M-KOS bi-weekly pick ‘n’ mix from Montréal, Quebec City, Saint-Jérôme, Saint-Hyacinthe, Toronto, Lethbridge, Vancouver, New York, Minneapolis, Portland, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Fe, Mexico City, Bogota, São Paulo, London, Dublin, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Milan, Brescia, Madrid, Copenhagen, Malmö, Athens, Debrecen, Vilnius, Damascus, Mumbai, Seoul, Taipei, Melbourne, and Sydney. For Biennales&Triennales, see M-KOS’s previous post
Montréal
Sophie Jodoin: I felt a cleaving in my mind
at Battat Contemporary,
through 17 December 2011
Image (detail) courtesy of the artist and Battat Contemporary
Maha Mustafa & Ibrahim Rashid: A Moment before You Close Your Eyes
at MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels),
through 10 December 2011.
Ibrahim Rashid “Night Vision #4” (2010) C-print. Courtesy of the artist
Quebec City
Pablo Rasgado: Fantômes
at La Chmbre Blanche,
through 18 December 2011
Image courtesy of the artist
Saint-Jérôme
Marc Séguin: La foi du collectionneur
at Musée d’Art Contemporain Des Laurentides,
through 12 February 2012
Marc Séguin “I love America and America loves me – part 4” (2008) oil and coyote on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Mike Weiss Gallery, NY.
Saint-Hyacinthe
Simon Bilodeau: Le Monde est un Zombie
at Expression,
through 23 December 2011
Simon Bilodeau “Le Monde est un Zombie” (2011) Courtesy of the artist.
Toronto
Derek Sullivan
at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,
through 23 December 2011
Derek Sullivan “Peg Rail #3 – An idea folded into time. An idea folded into space” (2011) Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Art + Projects
Blown Up: Gaming and War
at Interaccess,
through 17 December 2011
Artists: Harun Farocki, Wafaa Bilal, Mohammed Mohsen
Harun Farocki. Still from “Serious Games I: Watson is Down” (2010) Two-channel video installation (color, sound). 8 min. MoMA, New York. Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds, 2011. © 2011 Harun Farocki.Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York.
Brenden Fernandes: Encomium;
Young & Giroux: Andersson
at Diaz Contemporary,
through 7 January 2012
Invitation image – courtesy of Diaz Contemporary
Lethbridge
Kyla Mallett: Helping Yourself
at Southern Alberta Art Gallery,
through 8 January 2012
Kyla Mallett “How to See and Read the Aura (detail)” (2010) 1 lightjet print and 44 UV-sensitive screen prints. Courtesy of the artist. © Kyla Mallett. Photo by Scott Massey
Gareth Long: Never Odd Or Even
at Southern Alberta Art Gallery,
through 8 January 2012
Gareth Long “Bouvard and Pécuchet’s Invented Desk for Copying [Version One]” (2007) Plywood. Courtsy of the artist. © Gareth Long
Vancouver
Divya Mehra: The Party is Over
at Artspeak, through 28 January 2012
Divya Mehra “The Pleasure of Hating” (2011) digital c-print. Courtesy of the artist and Artspeak
Tonik Wojtyra: Paragraph of Possibility
at Access Gallery,
through 17 December 2011
Image courtesy of the artist and Access Gallery
New York
Jim Hodges
at Gladstone Gallery
through 23 December 2011
Jim Hodges “Untitled” (2011) Mirror ball and water. Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery
Leslie Hewitt: Blue Skies, Warm Sunlight
at D’Amelio Terras,
through 23 December 2011
Leslie Hewitt “Untitled (Magnitude)” (2011). Courtesy of the artist and D’Amelio Terras
Justin Matherly: Readjusting my commitment to a greater legibility, or substance thinking and substance extended
at Bureau,
through 18 December 2011
Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Bureau
Allison Schulnik: Mound
at ZieherSmith,
through 17 December 2011
Allison Schulnik “Flower Mound” (2011) Courtesy of the artist and ZieherSmith
Ohad Meromi: Stand Like a Sculpture
at Harris Lieberman,
through 17 December 2011
Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Harris Lieberman
Loretta Fahrenholz: Implosion
at Reena Spaulings Fine Art,
through 18 December 2011
Loretta Fahrenholz “Implosion” (2011) Film still. Courtesy of the artis and Reena Spaulings Fine Art
Minneapolis
Absentee Landlord
at Walker Art Center,
through 29 July 2012
Curated by John Waters
Artists: Mike Kelley, Carolee Schneeman, Robert Gober, Richard Artshwager, Jack Pierson, Willem de Kooning, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Cameron Jamie, Sturtevant, John Currin, Gregory Green, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, and Karlheinz Weinberger
Installation view. (left) Wolfgang Tillmans “The Cock (kiss)” (2002);
(right) “Shoestring Potatoes Spilling From a Bag” by Claes Oldenburg.
Photo by Stephen Maturen. image via The New York Times
Portland
To Make A Frame
at Fourteen30 Contemporary,
through 11 December 2011
Artists: Glen Baldridge, Walead Beshty, Mike Bray, Brendan Fowler, Alex Hubbard
Walead Beshty “Gelatin Silver Contact Print (Los Angeles, California, February 27th 2011, Iford Multigrade Fiber)” (2011) B/W fiber based photographic paper. Courtesy of the artist and Fourteen30 Contemporary
Los Angeles
Channa Horwitz & Michael Müller: Falling Off a Cliff
at François Ghebly Gallery,
through 17 December 2011
Michael Müller “New York Sketch” (2011) pencil, spray paint, acrylic on paper. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebly Gallery
Pae White: Here Today
at 1301PE Gallery,
through 22 December 2011
Pae White “Ashen Roses, There (detail)” (2011) Courtesy of the artist and 1301PE Gallery
Michael Decker: Adult Roman Numeral Thirty
Steve Turner Contemporary,
through 17 December 2011
Michael Decker “Trichome (detail)” (2011) Found glass bowls, cement and wood. Courtesy of the artist and Steve Turner Contemporary
Pasadena
Roland Reiss: Personal Politics – Sculpture from the 1970s and 1980s
at Pasadena Museum of California Art,
through 8 January 2012
Curated by Kate Johnson
Roland Reiss “The Dancing Lessons: Relative Scale and Relevant Motion” (1977) Mixed media. Collection of Bernice E. Levine
Santa Fe
Agitated Histories
at SITE Santa Fe, through 15 January 2012
Artists: Michael Cataldi, Sam Durant, Eric Garduño & Matthew Rana, Deborah Grant, Zoe Leonard & Cheryl Dunye, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Rodney McMillian, Lorraine O’Grady, Yoshua Okón, Geof Oppenheimer, Charlene Teters & Jay Rosenstein, Mark Tribe
Yoshua Okón “Octopus (2011) Film still. four-channel video projection. Courtesy of the artist
Arlene Shechet: The Thick of It
at James Kelly Contemporary,
through 28 January 2012
Arlene Shechet “All at Once (detail)” (2011) glazed & fired ceramic, glazed fire brick, steel. Courtesy of the artist and James Kelly Contemporary
Mexico City
Txema Novelo: Hey Man / Amen
at Yautepec,
through 17 December 2011
Image courtesy of the artist and Yautepec
Bogota
Nicolas Robbio: La razón del equilibrio
at Nueveochenta,
through 16 January 2012
Nicolas Robbi “Sin titulo” (2011) Courtesy of the artist and nueveochenta
São Paulo
Manuel Caeiro: Lurixs na Baró
at Galeria Baró,
through 20 December 2011
Manuel Caeiro “Up Side Down” (2011) Acrylic on linen. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Baró
London
Paul Noble: Welcome to Nobson
at Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street,
through 17 December 2011
Paul Noble “Welcome to Nobson (detail)” (2008–10) Pencil on paper. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery
Ian Pedigo: Dragged Fondly Into The Woods
at Rokeby,
through 17 December 2011
Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Rokeby
Jeff Wall
at White Cube, Mason’s Yard,
through 7 January 2012
Jeff Wall “Ivan Sayers, costume historian at the University Women’s Club, 7 December 2009. Virginia Newton-Moss wears a British ensemble c. 1910, from Sayers’ collection” (2009) Lightjet print. Courtesy of the artist and White Cube
Laura Oldfield Ford: Transmissions From A Discarded Future
at Hales Gallery, through 14 January 2012
Laura Oldfield Ford “Transmissions from a Discarded Future #10 (detail)” (2011) Digital print on Tyvek. Courtesy of the artist and Hales Gallery
Jennifer West: Heavy Metals: Iron and Zinc
at Vilma Gold, through 8 January 2012
Jennifer West “Heavy Metal Sharks Calming Jaws Reversal Film” Film still. (2011) Super 8 print transferred to HD video with sound. Courtesy of the artist and Vilma Gold
Dublin
Elodie Pong
at Mother’s Tanksation,
through 17 December 2011
Elodie Pong ” After the Empire (detail)” (2011) HD Video. Courtesy of the artist and Mother’s Tankstation
Paris
Henrik Samuelsson: Speaking in Toungues at Shitty Hotels
at Galerie Laurent Godin, through 7 January 2012
Henrik Samuelsson “Speaking in Tongues at Shitty Hotels” (2011) Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Laurent Godin
Richard Fauguet: Selon Arrivage
at Art : Concept,
through 7 January 2012
Richard Fauguet “Sans Titre (detail)” (2011) modeling clay on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept
Brussels
Shahin Afrassiabi: Active Principles and Forms of Life
at MOT International, through 21 January 2012
Shahin Afrassiabi “Snow White 001” (2011) cardboard, pine, filler, dowl, acrylic. Courtesy of the artist and MOT International
Alicja Kwade – Mischa Kuball – Mitzi Pederson
at Twig Gallery,
through 23 December 2011
Alicja Kwade “Teleportation (Art-Deco Nachttischlampe)” (2011) detail. Courtesy of the artist, Johann König, Berlin and Twig Gallery
Amsterdam
Homo Ludens – Act II
at Motive Gallery, through 24 December 2011
Artists; Lonnie van Brummelen, Marian Castillo Deball, Heman Chong, Irene Kopelman, Laurent Montaron, Lucy + Jorge Orta, Roy Villevoye
Lonnie van Brummelen “Run Away Films” (1997) Blow up from 8mm to 16 mm, silent 2.50mins. Courtesy of the artist and Motive Gallery
Mapping the Horizon
at Upstream Gallery,
through 7 January 2012
Artists: Frank Ammerlaan, Marc Bijl, Marinus Boezem, Luis Camnitzer, Ger van Elk, Jeroen Jongeleen, Noor Nuyten
Marinus Boezem “Della Scultura & La Luce” (1985) Paper, linen, plastic. Courtesy of the artist and Upstream gallery.
Berlin
Daniel Richter: 10001NACHT
at Contemporary Fine Arts,
through 17 December 2011
Daniel Richter “WOW” (2011) Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Contemporary Fine Arts
AA Bronson: Queer Spirits and Other Invocations
at Esther Schipper,
through 17 December 2011
Curated by Frédéric Bonnet
Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Esther Schipper
Miklos Onucsan: Unfinished Measurements
at Galeria Plan B,
through 17 December 2011
Miklos Onuscan “I Re-place the Horizontal of the Water” (2011) detail from installation view. Soil, spirit levels. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Plan B
Milan
Massimo Bartolini: Basements
at MDC, through 17 December 2011
Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and MDC
Becky Beasley: The Outside
at Francesca Minini,
through 14 January 2012
Exhibition view. Courtesy of the artist and Francesca Minini
Brescia
Eva Marisaldi: Democratic Psychedelia
at Galleria Massimo Minini,
through 5 January 2011
Exhibition view. Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Massimo Minini
Madrid
James Welling
at GalerÃa Marta Cervera,
through 23 December 2011
James Welling “6236” (2008) Inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist and GalerÃa Marta Cervera
Hiraki Sawa: Things Go Around
at Maisterra Valbuena,
through 14 January 2012
Hiraki Sawa “For Saya” (2011) two-channel video on two LCD monitors in customized wooden box. Courtesy of the artist and Maisterra Valbuena
Copenhagen
Runo Lagomarsino: OtherWhere
at Nils Stærk,
through 17 December 2011
Runo Lagomarsino “OtherWhere” (2011) 168 postcards and stones, 6 painted wood table. Courtesy of the artist and Nils Stærk
Malmö
Magnus Thierfelder
at Elastic Gallery, through 28 January 2012
Magnus Thierfelder “Stand Still” (2011) Courtesy of the artist and Elastic Gallery
Athens
Anselm Reyle: Meissen Debris Acropolis
at Gagosian Gallery,
through 16 December 2011
Anselm Reyle: Meissen Debris Acropolis, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery
Debrecen
Orshi Drozdik: The Other Venus
at MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Arts,
through 8 January 2012
Image courtesy of the artist
Vilnius
Žilvinas Landzbergas and Jaime Pitarch
at Vartai Gallery,
through 7 January 2012
Žilvinas Landzbergas “Sunset” (2011) Insallation view. Courtesy of the artist and Vartai Gallery
Damascus
Hilda Hiary: Impulses
at Ayyam Gallery,
through 31 December 2011
Hilda Hiary “Spit” (2011) Mixed Media on Canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Ayyam Gallery
Mumbai
Rana Begum: The Folded Page
at Amirita Jhaveri,
through 31 December 2011
Rana Begum ” No 268″ (2011) Paint on powder-coated aluminium. Courtesy of the artist and Amirita Jhaveri
Huma Mulji: Twilight
at Project 88, through 4 January 2012
Huma Mulji “Ode to a Tubelight (detail)” (2011) Courtesy of the artist and Project 88
Seoul
Minouk Lim: Liquide Commune
at PKM Gallery,
through 16 December 2011
Minouk Lim “Portable Keeper” (2009) Video still. Single-channel HD video with sound. Courtesy of the artist and PKM Gallery
Taipei
Ai Weiwei Absent
at Taipei Fine Arts Museum,
through 29 January 2012
Ai Weiwei “Coca Cola Vase” (2009) Han dynasty vase (202BC-220AD) and industroal paint. Courtey of the artist and Neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Lisson Gallery, London; Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne
Melbourne
Adam Lee: And They Build for Themselves Kingdoms
at Tristian Koenig Gallery,
through 10 December 2011
Adam Lee “The Golden Bull (After Kiefer)” (2011) Oil an synthetic polymer paint on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Tristian Koenig Gallery
Gabriella Mangano & Silvana Mangano: Shapes for Open Spaces
at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
through 17 December 2011
Gabriella Mangano & Silvana Mangano “Monument for Sea” (2011) Single-channel HD digital video. Courtesy of the artists and Anna Schwartz Gallery
Sydney
Tokujin Yoshioka: Waterfall
at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation,
through 17 December 2011
Tokujin Yoshioka, Waterfall installation at SCAF. Photo by Paul Green. Courtesy of the artist and Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
Shaun Gladwell: Riding with Death – Redux
at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney,
through 17 December 2011
Shaun Gladwell “I Also Live at One Infinite Loop” (2011) HD digital video. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery