It was a good turnout for an opening in the middle of a glorious fall Sunday in Long Island City, Queens. But then again this is not just some small gallery having an opening, but the impressive Fisher Landau Center for Art with three floors of high ceilinged white walls where it displays wonderful works [...]
The jury is still out as to how I feel about Spencer Finch’s work. I have seen it in Venice at the Biennale, in his studio on a visit, on the High Line and now in an exhibition at Postmasters Gallery which runs through November 28th. Finch explores the themes of color, light, memory and perception [...]
More than 12 large-scale works in color and two rooms full of smaller black and white drawings make up this show of never before seen work at Hauser and Wirth. A comment on the German folk tale of Snow White as well as the Disney version of the story, the imagery includes dwarfs with phallus [...]
“Fourteen contemporary artists have created works about Mary Magdalene for Gallery Met, inspired by the company’s new production of Puccini’s ‘Tosca.’ Conceived and organized by Gallery Met Director Dodie Kazanjian, the exhibition takes its cue from a plot point in the opera. In the first scene of ‘Tosca,’ the painter Mario Cavaradossi is returning to [...]
Zwirner recently announced their representation of the Estate of Dan Flavin and they just opened an exhibition entitled, “Series and Progressions” in their 19th Street gallery. Both ideas are central to the artist’s practice, and the works on view demonstrate this important aspect of his work. Works from 1963, 1967, 1968, 1974, and 1990 can [...]
I’m not sure what I was expecting Bill Viola to look like but I was a little surprised to walk into the room with my fellow MoMA Junior Associates to find a thin, balding gray haired man with a mustache, beard and glasses standing front and center. Had he not referenced Zen Buddhism several times, [...]
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Even if you don’t get the chance to see this show you should check out the artist and his work.Tim Davis spent time in Rome after earning a fellowship there in 2008. It was during this time that he came up with the concept for the series, “The New Antiquity.” When in Rome one is [...]
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For London based Hauser and Wirth’s grand opening of their space in New York they chose to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Allan Kaprow’s “happenings.” Three contemporary artists were invited to interpret some of his most famous works including Environment Yard, the piece on view at Hauser and Wirth’s 69th Street space. The original work was [...]
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John Connelly Presents has very interesting work by the artist Scott Hug on view through October 24th. Hug’s work makes “critical assessments of contemporary consumer culture through a process that dissects our obsessions with public opinion.” Hug presents pie charts in bright colors based on Gallup poll information. He collages these colorful abstracted charts onto [...]
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Haunch of Venison opened eight years ago in London and the NY space is celebrating its first anniversary this month. Their current exhibition, up until October 24th, is a unique one. Lozano-Hemmer is a Mexican artist who now lives in Montreal. He represented Mexico in the 2007 Venice Biennale and this is his first solo [...]