Cady Noland Approximately: Sculptures and Editions, 1984-99
Triple Candie 461 West 126 Street New York NY 10027 212-865-0783 April 21 to May 21, 2006 The sculptor Cady Noland (b.1956) is a little like J.D.Salinger, who arrived big on the literary scene in the late 1940s, made a significant contribution, then more or less disappeared, keeping tight control over the release of his … Continued
Christian Hellmich: Arrangement
Lehmann Maupin 540 W. 26th Street New York, N.Y., 10001 212 255 2923 June 1-July 14, 2006 All of Hellmich’s paintings include intentionally skewed architectural forms, buildings, staircases, facades, railings, escalators, warehouse interiors, cement partitions and roadways, doorways, garage doors, etc., and his use of architecture and perspective or orthogonals, is not haphazard or incidental. … Continued
The Material Sign: Craig Fisher, Marthe Keller, Phillis Ideal, Gwenn Thomas. Curated by Stephen Westfall
Florence Lynch Gallery 531-539 West 25th Street New York NY 10001 212.924-3290 June 1 – July 15, 2006 The Material Sign is the carefully chosen title given by painter and critic Stephen Westfall to this show of four artists: Craig Fisher, Phillis Ideal, Marthe Keller, and Gwenn Thomas. Their work, as Westfall writes in the … Continued
Joseph Marioni at Peter Blum, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe at Gray Kapernekas, Thomas Nozkowski at BravinLee Programs, Steven Mueller at Baumgartner Gallery
JOSEPH MARIONI Peter Blum until July 1 526 W. 29th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, 212-244-6055 JEREMY GILBERT-ROLFE Gray Kapernekas until June 17 526 W. 26th Street, no. 814, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, 212-462-4150 THOMAS NOZKOWSKI: WORKS ON PAPER BravinLee programs until June 17 526 W. 26th Street, no. 211, between Tenth and … Continued
The Edward R. Broida Collection at MoMA
AGAINST THE GRAIN: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE EDWARD R. BROIDA COLLECTION Museum of Modern Art, New York Until July 10 (11 West 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) Thanks to the late Edward Broida, the second floor of the new MoMA looks better than ever. The items on view in “Against the Grain: Contemporary … Continued
Lucy Williams: The Day the Earth Stood Still
McKee Gallery 745 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10151 212-688-5951 March 31 to May 6 Lucy Williams’ constructions meld the traditionally-considered “feminine” handmade object with architectural models rendered in bas-relief. The thirteen works on display, in the artist’s exhibition entitled “The Day the Earth Stood Still” at David McKee Gallery, focus on materials that typically … Continued
Joan Colom: Gente del Raval
Laurence Miller Gallery 20 West 57 Street, 7th floor New York NY 212.397.3930 March 9 – April 29, 2006 From 1958 to 1961, Joan Colom surreptitiously photographed the lively social sphere of Barcelona’s red light district, known as the Raval. Colom exhibited this series to great acclaim at a gallery in Barcelona as well as … Continued
Joe Fig
Plus Ultra Gallery 637 West 27th street New York, N.Y. 10001 April 27 to June 3, 2006 Joe Fig studies the spaces artists work in — usually limited to their worktables, the floor underneath and immediately surrounding the worktable, a few pieces of furniture and accessories such as garbage cans, ladders, stools, and lighting equipment, … Continued
Wolfgang Tillmans: Freedom from the Known
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center 22-25 Jackson Ave (at 46th Avenue) Long Island City, NY 11101 718.784.2084 February 26, 2006 – May 29, 2006 Wolfgang Tillmans’s exhibition at PS1, entitled Freedom From The Known, features a new series of large scale abstract photographs. Some are unique while others are based on the artist’s previous imagery. This is … Continued
Peter H. Begley and Keith Long
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries 20 East 79th Street March 21 to April 22, 2006 Ansonia Pharmacy Windows 6th Avenue and 10th Street March 14 to April 18, 2006 OK Harris Gallery 383 West Broadway March 25 – April 22, 2006 Reactionary bores often claim that a “Real Artist” is someone that pursues a “Personal Vision” and is … Continued