FLORIAN MAIER-AICHEN

Posted on 2011-05-02

With the works in this exhibition, Maier-Aichen continues his practice of picking apart and expanding notions of photographic representation. Many works in the show rely on a fully hybrid model of image production; utilizing practices of photography, painting and drawing in equal measures has allowed the artist to explore the myth of image-making in pursuit of a new form of the ideal photographic document.Through the subtle interventions and a shrewd utilization of the visual / conceptual crossover, the works push toward a simultaenous rejection and embrace of the confines of photographic reality, all the while celebrating the romance of image creation.

Opposite – Untitled, 2011

Exhibition runs through to June 25th, 2011

303 Gallery
547 W 21st Street
New York
NY
10011

www.303gallery.com

  

NOH, SANG-KYOON : CONJURING CONSTELLATIONS

Posted on 2011-05-02

Noh, Sang-Kyoon chooses to follow his personal mythos as a source and driver for his creative process. Covered in thousands of sequins that he threads together by hand, the early sculptures and canvases of Noh, Sang-Kyoon trace their origins to both the ordinary and the spiritual-from the memory of his mother’s spangled bag and the costumes of singers on television, to a near-death childhood experience, when he nearly drowned. He realized then that he “could die in vain, as nobody, as nothing, with no purpose, as if a fish without scales that is doomed to perish.” He later translated these memories into a series of early work where sequins created the shining appearance of life-saving fish scales.

Opposite – Constellation 4 Leo, 2010. Sequins on canvas

Exhibition runs through to June 4th, 2011

Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery
505 W24th Street
New York
NY 10011

www.brycewolkowitz.com

  

SHEPARD FAIREY – THE PRINT SHOW

Posted on 2011-04-25

From his beginnings in the 1990s, Shepard Fairey has always considered posters as a valuable art support. His posters bear his graphic signature, instantly recognizable, memorable for his frequent use of black, white and red.
They illustrate the richness in the artist’s sources of inspiration. Shepard Fairey makes reference to the Soviet propaganda, as well as to the psychedelic rock posters or the American cultural heritage.In his works, Shepard Fairey uses strong messages to make us think. His messages are often political, always committed and aim to demonstrate the all-power of the mass-media in our society by using their own code. From his manifesto written in 1990, Shepard Fairey said ” The sticker has no meaning but exists only to cause people to react, to contemplate and search for meaning in the sticker “.

Exhibition runs from May 7th to June 18th, 2011

Magda Danysz Gallery
78, rue Amelot
Paris 11

www.magda-gallery.com

  

GLENN LIGON : AMERICA

Posted on 2011-04-25

This exhibition features roughly one hundred works, including paintings, prints, photography, drawings, and sculptural installations, as well as striking recent neon reliefs, one newly commissioned for the Whitney’s Madison Avenue windows. Ligon’s most iconic works will be presented alongside previously unexhibited early paintings and drawings, which will shed new light on his artistic origins.He is best known for his landmark series of text-based paintings, made since the late 1980s, which draw on the writings and speech of diverse figures including Jean Genet, Zora Neale Hurston, Jesse Jackson and Richard Pryor.

Exhibition runs through to June 5th, 2011

Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Ave. at 75th Street
New York
NY 10021

whitney.org

  

FRANCESCA LOWE – HEADLAND

Posted on 2011-04-25

A modern reinterpretation of the ancient Three Graces myth is the subject of the exhibition by Francesca Lowe.
In mythology the Three Graces are goddesses of unearthly attraction, beauty, and charm; men wanted them and women wanted to be them. Throughout art history women have been painted from the male perspective and are usually depicted as being aware of the male spectator. Lowe’s Graces flout this tradition. The viewer is surrounded by the dramatic, large-scale canvases, executed in Lowe’s distinctive pastel with fresco-like washes. This is an arena of intimidation, spectatorship and judgment, the domain of a coven-like ménage of five women.

Opposite – Inertia, 2010

Exhibition runs from May 23rd to July 2nd, 2011

Riflemaker Gallery
79 Beak Street
Regent Street
London
W1F 9SU

www.riflemaker.org

  

MARTHA COOPER – REMIX

Posted on 2011-04-18

Martha Cooper: Remix, an expansive group show featuring highlights from Martha Cooper’s photographic archive and works by over 50 artists who have created their own unique interpretations of her iconic, historically significant imagery.

The original remixes of these photographs in a range of media are by Aeon, John Ahearn, Aiko, Bio, Nicer & B-Gee, Blade, Blanco, Mark Bode, Burning Candy, Victor Castillo, Cey, Cekis, Claw, Cosbe, Crash, Dabs & Myla, Anton van Dalen, Daze, Dearraindrop, Jane Dickson, Dr. Revolt, Shepard Fairey, Faust, Flying Fortress, Freedom, Fumakaka, Futura, Gaia, Grotesk, Logan Hicks, How&Nosm, LA II, Lady Pink, Anthony Lister, The London Police, Loomit, Mare 139, Barry McGee, Nazza Stencil, Neck Face, Nunca, José Parlá, Quik, Kenny Scharf, Sharp, Skewville, Chris Stain, Subway Art History, Swoon, T-Kid, Terror161 and more.

Exhibition runs through to May 7th, 2011

Carmichael Gallery
5795 Washington Blvd
Culver City
CA
90232

www.carmichaelgallery.com