Tag: Lower East Side gallery

Josh Kline at 47 Canal

Hands down one of the best shows on in New York at the moment, Josh Kline’s latest solo show at 47 Canal on the Lower East Side includes this video, which maps Whitney Houston’s face onto an actress who brings the singer back from the grave to discuss a life shaped and destroyed by stardom.  Cynical but utterly absorbing, Kline lambastes our society’s love of celebrity and youth.  (Through Oct 13th).  

Josh Kline, Forever 48 (installation), sculpture with video: plexiglass, LED lights, MDF, plywood, HD television, media player, SD card, 16 min HD video, 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.

Penelope Umbrico at LMAK Projects

During a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Penelope Umbrico photographed cameras from the museum’s collection and printed them, applying Photoshop’s ‘Old Style’ filter, and creating this rather forelorn selection of specimens which rest under a projection of a mountain (used as a subject by Ansel Adams) photographed using hundreds of filters available on dozens of smartphone apps.  (At LMAK Projects on the Lower East Side through Oct 20th).  

Penelope Umbrico, 136 Mini Film Cameras in the Smithsonian Institution History of Photography Collection with Old Style Photoshop Filter, archival pigment prints on Hahnmuhle Photo Rag paper, 2013.

Catherine Ahearn in ‘Pizza Time!’ at Marlborough Gallery, LES

Chelsea and 57th Street gallery Marlborough Gallery has now put an anchor down in the Lower East Side, launching a new space at 331 Broome with the lightheartedly delicious ‘Pizza Time,’ a show dedicated to the slice.  It includes this collage by Catherine Ahearn that marries painting and photo as serendipitously as olives and mushrooms.  (Through Oct 6th)  

Catherine Ahearn, Untitled (pizza 3), multi-media, 2011.

Aric Obrosey in ‘Reticulate’ at McKenzie Fine Art

If it isn’t obvious that New York artist Aric Obrosey’s paper artwork ‘Hand Production Lines’ involves a lot of work, hand cut motifs repeated to form lace-like chains come together to depict a giant work glove.  Created for the Museum of Art and Design’s ’09-’10 exhibition featuring cut paper artworks, the piece involves a mind boggling amount of detail and took nine months to complete.  (At McKenzie Fine Art on the Lower East Side through Aug 17th).  

Aric Obrosey, Hand Production Lines, cut paper, 41 ½ x 59 ½ inches, 2009.  Photo courtesy of McKenzie Fine Art.