Maayan Strauss
Seven Sinks
Andrea Meislin Gallery
Very peculiar piece from a photo gallery. This sculptural piece is a readymade with 7 sinks synchronized to play with sound. The table top is a photograph (that’s where the photo gallery part comes in play) of marble that will deteriorate over time. The sculpture takes up almost the entire footprint of the gallery. Check it out through February 28, 2015
Snowmaggeden is Over!— Outsider Art Fair opens Thursday night and runs through the weekend. Always interesting work by artists who are possesed to produce. Strange and curious work that can be affordable. Other good shows will be some chain saw art at Gladstone and 7 sinks at Andrea Meislin gallery. Curious night indeed. Check it out.
Hot and Cold!— Chilly night this Thursday, but thank god there’s some nudes to warm up the night with at Steven Kashner Gallery. Stay warm and check it out.
Robert Larson
American Bloom
Joshua Liner Gallery
Trash is a treasure for this California artist. He takes the most mundane, ignored and discarded piece of trash and elevates it via repetition into a field of vibrating consistency. Cool show, check out the “White Album match cover piece” when you go. Through February 14, 2015
Sam Friedman
Happy Place
Joshua Liner Gallery
Multiples and variations of lines, shapes, shocking colors and suns are typical of Sam Friedman’s abstract paintings at this show. Part of it feels very memphis in its style and experimentation. I’m feeling a strong 1980’s vibe here. Check it out through February 14, 2015.
Richard Pousette-Dart
1960’s through 1980’s Survey
PACE
The youngest abstract expressionist of the group created very geometric artwork that still has the power to transfix the viewer and draw them in with the repetitive brush stroke so evenly placed. Very Op-Arty in its presentation. Cool show, check it out through February 14, 2015
Marc Séguin
I Love America and America Loves Me
Mike Weiss Gallery
Powerful pop-y imagery painted upon unfinished canvas. The artwork peeks-out from the canvas very provocatively. There’s a nasty dirty-ness to parts of each canvas; as if to point out that there is a gross underbelly to ALL life. Some cool stuff here, check it out through March 7, 2015
Titus Kaphar
Drawing the Blinds
Jack Shainman Gallery
Historical style paintings with built upon and ripped out narratives that reveal some revisionist thinking about the role of race relations in history. Very powerful images created simply by negating the main visual which reveals the emptiness and the powerful whiteness of what’s been removed. Powerful and evocative. Check it out through February 21, 2015
Erik Van Lieshout
I am in heaven
Anton Kern Gallery
When you walk into the gallery you step through a hastily made tunnel to view his film “Work” and exit into the wider gallery to view these amazing art pieces that depict rioters in mid stride with mouths open, yelling for their rights. The images are peculiar as they are created with vinyl tape that is crudely pasted upon paper. The visuals are very raw and cartoony. Check it out through February 28, 2015.
Cold and Showy!-Lots of openings this Thursday night across the spectrum of artistic styles from painting to photography, looks like a good night. Joshua Liner and PACE have some exciting shows opening up. Check it out.