Aurel Schmidt shows her new series 'New Gods' at an empty apartment on St. Marks Place.
[LAST CHANCE] Joseph Beuys Multiples @ Mitchell-Innes & Nash
This is your last chance to catch a large-scale exhibition of Joseph Beuys multiples from the collection of Reinhard Schlegel. Consisting of over 500 works spanning from the early 1960s to his death in 1986, this exhibition is the most significant collection of Beuys multiples to be shown in New York to date. This exhibition will be on view until April 18, 2015 at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 534 West 26th street, New York
Carol Bove 'The Plastic Unit' @ David Zwirner London
David Zwirner presents the gallery’s first exhibition with Carol Bove. On view at our London location, it features recent works by the New York-based artist, known for her simple yet intricate assemblages of found and made objects. Carol Bove 'The Plastic Unit' will be on view at David Dwirner London until May 30, 2015. photographs by Flo Kohl
Last Chance to Catch Nicholas Cheveldave's Exhibition in Milan
Nicholas Cheveldave’s new body of work takes as its point of departure aspects of contemporary “café culture” and blends it with various forms of mundane life, homogenizing these identity constructs through forms of mediation such as digitally animated collage, painting and sculpture to make visceral and fleshly objects that gravitate towards the grotesque. Check out The Mortician's Athlete and the Dreaded Barista on view until April 18, 2015 at popup exhibition gallery Emalin, Via Fiena 3, Milan, Italy.
H.R. Giger's Dark World Explored In New Documentary
Surrealist artist H. R. Giger (1940–2014) terrified audiences with his Oscar-winning monsters in Ridley Scott's Alien. Sci-fi, horror, music, album covers, tattoos and fetish art have been influenced by his dark, intricate paintings and sculptures depicting birth, death and sex. Both a mesmerizing introduction to Giger's oeuvre and a must-see for Giger devotees, Belinda Sallin's definitive documentary DARK STAR: H. R. GIGER'S WORLD shares the intimate last years of the artist's life and reveals how deeply he resided within his own artistic visions. Click here to see local listings.
Artists Reimagine the Work of Le Cobusier @ Maison La Roche
Heidi Wood "You Win Some, You Lose Some, part of the series Serving Suggestion"
Fascinated by modernist ideals and the creativity underpinning them, a great many artists in the past two decades have notably looked to architecture and design as particular sources of inspiration. Through techniques of re-use, quotation, and imitation, they have invoked leading twentieth-century designers and architects, Le Corbusier foremost among them. Organized upon the fiftieth anniversary of Le Corbusier's death, the Re-Corbusier show will feature some sixteen artworks from the 1990s to the présent-paintings, sculptures, installations-that explicitly allude to Le Corbusier's oeuvre. Re-Corbusier will be on view until July 16 2015 at the Maison La Roche.
10 Art Shows To See In Los Angeles Right Now
1. Forbidden Fruit, a solo exhibition of neon and sculptural works by Patrick Martinez at New Image Art 2. Rainbow Body, a solo exhibition of rainbow splashed canvases by Millie Brown on view at 8473 Melrose Place 3. A Lil Taste of Cheeto in the Night, Parker Ito crams in canvases and sculptural renderings at Chateau Shatto 4. Grounds and Figures, Diana Al Hadid shows her mylar sculptures at OHWOW 5. Jerry Hsu presents some of his 'Nazi Gold' for A Love Like Mine Is Hard to Find at Slow Culture 6. Tomoo Gokita shows some of his strange and beautiful portraits for Besame Mucho at Honor Fraser 7. Andrew Gbur shows some of his Face Paintings at the Team Gallery bungalow in Venice Beach 8. Alien Flowers, an exhibition of exciting works by Joseph Arthur at Gallery Go 9. Glen Ligon says goodbye figuratively and literally at his exhibition ending this week at Regen Projects 10. Eric Stanton and foot fetishist Elmer Batters (long dead) get weird at the Taschen Books gallery
Bjarne Melgaard 'Puppy Orgy Acid Party' @ Galerie Forsblom
Bjarne Melgaard Puppy Orgy Acid Party is on view at Galerie Forsblom Helsinki, Finland until May 3, 2015.
Bjarne Melgaard at His New Exhibition in Helsinki
His first solo exhibition at Galerie Forsblom, entitled Puppy Orgy Acid Party, Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard, engages viewers with the rich colors and forms of his strange, macabre and heartbroken worlds. The new paintings’ compositions are dominated by organized chaos, which he has materialized via the momentum of creation: acrylic paint is poured on the floor and splashed directly onto the canvas. photograph by Rio Gandara
Dallas Art Fair 2015 Highlight: Harlan Levey Projects
Brussels, Belgium based gallery Harlan Levey Projects shined at the 2015 Dallas Art Fair with a booth that explored American nostalgia and the dark under pinnings of memory and the soul. For instance, T.R. Ericsson's haunting silkscreen images of his mother and his childhood are silkscreened on canvas with ink, cigarette nicotine, and ash to represent the gritty minutiae and detritus that add up to the sum of our earthly existence. Other artists included Radek Szlaga, Willehad Eilers and Abner Preis. photographs by Whitney Loren
'Fatal Dad' @ Brand New Gallery In Milan
Brand New Gallery presents Fatal Dad, a two-person exhibition featuring a new installation of works by Brian Kokoska with sculptures by Zack Davis. For this presentation, Kokoska has altered the gallery in shades of baby purple and incorporated Davis’ sensitive, achromic sculptures that are both bodily and diagrammatic in their exploration of space and form. Davis’ works press into the carpeted floor surrounded by purple, a non-spectral color that demands psychophysical efforts in the human brain to differentiate from violet. Fatal Dad will be on view until April 25 at Brand New Gallery in Milan.
Victor Moscoso 'Psychedelic Drawings' @ Andrew Edlin
Andrew Edlin Gallery presents a retrospective of drawings by Victor Moscoso, one of the pre-eminent graphic artists of the 20th century, and widely renowned for his 1960s psychedelic posters and comics. The gallery will publish a 96-page catalog to accompany the exhibition. Victor Moscoso 'Psychedelic Drawings' will be on view until April 25, 2015 at Andrew Edlin Gallery, 134 Tenth Avenue New York, NY
Robert Montgomery's First Solo Show In Turkey
Istanbul '74 presents the first solo show of Robert Montgomery in Istanbul, Turkey. The exhibition, including artist’s works in different techniques -from light installations to watercolor paintings. Robert Montgomery's exhibition will be view until April 18, 2015 at the Istanbul gallery space in Turkey.
Barbara Kruger 'Early Works' Show Extended @ Skarstedt
Skarstedt gallery in London has extended its exhibition of seminal early works by American artist Barbara Kruger. The exhibition features Kruger’s large-scale black and white photographs, overlaid with provocative captions in bold Futura type. This group of works, selected from the 1980s, examines the cultural constructions of power, identity and sexuality through their juxtaposition of text and imagery. Barbara Kruger 'Early Works' will be on view until April 25, 2015 at Skarstedt Gallery, 23 Old Bond Street, London.
Richard Prince 'New Portraits' @ Blum and Poe in Tokyo
Blum & Poe presents Richard Prince: New Portraits, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Japan in almost twenty years. Prince has pioneered appropriation since the mid-1970s, mining images from mass media, advertising, and entertainment to subvert and redefine concepts of authorship and ownership. The new portraits update this strategy and continue Prince’s exploration of photography through the platform of Instagram. Richard Prince: New Portraits will be on view until May 30, at Blum and Poe, 1-14-34 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku Tokyo.
James Georgopoulos in Front of "Rodeo Drive" at MAMA Gallery
James Georgopoulos in front of "Rodeo Drive" at MAMA Gallery. His exhibition There Is No End will close on April 4th. photograph by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Joyce Pensato 'Castaway' @ Petzel Gallery in New York
Petzel Gallery presents Castaway, a solo exhibition by New York based artist Joyce Pensato. This is her fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. For this exhibition, Pensato will present a new series of paintings and drawings, as well as premiere digital c-prints of her studio taken by the artist and predominantly comprised of collages on her studio walls. Castaway will be on view until March 28 at Petzel Gallery.
Highlights From Art Basel Hong Kong 2015
photographs by MCH Messe Schweiz
Sandy Kim 'How’s the Weather Down There?' @ Ever Gold
photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Petra Collins Group Show On View @ SFAQ in San Francisco
Petra Collins 'Pill Pots' (Collaboration with Group Partner)
The SFAQ [Project] Space presents Comforter, a group exhibition curated by Petra Collins featuring work by Carlotta Kohl, T.V. Wade, Claire Milbrath, Nguan, and Petra Collins. Comforter explores the binaries of home/transience and sanctuary/chaos, and how we experience these dualities in contemporary life. Comforter will be on view until April 11, 2015 at the SFAQ [Project] Space in San Francisco.