Category: On the Horizon

The empires of major Chelsea gallerists continue to expand. On April 10th, Paula Cooper will open a third space in an unlikely location: London Terrace Towers, between 9th and 10th Aves with a show of work by Sherrie Levine. In addition to 192 Books and two spaces on 21st Street, the more intimate new venue (1,100 sq ft) will offer the gallery the option of complimenting exhibitions or offering a third show.

Speaking of gallerists who’ve made good, be sure to check out ‘The Art of the Deal’ at the Kantor/Feuer window between 25th and 26th Streets. An installation opens April 1st of artwork created by several well-known dealers before they traded in their ambitions as artists for successful careers as gallerists. Is this an April Fools joke?

Dana Schutz hasn’t shown many paintings in New York since her knock-out piece in PS1’s 2005 Greater New York exhibition, so anticipation is growing to see what she’ll unveil in her next solo show, due to open April 12th. Judge for yourself whether the painting in this intriguingly titled show, ‘Stand By Earth Man,’ is just eye candy or if Schutz is making a breakthrough contribution to figurative, expressionist painting.

For more information on Dana Schutz, visit Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL).

It’s nearly the time of year when the international art world descends upon New York for the annual weekend extravaganza of art fairs. As usual, the week’s anchors are The Art Show, presented by the Art Dealers Association of America and featuring 70 galleries offering art by artists of all periods, and The Armory Show, which despite today’s plethora of art fairs, still boldly dubs itself, “the world’s leading art fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art.” If these two fairs aren’t enough to keep you occupied over the weekend, satellite fairs abound and include: Scope New York at Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park, Pulse New York at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Ave and 26th Street, and the Digital and Video Art (DiVA) Fair at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Battery Park. Better get your rest now!

If getting to galleries in this busy season is impossible, don’t stress. Shows may be closing soon, but the good news is that several promising ones open this week. Tops among them may be Jenny Perlin’s unconventional video and film work at The Kitchen, based on research into FBI wiretapping in the ‘50s. At the opposite geographic end of Chelsea comes a completely different kind of exhibition: ‘Primitivism Revisited’ at Sean Kelly Gallery which matches classical African Art with work by major contemporary artists (including Robert Mapplethorpe, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Marina Abramovic and more) to demonstrate changing attitudes toward African culture. (Jenny Perlin at The Kitchen opens Dec 15th and runs through February 10th. ‘Primitivism Revisited: After the End of an Idea opens Dec 15th and runs through January 27th.

New York-based painter Yun-Fei Ji’s lively depictions of Chinese village life express equal parts affection for rural ways and disgust at the corruption and ignorance that threatened to make them extinct. Using Classical Chinese painting techniques, he has spent years documenting The Three Gorges Dam project and its displacement of millions of Chinese citizens. What will the paintings show now that the dam’s waters have risen? Find out when the exhibition opens, Nov 17th at James Cohan Gallery

Christian Marclay’s last solo show was a memorable installation of 16 monitors arranged in a circle and playing a composition of sounds made by shaking, rattling and rolling objects from the Walker Art Museum’s Fluxus archive. This and other imaginative projects (including one front and center in MoMA’s newly reinstalled contemporary art galleries) ramp up the excitement for his next show, titled ‘The Electric Chair’ after Andy Warhol’s famous image from his Death and Disaster series.

Click for more on Christian Marclay at Paula Cooper Gallery.