When in Rome

Tamara de Lempicka's exhibition in Piazza Venezia in Rome is a must see. De Lempicka's art Deco paintings are sensual, glamorous and super provocative.

 

Tamara de Lempicka on view at the Vittoriano complex in Rome (Via Di San Pietro In Carcere) 
90 paintings, 30 drawings, 50 photographs and 2 short films. Rome, Italy.

 

Sprung

Joshua Liner Gallery presents Oliver Vernon. April 12 to May 7, 2011

Big fan of Oliver's work.

Supakitch and Koralie

SUPAKITCH & KORALIE - VÄRLDSKULTUR MUSEET GÖTEBORG

What is beauty?

Stichbury’s subjects possess an unearthly, distorted countenance—their visages are devoid of life and instead exude a chilling sterility and distance that echoes the airbrushed simulation and uncanny perfection prized in postmodern conceptions of beauty. These portraits do not depict individuals, rather archetypal personas; his subjects are culled from contemporary media and pop-cultural imagery, spanning vernacular sources such as glossy fashion magazines, advertising campaigns, yearbooks and online fashion model go-sees. These highly-stylized portraits represent anthropomorphic façades that are as much elusive enigmas, ones that mirror the very fabrication thatoccurs when creating an idealized virtual identity within such social environments like Facebook, Second Life, and Chat Roulette.

Peter Stichbury showing at Tracy Williams LTD. through Oct 30th.

Olav Christopher Jenssen

Additional info on OCJ go to Tracy Williams LTD

RETNA

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Big Picture at Priska C. Juschka

Big Picture

Through August 6, 2010

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
547 West 27th Street
New York, NY

Tom Sanford and Ryan Schneider (Schneider & Sanford) put together a shows that features large works (hence the name) from Kamrooz Aram, Colleen Asper, Paul Brainard, John Copeland, Holly Coulis, Justin Craun, Daniel Heidkamp, Wes Lang, Liz Markus, Eddie Martinez, Brian Montuori, Lisa Sanditz, Tom Sanford, Michael Williams, Jeremy Willis, Van Hanos, Aaron Johnson, Emily Noelle, Lambert, and Ryan Schneider.

Four Projects at Haunch of Venison

Four Projects

Through August 8, 2010

Haunch of Venison
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY


Four Projects, a group exhibition at Haunch of Venison features four separate projects by artists Doug Argue, Bill Fontana, Alexandra Grant, and Les Rogers. Each individual project is located in separate areas within the space in which the physical layout of the gallery lends itself to separate, self-contained installations.

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.

Marked: A Show of Figure at Like a Spice Gallery

Marked: A Show of Figure

Like a Spice Gallery
224 Roebling Street, Brooklyn NY

Through August 8, 2010

The group show includes an incredible roster of artists working in a variety of mediums using the figure as a narrative, each with a distinctive visual style and form of story-telling. Marked includes the works of Jenny Morgan whose layers pieces are deeply evocative and bold portrayals of human existence.

The Gay 90s

Mark Ryden's solo exhibition at Paul Kasmin Gallery Through June 5th

Stupid has a new hero

New Paintings by Charming Baker
Reception May 13th, 2010 6pm (May 14-May 29 2010)

Closing this week...

Eternal Return

Closes Friday, Feb 12, 2010
NURTUREart Gallery, 910 Grand Street, Brooklyn

NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc. is pleased to present Eternal Return, a group exhibition curated by Christine Spangler and Tyler Wriston in our gallery at 910 Grand Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The exhibition features Jonathan Brilliant, Cody Trepte, Thomas Lendvai, Reuben Lorch-Miller, Judith Braun, Joy Curtis and Tara Parsons.

Calling upon Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of 'eternal return' for inspiration, the curators write "By applying Nietzsche's existential definition of a continuous return to every passing moment - thereby making those very moments palpable, intransient and solidified - one can transform an otherwise abstract notion into something paramount and hugely consequential."

Eternal Return brings together seven artists who fashion repetitive, accumulative, or cyclical forms from simple materials, resulting in works that are quiet yet psychologically charged. This interdisciplinary exhibit will include three site-specific installations made just for NURTUREart.

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The Language of Flowers
Closes Saturday, Feb 13, 2010
CRG Gallery

Georges Bataille’s essay, The Language of Flowers, on the symbolic nature of the flower is a revealing text wherein Bataille draws parallels between the anatomy of the flower and the human body as well as his interpretation of the nature of seduction, beauty, love, and death as understood through the flower’s physical and historically condensed characteristics.

This exhibition takes Bataille’s essay as a starting point and aperture through which we can focus on different artists that have incorporated the flower into their work in various forms. The exhibition investigates a range of different works from such artists as Robert Beck, Louise Bourgeoise, Pia Fries, Ori Gersht, Jim Hodges, Butt Johnson, Yayoi Kusama, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Andy Warhol.

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Stripped, Tie and Raw
Closes Saturday, Feb 13, 2010
Marianne Boesky Gallery

Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present the works of Jorge Eielson, Donald Moffett, David Noonan, Steven Parrino and Salvatore Scarpitta. From the 1950's to the present these artists have stripped, ripped, twisted, draped, stretched and stitched the canvas to create works that push the definition of painting.

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Darwinism 2.0

To my wife Alma with Love, 2008

At Most Sphere, 2008

Troels Carlsen works with and distorts our social, biological and historical heritage. Themes such as Darwin, alpha males, group mentality and the political and religious arena are strong undercurrents in his works. In a strange mixture between ape and man, he questions our evolution and our notion of superiority.

Troels Carlsen manipulates with genes resulting in a fusion between chimpanzees and gibbons on one side and the human body on the other. This genetic hybrid makes it difficult to distinguish man from animal and animal from man. In a new series of appropriated works made from vintage anatomy posters and encyclopaedia (many of them incorrect as they were based on the knowledge of the time they were created) Troels questions the notion of given truths and facts. In these works surreal worlds emerge from the rigorous formality of the original work.

For more information on Troel's work, visit his website.

openings this week

New Works by Olafur Eliasson
Feb 11 - March 20, 2010
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Opening Reception on Thursday, Feb 11, 6-8pm

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is very pleased to present an exhibition of new works by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (B. 1967). Eliasson's sixth solo show at the gallery continues his exploration of and experimentation with modes of perception and the experience of space and time. Focusing on movement, color, and light - and the interplay between the three phenomena - the exhibition involves the viewer in a collaborative creative process.

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El Anatsui
Feb 10 - March 13, 2010
Jack Shainman Gallery

Opening Reception on Wednesday, Feb 10, 6-8pm

Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of large-scale sculptures by internationally acclaimed artist El Anatsui. Several monumental wall sculptures made from thousands of discarded bottle tops, will be on view. Anatsui transforms simple materials into large shimmering forms by assembling elements into vibrant patterns with a unique visual impact. An astute observer, he composes his sculptures with meticulous orchestration, masterfully managing material and color.

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Theresa Chong: New Work
Feb 12- March 13, 2010
Danese Gallery

Opening Reception on Thursday, Feb 11, 6-8pm

Chong’s pencil and gouache drawings revel in detail and the exploration of line, form and gesture. Abstract images – minute squared punctuations seamed together by skeins of delicate lines – cluster upon the rich surface of the paper in a haze of plotted points. These purposeful and intricate markings, quietly articulated in gray on off-white rice paper, or with crisp whites on hand-dyed indigo Japanese paper, appear at once ordered and spontaneous. Connecting one geometric dot to the next, Chong infuses the work with a sense of lyrical rhythm, expanse and calm, tranquility in movement, improvisation. This intimation of music is in part derived from Chong’s accomplishments as a cellist and also her admiration for the work of John Cage.

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Emilio Perez: Breakfast by the Light of the Moon
Feb 11-March 13, 2010
Galerie Lelong

Opening Reception on Thursday, Feb 11, 6-8pm

In Breakfast by the Light of the Moon, Emilio Perez shifts towards a more elusive approach and darker palette than seen in his previous abstract paintings while still maintaining his signature practice—juxtaposing freeform movement with meticulous, measured actions. Breakfast by the Light of the Moon is Perez's second solo exhibition at Galerie Lelong and will open to the public on Thursday, February 11 from 6 to 8 pm. The artist will be present.

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Love for Manga

Audrey Kawasaki's solo exhibition at Jonathan Levine Gallery through Jan 9th, 2010

Dithers

Round Zero

By Jerome Lagrrigue

Round Zero

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.