Summer about Town

I love the city when it is like it was Saturday: hot and steamy and with monsoon-like showers. Perfect weather to do some gallery hoping and to grab some tea with friends and/or family.
So here are some things to see:
The latest Walton Ford Exhibit is still up at Paul Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea, NY (through July 3rd, 2008) - around the corner from the Paul Fusco show at Danzinger Projects.
And there is beautiful photography (haunting portraiture by Julia Margaret Cameron , a Ville D'Avray landscape by Eugene Atget - that I love for sentimental reasons- and much more) to be seen at the Met through September 2008 in "Framing a Century".
The Louise Bourgeois retrospective has opened at the Guggenheim and through July 9th, 2008 the Film Forum will continue to show "Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine".
Also on view until September is "Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland" at PS1 in Queens.

And Tim Walker

And if you are in London this summer, I recommend the Design Museum and the Tim Walker show - Mr. Walker who I mentioned before, is one of my favorites.
James Danzinger has a nice post about the show titled Anglomania.

White Horse

White Horse © Tema Stauffer

I mentioned before how much I enjoy the blog of artist Tema Stauffer. I loved the story and image of her June 8, 2008 entry titled "Smiley". It's what life is all about. And I am so happy Tema is recording not only these images but also the stories that accompany them.
And I am (predictably) a little obsessed with the photograph above and the relating blog entry titled "White Horse" -- also to be found on Tema's blog: www.palmaire.blogspot.com.
The "White Horse" image will be included in a group show at Randall Scott Gallery in D.C. this July, along with some other outstanding art by Tema and others.

The Horse

Opening tomorrow at the American Museum of Natural History in New York is the exhibit titled simply "The Horse" - through January 4, 2009.


With the Horses (Cayo) © Corvallo

Mappelthorpe & Polaroids

When I was in art school I had a dream that I found a suitcase under my bed with all of Robert Mapplethorpe's negatives. I am not sure of the meaning of the dream (Mapplethorpe is not an obvious choice for me), but all Freudian interpretations aside, I like to think it just had to do with owning one's creativity.
Not included in that suitcase were his Polaroids, but they will be exhibited at The Whitney through September 7, 2008.
Karen Rosenberg wrote an article about the show titled "Spontaneity Was the Medium and the Message" that is published in the New York Times today.

Walton Ford @ Paul Kasmin

Opening this Thursday:

Walton Ford
Paul Kasmin Gallery
May 8 - July 3, 2008
293 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY
212.563.4474

Ryan McLennan: From Fur to Bone

More good stuff out West:
Ryan McLennan's (another favorite) "From Fur to Bone" Show opens this Saturday in Los Angeles at Kinsey/Des Forges -- the show will run through May 10th, 2008.


From Fur to Bone © Ryan McLennan/Kinsey/Des Forges

Opening Reception: April 5th, 2008 7:00 PM - 10:00PM
Kinsey/Des Forges
6009 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA

And coming in November 08 back East:
Ryan McLennan & Amy Ross at Transmission Gallery in Richmond, VA

Animal Spell: Justin Gibbens + Amy Ross

Wish I was in Seattle for this one -- Amy Ross is one of my all time favorites:

Animal Spell: Justin Gibbens + Amy Ross
Punch Gallery
119 Prefontaine Place South,
Seattle, WA
April 3 – 27, 2008

Opening Reception:5-8pm

First Thursday, April 3, 2008

also check out each artists respective website (and Amy's fantastic blog):
Justin Gibbens
Amy Ross & her blog Nature Morph

Alexander Gorlizki @ Daniel Weinberg

Yesterday was the reception for Alexander Gorlizki's solo show "Strange You Can Believe In" at Daniel Weinberg Gallery in Los Angeles. The exhibit will run through April 19th, 2008. As in his collaboration with Riyaz Uddin, Alexander's solo work is influenced by Surrealism - but in his personal work he explores it in a more abstract way. My two favorites of this exhibit are a color study reminiscent of the work of Robert Delaunay and color & pattern study titled " Close and Personal".


Colour Study, 2007 Pigment on paper © Alexander Gorlizki


Close & Personal, 2007 Gold & Pigment on Paper © Alexander Gorlizki

If you browese through the archives at Daniel Weinberg Gallery, you cam also see some previous works by Alexander, such as "Wig under a cloud" and "Bluering" .

New Work By Ryan McLennan

Today I heard from one of my favorite contemporary painters, Ryan McLennan, whose new work you can see & purchase at BLK/RKT Gallery.
I can never get enough of Ryan's work and I love the new elements that he has recently introduced. His voice is only growing stronger and more expressive.
Ryan also has a show opening in three weeks at Kinsey/Des Forges in L.A. I will remind you of this as we get closer of the date :)

Meanwhile enjoy these works of Ryan's:


Expecting and Condo © Ryan McLennan

Massimo Vitali @ Bonni Benrubi

Through March 29, 2008 the work of Massimo Vitali will be exhibited at Bonni Berubi Gallery in New York. I love Mr. Vitali's beach scenes, which are as complex as any of Andreas Gurksy's observations, but with a gentler color palette.

International Asian Art Fair

Tomorrow is the beginning of the International Asian Art Fair. If you are there make sure to take the opportunity to see the fantastic work of Alexander Gorlizki (& Riyaz Uddin)


An Invitation To See © Alexander Gorlizki

The International Asian Art Fair
March 15th - 19th 2008

583 Park Avenue
at 63rd Street
New York, NY 10065

Saturday 15 March 11am - 7.30pm
Sunday 16 March 1.30pm - 7pm
Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 March 11am - 7.30pm
Wednesday 19 March 11am - 4pm

Reminder: Thomas Holton @ Sasha Wolf

Thomas Holton show titled "The Lams of Ludlow Street" opens tomorrow (March 6th, 2008) at the hip downtown Sasha Wolf Gallery.

Where: 10 Leonard Street
When: 6- 8 p.m. March 6th
More directions here.