German born artist Esther Kläs opens first exhibition “Nobody Home” at Peter Blum Gallery

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Peter Blum announces the exhibition Esther Kläs: Nobody Home which opened on November 17th at Peter Blum Chelsea, 526 West 29th Street, New York. This is Esther Kläs’ first exhibition with the gallery. For her first solo show in New York, the German born artist exhibits a group of work that specify the strength and independence of sculpture. The title of the exhibition, Nobody Home, evokes the notion of autonomy – a place for an indefinable species with a [...]

Native American influences on 20th century art at Peter Blum Gallery in Soho

NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum Soho presents the exhibition Kindred Spirits, Native American Influences on 20th Century Art on view October 29, 2011 through January 14, 2012. The exhibition features works of indigenous peoples from the Southwest region of the United States of America that illustrate their strong and often neglected influence on Modern and Contemporary art. Funerary vessels, paintings, pottery, weavings, and baskets from fourteen tribes including the Apache, Hopi, Mimbres, Navajo, and Zuni are exhibited alongside Modern and Contemporary works [...]

John Beech: The State of Things on Display at Peter Blum Gallery in Chelsea

NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum Gallery Chelsea presents the exhibition John Beech- The State of Things now on display at Peter Blum Chelsea, New York. The exhibition focuses on new sculpture and works on paper, which examine the fabrication and manipulation of objects to create abstract works. Building sculptures out of a variety of components, Beech edits out the objects’ original intention and requires the viewer to engage with its formal properties of shape, form and scale. For example, in [...]

John Zurier, Jason Fox, and Richard Allen Morris at Peter Blum Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum presents the exhibition John Zurier, Jason Fox, Richard Allen Morris, running through July 30, 2010. The exhibition “John Zurier, Jason Fox, Richard Allen Morris” brings together 3 different painting positions. “John Zurier: White Paintings and Night Paintings” occupies the two main galleries. The White Paintings reference the qualities of light, weather, and surface, but without ever turning to pictorial or figurative language. These paintings probe the material surface and can be read as an intimation [...]

Adrian Paci Continues his Interest in Symbolic and Cultural Rites at Peter Blum

NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum presents the exhibition “Adrian Paci: Gestures” opening on April 2nd, 2010 at Peter Blum Chelsea. This will be Adrian Paci’s second exhibition with the gallery. In the exhibition “Gestures” Adrian Paci continues his interest in symbolic and cultural rites. Paci often focuses on brief glimpses of everyday gestures that occur during ritualistic festivities. He renders these moments ambiguous, abstract, and open to universal readings. In a new departure from his previous work, Paci plays with [...]

Suite of 127 Silkscreen Plates by Josef Albers on View at Peter Blum

NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum presents the exhibition “Josef Albers: Formulation : Articulation”, 1972, a suite of 127 silkscreen plates, at 99 Wooster Street, New York. Published by Harry N. Abrams and Ives and Sillman, just 4 years before Albers’ death in 1976, “Formulation : Articulation” is a collection of 127 silkscreen plates, 121 in color, organized into two portfolios, each containing 33 folders on which one, two, or four silkscreen plates are printed. The portfolio is accompanied by a [...]

Recent Drawings and Color Studies by David Reed at Peter Blum Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum presents the exhibition “David Reed: Works on Paper”, opening on January 13th at 99 Wooster Street, New York. The gallery will hold a reception for the artist on Wednesday, January 13th from 6 to 8 p.m. On view are over 60 recent working drawings and color studies. This is the first exhibition of David Reed at Peter Blum Gallery, and the first exhibition of Reed’s working drawings and color studies anywhere. Well-known for his abstract [...]