DEAN DASS / ANIMALS & CLOUDS
September 10th – October 15th 2016
Opening Reception – September 10th 3:30 to 6:00
Exhibition: Dean Dass @ Schmidt Dean Gallery
Archives For Art
As always with the big art fairs you have to wade through the bad and ugly to find the good (or in my case something with a quality transcendence).
A couple of works that stick (way) out from the pack from the Parcours Projects at Art Basel 2016 (which are all the big installation works all over town). The Allan McCollum Shapes Project Spinoffs 2005-2016 is a real knockout as well as Bernar Venet’s Arcs in Disorder
Art Basel in Europe
Basel, June 16 to19, 2016
Parcours Projects Art Basel 2016
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.” William Blake
Via: http://mnemonicbear.tumblr.com
Mathematical Drawing and the Infinite
A must see retrospective exhibition by a remarkable and mercurial artist. A rare chance to see some of his best work.
“I can’t stand art actually. I’ve never, ever liked art.” So the artist David Hammons told the art historian Kellie Jones in a 1986 interview. Then why do you make it? Ms. Jones asked. Because, Mr. Hammons offered, art is about symbols and “outrageously magical things happen when you mess around with a symbol.” (via New York Times article).
David Hammons: Five Decades” runs through May 27 at Mnuchin Gallery, 45 East 78th Street, Manhattan; 212-861-7858, www.mnuchingallery.com
Via http://www.mnuchingallery.com
Exhibition: David Hammons Five Decades
William Klein is a legend in the fashion and documentary photography world. His ability to transcend anything he works with is a testament to his legendary status.
Have a look at the images that got him hired at Vogue. He was a master right out of the gate.
Download the 32 page pdf on this incredible body of work from the great photography gallery http://www.hackelbury.co.uk
“William Klein: Black and Light, (1952-2015) is the second in the imprint series – unique and beautifully produced publications, each dedicated to the work of a single artist; in–depth and in print. Imprint #2 is the first publishing of a seminal maquette created in 1952 by cult photographer, film-maker and master of the photo book, William Klein (USA, born 1928). It is comprised completely of experimental photograms made only with light and movement – events captured and transformed in the darkroom. Created just after and inspired by Klein’s late 40’s/early 50’s geometric paintings and screens, when first exhibited in 1953 they led directly to his invitation to work for Vogue in 1954. The rest, as they say, is history”
Via: http://www.hackelbury.co.uk
Via: http://www.hackelbury.co.uk
William Klein’s First Images