Jules de Balincourt, Land of Many Uses, 2003
I was looking at the New York Magazine article titled The Ten “Greater New York” Show Artists Most Likely to Succeed, and noticed that they left off Hoggard/Wagner from the list of collectors for Jules de Balincourt.
[snapshot by me]
Snow Queen (9)
2003, c-print, 11 × 17 inches
For those in the DC area, or those that feel like visiting, Joe Ovelman has a show at Conner Contemporary opening March 4 and running through March 26.
From the press release:
Within gay culture the slang term snow queen typically refers to a black man who only dates white men. However, for Joe Ovelman the term is used more literally. His recent photographic series depicts the artist, dressed in his grandmother’s white stag coat and glamour drag, in wild abandon on a snowy night in the notorious ‘rambles’ of New York’s Central Park. The images possess both the candidness found in Lisette Model’s socialites and the campy absurdity of John Waters.
If you are interested in the details of the piece, I was told by Joe that it was shot in a single night by himself with a tripod. Amazing.
We are big, big fans of Joe’s work, having purchased the first piece he ever sold, and staying friends with him ever since. We own a couple of pieces from the Snow Queen series, including the one above. Ours is from an edition that is of larger dimension that this one.
For those readers that have visited our apartment, Joe did the Marine Corps Uniform- c1970 work in our entry hallway. Ours is the study for the final version.
I am impressed with Conner. Last year they showed a series, 17 Strangers, that was never shown in a New York Gallery.
Updated
I just remembered that a short-lived gallery in the Hotel Chelsea showed 17 Strangers, but I doubt a huge number of people saw it there, unfortunately.
Updated Again
Oops. We just looked at our Ovelman prints. A friend owns the one above, and we own two others from the series.
Yesterday we received a postcard from a gallery addressed to:
St. James Wagner
To the Editor:
Paul Krugman (“Kansas on My Mind,” column, Feb. 25) mentions that at a town hall meeting, college Republicans started chanting, “Hey hey, ho ho, Social Security’s got to go!” Well, at least they are being honest about their real aim, scrapping Social Security.
Still, I can’t help but be furious thinking about this. We have a deadly, very expensive war going on. The dollar is sliding. Education needs a lot of work. But all these students can think of is that they want to scrap Social Security. And they seem happy about it. Don’t they have any shame? Don’t they have grandparents? Don’t they care about the elderly?
This has got to be the coldest, most callous thing I have ever seen.
Aaron Dellutri
Chicago, Feb. 25, 2005
My first response was:
The new Republican Party: It’s a religion, not a political movement!
Good stuff from the ACT UP web site, courtesy of James Wentzy: DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activists) netcasts!
They include a speech by Vito Russo and part of a David Wojnarowicz reading.
I had my doubts about The Gates on a bright sunny day. They look worse, and the color seems rather ugly, on a cloudy, snowy day.
Our friend Elise Engler has a show at The College of Saint Rose, titled Your Tax Dollars and Other Drawing, through March 17.
James wrote about her when she was in a great pre-Republican Convention/occupation art show in August.
Since my listing on ArtCal of Federico Solmi’s wonderful show at Boreas mentions it being inspired by the Italian porn star Rocco Sifreddi, I think it scared Google Ads. It’s only running public service ads on that page.
I apologize for the lack of posting. I have 3 projects with March 1 deadlines, plus keeping ArtCal up to date is taking more time than I expected. Current number of locations in the database: 215.
I’m sorry I won’t get to see this show in Los Angeles. It’s at the wonderful Champion Fine Arts Gallery, which I discussed here.
Any show that is curated by artist/performer Alix Lambert, whom I finally met when she was performing in Nobody’s Lunch by The Civilians, and includes work by our friend Charles Goldman, is not to be missed. It opens Saturday, February 26, from 6-8PM.
[I did the web sites for Champion and Charles.]