Posts By brent burket
Weintraub and Barrow: Dynamic Duo at JTPelican
Post by Brent Burket I have to say that Libby and Roberta almost never lead me astray. Now that I think about it, you can pretty much take the “almost” out of that last sentence. So, when Libby forwarded me the announcement for Caleb Weintraub’s show, Cloudy with a Chance of Apocalypse, at Jack The Pelican Presents I knew that I’d be hopping the G train to Williamsburg. Installation shot at Jack the Pelican of Caleb Weintraub’s show. All photos by Brent Burket. More big Weintraub pictures. The artist works very large and very small, nothing in the middle. He’s ...
Heading to the mirror with Jenny D
Post by Brent Burket, artblog New York correspondent Sometimes, obsession can be a good thing. Since she was a teenager Jenny Dubnau has been obsessed with drawing and painting head portraits of herself and of those around her. But let’s not get out the DSM-IV too quickly. One person’s obsession can be another’s practice and method. When I visited Dubnau’s studio in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn the other month I saw what a lifetime of practice can lead to: Theoretically solid and emotionally penetrating work, executed with astonishing technique. The artist holds photo shoots with her subjects, and then ...
Amazing New York fall roundup
Post from our man in New York, Brent Burket Saturday I went gallery hopping, and it was good. It was very good. There were a few ughs, a couple of shrugs, and a host of jaw-dropping silences. The day started with Projectile on 57th and ending with Bellwether in Chelsea. Two fine book ends with many excellent volumes between them. The art season is in a full and serious swing in NYC. dicorcia, philip-lorca Uptown reliables First I went uptown to hit a few favorites. Projectile offered up some multimedia brilliance by Nic Hess. I’ve said it before and I’ll ...
Joy found in Williamsburg
Post by Brent Burket Following Artblog’s tip I hopped the ever-aggravating G train Saturday afternoon to see the tiny but rambunctious show, Precious Moments, at Joymore in Williamsburg. I was rewarded for my trouble. In these days of praise for the likes of Jay Leno and President Dumbass it was about time somebody praised the god that has underwhelmed us: Mediocrity. All praise the moderately dark lord. A photograph by Walead Beshty from his Dead Malls project kicks things off. Another excellent photograph of another bad plan. His piece is a nice contrast to the shiny and glowing altars and ...
Coney Island: just swim
Post by Brent Burket Too often fun in the NYC artworld is limited to getting drunk and having your picture taken at a Bellwether opening. That is very much not the case at The Dreamland Artist Club in Coney Island, an installation brought to us for the second summer in a row by the public arts organization Creative Time and curated by Steve Powers with Alexa Coyne. No. Here the fun is constant and bursting, a spinning thing. In a surreal and beautiful convergence of history, economics, and art The Dreamland Artist Club brings together artists from all over the ...
Life found on 57th Street!
Post by Brent Burket, artblog New York correspondent And now, a little sympathy for the filthy rich. I’m pretty sure that the only people who go to the galleries in the 57th Street area are critics, art students, a couple artists, and people who carry their money around in trucks. That’s a shame because some of the best art in town is up there. Two recent shows are good examples of that. Disturbing the Peace at Mary Boone The Hilary Harkness show at Mary Boone‘s 5th Avenue gallery is the doll house birthing/killing floor we’ve come to expect from her. ...
Chelsea Triple-header
Post by Brent Burket, artblog New York correspondent Zach Feuer is giving Mary Boone a run for the title of Hardest Eye On 24th Street. oswald, john Columbia grad Dana Schutz is the most celebrated star here. As much as she lived up to her hype, for me the Tom McGrath show that followed hers was even stronger. Feurer has kept the pressure on since then, without a single false step. I really can’t recommend this gallery highly enough. (As a bonus I have it on good authority that Feuer is a class operator who treats his artists with a ...
PS. Real Estate and Bark
[ed. note: this post follows up on this one immediately before about "Woods" at DUMBO Art Center] Post from Brent Burket It was interesting. I was talking with the guy at the desk in DUMBO and he was saying that he and a number of his friends were all contemplating moving to Philly or Baltimore. The insane real estate market is really killing feasible living situations for artists up here. Although, from what I’ve heard things are heating up in that area in Philly too. Leo [Berk] should have changed his name to Bark for the show. It’s a really ...
