GalleryGRRRLS 2018 Archive
Welcome to the GalleryGRRRLS 2018 Archive. Scroll thru to see the first year of gallery hopping!
GalleryGRRRLS #10: Brooklyn Museum
Hey Gallery Grrrls!
So, I was going to skip the December meet up, because holidays/scheduling etc… but then thought ya know what! WHY NOT. Amidst the gov’t shutdown, general holiday malaise, I think checking out these four exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum is a good way to go into 2019:
-Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
-One: Do Ho Suh
-Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection
-Syria, Then and Now: Stories from Refugees a Century Apart
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions
Gallery GRRRLS #09: Before Projection
Hey Gallery GRRRLs,!
For the past few years, the northwestern art world has obsessively been trying to figure out the state of the image union, examining and re-examining the early digital age as if it will act as tea leaves for what the fiber-optic future will bring. Sculpture Center presents the exhibition Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974–1995. Popularized in the 70’s and holding strong till the mid-90s video art was the prime of avant-guard – the cool performance artist/fluxists/sculptors were doing it if they weren’t fucking around with land art. Showing the work of Dara Birnbaum, Ernst Caramelle, Takahiko Iimura, Shigeko Kubota, Mary Lucier, Muntadas, Tony Oursler, Nam June Paik, Friederike Pezold, Diana Thater, and Maria Vedder the exhibit explores “the connections between our current moment and the point at which video art was transformed dramatically with the entry of large-scale, cinematic installation into the gallery space”
Recommended Reading: Hito Steyerl – In Defense of the Poor Image
https://www.e-flux.com/journal/10/61362/in-defense-of-the-poor-image/
Dutch Kills for drinks after!
Gallery GRRRLS #08: Chelsea
Hey Gallery GRRRLs
Days go by so slow but then all of a sudden the month is almost over- and the gallery shows you old yourself you were going to miss are closing! Two amazing shows Pope L’s One thing after another (part two) at Mitchell-Innes and Nash and Toyin Ojih Odutola’s When Legends Die. One great show is just opening, Lorraine O’Grady’s Cutting Out CONYT.
So! join me this Saturday at 3pm for a small Chelsea art crawl to see a double dose of Pope L’s work at Mitchell-Innes & Nash and projection on the Highline, Lorraine O’Grady’s cut out poems at Alexander Grey Associates, and then a double dose of Toyin Ojih Odutola’s at both of Jack Shaineman’s Chelsea locations.
Really looking forward to the seeing the work of this three prominent black artists, whose work deals with identity, race, and continued conversation in the western canon.
–http://www.jackshainman.com/exhibitions/
–http://www.miandn.com/exhibitions/pope-l5
–http://www.alexandergray.com/exhibitions/lorraine-o-grady4
Then we can head over Half King for a little Saturday Happy Hour!
Gallery GRRRLS #07: One Hand Clapping
Hey Gallery GRRRLs,
Really excited about this exhibition One Hand Clapping. The Gugges is pay-what-you-wish (ca$h only) on Saturday nights from 5-7:45! The line can be a bit of a beast but! if we get there a bit early it should be fine (I’ll bring snacks!)
The day before I am going to the symposium “Technology is History” at the Guggs so happy to share all the insight gleaned there.
Really looking forward to seeing some interesting work and ranting about technology, museums, history and the future with you all!
Gallery GRRRLS #06: Sculpture Center & Warm Up
Gallery Grrrls heading to LIC!
The last trip we went way out the Rockaways (Mary O’Leary’s hometown) and now we are headed to her favorite part of queens LIC. We will be starting at Hunter Point South Park for the closing weekend of Xaviera Simmons’ solo show Convene, as a site-specific, exploring the demographic make up of Astoria, put on thru the Sculpture Center. Simmons’ states her practice is circular rather than linear (YES, just, yes). She works in photography, performance, video, sound, sculpture, and installation; dealing with the concepts of time, memory, and the fluctuating present.
Then to one of the last of MoMA PS1’s Warm Up featuring OG Ron C & The Chopstars/ Maxo Kream / Bali Baby / Jubilee/ Cuban Doll / World’s Fair / Injury Reserve / Kelman Duran. Alright, a small note on these tickets are $18/22 (adv/dos) we are seeing if we can get some comp tickets, and then split the cost based on how many folks wana come.
Why Warm Up? Its one of those NYC cool art kid things and we are cool art babes. PLUS! PS1 is showing the work of some queer artists such as Elle Perez and Reza Abdoh. Also showing works of Sue Coe who produces protest art, tackles issues of sexism, racism, economic inequality, xenophobia, and animal cruelty.
August 18th – Sculpture Center & Warm Up
GalleryGRRRLS #05: Rockaway! MoMA
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
This summer’s site specific artwork at the Rockaway! MoMA is Yayoi Kusama’s “Narcissus Garden” and I’m excited about it. LETS GO SEE IT.
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4995
MoMA has the power and the resources to amass a fantastic collection, and are doing their best to make up for lost time showing women, particularly women of color, but let it be known they are still on their problematic bullshit see articles below:
https://hyperallergic.com/445415/museum-of-modern-art-staff-union-protest-fundraising-gala/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/arts/design/moma-ps1-discrimination-suit-baby.html
This is a one stop gallery visit so that y’all an enjoy the beach and art.
July 28th – Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden|Rockaway Moma
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GalleryGRRRLS #04: Clockwork
Hey Gallery GRRRLS,
For this month, we are gonna head on over to Pioneer Works for the final weekend of Gerard and Kelly‘s Clockwork. Gerard and Kelly are known for the performance, video and installation based as it deals with alternative, particularly queer identities. They use the relationship of bodies and the notion of durational time with emphasis on public vs. private to deconstruct and subvert societal norms.
(I know many of us are going to rallies to keep families together Saturday morning, so, this a low-key one-stop gallery visit.)
GalleryGRRRLS #03: Adrian Piper at MoMA
Adrian Piper is a cross disciplinary artist whose work deals particularly with “otherness” as it relates to gender and race. MoMA has added Adrian Piper to their roster of retrospectives of female artists including Yoko Ono and Marina Abramoić.
Really looking forward spending the day with of over 290 works by Piper spanning from 1965-2016.
Lets meet at MoMA on May 27th, 2018 @ 1pm
Note: MoMA charges $25 admission, we were able to get 6 tickets gratis, and if more than 6 folks show up, we can split the difference of tickets among everyone 🙂
Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 1965–2016 | MoMA
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GalleryGRRRLS #02: Empires Without Time
February- what was it? We missed it! BUT it’s March now anddddd there’s a great solo show coming up at Gavin Brown, Jacolby Scatterwhite: Blessed Avenue –
There are also two other shows going on In Times of Perseus at Sargent’s Daughters, and John Terreno: Dark Matters Without Time that seem to be simultaneously looking backward and forward in way that is futuristic but still bound by post-imperial confines.
Shows:
In Times of Perseus
Sargent’s Daughters
sargentsdaughters.com/exhibitions/in-times-of-perseus?view=slider
Jacolby Satterwhite: Blessed Ave
291 Grand Street
gavinbrown.biz/home/exhibitions/upcoming
John Torreano: Dark Matters Without Time
54 Orchard Street
lesleyheller.com/exhibitions/20180228-john-torreano-dark-matters-without-time
Hang after!
K-one Karaoke 5pm (get in some happy hour!)
konektvnyc.com/#the-kitchen
CA$H ONLY
GalleryGRRRLS: David Zwirner 25 Years
January 13th, 2018 – David Zwirner: 25 Years
For this month we are checking out David Zwiriner 25 years. DZ is opening a new mega gallery space (FIVE floors). I am particularly bothered that starchitect Renzo Piano is designing the new building. But never the less we are going to check out the 25 year retrospective presented in their gallery locations!
Meet at 519 West 19th at 7pm! – See you there