Filed under: Art Fairs, Art World, Chicago, On the Road | Tags: Art Chicago, Elisa Johns, Fred Stonehouse, Marcus Jansen, Matthew Woodward, Nathan Vernau, NEXT, Roland Kulla, Taravat Talepasand, Ted Larsen
TOP: Nathan Vernau (edition #89 cover) at Robert Bills Contemporary. BOTTOM: Matthew Woodward (forthcoming, edition #95) at Linda Warren Gallery. (via Flickr)
With Art Chicago | NEXT‘s new combined layout on the 12th floor of the Merchandise Mart this weekend, crowds were in full force, as were the numbers of New American Paintings alums. It was fantastic to see so many previously featured artists from countless regional editions, booth after booth. Our Publisher, Steven Zevitas, and Associate Publisher, Drew Katz, caught a few snapshots of NAP artists on view in both fairs, and here are a few highlights.
For a more extensive collection of work by artists previously included in New American Paintings, check out our Flickr photostream! More pics after the jump!
Filed under: Art Fairs, Art World, Chicago, On the Road | Tags: Art Chicago, Chicago, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, CONVERGE, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Dina Deitsch, Dominic Molon, Evan J. Garza, NEXT, Talk Shop, William Cordova
From left: William Cordova, Dominic Molon, Dina Deitsch, Evan J. Garza at the Art Chicago | NEXT Talk Shop
We were thrilled to participate yesterday in CONVERGE Chicago: Contemporary Curators Forum at the Art Chicago | NEXT Talk Shop. New American Paintings Editor-at-Large, Evan J. Garza was the moderator for “Beyond the Stretcher: Breaking Down Spatial Limitations in Contemporary Painting,“ a panel discussion featuring Dina Deitsch, Associate Curator at the deCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, Dominic Molon, Chief Curator for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (and the juror for NAP edition #85), and New York, Miami, and Lima-based artist and curator, William Cordova.
A packed crowd gathered to take in the discussion as throngs of collectors and fair-goers passed up and down the aisles of booths at NEXT. The curators discussed issues of material specificity and spatial concerns in contemporary painting practices, and examined the work of cutting edge artists whose work ignites a dialogue about sculptural and installation forms of painting. The event and conversation were great, and the company we were in was even better. Check out our pics after the jump!
Filed under: Art Fairs, Art World, Chicago, On the Road | Tags: Antonia Gurkovksa, Art Chicago, Katie Bell, NEXT, Susanne Ghez, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
Antonia Gurkovska, Untitled (Europa), 2010 | Oil, acrylic, wax, latex paint, fabric, and enamel, 92 x 72 inches. Courtesy the artist and The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago.
As part of the Special Projects on view at Art Chicago | NEXT this weekend (opening today!), New Insight is an exhibition featuring 18 of the top MFA candidates from some of the strongest graduate studio programs in the country. Curated by Susanne Ghez, director of The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, an institution with a vast history of exhibiting cutting edge work, this year’s New Insight show, now in its fifth year, is right in line with NEXT‘s mission of being a platform for new ideas and young, newly emerging artists.
With MFA students freshly on our brains at New American Paintings, with the recent release of #93, our new MFA Annual book on newsstands, the presence of national, high-profile MFA talent is tantamount to the idea behind the fair itself. And with works not available for sale by the students, the show drives home the point that the attitude at NEXT seems to put content over commerce. —Evan J. Garza, Editor-at-Large
Filed under: Art Fairs, Chicago, On the Road | Tags: Art Chicago, Chicago, NEXT, NEXT Art Fair, Obey Giant, Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey poses with New American Paintings #93 and posse, Dan, Nick, and Z
Being a student at RISD, it’s impossible to not know the name Shepard Fairey. Even back in 2001, when I was studying there, he was already a legend and referenced often by the students and faculty. Some stories true, some total myths. His stickers were passed around like nudie mags in an elementary school boys’ bathroom. They seemed to appear out of no where, like magic. He must have still had someone on the “inside,” dishing them out to students.
I’ve also had the pleasure of working with Shepard at my own gallery, back in 2004, moments before he went from famous to mega-famous. Though our working relationship was brief, he is always gracious and extremely friendly whenever I see him. He’s that way to total strangers too, which is ultimately why he’s liked so much by his fans.
I was thrilled to learn Shepard would be around for the NEXT art fair opening, DJing the opening party. It’s always great to see him and his posse (shout out to Dan, Nick, and Z), as I’ve gotten to know them well over the past few years as well. Glad to pop off these shots while he was in action. Hope you enjoy, it was a great night at NEXT.
Were you there? Any favorite artworks to speak of? Let us know. More pics after the jump!
—Drew Katz, Associate Publisher
Shepard Fairey spins at the 2011 NEXT opening
Filed under: Art Fairs, Art World, New York, On the Road | Tags: CANADA, Devon Troy Strother, Honor Fraser, Iván Navarro, Kavi Gupta, KAWS, Marian Boesky Gallery, Mark Flood, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Pierogi, Richard Heller Gallery, Sarah Walker, The Armory Show, Theaster Gates, Yoshitomo Nara, Zach Feuer Gallery
Monday morning, back in the office, and we’re all a bit bleary-eyed here at New American Paintings. It was an exhausting but wonderful art-filled weekend. I bring you our final post from the art fairs, the behemoth of them all, The Armory Show. Check out some gems and a few NAP alums I found below. More after the jump! —Dana Córdova, Designer/Production Manager
Filed under: Art Fairs, Art World, New York, On the Road | Tags: Ala Ebtekar, Astrid Bowlby, Charlie James Gallery, Christina Empedocles, David B. Smith Gallery, Frohawk Two Feathers, Gregory Euclide, Hadieh Shafie, James Benjamin Franklin, Laura Ball, Michael Rosenthal, Morgan Lehman, Pentimenti, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Trenton Doyle Hancock
PULSE New York never seems to disappoint, as made clear by Trenton Doyle Hancock‘s exhibition for the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) this weekend. It’s a fair that seems to get stronger each year, and 2011 is no different. Our Designer/Production Manager, Dana Cordova, took some shots of previously featured New American Paintings artists exhibited at PULSE this year, including Gregory Euclide, Astrid Bowlby, Hadieh Shafie, Frohawk Two-Feathers, and more. Pics after the jump.
Filed under: Art Fairs, Art World, New York, On the Road | Tags: Armory Arts Week, INDEPENDENT, New York
INDEPENDENT, a hybrid model and temporary exhibition forum that doesn’t like to be called an art fair, housed in the beautiful former DIA Center for the Arts building on W. 22nd Street this weekend in New York, is definitely worth a visit. Check out a few of the highlights after the jump.
Peter Opheim at VOLTA NY this week. More pics from the fair after the jump!
Filed under: Art Fairs, Art World, Boston, New York, On the Road | Tags: Armory Arts Week, Camilo Alvarez, samsøn, Summer Wheat, VOLTA NY
We last featured Summer Wheat in our list of 11 To Watch In 2011: Editor’s Picks, featuring our picks for the emerging artists to keep an eye on this year, and her booth for samsøn, Boston, at VOLTA NY doesn’t disappoint one bit. Her acrylic and oil portraits are downright haunting, and the pair of three-dimensional painted objects exhibited here reveal deep, romantic sculptural qualities in her paintings. Not to be missed if you make it to VOLTA NY this weekend.
Don’t miss samsøn (and our interview with owner/director Camilo Alvarez) in our recent video with Future Shipwreck at Art Los Angeles Contemporary. More Summer Wheat pics after the jump!
Filed under: Art Fairs, Art World, Los Angeles, On the Road, Video | Tags: Aaron Spangler, Angles Gallery, Camilo Alvarez, Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Country Club, Eric Charest-Weinberg, Iva Gueorguieva, Jessica Silverman, John Knuth, Katharine Mulherin, Lucky Dragons, Luke Butler, Luke Fishbeck, Matt Distel, Mike Bayne, Nicole Cherubini, Ooga Booga, Ryan McGinness, samsøn, Shannon Finley, Silverman Gallery, Wendy Yao
March Madness is here, and that can only mean one thing: art fairs. (And college basketball, I suppose.) As we at New American Paintings excitedly head to New York for The Armory Show, VOLTA, Pulse and the fairs this week, we’re reminded of how much fun we had at Art Los Angeles Contemporary recently. We teamed up with the talented Graham Kolbeins of Future Shipwreck—who last filmed Iva Gueorguieva in her studio—to interview dealers at Art LA and bounce from booth to shining booth. The result is a candid crop of gallerists revealing details about the work they’re exhibiting, and never-ending throngs of art-hungry visitors.
Dealers and featured artists include:
David Kordansky Gallery (LA): Richard Jackson
Camilo Alvarez (samsøn, Boston): Nicole Cherubini
Jessica Silverman (Silverman Gallery, SF): Luke Butler, Shannon Finley
Matt Distel & John Knuth (Country Club, LA): Ryan McGinness
Wendy Yao (Ooga Booga, LA): Luke Fishbeck (Lucky Dragons)
Angles Gallery (LA): Iva Gueorguieva
Eric Charest-Weinberg (Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Miami): Aaron Spangler
Katharine Mulherin (Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto): Mike Bayne
Susanne Vielmetter (LA): Olga Koumoundouros, Andrea Bowers
Allegra LaViola Gallery (New York): Jennifer Catron & Paul Outlaw
If you happen to be scouting out work at the New York fairs this weekend, don’t forget our Armory Arts Week Twitter Contest where you can win a free year’s subscription to New American Paintings just by tweeting about NAP artists while you’re out and about.
—Evan J. Garza, Editor-at-large
