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Posted May. 8, 2008,
This Week in Art Openings: Zhang Huan, Daido Moriyama and DEVO
By Mary Logan Barmeyer
Zhang Huan, “Blessings”
Chinese artist Zhang Huan, best known for his controversial -- oft labeled masochistic -- performance pieces, presents “Blessings,” a multimedia exhibit at PaceWildenstein marked by two sizeable centerpiece installations. At the 22nd Street gallery, find a structure of compacted ash from Chinese Buddhist temples topped by an image on its back of people -- thought to be migrant workers -- in a field. Perch on scaffolding to view the piece from above, and during the first three weeks of the exhibition, watch as a studio assistant suspended from a dangling chair carefully fills the paintings with ash. Find more Buddhist ash paintings, with Chinese military themes and human skulls, lining the gallery walls. At Pace’s 25th Street location, the main gallery features a sizeable sculpture of a pregnant woman constructed with animal hides, and in the side gallery, check out new works from his “Memory Door” series featuring photographs imposed on antique doors collected in China.
PaceWildenstein, 534 W. 25th St. and 545 W. 22nd St., (212) 421-3292. Opening reception May 8, 6–8 p.m. Through July 25.
Daido Moriyama, “The 80s, Vintage Prints”
Moriyama, one of Japan’s most celebrated photographers, is known for snapping everyday subjects with a lightning-fast speed that he has compared to a machine gun going off. This exhibit -- his first of vintage prints in New York -- displays more than 80 black-and-whites taken in the ‘80s. These prints have immediacy to them (he rarely even uses the viewfinder) and the spirit of the Japanese wabi-sabi -- beauty in imperfection.
Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 W. 23rd St., (212) 966-3978. Opening reception May 8, 6-8 p.m. Through June 7.
Posted Nov. 10, 2007,
Mark Mothersbaugh's L.A.
By Alexis Swerdloff
Mark Mothersbaugh is a man of many hats. He performs in the still-going-strong band that he founded in 1972, DEVO (for which he is famous for donning a red "Energy Dome" hat), he composes movie scores (he’s Wes Anderson’s go-to music man), he creates postcard art and most recently, he’s taken on rugs. An exhibit of his art-rugs, “Rugs During Wartime and Peacetime,” taking place at Scion’s Installation L.A. Gallery beginning Nov. 17, explores “the imagery we choose to bring into our homes and how we interact with it for the purposes of comfort and peace-of-mind rather than an esoteric sense of art for art’s sake.” Take a look at the designs pictured above! We asked him to guide us through his favorite L.A. spots and he kindly agreed. So without further ado, Mark?
My favorite places in L.A. have changed throughout the years, for reasons that include having adopted two children in the last two years. But, some things never change. So, minus the benefit of a night's sleep (DEVO just flew into Sao Paulo last night for a concert), here goes.
BOOKS: I still am a long time fan of Book Soup. The staff is helpful, and even if I don't have something particular in mind, there is always something there to take home.