Jump & Flow: An Interview with Gilbert Hsiao
by Brent Hallard, Visual Discrepancies blog, May 5, 2012
Jump & Flow: An Interview with Gilbert Hsiao, by Brent Hallard, Visual Discrepancies blog, May 5, 2012
Did You See Heaven: SPECTRA, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL
In a conversation with the artist Mary Heilmann at the Art Institute's Modern Wing a while back, she asked "Did you see Heaven?" in reference to her brushy green painting (titled Heaven) then on exhibit. I remember so well the way she mischievously smiled that question. With big eyes. It still makes me smile.
Robert Swain: Color Effect, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
David Richard Gallery is pleased to present, Color Affect, the gallery’s first solo exhibition for painter Robert Swain and inaugural exhibition in its new gallery located in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District.
The Censoring of Reductive Art: Lynne Harlow and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, by Steffen Boddeker, OAXMEX blog, May 6, 2012
When a public institution conducts itself in an unprofessional and unprecedented way that does injustice to artist, curator, partner institutions, and the general public, it is a story that deserves to be known.
Gabriele Evertz Receives Basil H. Alkazzi Award for Excellence in Painting
Gabriele Evertz Receives Basil H. Alkazzi Award for Excellence in Painting
New York Foundation for the Arts, 2012
Epitaphs: Reception, Reading & Book Signing with Sanford Wurmfeld & Gerald Jonas, Friday, May 4, 5-8pm
The paintings and poetry in Epitaphs, created independently by first cousins, came to speak to each other on the page in unexpected ways.
25 Years of Talent, Curated by Michelle Grabner, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
In 1986 David Robbins produced Talent, a photowork comprised of eighteen black-and-white headshots. He invited a coterie of artist friends associated with Gallery Nature Morte and early Metro Pictures to have their portrait taken on 46th Street by a studio photographer, James Kriegsmann. Twenty-five years later, Michelle Grabner brings them back together.
Bauhaus: Art as Life, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
Eugen Batz, The Spatial Effect of Colors and Forms, 1929 May 3 – August 12, 2012 The biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK in over 40 years presents the modern world’s most famous art school. From expressionist beginnings to a pioneering model uniting art and technology, this London exhibition presents the Bauhaus’ utopian vision to change society in the aftermath of the First World War. Bauhaus: Art as Life explores the diverse artistic production that [...]
Hélio Oticia: Penetrables, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Hélio Oticia, Penetrável Filtro (Filter Penetrable), 1972 Mixed media installation 99 x 234 x 318 inches May 5 – June 16, 2012 For the first time in New York, three of the late Brazilian avant-garde artist Hélio Oiticica’s rarely-seen multi-sensorial installations of color: Penetrável PN1 (1960); Penetrável Filtro (1972); and Penetrável PN28 “Nas Quebradas” (1979) will be on view at Galerie Lelong. Oiticica’s invention of the Penetrável (Penetrable) series brought a new dimension to his [...]
Kristin Baker, The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY
ILLUME-MINE, an exhibition of new work by Kristin Baker, investigates the transformative effects of light, expanded expectations of the painted medium, and the artist’s unique process.
Sven Lukin, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY
Gary Snyder Gallery is pleased to announce Sven Lukin, an exhibition of paintings and drawings at 529 West 20th Street. Opening on May 24, 2012, the exhibition is the first since 1978 to present new works by the artist.
Frank Stella: Black, Aluminum, Copper Paintings, L & M Arts, New York, NY
I would like the paintings to be their own justification, so that anything asked of them would be irrelevant. - Frank Stella
Tauba Auerbach: Float, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
San Francisco-born, New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach has described her work as an attempt to reveal “new spectral and dimensional richness…both within and beyond the limits of perception.”
Brice Marden: New Paintings, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Brice Marden: New Paintings will be on view at the Matthew Marks Gallery at 502 West 22nd Street and 526 West 22nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues), from April 21st through June 23rd, 2012.
Lucio Fontana: Ambienti Spaziali, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Gagosian Gallery is pleased to announce a major and unprecedented survey of the work of Lucio Fontana. Six of his groundbreaking environments, known as Ambienti Spaziali, have been faithfully reconstructed, providing a completely new perspective for the rich and varied retrospective of more than one hundred major works that surrounds them.
Ellsworth Kelly, Marian Goodman, Paris, France
This will be Kelly’s first show of paintings in Paris in 20 years, since his 1992 exhibition at the Galeries Nationales du Jeu de Paume which surveyed the early works he made while living in Paris from 1948-54.
Lynne Harlow: Tangerine, Old Stone Bank, Providence, RI
Cade Tompkins Projects is pleased to present a site-specific, commissioned sound and light performance work by Lynne Harlow.
Lynne Harlow: rhythm..distance, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI
Cade Tompkins Projects is pleased to present an exhibition of recent work created by Lynne Harlow. The exhibit introduces work that bridges the gap between printmaking, painting, installation and sculpture.
Debra Ramsay: Desire Lines, Blank Space, New York, NY
BLANK SPACE is pleased to present Desire Lines, the second solo exhibition by Debra Ramsay with the gallery. Ramsay locates the foundation of her work in “primitive mathematics and spatial relationships.
Sonic Network No. 9, White Box, New York, NY
White Box is pleased to present the collaborative project between John Aslanidis and Berlin-based sound artist, Brian May: Sonic Network no.9. Akin to their first collaboration in 2006, May has composed a generative sound piece to be played for the duration of the exhibition in conjunction with Aslanidis’ painting, Sonic Network no.9.
Mamie Holst: Secrets of the Universe, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Mamie Holst distances her subject matter with the use of a limited palette of black, white, and gray. This helps the paintings close down on notions of illustration and, as well, expand out into diagrams.
Grid List, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
Allegra LaViola Gallery is pleased to present Grid List, curated by Patrick Morrissey and Mark Sengbusch. Grid List presents 16 artists, 13 working in geometric abstraction, and three working quite “gridless”. Their conceptual fodder ranges from sports to math and science to film, graphic design and video.
MINUS SPACE en Oaxaca: Panorama de 31 artistas internacionales, Multiple Cultural Venues, Oaxaca, Mexico
Organized by artists Matthew Deleget (New York) and Emi Winter (Oaxaca), the exhibition MINUS SPACE en Oaxaca: Panorama de 31 artistas internacionales features 31 reductive artists from around the world associated with MINUS SPACE in Brooklyn, New York.
Sam Moyer: Slack Tide, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Rachel Uffner Gallery is pleased to present a show of new work by Sam Moyer. For her second solo show at the gallery, Moyer will exhibit pieces that continue her examination of the liminal space between the two- and three-dimensional, albeit in a larger, more imposing scale than her work has explored before.
Patrick Wilson: Color Space, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY
The meticulous nature of Wilson’s work as a whole, combined with his very personal use of color and surprising structural relationships, garners the imagination of the viewer and rewards those who are willing to slow down and look.
Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein marks the first comprehensive survey of Donald Moffett’s investigations into art history, paint, and form, providing insight into the breadth and range of his practice over the past twenty years.
Davis Rhodes: Untitled ’12, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Rhodes’ work carries strong reference to post-painterly and hard-edge abstraction in addition to the deep influence of pop appropriation spanning from commercial signage to the guerilla tactics of amateur street advertising. As with his previous bodies of work, Rhodes channels the aesthetic practices of public visual economy into his abstractions.
Max Gimblett: The Holy Grail, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY
Gary Snyder Gallery is pleased to announce Max Gimblett: The Holy Grail, an exhibition of paintings and drawings at 529 West 20th Street. Opening on March 1, 2012, the exhibition is Gimblett’s first in a New York gallery since 2005.
Robert Morris, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany
Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are pleased to present the second solo exhibition by Robert Morris in Berlin. The American artist is displaying a selection of space-related works which offer an historical overview of his involvement with sculpture.
Spencer Finch: Ex Nihilo, Lisson Gallery, England
Exploring the process of making something from nothing, Finch presents a series of works, across a broad range of media, inspired specifically by the actuality of his studio. At the core of Finch’s practice is his on-going investigation into the nature of light, colour, memory and perception: he uses scientific method to poetic effect, examining the mechanics and mystery of perception.
Artist Talk: Carrie Pollack: Source Material, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
Please join us on the final day of Carrie Pollack's exhibition Witness for an hour-long conversation with the artist in which she will discuss the source materials for her recent work and greater studio practice.
Tops, Open Space, presented by President Clinton Projects, Long Island City, NY
President Clinton Projects is pleased to present "Tops," featuring new work by 15 artists based in New York, Chicago and Baltimore. All included work will be displayed on tables.
Treasure Maps: Nate Either & Julie Shapiro, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
Lenore Gray Gallery presents an exhibition of work by artists Nate Ethier and Julie Shapiro.
Bob Bonies: Formeel 2012, Museum Waterland, Purmerend, Netherlands
Museum Waterland in Purmerend, The Netherlands, presents an exhibition of paintings by Bob Bonies.
