Contents for February 27, 2023
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1. Verónica Peña, FF Alumn, at Est_Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain, opening March 1, and more
2. Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Coco Fusco, Alicia Grullón, Juana Valdes, at White Box, Manhattan, thru March 18
3. Yoko Ono, Peter Cramer, Jim Fouratt, Jack Waters, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
4. Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, FF Alumn, at Old Stone House, Brooklyn, opening March 3
5. Frank Moore, FF Alumn, now online at https://www.kqed.org/
6. Willie Cole, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
7. Nicole Eisenman, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
8. Douglas Sadownick, FF Alumn, at Antioch University, Culver City, CA, March 1, and more
9. Todd Ayoung, FF Alumn, now online in Frieze magazine
10. Saya Woolfalk, FF Alumn, at Leslie Tonkonow, Manhattan, thru Mar. 31
11. Aaron Landsman, FF Alumn, at The Chocolate Factory, LIC, Queens, Mar. 29-Apr. 8
12. Debra Pearlman, FF Alumn, at Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts, Wayne, NJ, thru Mar. 24
13. Jim Johnson, FF Alumn, now online at discopie.com
14. Marian Goodman, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
15. Shelley Haven, FF Alumn, at An Beal Bocht, The Bronx, opening March 2
16. Elana Katz, FF Alumn, with Museum of Berlin-Karlshorst, Germany, opening April 14 and more
17. Mitzi Humphrey, FF Alumn, at Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, Mar. 24-Apr. 22
18. Dee Shapiro, FF Member, at LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, opening March 11
19. Beth B and Michelle Handelman, FF Alumns, at The Metrograph, Manhattan, Mar. 10-13, and more
20. Dynasty Handbag, Lydia Lunch, Joseph Keckler, FF Alumns, at Zebulon, LA, CA, Mar. 12, and more
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1. Verónica Peña, FF Alumn, at Est_Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain, opening March 1, and more
Verónica Peña at Des_Ilusiones: Arte, Ciecnia y Tecnología
Exhibition: February 23 – May 6, 2023
Opening Reception: March 1, 8:00pm
Performance “The Body In The Substance” by Verónica Peña: March 11, 7:00pm
Est_Art Gallery, Madrid Art Week, Madrid, Spain
The exhibition Des_Ilusiones: Arte, Ciecnia y Tecnología is an immersive and sensorial experience through art, science, and technology to reflect on notions of humanity and our future. Des_Ilusiones comprises the work of invited artists Nourathar, Tondosmiling, Miguel Mas, Fran Pérez Rus, Noé Serrano, Moon Armada, and Verónica Peña to transdisciplinarily question the type of beings we are becoming.
As part of the exhibition, alumna Verónica Peña shows, for the first time publicly, a selection of experiments, artifacts, and constructed objects resulting from her long-term performance project “The Body In The Substance”, which the artist will perform on March 11.
“Peña’s work explores absence, separation, and the search for harmony through Performance Art. Her performance installations combine underwater
submersion and processes of visual metamorphosis to discuss global topics and alternative presents. In her piece, “The Body in the Substance”, the artist fully immerses herself in a liquid progressively altered towards coagulation. During the performance, attendees witness a process of visual metamorphosis of the human body immersed in its search for stillness and unity. The immersion is accompanied by a sound that inundates the gallery space, creating an immersive audiovisual experience in which each breath becomes: a discovery of the unknown, an act of hope, a balm for the pain…” (Translated from Des_Ilusiones catalog, 2023.)
For additional information visit:
http://veronicapena.com/Est_Art-DES_ILUSIONES-2023.pdf
https://www.estartspace.com/es/#
Verónica Peña (US/Spain) is an interdisciplinary performance artist, curator, and international-community advocate. Peña performs and exhibits primarily in Europe and America. In America: Museo Ex Teresa (ZonaMACO, Mexico City, 2022), Satellite Art Fair (Miami Art Week, 2021), ChaShaMa (NYC, 2021), Grace Exhibition Space (NYC, 2021), Franklin Furnace (NYC, 2021), NARS Foundation (Artist-In-Residence, NYC, 2021), Coaxial Arts Foundation (LA, 2021), Pioneer Works (2020-canceled due to Covid-19), Smack
Mellon Foundation, Triskelion Arts, Hemispheric Institute, Queens Museum, SAIC (Visiting Artist), Times Square, Armory Show, Defibrillator Performance Gallery, Momenta Art Gallery, Dumbo Arts Festival, Consulate of Spain in NY, among others. Europe: Est_Art Gallery (Madrid, 2023), Live Art Ireland (2022), Fundación Bilbaoarte (2021), Museo La NeomudéJar (Madrid, 2019), Friche La Belle De Mai (Marseille, 2018), Festival Intramurs (Valencia, 2018), Zaratan Arte Contemporáneo (Lisbon, 2017), among others. She was selected for the Creative Capital NYC Taller 2020, received a Franklin Furnace Fund 2018, and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant 2022, among others. She published “The Presence Of The Absent”, was reviewed by Donald Kuspit, and on Hyperallergic. She leads Performance Art Open Call, a +26,000 members FB Community. Peña received an MFA from Stony Brook University.
@veronica.pena.live.art
Thank you.
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2. Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Coco Fusco, Alicia Grullón, Juana Valdes, at White Box, Manhattan, thru March 18
“Reshaping the Sugar” at White Box curated by Yohanna Roa.
For more info: https://whiteboxnyc.org/2023/exhibitions/re_shaping_the_sugar_curated_by_yohannamroa/
The first translation of the word Caribbean into a European language dates back to 1492, found in the journals of Christopher Columbus. From his gaze facing the incomprehension of a culture alien to his, having a completely different perspective of the world, Columbus mistakenly decided to name cannibals all inhabitants of the lands we now call The Lesser Antilles. The process of creating the Caribbean is confusing and contradictory and full of contrasts subject to the geopolitical changes that have occurred over the last 500 years. Within the framework of Black History Month, WhiteBox Presents “Re-shaping the Sugar”, an exhibition that investigates the Afro-Latin roots present in the memory of ‘Black America’. The show includes the work of seven relevant Caribbean artists based in New York City, Juana Valdes, Coco Fusco, Alicia Grullón, Renluka Maharaj, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Joiri Minaya and Jacqueline Herranz-Brooks. Their exhibited works challenge the historical, geographical, and political delimitations of what we call the “Caribbean”.
Thank you.
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3. Yoko Ono, Peter Cramer, Jim Fouratt, Jack Waters, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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4. Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, FF Alumn, at Old Stone House, Brooklyn, opening March 3
Finding My Folk: Seven immigrant artists reshaping rituals and customs informed by “home” curated by Krista Saunders Scenna
March 3 – April 9, 2023
Opening Reception: March 3 from 6 – 8 pm
Artists:
Ai Campbell (Japan)
Angelica Bergamini (Italy)
Blanka Amezkua (Mexico)
Carl Hazlewood (Guyana)
Damali Abrams (Guyanese-American)
Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow (Jamaica)
Jody MacDonald (Canada)
“Finding My Folk” curated by Krista Saunders Scenna @ Old Stone House, March 3- April 9
Old Stone House
336 3rd Street
PO Box 150613
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718.768.3195
Thank you.
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5. Frank Moore, FF Alumn, now online at https://www.kqed.org/
Frank Moore’s Radical Portraits of Love, Lust and Pop Culture Solidify His Legacy
By Aine Henderson, February 22, 2023
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925374/frank-moore-paintings-bampfa-theater-of-human-melting-review
Thank you.
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6. Willie Cole, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/arts/design/willie-cole-art-newark.html?searchResultPosition=1
Thank you.
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7. Nicole Eisenman, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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8. Douglas Sadownick, FF Alumn, at Antioch University, Culver City, CA, March 1, and more
Community Psychology In Depth: A Monthly Series at Antioch University with Dr. Doug and Guest Speakers, as part of Antioch’s 50th Anniversary
Dr. Douglas Sadownick is pleased to announce that he is going to be giving free monthly talks to the public on how to bridge psychological learning with our everyday lives, starting this Wednesday at the Antioch University Library from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Complimentary Lunch Served.
Themes such as childhood trauma, internalized homophobia, systemic racism, feminism, intersectionality, sexuality, relationships, love, addiction, queer being, and the sacred will be explored. The history of the rise of psychological mindfulness in the West following the European Enlightenment will intersect with queer, indigenous and people of color psychological values.
Due to the focus on the “soul,” the “sacred,” and “childhood trauma,” the monthly talks will be called “Community Psychology In Depth.”
This Wednesday’s conversation will be joined by Dr. Enrique Lopz, one of the co-founders with Dr. Sadownick of Colors LGBTQ Youth Counseling Center.
To Attend Live or Virtually RSVP to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFe-0lgjNgSDfOomxul0tv-4Z9OLxzgDW9Zo938GY_LXYDRw/viewform
Warmly,
Doug
Douglas Sadownick, PhD., L.M.F.T.
Professional Psychologist
Midcity Los Angeles, 90019
Voice/text: 818-732-6235
Twitter: @askdrdougphd
Instagram: @askdrdougphd
Thank you.
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9. Todd Ayoung, FF Alumn, now online in Frieze magazine
Please visit this link:
https://shopcc.frieze.com/products/current-issue-march-2023-issue-233
Thank you.
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10. Saya Woolfalk, FF Alumn, at Leslie Tonkonow, Manhattan, thru Mar. 31
Saya Woolfalk
The Woods Women and Other Works Part Two
On view by appointment through March 31, 2023
Birthing a New Sky
From the Archives of Earth
The Woods Woman Mythology, Creation Myth no. 2754
The Use of North American Medicinal Plants
Before she gives birth she becomes contemplative. Birthing is a lonely task, requiring all of her concentration. She brews sassafras tea, then adds cannabis to relax her nerves and a bit of strawberry for sweetness–a concoction to dissolve consciousness.
For a new sky to be born she must split herself into a million pieces. Each cell in her body replicates itself, spinning in twirling orbits. Her atomized insides burst apart, cascading into the void around her. Swirling and churning, one cell makes its way back to her center, where her heart had been. This brave new life expands, forcing its way out as new light, new land – a new sky.
Saya Woolfalk
Saya Woolfalk creates works of art that combine elements of her African American, Japanese, and European heritage, with allusions to anthropology, feminist theory, science fiction, and Eastern religions. During the past decade, in numerous multimedia exhibitions, installations, performances, and screenings, she has created the story of the Empathics, a community of female plant-human hybrids who possess extraordinary abilities to understand the feelings, desires, and motivations of others.
Our newest presentation of works by the artist features intricately pieced collages created for Field Notes From the Empathic Universe, her recent solo exhibition at the Newark Museum of Art in which she introduced The Woods Women, a secret society predating her Empathic Universe.
Among the works are on view are four multicolored landscapes, inspired by the artist’s study of the Hudson River School collection at the Newark Museum where she was artist-in-residence in 2019. In these works, Birthing a New Sky: Manuscripts 3, 4, 5, and 6, she reimagines the earth and sky, addressing the “speculative fiction” of the idealized nineteenth century American landscape tradition.
The artist’s newest multimedia installation, commissioned by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum in Philadelphia, will be on view there in Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America (March 3 – October 8, 2023).
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects is located in Suite 411 on the fourth floor at 401 Broadway, on the northwest corner of Broadway and Walker Streets in Tribeca. To view the exhibition, please contact us at info@tonkonow.com
Thank you.
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11. Aaron Landsman, FF Alumn, at The Chocolate Factory, LIC, Queens, Mar. 29-Apr. 8
Please visit this link:
https://chocolatefactorytheater.org/aaron-landsman-2022/
Thank you.
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12. Debra Pearlman, FF Alumn, at Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts, Wayne, NJ, thru Mar. 24
I am happy to share that I am included in : Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition of Traditional and Digital Print Media at WIlliam Paterson University Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts, curated by Susan J. Goldman. The show runs through March 24. White Socks, the work in this show will be included in an exhibition of much recent and earlier work at Five Myles in Brooklyn opening September 9, 2023.
William Paterson University
300 Pompton Road
Wayne, New Jersey 07470
973-720-2000
Debra Pearlman
Thank you.
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13. Jim Johnson, FF Alumn, now online at discopie.com
The Drawings page of my web site has just been updated with several drawings from last year. Check ’em out!
http://discopie.com/Drawings/Drawings1.html
Jim Johnson
@coaster_break
Thank you.
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14. Marian Goodman, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/arts/marian-goodman-gallery-tribeca.html?searchResultPosition=1
Thank you.
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15. Shelley Haven, FF Alumn, at An Beal Bocht, The Bronx, opening March 2
Please join me at Mapping Nature’s Creative Transformation and Survival, an exhibition of my recent large oil paintings.
Mapping Nature’s Creative Transformation and Survival exhibition, March 2 -30, 2023
An Beal Bocht, 445 West 238 Street (between Greystone and Waldo Avenues), The Bronx
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 2, 6-8 pm
Mapping Nature’s Creative Transformation and Survival includes recent large oil paintings. It celebrates my recent recognition as a BRIO (Bronx Recognizes its Own) grant-in-painting recipient, administered by the Bronx Council on the Arts. I will give a brief artist’s talk and answer questions about my work at the reception.
Should you be unable to attend the reception, please meet me there at another time. Contact me by email after the opening date to make an appointment. An Beal Bocht hours are Monday-Friday 11am-2am, Saturdays-Sundays 10am-2am
Public Transportation:
IRT 1 subway stop West 231 Street and Bx7 bus up Riverdale Avenue to West 238 St, then a short downhill walk or
IRT 1 subway stop West 238 St (with a 10-minute walk, including a 7-story! outdoor staircase)
Be there in person or in spirit!
Shelley Haven
www.instagram.com/shelley.haven.art
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16. Elana Katz, FF Alumn, with Museum of Berlin-Karlshorst, Germany, opening April 14 and more
Dear friends,
I’m pleased to announce the next HEW exhibition opening on April 14th – it will take place in a historic building which was formerly a prison operated by the KGB during the DDR period, located in Berlin-Karlshorst.
The building is currently home to the Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen, however the underground level, where the prison was located, has been used only for storage and had little to no visibility in recent years.
I’m pleased to be co-curating a group exhibition in these historic rooms, with my colleague and dear friend Dario Srbić. Through site-specific work, HEW artists will reactive this complex space of historical social trauma.
This project is an ambitious undertaking and it requires resources — so for the first time in 10 years — I have decided to fundraise via a crowdfunding campaign. Fingers crossed we raise the funds to make this project possible!
At this link please find our HEW crowdfunding campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/exit-is-no-object-exhibition-by-hew-berlin
Or, it is alternatively possible to make a tax-deductible donation! These donations must be made to gallery KWADRAT, and we will provide all the necessary paperwork for your tax-deduction purposes. Please contact studioelanakatz@gmail.com for more info.
I hope you will consider a contribution to this meaningful project – every little bit helps.
Soon you will receive an exhibition invitation. The opening reception on April 14th will be hosted by the Museum of Berlin-Karlshorst (just a short walk from the former prison). As always, this HEW project is realized with the dedicated support of KWADRAT Berlin.
Many thanks for your support!
Warmly,
Elana
Exit Is No Object
A HEW exhibition in cooperation with the Katholische Hochschule of Berlin, the Museum of Berlin-Karlsorst, and Galerie KWADRAT.
14.04.2023 – 05.05.2023
Exildiscount
Joshua Fineberg
Elana Katz
Dario Srbić
Achim Valbracht
Tzu-Ting Wang
K. Yoland
Curated by Elana Katz and Dario Srbić.
Please find further information at: https://housefortheendoftheworld.com/UPCOMING-EXIT-IS-NO-OBJECT
Thank you.
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17. Mitzi Humphrey, FF Alumn, at Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, Mar. 24-Apr. 22
FF Alumn Mitzi Humphrey announces upcoming exhibitions at Artspace Gallery in Richmond, Virginia:
Exploring Dissonance and Harmony in Artspace’s March-April Exhibitions
Three solo exhibitions that examine contrasting themes of beauty and disruption will be on view at the nonprofit gallery in Richmond, VA
Artspace presents three solo exhibitions that examine contrasting themes of beauty and disruption from March 24 – April 22, 2023. The opening reception, scheduled for Friday, March 24, 2023, 6-9 p.m., features artwork by Heloisa Escudero, Steve Ferretti, and Danielle Hawk. An artist talk by our featured artists will take place on Saturday, March 25, 2023 beginning at 2 p.m. Also on view will be a group exhibition by Artspace Artist Members and in the Elisabeth Flynn-Chapman Gallery, a presentation of four spotlight shows by Artspace Artist Members Susan Cary, Jo Farris, Pamela James, and Elizabeth Magness.
Contact:
Dana Frostick: 804-338-8032
Email: artspaceorg@gmail.com
Thank you.
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18. Dee Shapiro, FF Member, at LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, opening March 11
Dee Shapiro: Peripheral Visions
+ Body High group exhibition
March 11-April 30
Opening Reception: Saturday March 11th, 1-5pm
@labspace_art
2642 Route 23 Hillsdale NY
17 miles east of Hudson NY
17 miles north of Millerton NY
11 miles west of Great Barrington MA
#labspaceart #DeeShapiroPeripheralVisions @deeshapiro1 @heyhillsdaleny #heyhillsdaleny #hillsdale #hillsdaleny #hudsonvalleyart #hudsonvalleygallery #hudsonvalleyny #columbiacountyny #connecticutartist #connecticutartists #bodyhighlabspace
Thank you.
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19. Beth B and Michelle Handelman, FF Alumns, at The Metrograph, Manhattan, Mar. 10-13, and more
Sex, Power, and Money: Films by Beth B
A Wide-Reaching Retrospective of a Downtown NYC Filmmaking Legend
Beginning March 10 Metrograph In Theater and At Home
A Selection Of Shorts & Features In Theater And On Metrograph At Home And Online including:
Evelyn Franti in The Theatrical Premiere Of Beth B’s new film Glowing Evelyn
Little Annie in The Theatrical Premiere Of Beth B’s new film Glowing Annie
Sex, Power, & Money: Films By Beth B runs from March 10 to March 13 in theater
2022 Guggenheim Fellowship and MoMA Film Retrospective recipient, Beth B made an immediate and meteoric impact on the New York City’s art scene after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 1977, producing Super 8 films that invented a cinematic analog to the No Wave avant-garde in music. Her uncompromising innovative work as a solo artist has accelerated and expanded through time, as is proven by this cross-section of her extraordinarily prolific career to date, which includes her two provocative narrative features, Salvation! (1987) and Two Small Bodies (1993); a selection of her sui generis documentary feature films; and several short films—like Thanatopsis (1991), one of several collaborations with Lydia Lunch—that bring together aspects of fiction and non-fiction. A long-overdue Downtown showcase for a true Downtown legend.
Titles playing in theater at Metrograph include Exposed, High Heel Nights (with Keith Levy and Michael Gorski), Glowing Annie, Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over, Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today? and Two Small Bodies (starring Fred Ward and Suzy Amis). Titles playing exclusively on Metrograph At Home include Amnesia, Belladonna, Breathe In, Breathe Out, Glowing Evelyn, Out of Sight/Out of Mind, and Thanatopsis. Black Box (Dir: Beth B & Scott B) and The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight will be available both in theater and online.
10 year anniversary screening of Exposed
New restoration by Kino Lorber
Q&A with Beth B, Dirty Martini, and Tigger!
Moderated by Michelle Handelman
Beth B in attendance for select screenings plus special guests:
Exposed + High Heel Nights, Friday March 10, 7.15, T2
Intro: Beth B – Q&A moderated by Michelle Handelman (filmmaker) with Dirty Martini, Beth B, & Tigger!
Two Small Bodies + Glowing Annie, Saturday March 11, 6pm, T2
Intro: Beth B – Q&A moderated by Sandra Schulberg (IndieCollect)
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over + Black Box, Saturday March 11, 9.15, T1
Intro: Beth B – No Q&A
Salvation! + The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight, Sunday March 12, 3.15, T1
Intro: Beth B – Q&A moderated by Carlo McCormick (Art Critic/Curator)
For more information about Beth B: https://www.bethbfilms.com/
Thank you.
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20. Dynasty Handbag, Lydia Lunch, Joseph Keckler, FF Alumns, at Zebulon, LA, CA, Mar. 12, and more
Frebruoary Update
What’s up doc, it’s me, Laura. Tonight I feel wild. JK I don’t go to therapy, JK course i fucking do, and I have been watching Twin Peaks again for the jillionth time. I have been traveling and it’s comforting to be with those familiar stylish ghosts. I have been thinking about narrative a lot as well because I working on this new show – it’s got many twists and turds and it’s hard to discern what little signs to follow and what is a diversion, an ego driven joke or a statement, which I am sorely against – all statements in narrative are a mistake!
Now that I have stated that, I will also state the best guidance I have received creatively would be to follow my instincts. The first time I really heard this and listened to it at the same time was when I was working on a show and I had this big desire to inhabit a bear, but I couldn’t figure out why. The bear didn’t fit into the story. A much seasoned theater mentor told me to not question it and just, “be the bear” – I know this sounds suspiciously l like “be the flame, not the moth” or “be the change you want to see”… and it is I gwess.
What I took this to mean was follow the sign, the curiosity, the image and figure out the why later. She also told me that the why is in the desire already, and it’s hidden. Maybe deeply, maybe just below the surface. Scratch n sniff and it will reveal itself during the process. The important thing is to explore the buzzing call.
David Lynch famously said that Blue Velvet all started with a very clear image of a severed ear laying in a field. My severed ear right now is bananas. The fruit. There are a few bananas in my story already, some work, some do not. And I know there are more things to say with them. They are trying to tell me something, and bananas, they sure have a lot to say.
For starters, they look like a dong. But that is the obvious child of banana symbolism. Still funny though! Banana peels are like trash from central casting – always in a cartoon pile along with egg shells and coffee grounds. They are what the bride takes a ride on in the wedding march of 3rd grade. So silly, so harmless and slimy. Bananas are symbolic of deep violence and colonization. “Banana Republic” is a real and terrible thing and is such a fucked up name for a clothing line, especially one that makes safari light clothes and mid-level resort wear. Bananas are the tropically extractive 1950’s. Vacation from hard work being american! Carmen Miranda’s hat. I used to love to sing the jingle for Chiquita bananas when I was a kid. Rhyming equator with refig-er-a-tor. Bliss! But that also makes me want to weep with dispair at the simple horrors implied right there in the song – Chiquita is proclaiming to the world that these perky dick shaped wonderfruits DO NOT belong in your post war refrigerators ladies! The are meant to be somewheres else. They speak of titans of industry, of slave labor, of revolution even (see United Fruit Company strike). They also speak of the mental craziness. The big insanity. It’s bananas, so it is. They also speak as a telephone you to speak into. Be the banana you want to see in the world my friends.
I have some very fun little celebrity appearances coming up, I hope to see you at one of these exclusive lozenge-ellees events.
In solidarity, Dynasty Handbag, Satin Worshipper
Upcoming:
February 26th
Ladies & Gentleman the Fabulous Stains
at Whammy Analog Media
online sales are over but there will be tickets at the door!
Rudy Bleu curates an exciting night around Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains including conversation with Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts I’m In The Band Podcast), Dynasty Handbag (Weirdo Night) and Ever a.k.a. The Girl About Town (Razorcake Mag, Charlie James Gallery).
Tickets:
March 3rd – May 27
Make Me Feel Mighty Real: Drag/Tech and the Queer Avatar (1969-2023)
Honor Fraser Gallery
Opening reception on March 3rd 6:00 – 8:00 pm
(My short film written with Amanda Verwey, Garbage Castle will be on view)
Exhibited artists:
Enrique Agudo, Steve Arnold, Josef Astor, Charles Atlas, Zach Blas, Big Art Group (Caden Manson, Jemma Nelson,) Richard Bernstein, Caitlin Cherry, Aaron Cobbett, The Cockettes, Max Colby, Caleb Craig, Ronnie Cutrone, Eleanor Davis, Divine, Jake Elwes, Scott Ewalt, Connie Fleming, Dynasty Handbag, Hilary Harp, Wesleigh Gates, Greg Gorman, Bob Gruen, House of Avalon (Symone, Gigi Good, Hunter Crenshaw, Caleb Feeney, Grant Vanderbilt, Marko Monroe,) Huntrezz, Janos, Greer Lankton, Marcus Leatherdale, Christopher Makos, Mundo Meza, Milton Miron, Perfidia, Tom Rubnitz, Jacolby Satterwhite, Devan Shimoyama, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Suzie Silzer, Sylvester, Tabboo!, Ryan Trecartin, Theo Triantafyllidis, Antigoni Tsagkaropoulou, Jemima Wyman, Andy Warhol, Angela Washko, Robert Yang.
Tickets:
https://honorfraser.com/?s=upcoming&eid=199
Sunday, March 12th
Lydia Lunch & Joseph Keckler present the Ecstasy of Oblivion: A Sunday Salon
Featuring Sylvia Black, Dynasty Handbag, John Tottenham, Josie Wreck, Tim Dahl & Rita D’Albert
at Zebulon
Joseph is one of my all time favorite living performers and Lydia Lunch is a legend of course, and I am so excited for this. Don’t miss this dark night of souls!
Save the date:
Titanic Depression in NYC May 20th and 21st at Pioneer Works. Ahoy.
Thank you.
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