Postcard from New York I Aug 19-23, 2024
Here is our weekly Postcard from New York, in collaboration with Clio Art Fair!
In this article, we will explore some of the highlights of this week, looking for the most interesting and inspiring exhibitions and events in NYC.
Let's discover our selection of NYC-based art events!
In Museums
BY WAY OF: MATERIAL AND MOTION @SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM 15 MARCH, 2024 - 12 JAN, 2025 One of the most prominent features of art from the late eighteenth century onwards, particularly after World War II, is artists’ tendency to evolve traditional artmaking methods outside the studio’s boundaries. This exhibition examines the ways in which contemporary artists enacted new ideas formed by the social and historical contexts of their time and pushed the boundaries of artmaking and materials as a result.
In Galleries
LIVING IN THE MOMENT OF ABSTRACT ART
16 MAY - 28 SEPT 2024
The artists in this exhibit had respect for earlier forms of art. Their development grew from this background and art patrons who exposed them to the importance of other historical forms of expression. Thus, we have abstract art.
In Brooklyn
REVOLVING CYCLE - MEL WATKIN
03 AUG - 01 SEPT, 2024
A.I.R. Gallery is pleased to announce Revolving Cycle, a large-scale drawing installation of a falling tree by artist Mel Watkin. Watkin’s recent works explore the dichotomous forces of nature, from its staggering beauty to its extreme dangers. Recently, her rural area in southern Illinois lost over three-thousand trees in a Derecho thunderstorm, leaving massive visual and environmental scars. The straight-line winds in this storm sustained 106 mph. Seeing so many fallen and shredded trees, Watkin worked to capture some of their majestic beauty and sheer size through drawing. Watkin uses historic drawing methods, such as the cross-hatched rendering used by illustrators and engravers dating back to the Renaissance, to create shadows and develop three-dimensional volume. By replicating the grand scale of a fallen tree, Watkin gestures toward a peculiar phenomenon: though trees can loom sixty feet above us, we often don’t notice their size until they fall and crush our cars and homes. But her installation also infuses a devastating situation with hope, as the tree appears to come back to life through drawing.Â
Outside
LOVE EGO-LOV
05 MAY - 05 OCT, 2024
Unity on Union Square: Love-Ego=LOV." Created by Pasha Radetzki, a Manhattan-based sculptor and performance artist, the public art project will introduce a new venue for public art within Union Square Park's center lawn seating area. Standing at almost eight feet tall and 21 feet wide, the sculptural installation features three free-standing interlocked letters, assembled from coloured plywood, that spell out "LOV." "Love-Ego=LOV" debuted on May 5, 2024, and will remain on display in the park for six months..
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