Toying around with some old pics and iMovie
Opening reception:
Thursday, March 8, 6–8PM
Gagosian is pleased to present the first career-spanning exhibition of drawings and works on paper by Cy Twombly, organized in association with the Cy Twombly Foundation.
Looking forward to this one!
Meet Me At Delancey / Essex
March 3rd - 25th, 2018
a group exhibition curated by Jennifer Rizzo
Spoke NYC is pleased to present Meet Me At Delancey / Essex, a group exhibition featuring over 20 artists living and working in the greater NYC area. As the local landscape continuously changes, Spoke Art recognizes the importance for the street, lowbrow, pop surrealism and new contemporary genres to have representation and an outlet to exhibit work within the community. The gallery aims to provide a cornerstone for supporters of these genres and to continue to build a sense of community within the art world in New York City.
Many works are directly inspired by city life, such as Olek’s never before exhibited video from 2010 which documents her guerrilla style installation, crocheting fruit and vegetables that were then added to the produce selection at the historic Essex Street Market. Alternatively, Luke O’Sullivan’s architecturally inspired sculpture depicts imaginary structures and their underground landscape.
About the exhibition, curator Jennifer Rizzo states, “Meet Me At Delancey / Essex is a celebration of community, in every sense of the word - by bringing together both emerging and established artists as well as being a physical hub for creative exchange, my hope is that SPOKE NYC becomes the go to destination for the lowbrow and new contemporary genres.”
Please join us Saturday, March 3rd from 6 - 8pm for the opening reception of Meet Me At Delancey / Essex. Complimentary beverages will be served and some of the artists will be in attendance. For more information, or additional images, please email us at nyc@spoke-art.com.
Participating Artists:
Aaron Li-Hill | Beau Stanton | Bryce Wymer | Buff Monster
Caitlin McCormack | Dennis McNett | Ellis Gallagher
Fumi Mini Nakamura | Cash For Your Warhol | Ian Ferguson
Jeremy Hush | Jim Houser | Jordan Seiler | Justin Hager
Logan Hicks | Luke O'Sullivan | Olek | Scott Albrecht I Sergio Barrale
Swoon Studio I Taylor Schultek
Getting ready for the Patch & Pin Expo coming to NYC April 21st!
At Wall Works in the BX!
Art Doc Trailer: Blurred Lines
A little absurdity is an integral part of the Arts.
Proud to be a part of another great show!
Some stand out pieces from tonite's Valentines Vinyl inspired show. Queen Andrea, Mike "2esae" Baca, Anthony Castro, OWVBICS, Sonni, Dragon76, Al Diaz, Dizmology, Noxer and Icy & Sot
JOSÉ PARLÁ: No Space / Non Place
December 15, 2017 – April 15, 2018 33 West 42nd St.
The Neuberger Museum of Art is pleased to commission José Parlá, a critically acclaimed, multidisciplinary artist working in painting, large-scale murals, photography, video, and sculpture, to create a major new mural for NEU SPACE│42. In his work, layers of paint, gestural drawing, and found ephemera combine to evoke the histories of urban environments.
Excited to be a part of this show, Great line-up and great co-curators.
Meatpacking Art Happenings This Wedensday
Two openings next door to each other in my old stomping grounds.
Skarstedt Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition, Approaching The Figure, a group show featuring work by George Condo, Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Mark Grotjahn, KAWS, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Joan Miró, Thomas Schütte, Rosemarie Trockel, and Rebecca Warren at Skarstedt Upper East Side, 20 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075. This curation of contemporary and modern masters explores the nature of figuration, and examines how artists employ this historical genre. Approaching The Figure embraces both scale and spectacle, juxtaposing the various sculptures in ways that reveal moments of beauty, drama, humor, and humility.
Bear and Policeman from 1988, one of the notorious works from Koons’ provocative Banality series is simultaneously innocent and menacing. Cast in polychrome wood, this 7foot looming sculpture beckons the viewer to reconcile between a fanciful response, and one of disquiet and unease. Reminiscent of the charming and ornate knick-knacks from the 18th century, here Koons challenges preconceived notions for the high and low in a subverted conceptual, and provocative manner. Manipulating the scale of the figures by enlarging the furry bear and dwarfing the policemen, Bear and Policeman conveys a poignant metaphor of art and power, whereby the morality of those involved is continuously tested.
Eric Fischl, known for his masterful figurative paintings, imbues his sculptures with the same piercing sensitivity and raw human emotion. In Ten Breaths: Tumbling Woman II, a bronze sculpture from 2007, we see the female nude frozen mid-fall; its composition rendered all the more poignant for its visceral narrative. It is challenging to separate this sculpture from the dramatic controversy it spawned back in 2002, when Fischl was called upon to un-install a similar piece from Rockefeller Center. Claimed to have caused outrage due to the unhealed wounds of 9/11, the Tumbling Woman sculpture was what Fischl says, his sincere way of bringing people closer to this fragile moment in history and commemorating those who jumped to their death during the terrorist attack. Inspired by sculptors such as Rodin and Giacometti, Fischl strives to capture certain postures of the body, which manifest the “epic struggle between internal forces reacting to external forces.” (Eric Fischl in conversation with Ealan Wingate, ‘Eric Fischl Sculpture’, Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Gagosian Gallery, 1998)
Never publicly displayed before, stands BFF, a new life-size bronze figure by KAWS. The artist’s iconic cast of characters draws us in with their cartoon-y aesthetic and witty disposition. Often with X’d-out eyes, and brightly colored noses, KAWS’ sculptures reflect on the range of human emotions via his signature visual language. Cast in bronze, with painted facial features, BFF adds a notably urban and street perspective to the discourse surrounding sculpture, one that historically was reserved to the highest of levels of academia and practice.
Diversely ranging from the abstracted to the more clearly recognizable forms, Approaching The Figure, inspires viewers to investigate our interactions with the figure; dissecting the artist’s original intent, and thereby reflecting on the space in which the sculptures occupy – both within the contemporary art world, and everyday life.
Important show by one of our favorites.
