Culture

We’re headed to Miami, as James says, November 30th to December 4th.

Part one is here.

At Jessica Murray’s group show, a new discovery for me was Ivelisse Jimenez. Here is a detail of one of her wall pieces.

Ivelisse Jimenez, IT1104 (10 con 10 series) [detail], 2005, mixed media, 96 × 60 × 70” (dimensions variable)

The show include Lisa Sigal, who also has a small show worth visiting at Frederieke Taylor.

We visited Andrew Kreps while things were still being set up, but we’re headed back soon to see Roe Ethridge and Adam Putnam. The latter has an amazing installation upstairs.

Julia Friedman has a show of affordable art for your shopping pleasure. James has a photo of Alejandro Diaz making one of the cardboard signs we purchased.

Others to see: Will Ryman at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, and Gelitin’s Tantamounter 24/7 lasts until Wednesday night.

Earlier in the season, I wasn’t feeling so excited by the work I was seeing in Chelsea, except for a few exception like the always-reliable Foxy Production.

Our visits in the last couple of weeks, though, have made me much happier. I’ll put of some highlights tonight, and add a few more in the next day or so.

Larry Mantello’s outrageous installations at Kustera Tilton. We first saw his work in a great installation at Henry Urback in 2003.

Julia Oschatz, Untitled (72-05), 2005, Oil, enamel, acrylic, spray paint on canvas, 21 5/8 × 15 inches

Julia Oschatz’s New York debut show of videos, installation, and paintings at Leslie Tonkonow is one of my favorites of the year. Check out the gallery web site for more images, plus some video excerpts.

James has already written about the Josephine Meckseper show at Elizabeth Dee, so go read him.

Mark Napier’s show Empire, at bitforms, manages to combine interactive computer-based art with a beautiful visual aesthetic that I have rarely seen in the field. You know it’s a good tech-y art show when James is really into it. Visit Mark’s web site for more information on his work.

[All photos except Marge are from the respective gallery sites. Marge was photographed by me.]

I found the Hotel Chelsea blog via BlogChelsea. They have a short interview up now with gallerist Daniel Reich. I hadn’t realized he lived in the hotel. We live on the same block.

Check out Tom Moody’s post on Cory and his distant relative Allan D’Arcangelo.

Cory Arcangel

Allan D’Arcangelo

Eric Doeringer, Bootleg “Damien Hirst” Paintings With The Real Thing

You can use the search box on my site, or on James’s, to see how often we have written about Eric Doeringer. We are big fans.

On Saturday, Mike Weiss called the police on Eric. James has the story. This is my favorite part:

He packed up his work and confronted Mr. Weiss, who admitted he had called the police. He said that he didn’t like “seeing people walking around with tiny paintings,” while he was paying high rent for his gallery and, “trying to sell $30,000 paintings.”

When Doeringer told him he was certainly going to let everyone he knew in the art world hear about what he had done, Weiss said, “If that’s the way you want to play it, I’ll call the police whenever I see you anywhere.”

I think 24th Street needs more of art like Eric’s not less.

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Update

Eric has posted his account on his website.

Another Update

The New York Times published an article on the Eric’s adventure on Saturday.

Der Spiegel has a slideshow of art works from what may be the final exhibit in the Palast der Republik, with commentary on the building.

My previous post on this show and the Palast is here. The above image is mine, not from the slideshow.

While participating in the Affordable Art Fair panel on Saturday (“The Art of Collecting”), I mentioned that art benefits are a good way to start buying works at relatively low prices. I forgot to mention all of the ones I love, so I’m listing them here since I suspect some people at the event will check out bloggy now.

Momenta Art – This one has the most interesting format. You buy a ticket ($175 last year), and you get one work of art. When your number is drawn, you get your choice of the available works that remain. If you’re first, you get your pick of the entire selection — such as a Kiki Smith print.

Dumbo Arts Center – We first discovered a number of artists at their benefits, and the prices are among the lowest of any silent auction benefits. The next one will be Saturday, December 10th, with previews beginning on December 3rd.

White Box – This non-profit never shies away from political and controversial work, and is another good benefit for art at very reasonable prices.

White Columns – This is one of the oldest and best known benefits (and non-profits). The prices have crept up in recent years, so you need a bit more money to participate in this one than you do for the others.

Artists Space – Their “Night of 1,000 Drawings” event, with $5 admission, and prices from $30-50 depending on size, is a great way to take home art at very low prices, and to take a chance on some unknowns.

A number of smaller organizations, such as Groundswell Mural Project also have art benefits, so watch for those too.

I’m sure I’ve left off some others, but this is a start for those looking to get started collecting via benefits. Feel free to add more in the comments.

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Updated

The Kitchen wrote to me to tell me they have a big art benefit coming up on November 16th in their space. It’s not cheap to get in ($150), but the list of works is impressive, including a John Bock collage from 1999.

More updates

The Postcards from the Edge benefit at Visual AIDS is always a good one to attend.

Little Red Schoolhouse has amazing art benefits every year. Go here for information on the one coming up soon in February 2006.

Detail of installation of C-Prints at Oliver Kamm, April 2004

Check out Edward Winkleman’s artist of the week post (done while we were in Berlin) on Joe Ovelman.

For more on Joe, visit his web site, or use the search on this blog and James’s.

[photo by James Wagner]