The two-person show I'm in in Dallas, with Saskia Jorda, is reviewed in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Thanks to Titus O'Brien, the writer (who I have not met) for the nice words. "[Ll]ke Terry Winters on acid - then pixelated" is great.
dood. sweet review! congrats! :)
Yeah, congratulations of a great show & review!
Thanks. I've never gotten a review quite that positive before. So, thanks for clicking through and reading it.
Hi Tom-
glad you liked the review. They dropped my favorite line without asking (I hate that!) but here is the original:
Twenty years her senior, New Yorker Tom Moody has learned to ditch the extras and simply dish up his committed explorations of the terrain between fine art, cyber-space, and rapid computer obsolescence. Using 20+ year old software, he creates Kandinsky-esque “paintings” that look at first like chalk pastels, but are actually prints. Beyond the admirable salvage operation, the drawings themselves are gorgeous, mysteriously organic, like Terry Winters on acid – then pixillated.
There are a number of video pieces too. The gallery’s display choice, showing them on old Commodore64 monitors and ‘70s-era portable TVs, is great. “OptiDisc,” with its simple, Mod animated concentric discs provides the actual result Ken Noland was always after. Mesmerizing. “Guitar Solo,” again displayed well, packs an iconic wallop with its one small looped image of the artist looking like a tiny Arto Lindsey back in the avant ‘80s East Village. The tinny computerized guitar riff made for a nice accompaniment to the rest of his work. As modest as it is, this show will surely go down on my “best of” list for 2006. Scoring Moody for their opening show was a coup.
Cheers!
Oh, and we did meet, though I'd forgotten too. You were with John Pomara and we saw you briefly in the madness at PS1 last march.
Thanks, Titus.
The Arto Lindsay comparison is nice. I probably had Bill Frisell in mind as well--I remember seeing him in NY around '92 and may have internalized the style.
Dallas is lucky to have you, Paul, and Lauren there.
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The two-person show I'm in in Dallas, with Saskia Jorda, is reviewed in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Thanks to Titus O'Brien, the writer (who I have not met) for the nice words. "[Ll]ke Terry Winters on acid - then pixelated" is great.
- tom moody 2-12-2006 11:11 pm
dood. sweet review! congrats! :)
- marisa 2-13-2006 3:49 am
Yeah, congratulations of a great show & review!
- Thor Johnson (guest) 2-13-2006 6:01 pm
Thanks. I've never gotten a review quite that positive before. So, thanks for clicking through and reading it.
- tom moody 2-14-2006 11:05 pm
Hi Tom- glad you liked the review. They dropped my favorite line without asking (I hate that!) but here is the original:
Twenty years her senior, New Yorker Tom Moody has learned to ditch the extras and simply dish up his committed explorations of the terrain between fine art, cyber-space, and rapid computer obsolescence. Using 20+ year old software, he creates Kandinsky-esque “paintings” that look at first like chalk pastels, but are actually prints. Beyond the admirable salvage operation, the drawings themselves are gorgeous, mysteriously organic, like Terry Winters on acid – then pixillated.
There are a number of video pieces too. The gallery’s display choice, showing them on old Commodore64 monitors and ‘70s-era portable TVs, is great. “OptiDisc,” with its simple, Mod animated concentric discs provides the actual result Ken Noland was always after. Mesmerizing. “Guitar Solo,” again displayed well, packs an iconic wallop with its one small looped image of the artist looking like a tiny Arto Lindsey back in the avant ‘80s East Village. The tinny computerized guitar riff made for a nice accompaniment to the rest of his work. As modest as it is, this show will surely go down on my “best of” list for 2006. Scoring Moody for their opening show was a coup.
Cheers!
Oh, and we did meet, though I'd forgotten too. You were with John Pomara and we saw you briefly in the madness at PS1 last march.
- Titus O. 2-23-2006 3:02 am
Thanks, Titus.
The Arto Lindsay comparison is nice. I probably had Bill Frisell in mind as well--I remember seeing him in NY around '92 and may have internalized the style.
Dallas is lucky to have you, Paul, and Lauren there.
- tom moody 2-23-2006 10:17 pm