Art in Chelsea Galleries during November 2008
Nov 25th, 2008 by Brad
I’ve been in New York all month, last Saturday we had a chance to look and see the galleries around Chelsea.
Zaha Hadid 168 10th Ave
Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born British architect, was showing her work in two locations in Chelsea. At 168 Tenth Avenue (at 21st Street) in an open space as well as at Sonnabend (536 W 22nd St, NYC).
Zaha Hadid 168 tenth Ave
The warehouse space at Tenth Ave is filled with organic designs individually lit in this dark interior. These objects live somewhere between sculpture, design, and architecture. The exhibitions run through December 13.
At Hasted/Hunt (529 W 20th St, 3 Fl, NYC) we get a different view of architectural, this time interiors.
Julian Faulhaber lowdensitypolyethylene at Hasted Hunt
Julian Faulhaber, the German photographer, has a show called “Lowdensitypolyethylene”
Julian Faulhaber lowdensitypolyethylene at Hasted Hunt
This work has been recently acquired by New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and will be in an upcoming show there.
Julian Faulhaber lowdensitypolyethylene at Hasted Hunt
These are images of created spaces that are often saturated with color and appear almost abstract. Some of the compositions remind me of various Hopper images if he painted today.
Next, we have flowers and firearms, the perfect combination? Martin Klimas, another German photographer has a show at Fowley Gallery (547W 27th Street, NYC).
Martin Klimas Flowers at Fowley Gallery
The beauty of the vase of the flower is caught in a Harold-Edgerton moment of the bullet exploding a vase. All support is at the moment of disappearing. The “Flowers” exhibition will remain on view until January 17, 2009.
Continuing on a sculptural is Mia Westerlund Rosen show at the Betty Cuningham Gallery. A nice contemplative work is “Mettawee”. It is a spiral sculpture that invites you inside its spiral.
Mia Westerlund Rosen
Westerlund Rosen has been had New York solo shows of her sculptures since 1975. I also quite liked “Splash On” and “Hell’s Gate” which are felt and resin. works on the wall.
Mia Westerlund Rosen
Mia Westerlund Hell s Gate Betty Cuningham Gallery
Let’s continue with a curving visual. William Steiger’s has a show called “Transport” is at Margaret Thatcher Projects (511 West 25th Street Suite 404, NYC).
William Steiger Transport
These paintings focus in on the geometric aspects of the American landscape.
William Steiger Transport at Margaret Thatcher Projects
Alexander Kaletski’s show “Wet Dreams” at Dillon Gallery ( 555 West 25th St, NYC) have a lyrical quality.
Alexander Kaletski Wet Dreams
Wet Dreams” which has its genesis in those naive Moscow studies. The current paintings have the old patina of Russia combined with the heroic loneliness of an outsider artist. Characters, subjects and narratives taken from the early figurative work brilliantly coalesce with innovations the artist subsequently developed in America.
By the way, I really like this Dillion’s space for some reason.
At Clampart (521-531 West 25th Street, Grd Flr, NYC) we have an installation by Mark Beard called “Gracious Dictator: The Seduction of Power”.
Mark Beard at Clampart
Mark Beard at Clampart
How grand is that.
