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Joyce Kim’s Traces of Blue, a cerebral instalation with references back to Yves Klein and modernist spacial discourse.
During the weekend in Adams, visiting MassMoca, ArtJetSet came across an amazing initiative, Topia Arts Center located on 27 Park Street, Adams MA.
Topia Arts Center is a new “green” artist led performing arts and educational center in development in Adams presenting quality music, dance, theater, circus arts, film and visual art exhibits as well as educational and community programs. Two performing artists from New York City, formed Topia Arts, LLC and purchased the theater structure with the vision of building on the already tangible energy of this historic cultural site.
Christian Marclay’s The Clock
10 May
From January 21 – February 20 The Paula Cooper Gallery presented Christian Marclay’s The Clock, 24 hour video installation that garnered much acclaim during the run.
Some waited up to 3 hours in the bitter New York winter to view the piece, which is heralded as a compelling transfixing work, where Marclay edits together thousands of clips of watches and clocks from popular film. The excerpts are supposed to illiterate the spanning of time and the importance of passage of time in cinematic narrative. The 24 hour piece is ironically synced to the local time of the exhibition space.
Good news for those who did not get to see the showing, The Clock has been recently acquired by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, and The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
The Affordable Art Fair 2011
4 May
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The Affordable Art Fair goal is to make art accessible to all buyers at all the price ranges. A truely wonderful fair, hosting a diverse range of gallerists and artwork, the greatest pleasure was seeing the many people walking out with wrapped artwork in hand.
Though the misconception of Affordable can ring as cheap and low quality, this fair hosted a gorgeous array of work and international galleries from Argentina to Austraila.
Favorites included blue abstracted horizons at Sarah Myerscough, Sean Brannan’s birch trees at Madelyn Jordon, and Edouard Buzon paintings at Envie d’Art.
Festival of Ideas New York
30 Apr
The New Museum, in conjuction with the City of New York and local arts initiatives, launches the inaugural Festival of Ideas for the New City
This three part festival includes the Conference portion of lectures, panels and symposia, StreetFest inviting over a hundred grassroots organizations and local business to present their products along the Bowery, and Projects section which hosts art installations, performance and walking tours around the Downtown area.
ArtJetSet is looking forward:
May 4: The keynote panels by architect and inovator Rem Koolhaas
May 5: Presentation by Jaron Lanier author of You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto
May 6: The Reconfigured City panel hosted by Elizabeth Diller, Frank Duffy among others.
Shannon Plumb: The Window Series installation on the facade at 200 Lafayette St, bw Broome and Kenmare.
Jon Kessler: Theater of Situations at Salon 94.
Painting Club at Exit Art
21 AprExit Art is launching a fantastic event called the Painting Club. Framed as an ongoing series of gatherings where participants are encouraged to talk, learn and share the experience of painting. 
The inaugural event being held April 23, is SOLD OUT, but as an ongoing event throughout the year, I am looking forward to attending the next one. Four artists will present paintings on stage at Exit Art’s Trickster Theater space. Before the paintings are presented, the title of the work will be announced, and the audience will have three minutes for silent observation, as encouraging the viewer to focus on the act of looking, building a platform for painters and audience members to share ideas.
PAINTING CLUB Saturday, April 23 / 6-9pm Presenting artists: Stephanie Campos, Ariel Dill, Osamu Kobayashi, and Rebecca Watson Horn
The Director is in at The Homeless Museum of Art
17 Apr
ArtJetSet caught a street interview between an artist and the director of The Homeless Museum of Art (HoMu) in Chelsea, by the HighLine entrance. The Homeless Museum Of Art is an art project created by New York-based artist Filip Noterdaeme, with a mission to subvert the market-driven art world.
CRG Wishing and Praying
14 Apr
CRG presented Wishing and Praying as their curated show during ADAA fair in New York, and now at their main gallery space in Chelsea. This thoughtful and contemplative show exemplifies contemporary look at religious iconography in a variety of media. Beautiful.
Click HERE to see the post on ADAA
Sculpture in the City – Urs Fischer LampBear
5 Apr
In conjunction with the Post-War & Contemporary sales starting on May 11, Christie’s will be installing Urs Fischer’s Lamp/Bear in midtown Manhattan. This 7-meter high bronze teddy bear will be snuggled under a black bedside lamp on display for the next five months.
Marc Séguin New Works at Mike Weiss Gallery
24 Mar
Marc Séguin is an ArtJetSet favorite, whose career we have watch since 2008. His masterful grisaille technique combined with layering of think pigments and taxidermied animals is visually beautiful while emotionally challenging.
For Séguin’s first solo show at the Mike Weiss Gallery titled Failures, he exhibited portraits of political figures and destroyed chruches. We have seen his earlier large scale works that depicted political and religious figures (click HERE and HERE to see the other ArtJetSet posts), and now we see his portraiture scaling down in size which emphasizes the theme of failure of these iconic figures.
By contrasting personalities like Lee Harvey Oswald, the Pope, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, and Nazi soliders, the message is a persistent narrative of the failures in the hands of the powerful.
Art and E-Commerce: Gawker Artists Now Selling Limited Edition Prints
10 MarGawker Artists is an online community forum that promotes young artists and makes their work accessible by filling empty online ad space with art.
Beyond the forum, Gawker Artists SHOP an online market place that offers products like iPhone cases and skins printed with unique art by represented Gawker Artists.
Now Gawker Artists wants to fill your walls with art! They have just launched and are now selling limited edition, signed and certified giclée prints by two of their featured artists Nicholas Bohac and Scott Listfield.
Each edition of 100 prints is sold for only $90! Click HERE to purchase now!
Independent Fair: Highlights and Favorites
6 MarThe Independent was one of the best New York fairs I attended. As last year was the inaugural year, the fair was exciting and new but the aesthetics of the space and the building were left very raw and open concept.
This year the Independent stepped up with some bigger named galleries, and redesigned booths that allowed for flowing spaces while simultaneously embracing the spectacular building and aura that is the former Dia:Chelsea.
Obligatory neon and large large text based works at Meyer Riegger and Sutton Lane.
The Independent seemed to host a lot of sculpture, possibly because the space can accommodate sculpture so well.
Massive chimes by Klause Weber at Andrew Kreps, mixed media industrial sculpture by Josephine Meckseper at Elizabeth Dee, the taxidermy puppy by David Shrigley.
Exploded car by Michel François at Bortolami and this intricate metal cube sculpture.
Some beautiful mixed media paitings, Walead Beshty at Tanya Leighton.
Alex Brown and Tom of Finland paintings at Feature Inc. and a large new work by David Salle at Maureen Paley.
Pulse Fair: Highlights and Favorites
6 MarThis year’s Pulse Fair was held for the first time at the Metropolitan center.
PINTA – the Latin American art fair was held here last year quite successfully since they assumed the entire ground floor space .
The deep narrow booths at Pulse created claustrophobic narrow aisles that made this fair an awkward viewing experience.
Really loved this amazing Packing tape on plexiglass technique by Mark Khaisman at Pentimenti, as well as this nice red square piece at Shshana Wayne.
Nice to see less political works and more approchable paintings like these Markus Linnenbrink and Markus Weggenmann at FTC.
Even the figurative works were mildly abstracted, like Ryan Martin’s collaged paintings at CTS Workshop, Alex Prager photos, Mario Muller painting at Mary Ryan and the Jane Hambleton at Michael Rosenthal.
New perspective in sculpture, the wire speach bubbles by Greely Myatt at David Lusk, and the miniature tree tornado by Jorge Mayet at Horrach Moya.
The upper level hosted ImPulse, hosting galleries that were invited to present solo exhibitions.
ArtJetSet favorite was Damian Stamer’s abstracted landscape paintings at Freight+Volume.
Really enjoyed Mark Schoening’s paintings at Blythe Projects, as well as Rene Barge photos at Dorsch.
ADAA The Art Show: Highlights and Favorites
6 MarThe Art Dealer’s Association of America’s The Art Show brings together the best of museum quality art and galleries to the Park Avenue Armory.
A considerably small fair, The Art Show invites blue chip galleries to present solo and two artists exhibitions or strategically curated booths.
The interior of the fair was quite somber with a pallet of dark deep gray walls and carpeting, the quiet lull of the space was filled by some nice booths hosting the much expected Matisse, Picasso, and American photography.
The most beautifully curated presentation titled Wishing and Praying was at CRG.
A brilliant and compelling presentation of religious iconography, like these works by Arnulf Rainer and Robert Buck.
Peter Blum presented a solo show of preliminary works on paper by David Reed. Known for his large abstract works, these gorgeous colour and form studies elaborate on the extensive building, pallet testing, and sketching invested in each painting.
Enoc Perez monochromatic Fountain Bleu hotel painting, and James Welling photo of the Glass House.
Beautiful sculptural pieces at Sperone Westwater and Rachel Whiteread coloured resin works at Luhring Augustine.
Maxwell Davidson presented a humouristic thematic exhibition titled The Objectification of Pop, with works from Tom Wesselmen and the typical 1960s pop artists, along side this work by Leo Castelli, and reconstructed tapedeck by Kiel Johnson.
Exquisitly delicate works on paper David Opdyke at Ronald Feldman, and Jaume Plensa at Galerie Lelong.
Of course large text based works that we’ve seen as a predominant theme through all this season’s fairs, at Cheim&Read and Yazid Oulab at CRG.
Fun bright paintings at Regen Projects, and the miniature sculptures of everyday objects by Tom Friedman at James Cohan.
Fountain Fair: Highlights and Favorites
5 MarThe musical performance by Gordon Voidwell at Fountain Fair Opening Night reception party, set the perfect atmosphere for this alternative art fair.
Much of the art, like the fair itself, has a crude alternative-pop street feel, especially resonated by its location at The Frying Pan at refurbished lightship that has been resurrected as an event space and bar.
Liked the vitrine by Evo Love at Stash Gallery, massive installation by Greg Haberny that filled one full space with floor to ceiling paintings and constructions.
I especially enjoy Fountain’s dedication to special artist project installations.
I visited In2it, and had a nice conversation with sculptor and inhabitant Jason Robert Bell.
The igloo is a performance space and occupancy is also being sold as a timeshare. Layered with carpeting and fur, the igloo features a working air conditioner to underline the irony “selling art is like selling air conditioning in the arctic.”
Tragically, during the set up of this installation, Bell had a studio fire. I encourage you all to purchase a share of time in In2it support the rebuild.
New York Armory Week Itinerary
28 FebNew York’s Armory Art Fair Week starts this Wednesday March 2!
Here is a summary of all the fairs that are taking place, with the vital info for visitors.
Click on the links for fair info and location maps!
ADAA The Art ShowLocation: Park Ave Armory, Park Ave + 67th St
Hours: Wed – Sat 12pm – 8pm // Sun 12pm – 6pm
Admission: $20
The Armory ShowLocation: Piers 92 & 94, 12th Ave + 55th St
Hours: Thurs – Sat 12pm – 8pm // Sun 12pm – 7pm
Admission: $20
Volta NY ShowLocation: 7W – 7 West 34th St
Hours: Thurs 2pm – 7pm // Fri – Sun 11am – 7pm
Admission: $15
NEW Location: Metropolitan Pavilion 125 West 18th St
Hours: Thurs 1pm – 8pm // Fri – Sat 12pm – 8pm // Sun 12pm – 5pm
Admission: $20
Scope Art ShowNEW Location: 320 West St (West Side Highway) + Pier 40
Hours: Thurs – Sat 12pm – 8pm // Sun 12pm – 7pm
Admission: $20
Location: 548 W 22nd St (X-Initiative / Dia:Chelsea)
Hours: Thurs 4pm – 9pm // Fri – Sat 11am – 8pm // Sun 12pm – 4pm
Admission: FREE
Fountain Location: Pier 66 Maritime, 26th St + 12th Ave (Frying Pan)
Hours: Thurs – Sun 12pm – 7pm
Admission: $10
Moving Image :: NEW ::
Location: Waterfront New York Tunnel 269 11th Ave
Hours: Thurs – Sat 11am – 8pm // Sun 11am – 3pm
Admission: FREE
Red Dot FairNEW Location: 82 Mercer St between Spring St + Broome St
Hours: Thurs – 11am – 6pm // Fri – Sat 11am – 8pm // Sun 11am – 6pm
Admission: $10
Verge Art Brooklyn
NEW Concept: Multiple Locations Click HERE for map
Admission: FREE
Vancouver Art Gallery
10 DecIs Only the Mind Allowed to Wander from the Gallery’s permanent collection, this exhibition looks at ways artists have approached the human body as a site in which identity is shaped and a register of our inescapable progression toward mortality. Featered are works by Larry Fink, Liz Magor, Mina Totino, Patrick Traer and Theodore Wan, among others.
Cinder Gallery – Temple of Blooom Closing
9 Aug.JPG)
Cinders Gallery in Williamsburg held a closing party for their summer show Temple of BLOOOM!
The video piece by Jessie Rose Vala was beautiful, as well as the intricate drawings by Marc Waren Jacques. The closing also featured great live music Cassie Ramone, lead vocalist for Vivian Girls.
Marion Spores Summer Project 2010
2 AugMarion Spores gallery, in Industry City Brooklyn, hosted an amazing summer party and reception for the opening of their summer projects.
Joe Winter’s Models for a History of Light, is a compelling sculputral installation of works on paper that negotiats the effects of light on construction paper. Brings back the nostalgia of elementary school and the fading transformation and passage of time.
Joyce Kim’s Traces of Blue, a cerebral instalation with references back to Yves Klein and modernist spacial discourse.
Thom Kubli’s FLOAT! Thinktank 21, an immersive sound performance work which uses the 1950s sensory deprivation chamber exposing participants to zero gravity while listening to the artist’s sound composition.
Book a session for FLOAT by contacting the gallery.
Sultry II at Kris Graves Projects
10 JulBrooklyn gallery +Kris Graves Projects presents the show Sultry II, a continuation of last year’s Sultry I – a photo exhibition which negotiates the theme of sensual beyond the exploitation of the human body towards the idea of visual stimulation through the human figure.
Favorites included:
Sari Wynne, Jowhara Al Saud
These gorgeous works by Gabriela Herman, K Yoland M (top) and Greg Miller (bottom right).
International Center for Photography MFA show
21 Jun
The International Center for Photography hosted their year end MFA show, highlighting the best of their full time students’ work.
Loved Valentina Riccardi (above), Ayumi Tanaka’s lightboxes with negatives, and Athena Torri’s suburban landscapes.
Contact Photography Festival, Toronto
3 Jun
Every May, Toronto is host to the Contact Photography Festival where galleries, restaurants, museums, and public spaces are invited to host photo shows.
This year’s theme Pervasive Influence, explored the social and political consequences of the medium of photography, in a world devoted to the image.
The festival included many amazing outdoor site specific installations (like the Barbara Kruger above) and a phenomenal exhibition at the University of Toronto Arts Centre titled Through the Vanishing Point discussing the achievements and discourse of Marshal McLuhan in conjunction with a the photo show titled Brothel Without Walls.
Ryan V. Brennan at the National Arts Club
7 May
National Arts Club presented Beneath The Unraveling Horizon a solo exhibition by the winner of the the Madrigano Fellowship for the Arts, Ryan V. Brennan.
New York Gallery Week May 7 – 10
3 May
Following the leads of Berlin Gallery Weekend, New York Gallery Week launches May 7.
ArtJetSet is looking forward to a weekend packed with openings, book signings, artist lectures, and talks.
Follow this link to download the PDF of the Events Schedule. http://www.newyorkgalleryweek.com/pdf/nygwbklt_US_web.pdf
Looking forward to:
Hauser & Wirth: Opening for artist Roni Horn
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery: Conversation with Uta Barth hosted in conjunction with Independent Curators International
The Drawing Center: Brett Littman walk through of Leon Golub: Live & Die Like a Lion?
Lehmann Maupin Gallery: Artist Tim Rollins and kids from K.O.S.
Harris Lieberman: Celebration of the opening for Matt Saunders’ and an installation by Hurray
Silverstein Photography Annual
15 Apr
Bruce Silverstein hosts the annual exhibition inviting 10 prominent curators to nominate one emerging artist whom they feel deserve an opportunity for grander exposure.
The wall text includes a brief bio and commentary by the curator of why they selected that artist.
I really enjoyed this series by Charlotte Haslund-Christensen
Whitewall Spring Issue Launch Party
9 Apr
Whitewall Magazine launched their Spring issue at Tony Shafrazi Gallery to honour Peter Marino for the Design Issue.
Michaele Jordana Berman new show Cyborg – The Human Condition at Headbones Gallery
1 Apr
Michaele Jordana Berman is a Canadian music and art icon. A multiplatform artist, a celebrated photorealist painter, and founder of Canada’s New Wave/ Punk scene with her band The Poles’ celebrated single CN Tower.
The Headbones Gallery presents new works by Michaele Jordana titled Cyborg – The Human Condition. This is an exceptional showcase of the evolution of this brillant artist. Harmonizing the multifaceted layers of hyperrealism, photography, the postmodern condition and electronic media, this is a show not to be missed.
MICHAELE JORDANA BERMAN
CYBORG ‐ The Human Condition
ON VIEW April 8 THROUGH April 24, 2010
HEADBONES GALLERY
260 Carlaw Ave., Unit 102, Toronto, ON M4M 3L1 Tel/Fax: 416‐465‐7352
Topia Performance Space in Adams, MA.
16 Mar
During the weekend in Adams, visiting MassMoca, ArtJetSet came across an amazing initiative, Topia Arts Center located on 27 Park Street, Adams MA. Topia Arts Center is a new “green” artist led performing arts and educational center in development in Adams presenting quality music, dance, theater, circus arts, film and visual art exhibits as well as educational and community programs. Two performing artists from New York City, formed Topia Arts, LLC and purchased the theater structure with the vision of building on the already tangible energy of this historic cultural site.
SYMPHONY OF 100 CARPENTERS
On June 12, 2010 one hundred professional and lay carpenters will build the stage extension and the performance platform inside the Topia Arts Center’s new performance space. This construction will double as a live performance. The show will be a percussive symphony of construction with the carpenters shaking bags of nails, hammering, drilling and performing a variety of choreographed sonic events to a live audience. Click here to learn more about how you can purchase tickets or sponsor a carpenter.
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo at Blue Box
11 MarNew Media artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo presented Nobody Leaves, Everybody Goes in conjunction with BlueBox Gallery at the Rober Smith Hotel.
Interactive cabinets of curiosities, Barcia-Colombo’s digital sculptures move and react within their glass encasing.
BlueBox Gallery uses pop-up spaces as platforms to showcase emerging artists using technologies in unique and innovative ways.
Vartali Salon for the Arts
4 Mar
Vartali Salon, located in the heart of New York’s 57th Street Gallery district wants you to look gorgeous for Armory Week!
Vartali Salon offered readers of Artfagcity and all new clients a 20% discount on services with select stylists until March 31.
ArtJetSet had a true first class experience at Vartali Salon. The salon is comfortable and inviting modern space with very gracious and friendly staff. Their greatest asset is the international team of stylists.
For all the Art Advisors hosting clients and all the gallerists exhibiting from abroad…. at Vartali you can have a stylist that speaks your language!!
A big thank you to Massato who gave me a gorgeous look and the Vartali team for their support of the arts community.
Visit them at 48 East 57th Street, 2nd Fl.
Or call Vartali Salon at 212-935-4640
Dutch Art Now
3 Mar
Hosted at the National Arts Club, Dutch Art Now is an initiative by the Amsterdam based Fair Foundation, who mission is to promote Dutch Art and Realism.
A select group of galleries represent the best of contemporary Dutch art, with an obvious thematic of the relationship to traditional Dutch oil still life interpreted in a contemporary context.
Dutch Art Now is on view at National Arts Club
Mar 3 – 14
15 Gramercy Park South
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