Monday, May 21, 2012

Chelsea Early May

by Robert Boyd

I was in New York for Frieze, but I did spend some time wandering through Chelsea, where most of New York City's art galleries are. Here's what I saw, offered without comment. (Or at least not much comment.)

Heisenberg
seen on the street

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen at Pace (through June 23):

Claes Oldenberg
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen

Claes Oldenberg
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen

These desk items are, needless to say, huge.

Anish Kapoor at Gladstone Gallery (through June 9). These things look like they were made of petrified turds, like enormous shit menhirs. I love them.

Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor

Dana Schutz at Freidrich Petzel through June 16. Just lovely (and funny).

Diana Schutz
Dana Schutz

Diana Schutz
Dana Schutz

Diana Schutz
Dana Schutz

Diana Schutz
Dana Schutz


Gilbert and George's London Pictures were so voluminous that one gallery wasn't enough. They're up at both Sonnabend and Lehman Maupin through June 23.

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George


Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Gilbert & George
Gilbert and George

Pier Paolo Calzolari has a mind-blowing show up at Marianne Boesky until June 2.

Pier Paulo Calzolari
Pier Paolo Calzolari

Pier Paulo Calzolari
Pier Paolo Calzolari

In case you can't tell, there is a woman at the top of this extremely long dress. She is topless. There is an apple (or something) hanging in front of her that she keeps trying and failing to eat. I thought about taking a video of her, but it felt too pervy to be taking a video of a topless woman in a crowded art gallery. I know one is supposed to be filled with art thoughts when looking at a piece like, this, but I was asking myself, how do you end up with a job like this? What was in the want ad?

Pier Paulo Calzolari
Pier Paolo Calzolari


Pier Paolo Calzolari

Jane Lee, apparently one of Singapore's biggest artists, had a show at Sundaram Tagore that closed the day I saw it.

Jane Lee
Jane Lee

Jane Lee
Jane Lee

This is a detail of the piece above. Looks a little like shag carpet, right?

Jane Lee
Jane Lee

An even closer detail. Yep, it's all paint.

Jane Lee
Jane Lee

Jane Lee
Jane Lee detail

Brazilians--Helio Oiticica at Galerie Lelong (through June 16) and Ernesto Neto at Tanya Bonakdar (through May 25).

Helio Oiticica
Helio Oiticica


Helio Oiticica

Ernesto Neto
Ernesto Neto

Ernesto Neto
Ernesto Neto

Ernesto Neto
Ernesto Neto

Ernesto Neto

Diane Arbus at Robert Miller Gallery

Dianne Arbus
Diane Arbus

Dianne Arbus
Diane Arbus

I also saw a pretty stunning Al Held at Robert Miller.

Al Held
Al Held

Gehard Demetz's sculptures of faux-homicidal children were up at Jack Shainman Gallery.

Gerhard Demetz
Gehard Demetz

Gerhard Demetz
Gehard Demetz

Gerhard Demetz
Gehard Demetz

 Chelsea is perhaps the only neighborhood in the USA where this sign is necessary:

This is not a gallery


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