Untitled (cowboy) 1998-99 via Serpentine Gallery

American artist Richard Prince follows his recent Guggenheim retrospective with Richard Prince: Continuation at Serpentine Gallery in London. This show will include recent work as well as Prince’s more established pieces from the past 30 years, such as his cowboy series, where the artist rephotographed and enlarged images of American masculinity from Marlboro cigarette advertisements.

Richard Prince [official website]
Richard Prince: Continuation [Serpentine Gallery]
Richard Prince at the Serpentine [red carnation]
Richard Prince and Marc Jacobs Create Expensive Purses [Elle UK]

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Terence Koh via Peres Projects

On May 10-June 21, 2008, Peres Projects will be showing his 5th Year Anniversary of “The Whole Family” at Peres Projects in Los Angeles, CA. The exhibition dedicated to the 5th anniversary of Peres Projects, and is a re-creation of the gallery’s first show, which was also Koh’s first show.

Terence Koh at Peres Projects in Chinatown [Los Angeles Times]
Terence Koh [artfacts.net]
Peres Projects [Peres Projects]

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Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt via the Independent.co.uk

Through August 31st, the Tate Liverpool is hosting the first comprehensive exhibition of Gustav Klimt in the United Kingdom. The show is entitled: “Gustav Klimt, Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900”
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The main topic of this exhibition is his life and his work.

Sex and bling: Klimt opens in Liverpool [Guardian]
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Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 at Tate Liverpool [Tate Liverpool]
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Gustav Klimt [Tate Liverpool]
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Gustav Klimt at Tate Liverpool [Times online]
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Golden bars of heaven [The economist]

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Der Garten des Bildhauers via David Zwirner gallery

From May 12 through June 21, David Zwirner (in Chelsea) is hosting the new exhibition of the German artist Neo Rauch. This will be the artist’s fourth solo exhibition. In this show, Rauch creates an enigmatic environment evoking depression, fear, and vulnerability.

Don’t Call Him an Art Star [NY Observer]
Neo Rauch [David Zwirner]
Neo Rauch [Artcal]

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Chapman Brothers, Details from Sex I (2003) via L and M gallery

From May 9 – June 14, the L&M Gallery, in New York, presents the works of Jake and Dinos Chapman, titled “Little Death Machines.” This is the British brothers’ first solo show in New York since 1997. The brothers continue their theme of the anatomically and pornographically grotesque, with the juxtaposition of horror and dark humor.

L&M Arts
Jake and Dinos Chapman [NY Times]
Jake Chapman and Dinos Chapman “Little Death Machines” [NY Art Beat]
Cultural Outing [Style Blog]
A Party for Jake and Dinos Chapman [Vanity Fair]

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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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Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Era of Argus (2007) via NY Times

From May 22 – June 21, the James Cohan Gallery presents the works of Alison Elizabeth Taylor.  This will be her second solo show at the gallery.  She is best known for using the medium of wood marquetry. The artist creates narrative works which show American life with the underlying theme of violence and sexual tension. Taylor’s modern stories show the estrangement from nature. The subject matter is the barren American West and culture’s castaways.

James Cohan Gallery
Alison Elizabeth Taylor: New Works [Art Info]
An Artist Breathes New Life Into Renaissance Ways With Wood [NY Times] (more…)

Installation view via Team Gallery

Team Gallery in New York is currently showing der osten im norden des westens (which translates as ‘the north of the east of the west’) by Gert and Uwe Tobias. The title eludes to the unique provenance of the twin brothers -born in 1973 in Transylvania but currently based in Germany- who effortlessly blend Russian constructivism, Bauhaus architectural references, a strong historical sense and a dash of whimsy in their colorful, graphic work. This is their first exhibition in a New York gallery.

der osten im norden des westens [Team]
Interview with Gert and Uwe Tobias [veoh.com]

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Instructions (1989) via Saatchi

Paula Cooper Gallery is currently showing works on paper by Rudolf Stingel, in the recently opened 23rd Street space. Back in 1989, Stingel published a manual giving instructions for how to make knockoffs of his work; here Stingel paints directly onto those black-and-white instruction photos. He also follows his own directions and applies white onto white producing abstract patterns. The exhibition will be open through June 7th.

Rudolf Stingel [Paula Cooper Gallery]
Rudolf Stingel [ArtCal]

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Walton Ford, Tur (2007) via NY Sun

From May 8 to July 3, the Paul Kasmin gallery presents the works of New York born artist Walton Ford.  Ford works on large scale watercolors and his subject matter is mostly animals.  Though his work depicts animals almost scientifically, there are underlying themes such as colonialism, the impact of slavery, forms of political oppression, and present day social and environmental issues.  Hidden within the animal portraits are interwoven clues, jokes and folktales.

Back to Basics: Painters Walton Ford and Neo Rauch [NY Sun]
Paul Kasmin Gallery

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Sekretärin via Gerhard Richter

From May 15, until July 2nd, the National Art Museum of China is presenting a selection of works of Gerhard Richter painted between 1963 until 2007. The exhibition will show at least 56 paintings. Gerhard Richter is considered as one of the greatest and most expensive contemporary artist of his generation.

Gerhard Richter. Paintings 1963-2007 at The National Art Museum of China [Art Daily]
Gerhard Richter [Gerhard Richter]
Richter, Top German Artist, Shuns `Crazy’ Market, Opens Show [Bloomberg]

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