Thursday, March 12th, 2009
TACfocus :: Pulse Picks
Martin Wittfooth at Copro Nason
Here’s our winners from the Pulse Art Fair.
Mogan Lehman presented a successful solo exhibit of recent graphite works by Eric Beltz, set against a backdrop of the artist’s newly editioned wallpaper ($1,200 will get you a roll). We’ve been vocal about Beltz for some time, and it looks as if some major institutions have caught on. Word is one prominent NY museum was amongst the several buyers who snatched up these stand-out gems.
Eric Beltz
Richard Heller, as always, continued to display a talented group of younger illustrative artists including Brendan Monroe, alongside a generous helping from the gallerist’s treasure chest of early Marcel Dzama drawings. Unfortunately some of what we saw here seemed like gallery show leftovers, which later reappeared at our visit to Heller’s booth at the Armory Show, where pockets were undoubtedly flowing a bit more freely.
Copro Nason pulled out some long celebrated heavyweights in their Old School Vs. New School display, including R. Crumb, Rick Griffin, and Robert Williams‘ seminal Appetite for Destruction (which also made an appearance with another gallery at Scope Miami this past December), juxtaposed against recent works by Ron English, Travis Louie, Laurie Lipton and others. Here, we came across the single most inspiring piece of the entire fair – an ambitious oil painting executed by emerging NY based artist, Martin Wittfooth. Take note.
Additional nods go to Rosamund Felsen Gallery’s display of paintings by Gegam Kacherian, an Armenian trained artist based in Los Angeles, and Al Farrow’s Synagogue sculptures, constructed from gun parts and ammunition, on display at Catherine Clark Gallery.
Read on for our photo recap, click images for larger views.
Eric Beltz installation view at Morgan Lehman
Eric Beltz installation view
Eric Beltz
Eric Beltz Detail
Eric Beltz
Eric Beltz
Brendan Monroe at Richard Heller
Ron English at Copro Nason
Ron English Detail
Laurie Lipton at Copro Nason
Laurie Lipton Detail
Travis Louie at Copro Nason
Gegam Kacherian at Rosamund Felsen Gallery
Gegam Kacherian
Gegam Kacherian Detail
Gegam Kacherian Detail
Al Farrow at Catherine Clark Gallery
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March 19th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
BillWray said:
thanks for the intro to Martin’s work the burning animals is the kind of idea you want to steal it’s so good.