Contemporary Art
Tonky’s New Residential Mural (NYC, NY)
Monday, September 14th, 2009 | Contemporary Art, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments
Welcome,
Feast thine eyes upon some installation pics of a new work I recently completed at a private residence in Manhattan this week. These kind patrons commissioned a one-of-a-kind variation on my unraveling composition in chrome theme.
I’d say it is located in Soho, but it is above Houston St. and so I am not sure if you neighborhood purists would scold me for that. Let’s call it Snoho-Bowery-Village until further notice.
Anyone know a good searchable map to accurately distinguish NYC neighborhoods? I’m talking block by block precision.
-Tonky
Tonky Exhibition: The American Diorama
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 | Contemporary Art, The American Diorama, Tonky Graphic Design | No Comments
Please pay a visit to the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn, NY to see my recent show The American Diorama. An alternate title could be Advetures in Laptopville. Dang do people love that free internet. Have a gander, drink a well-crafted beverage, and buy some art!
July 3 – August 3
837 Union St
Brooklyn, NY 11215-1308
(718) 789-2762
-Tonky
Historiska Museet: Mary the Dream of the Woman
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 | Contemporary Art, Power & Politics | No Comments
Ok I realized I was wrong to claim Sweden is totally godless after yesterday’s trip to Historiska Museet in Stockholm to see “Mary, the Dream of the Woman.”
Essentially they take a look at modern femininity through the lens of ancient religious icons and the work of contemporary artists, musicians, and dancers like Anne Hamilton, Eva Dahlgren, and Virpi Pahkinen respectively.
The sound environment is sublime and their thoughtful combination of old art with new art engages the effect the historical/mythology Mary has on our world and our notion of the female ideal. This show is important to see whether or not you believe in God.
Check out their website and translated press release HERE
Tonky Ink Splatter Mural & Studio Tour [ May 30 & 31 ]
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 | Contemporary Art, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments
I am working on a large wall piece using these ink splatter drawings as building blocks. You can be among the first to see it this weekend at the Red Hook/Carroll Gardens studio tour this coming weekend. There are over 100 artist studio on the 3rd floor with me. Come on by!
MORE INFO:
May 30th and 31st, 2009 | 12-6pm
http://bklynstudiotour.wordpress.com/schedule-of-events/
Here is a google map to my building -
F or G to Smith/9th St
Hope to see you there!
-Tonky
Tonky’s Newest Drawing: Known Universe
Monday, April 27th, 2009 | Contemporary Art, Tonky Limited Editions, Under The Patina of Knowledge | No Comments
My new drawing explores that which is beyond the edge of the Universe.
Known Universe – 2009
10″ by 8″
Pencil on gessoed parchment paper.
BUY IT NOW at ETSY – $25 + FedEx shipping
one-of-a-kind
-Tonky
GOWANUS CANAL SUPER FUN SUPERFUND
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 | Contemporary Art, Public Art/Interventions, Tonky Limited Editions | 9 Comments
Ahoy,
I just redid my Gowanus Canal Tonky Octopus in green and pink and added text referring to how government scientists are determining whether Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal is polluted enough to add it to the EPA’s Superfund list. The EPA published a nifty brief on the neighborhood and the Superfund proceedings HERE.
Giving a site Superfund status gives the federal government the authority to intervene and clean up the toxic contamination whether it be chemical, fissile, biological, or other. A corollary of the process is to force those responsible for the contamination to pay for the clean up via litigation.
I am not a scientist, but I am an artist with a studio in the neighborhood and I can smell the overflow sewage that cascades into the canal after heavy rains, inhale the concrete dust billowing from mixing facilities, and meditate on the prismatic oil-slick rainbow floating out to sea. The Gowanus Canal area is an unhealthy place for New Yorkers to live and work and I hope it gets cleaned up soon. It seems that adding the area to EPA’s Superfund list is the most expeditious way to do so.
Here are some links to thorough news coverage:
-Tonky
Tonky Commission: Tree & Owl @ Hayden-Harnett | NYC
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 | Contemporary Art, Tonky Limited Editions | No Comments
Comrades,
If you find yourselves in Nolita with a few minutes, go visit Hayden-Harnett’s new retail space and feast your eyeballs upon a custom Tonky tree they commissioned. It is cut from a fancy chrome foil film and applied to a mustard seed yellow wall.
While you are there check out their Spring 2009 “Muse” collection. Handbags, shoes, accessories, and apparel. This collection’s colors are mouthwatering, the cuts are virtuosic, and everything looks really comfortable to wear too – uh not that I know anything about wearing dresses….
Toni the company’s co-owner and designer has a major interest in all things owl, so she encouraged me to concoct a feathered friend to sit on her shelf.
The tree and the chrome version of the owl are one-of-a-kind originals.
The Tonky Great Horned Owl is available for purchase in 14 vivid colors (LARGE $55 – Small $35). click HERE
Hayden-Harnett’s Nolita address is 253 Elizabeth just below Houston. <MAP>
Bye, thanks for stopping by.
-Tonky
