Prefab
dal 25/2/2008 al 18/4/2008
Segnalato da
Richard Artschwager
Alighiero e Boetti
Mike Kelley
Martin Kippenberger
Jeff Koons
Sherrie Levine
Richard Prince
Rudolf Stingel
Rosemarie Trockel
Mark Grotjahn
25/2/2008
Prefab
Gagosian Gallery - Madison Ave, New York
An exhibition of works by Richard Artschwager, Alighiero e Boetti, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince, Rudolf Stingel and Rosemarie Trockel. These conceptually rooted artists have all used industrial, prefabricated, or found materials to achieve a range of new strategies within, and alluding to, painting - demonstrating an attitude towards the abstract sublime that is wholly ambivalent. Contemporary: "Dancing Black Butterflies" solo show by Mark Grotjahn.
Gagosian Gallery is pleased to announce Prefab, an exhibition of works by Richard Artschwager, Alighiero e Boetti, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince, Rudolf Stingel and Rosemarie Trockel. These conceptually rooted artists have all used industrial, prefabricated, or found materials to achieve a range of new strategies within, and alluding to, painting - demonstrating an attitude towards the abstract sublime that is wholly ambivalent.
While all these wall-based works "behave" as paintings, paradoxically this is achieved through an embrace of assemblagist strategies that abandon illusory representation for a more immediate and readymade reality.
Artschwager's prescient use of Formica and Celotex transformed the classical idea of how a painting could function, renewing emphasis on the intrinsic structure of the work while taking into account the sculptural and structural aspects of a painting's composition. Beginning with one of his seminal Formica paintings, the exhibition charts a trajectory through a myriad of provocative approaches including Boetti's embroideries, Trockel's machine-knitted wool paintings, Kelley's Carpet paintings and Memory Ware Flats, Stingel's Styrofoam and Celotex paintings, Prince's Hoods, and Koons' alluring advertisement from the Luxury and Degradation series. Whether using "soft" household carpet, embroidery, and wool, or "hard" industrial substances such as Styrofoam and automotive components, these artists embrace the eternal dialogue on the nature of abstraction and representation by challenging the traditional use and meaning of painting with a range of substances and textures that invoke associations with daily experience.
Contemporary:
Gagosian Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition of
Mark Grotjahn
Dancing Black Butterflies
February 26 - March 11, 2008
Image: Alighiero e Boetti, Tutto, 1987, Embroidery on canvas 51 x 50-3/4 inches (129.5 x 128.9 cm)
Opening reception: Tuesday, February 26th, from 6 to 8 pm
Gagosian Gallery
980 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10075
Tue - Sat 10:00am - 6:00pm