Art Fair Time, Feeling springish?—All the March Art Fairs are opening on Thursday. This is the mother-load. Check out our favorite fair the Art on Paper Fair. Great site, lots of breathing room and very interesting art. Check it out.
Mike Weiss Gallery
Group Show
Objects and Everyday Goods
Cool group show highlighting one of my favorite artists of the moment, the flat, yet 3D wooden artwork of Michael Zelehoski. THe work is so flat, and so impossible and so tactile. Check it out through March 26, 2016. Also check out Liao Yibai, massive bicycle chain in the back center gallery.
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.
Donald Judd
David Zwirner Gallery
It looks like a show curated by his son? Anyway, amazing to see such detailed sculptures by such a famous artist for sale, lots of buzz and cool opening. Check it out at 537 Est 20th Street until 12-19-15.
The Wrapture is Here—It’s not the end of the world and it’s not yet time for Christmas promotions, but here we have the Wrapture at Walter Wickiser Gallery. Nice work by Mark Travers opening up Thursday night. Check it out.
Dia:Beacon
Beacon, NY
Really nice to stop by Beacon again. They have fantastic depth on a lot of favorite artists including John Chamberlain, Richard Serra, Louise Bourgeois and Dan Flavin. Very Contemporary and very 21st century. Worth a visit every time.
Frieze Art Fair 2015
Randal Island NYC
Part 1 of 3
Good fair this year with an assortment of international galleries showcasing many smaller pieces and less “Statement” type pieces of artwork. Mood seemed a little subdued but the art is always intelligent and thought provoking. There were a couple of performance pieces as well as participatory artworks and a maze.
Painting and Sculpture on tap—Jacob Lewis Gallery has an exhibition of new sculptures and works on paper by Rina Banerjee. The sculptures are a wild combination of materials speaking about ones’ cultural identity in an urban context. Check it out this Thursday night. Also Bill Jensen has a show of triptychs. His painting style is more of an uncovering process, whereby he teases out the image through repetitive painting and scraping until the final image is realized. Check it out.