robert therrien
There are several good shows in Chelsea right now, among them Robert Therrien’s at Gagosian. It’s whimsical and fun, yet a bit eerie. Childhood revisited.
Robert Therrien
Gagosian Gallery
555 W. 24th St.
May 9 – June 14
christopher wool
Christopher Wool has a show of recent paintings and works on paper at Luhring Augustine in Chelsea. Also on view at John McWhinnie at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller and Art Gallery through June 4 is a collaboration he did with Richard Hell.
Christopher Wool
Luhring Augustine
531 W. 24th St
May 10 – June 21
Casa Frela Gallery
My work is being included in a nice group show of Harlem Artists organized for a group of gallerists, curators and collectors visiting from Stuttgart. The show will be at Casa Frela Gallery and will run from May 10 to May 14.
artHARLEM Exhibition
Casa Frela Gallery
47 West 119th Street (@ 6th Ave)
May 10 – May 14
opening: May 10, 4:30 – 5:30 PM
dessida snyder
Dessida Snyder will present Practicing in the Fire, her MFA Thesis Exhibition at The City College Art Gallery from May 5 through May 9th. The opening is scheduled for Thursday, May 8th from 5-8 PM.
Dessida Snyder
Practicing in the Fire
The City College Art Gallery
Compton-Goethals
140th and Amsterdam
May 5 – May 9
filipa farraia
Filipa Farraia’s work deals with the grid and its manipulation into spatial chaos and disorder. Her MFA Thesis Show currently on view at the City College Art Gallery is very recommended.
Filipa Farraia
MFA Thesis Show
The City College of New York
Compton-Goethals Gallery
138th and Convent
April 28 – May 2
opening: May 1, 6-9PM
rudolf stingel
Rudolf Stingel will be having a show at Paula Cooper in May. Go see it.
Rudolf Stingel
Paula Cooper Gallery
465 W. 23rd
May 6 – June 7
david byrne
It’s a month away but it’s something to look forward to. David Byrne’s Playing the Building will be installed in the Battery Maritime Building from May 31 – August 10. The piece “is a sound installation in which the infrastructure, the physical plant of the building, is converted into a giant musical instrument. Devices are attached to the building structure – to the metal beams and pillars, the heating pipes, the water pipes – and are used to make these things produce sound. The activations will be of three types: wind, vibration, striking. The devices do not produce sound themselves, but they cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large musical instrument”. This is a Creative Time project.
David Byrne
Playing the Building
Battery Maritime Building
11 South Street
May 31 – August 10
jeff koons
Jeff Koons has several pieces on top of the Met, including one of his famous “Balloon Dogs”.
“Jeff Koons On The Roof”
Cantor Roof Garden
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St
April 22 – October 26
olafur eliasson
The Olafur Eliasson retrospective recently opened at the Modern. Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson “is the first comprehensive survey in the United States of works by Olafur Eliasson, whose immersive environments, sculptures, and photographs elegantly recreate the extremes of landscape and atmosphere in his native Scandinavia, while foregrounding the sensory experience of the work itself. Drawn from collections worldwide, the presentation spans over fifteen years of Eliasson’s career”.
See this show.
Olafur Eliasson
Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson
Museum of Modern Art
11 W. 53rd St. btwn 5/6th Ave
April 20 – June 30
tomory dodge
Tomory Dodge has a nice show at CRG. I’ve been impressed with their shows lately.
Tomory Dodge
CRG Gallery
535 W. 22nd St.
April 19 – May 24