ME ODIO Y QUIERO COMPRAR
GALERIA ENRIQUE GUERRERO
is pleased to invite you to join us to
the opening of the group show of the artists:
Collective Banquels, Claudia Garza, Jose Jímenez Ortíz,
Basim Magdy, Metapong, Ernesto Moncada,
Carlos Olvera, Collective Okay Mountain, Ozmo,
Jésica López, Jessica Salinas, Xochimiztli Sosa
ITALO ZUFFI
TAKING NO SIDES BY SIDE
May 12 – June 23, 2007
Saturday, Saturday May 12, 6 – 8 pm
Newman Popiashvili Gallery is pleased to present the second solo show by Italian artist Italo Zuffi.
Italo Zuffi will present two new sculptural works. The first one – La replica meticulously recreates the building blocks in marble from Carrara and a carved tiny semi-precious stone. Each group of objects is a one to one, exact reproduction of the original bricks. These work comment on the human nature and our desire to build and destroy. Since childhood we play with Lego and Tinker Toys with this idea of constructing and razing. Italo Zuffi embarks on an absurdist task to manually replicate industrially made materials in precious stone. La replica has a strong connection to architecture since the bricks refer to the ABC of the construction. The presence of small toy-bricks, carved in a semi-precious stone, and placed on the top of some of the ‘real’ bricks, is meant to suggest the often destructive attitude typical of the childhood, in contrast with the more conscious and stable awareness of adult time. The concepts of construction and destruction are here, subtly, singled out as the two primary activities between which human nature is constantly oscillating.
The second set of works, titled Masters Spanning (2007), is a group of geometrical, rectangular ceramics with writings on them. The lines modelled on the surface of these works are, in fact, a combination of names of artists that Italo Zuffi has been studying joined in such a way that it is not possible to discern where the domain of one artist ends and that of the second one begins e. g. Agnes Martin Kippenberger or Douglas Gordon Matta Clark. Through these arranged names the artist wants to state the inability of clearly establishing the boundaries of memory and knowledge, as well as their range of action and influence. These names also testify the perpetual struggle in trying to classify or organize the information stored in our memory with particular reference to the artist’s own background and artistic training.
Italo Zuffi has been shown extensively throughout Europe. His recent solo exhibitions were at FPAC, Palermo, and at Museo dell’Arredo Contemporaneo, Russi in Italy; CRAC Alsace, in France; Altkirch and Volume, Rome; Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, among others. His work has been included in group shows at Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan; Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne; Coleman Project Space, London; W139, Amsterdam; Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok; Palazzo Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin and De Appel, Amsterdam.
Happy May!
Fuse Gallery has some exciting events in the coming weeks. We hope to see you around!
Stephan Jay Rayon: Imaginary Film Stills
Closes May 18th – In his first solo show, Hysteric Glamour’s designer is exhibiting large canvases of aestheticized scenes from an unreal world.
T-shirts and posters also available.
Click here to see the exhibition.
Draw: Curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey
Our popular group show from last fall is back in New York after touring Austin, Texas. Call/email us to arrange an appointment to come in and view the work in person before it heads overseas.
Click here to see the exhibition.
Shirt Off Your Back: presented by Ampersand
Sunday, May 13th, 6pm to 12am – Exhibition & Auction to benefit Mercy Corps
Click here for more information.
Volcomics
Reception: Saturday, May 19th, 8pm to 11pm
An International Drawing Show Series and Comic Book Launch
Artists: Michael Sieben, Travis Millard, Mel Kadel, Ozzie Wright, Mike Aho, Kill Pixie, Jamie Lynn, Todd Bratrud, Haculla and Mark Appleyard
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Reykjavík
Spencer Tunick
Spencer Tunick comes to Iceland straight from Mexico city where he conducted one of his biggest installations to date. Spencer will be exhibiting large group photos and also pictures of individuals from his stay in Iceland last year.
Antony Gormley @ Hayward Gallery
The exhibition features a series of brand new monumental works specially conceived for The Hayward’s distinctive spaces, including one of the largest ever urban public art commissions, Event Horizon, which features sculptural casts of the artist’s body on rooftops and public walkways across central London, dramatically transforming the city skyline.
Fun and some drinks…
SPEAK UP!
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning
12. maj- 3. juni 2007
The artist are: Kaspar Bonnén, Bosch & Fjord, Nanna Debois Buhl, Sonja Lillebæk Christensen, Vivi Christensen, Rasmus Danø, Louise Fuhr, Camilla Gaugler, Lise Harlev, Thorgej Steen Hansen, Lars Heiberg, Vibeke Mejlvang & Sofie Hesselholdt, Sophus Eiler Jepsen, Tine Louise Kortermand, Mikkel Larris, Annika Lundgren, Jørgen Michaelsen, Camilla Nørgård, Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen, Andreas Schulenburg & Bendt Ulrich Sørensen.
Oliver Payne & Nick Relph
