Gasworks Presents the First Solo Exhibition in a London Public Gallery by Tim Etchells

LONDON.- Gasworks presents the first solo exhibition in a London public gallery by Tim Etchells. Bringing together two works previously unseen in the UK, the exhibition focuses on language and interpretation. Showing an attempt to translate the specialised language of art into appetising edibles for the public, Art Flavours (2008) explores the potential and limitations of communication between different discourses and cultural frames. Tim Etchells, “Art Flavours”, (2008), video still Initially developed for Manifesta 7 in Italy, the starting point [...]

Wysing Arts Centre Launches “Year of the Improbable” with Mark Aerial Walle Solo Show

CAMBRIDGE.- On 16 January 2010 Wysing Arts Centre officially launched the centre’s year of the Improbable with a solo exhibition by London based artist Mark Aerial Waller. Waller’s idiosyncratic film making draws on an extensive knowledge of cinema, ranging from sci-fi, early surrealism and greek tragedy. The Cassiopeia Plan features 3 video installation works, forming a loose trilogy, beginning with two artists faltering on the brink of a journey towards an idyll. The final work, which will be filmed at [...]

Maloney Fine Art Shows Small Group of Figurative Sculptures by Thomas Schütte

CULVER CITY, CA.- In 1994 German artist Thomas Schutte produced a small group of figurative sculptures and corresponding photographic images, which bear the common title ‘United Enemies’ Each of these works consists of two little men, tied together on a piece of pvc pipe which serves as a base, dressed in colorful scraps of fabric and placed under a bell jar for display. The faces resemble the character studies of Daumier: ruthless, yet imbued with a love of the human [...]

As Part of Artology: the Fusion of Art and Science at Cranbrook

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI.- —”Cape Farewell – Art & Climate Change” — the second exhibition in the series Artology: the Fusion of Art and Science at Cranbrook –explores the most challenging environmental issue of this century and is making its North American début at Cranbrook Institute of Science on January 31, 2010. Created by the artist David Buckland in 2001, the Cape Farewell project is widely acknowledged to be the most significant sustained artistic response to climate change anywhere in the [...]

First Major Exhibition for Belgian Artists Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys at Kunsthalle Basel

BASEL.- Kunsthalle Basel presents the first major exhibition of the Belgian artists Jos de Gruyter (*1965, Geel) and Harald Thys ( *1966, Wilrijk) in Switzerland, entitled PROJEKT 13. Collaborating since the end of the 1980s, the artists have developed an intriguing body of work, consisting of films, photographs, drawings and performances. The figures in their films and photographs share a condition of autistic detachment from each other and from their surroundings. Trapped by their actions and acting without empathy, they [...]

New and Powerful Exhibition Coming to London

LONDON.- A new and powerful exhibition is coming to London 18 February — 14 March 2010. It takes an intelligent look at the extraordinary phenomenon of migration. It is the second of three shows taking place in three major cities (Istanbul, London and Berlin) synonymous with migratory routes. This is a big show with strong mid career artists, so there are a lot of voices. Each brings their own take: Zineb Sedira finds resonances of transportation in forgotten railway sidings, [...]

Post-Minimalist Artist Miya Ando Honors Family History by Melding Steel and Meditation

NEW YORK, NY.- A descendant of samurai-era Bizen sword makers-turned-Buddhist priests, Miya Ando, a petite half-Japanese American who resides in Brooklyn, is the second coming of Ando steel workers. Miya, who from a young age saw the natural beauty and elegance in steel that her ancestors knew, has used this medium to make a name for herself as a respected post-minimalist contemporary artist. Her work is now on view in private homes and in public spaces across the U.S. and [...]

Abstraction Pioneer Slobodkina Featured at Sheldon Museum of Art

LINCOLN, NE.- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Sheldon Museum of Art presents “Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer of American Abstraction” beginning Jan. 26. On view through April 18, the retrospective showcases Esphyr Slobodkina’s role in the development of American abstraction. The exhibition includes her noted abstract artworks from the 1930s to 1950s, two original 1939 “Caps for Sale” book illustrations, her sculpture and assemblages, including Sheldon’s 1939 piece, “Sailor’s Wife.” Mural Sketch No. 1,” Esphyr Slobodkina, 1937, oil on Masonite, 9.5 x [...]

Recent Paintings and Pastels by Yvonne Jacquette Announced at DC Moore Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- DC Moore Gallery announces the opening of Yvonne Jacquette. The exhibition features recent paintings and pastels depicting unique aerial views of New York City, New Orleans, and rural Maine. Jacquette has been painting bird’s-eye views of the landscape since 1975. Reflecting on her aerial vantage point, one of the defining aspects of her work, John Yau writes in the exhibition catalogue, “In her carefully chosen views, Jacquette synthesizes solitariness and specificity, the anonymous and the particular, as [...]

Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig Focuses Exhibition on Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Drawings

LEIPZIG.- The Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig today opens the exhibition ” Drawing until Furiosness”. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner is considered one of the most important draughtsmen of the expressionist movement. Kirchner drew wherever he was, whether in the studio or outside. Thousands of works developed in this way. Many of his paintings have their roots in the drawings he made. Kirchner writes in a diary entry from August 4,1919: “I must draw until Furiousness”. This selection of works from [...]

Major Exhibition of Works by Guillermo Kuitca to Premiere in Western New York

BUFFALO, NY.- On February 19, 2010, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will present a major exhibition that will trace the evolution of the work of Argentine artist Guillermo Kuitca through more than fifty paintings and twenty-five works on paper that span twenty-eight years of the artist’s career. Organized by Douglas Dreishpoon, Chief Curator at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the exhibition traces Kuitca’s investigations of physical and social systems, public and private arenas, emotional drama, and the poetic exploration of space. Its [...]

First Major UK Solo Exhibition for Sardine & Tobleroni at WW Gallery

LONDON.- WW Gallery presents ‘We Love 77’, an exhibition of 77 paintings by artist duo Sardine & Tobleroni, chronicling the evolution of punk rock, with special appearances from the legendary Don Letts and punk rock icon Poly Styrene of X-ray Spex, plus screenings of major punk documentaries, surprise gigs and many of the featured musicians in attendance at the London launch. This is the first major UK solo exhibition for Sardine & Tobleroni, who describe their practice as ‘Conceptual Art [...]

Exhibition of Soviet-Era Posters to Open at the Fleming Museum

BURLINGTON, VT.- Nearly twenty years after the demise of the Soviet Union, the Fleming Museum brings to Vermont an extraordinary collection of Soviet graphic arts. The exhibition Views and Reviews: Soviet Political Posters and Cartoons opens at the Fleming Museum on Friday, January 29 and presents a stunning array of images spanning more than six decades from the time of the Russian Civil War (1918-1921) – during which period the Bolsheviks and their western-backed opponents struggled for control of the [...]

First Solo Show in Western Europe for Todd Hido at Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery

COLOGNE.- With the exhibition House Hunting / Nudes of photographs by the US-American artist Todd Hido the Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery presents the first solo show of the artist in Western Europe. The exhibited photographs are a selected body of works out of his monographs ‘House Hunting’ and ‘Between the Two’. Todd Hido is a San Francisco Bay-Area based photo artist. Since 2001, when he published his first monograph, entitled ‘House Hunting’ he became a rising star of the American art [...]

Osram Collection Presents Latest Acquisitions by Student of Peter Doig

MUNICH.- Two new acquisitions by the artist Florian Meisenberg (b. 1980 in Berlin) form the focus of the new exhibition that is made up of works from the firm’s collection. Meisenberg had already created and impressive oeuvre when still a student of Peter Doig at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf. In his paintings he celebrates painting itself in an often untamed manner. The work that lends the exhibition its theme depicts an island in what appears to be a [...]