Installation view at 210 Gallery
New American Abstraction: 1960-1975, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY
Installation view November 8 – December 20, 2008 Participating artists: Richard Anuszkiewicz, Karl Benjamin, Leon Berkowitz, Ilya Bolotowsky, Hilton Brown, Lawrence Calcagno, Clarence Carter, Francis Celentano, Roy Colmer, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Paul Feeley, Frederick Hammersley, Ward Jackson, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Lyman Kipp, Beatrice Mandelman, Howard Mehring, Rakuko Naito, Ray Parker, Milton Resnick, Max Schnitzler, Vivian Springford, Albert Stadler, Sidney Wolfson, Jack Youngerman
Metro Poles: Art in Action, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
October 27 – December 6, 2008 Metro Poles: Art in Action transforms an artspace into a stage for experimentation and collaboration- a public studio where concepts, artistic processes and performances are exchanged and improvised. A singular installation is developed on-site, over a four-week period, by 7 teams (20 artists) working collaboratively. The process of development and renewal, which offers alternatives to individual production, commodity and competition, will be on view during gallery hours. Collaborating [...]
Yo, Mo’ Modernism… 1, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
October 17 – November 31, 2008 On the occasion of the first Brussels Biennial, CCNOA, in cooperation with Brussels-based artist & curator Tilman and Dutch artist & curator Jan Maarten Voskuil, is pleased to present the exhibition YO, MO’ MODERNISM… as part of the Brussels Biennial Off-Program. The exhibitions will feature the work of 34 artists from Belgium, elsewhere in Europe and abroad who investigate the premises of modernism and question and/or highlight aspects [...]
Scott Malbaurn: Nautical Sun, Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
Scott Malbaurn, Nautical In Acrylic on linen over panel, 11×14 inches November 21 – December 21, 2008
Coming Soon: Interview with Karen Schifano, Visual Discrepancies blog, by Brent Hallard
Karen Schifano, Coming Soon, 2008 Oil on canvas, 37 x 48 inches
Simple: Ross Neher, Michael Brennan & David Row, Gallery 210, Brooklyn, NY
October 11 – December 5, 2008 Gallery Location: 210 24th Street, Brookyn, NY; Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12-6pm.
Pinta: The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Fair, NYC
View of Arevalo Arte’s booth at Pinta This weekend we visited the Pinta Art Fair in NYC, a compelling overview of modern and contemporary Latin American art including more than 50 galleries from North, South and Central America. Highlights included booths by Arevalo Arte (Miami), Alejandra von Hartz Gallery (Miami), Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud (Sao Paolo), Galeria Nara Roesler (Sao Paolo), Durban Segnini (Caracas/Miami), GC Estudio de Arte (Buenos Aires), Sammer Gallery [...]
Sol Lewitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Opened on November 16, 2008 Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective comprises 105 of LeWitt’s large-scale wall drawings, spanning the artist’s career from 1969 to 2007. These occupy nearly an acre of specially built interior walls that have been installed—per LeWitt’s own specifications—over three stories of a historic mill building situated at the heart of MASS MoCA’s campus. The 27,000-square-foot structure, known as Building #7, has been fully restored for the exhibition by Bruner/Cott [...]
Reality Check Interview with Matthew Deleget, by Jackie Battenfield, The Artist’s Guide, October 2008
The Artist’s Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love is a comprehensive handbook that provides the information, tools, and techniques, for developing and sustaining a successful art career. It provides answers to the challenges artists face everyday and includes real-life examples, illustrations, step-by-step exercises, and bulleted lists that allow readers to dive in and begin working immediately. Author Jackie Battenfield maintains her own career as a visual artist and teaches professional [...]
Conversation: Sylvan Lionni and Michael Zahn
The Great Mississippi Valley Flood, 1927 Michael Zahn: Buddy, the new work looks great. Sylvan Lionni: Thanks, buddy. Poly-crystalline solar panels, 2008 MZ: You’ve had reservations about paintings that would simply be seen as images of ephemera. That unease begs a question we’ve each contemplated for most of the time we’ve known one another. What motivates the work? How do you and it both remain engaged? How do these paintings [...]
Four Optic Visionaries: Richard Anuszkiewicz, Tadasuke Kuwayama, Mon Levinson & Sue Fuller, D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York, NY
Tadasky, D-108 [Squared Orange and Yellow], 1966 Acrylic on canvas, 56 1/2 x 56 1/2 inches thru November 15, 2008
Alice Trumbull Mason: Paintings, Drawings & Prints, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
Alice Trumbull Mason, Lines Take Shape, 1942 Oil on masonite, 22 x 28 inches November 6 – December 20, 2008
Fergus Martin, Dublin City Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Fergus Martin, Storm I Acrylic on canvas October 11, 2008 – January 11, 2009
Merger: New Minimal Painting in Dialogue, with Contemporary Furniture Design, Rocket Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Installation view with painting by Richard Schur October 10 – November 22, 2008
Gwenn Thomas: Recent Prints, Art Projects International, New York, NY
Gwenn Thomas, Rosette Etching with sugarlift on BFK Rives paper October 28 – November 21, 2008
Gegenstandlos: 200 Artists from 18 Countries, Gesellschaft fur Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
Installation view October 25 – December 13, 2008
Dirk Rathke: Wall Objects, Gallery Terashita, Tokyo, Japan
November 4-29, 2008
Soledad Arias: Snippets, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
November 8 – December 27, 2008
Douglas Witmer: Today is the Day, New Paintings, M55, Long Island City, NY
November 13 – December 7, 2008
Charlotte Posenenske: Prototypes for Mass Production (1965-67), Peter Freeman Gallery, New York, NY
November 6, 2008 – January 10, 2009
Ron Gorchov: Recent Paintings, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
Ron Gorchov, Serapis, 2008 Oil on canvas, 156 x 156 x 168 inches October 23 – December 6, 2008
John Beech & Edward Albee: Obscure / Reveal, Peter Blum Gallery (Soho), New York, NY
November 6, 2008 – January 10, 2009
Cory Arcangel: Adult Contemporary, Team Gallery, New York, NY
November 14 – December 20, 2008
Heimo Zobernig and the Tate Collection, Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, United Kingdom
Heimo Zobernig, Untitled, 2007 Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100cm October 4, 2008 – January 11, 2009 Also be sure to check out Heimo Zobernig at Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France, October 31 – December 11, 2008
Lee Lozano, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
Lee Lozano, Cram, 1965 Oil on canvas, 78 x 77 inches November 1 – December 20, 2008
Tomma Abts, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
Tomma Abts, Isko, 2008 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 19 x 15 inches October 30 – December 23, 2008
Katja Strunz: Einbruchstellen, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Katja Strunz, Faltentuch, 2008 Steel powder-coated, 200 x 141 x 57cm October 28 – December 6, 2008
BARACK OBAMA: THE FUTURE
Photo: Annie Liebovitz