Both sets
of work on view embrace the tools of technology and photography while honoring the process of mark - making by hand.
That complex consideration is front and center in this exhibition of gallery artists, with
works on view by significant figures from the 1950s through today.
Several participating artists will be there from 6 to 10 p.m.,
with work on view and for sale.
The exhibition presents a selection of key works spanning the past few years of the artist's career alongside new
works on view for the first time.
Works on view span the greater part of 20th and 21st century and represent a diverse approach to sculpture and it's inherent challenges.
The powerful
works on view represent four major branches of contemporary Chinese art: ink painting, realist oil painting, conceptual photography, and performance and new media art.
The experimental
works on view explore how human beings perceive visual information, especially when it comes to our own reflection and form.
Twenty - four of the twenty - five large -
scale works on view were produced specifically for this exhibition and have never before been shown.
They walk visitors through the galleries and lead lively, participatory discussions about
selected works on view.
Acting as interventions, the various
works on view offer notions of tension, movement, resistance, and corruption.
This new program series invites contemporary artists to respond to
specific works on view in the galleries with a focus on form and process.
Works on view experiment with physicality, spatial integration, and unexpected materials, utilizing the gallery walls and floors in their compositions.
Works on view become the inspiration for art making and kids learn how to look at and understand contemporary art better through fun activities.
The three new bodies of
work on view inhabit three floors of the gallery and balance both personal and conceptual elements.
Works on view reject the notion that photography is «clean» or objective and highlight the experimental spirit of the medium.
Guests have an opportunity to mingle with other art enthusiasts and meet many of the artists who have
work on view in the show.
As time progressed, exhibition organizers refined the qualifications for artwork entries, scaled down the number
of works on view, and increased the duration of the exhibitions.
Works on view ranged from video art and sculpture to works on paper and mixed media, paintings and photographs.
In the
selected works on view, similarities in color and energy between the two artist's sculptural and painterly forms become apparent when viewed side - by - side.
Johns» painting floats the idea that the conviction we feel so forcefully in the early
work on view here springs not merely from individual temperament but from a convergence of circumstances that can not be contrived, much less faked.
John Chamberlain's sculpture has gone through many changes in his 50 - odd - year career, but any knowledgeable visitor to his show at Anthony Meier's will instantly recognize the new
work on view as Chamberlain's.
«Prowling the Impassable» is among
works on view through in «Mara Held: Errant Traveler» at McClain Gallery.
Complementing the exhibition of
early works on view at the Brooklyn Museum, this edition was based on Sumi ink drawings Haring created in 1980 - 81.
Gallery Talk with Bill Weege October 6, 6:30 pm Artist and master printer Bill Weege
discusses works on view in Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration.
The 13
works on view highlight the formal similarities between the artists» work and illustrate a parallel shift in their conception of pictorial space — from a figural abstraction to a new sense of openness and expansiveness.