Huma Bhabha, Installation View. Courtesy of VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin

Huma Bhabha
May 2-July 26, 2014
VeneKlasen/Werner
Rudi-Dutschke-Str. 26
Berlin
vwberlin.com

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Gamma, Gemach II (Chamber II), 2013. Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 70.75 in. Courtesy of Chambers Fine Art

Featuring: Chen Baoyang, Fu Xiaotong, Gama, and Wang Fengge

New Acquaintances
July 10-August 16, 2014
Chambers Fine Art
522 West 19 Street
New York City
chambersfineart.com

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Nandita Raman, Rock on Grid, 2012. Archival inkjet print mounted behind plexi mirror, edition of 3 plus 1 AP, 25 x 20 in. Courtesy Thomas Erben Gallery.

Featuring: Barry Gerson, Duy Hoang, Nandita Raman, and Giovanna Sarti.

On Permanence and Change
July 1 – July 25, 2014
Thomas Erben Gallery
526 West 26 St.
New York City
thomaserben.com

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My mother also encouraged me without thinking about it, having taken me to the Met and the Frick Collection when I was very young and having intellectual conversations about art at a very young age. This was unheard of having been raised in a very tough neighborhood in the Bronx.

LO: What are the themes of your work and what inspires you to make art?
MB: My paintings are based on mythology, superstition, religion, and race. It is not necessarily a theme I set about going after, but they tend to go in that direction.

LO: Who are your influences? Teachers, artists?
MB: Michael Goldberg, Lucio Pozzi, and Marilyn Minter were teachers of mine whilst going to SVA. They were the ones I felt a close connection to. In my early years I obsessed with many of the female surrealists, including Leonor Fini.

LO: Why do you think art is important for the world and why is it important for you as an individual artist?
MB: I often think about this and think about how the average person would think it that it is a very bourgeois activity. Especially being a woman and a person of color, I often think about my roll as an artist. I began my early training in art school as an abstract painter because of the push to be one and how it was looked down upon to be a figurative painter. But, I felt I had so much to say as a woman, a person of color, and one who came from a poor working class family. So, in my third year I changed and began to make paintings which, to me, had more meaning and a subtle message that sometimes incorporates the figure.

LO: What advice would you give other artists who want to exhibit in NYC etc?
MB: My advice would be to not judge a book by its cover. Generally the ones who look the least important are the ones that are actually the most important, and have a website!

LO: Please talk about upcoming bodies of work, shows etc that you have coming up.
MB: I am continuing my series of paintings from the influence of living on the upper east side and dealing with class, race, and the bourgeois culture. I will be part of a summer group exhibition, “Juicy” at Gitana Rosa Gallery, Chelsea, opening June 19, as well as artmrkt Hamptons, from July 10 – 13. I am also excited to announce a group exhibition that I am curating, “The New Bitch, Twilight of the Idols.” It will be open from September 4 – October 4 at Gitana Rosa Gallery, Chelsea.

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Art Market Hamptons
July 10 – 13, 2014
Bridgehampton Historical Society
2368 Montauk Hwy
Bridgehampton, NY
artmarkethamptons.com

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Also dubbed “The Beautiful Game,” it is no surprise that many artists have taken to paying tribute to this sport over the years. Here’s a selection of works by five different artist that we think stand out as fitting homage to this captivating game of feet and creativity. Check them out and then make some excuse to leave your desk and grab a beer at the dark bar around the corner from your office. We won’t tell, just buy us a drink when you get here.

1.) Nøne Futbol Club

Nøne Futbol Club, Work n°534: Sunset. 2012. Arranged fluorescent bulbs. Image courtesy of the artists.

2.) Gabriel Uchida

Gabriel Uchida, Estadio Pedro Marrero, 2012. Color photograph. Image courtesy of the artist.

3.) Gabriel Orozco

Gabriel Orozco, Blindside Run, 2012. Pigment print on Japanese watercolor paper. Image courtesy of the artist.

4.) William Kentridge

William Kentridge, Bicycle Kick, 2009. Pigment print on Japanese watercolor paper. Image courtesy of the artist.

5.) Rochelle Costi

Rochelle Costi, Bigger Than, 2014. Photograph on matte Japanese watercolor paper. Image courtesy of the artist.

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The films feature actors, often the artist himself or Jean-Luc Verna, dressed as women, playing characters from films such as Psycho and Dressed to Kill. What may come across as humorous at first glace—actors with bad wigs and imperfect editing, such as tapping feet and scribbling pens that don’t quite match the film’s audio—raise questions surrounding narrative, film theory, and gender identity. Clearly, Dellsperger’s versions are not finessed objects, like their Hollywood doppelgängers. The films in “Body Double” are evasive art objects, straddling the line between appropriation and creation. Although these works are nearly copies of the original versions, the films take on new meaning and unique significance in a larger conversation surrounding the depiction of nontraditional identities in popular media.

The works in “Body Double” subvert the traditional male gaze of feminist film theory. It’s not quite clear who is the intended viewer of Dellsperger’s films. In Body Double 13 (After Saturday Night Fever), the artist is dressed as two different characters, both women, who look amorously into each other’s eyes and spin around one another while the Bee Gee’s “More Than a Woman” plays in the background. The film’s effect is bizarre and ironic, bordering on kitsch. The original narrative is disrupted, and it no longer matters whether you are familiar with the source material or not. Dellsperger is challenging tropes that pervade Hollywood cinema and shape the way that we view film. “Body Double” uses humor as a vehicle to confront broader issues of representation and identity in popular media. These are provocative works disguised as satire.

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Art Basel
June 19-22,2014
MCH Swiss Exhibition
Messeplatz 10
Basel
Switzerland
artbasel.com

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K to J, Process still. Courtesy of K to J

Featuring: Lindsey Adelman, Laurie Anderson, Ei Arakawa/Aki Takahashi/Sergei Tcherepnin, Aranda/Lasch, Carlos Benaim, Best Made Company®, Zach Blas, Scott Bodenner, Boym Partners Inc., The Brasslab, Lady Bunny, A.K. Burns & Katherine Hubbard, Rafael de Cárdenas / Architecture at Large, Aisen Caro Chacin, Joseph Cavalieri, Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Nicole Cherubini, Ryan Matthew Cohn, Tommy Coleman, CONFETTISYSTEM, Keetra Dean Dixon & JK Keller, Mark Dion, Faye Driscoll, Miriam Ellner, The Extrapolation Factory, Karen Finley, FLATCUT_, Flavor Paper, Fodera Guitars, Fort Standard, FPOAFM Studios, Fredericks & Mae, Benjamin Fredrickson, David Galbraith, Brett Ginsburg, Charles Goldman, Marvin Goldman, Phil Groman, Surya Mattu, Robin Reid, and Federico  Zannier, Harriet Rosebud, John Hatleberg, Paula Hayes, H E I D I L E E, Hood by Air, item idem, Natalie Jeremijenko, J&M Special Effects, Misha Kahn, Victoria Keddie, Kings County Distillery, Ana Kraš, Steven & William Ladd, Jeffrey Landman, Eckhaus Latta, Let There Be Neon, littleBits, Phillip Low, Lower East Side Printshop, Martinez Hand Rolled Cigars, Ohad Meromi, Les Métalliers Champenois Corp., Metropolitan Opera, MILGO/BUFKIN, Marilyn Minter, Donald Moffett, Meredith Monk, Arnaldo Morales, Raúl De Nieves, Michele Oka Doner, papabubble New York, Sally Ann Parsons, Chris Pellettieri, Gaetano Pesce, Jason Polan, Ralph Pucci, Isa Rodrigues, Jason Sapan, Miriam Simun, SITU Studio, Spectacle Theater, Specular, Swill Children, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Thunder Horse Video, Elaine Tin Nyo, UM Project, Amanda Wachob, Leslie Wayne, Richard Webber, Sylvia Weinstock, Welcome to Night Vale, Paul Wong / Dieu Donné, Caroline Woolard and BFAMFAPhD, Naomi Yasuda, Yemenwed, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND, Jeff Zimmerman, and Or Zubalsky.

NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial
July 1 – October 12, 2014
The Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York City
madmuseum.org

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Courtesy of Lu Magnus Art Laboratory + Salon.

Michael Wyshock: Water Threads
May 30 – July 3, 2014
Lu Magnus Art Laboratory + Salon
55 Hester Street
New York City
lumagnus.com

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