Jan-Feb 2008.
Sculpture that tries very hard not to look too good. Tobias Buche's deliberately low-grade sculpture conjures a curious portrait of his inner world. Take Merrily Kerr's video tour of this work at Lehmann Maupin Gallery in Chelsea.
Wayne Gonzales at Paul Cooper Gallery
Paula Cooper Gallery May-June 2007. Wayne Gonzales' paintings of crowds zero in on the American public, emphasising its divisions. Take Merrily Kerr's video tour of this work
Gordon Matta-Clark & Rirkrit Tiravanija at David Zwirner
This month, the exhibition mostly likely to get people talking earns its 'hottest show' tag by literally applying the heat to gallery visitors. As part of an installation, daily vats of feisty Thai curry are prepared, to which visitors can help themselves. Dealers, critics and art world luminaries have been spotted indulging in a spicy lunch at tables and chairs scattered around a plywood structure which replicates 303 Gallery's space in Soho, where the piece was first exhibited in 1992. Tiravanija reveals his indebtedness to Gordon Matta-Clark's precedent-setting café, 'Food' and his unconventional use of real estate by sharing the gallery space with a recreation of Matta-Clark's 'Open House,' a sculpture made in a dumpster which coincidently occupied the same SoHo address as Tiravanija's exhibition when it was created in 1972.
Tony Matelli, ‘New Works’, Leo Koenig Gallery,
Tony Matelli, ‘New Works’, Leo Koenig Gallery, until Feb 17, 2007
Tony Matelli’s perfectly life-like bronze sculptures elevate every-day objects.
Misaki Kawai, ‘Tiger Punch’ at Clementine Gallery
Clementine Gallery January 2007.
Kawai’s slapdash painted collages take a jab at slick, manga inspired art.