Opening Friday April, 13th, 2012
above left: John Byam, Untitled (Gurney), wood and glue, Courtesy Neil Rochmis Collection
above right: Matt Blackwell, Jersey Devil, oil on canvas, Courtesy Edward Thorp Gallery
OPENING RECEPTION THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 6-9PM:
FACETIME#3: JOHN BYAM AND MATT BLACKWELL
Continuing its initiative to propose dynamic pairings of artists, Parker’s Box is delighted to bring together two artists whose work has a freshness and youthful spontaneity that completely belies their combined ages of well over a century and a quarter. John Byam is a self-taught artist who worked for decades in isolation near Oneonta, NY, making a prolific production of wood sculpture, painted signage and drawings often inspired by his own experience and the world as seen in TV Guide among other publications. Matt Blackwell is a well-known Brooklyn artist whose knowledge, intuition and keen eye have pushed him unavoidably towards certain similar preoccupations in gritty and uncompromising drawings, paintings and sculptures.
John Byam’s work appears courtesy of the Neil Rochmis Collection, generously facilitated by Denny Tomkins. Matt Blackwell’s work appears courtesy of Edward Thorp Gallery.
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OPENING RECEPTION ENHANCED BY GREEN BEAST COCKTAIL, KINDLY SUPPLIED BY PERNOD ABSINTHE!
04.13.2012 – 05.13.2012
Opening: Thursday, April 12, 7pm
Curated by Silvia Ploner and Anna Schäffler
Artists: Benjamin de Burca, Hiwa K., Phanos Kyriacou, Grischa Lichtenberger,
Pia Linz, Federico Maddalozzo, Anna Oppermann, Nasan Tur, Kara Uzelman and Jan Vormann
To see, what one doesn´t see, sounds paradoxical. This however can be experienced at any time.The human eye is blind in one specific area – the so called blind spot. Anatomically it is located where the optical nerve meets the retina. In contrast to the rest of the eye this spot doesn`t have any light receptors and thus cannot perceive any visual information. At the same time recognition is only possible through that nerve. As the brain is constantly compensating for, or ‘filling in‛ the blind spot in our visual field, one can only become aware of it in a specific situation of perception. In the same way that the blind spot cannot be fixed, as it follows the movement of the eye, x o brings together works that sharpen the awareness of how fragile fixed interpretations of meaning really are. Using different methodologies the works focus on the view itself and the forms of its perception.
Grimmuseum
Fichtestr. 2
10967 Berlin
Opening Hours:
Wed- Sun 2-7pm
For more information: http://grimmuseum.com/
April 14th, 2012
Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building
BERLINER
5 East 3rd Street (at Bowery)
New York, NY 10003
Screenings: 5:00pm, 6:30pm, and 8:00pm
March 24 – May 19, 2012
Minimum Space Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Spain by Mexican artist Ricardo Rendon (Mexico City, 1970).
Titled Statement of Principles of the artist shows actions, site specific interventions, sculptures and assemblages as a means of reflection of the concept of work and creative process of making, using different materials (felt, wood veneer, paper sand or copper tubing) and the use of working procedures from traditional trades like masonry, leatherworking, carpentry, plumbing or electrical installations, as a way to locate tools, materials, working procedures and creative possibilities that challenge doing and their experience of contemporary artistic practice. Insight into the work context has led to Rendon’s approach other areas of work where the action, direct contact with matter and tradition define them as potential sites of creative learning. Of these traditional crafts artist has taken up the procedures, resources and techniques to their own work in an effort to infuse its practice of new possibilities, as well as their knowledge and traditions to reflect on the process of making or enforcement in contemporary art and also have a greater understanding of the notion of labor as social status.
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April 5th, 2012
Architectural Cream
Astrid Busch + Claudia Weber
Opening Reception: April 5th, 6-9pm
April 5th – April 26th
@ 111 Front Street Galleries
Suite 222, Dumbo, Brooklyn 11201
For more information about Astrid, visit her website.
For more information about Claudia, visit her website.
April 2 – May 2, 2012
PROWIZORKA/MAKESHIFT/Galeria Miejska Arsenał /2.04.2012 godz. 18.00/
Artists: Alicja Bielawska, Piotr Łakomy, Gizela Mickiewicz, Emmeline de Mooji, Dan Rees, Honza Zamojski/
Curator: Anna Czaban/
The category of the temporary, makeshift, and provisional is the starting point for “Makeshift” project. We mean here the permanent provisional that has become a symptom of the present time. The provisional can be an asset when it means ingenuity and smartness in the creation of functional material objects. A temporary usefulness of a given thing offers immediate joy. However, more often than not it is associated with sloppiness, superficial being in the world, short-lived reflection or even an absence of any such reflection. It is synonymous with short-lived action and a lack of clear objectives. Paradoxically, it may become a permanent state when the difference between a sustainable resolution of problems, a quick removal of obstacles and their hasty and temporary resolution becomes obliterated. A question arises, then, whether we deal with hastiness or a genius of creation? Perhaps there is no such thing as a perfect state and perfection has never really been a human province.
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April 3 – May 19, 2012
Hamra Abbas: Cities
Green Cardamom, London
Private View, Thursday September 8th, 2011
Exhibition continues till October 21st, 2011
PILOT is pleased to host “City and the Everyday” by Hamra Abbas, the winner of 2011 Abraaj Capital Art Prize, between 3 April and 19 May.
Hamra Abbas has been exhibiting for a numbers of years in important international venues. The diversity of her work, both in terms of form and content, has itself become her hallmark. Clearly, she defies definition, and resists attempts to situate her work under any one label. There are several strands of thought that at times suffuse into a single work, and at other times curve away towards unexpected directions resulting in diverse projects. She is an artist of nomadic temperament, and her themes range from the poetic to the political to the absurd. In a way her works have an antinomian quality despite the meticulous attention to detail, whether it is sculpture, painting, or photography. This unique combination of rigor and fluidity of her practice stems from the artist’s ability to choose her medium in relation to her conceptual repetoire, a rare feat.
For more information about the show.
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March 31 – April 17, 2012
Robert Christie
Colour
“I work hard at painting. The majority of my afternoons and evenings are spent at the studio. While a cursory glance at my work might suggest otherwise, the fact is that most of my paintings take a long time to complete, with many requiring months of consideration and over-painting before they “feel” right. The layout of my work has been gradually edited to the point where it now contains relatively basic vertical or horizontal bands of monochromatic or closely related hues. Consequently, I am dependent on the nuance of surface and the subtle inflections in the character of the paint to add surprise and substance to the painting. If the paintings work as Art, it is because the paint has been allowed to read as colour. In turn, the fullness and maturity of the colour will determine the degree of engagement and relevance to the viewer.”
-Robert Christie, February 2012
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March 29 – April 1, 2012
DRAWING NOW PARIS
LE SALON DU DESSIN CONTEMPORAIN
Carrousel du Louvre
99 Rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
BOOTH E8
SADIE BENNING
RALF ZIERVOGEL
CRISTÓBAL LEHYT
