Kevin Zucker at Eleven Rivington

 

Kevin Zucker, 'Rain (Paradise Cove Towers),' acrylic and toner on canvas, 2011.
Kevin Zucker, ‘Rain (Paradise Cove Towers),’ acrylic and toner on canvas, 2011.

Kevin Zucker’s new paintings of resort hotels in the rain might make us feel bad for the terrible weather on his travels…if he’d actually travelled.  Drawn together from various digital photos, imaginary scenes like ‘Rain (Paradise Cove Towers)’ resonate with recent work by other artists who have created ‘street photography’ from Google Street View.  However, as paintings, they seem to have more gravitas, regardless of how his dot technique emphasizes digital origins.  (At Eleven Rivington on the Lower East Side through Dec 22nd).

Kevin Zucker, 'Rain (Paradise Cove Towers),' acrylic and toner on canvas, 2011.
Kevin Zucker, ‘Rain (Paradise Cove Towers),’ acrylic and toner on canvas, 2011.

Martha Rosler’s Meta-Monumental Garage Sale at MoMA

Martha Rosler, Meta-Monumental Garage Sale, installation view, 2012.
Martha Rosler, Meta-Monumental Garage Sale, installation view, 2012.

Martha Rosler’s ‘Meta-Monumental Garage Sale’ officially opens tomorrow at MoMA, allowing visitors to browse and buy second-hand clothes, furniture, home décor and more collected by the artist.  Though MoMA’s major art acquisitions make headlines, buying and selling is strictly behind the scenes;  here, Rosler puts consumption – the kind involving money AND aesthetics – center stage.  (Though Nov 30th, opens at 12pm).

Phyllida Barlow at Hauser & Wirth

Phyllida Barlow, untitled:  column, cardboard, plywood, foam, felt, colored felt, steel pipe, 2012.
Phyllida Barlow, untitled: column, cardboard, plywood, foam, felt, colored felt, steel pipe, 2012.

Constructed of layers of cardboard, plywood, foam and felt, Phyllida Barlow’s untitled column sculptures at Hauser & Wirth are monumental without being macho.  Bright, enticing colors and soft materials humanize these minimalist stacks.  (At Hauser & Wirth, 32 East 69th Street through 12/22).

Eberhardt Havekost at Anton Kern Gallery

 

Eberhardt Havekost, 'Ocean,' oil on canvas, 2012.
Eberhardt Havekost, ‘Ocean,’ oil on canvas, 2012.

Eberhard Havekost’s painting ‘Ocean’ is once again on display as Chelsea’s Anton Kern Gallery reopened today, post-Sandy.  It’s a standout in a show about Havekost as artist and consumer, who transforms an enviable body (sourced from a German ad) into a mottled obstacle to the paradisiacal scene behind.  (Through Dec 15th).

Hellen van Meene at Yancey Richardson Gallery

Hellen van Meene, Untitled #307, (Heiloo, Netherlands), c-print, 2008.
Hellen van Meene, Untitled #307, (Heiloo, Netherlands), c-print, 2008.

Chelsea is slowly coming back to life, post-Sandy.  Yancey Richardson Gallery just reopened a show of panorama photos by Hellen van Meene including this portrait of an exquisite girl in a dilapidated interior, taken in Heiloo, Netherlands in ’08. (Though Nov 24th.)