Erin Currier, American Women (Dismantling the Border) III (after Delacroix), mixed media and acrylic on panel. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM. Photo by James Hart. Artist represented by Blue Rain Gallery.Crafting Identity
Portraiture and the art of the human form are explored in Crafting Identity: American Highlights from Tia Collection at The Rockwell Museum in Corning, New York, through January 5, 2020. On loan from the Tia Collection, a private collection in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and curated by The Rockwell Museum, the show features artwork by influential American artists like Andy Warhol, Robert Henri, Cara Romero, Roy Lichtenstein, Irving Penn and more.
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Jim Rennert’s massive bronze sculpture Listen at 6th Avenue in Manhattan.Monumental sculpture
Artist Jim Rennert’s 12-foot-tall sculpture, Listen, portraying the “everyman” has taken up residence at 1350 Avenue of the Americas in New York City, the former home of the iconic LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana. Known for adding a touch of humor to his works, the sculpture stands with an index finger to its lips as if deep in thought. Rennert is represented by Cavalier Gallery, which facilitated the recent installation.
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Frank Stella, Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series: A Bower in the Arsacides (Axsom 219), 1993, ed. 8 of 38, lithograph, etching, aquatint, relief and collagraph, 58¼ x 49 5/8". Collection Jordan D. Schnitzer and the Schnitzer Family Foundation. © Frank Stella.
Summon the Sea
Herman Melville’s iconic novel Moby-Dick has remained an integral part of the Anthropocene, a literary tale of epic proportions that has fueled countless artistic endeavors in the last century and a half. An exhibition at Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia, explores the artwork of six contemporary artists—Corey Arnold, Guy Ben-Ner, Patty Chang, Tristin Lowe, Allan Sekula and Frank Stella—who act as storytellers through their artwork, responding to, challenging and celebrating the allegories presented in Moby-Dick. The show, Summon the Sea! Contemporary Artists and Moby Dick, features large-scale sculptures, photography, prints and video and will be on view through February 16, 2020.
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Zanele Muholi, Miss D’Vine II from the series Miss D’vine, 2007, chromogenic print. © The artist. Courtesy the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town and Johannesburg.
African portraiture
An exhibition beginning this fall at Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto, Ontario, dives into the realm of African photographic portraiture through the perspectives of women, both as sitters and photographers. The Way She Looks: A History of Female Gazes in African Portraiture showcases contemporary works by women artists—Jodi Bieber, Lebohang Kganye, Zanele Muholi, Grace Ndiritu and more—alongside 1950s studio portraits and 19th-century colonial images and albums. The show will remain on view through December 8.
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Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2011, mixed media, including vintage toys, pipe cleaners, bugle beads, upholstery, metal and mannequin, 109 x 38 x 31". Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © Nick Cave. Photo by James Prinz Photography.Socially engaged
The exuberant work of multifaceted artist Nick Cave is imbued with both joy and critique of our modern world, exploring ideas of identity, equity and what it means to be human. An exhibition at Mississippi Museum of Art, Nick Cave: Feat., showcases 17 works examining the artist’s socially engaged practice. On view through February 16, 2020, the show includes sculpture, video and interactive installations with color and sound that illuminate important societal issues of today.
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Heather Gwen Martin, Second Glance, oil on linen, 20 x 21½"Colorful compositions
Miles McEnery Gallery in New York City showcases a body of bright, colorful abstract art from Los Angeles-based artist Heather Gwen Martin. The relationship between the various complementary and analogous colors in her compositions guide how the artist develops the tone and overall emotion of her works. The show at Miles McEnery Gallery will be on view through December 21.
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