Tag: art gallery

Martin Creed at Hauser & Wirth

Martin Creed’s exhibition at Hauser & Wirth’s 69th Street location includes portraits painted by leaping high in the air with a paintbrush, stacking sculptures based on mathematical ratios and room-altering minimal, monumental wall paintings.  None seem to involve much effort on Creed’s part to create – this being his signature style – yet each will definitely create a reaction.  (Through Dec 21st ).  

Martin Creed, work no. 1782, toilet roll, unique, 2013 (foreground).  Martin Creed, work no. 905, emulsion on wall, 2008 (background).

Simen Johan at Yossi Milo Gallery

New York based-Scandinavian artist Simen Johan’s latest photos from his ongoing series, ‘Until the Kingdom Comes’ are stronger than even, offering seamless images of animals inserted into landscapes that would be alien to them, as with these giraffes (shot in a U.S. zoo), whose heads are lost in the fog of landscapes from Turkey, Bali & Iceland.  (At Chelsea’s Yossi Milo Gallery through Dec 7th).  

Simen Johan, Untitled #172, digital c-print, 2013.

William Pope. L at Michell-Innes & Nash

Chicago-based conceptual artist William Pope. L continues to consider how people separate themselves by race; in this wall of drawings, potentially offensive generalizations are neutralized by their opaqueness.  (At Mitchell-Innes & Nash in Chelsea through Oct 26th).  

William Pope. L, detail view of ‘Wall of Skin Set drawings,’ 2010 – 2013.

Caetano de Almeida at Eleven Rivington Gallery

A New York Observer critic recently likened Caetano de Almeida’s vividly colored geometric abstractions to an open window, adding that viewing them was ‘like flying.’  Come check out their physical effect on the Oct 12th open group tour. (At Eleven Rivington Gallery on the Lower East Side through October 13th).  

Caetano de Almeida, Agudos, acrylic on canvas, 2013.

Elizabeth Murray in ‘Reinventing Abstraction’ at Cheim and Read Gallery

A dark geometric shape appears to do battle with two biomorphic entities in Elizabeth Murray’s 1982 canvas at Chelsea’s Cheim & Read Gallery.  Part of an exhibition showcasing abstract painting in the 80s, its attention-grabbing drama and size (over ten feet tall) excite the imagination.  (Through Aug 30th).  

Elizabeth Murray, Sentimental Education, oil on canvas, 127 x 96 inches, 1982.