Tag: David Zwirner Gallery

Yayoi Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery

Yayoi Kusama’s star is still shining in New York, where her Whitney Museum show in 2012 attracted throngs, and now an exhibition including two more trademark ‘infinity rooms’ is drawing thousands of visitors a day to Chelsea’s David Zwirner Gallery.  In this room, mirrors, low lights and polka-dotted tentacles coming from floor and ceiling create a hallucinatory effect.  (Through Dec 21st).  

Yayoi Kusama, Love is Calling, wood, metal, glass mirrors, tile, acrylic panel, rubber, blowers, lighting element, speakers, and sound, 2013.

John McCracken: Works from 1963 – 2011 at David Zwirner Gallery

Southern Californian minimalist John McCracken’s retrospective exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery is better seen in person – where sleek objects like this one (hand-crafted from plywood covered in polyester resin & fiberglass) reflect the people, objects and light conditions surrounding them.  But the color contrasts alone between the richly green ‘Minnesota’ in the foreground and the sky blue of ‘On Stream’ in this photo set the mind thinking of nature.   (At the gallery’s 20th Street location through Oct 19th.)

John McCracken, Minnesota (in the foreground), polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood, 1989.  On Stream (background left), polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood, 1998.

Brian Griffith in ‘Folk Devil’ at David Zwirner Gallery

British artist Brian Griffith’s teddy bear tent is hands down one of the most fun sculptures on view in Chelsea right now.  You can’t go inside the tent and weenie roasts aren’t allowed, but the piece does suggest a very imaginative band of travelers.  (At David Zwirner Gallery‘s 525 W. 19th Street location through Aug 9th).  

Brian Griffiths, The Body and Ground (Or Your Brittle Smile), canvas, scenic acrylic paint, rope, webbing, fiberglass pole, metal poles, vintage travel souvenir patches, net fabric, tarpaulin, duct tape, tread, string, sand, and fixings, 2010.

Suzan Frecon at David Zwirner Gallery

What does it take for a minimal painting to stand on its own strengths, with no explanation or apparent associations to build a context for understanding?  New York-based Suzan Frecon’s abstractions ask this question, offering pure color, shape and surface to absorbing effect.   (At David Zwirner’s 525 West 19th St location through March 23rd).

Suzan Frecon, composition in four colors, trial 3, oil on panel, 2009.

Dan Flavin at David Zwirner Gallery

David Zwirner Gallery opened its new five-story, 30,000 square foot gallery with the perfect artwork to highlight architecture by Annabelle Selldorf.  Eight-foot square pieces from Dan Flavin’s 1966-71 ‘European Couples’ series (titled after Europeans he considered influential) turn light into an artistic medium, washing every white wall in color.  (At David Zwirner’s 537 West 20th Street location through March 16).  

Dan Flavin, untitled (to Janet and Allen), pink fluorescent light, 1966-71.