David Salle
New Paintings
Skarstedt Gallery
Pop art from one of the original creators. Feels a little sloppy and rushed, maybe give it up. Not feeling the energy and love in these pieces. Check out the morbidity through June 27, 2015.
40 Years On—David Salle has a big show at Skarstedt opening tonight featuring paintings from the series “Late Product Paintings” Very poppy, and fun show with large scale canvasses. Check it out!
Keith Haring
Heaven and Hell
Skarstedt Gallery
Always good to see work by Keith Haring. He was very prolific and when you see a show like this, it’s amazing to see the vibrance of the fluorescent colors in person. Massive canvasess worth checking out through April 18, 2015
Spring Art Shows Roll into Town— If only the snow and the shit weather would roll out! Opening this week and weekend are the Armory, Volta, Scope, Art on Paper, Independent and other ancillary fairs chock full of fresh new work to tempt your eyes and your wallets. For local fun Thursday night check out Skarstedt Gallery and their Keith Haring show as well as The Unix Gallery show featuring paintings by Ellen de Meijer. So cool and sublime, you have to check them out in person!
Andy Warhol
Piss Paintings
The new Skarstedt Gallery in Chelsea opened with a comparison show between Yves Klein and Andy Warhol entitled Fire Paintings (Klein) and Oxidation Paintings (Andy). I’ve heard about the Piss paintings before, but had never seen them hung in a gallery. They are very reminiscent of abstract expressionist work, and are quite stunning in their coloration. I particularly like the photo of Andy as you walk in the gallery of him sitting on the toilet. It works. Check it out.