German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Through July 11, 2011

"More of this work should be displayed more often, which is to say that the show’s scope reminds us of the insufficiency of the museum’s 2004 expansion. The pieces here represent just a fraction of MoMA’s holdings: There are some 3,200 German Expressionist works on paper — the vast, vast majority of them prints — in its collection.

On the other hand, the museum has announced that on Sunday, when the exhibition opens to the public (it is in members’ previews on Friday and Saturday), all 3,200 will become available for online viewing at moma.org/germanexpressionism. In addition to its own considerable merits, “German Expressionism” should provide a good grounding for a digital immersion — and spur hope for seeing more of the real things."

source: Bleak Visions From Early-20th-Century Rebels by Roberta Smith

Reception: Thursday, March 31st, 2011 at F/O

Around the age of eighty, after nearly sixty years as a designer, Janette Laverrière began making "useless things." This exhibition examines five artists who re-invent, re-imagine, and re-purpose the use, meaning and worth of functional objects in daily life and domestic space. The result of these endeavors often begins with the implication of a utilitarian object: a vessel, a newspaper, a handkerchief, a mirror. However, by denying their primary identity, these objects change from implying a use we know to registering as "useless" or non-functional, and acquire a new use dictated by the artist.

Fleisher/Ollman Gallery
1616 Walnut, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Armory Show This Weekend Piers 92 & 94

Thursday March 3rd - Sunday March 6th in New York.

The Armory Show is America's leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week

Click here for information on getting to the show.

Opening at Fleisher Ollman this Thursday!

Off Camera at Fleisher/Ollman

Exhibition Dates: January 20-February 19, 2011

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 20 from 6-8pm

Fleisher/Ollman is pleased to present the group exhibition, Off Camera, a survey of

photographic works which have been drawn on or painted, animated, collaged or made into sculpture. Off Camera features a wide-range of work made by artists who set aside photography's conventions, cast off the limits of the medium and rely on invention when a straight representation of the physical world fails to meet their needs or expectations.

http://www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com/

1616 Walnut St. Suite 100, Philadelphia

Friday, Jan. 14 NY Gallery Report

CHELSEA

Stuart Hawkins at Zach Feuer (548 W. 22nd Street)

Clare Ryan Grill at Edward Thorp (210 11th Ave. 6th Floor)

Jennifer Bartlett at Pace Gallery (545 West 22nd Street)

Keith Tyson at Pace Gallery (510 W. 25th St.)

Tom Thayer (also see Ruby Sky Stiler's in the North Room) at Derek Eller (615 West 27th St.)

Other Chelsea galleries to stop by:

http://www.davidzwirner.com/

http://www.metropicturesgallery.com/

http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/

http://www.gagosian.com/

LOWER EAST SIDE

Todd Knopke at Feature Inc. (131 Allen Street, between Delancey and E. Houston)

Other LES galleries to stop by:

http://www.jenbekman.com/past/

http://www.dodge-gallery.com/

http://www.dcktcontemporary.com/

http://www.roostergallery.com/

http://www.krausegallery.com/

http://www.suescottgallery.com/

Raymond Pettibon @ David Zwirner

"Hard in the Paint"
David Zwirner, New York
Through December 21, 2010

"If the pen was actually mightier than the sword, I would have a field day," Raymond Pettibon once told an interviewer. "It would be a fucking bloodbath." As it is, Pettibon is far from a layabout. For more than three decades he has been churning out virtuosic, text–laced drawings of hardcore punks, fearless surfers, hopeless hippies, stolid baseball players, conniving politicians, and smoking locomotives: definitive icons of American ingenuity, culture, and corruption. - Andrew Russeth, ArtInfo

Take a day trip to NY and see some art!

Take the Bolt Bus, Mega Bus or Chinatown bus (or if you prefer Amtrak or NJ Transit) up to NY for the day to see some great art. The Chinatown bus(from 11th and Filbert in Philly) will take you to the LES galleries while all of the other public transport will drop you near Chelsea. The fall gallery season just started and galleries are putting their best work forward. Here is quick rundown of some possible shows to check out:

In Chelsea(most galleries are West of 10th Ave and between 21st and 29th streets):


Anton Henning at Zach Feuer, 530 W. 24th St.
http://zachfeuer.com


Sarah Sze at Tanya Bonakdar, 521 W. 21st St.
http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com


Laurent Grasso at Sean Kelly, 528 West 29th St.
http://www.skny.com


Tall Tales at Fred Torres (plugging my own show) 527 W. 29th Street
http://www.fredtorres.com/

Other Galleries of Interest in Chelsea:
Jeff Bailey (W. 26th Street) http://www.baileygallery.com
Fredericks and Freiser (536 W. 24th St.) http://www.fredericksfreisergallery.com
Perry Rubenstein (527 W. 23rd St.) http://www.perryrubenstein.com/
Cheim and Read (547 W. 25th St.) http://www.cheimread.com/
Gagosian, 522 West 21st St. (see also 555 West 24th Street) http://www.gagosian.com


In The Lower East Side:


David Shaw Sculpture at Feature Inc., 131 ALLEN ST NY NY 10002
http://www.featureinc.com


Louise Despont at Nicelle Beauchene, 21 Orchard Street
http://www.nicellebeauchene.com/

See Also:
Liz Cohen at Salon 94, 243 Bowery
http://www.salon94.com

DAVE COLE at Dodge Gallery, 15 RIVINGTON STREET
http://dodge-gallery.com


Additional Locations / Shows to Check out:
The MET (http://www.metmuseum.org/) and if you have time catch the Charles Burchfield exhibition at The Whitney (http://whitney.org/). For additional info on current and upcoming shows in NY check out http://www.artcat.com/