Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance opened on March 27, 2010 at the Guggenheim New York and will run through September 6, 2010.
About the exhibition -
Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by ghostly apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive media, as well as in live performance and the virtual world. By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, this art embodies a melancholic longing for an otherwise irrecuperable past. Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance examines myriad ways photographic imagery is incorporated into recent practice and in the process underscores the unique power of reproductive media while documenting a widespread contemporary obsession, both collective and individual, with accessing the past. The works included in the exhibition range from individual photographs and photographic series, to sculptures and paintings that incorporate photographic elements, and to videos, both on monitors and projected, as well as film, performance, and site-specific installations. Drawn primarily from the Guggenheim Museum collection, Haunted will feature recent acquisitions, many of which will be exhibited by the museum for the first time. Included in the show will be work by such artists as Marina Abramović, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Sophie Calle, Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roni Horn, Zoe Leonard, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jeff Wall, and Andy Warhol. A significant part of the exhibition will be dedicated to work created since 2001 by younger artists.
View a superb video introducing Haunted at artbabble (outlining all the themes) and be sure to visit the online exhibition at Guggenheim.
On view through October 24, 2010, 1964 at The Walker Art Center explores a pivotal moment in contemporary art.
From the museum -
1964 focuses on works made during a period of tremendous upheaval and transformation politically, socially, and artistically in the U.S. In the year following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the country saw riots erupt in a number of cities; President Lyndon Johnson ordered the first bombings in North Vietnam, and the Beatles invaded with their first concerts and their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
In the art world, a number of impulses were gaining momentum. Claes Oldenburg and George Segal introduced elements of pop culture in their sculptures, and an explosion of consumerism reverberated in the paintings of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. The bravura gestures of 1950s Abstract Expressionism gave way to explorations of distilled forms, colors, and geometries in the work of Ellsworth Kelly, Donald Judd, Carl Andre, and others. Meanwhile, Fluxus and other artistic movements were fusing together visual art, performance, music, film and graphic design; and a profusion of prints, multiples, artist’s books, and films was creating more open and democratic channels for disseminating art. With nearly 100 works, 1964 shows how the Walker collection mirrors this remarkably fertile moment in contemporary art.
Above: Louise Nevelson, Sky Cathedral Presence, 1951 – 1964.
After the jump view examples from the show by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Ay-O.
In case you missed Sunday’s New York Times, Roberta Smith’s “It’s Not Dry Yet” shouldn’t be missed. Smith takes readers through a quick history of painting since impressionism, placing emphasis on the narrowing of painterly concerns through abstraction. She argues that today painters have more freedom than they’ve had since perhaps the 1890s – her push, to remind that painting certainly isn’t dead.
Above is “Pillows” by Raj Ram Sharma. After the jump further selections from Roberta Smith representative of representational painting since 2000.
Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, in collaboration with Ogilvy & Mather, bring Re-Creation II to the Big Apple on March 5, 2010.
The exhibition will take place at the new Ogilvy & Mather headquarters (636 11th Avenue, New York) and showcases several artists deemed among “the most important emerging contemporary” figures. A full five floors will be devoted to large-scale installation, murals, and sculpture. Seen above, Aakash Nihalani’s Untitled Orange Field II of hand painted plastic and vinyl, is a highlight of the previewed material.
Re-Creation II will complement the Armory Art Fair during the opening week, and extend through to July 31, 2010.
Work from Will Barras, Mark Jenkins and W.K. Interact rounds out our first look at Re-Creation II after the jump.
Thanks to Wooster Collective for the heads up on this video. Discussing The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, Jitish Kallat draws attention to some key themes touched in the exhibition, which runs through May 7, 2010 at the Saatchi Gallery in London.
Wonderland, a group exhibition curated by Irene Hernandez-Feiks, opens on February 4, 2010, at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco.
Amanda Lynn is among the artists on view. Her “Lola”, seen above, is the first of her Vicious Vixens series to go on show. Lynn’s work joins a diverse set of artists exploring different methods of expressive visual arts.
111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, SF. Wonderland runs to February 27, 2010.
Elephant, a quarterly contemporary art and visual culture magazine, has officially launched on the web. The website offers a store, stocking the same high end design books as editor-in-chief Mark Valli’s Magma shops in London. A full rundown of the latest issue contents is also available.
Decidedly simple, the site does allow a better view into the workings and intent of Elephant.
Minneapolis-based Greg Gossel employs a mix of silkscreen and collage to appropriate pop culture images. He collects pieces from comics, magazines, news papers, and paperbacks, compiling them in dense narratives related to “falling from grace.”
Gossel is represented by Shooting Gallery, San Francisco.
More examples of the art of Greg Gossel after the jump.
Issue No. 10 of Grab Magazine, the Italian publication dedicated to street culture, features cover worked by Nick Walker. The stencil king is profiled, along with Ron Van Der Ende, Niklas Coskan, and photographer Magnus Osterhult. Review of current accessories, sneakers, and snow, and a fashion spread complement the art content. As always, Grab compliments the magazine editorial content with informative review and interview on their regularly updated blog.
