London October Gallery At first it was the eyes. The hypnotic white orbs of Gérard Quenum’s charred, voodoo-tinged L’Ange (Angel, 2008) drew me into his recent exhibition—and into a multi-layered collection of powerful sculptural statements…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Annette Messager
London The Hayward The watchful eyes of My Trophies, proliferating London Underground posters, announced the opening of Annette Messager’s first U.K. retrospective. Documenting the evolution of her work over the last four decades, from the intimate pieces of the 1970s to recent large-scale…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Gareth Lichty
Cambridge, Ontario Cambridge Galleries Trained as a sculptor, Gareth Lichty weaves. Range, the single installation making up his recent exhibition, consists of one enormous weaving—shown in three separate sections—that weighs in at over 2,200 pounds.
“Light as Air”
Houston Discovery Green Discovery Green, located on 12 acres in downtown Houston, is Space City’s newest venue for outdoor public art. Its recent exhibition, “Light as Air,” was organized by Sara Kellner, a Houston-based independent curator, and featured…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Thaddeus Mosley
Pittsburgh Mattress Factory In a post-studio era in which concept overrides object, Thaddeus Mosley’s recent exhibition ran in the opposite direction. This show of work from the late 1990s to 2009 was vast and passionate, providing viewers with a celebration of astute materiality…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Charles Ray
New York Matthew Marks Charles Ray’s wizardry with boundary-breaking was conspicuous in this low-tech but high-interest exhibition. Three works from a little more than 20 years ago defied ceiling, floor, and wall, showing the viewer how simple interventions can result in sculptures of startling…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Evan Penny
New York Sperone Westwater What is real and what is true? These questions become increasingly pressing at a time when means are available to spread data with the mere tap of a key and digital tools enable us to distort information easily.
Tony Oursler
New York Metro Pictures Since the mid-1970s Tony Oursler has broken down conventional boundaries between media, producing work that functions as a peculiar metaphor for the human condition in a media-saturated age…see the full review in April’s magazine.
“The Quick and the Dead”
Minneapolis Walker Art Center “The quick and the dead,” a phrase from the King James translation of the Bible, refers to the collection of souls, those now physically alive and those whose bodies have died. An evocation of the split between matter and spirit, as well as their mysterious relation, the title offered a good
Gail Wight
San Francisco Patricia Sweetow Gallery A haunting sadness emanates from the delicate black butterflies in Gail Wight’s J’ai des Papillions tous les jours, even with no understanding of the title. One hundred slender pins hold the wings in place as the glowing bodies pulse with light, their life force apparently helpless, encased in Plexiglas as
