shows to see

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some shows i would like to see -

Lucio Fontana @ Gagosian, closes 6/30
Sven Lukin @ Gary Snyder, closes 6/30
Jess Fuller @ Martos, closes 6/30
Ken Weathersby @ Pierogi, closes 7/1
Mike Hein @ Mulherin Pollard, closes 7/1
Gandy Brodie @ Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, closes 7/1
Ellen Letcher @ Pocket Utopia, closes 7/15
Everyday Abstract @ James Cohan, curated by Matthew Higgs, closes 7/27
Edouard Vuillard @ Jewish Museum, closes 9/23

Gina Beavers @ James Fuentes, OPENS 6/17
Group Shoe, curated by Joe Bradley, @ Gavin Brown, OPENS 6/28? 6/30?
Ron Johnson @ Gary Snyder, OPENS 7/10

N Bennington VT - Mark Barry @ Vermont Arts Exchange, OPENS 6/14
Amagansett NY - Liz Markus @ Ille Arts, OPENS 6/16

please suggest others.

shows to see

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a list to myself and the world

LES-
gerald ferguson @ canada
nicholas buffon @ callicoon
trevor shimizu @ 47 canal
letha wilson + @ toomer labza
meghan petras @ blackston (WITH jeffrey scott matthews, more)

UES -
lee bontecou @ freedmanart
alfred jensen @ pace 57th
sarah mceneaney @ tibor de nagy

Midtown-
forrest bess @ christies (3/1)

BROOKLYN -
rick briggs + adam simon @ valentine
carrie pollack @ minus space
bromirski/labine/riley @ storefront bushwick (2/10)
katharine bradford/ej hauser/tamara gonzalez/lauren luloff/joanne greenbaum @ journal gallery

SOHO-
hugh scott douglas @ clifton benevento
b wurtz/fabienne lasserre/elisa lendvay/john newman @ kansas
meghan petras/maria walker/james hyde + @ bull and ram

West SOHO(?)-
george ortman @ algus greenspon

CHELSEA -
lee krasner @ robert miller
joyce pensato @ petzel
smith-stewart show @ c24
andrew lenaghan @ geo. adams
arlene shechet @ jack shainman
jason fox @ peter blum
lori ellison @ mckenzie
chris martin @ mitchell innes & nash
david kennedy cutler @ derek eller
kim maconnell @ salomon
sergej jensen @ anton kern
hugh scott douglas + @ wallspace

ALBANY
material occupation @ suny albany (2/7)

BALTIMORE
gina beavers @ nudashank (2/11)

(biggest bummer - missing edwin dickinson at babcock! closes 1/27)

plz suggest others...

HERE'S BRO BRO!

I'm having a one-night show Saturday 10/29 6-9pm at ART BLOG ART BLOG... the space Joshua Abelow has been running all summer... this is the final show in the space and is gonna be a party/show... please come by!

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508 W. 26th Street, 11th Floor
Saturday 10/29 6-9pm
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St Cecilia's THIS FRIDAY 6/3

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THREE SHOWS opening THIS FRIDAY 6/3 at St. Cecilia's

Improbable Self: Notes From the Void, curated by Fran Holstrom

Inna Babaeva, Martin Bromirski, Catherine Czacki, JJ Garfinkel, Nathan Gwynne, Jason Hoelscher, JR Larson, Frank Lentini, Christina Leung, David Malek, Jeffrey Scott Mathews, Japeth Mennes, Oliver Michaels, Matt Miller, John L. Moore, Meghan Petras, Sasha Rudensky, Carolyn Salas, David Scanavino.

Black Sunday, curated by Saira McLaren

Gina Beavers, Jaime Gecker, Mike Hein, Fran Holstrom, John Jodzio, Ryan Kitson, Elisa Lendvay, Cindy Stockton Moore, Brad Phillips, Mitchell Wright and Jeff Williams.

Cowboy Mouth, curated by Carolyn Salas

Brent Birnbaum, Jonathan Butt, Jennifer Cohen, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Fawn Krieger, and Adam Parker Smith.

St. Cecilia's
21 Monitor St. Brooklyn, NY
Opening Friday, June 3rd, 7-10

4/29

Beach On The Moon, at WildLife


small.black.show, at Small Black Door

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shows to see

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FIRST SCREENING of Rebecca Goyette's new video, starring herself and Duke Riley... I saw an early edit of this it's bizarre absurd hot desperate and SICK!! Duke Riley is an even bigger nasty dirty perv than Goyette! April 13th, 7pm, at Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen Street (Brooklyn). XXX.

Under Destruction at the Swiss Institute, through 6/4, curated by Gianni Jetzer and Chris Sharp... looks good but they forgot Kai Vierstra in this show he'da been perfect.

MORE current and upcoming -

Cheryl Donegan + Tom Meacham at Nicelle Beauchene
David Scanavino at Klaus von Nichtssagend
Stacy Fisher at Cleopatra's (thru 4/24)
Joachim "YoYo" Friedrich at Second Guest
Group show at Queens Museum with many favorite artists... Lauren L, Bryan Z, Agathe S, Barb C... and MORE.

shows to see

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Joe Bradley at Journal, opens TUES 2/22, 6pm
Judith Braun talk at NurtureArt, 2/23, 7pm
Joe Fyfe at James Graham, opens 2/23
Daily Operation-curated group show, at 245 Varet, 2/25, 7-11pm ONLY
Anissa Mack at Laurel Gitlen (Small A), opens 2/27, 6pm
Joy Curtis at Klaus Von Nichtssagend, opens 3/4
David Hammons at L&M, through 3/4
Mirrored Thoughts/Spaces Between at Spattered Columns, through 3/22
Chuck Webster at ZieherSmith, through 3/26
Lynda Benglis at New Museum

shows to see

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Alisha Kerlin in 2 shows... at Thomas Erben (1/6) and a cool looking group show at Soloway (1/8 - one week only). She is the 2nd interesting RFA artist I've noticed to have a show at Thomas Erben... Whitney Claflin is the other.
Dona Nelson and others at Regina Rex, 1/8.
Ann Craven at Maccarone, 1/8 - and she just had a topsy-turvy show there like 3 shows ago. HEY guess what i got an original signed/dated Ann Craven painting in a bin at the Strand for two freaking dollars!! no shit.
Lee Lozano at Hauser & Wirth, 1/12
Joe Bradley at Canada, 1/13.
- oh wait and he is at Gavin Brown too opening 1/8. what is happening.
Bryan Zanisnik at Horton, 1/13.
- unrelated to Bryan's show... i don't have a cent to spare but TOP of my list of resolutions is to send Sean Horton a check for $20.
Joshua Abelow at James Fucking Fuentes!!, 1/13.
Eric Doeringer, Loren Munk, Filip Noterdaeme, Matthew Higgs Society and others, in a show curated by Eric Doeringer, at EFA Project Space, 1/14.... looks very smart and fun. I am archived in the Matthew Higgs Society, they sent me a card (back) thanking me for my contributions to Matthew's legacy (scrollll).
Bureau, 1/13 (reception 1/16) - i don't know who is showing but like visiting this little gallery.
Gellochio at 245 Varet, 1/28.

ADD!: Butt Johnson at CRG, Patrick Hill at Bortolami, Lief Ritchey at Martos, Matthew Fisher at Heskin, Yadir Quintana at Standpipe 2/3.
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more shows

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MORE shows to see -

Material Issue and Other Matters, curated by Michael Mahalchick + Wallace Whitney, at Canada, including a number of artists whose shows I've liked... Suzanne Goldenberg at PS122, Josh Blackwell at Rachel Uffner, Leif Ritchey at Journal Gallery and in Time Tunnel, Lauren Luloff everywhere. Opens Thursday September 9th 6:30-8:30.

David Cohen Goodbye Show, Decameron, at NY Studio School. Opens Thurday September 9th, 6:30-8:30.

Rhyme, Not Reason, curated by John Yau, at Janet Kurnatowski... including Marilyn Lerner and Laura Newman. Opens Friday September 10th, 7-9.

Pastorale, curated by Klaus Kertess, at 80 WSE, with Peter Cain, Dona Nelson, Alexander Ross, others. Opens Tuesday September 14th.

(HERE is my first listing of upcoming shows to see)

...absolute fetishism...

Paul Thek, Thek's Tomb, 1967.

Whoah nice! Add Paul Thek at the Whitney to my list of upcoming shows to see... opens 10/21.

Photo above is scanned from a Robert Pincus-Witten Artforum article of 1967, showing Thek beside his wax cast self-portrait... part of his most(?) famous piece, Thek's Tomb... or Death of a Hippie.

Thek's Tomb was shown at the Stable Gallery, where "one enters a spacious, rosily-lit and incensed haze out of which rises a large, three-tiered ziggurat"... inside the 11.5' tomb the wax cast... "All is 'petal and American vermilion' pink - the light, the garments, the Tomb interior, the shoes"... "pinned to the cheeks are discs of painted butterfly-wing patterns. A funerary necklace alternates these circles with passages of hair, ending in a pendant and a long wash of hair that runs down the length"... the mouth is part open, blackened tongue protruding... the fingers of the right hand are sliced off, placed in a pouch hanging on the wall.

This piece has since been lost.

shows to see

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Sarah Peters, at Winkleman, opens 9/9.
Polly Apfelbaum, at D'Amelio Terras, opens Friday 9/10.
Rob Pruitt, at both Gavin Brown and Maccarone, opens 9/11 at GB...
Dike Blair, at 980 Madison Ave Gagosian, opens 9/11.
John F. Simon Jr., at Gering & Lopez, opens 9/11
Real Nonfiction, group show at BRIC Rotunda Gallery, opens 9/15.
Lily van der Stokker, at Leo Koenig, opens 9/16.
Austin Thomas, at Storefront, opens 9/17.
The Jewel Thief, group show at Tang Museum (Saratoga, NY), opens 9/18.
Deborah Kass, at Paul Kasmin, opens 9/23.

what else?

opening

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Kelli Williams at Leo Koenig, Friday May 28th, 6-8pm.
Ken Weathersby at Pierogi, Friday May 28th, 7-9pm.
Lance Rautzhan artless show at Sacred Gallery, June 10th, 7-11pm.

shows to see

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liz-n-val at gallery128 (LES)
sarah braman at museum52 (LES)
katherine bernhardt at canada (LES)
hilary berseth at 11 rivington (LES)
jeffrey tranchell at john connelly presents (chelsea) - OPENS friday 5/21
wendy white at leo koenig (chelsea) - LAST day is saturday 5/22
show at postmasters gallery (chelsea)
joe montgomery at laurel gitlen (LES)
scott olson at taxter & spengemann
fran holstrom-curated show at hal bromm (tribeca)

shows to see

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Wendy White, at Leo Koenig, OPENS April 23, 6-8pm, through May 22.
Meridith Pingree, in Who's Afraid of Ornament?, at NURTUREart, OPENS April 23, through May 29.
Charline Von Heyl, at Friedrich Petzel, through May 1!!!
Amy Sillman, at Sikkema Jenkins, through May 15.
Katharine Bernhardt, at Canada, through May 23.
Liz-n-Val, Selections from 3 Decades, at Gallery onetwentyeight, OPENS May 5, 6-8pm, through May 31.
Ken Weathersby, at Pierogi, May 28-June 27.
Lance Rautzhan, at Sacred Gallery, June 10 - June 28.


time to go.

shows to see

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can't, but want to see...

Soft Edge, at Camel Art Space, with Peter Acheson, Nora Griffin, Chris Martin, Anna Rosen, Rachel Salamone, and Maria Walker. I've only seen one Maria Walker painting... want to see more. Closes Dec 20th.

Jr. and Sons, curated by Joe Bradley, at Zach Feuer. Peter Acheson and Joe Bradley are in this one also, together with Jason Fox, Steve DiBenedetto, Michael Williams and some other dudes. Joe Bradley curated Peanut Gallery at Journal Gallery.

Martin Wong at PPOW, through 1/31.

shows to see

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1. Kitchen show!!! opens on Friday.
2. Sam Pulitzer at Real Fine Arts. Benefit Dinner this Saturday.
3. Apartment Show this Sunday.

and:
Cave Painting 2
Walter Robinson in Nincompatibles at Bowman/Bloom.
Nicole Eisenman at Leo Koenig.
Map Show at Christopher Henry. Can't believe Loren Munk is NOT in this show?!?
TL Solien at Luise Ross.
Laura Owens at Gavin Brown.
Tony Feher at D'Amelio Terras.
Bryan Zanisnik at Sunday... CLOSES Sunday!!!
Michael Williams at Canada... CLOSES Sunday.
Ethan Greenbaum and David Scanavino at Satori.
Lennon Weinberg group show. Can't believe Melissa Meyer is NOT in Painting Abstraction?!?

WHAT ELSE?

shows to see

LES - Ethan Greenbaum and David Scanavino, Mastercraft, opening TONIGHT at Satori.

CHELSEA - Nicole Eisenman at Leo Koenig, opening this Friday 10/30.

BROOKLYN - system:system through 11/1... featuring Inna Babaeva, Kai Vierstra, Meridith Pingree, Mike Hein, Saira McLaren, Anya Keilar and many MORE... at St. Cecilia’s Convent, 21 Monitor St, Brooklyn.


SOHO - Corin Hewitt and Molly McFadden at Recess, with a reception 11/6.


David Kennedy Cutler taking a break from helping out Corin. David had the very strong show (scroll down) that recently closed at Derek Eller.

shows to see

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if you're looking to see something good try -

Andrew Erdos at Jack the Pelican (CLOSES TODAY 10/11), David Kennedy Cutler at Derek Eller (10/24), Andy Yoder at Winkleman (10/24), Vincent Fectau at Matthew Marks (10/24), Ida Ekblad at Journal Gallery (10/25), Joanne Greenbaum at D'Amelio Terras (10/31), Sarah McEneaney at Tibor de Nagy (10/31), Jonathan VanDyke at Scaramouche (11/1).

Good group shows at Leo Koenig's project space, at Canada, at Momenta, at Gresham's Ghost, at Red Flagg, at Maccarone.

photos later...

openings + shows to see

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THURSDAY:

Elmer Bischoff, at George Adams - (with Andrew Lenaghan in the other room... he had the definitive Bush portrait)
Chuck Webster, at ZieherSmith.
Alexi Worth, at DC Moore - i'm psyched to see this show.

FRIDAY:

Maureen Cavanaugh, at 31GRAND - star-studded action-packed standing-room-only see-and-be-seen!... you will have to go back a second time to see the paintings, for sure... this is the last official 31GRAND show before they merge with Black & White.

more to see (already opened):

Patrick Hill is included in a group show in the middle room at Andrea Rosen. I loved his Bortolami show.
Carol Rama, at Maccarone.
Cora Cohen, at Michael Steinberg - reviewed on Artcritical, reviewed in Brooklyn Rail.
Kelley Walker, at Paula Cooper.
Jennifer Cohen and Vlatka Horvat, at Rachel Uffner.
Richard Prince, at Gagosian.
Unbreak My Heart, at Pluto - group show including Rosanna Bruno and EJ Hauser.
The Unforgiven, at Stellan Holm - group show including Dan "Dictionary" Colen, Nate Lowman, Steven Parrino.
Joe Bradley, at Canada - to check out the show that inspired such a killer review.

I'm sure there are others I'd like to see... bummed I missed Aurel Schmidt and Bram Bogart last month. I didn't know they had shows up.

articles to read, shows to see

articles to read -

So weird the Randy Kennedy NYTimes article on Mike Nelson .... because so much of what he describes sounds like he could be describing the installation work of Christoph Buchel -

"His artworks are not exactly objects but, in the tradition of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, whole environments, warrens of rooms and corridors, fake taxi offices and crack dens, constructed from and furnished with the things he scavenges in the cities where he creates exhibitions."

Nato Thompson is the curator of both this Mike Nelson piece and the Buchel show, and Randy Kennedy is the one who wrote that big NYTimes article on Buchel/MassMoca. Just seems strange not to mention Buchel.

Nelson appears to be much more of a hands-on installer (than Buchel)... more like Richard Serra, as observed in yet another(!) Randy Kennedy article.

Richard Prince in Modern Painters - says that the only artwork in the ruined house was the Sid Vicious painting, but this mark must have come from a burned hood, right? Plus, he refers to the Sid Vicious piece as a work from 1992, yet I'm POSITIVE that the painting ruined in the fire was signed and dated 1998. Maybe he forgot the correct date, or is just doing his screwing around with the dates thing.


bag of house.

Only glanced through Art in America but saw that there are articles on both High Times, Hard Times and Artificial Light. I've made labels for both those shows... including Ceal Floyer Secrets Revealed!


The Artificial Light reviewer also noticed the Nathaniel Rackowe noose... she's got a great description of his piece.


Erik van Lieshout (at Mass Moca) in today's NYTimes - oh man, he is really good... this is another one of those shows I've seen more than once and regretfully have yet to mention. Grace Glueck does a good job of getting it across....

It's nice to see the freaky artist-son/mother relationship on film.. and see the same thing in Jonathan Meese's movie and painting downstairs in The Believers. That's partly the "waaay waay too much" we all have in common I was hinting at back in April.

shows to see -

Edwin Dickinson in Provincetown - this show has already opened, but I've only just heard about it. Charles Giuliano saw the show, has lots of info.


Andree's Ballon, 1928, at the PAFA. Really thought about this painting for long time after that visit.. or rather, STILL am.

CLOSES September 23rd!! Shit! I want to see this.

Alan Shields at Parrish Art Museum - opening October 21st.

Richard Prince at Guggenheim - opening September 28th.