Leo Fitzpatrick at Half Gallery
With a launch in the middle of New York fashion week, Leo Fitzpatrick shows collages of book inserts, both humorous and dark, at the Half Gallery until March 12th.
Damien Hirst – End of an Era
Damien Hirst arrives stateside with an exhibition of new paintings and sculptures at New York’s Gagosian Gallery. Having recently announced the end of the various series for which he has become known over the last twenty years, including the spot, spin and butterfly paintings, Hirst makes reference to the seachange in his own work with the exhibition’s title. ‘End of An Era’ runs until the 6th of March, 2010.
Erwin Olaf
The Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf’s latest photo and video series, “Hotel” and “Dawn & Dusk,” opened last week at New York’s Hasted Hunt Kraeutler. ‘Dawn & Dusk’ mixes colour and black-and-white photography (a departure for Olaf); while ‘Hotel’ sees melancholic images of doll-like nude women in noirish hotel rooms.
Until March 20 at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, 537 West 24th Street, NYC
Stephen J. Shanabrook for Comme des Garcons SHIRT
Comme des Garcons SHIRT are famed for their quiky ad campaigns, and this season is no exception. They have collaborated with artist Stephen J. Shanabrook, using images from his series ‘Paper Surgeries’. Playing on magazines, fashion and photography, the images (made in collaboration with Veronika Georgieva) blur the lines between beauty and ugliness. His artworks are also due to appear on the actual shirts from the collection.
HYPER – Denis Darzacq
HYPER has opened at The Laurence Miller Gallery in New York - an exhibition of 15 photographs by the French photographer Denis Darzacq. Darzacq brings street dancers to the shopping aisles of garish supermarkets in Paris and Rouen and asks them to perform leaps and jumps - capturing them mid flight. Denis Darzacq has exhibited extensively in Europe and Australia over the past ten years. He has worked on music videos and feature films since 1985, collaborated with Agnes B on fashion catalogs, and has three monographs published.
Until March 27, 2010
Nigel Peake
We’re big fans of the work of Edinburgh-based artist/illustrator Nigel Peake whose work came to our attention via the latest Hermes Objets SS10 catalogue. Also published last year was “Sheds”; further example of his fantastical, daydreamy and incredibly detailed drawings that take you to a child-like world of make-believe and ingenuity.
Stuart Haygarth at Haunch of Venison
Mayfair gallery, Haunch of Venison, is staging its first exhibition of British artist and designer Stuart Haygarth with an exhibition called ‘Found.’ The show examines his ongoing relationship with abandoned objects and his fascination with taxonomy through a series of new furniture works, lamps and chandeliers.
Closing Jan 30, 2010
Week-end by Alex Prager
Currently on show at Yancy Richardson Gallery NYC is Week-end, an exhibition of new work by LA-based artist Alex Prager. Inspired by her native city, Prager’s dramatic portraits of female characters are reminiscent of the work of Guy Bourdin and David Lynch; infused with a dark sense of foreboding. This is the third installment in the photographic trilogy, and will simultaneously be shown at the M + B Gallery in Los Angeles.
January 14 – February 20, 2010
It’s already the end of the world
A new exhibition opened this week at the Haunch of Venison New York by Brooklyn-based artist Brian Alfred. The show features 14 paintings, collage works and video that all reflect the connection that people or places have to power, influence and conflict. A 336 page catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
Until Feb 20, 2010
Friends With You
Art collective Friends With You unveiled their new flagship boutique to coincide with Art Basel Miami, located at 3930 NE 2nd Avenue Suite 202, Miami. There you’ll find a host of brand new limited edition products, including clothes, toys, prints, and fine art in their whimsical and inimitable style.
Mike Kelly at Gagosian Gallery
Currently showing at Gagosian Gallery in New York is an exhibition of paintings by Mike Kelley entitled “Horizontal Tracking Shots.” The show is Kelley’s first exhibit in New York which is devoted solely to paintings.
On view until 23 December, 2009
Olivier Zahm at Half Gallery
Purple Magazine’s Olivier Zahm is exhibiting recent photos from his online diary at Half Gallery (208 Forsyth Street), New York until January 1.
Geneviève Gauckler — Digitally Isolated
Paris-based illustrator and designer Geneviève Gauckler embarks on her first London exhibition. On display is a series of limited edition silkscreen prints and acrylic paintings of her signature loveable characters. The show which opened at the Kemistry Gallery will run until December 19th, 2009.
032c – Industrial Light Magic
Berlin based art and culture magazine 032c has just launched their new issue (their 18th to date) to coincide with their first New York exhibition. The issue is dedicated to Thomas Demand and includes a portfolio and theoretical discussion of the artist’s work, amongst their usual mix of unpredictable features and ironic approach to fashion. Until 18.12.2009
Elad Lassry
We’re big fans of the work of Elad Lassry. Born in Tel Aviv, but residing in Los Angeles, he works primarily in film and photography. He applies his high-conceptualism-meets-stock photography technique to everything from wolves, flamingos, and falcons to pickles, flowers, and friends, mostly shot in his east Hollywood studio, and shows his knack for upending expected takes on still-life and portraiture. At first his clean, direct shots look like generic commercial photography from the ’70s and ’80s, but the artist’s use of blurs, double exposure and harsh colors make them appear new and riveting. With recent solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art and David Kordansky Gallery, and participation in the group show Younger Than Jesus at the New Museum, he clearly is one to watch.
Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
This survey is MoMA’s first major exhibition since 1938 on the subject of this famous and influential school of avant-garde art. Founded in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, the Bauhaus was a hotbed of creative thinking, re-examining all the ways of modern life, and influencing everything from architecture to fashion, from painting to furniture-making. This ambitious survey of over 400 works dissects the Bauhaus movement through exhibits, a “lounge,” and hands-on art-making workshops. It includes not only works by the school’s famous faculty and best-known students—including Josef Albers, Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee, but also a broad range of works by innovative but less well-known students, suggesting the collective nature of ideas.
November 8, 2009–January 25, 2010
Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter
The New York Based bookstore Printed Matter is the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to publications made by artists. This exhibition, on view in the Third Floor Archives at PS1, shows examples of its publishing history from 1976 to present, featuring more than 100 international artists.
On view October 8, 2009 - January 4, 2010
Christian Marclay: 2822 Records
Art you can walk on: Christian Marclay’s installation plasters a whole floor of Moma’s PS1 with twelve-inch records of all different genres.
On view September 5, 2009 - April 5, 2010
Anish Kapoor at The Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major solo exhibition of the work of the internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor, winner of the 1991 Turner Prize and one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation.
26th September to 11th December 2009
Pop Life: Art in a Material World
A new blockbuster exhibition at Tate Modern considers the legacy of the Pop Art movement. The show takes Andy Warhol’s notorious statement that “good business is the best art” as a starting point and examines the way artists such as Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, Richard Prince, Martin Kippenberger and Damien Hirst, to name a few, have embraced mass media to build their own ‘brands’.