Wow! It's been many months since our last "Totally Kewl," in which our imaginary instant message personalities tell you about very real happenings. So, without further ado…
Ttlykewl: OMG! It's been so long!
BrdNYC: I know! I've been bored to tears without your totally kewl insight.
Ttlykewl: Well cry no more, little one, for I've got some exciting news!
BrdNYC: How exciting?
Ttlykewl: So exciting that you'll piss your pants.
BrdNYC: That's pretty exciting! What is it?
Ttlykewl: Legendary queer artist AA Bronson gathered nine of the art world's cutest, gayest artists and organized a show at John Connelly Presents! We're talking Terence Koh, Scott Treleaven, Item Idem and Sands Murray-Wassink. Andrew Zealley did the score. Big shit for sure.
BrdNYC: You're right! I did piss my pants! Is Bronson's Mirror Mirror on display?
Ttlykewl: For sure.
BrdNYC: What's Koh got up?
Ttlykewl: He and Bronson collaborated on toilet stall that's also a glory hole. One of the booths comes adorned with old sex ads and the number of some guy who apparently really needs cocaine. He and Treleaven also created a soothsayer's tent, which is surrounded by sage shavings. The entire gallery has a very sexy smell right now: virile.
BrdNYC: So, what's your favorite piece?
Ttlykewl: "J.X. Williams'" The Body Talks, which consists of books like The History of Flagellation and Bestiality and The Law. The artist also presented vintage newspapers from the week of JFK's assassination. Can nostalgia be timely?
BrdNYC: Um…I don't know.
Ttlykewl: I didn't think you would.
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AA Bronson's School For Young Shamans will be on display until February 18th at John Connelly Presents aka 625 West 27th Street (between 11th/ 12th ave).
[Image: General Idea, Evidence of Body Binding.]
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I'm all for broadening the scope and definition of art, but some of the shit people are pulling out of their asses is just BANANAS.
i didn't see any art
these artist are so cool and popular the place was so crowded i didn't see anything
i did poke my penis through the terence koh/aa bronson glory hole and got a wank
thank you
Ouch… some of this looks like it hurts yah? I agree with afrolito… where does is the line drawn between what is art and what is just crazy photos? Can you claim that someone getting physically abused is art or torture?
FYI, that photo is from 1968.
The image on this listing is from AA Bronson's Body Binding series (1969) - testing the limits of where the physical body ends, and the universe begins. No pain, just exploration…
The vinyl album of my soundtrack for AA BRONSON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG SHAMANS is now, finally available. A few copies are for sale through Art Metropole, in Toronto - check http://www.artmetropole.com or my site for a link. NB: no CD release, just vinyl - in a screenprint jacket, with insert, by AA Bronson - only 123 copies made. The recording includes guests Massimo & Pierce (of Black Sun Productions, Zurich), Santiago-based artist
Rodrigo Cienfuegos, and Toronto-based artist Luis Jacob. Produced (lovingly) by PSBEUYS.
But first, if you are in NY - go see the show - it's up through February 16 -
Terence Koh is so not cute.