This afternoon I stopped by
Toomer Labzda Gallery to pick up my first acquisition for 2012. The acquisition is a 11"x11"x1" photo entitled
"Light Leak" by
Letha Wilson. Letha is a mixed media artists from Colorado who graduated from Hunter's MFA program, attended Skowhagen in addition to having exhibited at the Bronx Museum, Socrates Sculpture Park, etc.
Letha's work is currently on exhibition at
Toomer Labzda in L.E.S. and the
Bemis Center in Omaha. Please get familiar with this young lady. -YG (@youngglobal)
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Check out some images from the opening of Blind Cut at Marlborough Chelsea last week. The exhibition featured almost 50 artists and was curated by Jonah Freeman. The opening definitely had a packed house. S/O to Paul Laster and the folks @ Art in America. Check out pics from the exhibition here. -YG (@youngglobal)
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S/O to my peeps Angel & Sharona who are in the exhibition. – YG (@youngglobal)
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Squeeze MachineCurated by Jacob Rhodes
Dates: January 26th-February 5th Opening: Thursday January 26th 6:00-8:00pm526 W 26th Street, #807NY, NY 10001www.fieldprojectsgallery.com
Field Projects is pleased to present its second exhibition Squeeze Machine, curated by Jacob Rhodes, and featuring work by Leah Bailis, Pete Deevakul, Lucy Kim, Heidi Lau, Willie Wayne Smith, Emily Stoddart, Bill Thomas and Oliver Warden. Using Temple Grandin’s ‘hug machine’ as a key point of departure, Squeeze Machine considers artist investigations into collective anxiety.
Temple Grandin is an autistic livestock consultant, world renowned for her changes to the cattle industry. The idea for the hug machine was inspired by rancher's use of squeeze chutes when inoculating cattle. She realized that the confined pressure of the chute had a calming effect on the cow and created a similar model for her own use. The pressurized hug of the squeeze machine worked to calm her physical anxiety and aversion to being touched. Likewise, the works in this show are products of a process of tension and resolve. Through individual rituals, humor, personal narratives, virtual reality, and mechanical experimentation, the artists in Squeeze Machine produce the relief of Grandin’s mechanical hug.
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On the 29th of January, the MoMA PS1 will present the work of LA Based painter Henry Taylor. I’ve had the pleasure of becoming familiar with his work over the past couple of weeks and I’m curious to see a comprehensive presentation of his artistic practice.
What makes Taylor truly pique my interest is the fact that he did not take a traditional route towards receiving art world acclaim and recognition. In fact, Henry Taylor worked in a state hospital of almost a decade before studying art later in his life. Taylor is proof that it is never too later to follow your passion and pursue endeavors that you will find challenging, fruitful and fulfilling.Check out more information about the exhibition here. -YG (@youngglobal)
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NEXT GENERATION is designed to complement the Corcoran Gallery of Art's exhibition of Mera and Don Rubell's brilliant collection,“30 Americans,” which is on display from October 1, 2011 to February 12, 2012.
For our exhibition, Contemporary Wing invited each artist represented in the "30 Americans" exhibition to identify one or two American artists working today that he or she believes is a critical "up and comer" of the next generation. This next generation of emerging artists are those whose work should be recognized and promoted in a wider national context. These artists may not be African American, but in the spirit of the Rubell’s collection, they will be American. The curatorial concept also allows for the possible and fortunate overlap in the “30 Americans” artists’ selections, and what dialogue develops around these choices. But, most importantly, the goal of the exhibit is to give exposure to those emerging artists that established artists see as having the potential to define the American art landscape in the next decade.
EXHIBITION INFORMATION
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January 13 – February 11, 2012
Opening Reception:
Friday, January 13
6-8 pm
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Truly entertaining. -YG (@youngglobal)
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