Kenji Fujita and Nancy Shaver, untitled collaboration, 2008, at John Davis Gallery, in Hudson, NY.
This piece is included in the Nancy Shaver-curated group show in the top-floor space of the rear "carriage house" (it feels more like an old grain elevator/silo). Perfect piece for this space... all of the angles, the palette, the possibilities of function and purpose, the materials and treatment. Too good.
Kenji Fujita's debris of life and mind #2, 2008, leaning against wall in background... house paint, sculptamold, aqua-resin, fiberglass, felt, found objects, cardboard, wood and 3/4" plywood square (24 x 24").
pile of freely stacked gray boxes... they're light, just painted cardboard, or maybe empty soap boxes.
clumpy protest sign - this was in the box, i pulled it out to see if those sticks were anything.
sails. it's on casters.
tilt.
Eric Gelber on Nancy Shaver, for Artcritical.com (i found this when i googled her).
Thank you for posting the link.
ReplyDeleteI really like Nancy's work and all of the ambiguities it contains. The sculptures you posted images of look really interesting.
John Davis is a great guy and gallery owner. I really like his program and gallery row in Hudson is really a cool place to visit. He really stands by his artists.
There are excellent used goods shops directly across the street from the galleries. The whole gentrification thing in Hudson is a good thing but it is strange.
At the end of the block there are projects and down the street you have the artsy-fartsy stuff. John's gallery definitely stands out.
John Davis opened a gallery in Manhattan a few years back but it folded because the investors pulled out. They barely gave him a chance to survive and succeed. I guess they wanted fast returns on the investment but things usually don't work that way in the art world.
I used the word 'really' five times in my last comment. The poky little puppy has to lay off the weed.
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ReplyDeleteActually I have type 1 diabetes so my brain functions are a slave to my blood sugar levels. Ha! But as Fallon and Rosof warned me, this is all about ME and not the art. Rock on Nancy Shaver!
ReplyDeletei liked this blog. im going to be here frecuently
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