still underwater here.
Posted: November 1, 2012 Filed under: Art | Tags: Art, chelsea, flooded, frankenstorm, galleries, hurricane sandy, New York times 2 Comments »The devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy here in the City, is truly unprecedented. It’s insane to look at images of Chelsea submerged and to think about all the art that has been damaged. Check out some articles on how the artworld is recovering below…
New York Times Article by Allan Kozinn Where Creations Faced Destructions
Hyperallergic by Hrag Vartanian New Yorks Art World Assessing Impact of Hurricane Sandy
Art in America by Brian Boucher Chelsea Galleries Hit Hard by Storm Sandy
ART BEATS article by Daniel J. Wakins Storm Related Cultural Cancellations Continue
Huffington Post Chelsea After Sandy: How the Art World Was Affected by the Hurricane
A street of Galleries in Chelsea [image credit: Hyperallergic]
A view of some of the flooding in Manhattan’s East Village (via @jesseandgreg)
out & about
Posted: October 18, 2012 Filed under: Art, exhibitions, My Photography | Tags: Art, chelsea, Exhibitions, galleries, highline, MOMA, NYC, Photography 1 Comment »It’s been a busy week..Here is some of the ART I have seen around the city lately.
Jonah Freeman & Justin Lowe, Stray Light Grey 2012 @ Marlborough Gallery in Chelsea
Jonah Freeman & Justin Lowe, Stray Light Grey 2012 @ Marlborough Gallery in Chelsea
James Wellings, Olson House, 2010 from Overflow @ David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea
Tony Smith, Source 1967 @ Matthew Marks Gallery (22nd st) Chelsea
Tom Wesselmann, Mouth no. 7 1966 Currently on View at MoMa.
Katharina Fritsch. Figurengruppe/Group of Figures 2006–08 on view in the garden @ MoMa
Katharina Fritsch. {back view} Figurengruppe/Group of Figures 2006–08 on view in the garden @ MoMa
Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn 1962 on view at MoMA
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party 1974-79 Permanently on view @ Brooklyn Museum
Thomas Buryle American Dream 1970 billboard @ the NYC Highline (until oct. 31)
Yayoi Kusama Window Display 2012 for Louis Vuitton on 5th Ave.
no place to flee
Posted: October 1, 2012 Filed under: Art, exhibitions | Tags: Art, chelsea, contemporary art, Exhibitions, galleries, gladstone gallery, thomas hirschhorn 1 Comment »
Thomas Hirschhorn, Concordia, Concordia 2012
This Saturday was the first Saturday I have not spent in a library in over a month and despite my head cold, the venture was much needed. I headed to Chelsea with a close friend to see some exhibitions that have been getting a ton of buzz lately. Thomas Hirschhorn’s Concordia, Concordia at the Gladstone Gallery on 21st st. was certainly a site to see. Inspired by the recent sunken cruise ship off the coast of Italy last January, Hirschhorn has re-intrepreted the inside of the ship creating a colorful, plastic replica. These photographs truly don’t do the space justice. This is a huge installation with so many intricate details to take in. My favorite was The Raft of Medusa, that can be spotted hanging on the ceiling of the gallery (the side of the “ship”) and the televisions screens playing loops of media coverage of the disaster.
I want to do a Big work to show that the saying “Too Big to Fail” no longer makes any sense. On the contrary, when something is Too Big, it must Fail – this is what I want to give Form to. I want to understand this as a logic and this is the Form! This is what I want to explore, it is the grounding of my new work “Concordia, Concordia.” “Concordia, Concordia” brings back to mind the disastrous wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia and the images of the immersed ship in its confusing architecture. The flooded casino of consumption stands for evidence: the evidence of a coming disaster and the evidence of an announced failure. This is “Concordia, Concordia.” - Thomas Hirschhorn
Find out more about Concordia, Concordia HERE.
Cancer Alley
Posted: September 24, 2012 Filed under: Art, exhibitions, Photography | Tags: aperture, Art, chelsea, contemporary art, galleries, gallery girl, Photography, richard misrach 1 Comment »
I recently attended Aperture Foundations book launch of photographer Richard Misrach’s Petrochemical America. For the past decade Misrach has been collaborating with landscape architect, Kate Orff on this haunting project which explores a 150 mile region located in Louisiana referred to as Cancer Alley due to its alarmingly high number of cancer occurrences in relation to the intense chemical production that takes place in the area. The book offers a narrative of visual exploration as well as research and analysis on the horrific effects to everyday life caused by the petrochemical industry. The exhibition that correlates with the book is executed with the same haunting eeriness that the issue warrants. Charts, intensely informative wall labels and large over-powering photographs confront with authority. The muted landscapes and hazy images of ghostly towns of the south show a world void of life… predicting perhaps or rather warning, the inevitable future if life continues to go on like this.
It was wonderful hearing Richard Misrach and Kate Orff discussing their collaboration and part of the process of this project. It was quite the lovely evening and I will be purchasing the book as soon as I can.
Richard Misrach, Helicopter Returning from Deep Water Horizon Spill, Venice, Louisiana 2010
Richard Misrach, Hazardous Waste Containment Site, Dow Chemical Corporation, Plaquemine, Louisiana 1998
Richard Misrach, Shopping Cart, Tanger Factory Outlet Center, Interstate I-10, Gonsales, Louisiana 1998
Check out more of this work here. & purchase his book Petrochemical America Here.
pish posh
Posted: August 3, 2012 Filed under: Art, exhibitions, Photography | Tags: Art, chelsea, contemporary art, galleries, graffiti, New York City 4 Comments »Today was quite the day. I started @ Chelsea Market, celebrated a friend’s birthday @ Grey Dog (amazing sandwiches) then wandered the streets of Chelsea hitting up the galleries that braved the summer crowds and are actually open. (There aren’t many). It was an adventurous day full of laughter, art & blazing heat, trust me there’s no buildings out there in Chelsea to block that relentless sun. Here is what I found.
Julius Popp, Bit Fall 2006 @ eyebeam on 23rd st.
Kiki Smith, Milky Way 2011 at Anton Kern Gallery on 20th street.
Rodney Graham, Welsh Oaks #2 1998 David Zwirner Gallery on 19th st.
Nobuo Sekine, Phase of Nothingness, Water 2012 at Gladstone Gallery on 21st st.
Nobuo Sekine, Phase of Nothingness, Water 2012 at Gladstone Gallery on 21st st.
Mason Williams, Bus 1967, at David Zwirner Gallery on 19th st.
Arne Quinze, Chaos Life 2012 at Vicky David Gallery on 23rd st.
Jiro Takamutsu, Light and Shadow 1973/2012 at Gladstone Gallery on 21st st.
Graffiti tree that made me smile
Space Invader Graffiti in Chelsea on 23rd st.
