10 Exhibitions Opening This Week
10 Exhibitions Opening This Week
黑料不打烊
21 Sep, 2016
at Pace New York (537 West 24th Street)
Chelsea - New York, NY, USA
Sep 22, 2016 - Oct 22, 2016
Pace Gallery is pleased to present On the Body, the gallery’s first solo exhibition of works by the artist collective . On view from September 23 through October 22, 2016 at 537 West 24th Street, On the Body is the first presentation of new works by Random International in New York since The Museum of Modern Art hosted Rain Room in 2013. These works of art explore how we perceive and process visual information, especially as it relates to the human form and our own reflection.
at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA, USA
Sep 24, 2016 - Jan 01, 2017
is the first retrospective to honor the more than 45-year career of this major American photographer. Featuring approximately 160 photographs — many never shown before — the exhibition includes a remarkably varied body of work united by its formal beauty and its subtle consideration of contemporary social issues. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Anthony Hernandez developed his own individual style of street photography, one attuned to the desolate allure and sprawling expanses of his hometown.
at Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston
Houston, TX, USA
Sep 24, 2016 - Mar 18, 2017
(b. 1980, Buenos Aires) takes a forensic approach to media and their embedded traditions and conventions. Surveying art history as if it was a “murder scene,” she peels back layers of material histories and subject matters in search of new directions and possibilities. Currently working across painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography, she uses the constituent parts of each as her very subject matter.
at Cell Project Space
London, UK
Sep 22, 2016 - Nov 06, 2016
In her first UK solo exhibition presents a new body of work that productively contrasts the clinical representation of science, conservation, and heritage alongside the natural ferocity of decomposing organic matter. Pariset’s new project questions various notions of sustainability whether ecological, cultural or emotional. The various motivations for what should be preserved or discarded are in an underlying conflict between collective and individual interests, as the preservation of data and critical waste management is becoming an increasing concern.
at Gasworks
London, UK
Sep 22, 2016 - Dec 11, 2016
Gasworks presents A Body Reduced to Brilliant Colour, the first UK solo exhibition by . The exhibition explores how histories of slavery and colonialism have been shaped by human attraction to particular colours, tastes, textures and drugs. Focusing on how the desire to wear, become enraptured by or ingest certain plants and substances preceded the will to trade them as commercial goods, the exhibition traces the materialist urges at the root of colonial violence.
at Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran
Montreal, QC, Canada
Sep 21, 2016 - Oct 29, 2016
Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran is pleased to present Transmutations, 's first solo exhibition at the gallery. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1977, Jessica Eaton currently lives and works in Montreal. Using a large format film camera, she has developed a complex and experimental approach to image making and her work considers the very nature of photography. Eaton came to international acclaim through her Cubes for Albers and LeWitt (commonly referred to by the acronym cfaal)—a series of vibrant photographs that deconstruct her studio practice.
at Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum
Aalborg, Denmark
Sep 24, 2016 - Jan 08, 2017
In recent years, the video art of (b. 1972) has garnered international interest. His exhibition at Kunsten addresses human urges and emotions, challenging ordinary notions of true and false. Omer Fast’s video art makes use of a cinematic expression that blurs the borders between drama, documentary, and fantasy. Although storytelling remains central in Omer Fast’s work, it is constantly fragmented by dreamscapes and glimpses of the surreal.
at Raffaella Cortese Galleria
Milan, Italy
Sep 21, 2016 - Nov 26, 2016
There is a keen accord between and Allyson Strafella, and a few years ago they began an intimate conversation of sorts. On the occasion of this project with Raffaella Cortese in Milan, this conversation continues with new works made in consideration of hay fields, straw bales and their contexts. Helen Mirra presents small tapestry weavings.
at Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea
Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 21, 2016 - Oct 22, 2016
’ work shows explicit or implicit references to multiple creators, especially in the literary field, film and contemporary dance. Along with this repertoire of influences, the artist has specific concerns on the reflection and the practice of the visual arts. We also have to refer the body, as simultaneously a theoretical and material entity.
at Kurimanzutto
Mexico City, Mexico
Sep 22, 2016 - Oct 29, 2016
kurimanzutto is pleased to present Asset Forfeiture, Jonathan Hernandez’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. Over the course of about two years, the artist attended public auctions in Mexico, acquiring a series of assets that had been seized from organized crime by the authorities. His acquisitions then became the primary material for the realization of the works on display.