GalleryGRRRLS 2019 Archive
Welcome to the GalleryGRRRLS 2019 Archive. Scroll thru to see 2019’s year of gallery hopping!
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Gallery GRRRLS#22: It’s called fashion- Look it up
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
First a little GalleryGRRRLS update: RSVPs can now be done via MeetUp! Woo!
https://www.meetup.com/GalleryGrrrls/ #official.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 28th!
The fashion and the art world have always over lapped. Ever since the Alexander McQueen:Savage Beauty (2011) at the Met was a Blockbuster success a fashion exhibition is considered serious business in museums.
Lets take a look at fashion from three of its primary lenses in the art world: Collecting a Collection, The Cult of the Designer, and Fashion as a City Persona.
Here’s the Plan:
Let’s start at the Met 5th at 12pm for “In Pursuit of Fashion”
Then pop on the M3 Bus to 59th street to The Museum of Art & Design for “The World of Anna Sui“
Then pop on the 1-Train to 28th to the Museum at FIT for “Paris a Fashion Capital“
Gallery GRRRLS#21: Performa
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
Mark your calendars for Saturday November 23rd to check out one the last days of the performance art biennial Performa19. Performa was founded by curator RoseLee Goldberg and is comprised of 21st Century performance art. Every two years during the month of November there are commissions, performances, lectures and events all surrounding the world of performance art.
Here’s the plan:
Meet at Alexander Hamilton US Custom House for Tarik Kiswanson ‘s “As Deep as I could Remember, as Far as I could See” at 12:30pm (1pm performance *REQUIRES RSVP*)
Then, head to The Gym at Judson for Éva Mag’s Dead Matter Moves
Then to the Performa Hub: Jeffery Deitch for Cecilia Bengolea and Michèle Lamy’s Untitled
Drinks at Toad Hall after 🙂
Gallery GRRRLS#20: Architecture
Hey Gallery GRRRLS, Mark your calendars for Sunday October 27th!!On its 9th year, Archtober celebrates Architecture Design Month. Organized by the Center for Architecture (with partner orgz and sponsors), Archtober celebrates architecture and design with with lectures, parties, day tours, and! of course exhibitions… and that’s what we’re checking out. While the main focus is architecture, I must say im super excited for the Robert Morris show at Hunter College Galleries. Critical in the development of Minimalism, the drawings being exhibited were first shown in 1971 at the Tate Modern. Recommended Reading: Anti-Form – Robert Morris, Artforum, April 1968
Here’s the plan:
Meet at Hunter College Art Galleries for Robert Morris: Para-architectural Projects at 1pm Then, head to the Austrian Cultural Forum to check out Resident Alien: Austrian Architects in America
Then to the Swiss Institute for Life and Limbs, Swiss Institute Annual Architecture and Design Series
Then to The Center for Architecture to check out Fringe Cities: Legacies Legacies of Renewal in the Small American City,
Drinks at Peculier Pub after
Gallery GRRRLS#19: ARTBOOKS || BOOKARTS
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
Mark your calendars for: September 14th
Here’s is the plan:
Meet at the NYPL Stephen A. Schwartzman Building, for the Ugly Duckling Press Chapbooks and Zine Collection: Other Presses Other Places
Then, we are guna pop on the F-train and head to 23rd street, to the Center For Book Arts, for their exhibition Poetry is not a Luxury
Then, we are going to walk over to Printed Matter, for their exhibition Book as System: Artists’ Books of Sol LeWitt.
Drinks at ArtBar after
Every September is the NY Art Book Fair (NYABF) and I look forward to it E V E R Y year- it is truly my art nerd equivalent to Christmas. So, in getting hyped for let check out some other artbooky events in the city. The NYPL has been partnering with Brooklyn’s Ugly Duckling Press and has culminated in an exhibition. The Center For Book Arts has been holding it down since the 70’s primarily known for their book making related workshops, but also have an exhibition space. AND, the poster child of artists books Printed Matter, currently has an exhibition of Sol LeWitts book work (and Sol LeWitt is a personal fave so couldn’t be more excited to see this show)
Gallery GRRRLS#18: frandz&luvers
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
Mark your calendars for: August 24th
Here’s is the plan:
Meet, at the Drawing Center at 1pm for their exhibition Open Sessions 2018-2020: What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Then, walk over Lubov for their exhibition Rawr means I love you in dinosaur,
Then, head over to Richard Taittinger Gallery for FRAAAANDSHIP!
August is a tough month for the gallery world. Most galleries are on vacation or doing their general maintenance. HOWEVER, there was a small thread of open shows, looking at the contemporary effects of pop culture, from the 90’s (Drawing center, I’m looking at your Tina Turner reference) the 00’s (Luvov, I’m looking at your oh so emo-scene reference) and 2k10’s (Maria Qamar is an Instagram darling and what more can define the pop culture of the current time, you can find her at @hatecopy – with her followers Roberta Smith, Mindy Kaling and the NYT)
Gallery GRRRLS#17: Governors Island
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
Mark your calendars for: July27th
Here’s the plan:Meet at 10am at the Wall Street/Pier 11 to catch the 10:04 am Ferry
First, were are guna check out the NADA House to check out their temporary space.
Then, check out The Church by Shantell Martin,
Then, check out The Cabin by Rachel Whiteread,
Then, check out the exhibition Escaping Time, presenting work by formerly and currently incarcerated individuals.
And last, but not least! wrapping up the day with a 1pm performance by The Rising Sun Performance Company
Governors Island always has something going on, particularly in the summer. So, pack your sunscreen and your reusable water bottle, to spend the day seeing whats going on! Everything is free and open to the public 🙂
Gallery GRRRLS#16: Total Recall
Hey Gallery Grrrrls!
Mark your calendars for: June 15th
Here is the plan:
Totes OPTIONAL : Meet at the Grey Dog at 10am for brunch.
We’re guna meet at 12:30pm at Red Bull Arts: 220 West 18th Street
to check out Gretchen Bender: So Much Deathless
Gretchen Bender is a vanguard of multimedia works. Her work began in printmaking/silk screening and evolved to be at the forefront of new media, when it was was well, new. Bender tantalized appropriation and technology with to deal with contemporary human issues of the time.
Additional Reading: Who was Gretchen Bender
Gallery GRRRLS#15: Public//Private
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
Mark your calendars for: May 12th
Here is the plan:
Meet at the Met Bruer at 12pm (Free for NY, NJ, CT residents) to check out Siah Armajani: Follow This Line
Then, walk over to Doris Freedman Plaza to check out Mark Manders: Titled Head
Then, we are guna pop on the C-Train to 23rd Street and walk to Tanya Bonakdar Gallery to check out Mark Manders: Writing Yellow
Then, were going to head to our last stop, via the A or C-train to High Street, Brooklyn Bridge Park to check out Siah Armajani’: Bridge Over Street
Drinks at Superfine after (totally optional)
A fun trend I’ve seen in Public Art Work, particularly shows sponsored thru Public Art Fund, is that there is a private gallery or museum going on in tandem. These four spots and two artists are an example.
Gallery GRRRLS#14: CT Field Trip
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
The NJ field trip was a lot of fun, so that got me looking around the tri-state for what else is going on. I have a love/hate relationship with Matthew Barney. Famed for his opus, “The Cremaster Cycle” (and his relationship with Björk) Barney has very particular visual vocabulary and he is adding to with his current exhibition and feature film Redoubt at his alma mater, Yale.
Barney’s last film was about five hours long, so what this Field Trip lacks in screen time we make up in travel time… so it’s the essience of traditional Barney film.
Here’s the plan
Meet at the Metro North at 9:30am to take the 10:02 AM train
Take the Metro North to Union Station
then the 271 bus to Temple and Chapel Street
Depending on what time we actually arrive at Yale, we can check out the gallery exhibtion before or after the screening
1:30 Film Screening, Redoubt (2018; 134 mins., 3 secs.)
Head back to New York (3 hour trip back…)
Gallery GRRRLS#13: NJ Field Trip
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
This is our first Field Trip! Lets head to Mana Contemporary. Mana is contemporary art space in NJ, with affliated locations in Miami and Chicago.
Heres the plan:
Meet at WTC PATH Train and catch the train to Newark
Then walk from Journal Square to Mana
Saturdays are the only day you can visit, asside from their Open House public programs that you can visit and tour on your own, sans Mana guide.
Check out what is on view and head back NY around 4 depending on how quickly we go thru the galleries.
Gallery GRRRLS#12: BRIC Biennial
Hey Gallery GRRRLS!
It’s 2019- and you know what that means- ITS A BIENNIAL year. So, we’ve got the whitney, we’ve got venice, we’ve got performa and we’ve got the baby BRIC biennial that’s on third installment. This year, BRIC has two different installations, one in the main floor and one on the second, and! several satellite locations.
Here’s the plan:
Meet at BRIC then head to the satellite locations;
BRIC: Biennial
Virtual and Real Estates
647 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 1121
ORTEGA Y GASSET PROJECTS
Swimming Blind in a Wine-Dark SeaA solo exhibition of work by Carl E. Hazlewood363 3rd Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
LA BODEGA GALLERY AND ART SPACEThe Word Is Not the ThingA solo exhibition of work by Glenn Goldberg695 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
GREEN-WOOD CEMETERYLiving Inside Sanctuary A solo exhibition of photographs by Cinthya Santos-Briones
500 25th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
TRESTLE GALLERYLesbian MattersAn installation of donated personal items that represent lesbian and queer identity by Phoenix Lindsey-Hall.
850 3rd Ave, Ste 411
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Gallery GRRRLS#11: First Time || Long Time
Hey Gallery GRRRLS!
It is Gallery GRRRLS first birthday! Celebrating one year of check out art 🙂 This year we’ve got some new fun things! A new layout, and some “Field Trips” to see whats going on outside of New York in the surround areas (that are commutable by bus or train- no planes… yet)
♥ Looking forward to another year seeing art with you all ♥
Alright, now on to the plan for January:
Heading to some end of the month openings for this month’s art hang! Staring with our First Timers: Ian Chang and The Connor Brothers (having their Chelsea debuts with galleries their showing at) and then heading to the Long Timers: Michelle Stuart and David Henry Nobody Jr. who have been in the game for a while now.
Meet at Gladstone Gallery (530 W.21st)
Here’s the plan:
-Ian Chang : BOB @ Galdstone Gallery
-The Connor Brothers: A Dangerous Idea @ Chase Contemporary
-Michelle Stuart : Flight of Time @ Galerie LeLong & Co.
-David Nobody Jr.: Political Dysmorphia @ Contra Galleries