Archive for the 'New York City' Category
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Last Chance :: Jim Houser – Make Room for Emptiness
(All Images © Jeff Newman/TheArtCollectors)
For his third solo exhibit with Jonathan LeVine, (New York) Jim Houser showcases a pared down and more finely honed installation that signals an increasing sense of artistic confidence and maturity. The aptly titled Make Room for Emptiness closes this Saturday, Nov. 21.
Read on for TAC’s photos from the show: Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
STAGES NY Premiere
JR and Geoff McFetridge (All Images © Jeff Newman/TheArtCollectors)
TAC was on hand for the afternoon press preview, followed by a private opening night reception. Read on for our extensive photo recap, click for larger images. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Phaidon Pops Up in NYC
Image via Phaidon
On Nov. 2 British art and design publisher, Phaidon, launches a temporary NY store in Soho. Located at 100 Wooster Street, the pop-up shop will remain open through the holiday season and close Jan. 2.
via Blackbook
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Candid Keith
There are some great photos of Keith Haring over on Kathernator’s blog.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Last Chance: Andrew & Peter Sutherland
Supreme Management Being has posted an interview with Andrew and Peter Sutherland, whose current show Amateur Hour at ATM (New York) closes this weekend. Check out a slideshow of the exhibit on Peter’s blog here.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Guggenheim Concert Series with Yeasayer
Continuing their ongoing It Came from Brooklyn concert series, the Guggenheim welcomes Brooklyn’s Yeasayer this Friday, Oct. 30. The event will also feature a performance from the band Tanlines and a reading by Rachel Sherman. Tickets here
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Swoon Returns to Brooklyn
(All Images © Luna Park via Robots Will Kill)
Here’s a new street piece by Swoon, who has recently returned home to Brooklyn, NY after participating in several projects overseas.
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Last Chance :: Murakami’s Picture of the Blessed Lion
Takashi Murakami – A Picture Of The Blessed Lion Who Stares At Death, 2009. (Image © Gagosian Gallery)
If you are in New York, there’s only a week left see A Picture Of The Blessed Lion Who Stares At Death, Takashi Murakami’s new grand-scale painting, on view in it’s own room at Gagosian Gallery – 24th St. until Oct. 24. Not in the area? – Click here for a video look at the piece.
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
New Whitney Museum Confirmed
The High Line at night (Image © Jeff Newman/TheArtCollectors)
The New York Times confirms that after three years of negotiation, the Whitney Museum has closed a deal with the New York City Economic Development Corporation to build a second museum near the Ganesvoort St. entrance to the new High Line park, located on a former elevated railway line in the Chelsea area of Manhattan. The museum recently singed a contract to buy the city owned site for $18 million, about one-half its actual value.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Interview :: Ryan McLennan
(All Images © Ryan McLennan via Joshua Liner Gallery)
Virginia based artist Ryan McLennan has created a dense visual parable for our own existence, where animals, much like we humans, shape their surrounding world while engaged in the struggle to survive and coexist. McLennan opens a solo show of recent works this weekend, at New York’s Joshua Liner Gallery. We had time to ask Ryan a few questions before packing up his new paintings and heading to the city. Make sure to click images for larger views.
TAC: The title of your upcoming show is “The Strain of Inheritance.” Can you talk a bit more about this?
RM: Basically it is the struggle for survival and trying to build upon what little there is to begin with. Who exactly these animals have inherited their world from is not important, but they have it and what they are doing with it and themselves is the focus.
TAC: How crucial is it for you to create images that contain a political, social, or environmental message? Is this the starting point for you when planning a piece or body of work?
RM: The environmental message built the landscape for my paintings so it remains prevalent, though not always at the top of my thoughts. Political and social issues come through in the narrative, but again not a focus. I think those messages seep in through the subconscious, as I don’t consider myself an overly political person, definitely not a political artist. I am telling a story, creating a world that in many ways reflects our own. The animals in this world deal with issues just as we do. They have social relationships, varying religious beliefs, love and family, opposing political views, crime, work, and so on.
TAC: What can you share about your creative process and the research that goes into your pieces? – Has it changed or evolved at all with the latest work?
RM: When I started making these paintings, I was concerned with factual information and researching the behavior of the animals. This is still important, but lately I have found interest in fantastic and absurd scenarios. Using what I have read in mythology and legend to create landscapes and taking influence from portrait photography to individualize the animals, giving them roles in society. These sources have pushed my work in a different direction. I feel like these paintings have evolved into stills from a fantasy movie.
TAC: There seem to be conflicting messages of both hope and despair, violence and peace in your paintings – as if new life is being sustained by the death and destruction of previous life. What are your thoughts on this?
RM: The life and death cycle is very important in my work as well as in nature. I recently spent some time in Yellowstone National Park, which is crawling with wildlife. For all the elk and bison I saw I also came across plenty of skeletons and antlers. Those remains help in sustaining the ecosystem there. I use this in my paintings, but I push it a little further. The environment in my paintings is so barren that anything existing there must be considered for sustenance, shelter, or as something sacred. I lean a little more to the despair and struggle, which brings us back to the show title, but there is still a feeling of hope…with a little humor, at least funny to me.
TAC: So, you’re packing up and heading to NY for the show – anything you are looking forward to in the city?
RM: I’m really looking forward to seeing my NY friends. My family, Boston, Richmond and Philly friends all coming together. Simen Johan at Yossi Milo Gallery and some other shows I want to see around Chelsea. Museums. Bookstores. Restaurants. Just being in NY and not in Richmond. I try to visit enough to not have to live there.
Ryan McLennan – The Strain of Inheritance
Oct. 17 – Nov. 14
Joshua Liner Gallery
548 W. 28th Street
NY, NY 10001
info@joshualinergallery.com