This week’s pick ‘n’ mix from Matane, Sherbrooke, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Mexico City, London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Athens and Cape Town. For Biennales&Triennales, see M-KOS’s previous post.
Matane, QC
Oli Sorenson: Antimap
at Espace F, 5 August – 18 September 2011
(Opening on Friday 5 August 2011, 5pm)
Oli Sorenson “Antimap” (2011) video still. Courtesy of the artist
© Oli Sorenson 2011
Sherbrooke, QC
Sarla Voyer: Mémorial
a Sporobole, through 14 August 2011
Sarla Voyer “Mémorial” (2010) © Sarla Voyer 2011
Toronto
In Rotation
at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,
through 27 August 2011
Artists: Pascal Grandmaison, Kristan Horton, Jed Lind
Kristan Horton “Orbit: The Original” (2009) Digital colour photograph . Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Art + Projects
New York
Jay Critchley: Deep Bones & Chad Person: A Hero Never Fails
at Freight + Volume, 4 August – 10 September 2011
(Opening on Thursday 4 August 2011, 6–8pm)
Jay Critchley “Final Passage” (2008) 1965 Chevy Impala, mummified, muslin, mixed media, installed in an abandoned mausoleum, North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island Courtesy of the artist and Freight+Volume
Footnote 6: As Model
at Miguel Abreu Gallery, through 13 August 2011
Artists: Liam Gillick, Józef Robakowski, R. H. Quaytman, Edward Krasinski, Union Gaucha Productions, Karin Schneider, Nicolás Guagnini, Lygia Clark, Anna Ostoya, Igor Krenz + replica. Curated by Barbara Piwowarska
Igor Krenz “Correction of Tilt” (2007 – 2011) Video installation Courtesy of Miguel Abreu Gallery
Kim Dorland: For Lori
at Mike Weiss Gallery,
through 27 August 2011
Kim Dorland “Untitled” 2011 Courtesy of Mike Weiss Gallery
Los Angeles
Distant Star / Estrella Distante (An exhibition organized around the writings of Roberto Bolaño)
at Regen Projects, through 20 August 2011
Artists: Carlos Amorales, Armando Andrade Tudela, Carl Andre, Wallace Berman, Alighiero e Boetti, Martin Boyce, Miguel Calderón, Alejandro Cesarco, Bruce Conner, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Jimmie Durham, Dominique Gonzalez Foerster, Daniel Guzmán, Rachel Harrison, Jonathan Hernández, Thomas Hirschhorn, Alfredo Jaar, Glenn Ligon, Cildo Meireles, Ana Mendieta, Ree Morton, Catherine Opie, Damián Ortega, Raymond Pettibon, Amalia Pica, Jack Pierson, Lari Pittman, Sigmar Polke, Carla Rippey, Anri Sala, David Salle, Mira Schendel, Patti Smith, Paul Thek, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Lawrence Weiner and Akram Zaatari
Courtesy of Regen Projects and kurimanzutto, Mexico
Matt Lipps: HORIZON/S
at Marc Selwyn Fine Art, through 20 August 2011
Matt Lipps “Untitled (Reach)” (2010) C-print. Courtesy of the art sit and Marc Selwyn Fine Art
Santa Fe
Pae White: Material Mutters / Suzanne Bocanegra:
I Write the Songs
at SITE Santa Fe, through 18 September 2011
Pae White “Still, Untitled” (2010) Cotton and polyester. Courtesy greengrassi, London; neugerriemschneider, Berlin. Installation view at The Power Plant, Toronto. Photo: Peter Serling
Mexico City
Who Runs The Space Now?
at ECOH, through 6 August 2011. Last chance to see!
Artists: Nino Baumgartner, Gwenaël Bélanger, Yoan Capote, Zilvinas Kempinas, Karyn Olivier. Curated by Sandino Scheidegger & Sofia Mariscal
Gwenaël Bélanger “Le Faux Mouvement” (2008) Giclée print. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Graff, Montreal; Netti Horn, London
Marie Lund: Tow Ways to Fall
at Proyectos Monclova, through 13 August 2011
Marie Lund “Beginning Happening Fig.8” (2011) Volcanic rock, aluminum ladder. Courtesy of the artist and Proyectos Monclova
London
Anthology (Prize Juried Exhibition)
at Charlie Smiths London, 5 – 20 August 2011
(Opening on Thursday 4 August 2011, 6.30–8.30pm.
The winner will be announced)
Artists (Final 10): Andy Harper, Steve Morgana, Tom Ormond, Alex Hudson, Suzanne Moxhay, Jake Clark, Emma Critchley, Harold de Bree, Enzo Marra and Michelle Sank
Channel 8
at CARTER presents, 6–31 August 2011
(Opening on Friday 5 August 2011, 6–9pm)
Artists: Matthew Johnstone, Martin Cole, Daif King
© Daif King 2011
Two Exhibitions
at Herald Street, through 7 August 2011.
Last chance to see!
Artists: Chris Kraus, Ken Okiishi, George Perec / Bernard Queysanne and friends.
Curated by Alex Zachary, New York
Ken Okiishi “Death and the College Student” (1999) DVD, colour / sound. Courtesy of the artist
Manchester
Foreign Investment: Everything Must Go
at Chinese Arts Centre,
5 August – 17 September 2011
Foreign Investment “Animals” (2010) Courtesy of the artist
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Art Festival
4 August – 4 September 2011
Ingrid Calame
at Fruitmarket Gallery, 4 August – 9 October 2011
Ingrid Calame “From #258 Drawing – Tracings from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the L.A. River (detail)” (2007) Enamel paint on aluminium, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Carmen and Mark Holeman Contemporary Fund, 2008.3.
Robert Rauschenberg: Botanical Vaudeville
at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, through 2 October 2011
Robert Rauschenberg “Le Coon Glut” (1986) assembled metal parts © Estate of Robert Rauschenberg licensed by VAGA, New York
Martin Creed: Work No.1059
New Commission by The Fruitmarket Gallery for The Scotsman Steps
Martin Creed “Work No.1059” (2011) © courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, © The Fruitmarket Gallery, photograph by Gautier Deblonde
Berlin
Jonathan Schipper: Slow Room
at Pool Gallery, 6 – 27 August, 2011
(Opening on Friday 5 August 2011)
Image courtesy of the artist and pool gallery, Berlin
Niklas Goldbach
at n.b.k. (Video of the month) 1 – 31 August 2011
Niklas Goldbach “Habitat” (2008) video still © Niklas Goldbach 2011
Richard Hawkins: Scalps, Dungeon Doors and Salome Paintings
at Galerie Daniel Buchholz Berlin, through 27 August 2011
Richard Hawkins “Salome painting: Head of the table” (2011) oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Daniel Buchholz Berlin
Nullportrait
at Galerie Zink Berlin, through 13 August 2011
Artists: Sofie Bird Møller, Albrecht Schnider, Hippolyte Hentgen, Dennis Scholl, Rinus Van de Velde, Rui Calçada Bastos, Ante Timmermans, Noé Sendas, Sabrina Jung, Thorsten Brinkmann, Veron Urdarianu, Gregory Forstner, Santiago Ydáñez, Fumie Sasabuchi, Hiroshi Sugito
Noé Sandas “Crystal GirlNo.48” (2010) b/w Epson inkjet print (long diration). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Zink
Dusseldorf
MOVE – Art and Dance since the 60s
at K20 Glabbeplaz, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen,
through 25 September 2011
Mike Kelley “Test Room Containing Multiple Stimuli Known to Elicit Curiosity And Manipulatory Responses (detail)” (2001) © Courtesy of Kelley Studio, photo: Fredrik Nilsen/Kelley Studio
Big Picture (Orte / Projektionen)
at K21 Ständehaus, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, through 20 November 2011
Shirin Neshat “The Shadow Under the Web” (1997) four-channel video installation, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen © Shirin Neshat
Athens
Doug Aitken: Black Mirror
at Hydra Slaughterhouse/DESTE Foundation Project Space, through 25 September 2011
Doug Aitken “Black Mirror” (2011) © Doug Aitken Inc. Courtesy of 303 Gallery, New York; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich; Victoria Miro Gallery, London; The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens
Cape Town
Eat Me
at Goodman Gallery Cape Town,
through 3 September 2011
Artists: Frances Goodman, gavin Turk, Reza Aramesh, Hank Willis Thomas, Andrianomearisoa Joel, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Kendell Geers, Ghada Amer & Reza Farkhondeh, Ghada Amer, Mickalene Thomas, Siglit Landau
Andrianomearisoa Joel “Darling you can make my dreams come true if you say you love me too” (2010) 150 Pocket mirrors. Courtesy of the artist + Goodman Gallery