James Kalm is out on a “rough cuts” road trip, wheeling between downtown Brooklyn and the bottom of the Lower East Side, to catch some of the current presentations at these avant venues. Don Doe’s “I’ll Have What They’re Having” is a mash-up of images the artist has curated from Renaissance masters, Sears and Roebuck catalogues, and 1950s softcore erotica. The collaged figurative elements create multilevels of identity, gender, and narrative. In this spontaneous strolling chat, Doe states, “This is about acknowledging the gender interest of our current times.”
Across the Brooklyn Bridge and down to the “lowest of the Lower East Side” your reporter drops in to No Gallery for a gander at Jaxon Demme and “Celestial Cues”. This show is grounded by a pair of large rugged painting on panel that combine numerous medias, approaches and techniques with a kind of “bad girl” attitude. The scruffy abjectness of the paintings and drawings are enhanced by an installation of 72 “concrete butterflies”. A musical introduction is provided by Naga Ecstasy. This program was recorded February 18, and 26, 2023. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk