{ Y E S }

SNEAK PREVIEW

{ Y E S } by Johnston Newfield

On Display @ The VAV Gallery

August 23rd - September 4th 2010

VERNISSAGE AUGUST 24th @ 18h00

1395 RENÉ LEVESQUE W.

MONTRÉAL, QC

PARADISO

salutations and greetings a meek sleeting owned by police mac-daddy st. holy perilous [genesis 2:3] almanac deLorean sister, post-operative, filipino wrestling gold medal, you can't make me love you. but you can hold my hand and say nice things and leave gracefully when i say go.

pull, press, release.

i kissed your eyes until they bled

teal tears and lack of courage, reflected

while you make sure my head is on -

but then there were only teeth

and your mouth to put them in

but i couldn't see

and i couldn't hear

and i couldn't feel

so, i'll check your pulse now;

pull, press, release.

we're through.

a wide berth.

death comes swiftly on graceful wings when words not spoken engulf and enrage; archangels and saints, temples and turf, we must allow ourselves a wide berth. ask not what it can do for you, but why you cannot do it yourself, man.

simple logistics

simple logistics, algorithms of sexual pleasure, the measure of my solitude;

these are a few of my favourite things.

sunset in mud, rainbow dope bud,

smoked clean and huddled between my thighs,

foreskin foresight, trembling outright,

st. matthew set me right,

through this torpid tantric totem,

flaccid feelings forced free.

milk covers my face

sweaty eyes baby calls glazed

over and over amid the blaze

a film of milk covers my face

mother tells me to change my pace

can't forget those words dying slow

a priest a drug a church hang low.

landscape / body - 3 of 3

polaroid 669 analog slide prints

landscape / body - 2 of 3

polaroid 669 slide prints

landscape / body - 1 of 3

polaroid 669 analog slide prints

{ y e s } - { d e t a i l }

single day installation - detail:

{ y e s }

collage de photo sur le mur

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{ y e s }

single day installation:

{ y e s }

collage de photo sur le mur

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special thanks to:

Photo St. Denis

Alex M.F. Quicho

forwards / sideways

fak qu'on peut aller forwards

super chouette sur mon face

deux mille huit

deux mille dix

monetize-ultra-smooth

and then there was one.

and then there was none.

pseudo post-creationist theory.

four lines

shown in profile

arranged alphabetically.

fag-ual explosion

warning: may be really gay.

all broken up

over this probiotic

fever dream.

ambivalence, bodily

from way back in the day.

displayed at The Michael S. Currier Center Gallery

may/june 2008

i dreamt...

wet surprise,

casting partly cloudy skies

up and down and up and down,

and up.

Etching on B/W Photo Print

2008

piss

look up and this

will manifest its woods

don't try to react, when you could

just piss and piss and piss

color slides.