from our current exhibition, liliana porter juxtaposes incongruous objects, heavy with references to art history, in a witty and formally simple — but masterfully complex — play on the existential conundrum: which came… Continue reading
i’ll post images and texts of individual works, but first, my curatorial statement. What I’ve Learned So Far I believe that art must surprise and charm, be so beautiful, so mesmerizing, so technically… Continue reading
patricia piccinini’s work is often not easy to look at, but it affects us profoundly. it is grotesque, shocking and disturbing at the same time that it’s poetic, tender, compassionate and beautiful. … Continue reading
i finally finished the curatorial statement for our show… here it is: People have always interpreted their environment by measuring themselves against it. The oldest units of measure were based on the body:… Continue reading
about the installation of his exhibition garden variety… dianne dec: The installation has gone through a number of changes since you’ve been here – what are you most surprised about? tim hawkinson: I… Continue reading
from william t. wiley: don’t vote to forget! cause this time it will make since…
here’s my introduction to the work: In this survey of work made over the last fifteen years, Cornelius Völker’s oeuvre reveals a uniquely contemporary investigation of the history of representational painting, based primarily… Continue reading
at hosfelt gallery, with julian cox and veronica roberts, moderated by todd hosfelt: Todd Hosfelt: Thank you all for coming. We are so lucky to have two really smart and insightful people… Continue reading
here’s a bit about my curatorial vision for the show: When i began considering an exhibition of pairs of related works by Jay DeFeo – twins, if you will – I thought… Continue reading
http://www.vulture.com/2015/04/jerry-saltz-on-new-whitney-museum.html (notice jay defeo’s the rose in the background) the drawing and photo of the new renzo piano-designed building came from the whitney musuem’s website (http://whitney.org/). the drawing is courtesy of renzo… Continue reading
Todd Hosfelt: can we begin by talking about abstraction and representation and how you’re thinking about them? Jutta Haeckel: My goal, not only with the work for this show, but with all… Continue reading
and working like crazy on what will be a spectacular installation… opening here on saturday.
the dust has settled on what was our best art fair ever. here’s a look at our booth: one of emil lukas’ “larvae” paintings (made using fly larvae to drag pigment… Continue reading
here, surabhi answers a few questions about her project, “remedies.” todd: tell me about your family’s pharmaceutical factory. surabhi: My family acquired Wilcure Remedies in 1982 and my father is the managing… Continue reading
is a show i’ve curated about assemblage and collage. in art vernacular, an assemblage (pronounced a-ˌsäm-ˈbläj) or collage is made by putting together preexisting things that weren’t intended to go together and usually… Continue reading
like all of her work, these use nature as metaphor to explore human emotion. her inconography of trees, water, rocks, mountains, clouds and the stars and moon recount stories, or maybe it’d be… Continue reading
in preparation for his first solo show at hosfelt gallery. visiting wiley’s studio is like going into a dark room after being in bright sunlight — your eyes need to adjust to the… Continue reading
