No Rio 156 Rivington 8/11 8-12,
Broome Street Gallery 498 Broome 8/12 5-7, Brenda Taylor Gallery 529 W
20th St. 8/12 6-8, Sub-Culture Gallery 376 Broome 8/12 7-9:30, Gallery
OneTwentyEight 128 Rivington 8/12 6-10, Central Park Summer Stage 8/13
1-5, Scatalogics 187 Orchard 8/13 9-12, CBGB's 313 Gallery 8/17 6-10, Hot
Rod Tattoo Show Plainview NY 8/18-20, Day of Depression ABC No Rio 8/19
8-12, Map Point Event 8/20 1-9, Phoenix Gallery 568 B'way 8/24 6-8, Tristan
Sidewalk 94 Avenue A 8/24 9-11, Critical Mass Picnic in Central Park 8/25
7-12, Rooftop Films 265 McKibbin St. Bklyn 8/25 9-12, Broome Street Gallery
8/26 5-7, Kim Foster Gallery 529 W 20th St 9/7 6-8, Deepdale Gallery 248
Broome 9/8 8-12, Wide Open Cabaret ABC No Rio 9/8 9-1, Harry Druzd Bronwyn-Keenan
3 Crosby 9/9 6-8, All times PM unless otherwise noted.
photos ©carol
braddock aka red ed,
Artwork Permission of Webbittown Corporate Collection,
Follin Gallery, Donahue/Sosinski Art, Soho 20 Gallery, Broome St Gallery,
Lance Fung Gallery, Joe's Pub, Montserrat Gallery
artwork©Unknown, Adrienne Moumin, Weimin Huang,Marisol
Navajo, Bret Hammen, Alfredo Martinez
ArtCall Archives
ZZZNEWSLETTERSIGNUP1ZZZ
ZZZCHATSTAT1ZZZ
.