CINDY SHERMAN

Posted on 2011-12-26

Bringing together more than 180 photographs, this retrospective survey traces the artist’s career from the mid 1970s to the present.Highlighted in the exhibition are in-depth presentations of her key series, including the groundbreaking series “Untitled Film Stills” (1977–80), the black-and-white pictures that feature the artist in stereotypical female roles inspired by 1950s and 1960s Hollywood, film noir, and European art-house films; her ornate history portraits (1989–90), in which the artist poses as aristocrats, clergymen, and milkmaids in the manner of old master paintings; and her larger-than-life society portraits (2008) that address the experience and representation of aging in the context of contemporary obsessions with youth and status.

The exhibition will explore dominant themes throughout Sherman’s career, including artifice and fiction; cinema and performance; horror and the grotesque; myth, carnival, and fairy tale; and gender and class identity. Also included are Sherman’s recent photographic murals (2010), which will have their American premiere at MoMA.

Opposite – Cindy Sherman, Untitled #466, 2008

Exhibition runs from February 26th to June 11th, 2012

The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
New York
NY
10019

www.moma.org

  

ROBERT SAGERMAN – IT’S TIME

Posted on 2011-12-26

For all their sensuality and tactility, Sagerman’s paintings are not merely a thicket of color to capture the eye. As he works, the artist maintains a log of the number of strokes in each painting, the minutes spent with each color, and the total time a piece takes to complete. This uniquely personal form of meditation stemmed from Sagerman’s study of medieval Jewish mysticism, where the act of assigning numerical values to the letters of holy writings and the ritualized combining and recombining of these numbers brought the meditator closer to a state of divine clarity. This counting action most clearly defines Sagerman’s objective for his work: “For me,” he explains, “the numbers themselves are the most direct expression of my work activity; it is they that suggest the immaterial essence of the work.”

The new body of work for It’s Time accentuates the tension between the sensual and the immaterial elements of the work. The lush colors that once merged with one another to create an overall glow of tone now at times shift from one edge of the canvas to the other, gradating dramatically and creating subtle landscape references. In some, marks are no longer made in a uniform direction, but radiate from a central point. The visual, visceral essence of the work is heightened by the increasingly complex spiritual substrate buoying it.

Exhibition runs through to February 11th, 2012

Margaret Thatcher Projects
539 West 23rd Street
Ground Floor
New York
NY 10011

www.thatcherprojects.com

  

GERT & UWE TOBIAS

Posted on 2011-12-26

Gert & Uwe Tobias’ exhibitions often incorporate wall paintings, large-scale woodcut prints, collages, type-writer drawings and ceramic sculptures. Their works embrace eccentric figuration, geometric abstraction, and the typographic. The brothers’ interest in folklore and regional mythologies provides a contextual framework for their practice that simultaneously draws on personal biography, cultural identity and popular culture.

Gert & Uwe Tobias have exhibited widely throughout Europe and the USA. Recent solo exhibitions include: GEM Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2011; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 2010; Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK, 2010.

Exhibition runs through to February 15th, 2012

Maureen Paley
21 Herald Street
London
E2 6JT

www.maureenpaley.com

  

JOHN RIEPENHOFF PRESENTS HANDLER

Posted on 2011-12-26

John Riepenhoff presents Handler, a series of collaborative figurative sculptures, papier-mâché legs outfitted in Riepenhoff’s pants and shoes holding large-scale paintings by Peter Barrickman, Nicholas Frank, Richard Galling, Michelle Grabner, Greg Klassen, Jose Lerma, Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder.

A painting walks into a gallery and hangs out on the wall. The gallerist says “move up a little”. The painting moves up a little. The gallerist says “looks great”. The painting doesn’t say anything, it’s legs walk away to do something else.

In Art Stand Series, pairs of papier-mâché legs outfitted in Riepenhoff’s pants and shoes hold large-scale paintings by other artists. These unconventional easels simulate the perspective of the art-handler, making visible one of the unseen laborers integral to exhibition making. By ascribing equal value to handler and artist, the artwork suddenly renders the social boundaries within the art community permeable.

Exhibition runs through to January 20th, 2012

Western Exhibitions
119 N Peoria St, Suite 2A
Chicago
IL
60607
USA

www.westernexhibitions.com

  

ADIDAS ORIGINALS – JEREMY SCOTT – SHOE MEMORY TEE

Posted on 2011-12-26

New from the new adidas Originals by Jeremy Scott Spring/Summer 2012 Collection. An oversized t-shirt from the new collection. The ‘Shoe Memory’ t-shirt features an all-over photo print, showing some of the most popular sneakers that Jeremy Scott has created so far for this collaborative line with adidas.

www.adidas.com

  

CLARKS ORIGINALS DESERT BOOT – SKA EDITION

Posted on 2011-12-26

A new version of the Clarks Originals Desert Boot. This limited edition remake is part of the British Rock Royalty Collection from Clarks Originals. Using the exact specifications that made this shoe a classic all those years ago, the black and white check is a direct reference to the Ska music movement.

www.clarks.co.uk