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Petzel Gallery

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A Historical Art of Dissent for the Digital Age

Avatar photo by Faye Hirsch January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

In Doomscrolling, Rob Swainston and Zorawar Sidhu assume the task Walter Benjamin set for the articulation of history — to “seize hold of the past as it flashes up at a moment of danger.”

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The Commanding, Flamboyant Joyce Pensato

Avatar photo by Gregory Volk February 13, 2021February 12, 2021

Pensato favored pop culture flotsam marred by the real world, which she transmuted into adventurous artworks dealing with raw, real world concerns.

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Derek Fordjour Conjures a Heavenly World

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney December 16, 2020December 17, 2020

In “Self Must Die,” Fordjour’s penchant for lush colors and surfaces dovetails with the theme of churchified rituals of remembrance.

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Taking Appropriation Too Far

by David Carrier February 22, 2020February 21, 2020

To manipulate the historical record, I would think, is to abandon the search for truth.

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An Artist Remixes Her Archive as an Act of Creation

by Cynthia Cruz October 27, 2015January 4, 2017

The small gallery contains artworks that have all already been included in von Bonin’s previous Petzel shows, yet the exhibition is entirely new.

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No Luxe, Calme, et Volupté for You, Baby

by John Yau September 20, 2015October 2, 2015

I was unexpectedly reminded of the wonderfully irreverent filmmaker Seijun Suzuki while looking at Dana Schutz’s painting, “Slow Motion Shower” (2015), which is included in her current exhibition, Fight in an Elevator, at Petzel.

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In Paintings and Collage, the Beginnings of a New Language

by Cynthia Cruz April 23, 2015April 25, 2015

The German artist Charline von Heyl’s current show, Dusseldörf, currently on view at Petzel’s new uptown gallery, presents a group of von Heyl’s early collages and paintings from 1990–1995.

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A Black-and-White Gallery Tour of Chelsea

by Daniel Larkin April 2, 2015April 7, 2015

Contemporary artists and a few artists from yesteryear are exploring unorthodox and atypical ways to experience the contrast between black and white.

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Joyce Pensato’s Messy Imagination, Laid Bare

by Howard Hurst March 24, 2015March 24, 2015

Joyce Pensato is best known for her stark, large-scale paintings of cartoon characters and in particular for her series of Batman paintings that depict the cape crusader’s iconic mask using splashy skeins of black and white paint.

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What Happens When We Run Out Of Styles?

by John Yau December 8, 2013December 13, 2013

What does it mean when you hook up your work to that of a late modernist giant working in a reductive vein – Ad Reinhardt, Agnes Martin, Robert Ryman, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, or Donald Judd, for example – like a caboose?

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Art and Its Surrogates: Allan McCollum at Petzel Gallery

by Howard Hurst September 26, 2013October 17, 2013

Allan McCollum is the author of a story describing a character that Damien Hirst embodies.

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