Run (don’t walk) to see one of the greatest living painters working today.
Anselm Kiefer / Morgenthau Plan
@ Gagosian Gallery
May 3 – June 8, 2013
via the gallery web site
Archives For Art
Chuck Close paints big, methodical portraits and has always depended on photographs in his art making process. This exhibition (April 16 – May 24, 2013) at Eykyn/Maclean Gallery takes you deep into his methodology by showing you his decision-making process as they progress from photograph to paint. This looks to be a rare and great show that reminds us how, optics, photography and painting have walked hand in hand since before the invention of the Camera Lucida.
“That is the great thing about the maquettes. You see the decisions that I made, where those lines fall … And if someone were going to take a lot of time analyzing them I think they would find that there’s a method in the madness.”
–Chuck Close, 2013
via gallery web site
Frieze New York May 10 – May 13, 2013 @ Randalls Island Park on the East River
Frieze New York features over 180 of the leading contemporary art galleries from all over the world. Tickets to Frieze New York 2013 are only available online and in advance.
Want to see a nice selection of artworks from Frieze Week (from the comfort of your home) go HERE
via the web site
The photography world was introduced to Hiroshi Sugimoto work via his Dioramas and long exposures of films in movie Theaters. But Sugimoto was always after bigger game. Part scientist and part Shinto priest, part photographer and part sculptor. His subjects range from visualizing mathematical formulas to architecture, clothing and even designing Shinto Shrines. For me it seems what he is really after is finding a way to capture the infinite…
See the excellent PBS piece of this singular artist speak about his work here and his work at Pace Gallery here.
via Pace Gallery