SONIA GECHTOFF

Posted on 2022-06-13

Gechtoff is best known for her atmospheric abstractions of swirling colors redolent of seas, skies or smoke. Inspired by the work of Clyfford Still, Gechtoff developed a distinct technique of palette knife painting. Her drawings were executed similarly, with long deliberate strokes of graphite that evoke windswept grasses and vegetation.

By the 1970s, Gechtoff had fully transitioned from oil paints to acrylic. Until this point, she had considered painting and drawing to be wholly separate, if equally important, aspects of her art practice. However, the flat, matte, and fast drying surfaces of acrylic provided new opportunities to combine painting and drawing media. Working on both paper and canvas, Gechtoff applied silvery graphite over most of her paintings for the last few decades of her life, contrasting flat planes of color with textural and compositional effects only possible through drawing.

Opposite – Celestial Red, 1994

Exhibition runs through to August 26th, 2022

Andrew Kreps Gallery
22 Cortlandt Alley
10013 New York
USA

www.andrewkreps.com

  

ON THE NATURE OF THINGS

Posted on 2022-06-13

On the Nature of Things looks to curator William Seitz’s landmark 1961 exhibition The Art of Assemblage at the Museum of Modern Art as a starting point that traced the origins of the medium from the early 20th century to the early 1960s, where it gained an increasing foothold across a variety of movements and styles. As Seitz said in the exhibition’s press release, “Every work of art is an incarnation: an investment of matter with spirit. The term ‘assemblage’ has been singled out with this duality in mind, to denote not only a specific technical procedure and form used in the literary and musical as well as the plastic arts, but also a complex of attitudes and ideas.” On The Nature of Things brings together several artists from Seitz’s 1961 exhibition including John Chamberlain, Bruce Conner, Joseph Cornell, Jean Dubuffet, Louise Nevelson, Alfonso Ossorio, Anne Ryan, Kurt Schwitters, and Lucas Samaras, while also exploring how the medium has been adopted and pushed in the years since the exhibition. In considering how artists speak with and through extant materials, On the Nature of Things includes works by a broad range of artistic voices from around the globe including significant loans from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, which champions the work of Black Artists from the American South.

Opposite – Installation view

Exhibition runs through to August 6th, 2022

Andrew Kreps Gallery
22 Cortlandt Alley
10013 New York
USA

www.andrewkreps.com

  

THAMES CHILDREN REVISITED COLLECTION

Posted on 2022-06-13

The label has just presented its latest collection aptly dubbed “Children Revisited.” The capsule looks into the essence of what it takes to be British by producing high-quality knitwear with contrasting patterns, much like Paul Smith’s sweater designs over the years, along with ribbed pajama-esque co-ords and accessories, all of which featuring the brand logo that resembles the Queen’s crown.

thamesmmxx.com

  

REEBOK X MOUNTAIN RESEARCH BEATNIK

Posted on 2022-06-13

For this team-up, the Japanese imprint alters the sandal’s materials to align with the aesthetic and feel of early 2000s hiking boots. The usual canvas fabric is tossed out and traded for smooth brown leathers, and this comes accessorized with embroidered flames on the lateral and medial sides. The fiery embellishments color-block between white and yellow stitches. Darker neutral accents are also brought in via the black straps and two-toned stealthy and toothy sole pieces.

www.reebok.co.uk

  

ESTEVAN ORIOL X DICKIES

Posted on 2022-06-13

Oriol has partnered with Dickies on an exclusive capsule collection that celebrates the Chicano culture and shines a spotlight on LA’s Lowriding community. The collection features Dickies iconic workwear staples – work pants, overalls, and T-shirts. Dickies’ indigo denim appears in “Bib Overalls,” and work pants are in Dickies Original “874® Twill” fabric, while a “LA Nights” version of the brand’s tees appears in a long sleeve format.

Estevan Oriol x Dickies

  

BLACK VENUS

Posted on 2022-06-13

Juxtaposed against archival depictions of Black women dating back to 1793, the contemporary works on view collectively create a global, cross-generational investigation into Black women’s reclamation of agency amid the historical fetishization of the Black female body

Curated by Aindrea Emelife, the exhibition’s thematic foundation is the Hottentot Venus, a visual-culture archetype named for the assigned stage name of Saartje Baartman (born 1789 in South Africa). Enslaved by Dutch colonizers and toured around Europe as part of a ‘freak show’ due to her non-Western body type, caricatured depictions of her spread around the globe and indelibly catalyzed the Western exoticization and othering of Black women. In BLACK VENUS, archival depictions of Baartman and other historical Black women pair with the vibrant, narrative portraiture by some of today’s most influential Black image-makers whose work deals with layered narratives of Black femininity.

Opposite – Coreen Simpson, ‘Black Girl with Eye’ (1992) from ‘About Face’ series

Exhibition runs through to August 21st, 2022

Fotografiska New York
281 Park Ave South/22nd
New York, NY 10010

www.fotografiska.com