Go Figure, Curated by Eddie Martinez, 6 October – 13 November, 2011 Dodge Gallery, New York People say “painting is dead” and within that figure painting is mummified. Since painting began, we have used the figure to let people after us know that we existed before them. This is clear when we look at cave paintings… Continue reading “Looking at where figurative painting is today, there is more room for creativity and imagination.”
Category: Art
Benjamin Valenza
Benjamin Valenza at Salon 94 Freemans, New York, 2009 and Residue 01, 2011 Art Since the Summer of ’69 is proud to present Twice upon a Time, Benjamin Valenza’s first solo show in New York City. A large L- shaped yellow metal plate, deeply corroded by acid at four points, performs as an abstract panther in the show, or… Continue reading Benjamin Valenza
Matthew Day Jackson, The Tomb, 2010
Matthew Day Jackson, The Tomb, 2010 The Tomb, a large-scale work derived from the Tomb of Philippe Pot. Attributed to Antoine LeMoiturier, in the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Tomb of Philippe Pot is considered one of the masterpieces of the Burgundian style of the late 15th century. Jackson replaces the eight hooded monks who carry Pot’s… Continue reading Matthew Day Jackson, The Tomb, 2010
Mark DeLong
Mark DeLong, Untitled, 2011 Mark DeLong, born 1978 in New Brunswick, is a self taught artist working in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, sculpture and video. His work has been displayed at Colette, Paris; Bee Studios, Tokyo; Spencer-Brownstone Gallery, New York; Abel Neue Kunst Gallery, Berlin; Perugi Art Contemporenea, Padova, Italy; Museum Of… Continue reading Mark DeLong
Dan Colen
Dan Colen, No Sex No War No Me, 2011 and Rama Lama Ding Dong, 2006 Dan Colen was born in New Jersey in 1979. Exhibitions include the 2006 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2006); “USA Today,” Royal Academy, London (2006); “Defamation of Character,” PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New… Continue reading Dan Colen
Paul Berger
Paul Berger, Whimac 1, 1994 and 750s-mc, 1999 Paul Berger have been working in the photographic medium since 1965, and in digital electronic media since 1981. He earned a BA degree in Art at UCLA in 1970, studying with Robert Heinecken and Robert Fichter. Berger completed MFA graduate work at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New… Continue reading Paul Berger
Nan Goldin, Scopophilia, 2011
Nan Goldin, Scopophilia, 2011 Scopophilia, which consists of over 400 photographs culled from Goldin’s career, pairs her own autobiographical images with new photographs of paintings and sculpture from the Louvre’s collection. Organized around themes of love and desire, Scopophilia, which means “the love of looking,” reflects on Goldin’s intensely personal photographs, as well as the unique permission given… Continue reading Nan Goldin, Scopophilia, 2011
Taryn Simon
Taryn Simon, From the Series, Contraband, 2010 Shot over five days for the book and exhibition, “Contraband” — of items detained or seized from passengers or express mail entering the United States from abroad at the New York airport. The miscellany of prohibited objects — from the everyday to the illegal to the just plain odd —… Continue reading Taryn Simon
2000: David Askevold
David Askevold, Harbour Ghosts, HFX (detail), 1999 and Tourists Veiwing Pilescape, Inkjet on Canvas, 2000 David Askevold (30 March 1940 – 23 January 2008) was an experimental Canadian artist who lived in Nova Scotia. Askevold studied art and anthropology at the University of Montana. In 1963, he won a Max Beckmann Scholarship to study painting… Continue reading 2000: David Askevold
Dance Theatre, 3D Cinema; Pina
Pina, 2011, Dir. Wim Wenders, 104 mins Philippina “Pina” Bausch (1940 – 2009) was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director. With her unique style, a blend of movements, sounds and prominent stage sets, and with her elaborate cooperation with performers during the composition of a piece (a style now… Continue reading Dance Theatre, 3D Cinema; Pina
Valerio Spada, Gomorrah Girl
Valerio Spada, From the Book, Gomorrah Girl, 2011 Valerio Spada’s self-published photo book Gomorrah Girl, the grand prize winner of 4th annual Blurb Photography Book Now Competition. The book explores the murder of Naples resident Annalisa Durante, a young woman caught in the crossfire of violence in “the land of Camorrah,” (the name for the Mafia… Continue reading Valerio Spada, Gomorrah Girl
Egill Sæbjörnsson
Egill Sæbjörnsson in collaboration with Karolin Tampere, Installation view, 2008 Egill Sæbjörnsson (born 1973, Reykjavik / IS) graduated from the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts (now the Icelandic Academy of the Arts) in 1997 and studied at the University of Paris, St.Denis, from 1995 to 1996. Since 1999 he shares his time between Reykjavík and… Continue reading Egill Sæbjörnsson
Standard (Oslo) Gallery
Fredrik Værslev, Untitled, 2010. Spray paint, house paint and white spirit on canvas /wooden stretcher STANDARD (OSLO) Gallery was established in April 2005. Based in Oslo the gallery aims at promoting contemporary Norwegian artists in the international field, as well as introducing international artists to the Norwegian audience. Gallery artists have been included in a number of internationally… Continue reading Standard (Oslo) Gallery
Exhibition: Lygia Pape, Magnetized Space
Lygia Pape, Magnetized Space, 7 December 2011 – 19 February 2012 Serpentine Gallery, London Pape was a founding member of the Neo-Concrete movement, which was dedicated to the inclusion of art into everyday life. Pape’s early work developed out of an interest in European abstraction, however she and her contemporaries went beyond simply adopting an international… Continue reading Exhibition: Lygia Pape, Magnetized Space
“There is a dialogue to be had about sex. All the information out there, whether it’s about sex parties, Internet sex, or pornography, is overwhelming. There is a real need for an edited voice.”
Classy pervs, rejoice: The coffee-table sex magazine Richardson is back from the dead. British fashion stylist Andrew Richardson (no relation to the similarly licentious photographer Terry) put out three glossy issues featuring porn stars and pontification between 1998 and 2002 before going on hiatus amid the post-9/11 economic downturn. In the years since, Richardson refined his… Continue reading “There is a dialogue to be had about sex. All the information out there, whether it’s about sex parties, Internet sex, or pornography, is overwhelming. There is a real need for an edited voice.”
Shahryar Nashat
Shahryar Nashat, Dowscaled Upscaled 1, 2011 A stout cavalier straddles a parade horse, his head bowed slightly to survey his troops in promenade. In the fresco he created for Florence Cathedral, Paolo Uccello painted Sir John Hawkwood and his horse in one-point perspective, on the same level with the viewer, but depicted the cenotaph on… Continue reading Shahryar Nashat
Sculpture: John Kleckner and Patrick Tuttofuoco, Those Ghosts, 2011
John Kleckner and Patrick Tuttofuoco, Those Ghosts, 2011 The works in this exhibition are about human figures dissipating into voids, into abstractions, and shape-shifting into solid structures. Transformation, transcendence, and transience are the core concepts fixed into 2- and 3-dimensional material permanence in each of the exhibited artworks. In his newest works one can see John… Continue reading Sculpture: John Kleckner and Patrick Tuttofuoco, Those Ghosts, 2011
Ditte Haarløv Johnsen, Maputo Diary
Ditte Haarløv Johnsen, Maputo Diary, 2000-2009 Mozambique gained its independence in 1975. It was ruled by the socialist Frelimo Party. My parents decidedto relocate to help the government rebuild the country. We arrived in Maputo on the 11 of January 1982. I was five years old. In 2000, I spent another summer in Maputo. This time… Continue reading Ditte Haarløv Johnsen, Maputo Diary
Eddie Peake, Transexual, 2011
Eddie Peake, Transexual, 2011 The flesh-coloured walls of the young London-based artist’s room-within-a-room were plastered smooth. In the middle stood a lumpen beige sculpture, There is No Such Thing as an Equivalent (all works 2011): slightly phallic and bulbous – with wonky lumps and bumps, like an ill-formed Barbara Hepworth – its colour mimicked that… Continue reading Eddie Peake, Transexual, 2011
Iman Issa
Triptych #6, 2009. Photographs, Text, Dimensions Variable Issa’s Triptych series (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6) from 2009, is a group of six beautiful wall installations comprised of photography, video objects and texts. They are images of places she collected in New York and restaged; settings that occurred through a personal psychological process in order… Continue reading Iman Issa