In the gallery: Oblong
First Friday:
March 4, 2010 5-9 pm
Matthew Steele’s interests lie in methods of connection. Heavily motivated by infrastructure, Steele sees a certain poetry in the lengths we go to and to feel connected. He is interested in how our internal technologies are often reflected in the physical technologies that we produce. There is desire in a highway. There is resilience in a dam. There is triumph in a bridge. These icons are steeped in intense labor. They are manifestations of our grand intention; to transcend the greatest obstacles we know. It is Steele’s intent to personify or portray technologies of the self through depictions of these utilitarian endeavors.
deanjohnson.com/gallery/oblong/
Posted on Monday, February 28th, 2011
in Dean Johnson Gallery
Tags: art, Gallery, Matthew Steele
christopher west presents Patrick Alt
First Friday:
March 4, 2010 5-9 pm
christopher west presents is proud to announce Fan of a Fan, an exhibition of new paintings from Patrick Alt. Working predominantly in painting, performance, and text, Alt’s work addresses the recurring questions of self that we find in modern art and literature; specifically asking what constructs the self? Like the renowned Austrian author Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities (1930-1942) or Woody Allen’s chameleon man mockumentary Zelig (1983), Alt’s work rejects the demand to be always repeating a definitive stance and instead embraces the polyvocalism of a learned poseur. For instance, the flâneuristic whimsy of his new raggedy abstract works has little in common with the isolation and introspection one finds in Alt’s ongoing bouquet works. With every new work Alt’s anti-oeuvre increases in fragmentation and perversion onto itself – partial objects that in their homelessness problematize contextualization and any exacting of process.
On view are three of Alt’s latest abstract works made on stretched found towels and other scraps of fabric.
Alt (b. 1976 in Frankfurt am Main, DE) lives and works in Berlin. Alt attends the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main under Prof. Michael Krebber. Select recent exhibitions include I Open Up The Gallery at Kavi Gupta Gallery in Berlin (2010), Error (2010) at Autocenter in Berlin, and Say Hello To The Palmtreeman (with Henning Straßburger and Adrian Buschmann)(2009). Since 2008, Alt frequently exhibits his work as part of VANDEL (with Henning Strassburger, Christian Rothmaler, Philip Schwalb, Jannis Marwitz). This past winter, the group made their seventh exhibition SOZIALGESTALTUNG: Liebe plus Friedhof at Hospitalhof in Stuttgart.
Posted on Monday, February 28th, 2011
in christopher west presents
Tags: art, cwp, first friday, Patrick Alt
christopher west presents Henning Strassburger
First Friday:
February 4, 2010 5-9 pm
christopher west presents is proud to present an exhibition of new work by Berlin based artist Henning Strassburger. In Strassburger’s paintings we see energetic layers that create a lively depth to the image which reminds of the gestural-abstract painting. He is interested in the questions of painting and the positioning of his work inside the multitude of trends that have been developed and named in the course of the past few years.
Strassburger (b. 1983 in Miessen, DE) lives and works in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions include Good Old Figuration (2010) at the Sammlung Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, A Kansas City Shuffle (2009) at Verein für Raum und Form in der Bildenden Kunst in Vienna, and Happy P. (2009) at Galerie Fiebach & Minniger in Cologne. Strassburger completed his Meister Schule at the Dusseldorf Kunstakademie under Prof. Albert Oehlen in 2009. Strassburger’s work was included in Informal Relations (2010) at the Indianapolis Museum Of Contemporary Art. This marks his first gallery exhibition in the United States.
Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
in christopher west presents
Tags: art, cwp, first friday, Henning Strassburger
In The Gallery: Oblong
First Friday:
February 4, 2010 5-9 pm
Matthew Steele’s interests lie in methods of connection. Heavily motivated by infrastructure, Steele sees a certain poetry to the lengths we go to and to feel connected. He is interested in how our internal technologies are often reflected in the physical technologies that we produce. There is desire in a highway. There is resilience in a dam. There is triumph in a bridge. These icons are steeped in intense labor. They are manifestations of our grand intention; to transcend the greatest obstacles we know. It is Steele’s intent to personify or portray technologies of the self through depictions of these utilitarian endeavors.
deanjohnson.com/gallery/oblong/
Posted on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
in Dean Johnson Gallery
Tags: art, Gallery, Matthew Steele
In The Gallery: NFS
First Friday:
January 7, 2011 5-9 pm
An exhibition of internationally significant artists that come from private collections throughout the city, NFS demonstrates that young and budget-conscious collectors still have the ability to collect the work of artists that are in the collections of major museums across the country. Artists exhibited include Spencer Finch, Laura Owens, Elizabeth Peyton, The Starn Brothers, Brian Ulrich and many others.
Posted on Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
in christopher west presents, Dean Johnson Gallery
Tags: art, Brian Ulrich, cwp, Elizabeth Peyton, first friday, Gallery, Laura Owens, Spencer Finch, The Starn Brothers
christopher west presents On Other Planets by Justin Chase Lane
First Friday:
December 3, 2010 5-9 pm
Show extended through Dec. 11
Justin Chase Lane’s photographs explore fictional landscapes created in his basement. They explore the Cosmos with refashioned cereal boxes, toothpicks, blankets, light bulbs and other pedestrian stuff.
christopherwestpresents.com/exhibitions/on-other-planets
Posted on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
in christopher west presents
Tags: art, cwp, first friday, Gallery, Justin Chase Lane
In the gallery: Faces in the Crowd
Closing Party on First Friday:
December 3, 2010 5-9 pm
Show extended through Dec. 11
Faces in the Crowd is a group exhibition paying homage to the folk art style of the face jug. Artists include Corey Jefferson, Brian Presnell, Nathan D. Pollack, Andre Jefferson, Sohail El-Rahaiby and Mandi DeVary.
deanjohnson.com/gallery/faces-in-the-crowd
Posted on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
in Dean Johnson Gallery
Tags: Andre Jefferson, art, Brian Presnell, Corey Jefferson, Faces in the Crowd, first friday, Gallery, Mandi DeVary, Nathan D. Pollack, Sohail El-Rahaiby
In the gallery: Selections from Garvey Simon Art Access
First Friday:
October 1, 2010 5–9pm
Dean Johnson Gallery is pleased to announce a new group exhibition, “Selections from Garvey Simon Art Access” curated by Liz Garvey and including the work of Ingrid Calame, Tara Donovan, David Morrison and others.
deanjohnson.com/gallery/selections-from-garvey-simon-art-access
Posted on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
in Dean Johnson Gallery
Tags: art, first friday, Gallery, print making
