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Derek Weisberg studied ceramic sculpture in Oakland, at California College of Arts and Crafts, where he graduated in 2005. Since then, Weisberg has founded and co-owned Boontling Gallery, curated numerous other exhibitions, and worked with highly esteemed artists such as Stephen De Staebler, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Manuel Neri. In addition, Weisberg has maintained a strong and demanding studio practice, presenting solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. He has also been invited to participate in residencies in Istanbul, Mexico, and France. Weisberg currently lives and has a studio in NY, as well as being faculty at Greenwich House Pottery and Teachers College at Columbia University.
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“High Vibration”
Kathy Butterly "High Vibration" at James Cohan Gallery, NY
Kathy Butterly has been making quirky, whimsical, beautiful and delicate ceramics for nearly four decades. With her most recent exhibition at James Cohan she seems to be simplifying things a bit; less ornamentation, and more focus on form and color. I love the conversation these works are having with the great Mad Potter of Biloxi, while at the same time pushing ceramics into her own new territory.
“Fishers of Man”
Eric N Mack "Fishers of Men" at American Academy of Arts and Letter, NY
Eric N Mack has been using fabric to make sculptures, wall works and installations for a while. What I loved most about this installation was how immediately upon entering my view was obscured by a subtle veil, like a field of fog. In fact moving through the whole exhibition I was continually faced with screens that revealed or obscured my view. It was this idea that grabbed my attention most in this exhibition.
“Formal Wear”
Diane Simpson "Formal Wear" at American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY
In this mini retrospective type exhibition I was lucky to see works spanning five decades of Diane Simpson's career. In Simpsons hand’s everyday materials like cardboard, MDF, or aluminum and are transformed into impeccably crafted sculptures. The objects she makes are hard to categorize and bridge aesthetics and sensibilities found in, architecture, fashion, industrial design, furniture and a dozen other worlds. A beautiful show, beautifully and thoughtfully installed, in a beautiful space, well worth the trip uptown. .
"Felt, Velvet, Soot, Gypsum, Engine Oil"
Diana Al-Hadid in "Felt, Velvet, Soot, Gypsum, Engine Oil", at Bortolami Gallery NY
Bortolami Gallery had a group exhibition on view, featuring several artists who all made works with materials specified in the title of the show. I have been a fan of Diana Al-Hadid's work for a long time. She mostly works in plaster (gypsum), and I love how she transforms the material. Here she takes common construction material and turns it into a Turner-esque, stormy tumultuous sky-scape.
"Disciple"
Julia Rommel "Disciple" at Bureau Gallery, NY
This painting by Julia Rommel is shown alongside Lucas Blalock's photographs in their 2 person exhibition at Bureau. Julia's paintings are often formalist, geometric, and minimal visual representations of a physical, maximalist, and involved process. Rommel paints big shapes of color while continual altering the canvas: folding, unfolding, stretching, un-stretching, re-stretching, cutting, collaging. Staples, folds, drips, layers are all present in these works which are a wonderful result of searching through material and process.
“the Night Before, Poppies and Parachutes”
Shaunte Gates "the Night Before, Poppies and Parachutes" at Marc Straus Gallery, NY
Shaunte Gates employment of collage in these dystopic images feels like a perfect fit. In the fall of an empire the ruins and detritus of society would be scattered all around us. This is exactly what Shaunte Gates depicts in his surrealist post apocalyptic images. He utilizes the same debris: cut and torn pieces of paper, found imagery, pennies, and other bits of material to create his worlds. Come to think of it, this image doesn't need to be a creation of a post-apocalyptic fantasy realm, it could easily be a NY street scene a week after a snowstorm.
“Here Comes the Sun”
Ryan Foerster "Here Comes the Sun" at Kerry Schuss Gallery, NY
In this solo exhibition of new photographic works by Ryan Forester, we see the documentation of time through photograms. Foerster often makes work with non traditional, leftover, disregarded and overlooked materials. In the central piece of the exhibition Ryan laid out 64 sheets of this light sensitive paper across his studio floor, left for Paris, and let the sun do the work. The result, a sweeping ombre scape of radiant golden ochre to crimson blood red, where chance, time, nature and the artist's hand all come together.
“Life and All Its Hands”
Brandi Twilley and Rebecca Twilley "Life and All Its Hands" at International Waters, Brooklyn NY
In what might be one of the coolest exhibition spaces in NY, International Waters presents an intriguing exhibition, of two sisters. Two different depictions of reality, perception, memory and ways of inhabiting the same place. Brandi Twilley makes meticulously rendered and highly crafted images, both painting and drawing, of mostly interiors of her childhood home. While Rebecca Twilley makes what looks to be intuitive or “Visionary” images giving expressionistic form to her interior life. Two sisters with a shared childhood, growing up under one roof, with vastly different experiences of life, back under one roof now sharing their expressions of that experience makes for a cool show.
Chambers Hum
WPZSCH "Chambers Hum". Chambers st subway station, NY
The final stop on the art tour is an unexpected gift from the city of New York and artist WPZSCH. After seeing some shows in Tribeca, I headed to the subway station to begin my venture home. I heard a deep resonant droning sound, like a prolonged note or two from a church organ. I moved down the platform to get closer to what I thought was a performer busking in the subway. Only to come across this sealed up, roll down gate, which emanated this beautiful sound. The ongoing hum of the city: vibrating, pulsating, and continually presenting gifts and surprise experiences if you’re willing to stop and see or hear them.