Australian artist Sam Leach, who received his Bachelor of Economics from Adelaide University in 1993, is interested in how wealth is communicated through architectural spaces. There is often an ambiguous attitude towards the pursuit of wealth, and a sense of alienation in its presence. In contemporary culture, corporate spaces must balance a healthy display of success without being too overbearing or excessive in the eyes[…..]
Italian-born artist Angela DeCristofaro opened a exhibition entitled Wake, featuring a new series of paintings at Commissary Arts in Venice, California yesterday evening. The exhibition is continuation of ideas and images explored in her 2006 exhibition titled Totality Shaped Out of Nothing which was exhibited at the Metro Gallery in Pasadena, California. Freely appropriating images and ideas from contemporary culture, the artist often layers wedding[…..]
The MTL 1978, Galerie Rudiger Schottle 1978, and Galerie Tanja Grunert 1984. Although these galleries may not be household names, a quick check will make it clear, (considering the other artists they showed early in their careers), that these are ground breaking establishments, and they’ve all shown Ruscha. Another thing that sets Ruscha apart from the field, he doesn’t follow trends, he sets them. Quite[…..]
Currently exhibiting at Mary Boone Gallery in New York until March 1st is German artist Kati Heck. Heck earned her Masters in Painting from the Akademie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp and has recently exhibited at Annie Gentils Gallery in Antwerp and Marc Selwyn Fine Art in Los Angeles. The artist has previously been featured on DailyServing. Heck creates colossal paintings that link cultural imagery[…..]
Opening this weekend at Freight and Volume in New York City will be “I and Thou,” new paintings by Israeli-born artist Ophrah Shemesh. This will be the artist’s debut exhibition with the gallery, and her third in NYC. Her work confronts and explores the psychology of the gaze, objectifying women by placing them in vulnerable and seductive situations. Shemesh is aware that she is working[…..]
Monika Behrens Now showing at Horus and Deloris Contemporary Art Space, Pyrmont is the latest exhibition by Sydney artist, Monika Behrens. Entitled “Cool the Globe: Glam Barbie,” the vibrant paintings are a tongue-in-cheek reflection of the media‚Äôs depiction of global warming. Polar bears can be seen stuffed inside martini glasses, while elongated structures at a windfarm are juxtaposed against the superfluous height of Barbie’s legs.[…..]
Currently on display through March 16th at Brooklyn gallery Jack the Pelican Presents are painters Robin Williams and Nathan Lewis in two separate solo shows within the same complex. Williams paints haunting young children stuck in the midst of play, while Lewis is a history painter. Williams’ children are depicted alone or in multiples, engaged in quotidian childhood activities, such as drinking juice, jumping on[…..]
