We spent all afternoon walking around Chelsea galleries. The highlights:
Carolyn Swiszcz at M.Y. Art Prospects -- an incredibly beautiful show of works on paper using various techniques including collage and painting.
Camelot Cleaner, 15 X 17, acrylic, pencil, and ink on paper, 2003
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Henry Horenstein: Honky Tonk, Portraits of Country Music 1972 - 1981 at Sarah Morthland -- getting in touch with my heritage
Playing For Tips
Tootsies Orchid Lounge Nashville, Tennessee, 1974
Gelatin Silver Print, 16 X 20 inches
printed 2003
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I can't get an image from her site, since it still shows the last show, but Framing Architecture, a show of architecture-related art curated by Daniel Marzona at Elga Wimmer is a great show. I especially liked the paintings and sculpture of Simon Aldridge, the works on paper by Eric Brown, and the styrofoam sculptures by Patrick Meagher. We saw Eric's work at the Cheap show at White Columns, which was where we picked up our Matthew Callinan piece.
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Nancy Spero: The War Series 1966-70 at Galerie Lelong -- it is pretty rare to see such beauty in angry, political work like this
Love, Peace, Glory
1966
Gouache and ink on paper
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Contra/Post at JG Contemporary -- luckily the initials all worked out. The former Jay Grimm gallery on 28th Street has been acquired by Madison Avenue stalwart James Graham and Sons. They have a nice show of work by Joe Fyfe, James Hyde, Nancy Shaver, and others.
Nancy Shaver
Yellow and Black Horizontals and Red and Green Verticals
2002
Wooden boxes, plastic blocks, flashe, acrylic and house paint
Dear Mr. Bloggy,
Thank you so much for stopping by our gallery and recommending the show of Carolyn Swiszcz on your website. We look forward to seeing you again. If possible, please send us your mailing address so we will put it on our mailing list.
Best,
Miyako Yoshinaga
Director
M.Y. Art Prospects
Nancy SPero's work is stong, yes..but not unique.
There are artists in Boston making some very consistently strong and beautiful political statements through their art. Artists for Survival, while dormant, still has a heartbeat; Artists for Social and Political Justice also has some strong members. My newest work deals with my Jewish identity vis-a-vis a Jewish Cuban community with which I have been working for three years. I am just beginning to peel back, through digital montages, the political & human rights layers of my meditations...Linda J. Hirsch
I emailed Linda so I could get some URLs of the things she mentioned in this post.
A Cuba-related show she curated:
http://www.natickarts.org/gallery/past/2001-12/2001-12.html
The Gallery of Social/Political Art:
http://gspa.netfirms.com/