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Photos: Volta New York.

By c-monster on March 28, 2008 in Armory-palooza, Art, C-Monster and Events. 1 Comment

Volta New York
Sage Vaughn painting at Volta. (All photos by C-M.)

The Volta New York fair is everything a fair should be (provided you accept the premise that they should exist in the first place). For one, it’s small. Two: it’s conveniently situated on 34th Street, just two blocks away from the good eats in Koreatown. Three: it’s one artist per gallery, so your brain doesn’t feel like it’s errupting when you saunter through. Four: they were giving away free samples of Basil Hayden bourbon. (Take it neat.) The only thing that could make this event truly flawless would be an on-site taco stand, in which case we would never, ever leave.

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Photos: Armory-palooza, NYC.

By c-monster on March 27, 2008 in Armory-palooza, Art, C-Monster, Events and New York. 1 Comment

Armory Show
This is what it’s like to attend the Armory Show, an art bazaar on an industrial scale. Shown here: Irreversible depth of progress by Jin Meyerson at Emmanuel Perrotin. (All photos by C-M.)

Yesterday I donned my blackest finery and my smartest European eyewear and joined the Hans and Franzes for Armory-palooza 2008. As always, there was plenty of air kissing, champagne, high-heeled boots and, of course, the pervasive smell of money.

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In NYC: C-Monster at the Red Dot Fair.

By c-monster on March 27, 2008 in Announcements, C-Monster, Events and New York. Closed

Red Dot Fair
Image courtesy of Red Dot.

In what should no doubt be a morning full of hijinks and hilarity, I’m gonna be on a panel this Sunday with esteemed fellow bloggers Edward Winkleman, Paddy Johnson, Carol Diehl and Sharon Butler. We’re gonna be blabbin’ and bloviatin’ about bloggin’ and what it all means. Joanne Mattera will moderate. So, if you’re not sleeping off a hangover, come on down!

Sunday, March 30th, 2008
11:00 a.m.
Red Dot Fair NYC
Park South Hotel
122 E. 28th St., btw. Park & Lex.
NYC.

General admission to the fair is $12. (Sorry, wish it were free.) Get the full blast of Red Dot’s other programs here.

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Photos: Korin Faught at Corey Helford in L.A.

By c-monster on March 25, 2008 in Art, C-Monster, Events, Galleries, Los Angeles, Painting and Vidalia. 1 Comment

Korin Faught @ Corey Helford
Cassie by Korin Faught, from her solo show at Corey Helford. Photos by Vidalia.

We here at C-Monster.net appreciate nothing more than beautiful paintings devoted to moody brunettes. Giving us a resplendent eyeful is painter Korin Faught, who had her first solo show at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, Calif. this past weekend. Dear Korin: Please call us whenever you need fresh models. We may not be this luscious, but we are definitely brunette. The show runs until April 19th.

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In Miami: Upper East Side Garden’s One Year Anniversary Party.

By c-monster on March 20, 2008 in Events and Miami. Closed

Upper East Side Garden
Image courtesy of Upper East Side Garden.

The Upper East Side Garden, Miami’s best cheap and artsy hang, is having their one year anniversary party this Saturday, March 22nd, 2008, starting at 7pm. Jacin Giordano has created a brand new hazard for the garden’s artist-designed mini-golf (which also includes pieces by Daniel Arsham, Cristina Lei Rodriguez and Hernan Bas). On the musical roster are performances by Perspects, Romulo del Castillo, John Hancock and Otto Schirach, as well as DJ sets by Plot and Nektar. There will even be a miniature horse in attendance. Cover is $10 (and includes beer!)

Get the full details on the Garden’s website.

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Photos: Ides of March at ABC No Rio, in NYC.

By c-monster on March 17, 2008 in Art, C-Monster, Events, Galleries and New York. 2 Comments

ABC No Rio
Mac McGill, on the third floor at ABC No Rio’s Ides of March. (Photos by C-M.)

As the character of Manhattan’s Lower East Side is wrung dry by gentrification (a fancy-pants hotel on Rivington anyone?), it is reassuring to know that a few neighborhood hold-outs are still alive and breathing in the city. ABC No Rio, the crumbling Rivington Street tenement and artist/punk music squat (taken over by a group of artists and activists in 1980) is still hosting poetry readings and art shows. It is also home to various activist organizations and events.

Last week, the group launched its biannual building-wide exhibition, Ides of March, featuring a variety of works in an equal number of media by artists from all over the city. The theme: collaboration. The collective also unveiled its design for a new building, designed by Paul Castrucci.

The show is up until April 4th, and will conclude with a benefit art auction to help fund construction. You can read about the group’s storied history in the Brooklyn Rail. (For all you high art types: there’s even a Joseph Beuys connection.)

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Photos: Double Grooves & Dirty Menudo, Honolulu.

By c-monster on February 27, 2008 in Art, Events, Galleries, Hawaii and San Suzie. Closed

Double Grooves and Dirty Menudo
Double Grooves and Dirty Menudo with Julio César Morales and Eamon Ore-Girón. (Photos by San Suzie.)

Photos from a wrap party for the annual Starlight Ball at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, held at the Thirtynine Hotel in Honolulu’s Chinatown. Featuring a show by Los Jaichackers, a collaborative installation between Julio César Morales, from S.F., and Eamon Ore-Girón, of L.A. Also included: images of some truly resplendent cocktails.

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Photos: Sacred Art of Bhutan at the Honolulu Academy.

By c-monster on February 26, 2008 in Art, Events, Hawaii and San Suzie. 2 Comments

Sacred Arts of Bhutan
Thangka paintings from Bhutan.

Photos from the opening of The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, which opens today. The show was so moving that it discouraged us from taking our usual clandestine photos. We did, however, manage to blow $80 on incense, in what will no doubt be a vain attempt to take a little bit of Bhutanese compassion back to the mainland.

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It’s a Broad, Broad, Broad, Broad World.

By SanSuzie on February 11, 2008 in Art, Events, Incisive Reportage, Los Angeles, Museums, Overheard, Photography and San Suzie. 6 Comments

Jeff Koons area
Opening day in the Koons corner at the brand-spanking-new Broad Contemporary Art Museum in sunny Southern California.

Spent all day Sunday—yes, all day, from 10 to 4—going from Broad event to Broad event to celebrate the opening of BCAM. The morning began with a visit to the recently re-installed Broad Art Foundation in Santa Monica. This is usually a hard ticket to get. But this year it was easier, because the hard ticket to get was an invite to the Sunday lunch at BCAM. Thankfully, we got into both. (And, sadly, Tom Cruise was at neither.)

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At the Medieval Times in Kissimmee.

By c-monster on February 1, 2008 in C-Monster, Events, Florida, Performance art, Photography and Travel. 1 Comment

Medieval Times.

This was the split second before the knight representing our section got killed. (Photo by C-M.)

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