We’ve been following his work for a while. His latest work, on view at Pavel Zoubok, is a beautiful evolution of his painting / paper / sculpture work we have seen in the past.
Other highlights today in Chelsea:
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Chelsea Now is doing some good art coverage. This week has an interview with Richard Desroche of CRG Gallery.
Tyler Green has a beautiful essay on his love of art and his mother.
I just received a press release from them (at ArtCal) announcing that their store at Broadway and Driggs in South Williamsburg has been converted to an art space, with the first exhibition opening on February 23rd. The show includes video artist Kate Gilmore.
Brooklyn Industries, an artist-owned design and apparel company, will open its first permanent contemporary art exhibition space, Brooklyn Industries Contemporary Art, with the exhibition Out of the Loop. The exhibition will feature video work by Vahap Avsar, Selim Birsel, Lexy Funk, Kate Gilmore, Noritoshi Hirakawa, and Nasan Tur.
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James and I visited this exhibition of BFA students’ art at the SVA’s 26th Street gallery on Saturday. My favorite pieces in the show were in the project room with print-related work curated by Gunars Prande, especially those by Matt Lifson and Lauren Baez.
Matt Lifson, Boy and Head, 2006
Silkscreen on paper
22 × 15 inches
Matt Lifson, Old on Boy, 2007
Silkscreen on paper
20 × 17 inches
Lauren Baez’s work consisted of arrangement of small silkscreen and collage works organized with titles for each section of month titles, going from September to January. Here is an example:
And here are some detail shots from various months:
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I rarely make it to midtown, and the excuse last week was a visit to the dentist. I’m certainly glad I did visit a couple of shows. First, the Donald Judd/Joseph Albers show at Pace Wildenstein is the kind of show I would expect from one of our city’s museums, but it seems galleries like Pace, Cheim and Read (with the Soutine show), and even auction houses seem more likely to present them.
installation view at Pace Wildenstein
When the elevator doors opened on the gallery, I actually gasped slightly. It’s that beautiful, feeling a bit like a temple. The contrast with the large windows viewing a busy 57th Street is quite wonderful.
The other show I saw was “The Nightly News” at Luxe Gallery. It is curated by Kathleen Goncharov (whom I met at a Momenta benefit last year) and Stephan Stoyanov. Any show that includes Robert Boyd and Jackie Salloum would attract me, but the new discovery for me was the work of a Turkish artist, Ahmet Öğüt. He was represented by a set of videos, including “Cut it Out”, in which a young man dressed in American flag pants tries to recreate a hostage video in Iraq or Afghanistan, but keeps messing up and laughing. Keep your eye on Mr. Öğüt.
Ahmet Öğüt, Cut it Out, 2004, DVD
There was a surreal moment as I turned to leave Luxe Gallery. With the music from Robert Boyd’s video on the subject of suicide cults playing in the backround, I spotted a sheet of paper from a notepad on the floor, shaped like a yellow star.
[image of Judd/Alberts from the Pace Wildenstein website; “Cut it Out” from the artist’s website]
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Now their art blog has video too!
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Moti Hasson has a great new ground floor space in Chelsea, with an excellent group show, titled “Beyond the Pale”, as its inaugural exhibition. Now I see Moti’s smiling face on the cover of Chelsea Now. I like the fact that he started as a collector and decided to run a gallery, sort of what I could imagine us doing if we didn’t have to worry about New York real estate prices.
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Friday night the 16th, we will be at the opening of 31 Grand, newly relocated to 29th Street. The first exhibition, titled “No New Tale To Tell”, is described thusly:
inspired by the Love and Rockets song and our deep love of the narrative, this group show features a selection of our familiar artists, past and present, as well as some new discoveries. Please join us in celebrating these artists and our new location. Artists: Karen Heagle, Alessandra Exposito, Fanny Bostrom, Mike Cockrill, Jon Elliott, Rachel Frank, Helen Garber, Lauren Gibbes, Magalie Guerin, Jason Clay Lewis, Francesca Lo Russo, Christa Parravani, Tom Sanford, Adam Stennett, and Barnaby Whitfield
Update
The opening has been postponed. I don’t have more details, but it’s probably moving-in difficulties, etc.
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Art benefits are always a good bet for finding new art to buy. We have discovered a number of artists that way. On January 30, CUE Art Foundation is having a cocktail party plus silent and live art auctions. Tickets are $75 each. Even if you don’t buy any art, the list of food and wine supporters
Moët & Chandon Champagne, Xellent Swiss Vodka, It’s Your Event, Inc. Distinctive Caterer and Windsor Vineyards
sounds like a good reason to go!
Go here to see the live auction works, and here for the silent auction works.
Live auction artists include: Polly Apfelbaum, Christopher Brown, Cameron Martin, Bruce Nauman, Thomas Nozkowski, Catherine Opie, Gary Panter, Susan Rothenberg, Kiki Smith, Art Spiegelman, Trevor Winkfield
Silent auction artists include: Richard Allen Morris, Stephen Andrews, Thomas Ashcraft. Lee Baxter Davis, Sue Chenoweth, Mike Childs, Ian Cooper, Veronica De Jesus, Josh Dorman, Anthony Dubovsky, Tina Girouard, Juan Gomez, Valerie Hammond, James Hayward, Karl Jensen, Aristides Logothetis, Mara Lonner, Gary Monroe, Brian Moss, Cheol Yu Kim, Jeff Schlanger, George Schneeman, David Storey, Augusta Talbot
For the Paul Auster fans (which includes me), there is also this in the live auction: lunch for two with novelists Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt at Tocqueville restaurant, hosted by poet William Corbett.
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The developers, and the so-called art world, are the new conquistadors.
Filip Noterdaeme of the Homeless Museum alerted us to a screening tonight at Anthology Film Archives that sounds great. His description included “the movie loosely revolves around the art scene as if captured by a younger (and perhaps gayer) Godard…” We are already scheduled for something else, unfortunately, or we would be there. Here is the trailer:
L’eau De Vie
Un Film De Jean Luc Godard
8pm | Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Anthology Film Archives | 32 2nd Avenue
free
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