Berlinde De Bruyckere
No Life Lost
Hauser & Wirth
Belgian sculptor who brings a dark Taxidermied feeling to the installation. Set up with very low lighting and a textural darkness and subtle wetness to the sculptures, as if they have just been killed and skinned, wrapped and bound. I’m feeling an intensity of the mortal coil being spun off revealing dust. Very powerful show through 4.2.16. Check it out.
Mark Bradford
Be Strong Boquan
Marke was present at the opening. He’s a very striking individual, 6′6″ African american guy, reed thin. No wonder that his canvasses are so big, it’s because he is too. I can just image him painting the tops of one of those massive pieces. The show is super cool. He book ends the show with 2 videos. Thoughtful videos. THe first one is a 3 projector piece that runs almost the length of the gallery and shows roller skating wheels “Kryptonic” wheels rolling in and bouncing out of frame. So cool when you realize that this gallery used to be a huge roller skating run. I whish they would put art in the middle and allow you to skate around it harkening it’s old glory days of the 1970′s.
The end video is a visual-less audio recording of a very racy and not political piece of a comedian riffing on Aids, Being African American and race in America. Funny that the show and 3 of the smaller pieces are named from the comedian’s riff piece.
Cool and complicated. Rockstar stuff.
HELL YEA!— It seems like forever since we’ve had a chance to enjoy art. The galleries are open and ready to showcase the new! Every gallery is opening on September 10th, It’s hard to pick a spot, let alone a great show. Look around, the shows are everywhere! Our picks are highlighted in yellow. Best night of the year. Show of the night is Mike Kelly at Hauser and Wirth. Check your Krypton at the door and check it out!