Past
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Taro Suzuki / Charlotte Hallberg: Second Sight
November 9 - December 2, 2017 Starting a conversation via email, they pondered Goethe’s quote: “Every decided color does a certain violence to the eye, and forces the organ into opposition.” “Something about this idea resonates with me”, commented Charlotte, “even if its slightly hyperbolic. As a painter of highly saturated and sometimes extreme palette, I... Read more -
Bill Komoski/Lauren Silva
October 5 - November 4, 2017 Bill Komoski has been praised since the late 1980’s for “not pursuing novelty at the expense of painterly exploration” but offering a visual experience “akin to watching a system go from order to chaos and back.” Singled out by Howard Halle as an artist “every art fan should know (Timeout... Read more -
EAT/ING YOUR HEART OUT
Curated by Molly Surno September 16 - October 2, 2017 As part of an ongoing collaboration and conversation with artist-run CRUSH CURATORIAL, Eat/ing Your Heart Out is an investigation of how, why, how much, and what drives our impulse to eat. Eating nourishes and depletes; gives and erodes; is both solitary and collective. What happens to our bodies through eating:... Read more -
Romantic Destinations
Curated by Charlotte Hallberg July 13 - August 5, 2017 Parallel vistas, soupy knolls in dimmed half-light, the acid color of an infinite gaze, the celestial lawn. ROMANTIC DESTINATIONS presents a vision of the natural world pressed through the custom filter of each artist’s observations. The land is a perennial subject, and our current landscape is mirrored, magnified, and enhanced... Read more -
Fantastic Plastic
Curated by Jaqueline Cedar May 25 - June 24, 2017 The works in FANTASTIC PLASTIC stretch the humor in their making. They hold meaning with slippery hands and languish in pleasure as impending doom abounds. Dispassionate and stuck, sutured and tucked, these artworks drag their feet and lift their chins. The artists presented play with their own vulnerability as they... Read more -
Eva O'Leary: Spitting Image
April 6 - May 13, 2017 CRUSH CURATORIAL is pleased to present Spitting Image, Eva O’Leary ’s New York solo debut exhibition which opens April 6th, 6-8 pm and runs through May 13th, 2017. The women in Spitting Image are not vain or pitiable, nor are they comfortable in their own skin. They are young women... Read more -
Kate Klingbeil: Thick
February 17 - March 26, 2017 CRUSH CURATORIAL Chelsea is pleased to present “THICK” new work by Kate Klingbeil, opening February 17th from 6-8, and running through March 26th, 2017. As a constant observer and an American woman, Kate Klingbeil has borne witness to a tremendously affecting, and undeniably bizarre, sociocultural harvest. Events of recent years... Read more