I, Wanderer » Exhibitions

What They’re Not: The Paintings of Christopher Wool

Jeffrey Burk — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:15:57 +0000

What They’re Not: The Paintings of Christopher Wool at Galerie Micheline Szwajcer from 29 January – 14 March, 2009.

Ann Goldstein writes about the work here.

Simon Obarzanek, 80 Faces

Jeffrey Burk — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:51:36 +0000

Melbourne based photographer Simon Obarzanek’s series of portraits titled 80 Faces was shown at IMA@TCB (The Institute of Modern Art at TCB Building), April 11 – May 11, 2008.

Each black and white image features a portrait of a young persons face, neck and shoulder, similar to a passport photo. At first glance the styling seems minimal, but that changes when you see a number of the images grouped together. All the photographs resonate with an otherness which comes from a stylized process of selecting ‘interesting’ faces and shooting every model in a rigorous manner. The artist’s focus is on shape, scale and proportion of features. Attributes like freckles, lips and ears become isolated and take on a surreal emphasis. Juxtaposition of the images heightens this sublime effect.

Simon Obarzanek is represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery. You can see work from 2007 here, and the images from his 2006 exhibition here.

Roy McMakin at Matthew Marks

Jeffrey Burk — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:26:04 +0000

Roy McMakin’s has a one-person exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery in New York which features a number of the artist’s sculptures and photographs.

Exhibition images.

McMakin continues his familiar vernacular of manipulating mundane objects, or pieces of furniture, by tweaking material, scale, proportion and function. The artist has a knack for taking advantage of the mundane in everyday objects; when a furniture archetype gets a McMakin-remix you know it’s going to have a unique personality, with even more quirks.

Official artist site here.
Roy McMakin: For, at Matthew Marks Gallery.

While I was at the Matthew Marks site, I saw these interesting pieces from the Selected Works section.

Love these patchwork details.

Anthony Lister – God has a Plan to Kill Me

Jeffrey Burk — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:56:16 +0000

Lister continues to crank out the work. New exhibition at K Gallery titled “God has a Plan to Kill Me”, in Legnano Italy. From the images at his site it looks like he subdued a few super heros for the opening. Here are some images from that show.

Tie up a princess

Not so super now, uhu!

Mistress of insomnia

TK421 as a hero

He has an upcoming show at New Image Gallery titled “Quit Your Sobbing and Call Me in the Afternoon”. April 26 – May 31, 2008.

Here’s some work from his official site.

batgirl with web, 170×170cm

hulk arms mary2, 170×170cm

spinning tricks, 6×12′

wolverine1, 170×170cm

Tony de los Reyes at Carl Berg Gallery

Jeffrey Burk — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:05:56 +0000

Tony de los Reyes continues to explore Herman Melville’s literary classic Moby Dick in his latest exhibition at Carl Berg Gallery in Los Angeles.

Tony de Los Reyes: Ahab’s America
Mar 15, 2008 – Apr 12, 2008

Eclipse
2008
Red bister on paper
77 x 108 3/4 inches, triptych

Pequod
2008
Red bister on paper
91 3/4 x 75 1/4 inches

Pequod (detail)
2008
Red bister on paper, diptych
91 3/4 x 75 1/4 inches