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Kelli Williams!

***Art-Stars attend Barnaby Whitfield's opening at Stux Gallery***


Simon Cerigo!... of ArtLoversNewYork!!!


Debra Hampton!


Amanda Browder!


Barnaby Whitfield!

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Barnaby Whitfield, Artist and Curator

Barnaby Whitfield, Fit To Burst! (Heather Stephens As The Bird Flu), 2007, pastel on paper, 28.5 by 36"

Barnaby Whitfield, Little Deaths, All The Same, at 31Grand. Heather Stephens, pictured above, is one of the owners of the gallery. Click on the picture above to see it better.

I like these two photos because you can get an idea of the installation and scale.... all of his stuff is pastel on paper.


Barnaby Whitfield, I Found Love On Manhunt! (His Profile Name Was Hernan Bas), 2008, pastel on paper, 22 by 30.

PLUS: Barnaby organized a show for the back room -


Debra Hampton, Dancer of the Kept Bolts, 2008 - my favorite in the back-room show put together by Barnaby.


!!! Gorgeous. Click the picture to see it BIGGER. Magazine collage and watercolor drawing...


Debra Hampton, Talisman (QRO), 2008, Crystal, glass, wood, silver-plated, ceramic and bone beads, feathers, deer teeth, sewing needles, x-acto blades, morse code


Christian Sampson, Oscillate Wildly, 2007, acrylic and cord on panel and Jennifer Coates, physical fraction, acrylic on canvas.

CLOSES APRIL 19th!

BARNABY WHITFIELD OPENING 3/20

Barnaby Whitfield's SOLO SHOW opens this Thursday March 2o, at 31Grand (143 Ludlow St), with a reception from 7-9pm.


This is the first Barnaby Whitfield piece I ever saw. It was on PaintersNYC 9/22/06... seems like longer.

is this pastel? this is so luxurious and rich and sensual.

the woman's hair looks like one of those hard plastic helmet wigs they are selling at the supermarkets now for halloween.. and that red baby... are they burn victims?

without the twisting burned baby, she is like some extremely awkward nerd in a 70's penthouse spread.

i like this very much.


Barnaby's PLAYBOY shoes, with my painting.

RELATED: Barnaby is one of my favorite artists. Another favorite is also currently showing in NYC... Sarah McEneaney at Tibor de Nagy. GO SEE THEM BOTH!

Barnone Witpleasure

Rachel Hayes, in Red Badge of Courage, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, in Newark, suported by the Newark Arts Council. Through December 9th.


Barnaby Whitfield, in Just a Ghostly Paper Sigh, at 31GRAND. Through December 22nd. Perfect show for this piece!

(plus... this should be in that Momenta show)


Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubinstein (photo by Kai). Through November 21st.

PLUS: Diana label, Rachel label.

hobnobbing!

This recent NYC visit was a crazy social whirl...

I saw so many people... it was nuts, kind of non-stop. Old friends, planned meetings and unexpected encounters, and artblog friends, and art people I had never met before.

a partial listing:

Gabriel Bennett - unexpected, on the street in Chelsea. we BOTH did the classic double-take thing. Gabe was at the 31 Grand opening later that night... it was packed.
Max-Carlos Martinez - at Sarah Peters' show, and later he was at the 31 Grand opening. Okay... I should stop saying "was at the 31 Grand opening", because pretty much everybody was at the 31 Grand opening. It doesn't need to be stated.
Eric Sall - we went to a bunch of galleries in the Lower East Side - I think that's what that area is called - before heading over to the pre-party.
James Wagner and Barry Hoggard - at Tom's party, and at the opening.
Tom Sanford (and Alex) - super gracious... it was cool to see his work in progress, how things are blocked out first, after seeing these amazing details on his Danish friend's blog. Oh... and here's an interview, with a bunch more images.
Barnaby Whitfield (and Byrd, and Byrd's mother and sister) - Barnaby is too funny, and his work is EXCELLENT.
Daniel Heidkamp
Carol Riot Kane - Barry took our picture at Tom's party, and put it on bloggy.
Erik Benson
Cougarfuck - crazy kids.
Ryan McLennan - first saw at the opening (he's in the show), then went to a bunch of Chelsea galleries with him and Bruce the next day.
Meridith Pingree - Meridith! VERY happy to see Meridith. Meridith has a show opening at The Soap Factory, in Minneapolis, i think September 8th. Missed seeing Kai, but we talked on the telephone.
Jon Elliott - he's also in the show... I liked his piece. It was hard to pay any attention to the art at this PARTY/opening, but I'm remembering studying and talking to someone about this one.
Bruce Wilhelm - Bruce was at 31 Grand to support Ryan... that was a nice surprise.
Jen Bandini and Hooper Turner - they've posted some photos from the opening on their blog...
Michael Anderson
Langdon Graves - my memory is hazy at this point, but i think i met Langdon briefly... right? or was it Virginia? i have mixed it up....
Claudine Anrather
Maureen Cavanaugh
Lauren Gibbes and Jason Weatherspoon
Donny George - complete shocker! I hadn't seen Donny since Richmond, a couple years ago, and didn't know he is now in New York
James Kalm - YAY! James Kalm is awesome... he videotaped most of the show, and much of the crowd. I am on there for waaay to long, drunkenly dorking out.
Deborah Hampton - okay, this was at the bar... AFTER the pre-party and AFTER the 31 Grand opening... but I know I talked to her.
Sarah Peters

and Kim Keever! You can see Michelle Tillou reflected in Kim's photograph.

The photo at the top of the post is of Barnaby Whitfield talking with James Wagner, at Tom Sanford's studio... I can't believe I didn't take more photos.

WHERE was Michael Cambre? I would have liked to have met him. Also missed Kelli.

Okay... I am ALL NEW YORKED OUT. Saw a bunch of art that I'll post on, but don't think I'll go back for a while.

Dear Pastel Artist, pastel me

Tompac suggests to Barnaby he put me in a picture, and Barnaby in the comments says he has an idea... YES PLEASE DO IT!!! I'm ready for my closeup!!!

I haven't been painted or drawn in almost twenty years. I think these are from 1988, or at least that is when I modeled for them, both by Renee Foulks. The drawing above was a study for a large multi-figure painting.


Renee Foulks, Martin, 1988(?) - I'm sad, because I still wish that I had Jesse's girl.

This image is from a scanned-in badly stored slide. The colors are different, the image is sharper. Renee is - or was - an ultra-methodical artist, this painting is layer upon layer, with a number of sittings, and she took slides and photographs of the whole process.

Renee Foulks is a Philadelphia artist.... studied at Moore, taught me at University of the Arts, and I think is now at PAFA.