Art Rx
This week we're sending you to a closing party in the Bronx, performance in Bushwick, a panel on Architectural criticism in the Village and the soon-to-be-opened 2012 Whitney Biennial on the Upper East Side. But don't get stressed, since you can cleanse it all away with a final visit to Doug Wheeler
This week we’re sending you to a closing party in the Bronx, performance in Bushwick, a panel on Architectural criticism in the Village and the soon-to-be-opened 2012 Whitney Biennial on the Upper East Side. But don’t get stressed, since you can cleanse it all away with a final visit to Doug Wheeler’s art nerd Nirvana installation at David Zwirner. Ohm! Light and Space … Ohm!
Shifting Communities in the Bronx
When: Friday, February 24, 2012 6-9pm
Where: Bronx River Arts Center (@ Bronx Art Space 305 East 140th St, Bronx, NY 10454)
Performance Art Fridays
When: Friday, February 24, Doors open 9pm
Where: Grace Exhibition Space (840 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Bushwick, Brooklyn)
Touching the Void
When: Closes Saturday, February 25
Where: David Zwirner Gallery (519 West 19th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)
Anyone looking for a quick fix to offset their overloaded senses will find Doug Wheeler’s “infinity environment” installation at David Zwirner an oasis of relief from the onslaught of urban life. Wheeler has constructed a space of optic white light that amounts to an existential vacuum: a blank slate for purging excess thought and feeling upon. If one could imagine art nerd Nirvana, where interpretation is absolutely limitless, this is it. —RC
Marble Sculpture from Antiquity to Last Week
When: Closes Saturday, February 25
Where: Sperone Westwater Gallery (257 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan)
Do not miss Marble Sculpture from 350 BC to Last Week, surveying the stone that defines classical sculpture, and continues to mesmerize in new ways. Our reviewer, Thomas Micchelli, compared one of the objects in this show — a trash can made of marble — to the upheaval of the filthy rich … need we say more? —RC
Architectural Criticism Today
When: Monday, February 27, 6-8pm, $10 members, $20 non-members
Where: The Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place, Greenwich Village, Manhattan)
What the hell are the architectural critics chatting about nowadays? The event explains:
Despite rumors that it is a fading art, architectural criticism continues to play an important role in our profession through national and international cultural. What is the role of criticism today? What types of stories are published, and where?
You’d think they were talking about art criticism.
Mario Garcia Torres at DIA:Chelsea
When: Monday, February 27, 6:30pm, $6 general admission, $3 DIA Members
Where: Dia: Chelsea (535 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)
As part of DIA’s Artists on Artists lecture series, Conceptual artist Mario Garcia Torres will speak on the work of Arte Povera artist and pioneer of conceptual art Alighiero Boetti. This one might get a little too conceptual, but if that’s your thing, it should be great. Be sure to reserve tickets. —DE
The Biennial You’ve All Been Waiting For
When: Opens Thursday, March 1
Where: Whitney Museum (235 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan)
This is it! Let the art seeing frenzy begin. New York’s oldest and longest running biennial opens next Thursday and continues until May 27. Lots to see and talk about. Stay tuned for our reports from the show.
Young Guns Playin’ in the Park
When: Closing March 4, 2012
Where: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, Queens)
You only have two weekends left to see the fantastic Emerging Artists Fellowship exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park. This annual show highlights some of the most talented emerging visual artists out there and provides a unique NYC viewing experience by showing large outdoor sculpture on the shores of the East River. Catch it while the weather is nice! —DE
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With listings by Don Edler and Robert Cicetti
