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Joel Sternfeld – First Pictures
Luhring Augustine is pleased to present First Pictures by Joel Sternfeld. This exhibition is comprised of four distinct bodies of work made between 1971 and 1980, the majority of which have never before been published or exhibited. In these bodies of work, Sternfeld develops conceptual and formal strategies that are fundamental to his practice over the past four decades. Such strategies include the building of narrative, elements of humor and irony, a politicized view of America, as well as a concern for community, social conditions, and the environment. In making this early work Sternfeld began to experiment with the Bauhaus-based idea of building a work of art out of two or three dominant hues of relatively equal density; this approach became the central chromatic organizing principle of American Prospects (1978-1986).
Through February 04, 2012
Sol LeWitt – LES
As of this past Tuesday, a collection of 120 photographs of New York’s Lower East Side taken by Sol LeWitt in 1979 has been installed on the side of the Mondrian SoHo. It is a permanent installation, so you can take a stroll there anytime. The hotel partnered with the Paula Cooper Gallery on the project.
Gentleman’s Relish
Casey Kaplan is extremely proud to present the gallery’s first solo exhibition Gentleman’s Relish with New York based artist, Matthew Brannon. Utilizing our three separate gallery spaces, the project presents: new silkscreen and letterpress prints, paintings, sculptures, and a series of collaborative artworks with the designer and artist, Carlo Brandelli. These artworks suggest various props, personas, sets, dialogues, and scenarios of an unpublished noir mystery narrative(written by Brannon) – the plot of which involves a sexually frustrated private detective who is hired to investigate a murder whose prime suspect is a sexually deviant dentist.
Through December 17, 2011
Walton Ford
Paul Kasmin Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of nine new, large-scale watercolor paintings by Walton Ford, on view for the first time, at 293 Tenth Avenue. The most monumental watercolors that Ford has painted to date, three of the works measure approximately 9 x 12 feet on a single sheet of paper.
These nine paintings are grouped into two series of work: one comprising three portraits of King Kong; and the other six meditations on a passage from the memoirs of the ornithologist John James Audubon (1785- 1851). Both series were painted in 2011, and are consistent with Ford’s practice of expanding the visual language and narrative scope of traditional natural history painting.
Through December 23, 2011
Matthew Stone
Optimism as Cultural Rebellion
The Hole is pleased to announce the first comprehensive gallery exhibition in the United States by British artist Matthew Stone.
The exhibition will focus on the intersections between the ideas, photography and sculptures that define Matthew’s work. Alongside his sculptural installations of photography, he will also be presenting a performance at the gallery titled “Anatomy of Immaterial Worlds” (November 3rd at 9pm) as part of the visual art performance biennial PERFORMA 11.
Through December 10, 2011
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Surface of the Third Order
An exhibition of new objects by Hiroshi Sugimoto, with work from the same series presented concurrently at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. The exhibition will feature two bodies of conceptual three-dimensional work: intimately-sized crystal pagodas inlaid with images from Sugimoto’s iconic Seascape series and large-scale aluminum sculptures based on mathematical functions.
Through December 23, 2011
Pharma
The Herb Lubalin Study Center at The Cooper Union examines the influence and impact of graphic design on the pharmaceutical industry in PHARMA, a new exhibit featuring original and rarely seen works by luminaries including Andy Warhol, Lester Beall, Will Burtin and Herb Lubalin. PHARMA’s exploration begins with the avant garde promotionals of the 1940’s, when a market need emerged to promote “miracle” drugs, such as Penicillin, to the medical industry. In a compelling and thought provoking way, PHARMA presents the relationship graphic design has had with the pharmaceutical industry ranging from the federal government’s increased regulations to new marketing tactics where the everyday consumer, not the doctor, is considered the target audience. While the exhibition provides examples of past and present, the public is encouraged to reflect and question how graphic design is used to market drugs and design has transformed these commodities into objects of desire.
Herb Lubalin Gallery, 41 Cooper Square, New York NY
Exhibition Dates: November 01 - through December 03, 2011
BOFFO Building Fashion pop-up store
If it weren’t for the signage out front, it would be easy to walk by this BOFFO Building Fashion project and assume that it’s just another space under renovation in the slowly transitioning neighbourhood of downtown Manhattan. But what might look like a typical demolition site is actually a carefully considered pop-up-shop designed by London-based artist and architect Graham Hudson, in collaboration with non-profit arts and culture organisation BOFFO and one of fashion’s exciting new names, Patrik Ervell.
Peter Hujar
Matthew Marks is pleased to announce Three Lives: Peter Hujar, Paul Thek, & David Wojnarowicz, an exhibition of photographs by Peter Hujar (1934-1987). The exhibition, at 523 West 24th Street, includes 30 photographs made between 1958 and 1985.
Focusing on some of Hujar’s most intimate photographs: self-portraits and portraits of his lovers and fellow artists Paul Thek (1933-1988) and David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), the exhibition includes many works that will be shown for the first time.
Through December 23, 2011
Agnes Martin: The ‘80s: Grey Paintings
An exhibition of more than twenty grey paintings from the 1980s, reunited for the first time in more than two decades. During the ‘80s Martin concentrated on horizontal divisions of six-foot square canvases, discovering endless permutations by dividing the canvas with pencil lines and varying the tonal range within a palette of greys. The works serve as a bridge between the artist’s early and late works.
Through October 29, 2011
de Kooning: A Retrospective
This is the first major museum exhibition devoted to the full scope of the career of Willem de Kooning, widely considered to be among the most important and prolific artists of the 20th century. The exhibition, which will only be seen at MoMA, presents an unparalleled opportunity to study the artist’s development over nearly seven decades, beginning with his early academic works, made in Holland before he moved to the United States in 1926, and concluding with his final, sparely abstract paintings of the late 1980s. Bringing together nearly 200 works from public and private collections, the exhibition will occupy the Museum’s entire sixth-floor gallery space, totaling approximately 17,000 square feet.
Through January 9, 2012
Lichtenstein’s Entablatures
The Paula Cooper Gallery will present an exhibition of works by Roy Lichtenstein from his celebrated Entablatures series. The paintings, realized between 1971 and 1976, will be on view from September 17 through October 22, 2011.
Lichtenstein’s Entablatures comprised of a first series of paintings from 1971-72, followed by a second series in 1974-76, and the publication of a series of relief prints in 1976.
NY Art Book Fair
Printed Matter presents the sixth annual NY Art Book Fair, from September 30 to October 2, 2011, at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. A preview will be held on the evening of Thursday, September 29th. Free and open to the public, and featuring more than 200 exhibitors, the NY Art Book Fair is the world’s premier event for artists’ books, contemporary art catalogs and monographs, art periodicals, and artist zines. Exhibitors include international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and independent publishers from twenty-one countries.
THE NY ART BOOK FAIR
September 30 – October 2, 2011
Preview: Thursday, Sept. 29, 6–9 p.m.
MoMA PS1
Alex Katz
On September 10, 2011, acclaimed American artist Alex Katz will unveil a major new suite of paintings in his first exhibition at Gavin Brown’s enterprise. The group of thirteen canvases, of somber portraits and flower-strewn fields, will comprise the artist’s first show in New York in two years.
The exhibition will remain on view through October 8th and will be accompanied by a catalogue.
Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
620 Greenwich Street, New York
Carrie Moyer – Canada
Carrie Moyer’s new paintings are the most lyrical and personal works to date in her ever-evolving painting practice. “Canonical” displays a confidence in expressive power of pure abstraction. These paintings are simultaneously stripped down and filled up, full of surprising interplay between figure and ground, and enlivened by a brightly nuanced and carefully considered palette.
Through October 16, 2011
Canada
55 Chrystie Street, New York, 10002, T (212) 925-4631
Cole Sayer – Karma
Karma presents, ‘Good place and no place’, an exhibition of paintings by Brooklyn based artist Cole Sayer.
Each element of Sayer’s compositions pulls from the entirety of painterly language. From faux marble settings, and geometric waterfalls, to globetrotter ephemera, and industrial materials — the works mediate forms of representation and abstraction to create ridiculous pastiches where anything is possible and everything makes sense.
Lawrence Weiner
Specific Object / David Platzker is pleased to announce the opening of Specific Object Presents Lawrence Weiner’s Published Work from The Jean-Noël Herlin Archive Project. The exhibition will be on view at Susan Inglett Gallery from 9 June through 22 July 2011.
This project by Specific Object presents over 450 items, or published work, by Lawrence Weiner drawn from The Jean-Noël Herlin Archive Project, an archive assembled by Jean-Noël Herlin beginning in 1973 which now contains well over 300,000 physical items documenting over 100,000 international individual artists, collaborators and groups; group events; material pertaining to organizations; and periodicals.
Through July 22, 2011
Aaron Young – Built Tough
Bortolami is pleased to present the second solo show at the gallery of new works by Aaron Young. Entitled BUILT TOUGH, the exhibition includes new sculptures, paintings and silk screens. Initially working from a combination of found and staged photographs, these representational works continue Young’s personal commentary on contemporary American culture and iconography.
Through June 4th, 2011
Henrik Vibskov NYC
Danish designer Henrik Vibskov has opened his door to this third flaship, but first in the United States, in New York City. Known for his intriguing and gutsy designs, the store layout is an extension of Vibskov’s aesthetics, and was built entirely by him and his team. Most of the store’s design is made from reconstructed Danish furniture, and industrial material shipped from Denmark. The store will carry Henrik Vibskov’s men’s and women’s collections, as well as small selections from brands such as Cosmic Wonder, Peter Jensen, Anntian, Stine Goya, and Ally Capellino.
Henrik Vibskov NYC
456 Broome Street
, New York, NY
Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon: AMERICA is the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective devoted to this pioneering New York–based artist. Throughout his career, Ligon (b. 1960) has pursued an incisive exploration of American history, literature, and society across a body of work that builds critically on the legacies of modern painting and more recent conceptual art. He is best known for his landmark series of text-based paintings, made since the late 1980s, which draw on the writings and speech of diverse figures including Jean Genet, Zora Neale Hurston, Jesse Jackson, and Richard Pryor. Ligon’s subject matter ranges widely from the Million Man March and the aftermath of slavery to 1970s coloring books and the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe—all treated within artworks that are both politically provocative and beautiful to behold.
Through June 05, 2011