Opens Thurs, May 2, 6-8p:
“I Followed You To The Sun”
Tracey Emin
Both Locations:
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 540 W26th St., NYC
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 201 Chrystie St., NYC
a two-part exhibition featuring over 100 works of art, including a series of new bronze sculptures, paintings and drawings, embroideries, and a short film. - thru July 12
Painter David Hockney takes the Proust Questionnaire. Here’s a snippet of what he had to say:
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
When I’m sleeping.What is your greatest fear?
Heights.Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Picasso.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
That I give way too quickly.What is the trait you most deplore in others?
That they don’t give way quickly.Read more of his responses here.
Illustration by Risko
(via lalouver)
He leaves the shutter open for the entirety of the film.
by hiroshi sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Werner Herzog while making Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
continues thru Apr 26:
“Thanks”
curated by Adam Parker Smith
Lu Magnus, 55 Hester St., NYC
a group show featuring work by 77 artists and curated by Brooklyn-based artist Adam Parker Smith.
Beginning with a series of studio visits, Smith set out with the clear intention of “acquiring” work for the exhibition. However, he concealed the true concept, premise, and even timing of the exhibition from the artists. Through various surreptitious means, a work of art or object was taken from each artist’s studio. The pilfered work is not any random object but rather one that explicitly relates to the artist’s wider practice. Two weeks prior to its opening, the artists were informed of the exhibition. Only then were they let in on the true concept and scope of the exhibition. Presented with the choice – if the artist agreed, they would be included in Thanks; if they refused to give permission, works were to be returned immediately. However, all invited artists agreed to participate in Thanks.
Bronze sculpture by Matteo Pugliese.
I had a chance to look at some of Pugliese’s sculptural works at the Hong Kong Art Fair last year, and hope to see more one last time before I head off to college in the States. These sculptures, mainly of men made from multiple components appear to escape from the vertical spaces of gallery walls. It is as though they are “traveling in a time tunnel between the previous, the present and the next life or traversing between different worldly situations.” He defines deep and exacting muscles and bone structures, conveying strong emotions.
(via blknymph)
collage 4
by Kelly Susan
London, United Kingdom
Print: $50
Check out the rest of the Collage Showdown Finalists here.
By Brassaï - New York, 1957
‘American Kills’ by chilean-born new york based artist Sebastian Errazuriz is a public installation showcasing the suicide rates of US soldiers. After searching on official war sites on the internet, he accidentally found out that 2 times more american soldiers had died in 2009 by committing suicide than those killed during that same year in the war in iraq; an alarming comparison that errazuriz had personally never read or heard about before.
‘The counting of dead soldiers outside my studio was long and surprisingly eerie; it was hard to forget that every brush stroke was a soldier who had died the previous year. A lot of people stopped to read the mural and were immediately impressed by the reality portrayed. Most of them seemed quite shocked and approached me to ask if what I was painting was real. I tried to explain that I simply wished to create a physical image that could capture people’s imagination, creating awareness of the current numbers in death, war and the infinite discrepancy between the resources and energies destined to fight and protect soldiers at war versus the energies invested in protecting their mental health and stability.’- SR
(Source: blknymph)
Harriet.
20, UK, university.
I like things.
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