There’s any number of ways to approach Roman Opalka, whose work sits at the center of Dominique Lévy’s first show of the fall season (and the self-professed “most important show the gallery may ever host” according to Lévy herself).  One is through the visual content of his work, which is perhaps the most recognizable point of access.  Taking minimalist conceptual action to one of its natural conclusions, Opalka abandoned a gesturally abstract career in 1965, pursuing a new project: the painting, number by number, of the artist’s endless count to infinity.

Roman Opalka, Détail – Photo 5055607 (1965/1), via Dominique Lévy (more…)

Sou Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion, via The Serpentine

The Serpentine Gallery’s annual summer pavilion opened late last week in London’s Hyde Park, with a presentation by designer Sou Fujimoto and Serpentine Directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Fujimoto, Peyton-Jones, and Obrist, via Bloomberg (more…)

Karlheinz Stockhausen and Rikrit Tiravanija, Oktophonie (Installation View), via Park Avenue Armory

German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen’s work explores the constantly shifting nature of both music composition and performance in the 21st century, utilizing recording consoles, synthesizers and mixing boards as devices to explore the human relationship with technology and composition while creating imersive, powerful works.

Karlheinz Stockhausen and Rikrit Tiravanija’s Oktophonie (Installation View), via Park Avenue Armory (more…)