Life&Stuff

Monster Drawings with Kev!

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:22:59 +0000

grapeman!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh doghandsman!!

dogspider!

Shrek 6!!!

smileMan

vandieselweazel

clawball

Ben Bunch: Twenty-First Century Freemasonry @ The Proposition

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:14:18 +0000

The Proposition
2 Extra Place (@ E 1st Street off Bowery)
New York, NY 10003
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 12 – 6pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 21, 6 – 8 PM
For additional information please contact Ronald Sosinski, Director

Last Saturday was Ben Bunch’s opening at The Proposition. Ben has been making sculpture pieces that look like smart piles of consciously busted up toys, machines and various electronica.

The art is made of things that are recognizable objects/patterns/colors, which makes it easy to look at, closer inspection reveals that Ben is producing these sculptures from cut-foam components. Soft intense colorful familiar art.

(left to right) Ben Bunch, Doug Johnston, Matthew – handsomeness incarnate @ the opening

detail of Ben’s Carhartt wear

wayyyyy sexy detail

Ben’s wall pieces were phenomenal, the lighting amplifies

you know these holes

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjye1CPB

Guggenheim: Maurizio Cattelan’s All

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:08:33 +0000

Kev & I went to the last day of Cattelan’s All, a lot to take in, worth the snowy walk, the exhibition was made to take pictures of, here are a few…

from below

classic
these kids were everywhere, way scary

videos from the show…

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjye1zkt

Mark Reigelman @ The Proposition, Closing for ‘Twas the Night’

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:43:54 +0000

Ben brought me along to the closing of Mark Reigelman’s installation @ The Proposition last night. Met wonderful hosts Ronald Sosinski & Ellen Donahue, got to talk with Mark about the show and the small world, odd connection he has to someone I used to work with in San Francisco, (Jenny Pruden) met Casey, the gallery director for Underline Gallery, (Mark is going to be in a group show with them about relationships, Bright Lights, Big Love, opens Feb. 9th). I liked the space, the little side street/alley just outside the door used to be the back door to CBGB’s & Ben is having a show there this next weekend, Twenty-First Century Freemasonry, so go see it.

And I met some fun strangers, see pix/video below.

from the outside

Mark, stranger, and Casey @ the show

introducing, Mark Alan Reigelman II

Mark art, photographs extremely well, reminded me of Sephora

Mark art and Nancy not posing/posing

Mark’s portfolio book, opening page… matches his website, brand alignment is important

Mark and Jenny’s SF project, neat public installation that was recently completed, somewhere on Sutter or Bush?

Mark art documentation and pillow model, that’s her in the doc shot… pillow modeling

Erté tattoo on Nancy

Mark art + Lana + Nancy

Nancyface after I tell her that I’m Ping Pong king and she better just deal

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjy5Rr9t

Infinite Loop: Val Art & Sound @ Secret Project Robot

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:03:49 +0000

Went to Secret Project Robot over the weekend to see Val Britton‘s work in Infinite Loop. Man Forever was playing that night, Val had paper works installed over the main stage area with wall pieces throughout and drum pad art nestled in one corner. Neat space, they use it full on, pictures and video below. Val’s art works with sound, so that’s good. The gallery has a program built for the remaining calendar, go see art and music:

Sat Jan 21st

Scarcity of Tanks (feat. Kid Millions, Weasel Walter, John Morton, Nick Lesley,Jim Sauter and Matt Wascovich) -new album release party!
Sightings
Guardian Alien

Fri Jan 27th

Black Pus (Brian Chippendale)
Matter Waves (David First, Kid Millions, Bernard Gann)
Weasel Walter Trio featuring Matt Nelson on tenor saxophone and Evan Lipson on bass

Fri Feb 3rd

Jim Sauter and Kid Millions duo
Chica Vas
Alien Whale

gallery door, can’t buy this

Man Forever + Val art

Val in the distance, taking pictures of the band

this dude, wondering who I am and vice versa

crowd shot + Val art

Man Forever + Val art

Man Forever playing + Val art

saw this and recorded it, Man Forever making sound, Val art in there somewhere…

gallery light switch

golden drum set

Tessa looking surprised that I’m taking her picture

drum diagram?

Val art detail

Val & art

Val laughing at someone

Val art

Val artist portrait shot

Val drum pad art

liked these, reminded me of something sexy

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjy4Qger

New Museum / MoMA

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:43:18 +0000

Kev and I went to the New Museum and the MoMA today to look at big art. Carsten Höller (NM) had installed a twisty slide piece along with lots of other experience related art things. MoMA was the MoMA, classic.

Wonder door in SoHo

tomoto guy logo, for Pomodoro’s

the waiver table team and Kev at New Museum, we got ride bracelets

birds in cages, in the slide entrance room

slide rules

mirror carousel, very slow moving, see videos…

slide guard

slide hole

slide exit, 2nd floor ceiling, 3rd flooring

exit room, full bright… the exit room for the slide was lined with fluorescent lights that were blinking in sequence, not anything epileptic but noticeable for sure, see animal videos below…

slide exit, mid lighting

slide exit, full light

Decent shot of the 3rd floor, in between

slide in action #1

slide in action #2, detail on support brace… shaky

Carsten’s fish sculpture thing, you lay down look up and see fish and blinking lights

fish tank in action

kev and me in the elevator

plexi model of full slide complex, new Westfield Mall design?

pill dispenser piece, if it was operating correctly, one of these pills fell from above every minute, this shot looks super yellow, didn’t try a pill because I saw a hair in the mix and I don’t eat pills that have hair mixed in

slide going into the floor

2 hour wait sign, sooooooooooo glad I didn’t have to see this in action

cafe and mushrooms

mushroom detail

mushroom detail 2

mushroom detail 3

a couple wearing upside down world goggles

and a smiling detail, look at his eyes, that’s the key

the line outside the museum, amazing, i LOVE things that makes lines… best part, and the dolphin

kev & bitch wall

MoMAscapes…

LOVED this… desk from Hector Guimard, c. 1899

kev & Felix

kev & Rirkrit

Koons balls detail

balls in motion

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjy4Qbv4

NY @ night

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:53:11 +0000

Leaving work at night shot

and this…

Coco & Kev

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:28:20 +0000

Flaming Saddles Saloon, Ken and Edgardo!

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:06:49 +0000

Ken’s last night in NY, invited me to a cowboy bar he liked. cute cute place, dancing boys and countryness…

The Flaming Saddles Saloon, logo

cancer promo

the boyz and I

our bartender/dancer from South Dakota

kiddie bull

Ken and this dude getting a piece of our pic

more dancer/bartender boyz

Edgardo and I looking suspect

nice rack

countertop/stage

full on, this happened every strong 20 minutes or so…

liked this

photo op

Link to Full Set: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxXsCf8

Around work

Matthew Hughes Boyko — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:54:25 +0000

Lunchwalks around Rock Center…

entrance to the diamond district

entrance to Sanctuary, reminded me of a casino…

psychic windows rule all windows

psychic telephones answer themselves

gradients that you can’t buy, Vol.1

bikes and birds