New York
The Recent Paintings of Gus Van Sant
Admired internationally as a filmmaker, painter, photographer, and musician, Van Sant received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence in 1975. Since that time his studio painting practice has moved in and out of the foreground of a multi-disciplinary career, becoming a priority again over recent years. Van Sant’s work in different mediums is united by a single overarching interest in portraying people on the fringes of society. In this exhibition, dreamlike hybridized scenes depict male nudes in shimmering, fractured cityscapes—obscure objects of desire whose presence suggests a mythological dimension hovering within the everyday world.
AIMÉ IGLESIAS LUKIN APPOINTED DIRECTOR AND CHIEF CURATOR OF VISUAL ARTS AT AMERICAS SOCIETY
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Aimé Iglesias Lukin is an art historian and curator based in New York since 2011. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Rutgers University specializing in modern and contemporary Latin American Art. «I am honored to join the Americas Society and look forward to working toward a Visual Arts Program that will expand audiences, highlight the rich cultural production of the region, and promote dialogue in the Americas,» said Iglesias Lukin.
New Museum Presents The First Major New York Solo Museum Exhibition by Mika Rottenberg
Employing absurdist satire to address critical issues of our time, Mika Rottenberg (b. 1976, Buenos Aires, Argentina) creates videos and installations that offer subversive allegories for contemporary life. Her works interweave documentary elements and fiction, and often feature protagonists who work in factory-like settings, manufacturing goods ranging from cultured pearls («NoNoseKnows», 2015) to the millions of brightly colored plastic wholesale items sold in Chinese superstores («Cosmic Generator», 2017). The New Museum presents Rottenberg’s first New York solo museum exhibition, «Easypieces», which premieres a new video installation, «Spaghetti Blockchain» (2019), alongside several of her recent video installations and kinetic sculptures.
Soto.vibrations 1950–1960
Renowned as art history’s leading kinetic artist, Jesús Rafael Soto (Venezuela, 1923-2005) explored the dematerialization, or ‘disintegration’ of the art object, breaking new ground while anticipating conceptual strategies to come. Hauser & Wirth in New York presents «Soto. Vibrations 1950 – 1960», the first exhibition to focus on the critical first decade of the artist’s life in Paris, curated by Jean-Paul Ameline. Imbued with vibration and movement, Soto’s early works constitute a breakthrough in his output, laying crucial groundwork for his later kinetic works and the uniquely fluid style that shaped his artistic vocabulary.
Resisting Paradise
Though geographically close, Caribbean artists are often unable to travel and show within the region. Intra-regional exchange is challenged by variations in language and colonial history, while flight routes prioritize the convenience of visitors coming from the United States or Europe, mirroring the migration patterns of many post colonial subjects. «Resisting Paradise» presents an opportunity to establish a much needed regional dialogue. The exhibition features works by Deborah Anzinger, Leasho Johnson and Joiri Minaya, showing how Caribbean artists are taking control of the narratives and images that convey ourselves to others. The artists, hailing from Jamaica and the Dominican Republic and its diasporas, work at the intersections of tourism, sexuality, gender, environmental concern, music, and the internet.
Art After Stonewall, 1969–1989
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the uprisings, «Art after Stonewall, 1969–1989» is a long-awaited and groundbreaking survey that features over 200 works of art and related visual materials exploring the impact of the LGBTQ liberation movement on visual culture. Presented in two parts—at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art and New York University’s Grey Art Gallery — the exhibition features artworks by openly LGBTQ artists.
Louis Fratino:come Softly to me
Drawing inspiration from personal experience and, more recently, photographic source material, Louis Fratino makes paintings and drawings of the male body. His work includes portraits, nudes, and intimate scenes of male couples engaged in activities ranging from the mundane to the graphically sexual. The result is a body of work that is a loving and honest expression of the contemporary gay experience.
Convocatoria:beca Arte Ccu 2019
CCU dio inicio por quinta vez al proceso de postulación de su Beca Arte CCU, dirigida a artistas chilenos que buscan fortalecer su perfil curricular a través de una experiencia que les permita internacionalizar su carrera. En esta ocasión, la convocatoria dirigida a artistas chilenos de entre 30 y 45 años, estará abierta desde el 7 de mayo hasta el 23 de agosto de 2019. Encuentra las bases en este post.
Mundos Alternos:art And Science Fiction in The Americas
«Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas» brings together the work of 30 international artists from across Latin America and the Caribbean, including Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, El Salvador, Brazil, Chile and Puerto Rico, with Latino/a artists from throughout the United States who have tapped into science fiction’s capacity to address cross-cultural dynamics and imagine new realities.
Ignacio Gatica.tanstaafl:there’s no Such Thing as a Free Lunch
For his first US solo exhibition at Interstate, Ignacio Gatica (b. 1988, Santiago, Chile) presents «TANSTAAFL: There’s no such thing as a free lunch», a new series of work that maps out distinct forms of technology and quotidian interfaces throughout the gallery space.