I had a chance to run around a bit in Chelsea this week and pop into Matthew Marks to view "LaCarte d'apres Nature" which was curated by Thomas Demand, originally for the Nouveau Musee National de Monaco with the support of the Rene Magritte Foundation. The exhibit features three rarely seen Margritte paintings on loan from the Menil Collection in Houston (if you have not been there, put it on your list). This is one of them. The wallpaper is by Thomas Demand.
Included in the exhibition are vintage prints by the Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri,
This from the press release:
In borrowing Magritte’s title, Demand alludes to the earlier artist’s revolutionary approach to the meaning of representation, connecting Magritte’s Surrealism to what Demand describes as “domesticated nature…potted plants, gardens, theme parks and models of wild growth”—the symbolic representations of nature that can be found in cities around the world. “I believe that concepts, forms, and incidents can produce relationships among artists,” Demand explains. “Looking beyond historical categorizations in this way shows why similar thoughts may go through the mind of a photographer from Dresden in 1871…and that of a young sculptor from Ghana in 2010—and how these thoughts might change over the course of time.
There are 17 artists in the show and it provides a nice balance of easy thought and breezy enjoyment.
There are porcelain sculptures by Chris Garafolo,
These are displayed in vintage museum cases that look that they once held specimens for The Museum of Natural History.
There are 2 artist that utilized turntables.
Henrik Hakansson's piece, "New York, 2011" consisted of recordings made of birds in Central Park.
In a back room is Rodney Graham's "Phonokinetoscope", a 16mm film with the sound track on a vinyl disc. Film is on loop and programed to project only when the turntable is on. The soundtrack/film sync you hear is random.
For more information go to:
If you like the Sigmar Polke, there is another show of his photographs at Leo Koenig and across the street at Yancy Richardson, there is a Summer group exhibit, "Beautiful Vagabonds:Birds in Contemporary Photography". Luisa Lambrini is exhibiting "Certain Variables" at Luring Augustine; photographs that examine the cycles of change through a skylight in a home designed by Rudolph Schnindler, John Lauter and Richard Neutra.
Coming down the weekend is B. Wurtz (Yes, that is his name. Don't you love it?) at Metro Pictures.
He works with food wrappers, plastic bags, mop handles and other stuff.
And that was only three blocks. I had to run to catch the 6:02 home. Hope to get back for the rest before the end of the month.
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