Saturday, December 13, 2008

It's A Small World After All

Here is a price and medium list of all the works available in the Its a Small World After All at Like the Spice Gallery through January 4th! Please call or e-mail the gallery if you are interested in purchasing any of these precious pieces.

Rachel Beach
The Letters Series
Mixed wood veneers, oil paint, mixed mediums;
Varied Sizes, 2008$800 (each)

Jason Bryant
Lets not and pretend that we did
Color Pencil on Board
11 x17
2007, $ 1,075

Jenny Morgan
Pont of attachment
19 x 17
oil on canvas
2008
$2000

Jason Bryant
Sarah
Color Pencil on Board
11 x17
2007, $ 1,075

Jason Bryant
I've been here all the time
Color Pencil on Board
11 x17
2007, $ 1,075

Abby Goodman
Giraffefly
mixed media with butterfly
3" x 3" x 5"
2008, $450

Abby Goodman
White horse
mixed media with butterfly
5" x 5" x 5"
$450

Abby Goodman
Black Stallion
mixed media with butterfly
5" x 5" x 5"
$450

Abby Goodman
Deerfly
mixed media with butterfly
8" x 8" x 8"
2008, $450 (each)

Abby Goodman
Zebrafly
mixed media with butterfly
8"x "8 x 8"
2008, $450


Abby Goodman
Deerfly
mixed media with butterfly
8" x 8" x 8"
2008, $450 (each)


Steve Tabbutt
The Gift
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, and Pencil on Watercolor Paper
13.5”x 10.5”
2007, $400


Steve Tabbutt
Scaffold In Twine
Ink, Colored Pencil, and Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
2007, $350


Sold
Steve Tabbutt
Control Group
Pencil and Colored Pencil on Paper
12.5” x 12.75”
2008, $325


Ross Racine
Subdivision:
Happy Hollow (crop)
AP 9 1/2 x 12 5/8"
2006-08 , $250


Ross Racine
Closed Community: Willowcrest
(small version, crop) AP
12 5/8 x 9 1/2"
$250


Ross Racine
Days and Hours of Brookdale Gardens, #10
(small version, crop)
AP 9 1/2 x 12 5/8"
2007-08, $250


Ross Racine
Subdivision:
Beachview Bluffs
(small version, crop)
AP 9 1/2 x 12 5/8"
2008, $250


Peter Feigenbaum
waste management
Digital archival print
edition of 5
11” x 14”
2008, $350


Peter Feigenbaum
Take it Out Back
Digital archival print
edition of 5
11” x 14”
2008, $350


Peter Feigenbaum
All eyes on
Sal DiGiacomo
Digital archival print
edition of 5
11” x 14”
2008, $350


Sold
More pieces Arriving at the gallery January first call or gallery to inquire about artist waiting list. marisa@likethespice.com
718.388.5388
Ciba, Grapple, Rube, Algo, Furn, Bair, Brace, Grape 01, Grape 02, Brace
Unique chromogenic photograms and resin. Mixed media.
2008,
$600



Sold
Masha Ryskin
Grassy Memory
mixed media on board,
2007, $450


Masha Ryskin
Cloudroots
coffee and graphite on board
2008, $450


Marcus Morales
"Happy Holidays"
graphite, watercolor, gouache,
14"x20"
2007, $800


Chadwick Whitehead
Revolation #13
Screenprint
17"x11"
2007, $200


Chadwick Whitehead
Tractor vs. Narwhal
Screenprint
12"x8"
2007, $140


Chadwick Whitehead
Birth of Geser, on Ice
Screenprint
10"x8"
2008, $140


Chadwick Whitehead
Speed
Screenprint
10"x7.5"
2008,$140


Brian LaRossa
Tardigrade in Radioactive Spring
Ballpoint Pen, Digital C-print
{edition of 6 + 1 AP}
17x13, $600

Barry Hazard
Currency 5
tinted gesso and charcoal on paper
9"x12"
2008, $400


Barry hazard
Currency 1
tinted gesso and charcoal on paper
9"x12"
2008, $400


Andrew Neyer
Lazy River Boyz
Lithograph
11" x 15" Edition of 10
2007, $50


Sold one print 14/15 available
Andrew Neyer
Be Nice
Screenprint
7" x 7" Edition of 15
2007, $40


Andrew Neyer
Anathallo Poster
Screenprint
18” x 24”
$140


Allison Edge
Cameo Kitten: Pumpkin
Oil on Canvas
12 x 12
$1300


Allison Edge
Cameo Kitten: Brownie
Oil on Canvas
12 x 12
$1300


Nicole Stager
Lightly Bent
Cprint
12x12, 1/5
2004, $1000

Nicole Stager
Guise
Cprint
12x12, 1/5
2005, $1000

Nicole Stager
Query
Cprint
12x12, 1/5
2003, $1000

Nicole Stager
Pipelines
Cprint
12x12, 1/5
2005, $1000


Jon Vermilyea
Mothman 2
26x20
{16,17,18,20,21 of 30}
Silkscreen
2008, $120

Jon Vermilyea
Space 1
Silkscreen
{4,5,6,7,8 of 40}
26”x20”
2007, $120


Rachel Beach
The Raindrop #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8
Teak veneer, oil paint, mixed mediums
4 ¾” x 4 ½” x 1 ½”
2008, $400

Friday, December 12, 2008

And now a word from our sponsors!!!


We will get back on track with images and blog notes from our enormously successful trip to Scope & Bridge Miami. Lets start off though with
our critical acclaim!
Miami New Times:Doughnuts and Beer at Scope International Contemporary Art
Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 08:00:00 AM
Walking into the Scope tent yesterday was like getting smacked in the face with an art stick. You know, in a good way. Inside, it was a visual sensory overload, with way too much for any normal, methamphetamine-free viewer to see in one trip. Riptide felt like a contestant on Supermarket Sweep, rushing to cram in the best stuff before time ran out.

It didn't matter, though. We were sold before we even saw a single piece of work. How could we be so easy? Umm, because at one point during "the press brunch" we looked over at a group of stylish Frenchmen who were standing at a table, washing doughnuts down with free beer, a la Homer Simpson. (Welcome to America, gentlemen.)

Even with all the food and schmooze, two artists stood out. The first was Brooklyn-based sculptor Dean Goelz, who showed creepy, lifelike molds of duck-human hybrids. Check out New Time's crackerjack blogger Kyle Munzenrieder's compilation of unexplained duck-art occurrences at Basel here. (Seriously, what's up with that?)
Goelz's spokesperson,Lee Doran, explained that "people don't quite know how to take" the waddling creatures, but that kids always try to ride them in New York City. She added something about how humans "go with the flock."



Art and Absinthe:
On to the goodies. Here is a small sampling of what we consider the best galleries and pieces at the Art Basel, Art Asia, and SCOPE fairs. More to come tomorrow from NADA and Pulse!

Nicole Stager pieces at Like the Spice Gallery booth (SCOPE)

Art Info: A Tale of Two Bridges
And on it went: “Con Creatures,” made from the “skins” of stuffed teddy bears and bunnies, filled with cement, the wittiest displayed as trophy heads on plaques: $900. Carvings made out of telephone books: $1,300. Ross Racine’s completely fictitious subdivisions, drawn by hand and then digitally combined: $1,150, from Like the Spice Gallery in Brooklyn. A neon sign that said “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll” in Arabic. Aboriginal art from Australia.

Art Parties: Miami Photo Roundup with artinfo= Abby Goodman and Marisa Sage!


More press links to come! Along with road oddities and images of our booths!

Monday, December 1, 2008

Pilgrimage of prejudice






Tour of intolerance, South of the Border her we come...

And onward they sailed.....

Hi we're in Delaware.

In Maryland wench Leia storming the castle of her most desired destination.. MEDIEVAL TIMES!

and in Virginia. Treasure!!!! If your gold is Jerkey!

and how relieved we were to pull into port after lesions with the goast of the Virginian sea.

and here is where the pirates learned in 1977 log cabins came back into style. Get your own here in North Carolina.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

While The Cats Are Away The Mice Have Very Little Free Time

Sure, you could still read about the Miami trip, but what if you just couldn't get away? Well, don't worry, because half of us here know how you feel. Much like the runners-up on American Idol, we have to sit and watch all the fun from afar. But we'll show 'em. We're gonna do stuff too.

Sunday, December 7th is our closing night for Liz Brown: OMGWTF. If you haven't had a chance, be sure to visit us to see this fantastic show. And if you have, stop in again, because we might have a few surprises for you.

Then on Friday, December 12th, we've got opening night for It's A Small World. This group show focuses on the little side of art, mixing sculptures, limited edition prints and other artwork, all in the 11"x17" range. Our artists are attempting to use this restriction to cut right to the meat of the work, leaving pieces that remind one of "fun size" Halloween candy (or perhaps we should say haiku). We expect you'll be pleased, and hope you'll be there.

Finally, Friday, December 19th at 8:00pm will see our Hold Me Closer Tiny Dinner Cocktail Party. We'll tell you more about this soon. Just start planning now.

So if you're in Miami, stop by Booth 473 at Scope and tell our weary travelers that everything is fine back home. But if you're still in town, feel free to visit us at the gallery. The cats aren't going to be gone forever, you know, and us mice want some fun of our own!

Miami Or Bust, Day One: Thwarted By a Theremin!

Day One – Thwarted by a Theremin


Bye bye, Brooklyn!


This be the first day of the voyage of good ship “Penske” and after many hard-won battles and salty misadventures we find ourselves adrift in the dark doldrums of New Jersey –bound for SCOPE and Bridge Miami.


The gallery was awash in crates and priceless rolls of bubble wrap. Would it all fit? Would our truck-sharing friends at the Hogar Collection leave us marooned when they saw the sheer volume of art we were taking to Miami? Would the truck buckle on a back road in the middle of South Carolina? Who knew!



Nah. Our good friend Todd helped to load our craft, Then awesome First Mate Marty showed up with an unexpected bounty of socket wrenches and shiny new cordless drills. Sweet.


First Mate Marty fixing a breach in the hull while Captain Marisa tolerates no slackers


At the Hogar Collection, we were boarded and taken hostage by a pirate. He made us walk the plank, but saved us from the sharks that infested the Grand Street Sea’s asphalty waters. We called it even and promised that next time he could drive the ship.

And back to Like the Spice! We readied ourselves for an uncharacteristically early departure, called hands to deck, opened our sodas, and would have been on our way –

But for the theremin.


Theremin!


For reasons that we can’t go into, the better part of an hour was spent waiting for the appearance of a theremin. So much for our early start. By the time it finally, finally got there we were well over our scheduled departure time. The theremin is trapped in the back of the truck now, probably plotting its next move.

But we don't care! We're in beautiful, beautiful New Jersey!

Organic.


And on our way to Baltimore... stay tuned for further adventures!