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21/3/2003

Dubrow International

Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York

Curated by Norman Dubrow

Thordis Adalsteinsdottir, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Juan Cespedes, Arturo Elizondo, Manuel Esnoz, Gelatin, Torben Giehler, Lena Gieseke, Kineko Ivic, Roger Kelly, Kocheisen & Hullmann, Michel Majerus, Gerhard Mayer, Moriceau & Mrzyk, Yasumasa Morimura, Wangeshi Mutu, Nicky Nodjoumi, Shigeyoshi Ohi, Jon Pylypchuk, James Rielly, Victor Rodriguez, Christof Schmidberger, Ian Scott, Michael Stevenson, Peter Stauss, Hiroshi Sunairi, Pascal Marthine Tayou, Wolfgang Tillmans, Michael Timpson, Lily van der Stokker, Gillian Wearing

The Dubrow International will include work in a variety of media by 32 artists who are citizens of foreign nations. The nations represented by artists in this show may be as close to us as Canada or Mexico, or as far away as Kenya and Japan. Norman Dubrow thinks that these are some of the most interesting artists to have emerged in the 1990s, and he collects work by all of them. Nothing from his collection is in this show.

'I almost always interview the artists about the works of theirs that I add to my collection. I learned from Mexican painter Arturo Elizondo that his images derive from historic Mexican photographs, prints and paintings. In discussing his work, the other painters that German artist Michel Majerus referred to the most were the Americans de Kooning, Warhol, and Stella. In their subject matter, the series of photographs by Japanese photographer Shigeyoshi Ohi could not be more American - lighthouses on our Northeast coastline. However, 'Portsmouth Harbor Light, N.H.' in this show is composed like a traditional Zen landscape painting, with the lighthouse taking the place of the tall mountain in the far distance in those paintings.'
'On the checklist, I have indicated the citizenship of each artist. One of the most interesting ways to look at the pieces in this show is from the point of view of how much derives from the art and culture of the artist's own nation, how much is due to American influences, and how much comes from the other cultures, past or present, that the artist may have studied. However, each piece is in this show because I think that it is beautiful, and would be a pleasure to live with.'
Norman Dubrow

For further information, please call (212) 352-2238 or email.

Gallery hours: Tues. - Sat., 11am-6pm

The exhibition will be held at two locations:
Roger Smith Gallery, 501 Lexington Avenue, (212) 832-8831, opening reception: Friday, March 21, 6-8pm

Kravets/Wehby Gallery, 521 West 21st Street, (212) 352-2238, opening reception: Saturday, March 22, 6-8pm

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