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isabel and other intimate strangers

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:00 +0000

Gagosian on Madison Avenue's newest exhibit brings together portraits by Giacometti and Francis Bacon. Isabel and Other Intimate Strangers "explores the enduring fascination of Giacometti and Bacon with the existential challenges and ineffable mysteries of the human figure and psyche, explored throughout their careers in the portraits, or likenesses, that they produced of close friends and family." Perhaps the most famous of these models was Isabel Rawsthorne.

Isabel and Other Intimate Strangers
Gagosian Gallery
980 Madison Avenue

November 4 - December 13

after hippolytus

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:02:00 +0000

Darragh Martin's new play "After Hippolytus" will be staged this weekend at the Gene Frankel Theatre, followed immediately by "The Rainbow Monologues", eight "short and sharp new works that dip into the queer spectrum from the red heat of a first kiss to the violet glow of an elderly couple's proudly purple house."

"After Hippolytus" and "The Rainbow Monologues"
The Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street

November 21 - 23

presented by the invisible company

jonas wood

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:34:00 +0000

Jonas Wood's work is kind of like Cezanne meets Leroy Neiman. Be sure to see his new show at Anton Kern, opening November 20th.

Jonas Wood
Anton Kern
532 W. 20th St.

November 20 - December 23

tricia riebesehl

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:19:00 +0000

Tricia Riebesehl's MFA Thesis Show will run from November 10 - 14 at The City College's Art Gallery. She is quite talented and the show is highly recommended.

Tricia C. Riebesehl
Hide and Seek
Compton-Goethals Gallery
140th and Amsterdam

November 10 -14

andy warhol

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:13:00 +0000

Paul Kasmin Gallery's new show features polaroids taken by Warhol between 1977 - 1983. The items photographed include shoes, knives, bananas and guns, and act as an interesting peak into Warhol's art making process. He was once quoted as referring to his cameras as his "pencil and paper".

Andy Warhol
Still-Life Polaroids
Paul Kasmin Gallery
511 W. 27th St.

October 29 - January 10

jason clay lewis

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:15:00 +0000

Jason Clay Lewis has a show at 31GRAND that should be seen. Always challenging, his work in Drop Dead Gorgeous "pushes the boundaries between empathy/apathy, desire/revulsion, poison/panacea, death/life, religion/blasphemy," leaving the viewer to ask: "Which is good? Which is bad? Are these judgments even possible?"

Jason Clay Lewis
Drop Dead Gorgeous
31GRAND
143 Ludlow Street

October 9 - November 9

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:26:00 +0000

vermeer

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:43:00 +0000

There are thirty-five known Vermeers. The Frick owns three. Don't miss your chance to see them together on one wall for the first time in nearly ten years.

Frick's Vermeers Reunited
The Frick Collection
70th Street and 5th Avenue

June 3 - November 23

n. h. stubbing

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:59:00 +0000

I am curious about this N. H. Stubbing show at Nabi Gallery.

N. H. Stubbing
Paintings and Sketches
Nabi Gallery
137 W. 25th St.

October 28 - January 10

seung ae kim

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:55:00 +0000

Seung Ae Kim will present her MFA Thesis Show at The City College Art Gallery from October 27-31. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, October 30th from 6-9 PM. I would highly recommend seeing this show.

Seung Ae Kim
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Compton-Goethals Gallery
The City College of New York
140th and Amsterdam

October 27 - 31

gail bruce

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:13:00 +0000

I'm into Gail Bruce right now. She has a show at Kips Gallery that should be seen before it closes.

Gail Bruce
Paintings
Kips Gallery
531 W. 25th St.

October 16 - 29

zaha hadid

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:49:00 +0000

The Zaha Hadid designed transportable art galley housing Chanel inspired artwork is now open in Central Park. It will be in the city until November 9th, when it will move on to London, Moscow and Paris. Admission is free but tickets are required, and are available on-site.

More here, here and here

shani peters

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:54:00 +0000

Shani Peters will present her MFA Thesis Show at the Compton-Goethals Gallery of the City College of New York. Her show will run from October 20-24th, with the opening scheduled for Thursday, October 23rd, from 6-9 PM.

Shani Peters
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Compton-Goethals Gallery
The City College of New York
140th and Amsterdam

October 20 - 24

arturo herrera

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:43:00 +0000

Arturo Herrera's show at Sikkema Jenkins features a new series of felts hanging from the wall in abstract and tangled shapes. Unlike earlier works that "lay flat against the wall, these fall away from the wall and spill onto the floor," simultaneously adding a greater "dimensionality and abstraction... [while] probing the potential of abstract forms through chance of their production."

Arturo Herrera
Sikkema Jenkins & Company
530 W. 22nd St.

October 18 - November 15

kota ezawa

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:48:00 +0000

Kota Ezawa's show at Murray Guy closes this week and should be seen. It features two new pieces, LYAM 3D, taken from the film L'année dernière à Marienbad, and Brawl, an animation of the infamous 2004 NBA fight. With this work Ezawa proves he is a very talented artist who continues to make very interesting and relevant work.

Kota Ezawa
Multiplex
Murray Guy
453 W. 17th St.

September 6 - October 18

ledelle moe

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:25:00 +0000

I've recently discovered the work of Ledelle Moe. She uses concrete to sculpt amorphous figures, much in the same way as Hans Josephsohn, although Moe's work seems more richly and wetly defined.

Continued success.

elizabeth peyton

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:16:00 +0000

The New Museum's midcareer survey of Elizabeth Peyton, Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, features over 100 works, including her now familiar celebrity portraits. I am happy to see Ms. Peyton receive these recent accolades.

Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton
New Museum
235 Bowery

October 8 - January 11

dave ortiz

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:52:00 +0000

Photographer Dave Ortiz will be the guest exhibitor this month at SOHO PHOTO. His show, entitled Images Alone, consists of work that Ortiz took during a 2006 visit to Japan where he "emulated photographer Robert Frank’s ability to live by images alone." The opening reception will be Tuesday, October 7, from 6-8 PM.

Dave Ortiz
Images Alone
SOHO PHOTO
15 White Street

October 7 - November 1

open studios

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:33:00 +0000

Come be a part of the 4th annual Harlem Open Studio Tour this Saturday and Sunday. Over 100 Harlem Artists will participate in numerous studios all throughout Harlem. My studio is located on the corner of 107th and 3rd, 5th floor.

artHARLEM
Open Studios
Saturday October 4th
12:00-6:00

Sunday October 5th
1:00-6:00

1950 3rd Ave @ 107th St.
5th Floor

gilbert & george

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:25:00 +0000

Gilbert & George are coming to Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Museum is the final stop of the first international retrospective of these two artists in over twenty years. Comprised of over eighty pieces, the show "traces their stylistic and emotional evolution through their pictures and art in other media, ranging from charcoal on paper sculpture from the early 1970s to postcard pieces to ephemera dating back to the 1960s." Do see it.

Gilbert & George
The Brooklyn Museum

October 3 - January 11

turner prize

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:34:00 +0000

Four artists have been shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize. The winner will be announced on December 1.

more here and here

keith tyson

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:27:00 +0000

For his current show at PaceWildenstein Keith Tyson relied upon creation through chance. "The work on view is literally the result of an equation Tyson sent to the gallery in 2007. Using this algorithm, the gallery’s production team followed a sequence of instructions to calculate and determine the size, shape, and color of each sculpture, and fabricate the outcome."

Keith Tyson
Fractal Dice
PaceWildenstein
545 W. 22nd St.

September 5 - October 4

jill greenberg

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:33:00 +0000

Los Angeles photographer Jill Greenberg has received death threats in response to a series of doctored photographs she took of John McCain.

"Subtle they are not, though they certainly highlight some embarrassing facts about the candidate".

evolution: the changing face of harlem

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:38:00 +0000

Artist/Curator Misha McGlown has organized a show dealing with the changes that Harlem is undergoing. EVOLUTION: The Changing Face of Harlem features 25 Harlem artists responding to this topic in a variety of manners. The show, loosely in response to Columbia University's expansion, takes place at their Russ Berrie and Lasker Buildings. It also signals the opening of the Harlem Open Studio Tour, which will take place the weekend of October 4 and 5.

EVOLUTION: The Changing Face of Harlem
artHARLEM

Russ Berrie Building
1150 St. Nicholas
@168th St.

Lasker Building
3960 Broadway
@ 168th St.

September 22 - November 6

vincent

noreply@blogger.com (erik j sommer) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:41:00 +0000

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night opens soon at the MoMA. The show will demonstrate how Van Gogh attempted to "represent the night by light" by "translating visual light effects with various color combinations". With over two dozen paintings spanning his entire career being shown, this looks like a guaranteed crowd pleasing blockbuster.

Vincent Van Gogh
The Colors of the Night
MoMA
53rd St. btwn 5th and 6th

September 21 - January 5