by Helen Homan Wu on December 19th, 2010
Photo: Javier Cambre
On a chilly December evening in Williamsburg, I stepped into Momenta Art, with audiences huddled around a solo dancer, trancelike, swaying her body as if she’s a tree. Her gazeless eyes told us that she moved according to the music, the surroundings, and her intuition. It was a dance movement which I haven’t seen since my days in Japan — Butoh. The minimally dark installations by Nina Lola Bachhuber provided a surreal universe to the performance artist/dancer Pamela Herron.
by Carissa Pelleteri on December 17th, 2010
© Sam Falls, courtesy of Hassla Books
There’s a new gallery in town. If you haven’t heard of F.L.O.A.T Gallery (which means Four Legs of A Table), Brooklyn’s newest creative enterprise, the gallery opens their second show this weekend: Picture Books. A collaboration with four dynamic independent photography publishers – Hassla Books, JSBJ, Lay Flat and Seems – together will present small-run photography publications that express the visions of their featured artists and exist as works of art themselves. Limited edition prints curated by F.L.O.A.T will be available for sale throughout the duration of the exhibition. The first show, “Factory of Dreams” was a solo show by photographer Stefan Ruiz. For photography and independent book publisher lovers this show is not too be missed. The opening reception is Saturday, December 18th from 6-8pm and will hold a book sale, introducing a selection of limited edition prints.
Picture Books is curated by Caroll Taveras and Meagan Ziegler-Haynes and runs through January 16th, 2011. For more information please contact 646-239-8834 / info@thefloatgallery.com
F.L.O.A.T GALLERY • 539 ATLANTIC AVE. BROOKLYN, NY 11217 • THEFLOATGALLERY.COM
by Helen Homan Wu on December 13th, 2010
Jerry Saltz and David Maupin
The Foundation of Contemporary Arts benefit show that just opened last week is phenomenal. Not only for the fact that there are nearly 200 pieces of artwork, but also for the rare occurrence that superstars like Damien Hirst are housed in the same gallery as young bloomers like Sarah Crowner and Justin Adian. With the funding that is raised from sales of the pieces, paintings and sculptures donated by the artists, the foundation continues to support individual artists, groups, and organizations. Mr. Jasper Johns (being one of the organizers) hung the artworks himself, allowing us to see the significance of the curator’s eye, in the otherwise overwhelming amount of art.
by Amanda Schmitt on December 13th, 2010
Pam Lins, installation 2010
If you’ve been on an LES art crawl in the past few years, chances are you’ve been down Orchard Street. Galleries on this stretch include On Stellar Rays, Miguel Abreu, and Lisa Cooley, as well as recent neighbors like Untitled, who relocated from around the corner. It’s no secret that the LES gallery scene has been growing exponentially in the past five years. In fact, the neighborhood has produced a number of groundbreaking, must-see shows featuring emerging and established artists alike.
Rachel Uffner Gallery has been a mainstay at 47 Orchard Street since 2008, after taking over the space formerly occupied by cooperative gallery Orchard. I appreciate the gallery’s curatorial program and am enthused by the range of artists and media represented. Opening with a solo exhibition by painter Roger White on September 20, 2008, Rachel Uffner Gallery celebrates a second solo exhibition by the same artist, on view through December 19, 2010.
Roger White, installation view
by Artcards Review on December 12th, 2010
photo: KW Institute for Contemporary Art
(Berlin) The exhibition series KW69—situated in the front building KW Institute for Contemporary Art—provides a space for dialogue for artists, a kind of experimental stage that for one year will be the home to a number of artistic projects in quick succession. Moving on from one project to the next, the participants will shift roles, as the artists exhibiting then invite the next project. This dynamic interplay will enable unconventional points of reference, continuous shifts in perspective, and uses of the exhibition space that refer to and build on one another.
KW69 #2
cactus craze by Jean-Michel Wicker in collaboration with Gregorio Magnani
12.09,2010 – 01.09,2011
Artist: Judith Hopf
With works by: Emanuel Rossetti, Simon Popper, Sara MacKillop, Janice Kerbel, Karl Holmqvist / Ei Arakawa
by Artcards Review on December 9th, 2010
image courtesy of Blackston
(from the Press Release)
Blackston is pleased to present Music in CMYK, an exhibition of posters by Mark Ohe. An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Saturday, December 11th, 2010, from 6 to 9 p.m. The show will run through January 7th, 2011.
by Amanda Schmitt on November 30th, 2010
Sao Paulo Turtleneck, 2010
Working in the woodshop at Parson’s School of Design, Alan Reid draws inspiration, in an ironic way, and finds useful materials, in a work with what you’ve got kind of way, through the discarded scraps of wood left behind from drill presses, routers, and other power tools. In his second show at Lisa Cooley, With, Reid uses these bits and pieces and presents them atop seven large canvases, upon which rest seven lethargic, ephemeral females.
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