“In 1913, a massive exhibit of avant-garde pieces, the International Exhibition of Modern Art (known today as The Armory Show), was held at the National Guard 69th Regiment Armory in New York …
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“The show included Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 in its stateside debut, and critics and crowds accustomed to more realistic and naturalistic forms were quick to mock it as a symbol of all that was ridiculous about modern European art … The New York Times wryly re-named it ‘Explosion in a Shingle Factory.’”
—Kristy Puchko, Mental Floss
I kept staring at the staircase. It was just there.
At a few events.
At CLARA.
The new, repurposed venue in Sacramento for ART and COMMUNITY and back in JUNE, it was one of our locations for FLOMM 423 RED.
We had to do it. It called to us, said it had to happen.
This is Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase n°2, 1913:
And 9 June 2018
for one day only
at our 423 RED event
right next to our other exhibitions
downstairs from where the Sacramento Ballet practices –
this
was
the FLOMM sequel:
HOMMAGE À DUCHAMP
NUDE DESCENDING THE STAIRCASE
RECLAIMED
‘IF A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST …’
a ‘ready-made’ art installation
by
flommists
steve mehallo und the rhinos
the reviews are finally in!
Why did you do that?
So that’s what that was.
You guys are stupid.
Looked like a pile of lumber to me.
I ‘saw’ that.
I should have hit you with one of the boards.
FLOMM finally TAKES THE STAIRS!
You know, I’ve got friends in high places *wink wink*
If the magnolias are full of shit, you really shouldn’t eat them. Same thing with hamburgers.
—steve mehallo
Flommist Steve Mehallo is a graphic designer, illustrator, font designer, educator, foodie and gadfly. He is the creator and founder of FLOMM! With thanks to Louis, Lily, Amanda and the guy in the parking lot who said, ‘hey, just threw a bunch of old redwood in that bin there if you need it.’
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