Great series from TATE Channel. Sad to see it end.
In the last installment of our Sound & Vision series, English Post-Punk singer Mark E Smith gave us a brief tour of his rise to fame with The Fall and the early influence of angry British Surrealism on his music.
London-based Heatherwick Studio, the architects behind the British Pavilion at this year’s Shanghai Expo, have provided us with a preview film of the concept behind their intriguing design.
Spanish-born Ivan Puig makes good use of sculptural forms in his large scale photography. “Tour de Force” (2001), shown above, is a fun example. His work doesn’t stop at fun though. He plays with societal issues like immigration and education through sculptural devices well.
At Scope New York, Puig is shown by Kunsthaus of Santa Fe, Mexico. Three works take up roughly one half of the booth, indicative of his oeuvre and telling of his interests.
Liao Yibai’s stainless steel sculptures are simply too big to ignore at the Mike Weiss Gallery booth at Scope New York. Set in the middle of the fair, the exhibited pieces – oversized watches, rings, shoes, and a the impressive “7 Dollar Bill” (above). Living and working in Beijing and Chongqing, China, the artist lectures at the local Chongqing University. Unfortunately, the images here do not do justice to the detail of the sculpture, but will however provide a sense of scale.
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.
The 2010 Whitney Biennial opens on February 25, 2010. As the institutions signature event, the Biennial of 2010 hits a cross section of contemporary art rather than focusing on a specific theme. It’s the 75th edition, and through a balance of media (painting, video, performance, etc) the exhibition explores both past and present of the Whitney Museum.
In preparation for the event several informative videos were produced. I’ve chosen to highlight those which tackle the process of putting together the Biennial. Above is the most basic – “What is the Whitney Biennial?” After the jump, I’ve posted two videos detailing the process of choosing exhibiting artists.
Complementing the Biennial, a secondary exhibition entitled Collecting the Biennial highlights those pieces that have entered the core collection following showing during the event. 2010 sees Ari Marcoupolis, Aurel Schmidt, Storm Tharp, Robert Williams, and many more.
Opening today at the ICA Boston, Roni Horn aka Roni Horn covers the work of, well, Roni Horn. Three decades of the artist’s work will be on view, making it the most comprehensive survey every mounted, pulling together a diverse range of Horn’s work. She’s influenced by literature and by nature. There is also an underlying theme of identity and memory, it’s changing and fleeting nature captured well in her Ant Farm (above).
Roni Horn aka Roni Horn will run until June 13, 2010.
The Tampa Museum of Art opened its doors on February 6, 2010. Among its inaugural exhibitions (which number five) is Taking Shape: Works from the Bank of America Collection. Through sculpture, the exhibition explores the meaning of representation as challenged by a selection of five artists working in the 1960s and 1970s. Among them was Joseph Stella (whose Demascus Gate II, 1968, is above) indicates the primary question of the collected material – how to reconcile the painted two-dimensional with three-dimensional space.
Another exhibition of note brings 170 works to celebrate the achievement of Henri Matisse. Titled A Celebration of Henri Matisse, Master of Line and Light, emphasis is placed on the roll of print in the artist’s career.
An example from A Celebration of Henri Matisse after the jump.
‘no.1-60‘ is a new exhibition by Toronto-based artist, Dennis Lin. Dennis has completed large-scale projects for international architecture and design firms in North America, Europe and Asia. His latest work is a felled, termite ridden maple tree that has been debarked, preserved, sectioned into 60 cookies and hung sequentially along the length of ‘47′ – a gallery space in Toronto.
47 is located at 47 Milky Way, Toronto ON. The gallery focuses on sculpture and installation works.
There are a few weeks left to catch Richard Rezac’s new work on view at Rhona Hoffman Gallery. Born in Chicago, Rezac attended the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, where he recieved his MFA in 1982. Rezac lives and works in his hometown.
On view through February 13 at Rhona Hoffman Gallery 118 N. Peoria Street, Chicago, IL.
