Currently on view at Needles and Pens Gallery in San Francisco is the exhibition Some Word Pictures, featuring documentation of the river, road and freight train travels of artists Bill Daniel and Santiago Mostyn. The exhibition uses photographic and written documentation to capture the spirt of the journey, focusing on the act of story-telling as it relates to traditions and folklore. The exhibition manifests into[…..]
The current exhibition at Chinatown’s Mihai Nicodim Gallery, previously Kontainer Gallery, explores the precarious political consequences of human desires. Curated by Jane Neal, The Punishment of Lust and Luxury’s featured artists include Cyprien Gaillard, Adrian Ghenie, Ciprian Muresan and Martin Skauen, all of whom respond, whether directly or indirectly, to the socially conscious paintings of 19th Century Italian artist Giovanni Segantini. Segantini, who depicted bad[…..]
Marianne Mueller‘s first US solo exhibition opens on January 24th at Kim Light Gallery. The London-based Swiss artist works primarily in photography and her show at Kim Light will consist of intentional clusters of images. These images–of bodies, objects, or structure–interact with each other in a multitude of ways, nomadically equalizing a diverse array of suggested places and experiences. Called Dream-US-09, this exhibition overlaps with[…..]
SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine is currently presenting a group show curated by Gideon Bok, Sound and Vision: Circuit, Tube, and Prism. The exhibition includes two sounds artists, Galen Richmond and Kevin McMahon, and three painters, Bryson Brodie, Matt Phillips, and Stephanie Pierce. These artists explore and manipulate the effects of refraction in the media of sound, electricity, and light. Sound artist Galen Richmond combines[…..]
Space 1026 Gallery in Philadelphia is currently showing the work of AJ Fosik and Andrew Schoultz in New Ancient Structures. Both artists use intriguing imagery and explosive color in this collaborative multimedia installation. Fosik is a Philadelphia-based sculptor who began with street art and signage and now creates animal abstractions, or what he calls “existential fetishes.” In his sculptures, Fosik incorporates symbols from varied sources,[…..]
Opening this evening at the Scion Installation L.A. space in Culver City is the exhibition Fairytale of Berlin, curated by Janine Bean and Matthias Bergeman, of the Janine Bean Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition surveys the work of 11 artists and one artist group. Each participant critically engages Berlin as an active site, loaded with a variety of creative sub-cultural intersections. The included artists employ[…..]
A new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago chronicles something unexpected and sentimental: the relationship between artists and animals. Ranging from Caravaggio to Pablo Picasso and Pierre Bonnard, the exhibition traces the roles pets have played in the progression of Western art. Held in the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, The Beauty and the Beast features books from the Museum’s collection that explore animals’ presence[…..]
