Throughout history charms and talismans made from natural materials were given spiritual power or were believed to transmit that power to their human owners. Artists in this exhibition make art from once living materials which act as reminders of death and decay and help us to create narratives about the world and our place in [...]
The Chinese artist, Xu Bing, currently has a work on view in the “Dead or Alive” exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design. The acclaimed artist Xu Bing has worked in a variety of media throughout his career. His works are original and creative and often related to materials from the natural world. In [...]
I never met the artist Louise Bourgeois but the stories I heard made me wish I had. Full of life and working up until her final days, I admired her feisty spirit and the love and emotion she poured into her creations. I was introduced to her work with the spider that filled the Turbine [...]
For those of you who are regular readers, you already know that I am a huge fan of the artist Antony Gormley. Well, for his public art installation currently on view in Madison Square Park in Manhattan, he hits it out of the park–pun intended. Though the work was originally created in 2007 for London’s [...]
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Marc Swanson, Untitled (Sitting Buck), 2009,polyurethane foam, crystals, adhesive, 34 x 40 x 50 inches,© the artist, courtesy Richard Gray Gallery, photo by Joe Mama-Nitzberg
REFLECTION: May 6- July 1, 2010
Opening reception: Thursday, May 6, 6 - 8 pm
Nathan Bernstein Gallery is pleased to present Reflection, a group show featuring the [...]
Ursula von Rydingsvard had her first solo show in New York in 1975 after receiving her MFA from Columbia that same year. Her work can be found in the collections of the Met, MoMA, Nelson Atkins Museum, Bloomberg, Storm King, and the Walker Art Center. She is represented by Galerie Lelong in NYC where she [...]
Braving the torrential downpours of the Nor’easter last weekend, I ventured for the day to Philly to catch some shows. “Picasso and the Avant Garde in Paris” is a good show, not a great one but with the limited funds that museums have these days, they did a nice job culling works from their permanent [...]
Curated by Jeff Koons, the controversial exhibition “Skin Fruit,” on view until June 6th, 2010 at the New Museum, is the first exhibition in the US of Athens-based Dakis Joannou Collection made up of 1,500 works by 400 artists. Pulling from one of the best collections of contemporary art in the world might be intimidating [...]
This show, the non-establishment alternative to the Whitney Biennial, organized by Vito Schnabel, and housed in a space on loan from Aby Rosen has some heavy hitters: David Salle, Julian Schnabel, Dan Colen, George Condo mixed in with emerging artists. Some good stuff on view:
Dan Colen’s easily identifiable canvas.
Nicole Stone’s tripartite work has repetition of text on the [...]
With the Armory fast approaching I needed to get out to see some shows since this upcoming week of fairs will monopolize my time.
A sampling of what is on view:
“Flooded McDonald’s” at Peter Blum is an exhibition including three videos: Burning Car (2008), The Financial Crisis (I-IV) (2009) and Flooded McDonald’s (2009) by the Danish [...]