Showing posts with label Armory show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Armory show. Show all posts

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Farewell, Hello and Welcome Back... Armory Week 2012

551 West 21st St, Studio 210, works by Mark Wiener


First days of March find us already in a whirlwind, pulling highlights together at Resolve40, still trying to absorb the fresh approach at the Whitney Biennial, and getting ready for the fairs and activities collectively know as Armory Arts Week.


As artists, we are also gearing up for "Chelsea Saturday" - and our participation in the
High Line Open Studios (March 10, 12-6), bittersweet this time around. It is our last such event at Studio 210, 551 West 21st is slated to close its doors later this year. We will miss this venerable and storied magnet for art and culture, please join us one last time!

A trek that same evening will bring us to Williamsburg for Brooklyn Armory Night and another look at Sideshow's "Mic:Check" exhibition featuring almost 500 artists, and many other galleries staying open from 7-11.

All week we'll be racing to catch the best shows, which we continue to compile on the home page of Resolve40. Subscribe to our Twitter updates there - it's the only way to get "Listings Live" streaming videos from on the scene!


Passing through midtown at lunchtime of your way up to the Armory or across to the Piers? Make a stop for one of the coolest and tastiest traditions on the New York art scene:
Molly is coming to town with two notable Chelsea art dealers...

Thursday, March 8th: Pavel Zoubok, director of the Pavel Zoubok Gallery specializes in collage and will talk on the history of collage.

Friday, March 9th: Douglas Walla, brilliant author and owner of Kent Fine Art has shown artists Richard Artschwager, Richard Prince, Llyn Foulkes, Mike Cockrill, and DorotheaTanning.

At the Penthouse of the Roger Smith Hotel, N.E. corner of Lexington Avenue and 47th Street in Manhattan. They start at 12:00 noon, but please plan to arrive earlier for a complimentary Brown Bag lunch, lively conversation, and of course, a good seat. If you have any questions, please call the Roger Smith at 212 755-1400. (via Fran Kornfeld - thank you Fran!)
Hungry for novelty and nightlife? Welcome the first edition of the curator-driven fair, Spring Break Art Show -- it runs 'til 9 each evening at Prince & Mott Streets, and you can register for the after-party each night! But do save Friday for a special Armory Show After Party at the Hole, 312 Bowery, co-hosting with The Serve LLC and Art Station -- remember the cool show at Chelsea's Lukoil Station last fall? (deets below)

Also Friday only, Pink Gallery of Seoul, Korea presents a pop-up show by artists Chris Twomey, Nikki Johnson and Linda Levit for the opening of the Pool Art Fair on the mezzanine of the gorgeous new Flatiron Hotel, open to the public from 3-6 pm at 9 W 26th St (corner B'way)



Thursday, March 4, 2010

The shows at 551 and something I have never seen...

by Jan Gilbert image courtesy 571 Projects

Galleries are vibrant members of our community at 551 West 21st Street, and they will be open Saturday as well.  571 Projects on the second floor is presenting Sur la Ligne/On the Line through March 20th.

On the third floor visit Twenty First/Twenty First for a group exhibition of limited edition objects of furniture and design.

gallery view - Twenty First/Twenty First


At 142 11th Avenue (same building, different frontage) Emma will present an installation from March 4th -7th in homage to the location's former purpose as a notorious "leather bar" beginning in the 1970's. Read more here

Last but not least, the Armory Show preview was packed with patrons devouring a first look at almost too much art in one place to be believed. While the "new" art exhibitions were on the menu for Pier 94, I actually discovered something new to me in the "modern" section of the show on Pier 92.

FREDERIC MEGRET, SUZANNE MUZARD, GEORGES SADOUL
UNTITLED, 1929,Gouache on paper,10 x 6 1/2 inches
courtesy Alan Koppel Gallery

Chicago's Alan Koppel Gallery displayed a group of small works on paper from the early 20th Century that were the results of artist's games of "Exquisite Corpse." I had never seen anything like them and wished for more time to view the art and replay the games in my imagination.

After the Armory, I thought I had all I could ever take of the popular uber-simple style of portrait/landscape painting. Viewing the works of Jorge Pantoja at Scope, where dealer Carol Jazzar devoted her entire booth to the artist, was an engaging surprise - simple works on paper with depth and character.

All the other satellites open or preview today except one, you will have to wait 'til Friday to dive into Pool...all linked in the banner at Resolve40

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Art & People


What makes an open studio event such an interesting excursion is that there is no filter on what you are to see, no one taste or theory shaping the presentation - everything genre, size, shape , medium is on display for you to discover something to think about , talk about, or fall in love with.  So on to the art of the portrait with 2 residents of 551 West 21st and a former studio-mate and good friend who invites you to her new studio a short walk away.


The Violinist by Mercedes Nugent-Head, Studio 406


3 small works by John Wells, Studio 203A


Painting by Yu Zhang, 421 West 22nd Street (9th-10th)

Open studio hours for Yu Zhang and the artists of 551 West 21st Street are Saturday March 6th, 11-6. (Sorry to keep repeating but not everyone sees every post)

By the time this appears online I will be over my head in art and sloshing around in the slush between the Armory Show and Scope so I can tell you all about it later!






West Side Wednesday...

 Whitney Biennial installation by Jeffrey Inaba
Photo by Mark Wiener (c) Resolve40

Meditation - what better way to relax in the midst of chaos than to gaze at wonderful abstract paintings. And these two 551 artists have it down...


"Sum of Parts" by James Kennedy, Studio 402


"Meeting of Minds" by Amy Storey, Studio 400C

Don't just look online, these paintings measure 52 x 52 inches and 5 x 10 FEET respectively,  and they will be on view, presented by the artists in their studios,  at 551 West 21st Street Saturday 3/6  from 11-6.

I wish I were there with them now, tomorrow is the big preview day for both Scope and the Armory show, in the West 50's & 60's - luckily it's a nice stroll between, though it always seems to rain...it's also the first day The Art Show is open to the public (see the last post). For all the fairs opening Thursday and other armory week stuff, as well as a review of the Whitney Biennial by Peggy Cyphers, our Short List of What to See in the museums and galleries, and an editorial investigation of Mr. Brainwash, visit Resolve40.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Monday

While the fairs are finishing their installations, and we prepare for our open studio Saturday, the first show of the week opens tonight: Empire State of Mind at the renowned Chelsea Hotel.

For all the fairs and the open studio event, please play with Resolve40's new banner .

We can't wait to see you at 551 West 21st Street on Saturday, and images form the artists and exhibitions there will be posted here throughout this week. Right is one of Mark's new paintings.


My new pieces too- many farm pears from Fall '09 (remember THAT decade?) like this one..and many more like them in Studio 210.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Ready, Steady...

Go! To every art event I can this week in NYC...more to come soon, welcome all.