50 Ways To Keep Your Lover: 4 Sep – 10 Oct 2010

Galleri S.E.
Kalfarveien 76,
5018 BERGEN

artists: Unni Askeland, Heather Bennett, Ingrid Berven, Bjørn Bjarre, Gio Black Peter,  Pavel Büchler, Bjørn Carlsen, Anja Carr , Nicola Costantino, Stanislav Ginsburg,, Line Hvoslef , Brian Kenny, Dominik Lejman, Maleonn Ma, Slava Mogutin, Trine Lise Nedreaas, Richard Pasquarelli, Thomas Pihl, Erik Sandberg , Tom Sanford , Federico Solmi, Nicola Verlato, Ronald Versloot, Eric White, Simon Willems, Santiago Ydáñez

NEW PAINTINGS

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 21st 6-8pm

Exhibition Hours: Saturday, August 21st 12-8pm
Sunday, August 22nd 12-6pm
560 Broadway 3rd fl. suite 305

“New Paintings” is a two-day pop up exhibition comprised of 18 New York based artists. All paintings have been created within the last year and range thematically from physical landscape to political powers. This exhibition creates a dialog among disparate works, offering an exciting view of current painting.

Ali Banisadr, Erik Benson, Megan Bisbee-Durlam, Guillermo Creus, Ariel Dill, Jeffrey Gibson, Vera Iliatova, Dan Kopp, Greg Lindquist, Francesco Longenecker, Amy Longenecker- Brown, Gina Magid, Andy Piedilato, Eulas Pizarro, Nathlie Provosty, Carlos Roque, Tom Sanford, Wendy White

BIG PICTURE
Organized by Ryan Schneider & Tom Sanford
Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
Opening July 8th, 6-9PM

In simplest terms BIG PICTURE is just that, a show of big pictures. The pictures – all paintings – are big in terms of size, subject matter, energy, ambition and visual generosity. Many are aggressive or even garish in the color, they are often over worked, heavy layer upon layer of paint, combining dissonant styles and subject matter. These paintings are big in that there is a hell of a lot to look at. Some of the pictures are so big in scope that they seem unresolved, open ended, too big for the canvas they are on.

We (Schneider & Sanford) organized this show to make a case for a young generation of New York picture-making painters who have emerged over the past decade. We asked each of 19 painters that we invited for one big picture that would serve as a strong argument for that artist’s position. Ostensibly, these paintings vary widely and wildly in style, subject matter, and point of view. However, when we look at the show, we like to view it in terms of the big picture.

These are all painters who make pictures of things, in that they all refer to the culture at large; their paintings are about painting, but they are about other things as well. The pictures deal with the biggest of universal themes, like Love, Sex and Death. The big subject matter is often juxtaposed with more idiosyncratic information about subculture or the extremely personal, political or emotional.  These are painters of a generation to whom irony and collage-like juxtapositions are second nature, where high/low cultural distinctions are meaningless, to whom technology allows access to every image that has ever been seen or even imagined. These are painters who take advantage of the vastness of their surroundings, the open-endedness of their culture, and this Big Picture is reflected back in their work.

The artists in BIG PICTURE: Kamrooz Aram, Colleen Asper, Paul Brainard, John Copeland, Holly Coulis, Justin Craun, Van Hanos, Daniel Heidkamp, Aaron Johnson, Emily Lambert, Wes Lang, Liz Markus, Eddie Martinez, Brian Montuori, Lisa Sanditz, Tom Sanford, Ryan Schneider, Michael Williams & Jeremy Willis.

Ryan Schneider and I are traveling to Copenhagen for a show that Ryan organized and we are both showing new paintings in at Gallery Poulsen:

The Irascible Assholes – New Paintings from New York

Vernissage and opening party friday June 18 from 5 to 10 pm

Gallery Poulsen Contemporary Fine Arts
Flæsketorvet 24, Den hvide Kødby
1711 København V.
Tlf.+45 4015 5588

The Irascible Assholes are: Ryan Schneider, Tom Sanford,  Aaron Johnson, Daniel Heidkamp, Van Hanos, William Powhida, Jamison Brosseau

There is a press release for the show, but a brief summery of the conceit of the show might be: The Irascible Assholes: A bunch of new paintings by some dudes from NYC who make bad ass paintings.

Ryan and I will be in Copenhagen for about a week leading up to the June 18th opening and are hoping that Morten Poulsen will allow us to make a few collaborative paintings in the space, we will probably also spend a good amount of time at the world’s coolest dock bar, Halvandet with our pal Jens-Peter Brask.

Exhibition: Currents
Sunday June 13, 2010 – Monday September 20, 2010 from 11:00am – 4:45pm
Nassau County Museum of Art
One Museum Dr.
Roslyn Harbor, New York 11576
Currents showcases three exciting artists working today: Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Benjamin Edwards and Tom Sanford. All three artists have been shown widely in group and solo exhibitions here and abroad. Hutchins’ sculptural work was seen in the 2010 Whitney Biennial. Benjamin Edwards reflects contemporary society in hallucinatory and visionary landscapes. Tom Sanford paints vibrant representations of pop objects and celebrities. The exhibition is organized by Elaine Berger for the museum’s Contemporary Collectors Circle.

Alas – That God Damn Icelandic Volcano messed it all up for me. My flight was pushed back over two days due to the mystery dust cloud. It ended up that I would not only miss the opening, but have only about a day and a half in Barcelona and spend more time in the air than I would in Barcelona due to a crazy itinerary that involved five connecting flights over the course of the round trip. So the executive decission was made to skip this. What a shame, I was really looking forward to this one and I feel bad for poor Lizzy who will have to handle the booth without my charming banter!

Here are just a few of my new paintings that will be shown at the SWAB Fair this weekend. If you happen to be lucky enough to be in Barcelona this weekend (May 13-16) please go visit Lizzy at the Leo Koenig Inc booth at the SWAB art fair and say hi from me!

Kamrooz Aram
Dike Blair
Holly Coulis
David Humphrey
Deborah Kass

moderated by Tom Sanford – painter & Bad at Sports correspondent

These “Painters of Painting,” representing various generations of New York painters, are all prominent voices among their cohort who enlist a wide variety of approaches to the medium. They will discuss the current concerns in painting as well as painting’s enduring relevance as a humanistic and idiosyncratic antidote to the prevailing corporate culture of consensus and commoditization.

In conjunction with the exhibition Don’t Piss on Me and Tell Me it’s Raining curated by Bad at Sports & will be recorded for podcast on an upcoming edition of the Bad at Sports Podcast (AKA the Amanda Browder show).

Kamrooz Aram was born in Shiraz, Iran, in 1978, and received his MFA from Columbia University in 2003. Aram’s works bring together traditional, modern and contemporary cultural references to create images reflecting the complexity of contemporary life. His work has been shown in museums and galleries around the world and featured and reviewed in numerous publications. In spring 2010 his work will be featured in the group exhibition Self-Consciousness in Berlin at VeneKlasen Werner, co-curated by Peter Doig and Hilton Als. Aram lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Dike Blair is a painter and sculptor who lives and works in NYC and Hortonville, NY. He teaches painting at RISD and has contributed articles to a number of magazines.

Holly Coulis lives and works in Brooklyn. She was born in Canada and received her MFA in Boston. Her work can be seen at Cherry and Martin Gallery in LA.

David Humphrey is a New York artist represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co. An anthology of his art writing, Blind Handshake, was released by Periscope Publishing this year.

Deborah Kass’ paintings examine the intersection of art history, popular culture and the self. She received her BFA in Painting at Carnegie-Mellon University, studied at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, and the Art Students’ League. Her work is in museum collections throughout the U.S. and numerous public and private collections and has been shown nationally and internationally. She is a Senior Critic in the Yale University MFA Painting Program and is represented by Vincent Fremont and the Paul Kasmin Gallery.

DON’T PISS ON ME AND TELL ME IT’S RAINING
April 7 – May 22, 2010
Opening reception: April 7, 6-8 pm
apexart – 291 Church Street – NYC

One of my jobs has been to organize a series of events, the first of which is:

CARLO MCCORMICK VERSUS JEFFREY DEITCH!!!
Thursday April 8th, 6PM @ apexart

On the eve of Jeffrey Deitch’s departure from New York, Carlo McCormick will talk to him about his experience and legacy as one of the most visible, dynamic and controversial players in the New York art world.

A few of the future events are listed here.

In the show, we have submissions from almost everyone ever interviewed on the podcast, as well as a video booth project in which visitors are invited to participate.

Featuring objects, images, and ephemera by: Carol Becker, Britton Bertran, Temporary Services, Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson, Ivan Brunetti, Tom Burtonwood, David Coyle, Death by Design, Elizabeth Chodos, Miguel Cortez, Tony Fitzpatrick, Rob Davis and Michael Langlois, Jeremy Deller, Lisa Dorin, Jim Duignan, Dan Devening, Cody Hudson, Jason Dunda, Fendry Ekel, James Elkins, Anthony Elms, Pete Fagundo, Mary Rachel Fanning,Tony Feher, Rochelle Feinstein, Pamela Fraser, Liam Gillick, Helidon Gjergji, Michelle Grabner, Dylan Graham, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Sarah Guernsey, Terence Hannum, Anni Holm, Brian Holmes, Astrid Honold, Christopher Hudgens, Meg Onli, Amanda Browder, Tom Sanford, Duncan MacKenzie, Christian Kuras, Ben Tanner, Scott Hug, Richard Holland, Carol Jackson, Paddy Johnson, David Jones, Alex Jovanovic, Atsushi Kaga, Mark Staff Brandl, Vera Klement, Peter Saul, Gregory Knight, Monique Meloche, Leo Koenig, Chad Kouri, Steve Lacy, Caroline Picard, Jose Lerma, Laura Letinsky, Kerry James Marshall, Ed Marszewski, Eric May, Dominic Molon, Anne Elizabeth Moore, David Morgan, Julian Myers, Gavin Turk, Liz Nofziger, Jamisen Ogg, Neysa Page-Lieberman, Trevor Paglan, Raymond Pettibon, John Phillips, Allison Peters Quinn, Lane Relyea, Lawrence Rinder, David Robbins, Thomas Robertello, Julie Rodriguez Widholm, Elvia Rodriguez, Nathan Rogers-Madsen, James Rondeau, Marlene Russum Scott, Alison Ruttan, Dan S. Wang, Stephanie Smith, Deb Sokolow, Scott Speh, Chris Sperandio, Lisa Stone, Shannon Stratton, Randall Szott, Christine Tarkowski, Tony Tasset, Tracy Marie Taylor, Ron Terada, Philip von Zweck, Hamza Walker, Chris Walla, John Wanzel, Chris Ware, Oli Watt, Tony Wight, Anne Wilson, Jay Wolke, InCubate, Curtis Mann, Michael Velliquette, Clare Britt, Shannon Stratton, Damian Duffy, William Conger, M N Hutchinson, Mark Francis, Annika Marie, John P. Lee the artists of Blunt Art Text, and more.

BUSHWICK SCHLACHT! Half Germans, Half Americans – a battle royal of painters to see once and for all which country is the super power of contemporary painting.

The is no better place to do this than the urban war zone that is Bushwick Brooklyn, SATURDAY APRIL 3RD, 6-10PM, 245 Boerum Street, Brooklyn NY.

Exhibition hours: Sunday April 4th, 12-7pm and Monday April 5th, by appointment.

Here is a Loren Monk/Kalm James video interview with Guillermo & Marcel in front of the installation of paintings.

Gregory Amenoff, Axel Anklam, Kamrooz Aram, Abel Auer, Josh Blackwell, Christophe Boursault, Nicholas Buffon, André Butzer, Brendan Cass, Amanda Church, Elizabeth Cooper, Holly Coulis,  Ariel Dill, Hannah Dougherty, Raynald Driez, Sven Drühl, Dawn Frasch, Sven Drühl, Brian Faucette, Bella Forster, Tine Furler, Rico Gatson, Alicia Gibson, Torben Giehler,  Andrew Gilbert, Tamara Gonzales, Sebastian Gross-Ossa, Stefanie Gutheil, Michelle Hailey, Daniel Heidkamp, Andreas Hofer, Richard Holland, Ridley Howard, Alexa Hoyer, Marcel Hüppauff, Eric Jahnker, Aaron Johnson, Dorota Jurczak, Benjamin King, Henning Kles, Shawn Kuruneru, Molly Larkey,  Christopher Lee, Erik Lindman, Brett Lund, Duncan MacKenzie, Chris Martin, Eddie Martinez, Stefan Marx, Paul-Aymar Mourgue d’Algue, Brian Montuori, Jan Muche, Jeanette Mundt, Aakash Nihalani, Richard Phillips, Humberto Poblete-Bustamente, William Powhida, Orlando Mostyn-Owen, Aaron Ribeiro, Benedikt Richert, Ted Riederer, Les Rogers, Daniel Rosenbaum, Christoph Ruckhäberle, Adam Saks, Sam Salisbury, Christian Sampson, Tom Sanford, Ryan Schneider, Thomas Schumann, Markus Selg, Astrid Sourkova, Juli Susin, Mamie Tinkler, Maria Walker, Wendy White, Jeremy Willis, Thomas Winkler, Ulrich Wulff, Michael Wutz

In an effort to bring the broadest possible array of art practice to #class, William Powhida and Tom Sanford have come together to host and underwrite an afternoon of the sometimes-overlooked art of book making. Through this event, (the artists’ first venture into book making), Tom and Bill (or T-Bill Gaming) hope to use this medium to make the world of contemporary art auctions more accessible to the Average Joe on the streets of Chelsea. This highly educational afternoon promises to teach all of us a little about the auctions while having some good fun and maybe making a little quick cash***.

The live video feed of this exciting and important auction will be projected at the gallery. Gallery visitors are invited to watch the excitement unfold as shadowy and anonymous international art patrons determine the actual market value, not only of the works, but also of the hundreds of artists themselves!

As if that is not excitement enough, T-Bill gaming will allow you, the little guy, to get in on the action and ride these fat cats tails to fortune at the expense of the blood, sweat and tears of the artists at auction. T-Bill gaming will take bets on any and all lots taking place during the afternoon sale. Bring your money and a little bit of lady luck ‘cause “all you need is a dollar and a dream!”

*** T-Bill Gaming would like it to be clear that this event is a relational aesthetics art project and not a real gambling operation!

Check out James Wagner’s blog post about the Auction OTB.

Artists with work in the Phillips de Pury Now sale on the auction block are (in order of appearance):

DAVID LACHAPELLE, ROBERT AND SHANA PARKEHARRISON, VIK MUNIZ, GREGORY CREWDSON, LISA OPPENHEIM, ALEX HAAS, MARILYN MINTER, LISE SARFATI, DAVID DREBIN, ERWIN OLAF, KIM JOON, NOBUYOSHI ARAKI, REGINA DELUISE, KATY GRANNAN, NAOMI HARRIS, ANN WOO, NICHOLAS PRIOR, GÖTZ DIERGARTEN, ALEC SOTH, STÉPHANE COUTURIER, SIMON NORFOLK, ROBERT POLIDORI, WENG FEN, JIN SHAN, WOUT BERGER, EDWARD BURTYNSKY, EVA HILD, AYALA SERFATY, JULIAN MAYOR, CHRIS RUCKER, JOHANNA GRAWUNDER, ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT, JURGEN BEY, KIKI SMITH, ALEX ROSKIN, KELLY MCCALLUM, CARLOS MOTTA, ROLF SACHS , PHILIPPE MOREL, RON ARAD, ELENA COLOMBO, JULIAN MAYOR, FRANÇOIS AZAMBOURG , FABIO NOVEMBRE , PETER TRAAG , GEOFFREY BRADFIE , SCA GREENFIELD-SANDERS , ELIZABETH PEYTON , ELLEN GALLAGHER , LISA YUSKAVAGE , MARLENE DUMAS , ROSANGELA RENNÓ , CHUCK CLOSE , LAURIE SIMMONS , THE CLAYTON BROTHERS , GILLIAN WEARING , WILHELM SASNAL , JAN TIMME , SHEPARD FAIREY , MARTIN PURYEAR , CHRIS BALLANTYNE , LISA RUYTER , THOMAS EGGERER , PETER DOIG , MARCEL DZAMA , BARRY MCGEE , MEL BOCHNER , JACK PIERSON , CHRISTOPHER WOOL , DAMIEN HIRST , KEHINDE WILEY , TAKASHI MURAKAMI , RYAN MCGINNESS, JEFF KOONS , YOSHITOMO NARA , ELLSWORTH KELLY , MONIQUE PRIETO , TIM EITEL , SUZANNE LAFONT , ED RUSCHA , LARRY JOHNSON , TIM DAVIS , STEPHANIE CINELLI , CANDIDA HÖFER , EBERHARD HAVEKOST , THOMAS STRUTH , THOMAS RUFF , CHARLES LUTZ , GREGOR HILDEBRANDT , DAVE MULLER , WILLIAM CORDOVA , CHEYNEY THOMPSON , FRANCIS ALŸS , JON PYLYPCHUK , CHRIS JOHANSON , CHRISTIAN SCHUMANN , ERIK PARKER , RITA ACKERMANN , MARTIN EDER , RYAN MCGINLEY , PAUL RUSCONI , LEANDRO ERLICH , JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER , EILEEN QUINLAN , JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER , KARA WALKER , SIOBHAN LIDDELL , MICHAEL JOO , HOPE ATHERTON , TOMORY DODGE , AMELIE VON WULFFEN , MATTHEW MONAHAN , JOHANNES KAHRS , MONICA BONVICINI , LERONE WILSON , RAFAL BUJNOWSKI , WILHELM SASNAL , JONATHAN MEESE , GEORGE CONDO , DAVID RATCLIFF , TERENCE KOH , BRIAN KENNON , ANDREW GUENTHER , AGATHE SNOW , CANDICE BREITZ , THOMAS RUFF , PAUL PFEIFFER , KIM MCCARTY , BHAKTI BAXTER , KAREN KILIMNIK , CECILY BROWN , JÖRG LOZEK , SARA VAN DER HEIDE , JESUS DIAZ DE VIVAR , RICHARD LOUDERBACK , CHARLES KARUBIAN , HÅVARD HOMSTVEDT , BRIAN FAHLSTROM , CHRISTOPH RUCKHÄBERLE , CHRISTOPH SCHMIDBERGER , MUNTEAN & ROSENBLUM , CHRISTOPH SCHMIDBERGER , SHAY KUN , STEPHEN BUSH , STEFANO ARIENTI , SAM SALISBURY , JAY DAVIS , DAN KOPP , OLEG TISTOL , AYA UEKAWA , MR. , SHINTARO MIYAKE , GAIJIN FUJITA , LEE DONGI , RICHARD ALDRICH , MAGNUS SIGURDARSON , MARK DI SUVERO , LIONEL ESTÉVE , LIONEL ESTÉVE , ALLAN MCCOLLUM , MARK MANDERS , JAMES WELLING , COSIMA VON BONIN , OLAFUR ELIASSON , GREGOR SCHNEIDER , DAVID DEUTSCH AND PHIL GRAUER , HIROSHI SUGIMOTO , YANG FUDONG , CUI XIUWEN , CARLOS AMORALES , JENNY SAVILLE IN COLLABORATION WITH GLENN LUCHFORD , NAN GOLDIN , HELMUT GRILL , ANNIKA LARSSON , SCOTT PETERMAN , GERARD BYRNE , PHIL COLLINS , ERWIN WURM , MARIAH ROBERTSON , ANDREW MOORE , JESSICA BACKHAUS , KAMRAN DIBA , ZHANG HU , ANTHONY BURDIN , SU XINPING , RAY SELL , ASON MEADOWS , JENS LORENZEN , DAVID SHAW , ABETZ/DRESCHER , HENNING KLES  , KEVIN APPEL , DELIA BROWN , JON FLACK , DAN ATTOE , BIRGIT MEGERLE , FARIS MCREYNOLDS , THOMAS SCHEIBITZ , IVAN MORLEY , GERALD DAVIS , WILL COTTON , KELLY MCLANE , ALLEN RUPPERSBERG , GILLIAN CARNEGIE , TIM STONER , GRAHAM GILLMORE , WILLIAM POWHIDA , JASON MCLEAN , BENDIX HARMS , THOMAS ACKERMANN , UWE KOWSKI , GREG HABERNY , TIM LOKIEC , KENNY SCHARF ,  BRIAN LEO , ANNA SEW HOY , OS GEMEOS , GHOST , COPE 2 (FERNANDO CARLO) , T-KID , KATOPE , ARBITO , STEVE MERRILL , DANIEL GOFFIN , EMMETT POTTER III , BLOBPUS , KEN AKAMATSU / MARMIT CO. , KYOKA IKEDA / GARGAMEL CO. , EECIFER