Art

 

I saw this tonight in DUMBO. It’s part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s show at the Empire Fulton-Ferry State Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park. I have a few more photos on flickr.

Deborah Kass, Parisian, Gertrude Stein, silkscreen ink on paper, 30×30 inches (edition of 60)

 

This is tonight at 7pm at Brooklyn Fire Proof. How can you say no to an event that has Deb Kass and Paddy Johnson in the same room?!

Brooklyn Fire Proof and Ad Hoc Vox are pleased to invite you to Double X Art, a round-table discussion that will take place at the gallery on July 18th at 7:00pm.

For Double X Art, Ad Hoc Vox has brought together a select group of artists, curators, dealers, critics, and guests from related disciplines to address the under-representation of women’s artistic practices. From WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution at MOCA, to the Global Feminisms show at the Brooklyn Museum, to June’s Feminist Art issue of Art in America, the spotlight is on feminist works. Seeking diverse points of view and with no agenda other than to initiate dialogue, Ad Hoc Vox would like to take advantage of this spotlight to facilitate an in-depth conversation about the representation of women in the arts. The discussion’s participants are Phong Bui, Colby Chamberlain, Dana Frankfort, Maureen Gallace, Elizabeth Huey, Paddy Johnson, Deborah Kass, Wendy Olsoff, Danica Phelps, Katy Siegel, Lisa Sigal, and Becky Smith. Colleen Asper will moderate the discussion, which will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.

Organized by Colleen Asper and Jennifer Dudley, Ad Hoc Vox is an ongoing series of discussions and lectures without a fixed location that addresses a wide range of issues in contemporary art.

[The image above, courtesy of Astrea, is the only Deborah Kass work in our collection. We purchased it at an A.R.T. benefit.]

 

two views of:

Mike Cloud
Chicken with Two Stars of David, 2005
oil on linen with toy from children’s game
39.25 × 37.75 × 40 inches

 

This, plus the discovery of the paintings of Mira Dancy in the same exhibition, was my favorite thing from our Chelsea outing yesterday. James has a post on the show.

The latest Brooklyn Rail has an article by James Kalm on the future of art criticism, online art communities, etc. with input from me, James, and PaintersNYC. Check it out, and enjoy the horrific photo of us standing in front of some of our collection plus some top-secret web stats.

I took this last night at Tom Sanford’s studio at his pre-31 Grand re-opening party.

Links:

• Martin’s blog
• Riot’s homepage and more flickr photos

Maybe Lyons Wier Ortt will start a trend. They are moving to Seventh Avenue at 20th Street. It would be lovely to have galleries near places to eat/drink/have a coffee, more like what the burgeoning Lower East Side scene has.

I’m glad the weather is so great today, as there are plenty of group show openings in Chelsea worth a visit:

• Unfathom at Max Protetch
• Solar Set at Foxy Production
• Late Liberties at John Connelly Presents
• Laying Bricks at Wallspace

… plus others at Mixed Greens, D’Amelio Terras, and Frederieke Taylor. Hit ArtCal for all the details.

James and I, however, will be on Ludlow Street for the re-opening of 31 Grand. How could we possibly miss a Barnaby Whitfield painting that has Nicole Eisenman and Tom Sanford (source of image) in it? [Barnaby informs me this won’t be in the show, but it’s too great not to leave in the post.]

 

Barnaby Whitfield, Gold Lion’s Gonna Tell Me Where The Light Is, 2007, pastel on paper, 30 × 40 inches

 

The title of the show, No New Tale to Tell, comes from a Love and Rockets song, so to get in the mood hit the last.fm page for the band and listen to some tunes, or just use the widget below.

I will admit I haven’t seen this work in person yet, but from what I’ve seen online, Exit Art and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts are not the only art spaces worth visiting in the West 30s these days. Despite its name, the Lower East Side Printshop is now located on West 37th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. Here is an installation view and three details by Matthew Day Jackson from the current show (up through August 31).

 

Matthew Day Jackson, Metamorphosis, 2007, aquatint, etching, screenprint, archival inkjet, gold leaf, and hand additions, 73” × 154” overall installation. ed: 16

Matthew Day Jackson, Metamorphosis C, 2007, screenprint on found poster, 18” × 24” image and sheet

Matthew Day Jackson, Metamorphosis E, 2007, intaglio on found map, 19.625” × 27.625” image and sheet

Matthew Day Jackson, Metamorphosis G, 2007, intaglio, archival inkjet, and Flavor-Aid on paper, 28.812” × 21.875” image and sheet

© Matthew Day Jackson, published by the Lower East Side Printshop; Photos: Hiro Ihara

 

The Printshop also has a cool logo:

Related links:

• bloggy
• james wagner

Egon Schiele
The ArtistÂ’s Bedroom in Neulengbach, 1911

 

This show ends July 2nd. We saw it yesterday (after a lovely lunch at Café Sabarsky) and highly recommend it. It’s wonderful to stand in front of paintings of Van Gogh and others in a serene museum setting. My only quibble was the very grouchy bag inspector who barked “you have to check this!” regarding my 12 × 10 × 3 inch bag.

Visit the bad flash website for more information.

[image from the Neue Galerie’s website]