Getting Caught Up! First Spring...

I'm finally getting caught up on going through pictures from the Spring and Summer this year. I thought it made sense to keep it chronological, so these images begin in February. This post covers mostly highlights from art shows & a few other things worth sharing.

This is an edited selection of images. To see more, visit my Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/caetlynn/sets/72157646988196256/

I hope you enjoy checking these images!

This public art piece in Madison Square Garden by Ivan Navarro was really great. There was a cluster of three installations, and when you stood beneath each one and looked up, there was a neon message extending into infinity. (Photo credit for image on the left: Aaron Calvin/ BuzzFeed)

 “a meditation on immigration, transience, and dreams in the form of three water towers, created by the Chile-born, Brooklyn-based artist Iván Navarro” --Buzzfeed

 There were a lot of great shows to see this Spring, among them a very engaging show titled "The Age of Small Things" curated by Chuck Webster at Dodge Gallery in the Lower East Side. Here are some of my favorite works:

The inscription in the lower lefthand corner: "When this you see, remember me"

Unknown, American folk art love token, Circa 1830, American folk art love token. Cut and woven paper, hair braid. Red painted frame with carved, gold painted frame liner.

So ironic that the maker is unknown, given the intended sentiment and purpose.

John Wesley is great: Untitled (Two Torsos), 1998

 James Benjamin Franklin, Promises, Promises, 2014

Randomly this was from another show in the neighborhood: part of the The Moira Dryer Project at Eleven Rivington

Myron Stout, Untitled, ca. 1970 

 Vija Celmins

 Trenton Doyle Hancock

And Tyson at home, always surprised by what he finds on the internet

The following are more pictures and art:

A great periodic event showcasing galleries in the neighborhood, organized by Jason Andrew

Grabbing a beer with Jessica at Gottscheer Hall!

 A few paintings from Jessica Bottalico's recent exhibition of new work at the Abrons Center

by Jessica Bottalico 

 by Jessica Bottalico 

 Amy's baby shower!!! In my summer post, you'll meet Fiona, Amy & Kevin's daughter

 Late afternoon in the neighborhood

The view from Linda Stillman's studio in midtown, who I was assisting for this spring 

Street view, walking around in midtown 

Construction in Chelsea along the Highline 

Taking a walk at the Ridgewood Reseroir! 

Godzilla in the city (or at least the advertisement for the movie) 

Corin Hewitt at Laurel Gitlen 

A beautiful Soutine show at Kasmin Gallery!

Doesn't get much better than this

Dona Nelson at Thomas Erben Gallery 

One of my favorites, Rackstraw Downes at Betty Cunningham 

 Rackstraw Downes, Untenanted Space with Four Exposures, World Trade Center, 1998

Detail

 Detail

More Rackstraw!

Beer-can Chicken for the first time, and not the last...

Spring!!! 

 Very pretty combo.

Moving onto Fred Tomaselli at James Cohan Gallery

Whoa 

That is a lot of layers of collage, resin and paint 

 These smaller collages were really strong, and more universally accessible, humorous, and timely

Don't we all wish what came from politicians delivering speeches could be the good kind of "colorful abstractions" 

Nice replacement 

How else can the average person have any affect on politics? 

 This is an especially nice Tomaselli piece to segue into the Quilt show at Ed Thorp Gallery

Lancaster County, PA, cotton, c. 1880s

 Midwest origin, silk with silk needlework, c. 1880s

Possibly originating in South Carolina, cotton and chintz, c. 1830s-40s 

Lancaster County, PA, wool, c. 1930s-40s 

Lancaster County, PA, wool, c. 1880s, 

 American, wool, fourth quarter 19th century

Lancaster County, PA, wool and cotton crepe, c. 1930s-40s 

 Lancaster County, PA, wool, c. 1920s

Collected in California, cotton, c. 1940s 

 A couple nice Becher photos--love the tonal subtly and exquisite printing

A wire installation at a gallery I forgot to note 

 Not quite sure how these were fabricated...

By machine or hand? It's hard to decipher 

Mark Innerst at DC Moore Gallery

 Interesting work, but I didn't like the framing 

Maybe my favorite from the show 

And then Peter Dreher at Keonig & Clinton 

My first time seeing his work in person

It's a pretty amazing project to paint the same subject every day for over 40 years...

 Some beautifully sensitive paintings

Tag um Tag Guter Tag (Day by Day, Good Day) 

From the Whitney Biennial, unfortunately I didn't note the name of the artist

Sheila Hicks weaving 

 More Sheila Hicks--this was a great piece!

Sarah Charlesworth

And now, a few images from the show SUPERFOG, including the work of Beverly Acha, Michael Ambron, Romina Meric, Dustin Metz & Alan Prazniak; Curated By Kati Gegenheimer:

That's about all for the Spring. Summer will follow shortly!
XO Caetlynn