JD Walsh

Posted by Fabio 14 October 2010

Slow Fade (silkscreen and acrylic on wood) from 2007 by New York based artist JD Walsh.

www.jdwalsh.com

DIRK STEWEN

Posted by Fabio 14 October 2010

Maureen Paley is pleased to present the first solo presentation of Dirk Stewen’s work in the United Kingdom.

DIRK STEWEN
Maureen Paley – London
8 October — 14 November 2010

Plastic Bag

Posted by Fabio 14 October 2010

Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures through the environmentally barren remains of America as it searches for its maker.

John Stezaker

Posted by Fabio 11 October 2010

John Stezaker’s work re-examines the various relationships to the photographic image: as documentation of truth, purveyor of memory, and symbol of modern culture. In his collages, Stezaker appropriates images found in books, magazines, and postcards and uses them as ‘readymades’. Through his elegant juxtapositions, Stezaker adopts the content and contexts of the original images to convey his own witty and poignant meanings. read more

Tom Wesselmann

Posted by Fabio 8 October 2010

Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati / Ohio on 23 February 1931. He earned his living by working as a cartoonist for several journals and magazines as well as by teaching at a highschool in Brooklyn. At the end of the fifties a series of collages in small format were created being regarded as precursors of the later series “Great American Nudes” and “Still life” in big format. read more

Carole A. Feuerman

Posted by Fabio 7 October 2010

Carole A. Feuerman is an American artist and hyper-realistic sculptor. She currently lives and works in New York. Feuerman is most known for her resin sculptures painted in oil, but she also utilizes other media such as bronze and stone. She developed a technique she calls “painting with fire where she pours, splatters and splashes up to five different molten metals that are 2000 degrees in temperature. read more

Turner Prize 2010

Posted by Fabio 6 October 2010

The Turner Prize, now in its 26th year, is arguably the world’s most recognised and prestigious award for contemporary art. The exhibition presents the very best of current British visual art with the intention of stimulating a lively exchange of opinions. This is your chance to discover what’s new in British art now. read more

Echo Eggebrecht

Posted by Fabio 5 October 2010

In rendering evocative interior and exterior spaces, New York-based painter Echo Eggebrecht, explores the confrontation between individual memory and collective history.

www.hortongallery.com