NEW YORK Sean Kelly Gallery In the exhibition “Two Different Tomorrows,” Argentinian conceptual sculptor Leandro Erlich addressed the problem of time that he encountered while traveling in Asia: he confused the tomorrow that followed his place of residence with the tomorrow of his gallery’s time zone.
Phillip Beesley
TORONTO Allen Lambert Galleria It was there for 10 days, and then it was gone—a site-specific piece for the Luminato Festival that expanded and enhanced an already spectacular locale, recalculating traditional notions of both art and architecture.
Dispatch: 12th Istanbul Biennial
The 12th Istanbul Biennial focused on artists from the Middle East and Latin America. According to “Untitled” co-curator Jens Hoffman, “We were looking for artworks that are formally innovative as well as politically outspoken and that relate to the general themes of the exhibition such as migration, violence, identity, and politics.”
Marc Swanson
HOUSTON Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Marc Swanson’s recent solo exhibition was named for Second Story, a now defunct gay bar in San Francisco that had closed before the artist even visited the city.
Aristotle Georgiades
CHICAGO Chicago Cultural Center Aristotle Georgiades’s recent exhibition “Repurposed” featured eight sculptures constructed from salvaged wooden and metal objects.
William Corwin
NEW YORK The Clocktower A chess game played by two American masters at The Clocktower in Lower Manhattan marked the culmination of a residency held by William Corwin, a New York sculptor who thinks long and hard about conceptual motifs.
Juan Miceli
BUENOS AIRES This Is Not A Gallery Sculptor, installation, and performance artist Juan Miceli says, “I am my work.” Without him, the work doesn’t exist. Miceli thinks in terms of projects; he imagines worlds and works without previous formal organization or model.
Fabrizio Plessi, Pier Paolo Calzolari, and Marisa Merz
VENICE Biennale di Venezia, Ca’ Pesaro, Fondazione Querini Stampalia Venice recently hosted three solo shows by three leading Italian sculptors whose language couldn’t be more different: video-techno visionary Fabrizio Plessi at the Venice Pavilion at the Venice Biennale; Arte Povera master Pier Paolo Calzolari at the Ca’ Pesaro; and the mysterious, solitary Marisa Merz.
Duane Paxson
TROY, ALABAMA Johnson Art Center With works from the past decade, as well as a new series, Duane Paxson’s recent show offered an interesting contrast in subjects and materials.
