luke jerram
Luke Jerram’s new piece, Play Me, I’m Yours, consists of 60 pianos placed throughout the five burrows to be played and enjoyed by the public. It will run from June 21 – July 5.
piet van den boog
Piet van den Boog’s show at Mike Weiss, I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, is well done and should be seen.
Mike Weiss Gallery
520 West 24th Street
May 13 – June 19
richard hughes
Richard Hughes has a show at Anton Kern.
ends and means
The group show at Lennon, Weinberg, Inc. is nicely done.
norbert prangenberg
Norbert Prangenberg is showing at Betty Cuningham. Known primarily as a sculptor, these paintings “are all small, ranging from 10 x 8 inches to approximately 27 x 20 inches. Prangenberg paints on a variety of surfaces: cardboard, wood, metal, and occasionally canvas, often allowing a portion of the foundation or ground to peak through the paint. The artist uses brushstrokes, finger marks, varying densities of paint and intensities of color resulting in a vibrant tactile surface. And to anchor the thickly impastoed surface, Prangenberg introduces either a simple, non-narrative geometric form, or a picture within a picture, a small area of intense color that contrasts to the larger painting.”
lucio fontana
Lucio Fontana is the inaugural exhibition at Marianne Boesky‘s new Upper East Side Gallery. It closes Saturday.
alison elizabeth taylor
Alison Elizabeth Taylor is back at the James Cohan Gallery, in a show that should been seen and appreciated. Taylor’s work is immediately recognizable, and she has gained a reputation for “reinvigorating the Renaissance craft of marquetry, or intarsia wood inlay, a medium once made popular during the unprecedented age of luxury of Louis XIV’s Court of Versailles. By choosing a medium that is typically associated with wealth and power to portray dystopian scenes of everyday life, Taylor creates a tension between the luxurious connotations of the material and a certain abjectness of the subject matter.”
Alison Elizabeth Taylor
Foreclosed
James Cohan Gallery
533 West 26th Street
May 7 – June 19
jim campbell
Jim Campbell’s show at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, Exploded View, continues his exploration of LED technology. With this new work Campbell “takes a traditional two-dimensional surface and pulls it apart into a three dimensional grid,” resulting in pieces that force the viewer “to rely on perception and memory as a means to understand its logic.” It’s the most interesting show I’ve seen this season.
swoon
Good for Swoon. She has a book coming out in correspondence with her current work at Urban Art Projects. A book signing will take place at their headquarters, 136 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, on Saturday, May 8, from 6:00 – 9:00 PM.
art to the aveunue
Greenwich Avenue becomes a strolling gallery this month with their annual “Art to the Avenue,” May 6 – May 31. More info here.