Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
6/26/16
Fan art from Portland
We're loving this fan-art sent to us by Aaron L. out of Portland. You can follow him on Instagram at @ark_vandelay. Does anyone else have some home made tributes to Mr. Chance?
3/30/15
CONTORTIONS 'Buy' Hand Screen Prints Now Available From Futurismo
Contort your favorite room with this CONTORTIONS Limited Edition Hand
Screen Print featuring an iconic image of the late fashionista,
photographer and muse to James Chance - Anya Phillips.
8/4/14
James White’s Sardonic Sincopators at Save the Robots (1986)
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| James White’s Sardonic Sincopators at Save the Robots (1986) |
Thanks to 98 Bowery/Gallery 98 for the image.
3/26/14
3/9/14
9/6/13
James Chance related items of interest
Its been a little while since we've posted anything, so here's a little something to tide you over - two items relating to James & No Wave that may interest you:
- First up, our friends Pat & Emily from Nightclubbing have a new column up this week at Bedford & Bowery featuring footage of DNA shot at the Mudd Club in 1979. See that here.
- Secondly, Marc Miller over at 98 Bowery just launched an online exhibition of No Wave film related photos & ephemera. See it here. This includes the above poster, plus a photo of Anya Phillips (from Amos Poe's The Foreigner) we've never seen before, and other items of interest.
8/12/13
A rare gig flyer for a James White show at Save The Robots
This is a flyer for a James White gig (sometime in the 80's) at Save The Robots - a well known after hours club in Alphabet City in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Via.
6/28/13
X Magazine 1978 benefit footage with the Contortions, Boris Policeband & DNA! Party Picks exhibit at Salon 94 Bowery!
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| James Chance by Jimmy Desana |
This is extremely exciting. Very rarely seen footage from the 1978 benefit concert for X Magazine has surfaced featuring The Contortions, Boris Policeband, and DNA. Astounding! Thanks to Frieda's Whip for the tip. The film/video was made by Coleen Fitzgibbon and Alan Moore, and finished in 2009.
The film is part of an exhibition called Party Picks at the Bowery branch of the Salon 94 Gallery, and features the work of artist & photographer, Jimmy Desana. It runs June 21, 2013–August 09, 2013. For more information click here.
6/20/13
5/12/13
1/28/13
Jean-Michel Basquiat wins dance contest, breaks records!
James Chance fan, Nicholas W, sent in this scan of this absolutely stunning gig poster recently along with the fantastic story about its origins. Big thanks to Nicholas for sharing, and if anyone else out there has anything to share - stories or otherwise - feel free to reach out to us here.
I found this poster lying on the floor of the Squat Theater on 23rd St. I had just witnessed the "James Chance Dance Contest" at the Squat....for which the judges were Richard Hell, Debbie Harry, and Anya, I think. I went with my girlfriend; the place was packed.
The contest was to be judged by James, Debbie Harry, and Richard Hell, who were all sitting in a row on the stage. The winner of the prize for best dancer was to receive a set of all James’s records. I noticed that wandering around in the big crowd on the dance floor was the painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, dressed in a three-piece suit but with no shoes…..totally barefoot.
The music started and everyone started dancing. Jean-Michel was dancing around like a wild man…it was kind of dangerous to go near him!
After about half an hour, the music stopped, everyone applauded, and James came to the mike and said “We’re going to discuss it and then we’ll announce the winner.” He got into a huddle with Debbie Harry and Richard Hell and they discussed. Then James came to the mike. “And the winner tonight is…..Jean-Michel Basquiat!” he shouted. Everybody clapped and Basquiat jumped up onto the stage as Debbie and Richard clapped and smiled approvingly.
“And now we will present Jean-Michel with the prize.” said James, and he handed to Basquiat the stack of his albums.
To everyone’s complete astonishment, Basquiat took the records and with one rapid motion whacked the pile down on his knee and snapped the whole pile of records completely in half, and then threw the pieces out into the crowd. Then jumped off the stage and walked out of the theater.
James looked completely shocked.
“Some people have no class!!” James yelled into the mike, as Jean-Michel disappeared out the door and the crowd roared with laughter.
After the show I went up to James and had him autograph this poster, which he did with great surprise, if not suspicion. He signed it "James White", which surprised me, because up to that point I had known him as James Chance. I may be one of the very few people on the planet to have a James White autograph from this early era!
- Nicholas W., January 2013
- Nicholas W., January 2013
11/22/12
March 11, 1978
This street poster advertises a “No Wave” rock concert to raise money to
print the third issue of X Magazine. Some of the groups that performed
— the Contortions and DNA – were later recorded by Brian Eno for the
seminal “No New York” album. This poster is not to be confused with the
similar-looking, smaller version that was featured as the centerfold in the third issue of X Magazine
and thanked the bands for their help. The item for sale here is the
original; it is larger, printed on better paper, and exceedingly rare. Poster available from 98 Bowery.
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