Hold the line

KAWS' second solo exhibition at Honor Fraser Gallery in LA.
Hold the Line opens Sept 10th-Oct 22, 2011. Just love his work. Wish I was in LA to see this!

Haunch of Venison

Haunch of Venison is delighted to present ‘Boundaries Obscured’ from 23 September to 5 November 2011, a group exhibition that will mark the gallery’s inaugural exhibition in its new Chelsea location at 550 West 21st Street. The show will feature new works by artists including Ahmed Alsoudani, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Kevin Francis Gray, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Jitish Kallat, Patricia Piccinini, Peter Saul, Eve Sussman and Simon Lee, Gunther Uecker and Joana Vasconcelos. Several of the aforementioned artists will also have solo shows in the new space over the next year.

Sept 23-Nov 25, 2011
550 W21st Street, NYC

Art Hamptons

Art Hamptons

Through July 12, 2010

Art Hamptons
Sayre Park
154 Snake Hollow Rd
Bridgehampton, NY 11932

Art Hamptons returns, now in its 3rd successful year. The art fair features post-war and contemporary art presented by a renowned lineup of international galleries and includes all mediums of art from paintings, works on paper and printed editions to photography, art glass, ceramics and sculpture. In conjunction with the fair, The First Annual Worldwide Art Collectors' Conference, will be led by Benjamin Genocchio –Editor-in-Chief and VP of Editorial at Art & Auction and former Art Critic for the New York Times.

Drawings

William Powhida

Brooklyn, NY, based William Powhida satirizes the art world from the perspective of an insider. He is blatant about dichotomies in society, and the contribution of celebrity worship. Powhida's work supports the belief that Pop culture and the avant-garde have melded.

In this detail from "ABMB Hooverville" (printed in The New York Times), he compares Art Basel Miami Beach, to a Hooverville. It was exhibited at Pulse Art, Miami, a satellite to the destination art fair.

Dan Perjovschi

Dan Perjovschi, Postcards from the World is at Lombard-Freid Projects through February 20th.

Perjovschi captures a multitude of expression with a minimum of line. He sums up poignant social and political commentaries into humorous cartoon-like sketches. Born in an autocratic Romania, now a renowned artist on the international circuit, these postcard sized drawings arranged in grids, are a narrative of his travels.

William Kentridge

Master draftsman William Kentridge uses alter egos Felix Teitlebaum and Soho Eckstein to explore issues of post-apartheid politics in his native South Africa. In this film, the reworking and erasure of charcoal drawings is documented with stop animation. While the characters survey and re-chart abused land, Kentridge defines a figurative role for the artist in society, that of healer.

How to Blow yourself Up

CH:The title could be interpreted as how to gain fame, which people who blow themselves up in fact do accomplish. Was this double entendre made on purpose from the outset?
WK:
That’s a bit off the concept, a consequential accomplishment on their part... Funny, the double entendre is also consequential. There is a great deal left open for interpretation but this was really about getting into the heads of various individuals who may not usually or stereotypically attach [themselves] to such acts but who are equally desirous of controlling destiny. Isn’t death our ultimate destiny, therefore calculating the time and place gives [us] that power of control over fate

CH:Did you do a lot of research into making real bombs and their mechanical makeup to make your pieces as true to life as possible? 

WK:Just a bit of common sense. If you can connect a circuit you can build a bomb. So I guess a past talent for stripping motorcycles and rebuilding engines qualifies me to be a sort of bomb maker.

CH:
For those who don't share beliefs in the end-of-the-world theories, how can they still connect with the show?
WK:I think every human being has dedicated at least an instant of thought to addressing his/her self worth or purpose or effect on humanity, so that is really the common thought behind this concept.



CH:You've worked on such diverse projects from street art to merchandise. How was your approach different for the works in this exhibit? WK:My approach to gallery and street work is basically the same in terms of conveying my thoughts and my opinions, then observing the metamorphosis of the concept through the opinions/interpretations of others. One body of work leads to another, then you realize that you are continually building an infinite number of links from past projects, developing and refining ideas. 

Interview from Coolhunting.com

WK Interact: How to Blow Yourself Up, showing at Subliminal Projects Gallery, LA CA Nov7-Dec5th, 2009.

Untitled

Recently saw a really funny movie called UNTITLED, a satire about the Contemporary art scene in Chelsea. Playing at the Angelika, NYC.