Sentences with phrase «uptown gallery»

An "uptown gallery" refers to an art exhibition space located in the more affluent, upscale area of a city or town. Full definition
One part was the showing in uptown galleries of late work by older Pop and abstract painters, including de Kooning before his passing.
[2]: 64 - 65 He brought his deep connections with downtown artists with him to his new enterprise, which joined a small number of uptown galleries focused on new American art.
[10] In the posh uptown gallery specially selected by Hammons (who does not accept to be associated with any one gallery), they installed full - length fur coats on antique dress forms — two minks, a fox, a sable, a wolf and a chinchilla: «Hammons and his wife have also painted, burned, burnished, and stained the backs of all of these coats, turning them into aesthetic / ethical / sartorial traps....
«Most uptown galleries, with a few notable exceptions, were showing stuff that still looked like Impressionism,» said Ms. Dodd, 89, in an interview in the rough - hewn walk - up loft on East Second Street where she has worked since the late 1950s.
This well - established uptown gallery is the ultimate in blue - chip venues, one of the best in the city, offering museum - quality shows of Impressionist and modernist masters complimented by Beaux - Arts architectural details.
The paintings and drawings in London artist Hurvin Anderson's latest solo appearance at this serene uptown gallery fall into three groups: The first depicts trees as dabs and traceries of pigment forming intricate, flickering networks reminiscent of those found in the work of fellow Brit Peter Doig or Californian artist David Korty.
Suave, erudite and faultlessly tailored, Mr. Emmerich presided over an extensive stable of American and European contemporary artists from 1954 to 1998, mounting elegant presentations in his pristine, understated uptown galleries, first on East 64th Street and then, from 1959 to 1998, in the Fuller Building on 57th Street.
Originally curated in 1984 by Jeffrey Deitch (Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) at Leila Heller's former uptown gallery, Calligraffiti explored a myriad of possible connections shared between the seemingly disparate styles of select mid-century abstract, U.S. graffiti, and calligraphic artists from the Middle East and its diaspora.
GREENBERG VAN DOREN ON THE BOWERY Count another sophisticated uptown gallery opening a project space down on the Bowery in the shadow of the soon - to - be-completed New Museum building — Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, which is opening Eleven Rivington, a 700 - square - foot space on Rivington Street across from Freeman Alley.
Uptown galleries began to show more intellectually challenging, non-mimetic large - scale work for an informed audience, while the outdoor exhibit continued to present traditional «scapes and portraits with a more transparent aesthetic, made mainly to please the eye rather than test the mind, to the uninitiated public.
For big uptown galleries, a Chelsea presence is de rigueur, as exemplified by the downtown emporia of Gagosian, Mary Boone and PaceWildenstein.
It won that scrap, in the court of uptown galleries, but soon succumbed to the juggernauts of Pop art and minimalism, which had behind them forces of more than rarefied aesthetic theory: by 1962, Andy Warhol's silk - screened works equalled the formal strength of color - field and surpassed its éclat, with the added bonus of Marilyn Monroe.
Apparently, it takes some clever tricks and some posh uptown galleries.
Downstairs the Lounge Gallery will be just what it is called, and show in a more intimate setting which should take the chill off the usual atmosphere of an uptown gallery, the amusing wood sculptures of William Steig — with frightening comments upon that period in the Age of Man called Elderly — and the gay and subtle ceramics of Carl Walters.
In the mid»70s when I was a young painter trying to find my way in New York, I especially liked visiting an uptown gallery that has since become legendary, the Bykert Gallery at 24 East 81st Street.
[2] Clark Mills, Untitled review or insert for Michael West Paintings exhibition, Uptown Gallery.
I think the trouble started when their paintings became worth real money and had uptown galleries and then the evils of jealousy and backbiting entered the picture.
Only one uptown gallery is included in the Inventing Downtown exhibition, the Green Gallery at 15 West Fifty - Seventh Street (October 1960 — June 1965).
Downtown, Chelsea and Uptown galleries are exhibiting sculpture, glossy photographs, collages, works on paper and pastel on sandpaper.
They've appeared previously before at the uptown gallery Tibor de Nagy, which rarely shows young artists, so the show was a big deal.
(Easel - sized versions were simultaneously on display at Gagosian's uptown gallery.)
The talk was to be moderated by Bob Monk, director of Gagosian Gallery's Uptown Gallery, New York, and judging by the chattering crowd clad in cheery summer attire and dispositions to match — this was going to be good.
When we all returned to New York, we wanted to show our work, but we certainly couldn't show in any uptown gallery.
In this essay Judd surveys a number of New York's most significant museums («The exceedingly impressive Frick Collection is small enough to be seen in a few hours»; «It is The Museum of Modern Art which has shown the power and quality of American Art»), as well as an assessment of notable galleries, singling out Green Gallery, an uptown gallery that showed work by downtown artists.
The Uptown gallery will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 23 through Saturday, November 25.
Rubbing shoulders with private collector spaces and Gagosian, this uptown gallery is a proponent of emerging art in the 980 Madison building and has been exhibiting abstract photography (and the likes of Sam Falls) before it ever became a thing.
The new cooperatives eliminated the filtering effect of the uptown galleries, which strained out work that didn't fit their categories of acceptable — and commercially viable — art.
If you happen to be in New York this spring, Enrico Castellani's new exhibit, Interior Space, at the uptown gallery Dominique Levy is worth a visit.
Gently Used, the artist Ryan McNamara's new show at Mary Boone's uptown gallery, is not designed for Instagram.
Mitchell - Innes & Nash is pleased to present Alexander Liberman: After Image, Paintings and Sculpture from the 1950s, on view in the Uptown gallery September 24 — October 26.
She also had a solo show in 1957 at the Uptown Gallery in New York City.
This discussion is moderated by Bob Monk, director of Gagosian Gallery's Uptown Gallery, New York (Run time: 1 hr 6 mins).
Earlier this month, a small group of New York's art tribe gathered at Mary Boone's uptown gallery.
Cotton's most recent work, which will debut in a September show at Mary Boone's uptown gallery, features paintings of women wearing dresses he fashions by hand.
Her one - person show at the Uptown Gallery received praise for its energy and vitality, drawing comparisons to Pollock's work.
Mitchell - Innes & Nash is pleased to announce an exhibition in the Uptown gallery of new small sculptures in bronze by Sir Anthony Caro.
In the late 1950s, West received a solo exhibition at the Uptown Gallery, New York, and also at the Domino Gallery in Washington, D.C..
Beards seem to be in fashion at Michael Werner's uptown gallery in New York, where last week both artist Aaron Curry and gallery archivist Jeff Alford were sporting facial hair that would not have looked out of place at the downtown biker bar Hogs and Heifers.
Seven months removed from the event, Prince, who is neither a stranger to controversy nor above the occasional petty retaliatory move, debuted a series of Instagram photos in his exhibition, New Portraits, at Gagosian's uptown gallery.
See more of William White's art at the Uptown Gallery on Saturday night.
Gladstone 64 is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Robert Bechtle for the artist's first show at our uptown gallery.
At the uptown gallery David Findlay Jr..
Indeed, the seamless merging of art into commerce is made plain in the pop - up store located on Madison Avenue adjacent to Gagosian's uptown gallery and the retail store found inside the 24th street gallery space, which are stocked with clocks, tee shirts, mugs, iron - ons and limited - edition tchotchkes emblazoned with Hirst's signature colored spots.
GC Yes, so when we visit these uptown galleries, that narrative is always embedded in what we're looking at.
They are housed in the gallery's back room and may be viewed upon request) from the ten years mentioned in the show's title and runs in conjunction with another exhibition of the artist's work at Michael Werner's uptown gallery.
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