The plan is to get a little spectacular and ridiculous with Nick riding the 30 mile course around Manhattan on a PK Ripper BMX, but he may chicken out.

600 sq. ft. Art Studio for Rent as a share for 4 artists: No Deposit, ALL Utilities Included

Part of an open 600 sq. ft. studio in the Neumann Leathers factory complex in Hoboken, less than 1 mile from the PATH station. Window that can be opened. Florescent lighting with switch and track lighting with switch. 10 ft. ceiling. The main space is a private space, with a locking steel double-door and walls to the ceiling on all sides, within the 600 sq. ft. open space, 4 artists will be sharing. Numerous grounded electrical sockets. Fluorescent Tube light fixtures and incandescent/CF track lights. Good natural light with eastern exposure. Bathroom down the hall. 24 hour access. Very large freight elevator about 50 feet away. This studio is situated with a group of other art studios managed by our company. Free wifi and all utilities are included.

$275.00 per 1/4 of the space per month (any individual may rent two or more 1/4 of the space)

At this time the studio shares will be leased on a month-to-month basis with no security deposit.

Work only. This is not a live/work space. The building is I-2 zoned.

This studio is the first of many more scheduled for construction this year. We hope to have new music rehearsal spaces soon, but this current new listing is for fine artists or commercial creatives only. The space is work only, as all of our spaces are. Wifi internet is provided free of charge.

Available (Almost) Immediately:

600 sq. ft. Art Studio.

Window that can be opened. Florescent lighting with switch and track lighting with switch. 10 ft. ceiling. Private space, with a locking steel double-door and walls to the ceiling on all sides. Numerous grounded electrical sockets. Fluorescent Tube light fixtures and incandescent/CF track lights. Very good natural light with eastern exposure. Bathroom down the hall. 24 hour access, noisy tools and a loud stereo are A-OK! Large freight elevator nearby. This studio is situated with a group of other art studios managed by our company. Free wifi and all utilities are included. Perfect for one ambitious artist, or a collaborative pair or group.

$875.00 per month (or $900.00 per month if shared by two or more artists)

At this time we continue to provide studios on a month-to-month basis with no security deposit.

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This space is being offered as a full 600 sq. ft. studio, however, it could also be split into a pair of smaller spaces if we get feedback from people looking for smaller spaces. For this room we could build out a 360 sq. ft. space and another space at 250 sq. ft..

Congratulations to our new tenants as they begin to make use of their new spaces.

Willow Avenue Studios:

We are happy to announce the completion of five new art studio spaces at the Neumann Leathers factory building in Hoboken, New Jersey. The new spaces are for fine artists, designers, and other creative professionals. We have one space remaining, and another currently occupied space will become available October 1, 2011.

20′ x 16′ @ 300 sq. ft.  two windows. $450.00 per month.
12′ x 20′ 6″ @ 250 sq. ft. one window, with ability to install a second  $375.00.
20′ x 13′ @ 270 sq. ft.  one window, with ability to install a second  $425.00
20′ x 13′ @ 270 sq. ft. one window, with ability to install a second  $425.00
20′ x 18′ @ 370 sq. ft.  one window, with ability to install a second  $550.00

About the Studios:

The studios are located on the 3rd floor of the Newman Leather Building; a few blocks of the PATH train station in Hoboken and a few blocks from the Holland Tunnel by car.
The available space is a section of a larger space that is divided into individual studios on the 3rd Floor of the Neumann Building. The studio is secured with a large steel door. All walls are sheetrock with a brick wall and window. The ceiling height for all studio spaces is 10 ft. Floors are wood. An operational sprinkler system is in place, and the enclosing space in the warehouse has an exterior fire escape and internal stairwell nearby. A very large freight elevator and shared bathroom are in close proximity to the big room. The bathroom is regularly cleaned by a professional cleaning service. The building is open 24 hours, and a security guard is on duty from about 4 PM until 8 AM.

Art studios on the 3rd floor are monitored by automatic cameras for added security. Internet is available via a shared wifi connection. The neighborhood is very safe. There are plenty of good places to eat and hang out within a few minutes walk from the building. Parking for tenants is in a lot on the property, which is enclosed by a fence. There is no fee for tenant parking.
Spaces are intended for designers, painters, and sculptors. High voltage power is available, but additional fees for installation and heavy energy use will apply. All studios have florescent that can be turned on and off.

If a studio is rented by more than one individual, an additional fee will apply.

Heat, electrical, and trash service is included.

This is the sculpture formerly known as Plaster Neumann now retitled as Plaster Neumann: Cursed Object. I have been interested in making a cursed or haunted object for quite some time, but I could never figure it out. I thought I had a chair that would right itself late at night each time I violently kicked it over, but it failed to reset more often than not, so there must have been some normal explanation, unfortunately.

Ater the chair was debunked, and the proposal for an exhibition of haunted objects stalled, I added the concept to that very long list in my head where I keep this kind of stuff. Maybe now it is time to revisit this idea, who knows.

The Plaster Neumann has a pretty strange history, so here goes. The first detail is that the core of the object is an artifact from the Neumann Leather factory in Hoboken. The object was then fixed to a jigger machine/mold to create the cylinder that encases it. The casing is mostly hydrocal with a float layer of plaster on the face. It is pretty tough and can be rolled around. The sculpture was present for the unfortunate event that you can read about in Epic Fail when somebody killed himself about 10 feet away from the Plaster Neumann. After that, the Neumann was packed up and moved to storage on the ground floor in another studio that I was renting for about a year. Almost as soon as it was moved down there, the space flooded from a cracked water main. After that the object got moved back up to my 3rd floor space and sat quietly until last month. I needed better documentation of Plaster Neumann, so I got it back into the shop to seal it and patch up the cracks and manage the water damage. I left town for the holidays, and upon my return, water again, this time a few hundred gallons poured directly on the sculpture the Wednesday before New Years Day. Nobody was in the building and the water destroyed artwork and antiques on 4 floors of the building. Once again, the Plaster Neumann looks like hell, which at this point I have decided must be the default state. Yesterday, once I had it set up for new photos, water started leaking from above right onto my camera bag.

The solution I am attempting is to use a sort of counter curse to quell the uneasy sculpture. I figure that if I can name the sculpture’s curse, I can contain the curse. If the object is dry or draws water to it, I can provide water with the hieroglyph for water and hopefully reduce the damage to the studio.

I want to take this moment to just write about Rock and Roll. I can’t play guitar. I stink at it. I can’t even learn it properly. Dave Hickey writes in Air Guitar about how Rock and Roll is just getting together to, “just play this fuckin’ song, man,” or something like that. I am paraphrasing. The point is, Rock and Roll is where I want to be in all of my work. I want to be the kid in Andre Rublev who casts the bell. I just want to pull it off.

I have neighbors in my building who are not Rock and Roll. They told me Rock and Roll disturbs them when they are applying gold leaf to antiques. I can’t imagine something worse. To hell with antiques. Gold leaf is only good for R/C Cars. I will take you to task, antique dealers. I remember when I lived in Columbus and Rollins was a guest DJ on the local Alt-pop station for two hours. People called in asking for “nice music.” He said, “I am playing Rock and Roll.” I will never forget it. They couldn’t even handle Rock and Roll for two hours! Just get together and play the fuckin’ song.

Here is the print I have donated to the Art for Haiti NYC charity auction for Doctors Without Borders.

http://www.artforhaitinyc.com/site/

Nick De Pirro

White Strike (Levering and Garrigues)
2009
24″ x 36″
Monotype on Eary 19th-Century Blueprint

This was one of the prints that was made during the Bantam Mechanics session a few months back. The substrate is an early 20th Century blueprint for the Hoboken dockyards. It is part of the series (and really the only current work to speak of) dealing with redaction and destruction of documents.

In light of the current situation in Haiti, we are organizing an auction to benefit Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres/MSF) to support their current work in Haiti. The auction will be held on Wednesday February 10 at 7:30 PM, with previews Tuesday and Wednesday.

601 West 26th Street (@ 11th Ave.)
8th floor
New York, NY 10001

The money will go directly to Doctors Without Borders via their web site as a direct donation.

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate/haiti-share.cfm

We are currently looking for more artists and galleries to participate. If you think you can help in any way, please contact us at info@artforhaitiny.com