NYC Art: October 2015

UPTOWN: CHRISTIE'S & PHILLIPS, First Open/NYC & New Now

Phillips- New Now, Alan Rath, Wall Eye I , 1997

Phillips- New Now, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Untitled , 2013

Phillips- New Now, Ibrahim Mahama, Untitled, 2014, Jute Coal Sacks

Phillips- New Now, Joseph Havel, Bedsheet, 2001

Phillips- New Now, Korakrit Arunanondchai, My Trip to the White Palace #7, 2013

Phillips- New Now, Magnus Plessen, Untitled , 2010 . Oil on canvas

Phillips- New Now, Margo Wolowiec, Not One, Not Two, 2014

Art critic and curator Barbara Pollack at 10th anniversary of Christies First Open-NYC

Installation view at Christie’s 10th anniversary of First Open-NYC

Uptown in September 2015 was the 10th anniversary celebration of Christie’s First Open/NYC with a panel discussion featuring critic and curator Barbara Pollack.

The contemporary collection in the Phillip’s auction preview of New Now, included a smart combination of history and edge with a mix of both established icons and a generation of younger artists. The show included an eclectic range including works by Ibrahim Mahama, Hugh Scott-Douglass, Magnus Plessen, Robert Beck and Margo Wolowiec.

CHELSEA GALLERIES: Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, Gagosian Gallery, Marianne Boesky, Andrea Rosen, Paula Cooper, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, and Petzel Gallery

David Zwirner, Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Barnett Newman) two, 1971

David Zwirner, Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Sonja), 1969

Elizabeth Dee, Mark Barrow and Sarah Parke, Wave, Particle, String

Featured at Hauser & Wirth, Mike Kelley, Kandor 4, 2007

Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstien, Greene Street Mural, 1983

Hauser & Wirth, Mike Kelley, Bottle 4, 2007, Video projection

Hauser & Wirth, Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity #36, 2011

Marianne Boesky Gallery, Barnaby Furnas, First Morning, The First Morning (Twin Eruption), 2015

Petzel Gallery, Dana Shutz, Fight in an Elevator, 2015

Andrea Rosen, Josiah McElheny, Blue Prism Painting V, 2015

Andrea Rosen, Josiah McElheny, Crystalline Prism Painting VI, 2015

Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Barry, Mike, Chuck and Leonard), 1972-‐1975

Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Virginia Dwan) 1 and 2, 1971

David Zwirner, Dan Flavin, Untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 2, 1972

Beginning at Hauser & Wirth on 18th Street, here unfolded the infamous work of Mike Kelley in a massive exhibition, dimly lit and otherworldly featuring mixed media, sculpture and video projection. Next, another icon at David Zwirner; work by Dan Flavin transformed the white-walled space with the entire gallery illuminated, followed by another giant work both in history and in size was Roy Lichtenstein’s mural at Gagosian Gallery on 24th .

In addition to these unforgettable shows, paintings and mixed media work by established artists such as Barnaby Furnas at Marianne Boesky, Josiah McElheny at Andrea Rosen, Christian Marclay at Paula Cooper and others featured at Elizabeth Dee Gallery and Petzel Gallery, proved an exciting start to the beginning of a new season.

SOHO GALLERIES: Deitch Projects & Ronald Feldman Fine Arts

Deitch Projects, Cameron, Black Egg, n.d.

Deitch Projects, Cameron, East Angel, n.d.

Deitch Projects, Cameron, Night Tide, n.d.

Deitch Projects, Cameron, Songs for the Witch Woman, n.d.

View of Jeffrey Deitch book, Live the Art, 2014

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Kelly Heaton, Emergency Queen Cell, 2014

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Pollination, Kelly Heaton, The Beekeeper, 2015

Deitch Projects launched the opening of a retrospective, Cameron: Cinderella of the Wastelands taking a look back at a renegade female artist far ahead of her time in addition to a new book, Live the Art (2014), cataloging his historic exhibitions – a gem collectors should know well about.

Like the Deitch Show, at Ronald Feldman, once again we saw another interesting female artist, Kelly Heaton, breaking ground, combining art and science in her solo show Pollination.