Giant Robot NY closes its doors for good today. I have shopped at GR for the past six years since it first opened around the corner from my home. It has not only been an invaluable source of hard to find publications and unique art items, but through their art exhibits and events, has served as an invaluable asset for many emerging artists and cultural hub for the community.
Stop by today to say your farewell, pick up some remaining stock at 40% off and check out their last exhibit with artists Susie Ghahremani and Kelly Tunstall.
Pema Reznin – The light of my homeland, 2009, Mixed Media, 35″x40″ Estimate: $25,000.
Online bidding for the Art for Tibet 2 benefit is underway, culminating in a silent auction and closing party Sept. 25 in New York. A few highlights from the 100+ contributing artists include works by Pema Renzin, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Kenji Hirata, Bill McMullen and Shepard Fairey, and actor Richard Gere. All proceeds will benefit Students for a Free Tibet. Bid here now, or attend the closing party during the final hours this Saturday.
Art for Tibet Benefit 2 Art Auction & Party
Sept 25, 5-10pm
Union Gallery Annex
353 BroadwayNYC
New York based artist Aiko Nakagawa has sent along images of her new solo exhibit in Shanghai, China. The show is the culmination of a month long artist residency with Andrew James Art in cooperation with JIA Hotel Shanghai, who provide participating artists with free lodging and studio space. This is Aiko’s first solo exhibit since her NY show with Joshua Liner Gallery last year.
AIKO – Here’s Fun for Everyone Sept 10 – 31
Andrew James Art 39 N. Maoming Rd.
Shanghai, China 200041
Todd James‘ new exhibition, Great Adventure, opens September 22 at Galeria Javier Lopez in Madrid, Spain. For a review of his last show, a joint exhibit in Copenhagen with Barry McGee, click here
Matthew Day Jackson – The Tomb, 2010 (Image via Peter Blum Gallery)
It’s September again and here in New York that means the gallery season has begun. Here’s a few openings on our radar for tonight:
Marianne Boesky– Jay Heiks – Inanimate Life – In creating this multimedia series of works that explore processes of evolution and regeneration, corrosion and decay, Heikes was inspired by Douglas Coupland’s description of the year following the end of the world from his 1998 novel Girlfriend in a Coma. Heikes was particularly affected by the line “ten million pictures fall from ten million walls,” which alludes to the end of art and culture, as we know it. “I never put too much stock in the fact that any of these mediums were truly dying because I saw them as corpses dragging themselves through the streets to rehabilitation centers, only to be reborn more grotesque and perverse than before,” Heikes said in reaction to the text.
Peter Blum– Matthew Day Jackson – In Search of (Soho) / The Tomb (Chelsea) – The Whitney Biennial and Greater New York alum presents a new body of multimedia and sculptural works based on his 2009 residency and exhibition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology List Visual Arts Center.
Morgan Lehman – Opening Ceremony – The gallery presents its inaugural exhibit in a brand new and expanded Chelsea exhibition space
The group show includes works by each of the gallery’s eighteen represented artists including Laura Ball, Eric Beltz, Andrew Schoultz, Paul Villinski, Paul Wackers, Ryan Wallace, and others.
Eric Beltz – Timber Beast, 2010 (Image via Morgan Lehman)
David Zwirner – John McCracken – New Works in Bronze and Steel – The esteemed sculptor of minimalist geometric forms presents his first bronzes alongside new stainless steel works.
Pace Galleries – 50 Years of Pace – The gallery celebrates its 50th year with a multi-site exhibition of some of the key masterpieces that have passed through their doors, featuring loans from important public and private collections worldwide. With works spanning more than a century and a selection of rare archival materials, the four separate exhibits will shed light on some of the landmark exhibitions and sales from the gallery’s extensive history. Covering the gallery’s engagement with Pop art, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalist Art and the Post-Modernist, to contemporary art in the 21st century, some artists included are Pablo Picasso, Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Willem De Kooning, Mark Rothko, Mondrian, Giacometti, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Dan Flavin, David Hockney, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, Duke Riley.
Bryce Wolkowitz – Airan Kang – Light Reading – The South Korean artist unveils her first U.S. solo show, presenting her “Digital Book Projec”t for the first time in New York.
FAILE – Prints & Originals Book Launch and Show (151 Orchard St.) – The street art turned gallery duo open the doors to a temporary pop-up shop and sell hand-customized versions of their new book, along with a selection of long sold out and sought print editions.
The twin beacons of light eminating from lower Manhattan and illuminating the New York night sky this week are a somber reminder of those who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Currently in its eighth year, the memorial was spearheaded by Creative Time in partnership with the Municipal Arts Society and artists Julian LaVerdiere and Paul Myoda.
To commemorate the installation Creative Time has released two editions with LaVerdiere and Myoda. Towers of Light Triptych consists of three digital c-prints measuring 13×15.5 inches each, available in a signed and dated edition of 100 for $1500. Also available is Towers of Light Over the Empire, a single image fromthe series priced at $500. All proceeds will help support Creative Time’s future public art projects. Order here
Also worthy of mention is NY based artist Eric Parnes‘ sculpture, Two (pictured above). Comprised of twin plexiglass towers filled with World Trade Center debris collected from Ground Zero on the day of the 9/11 attacks, the piece serves as a startling commentary on the conflicted nature concerning the preservation and exhibition of artifacts associated wartime atrocities.
Phaidon has just relaunched their website. The esteemed art book publisher’s new site moves expands beyond an online store and enters the blogosphere with a revamped format including regularly updated sections devoted to architecture, art, design, food, photography, and video. We’re particularly interested in seeing how the site’s Edit section develops, which promises to deliver a look at “what Phaidon Editors are clicking on this week on the web.”
TAC, in conjunction with KERF, present a look into Mark Dean Veca’s final preparations on the eve of his first Los Angeles solo gallery show. The exhibit is at Western Project, opening 18 September 2010. Consisting of six brilliant large-scale paintings, the stage is set for a tremendous homecoming for Veca. For many years, MDV lived in Brooklyn, treating NYC to some of the finest artwork imaginable. This time, the visual symphony will be conducted on LaCienega.
Mark Dean Veca
“When The Shit Hits The Fan” Western Project
Opening 18 September 2010
A quick post for all of you who have been anticipating the November release of the upcoming KAWSmonograph. The Aldrich Museum, which is currently hosting the artists’ retrospective exhibition, is offering 250 signed copies of the 264 page hardcover book, available for pre-order in their online store here.
Looks like Banksy’s gone to the English Channel to stage his latest commentary on the disaster in America’s Gulf Coast region. Amidst the heavily trafficked attractions of the Brighton Pier amusement park, the world’s most recognized political prankster has installed a modified children’s ride, featuring a dolphin trapped in the muck of a leaking BP crude oil barrel and tangled tuna net. Video documentation surfaced on the artist’s site last night along with images of several other new pieces (including the ones pictured below), and in typical Banksy form, it is perversely humorous. Entitled Pier Pressure, the clip is set to the backdrop of old time carnival calliope music and depicts two children eagerly mounting the suffering animal while their guardian happily snaps a cell phone picture.
