These shows are from late May and early June that I didn’t want to get lost in the immensity of the Venice information. Though they are no longer up I wanted to share the work with you.
Walking in to a group show at Yvon Lambert I was pleasantly surprised to find a work by Zilvinas [...]

On a beautiful summer day in June I headed to Grayson Cox’s studio in Bushwick. Originally from Indiana, Grayson moved to New York for a summer residency at SVA about seven years ago. In college he studied Japanese woodblock prints and actually moved to Japan for two years. He also traveled to China, Germany, and [...]

The Padiglione Centrale is where a large portion of Bice Curiger’s curated show “Illuminations” can be found.
Upon entering the space, Gianni Colombo’s “Elastic Space” reminds me of Gormley’s recent “Breathing Room.” It is made of phosphorescent thread in rectangular forms. It glows in the pitch black room it is installed in and returns to the [...]

The Giardini

The British Pavilion got a lot of press for Mike Nelson’s work, “I, Imposter.” A recreation and expansion of the work he made for the 2003 Istanbul Biennial, Nelson transformed the pavilion into a maze of dilapidated rooms that transported the viewer. As one enters it feels like a real space, not an art [...]

The Arsenale
While the insanity of the Giardini occurred, I chose to begin my viewing at the Arsenale. This is where the large portion of the curated show by Bice Curiger is exhibited.
For the Biennale four artists were invited to create “para-pavilions” (Franz West, SongDong, Oscar Tuazon, and Monika Sosnowska.) These pavilions are large structures of [...]

Venice in Venice was the first show I saw this year at the Biennale. I actually went to a panel discussion with some of the artists: Peter Alexander, Billy Al Bengston, Ron Cooper and Laddie John Dill. The show was curated by Tim Nye and Jacqueline Miro and was put on by Foundation 20 21 [...]

Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova
Emilio Vedova who died in 2006 began artistic research in the 1930s when surrounded by the 17th century atmosphere of Venice. He was a major figure in the postwar art scene in the 1950s along with contemporaries Burri and Fontana and a leader in art informel movement. In 1997 he won [...]

Born in Belgium in 1959 Alÿs trained as an architect in Venice before moving to Mexico City where he has lived since 1986. In his artwork, Alÿs confronts issues such as economics, progress and modernity through projects which he documents in drawings, paintings, video and sculpture. The show includes works from the mid-1990s to the [...]

Things were abuzz in Chelsea last night. Whether it was at Jasper Johns opening at Matthew Marks or the pop up Harris Lieberman group painting show, people were out to take in the art and the much overdue spring weather.
I started at Harris Lieberman at their “temporary” location at 508 West 26th Street. Including well [...]

On a rainy Saturday in April I made my way to Chuck Webster’s studio in Bushwick. I had first met Chuck a few years ago at Dieu Donne when he was completing a residency there.
Originally from Binghamton, NY, Chuck learned how to make paintings through copying and experimentation. Up until about 1995 he painted portraits [...]