MOCA GA Working Artist Project winner, Katherine Mitchell, presents “Places of Memory and Dreams”

ATLANTA, GA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia announces the opening of the third installment in the 2010/2011 series of the Working Artist Project exhibitions – Katherine Mitchell: Places of Memory and Dreams. There will be an Artist Talk by Mitchell on Thursday, January 26 at 7 p.m. with a reception beforehand at 6:30 p.m. Katherine Mitchell: Places of Memory and Dreams runs Dec. 17 – March 31, 2012. “PLACES OF MEMORY AND DREAMS” EXHIBITION The artist, Katherine Mitchell, states, “In this [...]

First exhibition of artist Wayne Gonzales’ work in Spain opens at CAC Málaga

MALAGA.- “Art is political per se” Wayne Gonzales has noted on more than one occasion, although he seeks to avoid standard viewpoints in order not to be considered a political artist. The CAC Málaga is now presenting the first exhibition of this artist’s work in Spain and one that includes two previously unexhibited works, Seated Crowd and Slingshot Boy, both of 2011. The dark backgrounds of Gonzales’s crowd scenes, with their sketchily defined faces and brushstrokes that create seemingly immobile, inexpressive figures, leave [...]

Maloney Fine Art Presents Sculpture and Paintings by George Stoll

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Maloney Fine Art presents an exhibition of sculpture and paintings by George Stoll (January 8 – February 12). George Stoll is interested in the subject that is hiding in plain sight and what happens when representation becomes abstracted. In this work he investigates the poetics of American consumer culture and Catholic iconography, and by so doing creates beautiful sculptures that have the immediacy of Pop Art, the spare elegance of Minimalism, the appearance of a monochrome, and [...]

Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin’s Premier Contemporary Art Center, Reopened to the Public

AUSTIN, TX.- Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin’s premier contemporary art center, reopened to the public October 24, 2010, after an extensive renovation and expansion project designed by award-winning New York architectural firm Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects.  Exhibitions for the reopening include commissions of new work by Jason Middlebrook, Tony Feher, and Ryan Hennessee, along with solo presentations of work by Mequitta Ahuja, Cyprien Gaillard, and James Sham.  Arthouse’s new architecturally significant facility, along with its ambitious exhibitions and programming, position the contemporary art [...]

Special Installation by Dan Colen at Colette in Paris During the Week of FIAC 2010

PARIS.- Gagosian Gallery and Colette present ‘En Grève’ (On Strike), a special installation by Dan Colen at Colette in Paris during the week of FIAC 2010. At Colette, ‘En Grève’ is Colen’s use of the ubiquitous velibs of Paris. Applying pressure to the mass availability and implicit trust embedded in the system of public transportation, Colen has realized an absurd, vaudevillian gesture which functions both as sculpture and event. This site-specific work will occupy the space for seven days, after [...]

Did Duchamp was a quack? What about contemporary artists?

How an artist can consider his masterpiece an object that he even produced? For me, Duchamp was a quack, but I forgot one thing: the historical context!

Peter Eleey Appointed Curator of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center

LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- Klaus Biesenbach, Director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, announced today that Peter Eleey has been appointed as the Curator of P.S.1. Currently Visual Arts Curator at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, a position he has held since 2007, Mr. Eleey will organize exhibitions and public programs at P.S.1, and will oversee the curatorial staff. Additionally, he will work with Mr. Biesenbach and P.S.1’s staff and Board of Directors on the development of a long-range plan for [...]

MoMA Features New Solo Work Performed By Marina Abramovic

NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents “Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present”, the first large-scale scale American museum retrospective of the artist’s groundbreaking performance work, from March 14 to May 31, 2010. Internationally recognized as a pioneer and key figure in performance art, Marina Abramović (Yugoslav, b. 1946) uses her own body as subject, object, and medium, exploring the physical and mental limits of her being. The exhibition traces Abramović’s prolific career with approximately 50 works spanning [...]

Exhibition of New Paintings by Dan Walsh at Paula Cooper Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- “Days and Nights,” an exhibition of new paintings by Dan Walsh, is on view at the Paula Cooper Gallery through March 27, 2010. Walsh is known for paintings that employ linear geometry while at the same time subverting it with irregularly drawn shapes, inconstant lines and a pervasive wit. Over time, Walsh’s formal (yet purposefully casual) vocabulary has tended to concentrate around the repetition of simple strokes forming intricate, visually striking patterns, such as punctuated lines, cross-hatched [...]

First Retrospective Exhibition in the Nordic Region of Lee Lozano at Moderna Museet

STOCKHOLM.- This is the first retrospective exhibition in the Nordic region of Lee Lozano (1930-1999), the American artist whose original and challenging work is still largely unknown, especially in Europe. Lozano was part of the 1960s art scene in New York, an artists’ artist in the midst of the avant-garde of the time. On the border between minimalism and conceptual art, she created a powerful and individualistic body of work in a completely male-dominated environment. Some sixty paintings and hundreds [...]

Gilbert & George Present First Major Exhibition in Spain After 10 Year Absence

MALAGA.- The Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga presents Gilbert & George’s first major exhibition in Spain after a ten-year absence. Jack Freak Pictures, the duo’s most extensive and ambitious series to date, will travel to six European countries, starting with Spain, where Málaga will be the first city to present this impressive selection. Race, religion, sexuality and criticism of the British establishment are the core themes that this new exhibition explores, whilst the dominant elements are the red, white [...]

MoMA will Host Opening Night Benefit for the Armory Show 2010

NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art will host an evening benefit to celebrate the opening of The 2010 Armory Show on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. The acclaimed indie rock band The Walkmen will perform live in MoMA’s Agnes Gund Garden Lobby. The Walkmen’s most recent album, You & Me (Gigantic Records), was released in the summer of 2008 to critical acclaim, while the band’s 2004 single, “The Rat,” was recently ranked in the [...]

New P.S. Contemporary Art Center 1 Website Invites Artists and Collectives to Virtually Exhibit their Works

LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center announces the launch of Studio Visit, a website that invites artists and collectives to virtually exhibit their works and invite viewers into their studio spaces. Continuing P.S.1’s tradition of presenting works by emerging artists, Studio Visit encourages the local and international artist community to participate in what will serve as an online artistic pool of information and a research tool for future exhibitions. The website officially launches February 1 on http://ps1.org/studio-visit/. Installation [...]

MoMA and P.S. 1 Select Winner of 11th Annual Young Architects Program

NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center announce the winner of the 2010 MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program: the architectural firm Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL). Celebrating its eleventh year, the program continues its commitment to offering emerging architectural talent the opportunity to design and present innovative projects. After a successful first decade, the Young Architects Program will now focus on designs which address sustainability, recycling, and reuse. The five finalists selected [...]

Gagosian to Present Aaron Young’s First Solo Show in Los Angeles

BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Gagosian Gallery will present Aaron Young’s first solo show in Los Angeles on January 15. Young uses extreme action as generative force; he records the traces of these actions in videos, drawing, painting, sculpture and photographs. The final work of art is often the after-effect of some dynamic, energetic, or even dangerous performance. Young’s participants are classic rebels, such as skateboarders and motorcycle riders, hired to perform various stunts on specially prepared supports in spectacular settings such [...]

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