AO Art Observed™

Rob Pruitt, Viagra Falls (2008) via Tony Shafrazi Gallery

“Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns?” runs from May 9 – July 12 at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York. Gavin Brown and Swiss artist Urs Fischer organized this show, which has been garnering a strong amount of publicity. Be sure to click on Art Observed’s exclusive covering of the opening. The exhibition celebrates juxtapositions throughout art and pays homage to Shafrazi’s legendary defacing of Picasso in the seventies by irreverent displays of art work out of context with traditional presentation. Different mediums, spaces, and uses of objects are shown. There are works from a wide range of artists, including,  Jeff Koons, Francis Bacon, Keith Haring, Cindy Sherman, to Rirkrit Tiravanija.

Tony Shafrazi Gallery
When Artworks Collide [NY Times]
Tony Shafrazi Defaces ‘Guernica’ Again [NY Magazine]
Picks: Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns?” [ArtForum]
Tony Shafrazi Defaces ‘Guernica’ Again [NYMag]
AO on site: Fischer & Brown at Tony Shafrazi Gallery [ArtObserved]

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Barnaby Furnas, Poe (2008) via White Cube

White Cube Hoxton Square, London, presents “You Dig the Tunnel, I ll Hide the Soil” an exhibition celebrating the legacy, influence, and iconic status of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Some artists featured are Jake & Dinos Chapman, Douglas Gorden, Marcus Harvey, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Anselm Kiefer, Mike Nelson, Cindy Sherman and many more.

White Cube
“Preview: Animal Magic, Eleven Fine Art, London” [The Independent]

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Cindy Sherman via sunwalked

Sherman’s well known self-portraits address, among other themes, gendered roles and their relation to the ways in which society views them. The artist’s mercurial persona in her work and her often noted reclusive manner keep her enigmantic. A new documentary however, Guest of Cindy Sherman portrays the ever-elusive artist in a more intimate light.

Art Films at Tribeca Film Festival [Artnet News]
Guest of Cindy Sherman produced by FilmLike NYC [FilmLike]
Guest of Cindy Sherman at Tribeca Film Festival [Tribeca Film Festival]
Cindy Sherman’s interview regarding the late 70’s period [New York mag]

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“Women in the City” via The New York Times

Starting February 9, Emi Fontana’s lastest show takes art out of the galleries and into the city, displaying the breakthrough work of female artists including Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler and Cindy Sherman in more than fifty public locations throughout Los Angeles.

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Photo by Genevieve Hanson via FLAG Art Foundation

This weekend The Flag Art Foundation, a new private exhibition space located in New York’s Chelsea Art Tower opened its inaugural show Attention to Detail curated by Chuck Close. The exhibition features work from 50 contemporary artists, including very established (more…)