A Little Help From My Friends

The skinny, my friends: My entryKrooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/ is now in 6th Place and comin' on strong!
If you have a blog that links to this site, we gain in our quest for #1. We are in 6th place and hope to move up to fifth place with YOUR HELP.
You hold the key to unlock this door
BTW, contest ends in 2 weeks...

Krooklyn, "Every Blog has a little Krooklyn in it."

What will happen to NYC Arts in the off-season?
With the end of the art season and the summer doldrums approaching, NYC Arts will finish out the Contagious Media Showdown and go into slo-mo until the end of August...we may (or may not) be posting from down under at the Great Barrier Reef when the spirit moves us.

Johns Reviewed in the NY Times

..."another round of seeming constipation and truculence."
-from today's NY Times Arts section. It's nice when the MSM (main steam media) agrees with us after the fact...

J.J. @ M.M.: A Little Disappointing

Jasper Johns is an indisputably important artist; one responsible for helping chart the way out of the Abstract Expressionist corner that painters found themselves in the late fifties. That said, his latest showing (his first showing of new work in eight years) is disappointing in that it consists of 30-odd variations on the same image; the serial technique (essentially variations of the same image) is a bit long in the tooth by now, in this case a catenary curve described by an actual hanging piece of string in some cases and a painted string in others.

-from NYC Arts, "I quote myself to myself."

As you all know by now, Contagious Media Showdown is a sort of "stupid web site" contest. We have an entry that has been picking up a little momentum as of late:
Krooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/
Please link to my site, we are serious contenders in the blog links category, thanks to y'all/
You hold the key to unlock this door
BTW, contest ends in 3 weeks...and we can go back to being just a plain old boring art blog.

Krooklyn, "Every Town has a little Krooklyn in it.

Stopped by to see the latest exhibit What Sound Does A Color Make? at EYEBEAM earlier today, it sounded more promising then it actually delivered, but this after a quick walk-through. I plan to go back and give it another shot; EYEBEAM has the spirit and the Moxie to be a real player in the NYC arts scene.

Misc. on Blogger

Well, here's a neat blogger person who supports our Krooklyn efforts... and we return the favor with a "link back". Misc. is a sort of miscellaneous collection of Art related items, pretty neat at that it is too.
Can youse guys out there with a blog link to Krooklyn too? All favors will be repaid in full. See below for more info.

Krooklyn is at #7 in the Contagious Media Showdown, Technorati category.

A Little Help Goes a Long Way

Short version: My entryKrooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/ is now in 6th Paceand comin' on strong!
If you have a blog that links to this site, we gain in our quest for #1. We are in 6th place and hope to move up to fifth place with YOUR HELP.
You hold the key to unlock this door
BTW, contest ends in 3 weeks...

Krooklyn, "Every Town has a little Krooklyn in it."

Krooklyn in Kontagious Media Kontest

Short version: Contagious Media Showdown is a sort of "stupid web site" contest. This is my entry:
Krooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/
Please link to my site, we are serious contenders in the running; in fact we are in 6th place and hope to move up to fifth place with YOUR HELP.
You hold the key to unlock this door
BTW, contest ends in 3 weeks...

Krooklyn, "Every Town has a little Krooklyn in it."

Krooklyn : Dumber and Dumberer

O.K. once again bloggers, here's the deal: Contagious Media Showdown is a sort of "stupid web site" contest. This is my entry:
Krooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/
If you have a Blog, please link to my site in order that we may have a respectable showing.C'mon bloggers, together we could be big.
For more info. see previous posts.
Thanks again for all of your support, it will come back to you, scout's honor.

Krooklyn, "Just like I pictured it."

Losing sleep, Contagious Media ? Robert Slutzky Passes On

Not to beat a dead horse, but jsut like Giacomo and Aflleet Alex, our entry in the Contagious Media Showdown can not be counted out. Our site, Krooklyn (a work in progress) is moving up to # 47 overall (out of 85 total) and more importantly holding steady at #8 in the separate category of "Technorati".

Here's how you can help:
just link to Krooklyn on your blog, and we gain in the standings.

What's at stake here? Pride, bragging rights and a juicy check for a thousand skackeroos... not to shabby for a poor boy from Krooklyn.

On another note, the painter Robert Slutzky recently passed on. His paintings were in the great tradition of Mondrian’s New York City paintings; he will be missed .

Krooklyn in the Top Ten! #48 Overall!!

Krooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/
is at # 10 in the "Technorati" category, as of this moment, thanks to the bloggers who have created a link to my site, this is definitely respectable and all kindness will be paid back in full.

"What does "Krooklyn have to do with Art?"...
Well, there is that exhibit at the museum of Contemporary Art called "Contagious Media" which is in conjunction with the Contagious Media Showdown presented by the folks at EYEBEAM...

Krooklyn Movin' On Up!

My entry
Krooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/
is at # 48 as of this moment, thanks to all of you who have checked it out and also special thanks to the bloggers who show me the love with a link, big thank you; we are looking to finish strong so keep it coming.
Reminder: a Blog that links to my site, gives us a strong showing in the "Technorati" category.
Just like Giacomo, just like Afleet Alex we are not out of the race.
Please refer to earlier posts if you need more info.

"Krooklyn, My Krooklyn"...sung to the tune of "Maryland, My Maryland" recently heard at the Preakness.

"What does this have to do with Art?"...
Absolutely Nothing.

Calling All Bloggers! Throw Me A Bone Here...(pleeze)

O.K. bloggers, here's the script: Contagious Media Showdown is a sort of "stupid web site" contest. This is my entry:
Krooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/
If you have a Blog that links to my site, then we will have a respectable showing in the "Technorati" category. Thanks so far to the ten bloggers who have done so, we are in the running.
C'mon bloggers, a little help here.
For more info. see previous posts.
Thanks again for your support.

Krooklyn, "Just like I pictured it."

Krooklyn: A Work in Progress

First, thanks to those of you who have already visited my entry: "Krooklyn" in the Contagious Media Showdown sponsored by the fellow travelers at EYEBEAM. My aim is to have a respectable showing, and thanks to you fellow bloggers (who link to my Krooklyn site) it's already happening. Unique visitors count in the tally so 'spread the word' in any way you can.

In a short while the showdown will be over and this little experiment in net nonsense will be herstory.

Every little bit helps and it will come back to you, if not in this lifetime then in the next, I promise.

Hilla Rebay@ The Guggenheim
Went to seet the Art of Tomorrow exhibit just yesterday. While not a blockbuster there are a number of gems in this first-time exhibit paintings by Hilla Rebay alongside many paintings collected at the former Museum of Non-Objective Art (now known as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum). Rudolp Bauer comes off looking very good, Kandinsky emerges triumphant as always and H. Rebay's paintings look a little thin and slighty anemic. See had the eye but not the hand, the will but not the means; yet her contribution to advanced art can not be easily dissed.
If you are interested in the long history of abstract art in America this is a must-see. The Daniel Buren Eye of the Storm exhibit contimues there as well.

Krooklyn @ Contagious Media Showdown

O.K. people, here's the skinny: Contagious Media Showdown is a contest. This is my entry:
Krooklyn
http://krooklyn.contagiousmedia.org/
More unique visits = more points to win. Tell your friends, tell your ex-spouse. We need you to check this out and go back for more updates often.
Oh, yeah: If you have a Blog that links to my site, more points.

C'mon people, a little help here.

Thanks, 'preciate it, team effort.
"All Power to the Blogs"
All Krooklyn, All the Time

J.J. @ M.M.: A Little Disappointing

Jasper Johns is an indisputably important artist; one responsible for helping chart the way out of the Abstract Expressionist corner that painters found themselves in the late fifties. That said, his latest showing (his first showing of new work in eight years) is disappointing in that it consists of 30-odd variations on the same image; the serial technique (essentially variations of the same image) is a bit long in the tooth by now, in this case a catenary curve described by an actual hanging piece of string in some cases and a painted string in others.


Jasper Johns: Catenary Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 West 22nd Street through June 25, 2005.

Gober's homage to Duchamp goes to the highest bidder: MoMA

It seems that MoMA will be the future home of Robert Gober's latest installation seen at Matthew Marks Gallery last month. Carol Vogel in the NY Times gets it right in saying that this peice is an homage to Duchamp.
(See our recent review below: Robert Gober: Timing is Everything).

Read more about it in today's NY Times.

Art of this Century: John F. Simon, Jr. @ Sandra Gering Gallery

Sandra Gering Gallery
"Endless Victory"

This exhibit of new work should be seen by anyone with an
appreciation and understanding of Mondrian. I often think of Mondrian as the first digital artist; in
Mondrian's mature paintings we have a binary approach to color (on/off) and a limited direction of line (either/or) and a reduction of the
visual stimulus to discrete blocks of “picture elements” (pixels).

John F. Simon Jr. has combined an amazing array of visual stimuli that builds on Mondrian's greatest New York City paintings: the Victory Boogie-Woogie and Broadway Boogie-Woogie. Mr. Simon creates an "Art of This Century" that is intelligent, witty, wry and compelling.



This show is open through May 28th.
534 West 22nd St., NYC
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm.

The exhibition will feature Endless Victory and Endless Bounty, two new editions in which John Simon expands both the content and presentation of his software art. By incorporating a wide range of media and programming styles in the software, Simon makes it possible to combine the central aspects of his artistic practice — coding and drawing. The screens that display the software are framed within elegant compositions of intricately cut and engraved Plexiglas. The first edition, Endless Victory, is inspired by Mondrian's unfinished painting of 1943/44, Victory Boogie-Woogie. Using traffic flow in New York City as a motif, Simon improvises on the endless merging, dividing, overtaking, turning, starting and stopping motions that surround him. This piece continues themes begun in Simon's earlier work, ComplexCity (2000).The second edition, Endless Bounty, emerges from the tension between Simon's urban lifestyle and his longing for nature. The software flips between the two ideals displaying maps, drawings, photographs and three-dimensional models in a continual effort to capture our gaze.

The ART World

The ART World
Art is defined in many different ways. But, it's best defined on a piece of paper. There are all different kinds of styles in art. In the early days people tried to master perfection in a face, a nature scene, and all other things around them. Now people are looking for style and creativity when people look at art. A popular art form that contains a lot of style is abstract art. This type of art is unique because it's a design that in many cases gives you a message, rather than art that is based on a real life picture. But, abstract is only one form of stylish art for art is stretched in so many different ways. People have even played around with the human face made it into more of a design. Art has never stopped changing and as I speak someone is creating new art forms.
Admiring other people's art is great, but in my opinion it's not at all as satisfying as creating your own masterpiece. Although, occasionally you run out of influences and you may have to look at other people's work. People make art f'or many different reasons. For example some art is supposed to make you feel relaxed (Matisse), some is to make you think (Picasso), and other artists make art only for their pure enjoyment (me).
The most interesting art that I recently came across was at the Drawing Center in Manhattan. The art was done on graph paper by a woman named Emma Kunz. She invented a method using the graph paper to make designs. That is my definition of art.
Alex D., age 12