Exhibitions

Zurich - 3-5 February 2012

Christina Benz, Françoise Caraco and Karoline Schreiber - Temporary community

sihlquai55 off space

visarte zürich
Sihlquai 55 (1. Stock, Zugang über Ausstellungsstrasse 16)
8005 Zurich
Exhibition
Online since 30 January 2012

Christina Benz, Françoise Caraco and Karoline Schreiber were awarded the room stipend by "sihlquai55 offspace visarte zürich". A month ago, the three artists formed a temporary group, using the Visarte Zurich exhibition space as a studio and discussion hub. Read more...

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London - 14 January 2012 - 5 February 2012

Hayley Lock - (Now that would be) Telling: Caddington Hall

Transition Gallery

Unit 25a Regent Studios / 8 Andrews Road
E8 4QN London
Exhibition
Online since 5 January 2012

Launched at Ickworth House in Suffolk in July 2011 "(Now that would be) Telling" is a collaborative project between the artist Hayley Lock, curator Catherine Hemelryk and writers Jessica Hart, Lucinda Hawksley, Ben Moor, Hallie Rubenhold and Liz Williams. Read more...

New York, NY - 5 January 2012 - 4 February 2012

Thomas Woodruff - The Four Temperament Variations

P·P·O·W

535 West 22nd Street, 3rd Floor
10011 New York, NY
Exhibition
Online since 4 January 2012

P•P•O•W Gallery is "tickled sanguine" to be presenting the latest opus from Thomas Woodruff, master alchemist/imagist painter of the arcane, perverse, and popular. The new group of paintings is called "The Four Temperament Variations", and it is his eighth solo exhibition with the gallery since 1989. Read more...

New York, NY - 8 December 2011 - 4 February 2012

Ronnie Bass - Victor School

I-20 Gallery

557 West 23rd Street
10011 New York, NY
Exhibition
Online since 9 December 2011

I-20 is pleased to present a solo exhibition of artwork by Ronnie Bass. This will be Bass's second show at the gallery. Entitled "Victor School", the installation comprises video with music composed by the artist, photographic portraits, poetry and a water feature. Read more...

Zurich - 10 December 2011 - 4 February 2012

Patrick Hari - Toys Are Us

BolteLang

Limmatstrasse 214
8005 Zurich
Exhibition
Online since 6 December 2011

The green meadows around the house are lush and offer the pigs a comfortable living space throughout the year. Our small group of countryside pigs lives outside under open skies all year long. This suits their nature. Read more...

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Zurich - 19 November 2011 - 4 February 2012

Philip Akkerman - Lost and Ambulous

Galerie Bob van Orsouw

Hubertus Exhibitions
Albisriederstrasse 199a
8047 Zurich
Exhibition
Online since 11 November 2011

Galerie Bob van Orsouw is pleased to present a select work group of Philip Akkerman's in the exhibition "Lost and Ambulous". These works have never before been shown in such highly charged compactness and intensity. Instead of working out the portrait's facial features in all their details, the artist magnifies their pictorial impact by partially painting over them. Read more...

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Zurich - 19 November 2011 - 4 February 2012

Albrecht Schnider - Wieder Finden

Galerie Bob van Orsouw

Hubertus Exhibitions
Albisriederstrasse 199a
8047 Zurich
Exhibition
Online since 11 November 2011

At Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Albrecht Schnider is showing his current paintings of geometric motifs. The exhibition includes small-scale and two very large-scale formats. In Schnider's many-faceted paintings, drawings and object-oriented works, the formulation with geometric figurations is aligned with the thematic contents of his other subjects. Read more...

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Winterthur - 26 October 2011 - 31 January 2012

Werkschau - F+F Studiengang Fotografie

COALmine Fotogalerie

Raum für zeitgenössische Schweizer Fotografie
Turnerstrasse 1
8400 Winterthur
Exhibition
Online since 18 October 2011

Yanina Biedermann, Chloé Bourgogne, Milena Gysin, Sebstian Heeb, Roger Hofstetter, Lee Jakob, Dijan Kahrimanovic, Benjamin Koechlin, Ties Kweekel, Lucy Marthaler, Sandro Mazzola, Cedric Merkli, Romy Rieser, Gregor Röthlisberger, Fabienne Schürch, David Suter, Oliver Sutter, Tatjana Wasieloski, Oliver Wüest

Eine Ausstellung in den gesamten Räumlichkeiten der CoalMine – organisiert vom Raum für zeitgenössische Fotografie in Zusammenarbeit mit der F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign Zürich. Read more...

Zurich - 19 November 2011 - 30 January 2012

Andreas Züst - Expanding Universe

Galerie & Edition Marlene Frei

Zwinglistrasse 36
8004 Zurich
Exhibition
Online since 14 November 2011

Andreas Züst, 1947 in Bern geboren, hat als Künstler und forschender Sammler ein äusserst facetten- und umfangreiches Werk hinterlassen. Allem, was ihn interessierte, ging er mit enzyklopädischer Leidenschaft nach. Read more...

Brussels - 21-29 January 2012

BRAFA'12 - 57 Years of Quality and Finery: Brussels Antiques and Fine Arts Fair

Tour & Taxis

Avenue du Port 86 C
1000 Brussels
Exhibition
Online since 19 January 2012

For professional antiques dealers, an event such as BRAFA represents many weeks, or even months, of preparation. They need to select their finest pieces, objects and acquisitions, in the hope of catching the eye of the many expected visitors and persuading art lovers to purchase them. Read more...

Zurich - 2 December 2011 - 29 January 2012

Marc-Antoine Fehr / Andrea Heller

Helmhaus Zurich

Limmatquai 31
8001 Zurich
Exhibition
Online since 27 November 2011

Marc-Antoine Fehr and Andrea Heller are showing their paintings at Helmhaus Zurich. The two artists could not have a more divergent approach to the medium; each has a thoroughly distinctive position. What they do have in common, however, is a certain sensibility - a love of subtle insinuation, an eschewal of direct formulation, an awareness of underlying moods and atmospheres tinged with melancholy and wit in equal measure. Read more...

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Zurich - 24 November 2011 - 29 January 2012

Nelly Rudin - Open Space

Haus Konstruktiv

Selnaustrasse 25
8001 Zurich
Exhibition
Online since 22 November 2011

As the museum Haus Konstruktiv's anniversary year comes to an end, the Zurich-based painter and sculptor Nelly Rudin, an important representative of the second generation of Zurich Concretists, is being acknowledged in the comprehensive retrospective "Open Space". This solo exhibition, realized in close cooperation with the artist, documents Rudin's work from the mid of the 1960s to the present day. Read more...

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Zurich - 24 November 2011 - 29 January 2012

Visionary Collection Vol. 17: Harry Fränkel

Haus Konstruktiv

Selnaustrasse 25
8001 Zurich
Exhibition
Online since 22 November 2011

To mark the 100th birthday of Harry Fränkel (1911 in Dortmund - 1970 in Bochum), Haus Konstruktiv is exhibiting a selection of his printed graphic oeuvre as part of the exhibition series "Visionary Collection". All exhibited 52 works are from a comprehensive compilation which was added to the Haus Konstruktiv collection in 2008, as a result of a generous donation from Renate Thiemann. Read more...

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New York, NY - 5-28 January 2012

Jazz-minh Moore - Is That All There Is

Lyons Wier Gallery

542 W. 24th St
10011 New York, NY
Exhibition
Online since 4 January 2012

Lyons Wier Gallery is pleased to present, "Is That All There Is", its second solo exhibition with Jazz-minh Moore. Moore's new series of paintings features her sister, Asia Kindred, amidst the ruins of a deteriorating cabin. The primarily naturalistic pallet is infused with distortion and bright color, causing the compositions to hover between physical and psychological space. Read more...

Boston, MA - 16 December 2011 - 28 January 2012

Antoniadis & Stone - Rough Shape

Samsøn

450 Harrison Ave. / 29 Thayer St.
02118 Boston, MA
Exhibition
Online since 20 December 2011

Samsøn is proud to present Antoniadis and Stone's 1st solo exhibition, "Rough Shape". Using urethane foam, latex paint, plastic and poly-vinyl chloride, three sculptures create a spiritual awakening from realist boundaries and realms of corporate failure. Read more...

San Francisco, CA - 15 December 2011 - 28 January 2012

John Bankston - Smoke and Mirrors

Rena Bransten Gallery

77 Geary Street
94108 San Francisco, CA
Exhibition
Online since 20 December 2011

John Bankston's sculptures and paintings begin a new chapter in his on-going narrative of life in the Rainbow Forest. The story picks up as the creators of the Abstracticators (machines invented to transform whoever looks at them) find their inventions have taken on a life of their own and are growing in both size and number. Read more...

San Francisco, CA - 15 December 2011 - 28 January 2012

Tara Tucker - If Wishes Were Horses...

Rena Bransten Gallery

77 Geary Street
94108 San Francisco, CA
Exhibition
Online since 20 December 2011

While Tara Tucker's new works continue to showcase her rendering skills in both graphite and acrylic paint, she has broadened the metaphorical base of her animal characters. Read more...

New York, NY - 16 December 2011 - 28 January 2012

Paul Wackers - Of Life

Morgan Lehman Gallery

535 West 22nd Street
10011 New York, NY
Exhibition
Online since 12 December 2011

Paul Wackers creates paintings that are rooted in the modernist tradition while simultaneously subverting this same history. As a devotee of 20th century European avant-garde painting, Wackers has spent long hours deciphering and deconstructing the manner in which artists like Matisse, Braque and Picasso have committed three dimensional forms into paintings. Read more...

New York, NY - 16 December 2011 - 28 January 2012

Patrick Brennan - In Collaboration with Halsey McKay Gallery

Morgan Lehman - The Study Project Space

535 West 22nd Street
10011 New York, NY
Exhibition
Online since 12 December 2011

Brennan displays a series of charismatic pictures that operate just outside the notion of painting's convention and expectations. Layering paint alongside everyday objects such as popsicle sticks, discarded fabrics, scraps from his studio floor and detritus from the workplace, the artist's works float between beauty and an awkward chaos. Read more...

London - 2 December 2011 - 28 January 2012

Simon Mathers - The Patterns of Fur and Themes of Still and Running Water

MOT International

Unit 54/5th floor Regents Studios / 8 Andrews Road
E8 4QN London
Exhibition
Online since 5 December 2011

MOTINTERNATIONAL London is pleased to present "The Patterns of Fur and Themes of Still and Running Water" an exhibition of recent works by newly represented artist Simon Mathers. This will be the first major solo exhibition of his works in the UK. Read more...