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Barthelemy Toguo at Galerie Lelong

Part installation, part performance, Cameroonian-French artist Barthelemy Toguo’s ‘Urban Requiem’ begins with a room of charcoal drawings of African Americans killed by police and culminates in a gallery of heavy, wooden, torso-shaped stamps marked with messages.  Against the back wall of the show, prints made using the stamps advocate for peace and respect for human life.  The stamp in the foreground incites hope for ‘All the world’s futures.’  (On view at Galerie Lelong in Chelsea through May 11th).

Barthelemy Toguo, Installation view of ‘Urban Requiem’ at Galerie Lelong, April 2019.

Michael Sailstorfer at Galerie Perrotin

Berlin-based artist Michael Sailstorfer’s tear-themed show at Galerie Perrotin aims to convert sadness to fun.  Here, a rickety farm building is destroyed by wrecking balls in the shape of teardrops (cables were removed post-production). Elsewhere, the artist prepares tear-shaped lumps of coal for burning and morphed Bavarian beer bottles into tear-shapes with the help of a glass-blower.  (On view on the Lower East Side through April 13th).

Michael Sailstorfer, Tranen, video, 2015.

Josh Sperling at Perrotin Gallery

Josh Sperling describes his shaped canvases as “simple, beautiful, and fun” in a recent Perrotin Gallery video that touts the pleasures of looking.  He can add ‘huge’ to describe fifteen-foot tall Hocus Pocus, a centerpiece of his current show at the gallery. Evoking flowers or ripples from raindrops in water, the assemblage of eighty-four separate paintings is pure enjoyment.  (On view on the Lower East Side through Feb 16th).

Josh Sperling, installation view of Hocus Pocus, acrylic on canvas (84 elements), 15 x 18 feet, 2018.

Gregor Hildebrandt at Galerie Perrotin

What do you do as a tune-loving artist with no talent for making music?  German artist Gregor Hildebrandt’s answer has been to make art with music-related objects, creating walls with records pressed into clam-shell shapes and ‘paintings’ with cassette tape replacing brush strokes or lines.  In the background of this installation view, VHS tape stretched against the wall creates a fluttering surface, as ephemeral as a musical note.  (On view on the Lower East Side at Galerie Perrotin through Dec 22nd).

Gregor Hildebrandt, installation view of ‘In My House, There are Many Rooms,’ at Perrotin, New York, Dec 2018.

 

Li Wei at Galerie Richard

Li Wei flies through the air and walks on water in photos at Galerie Richard that appear to document gravity defying feats and even common sense.  Using mirrors (here, this technique is obvious), cranes and wires, the Beijing-based artist gives himself superpowers that other artists can only dream of.  (On view on the Lower East Side through March 11th).

Li Wei, Mirror, Hong Kong, c-print mounted on plexiglass, 176 x 176 cm, 2006.