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KAWS – “GISWIL” @ More Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, June 9, 2013

With Art Basel opening next week in Switzerland, the art world is gearing up for another round of festivities after barely recovering from the Hong Kong version. One of the associated shows that we are looking forward to is KAWS’ GISWIL at More Gallery. Along a massive wooden companions with “Pinocchio noses,” paintings from the American artist will also be on display. The exhibition runs through August 26th so don’t miss this if you are in the area. Photos via the artist. Discuss KAW here.

Showing: Holton Rower – “Focus Paintings, Pour Paintings” @ The Hole

Posted by juggernut3, June 9, 2013

Opening along side the Xtraction group show at The Hole is artist Holton Rower, which we last saw here & here at Basel Week Miami. Entitled Focus Paintings, Pour Paintings; this body of works features two parts. First features ten new creations from Rower’s signature “Pour Paintings” where he utilizes his innovative yet simple process of pouring hand made acrylic paints over wood. Second Holton introduces the “Focus Paintings”, a new secret process that look similar to pour paintings, but are more contained and not free […]

Overtime: June 3 – June 9

Posted by Khoi, June 9, 2013

More stories from the week ended June 9: Subodh Gupta’s giant boat on show at Hauser & Wirth rumored to sell to Guggenheim Abu Dhabi for $800k. RIP Charles Mason, who has taken his own life at age 50. Tragic news – artwork by from Picasso, Monet, and Matisse stolen from Rotterdam may now just be ashes. Paul Yore collages confiscated by police, who say the work sexualizes children and he may face charges. Christie’s withdrew ten works by Brazilian artists from its auctions of […]

Showing: “Extraction” @ The Hole

Posted by juggernut3, June 8, 2013

The Hole gallery in New York continues it’s run of great shows. This one is a group exhibition titled Extraction and it’s focus on new approaches in abstract painting. This showcase features an expansive list of artists such as Ara Peterson, Chris Johanson, Cory Arcangel, Gerhard Richter, Kadar Brock, Mark Flood, Peter Sutherland, Sam Moyer, Wade Guyton, Xylor Jane to name a few and aims to show how this current generation of artists’ take on conveying the non-figurative. Check out this excellent show below.

ADAA: Fred Tomaselli @ James Cohan Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, June 8, 2013

During this year’s ADAA Art Show one of the booths that caught our eye was James Cohan Gallery. Featuring works by Contemporary mainstay Fred Tomaselli, this booth focused on exhibiting twenty five pieces from his famous New York Times series. Utilizing the New York Times, Tomaselli collages a light and witty viewpoint with his signature vibrant colors and patterns. Check out this engaging show below.

Openings: Tracey Emin – “I Followed You To The Sun” @ Lehmann Maupin (26th Street))

Posted by juggernut3, June 7, 2013

Tracey Emin recently revealed a duo gallery show at New York’s Lehmann Maupin. Entitled I Followed You To The Sun, this massive show featuring 100 works of art was displayed at both it’s 26th Street and Chrystie Street gallery locations. We had the pleasure of visiting the 26th St. location to view a diverse selection of mediums which the YBA (Young British Artist) alumnus created for this showcase, including paintings, drawings and of course her signature neon installation. At the center of this exhibition is seven […]

Videos: Berndnaut Smilde – “Making Clouds”

Posted by Khoi, June 7, 2013

Berndnaut Smilde‘s work is defined by the temporary and the ephemeral. It lives for a few seconds and disappears, without a trace that it was ever there, documented only through photographs and video. The Avant/Garde Diaries recently recorded one of his clouds in the Green Room of the Veterans Building in downtown San Francisco. A small crowd was there to witness a smoke machine create billowing smoke forming a luscious, cotton candy-like shape in the middle of the Beaux-Arts chamber before it vaporized into haze, […]

Previews: Eric Shaw – ‘Throw Off Your Mental Chains’ @ Breeze Block Gallery

Posted by AM, June 6, 2013

This June sees Eric Shaw’s psychedelic gouache paintings coming to Breeze Block Gallery in Portland for his solo exhibition Throw Off Your Mental Chains. Alongside Shaw’s more familiar abstract works, the New York artist has created a series of portrait-based pieces using his distinctive shapes and super-flat elements as seen in our preview images below. The exhibition opens this Thursday 6th June and runs until 29th June. Discuss Eric Shaw here. Discuss This show here.

Openings: Ellsworth Kelly – “At Ninety” @ Matthew Marks Gallery West 24th Street

Posted by juggernut3, June 6, 2013

Matthew Marks Gallery is currently celebrating the 90th birthday of American artist Ellsworth Kelly with an exhibition aptly entitled At Ninety, which spans all three of the gallery’s Chlesea spaces. For over 60 years, Kelly has expressed his own style of minimalist art through painting, sculpting and print-making, often focusing on simple forms and monochromatic colors. In the gallery on W. 24th, the space is dominated by four large relief paintings from 2011, respectively consisting of a red, blue, yellow or green shaped panel overlapping […]

Adrian Ghenie – New Paintings @ Pace Gallery

Posted by juggernut3, June 5, 2013

Prior to the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition (covered), Pace Gallery hosted another excellent exhibition by Romanian painter Adrian Ghenie. This series of new paintings shows off why Ghenie has been touted as the next coming of Francis Bacon. A tough title to bear as the legendary painter from the United Kingdom has already cemented himself as one of the all time great painters. Utilizing just paint and canvas Adrian tackles the dark side of modern European history by combining sources from film stills, books and his […]