David Zwirner opens an exhibition of works by William Eggleston and John McCracken
Installation view, William Eggleston and John McCracken: True Stories, David Zwirner, New York, March 9 April 24, 2021. Courtesy David Zwirner.
NEW YORK, NY
.-David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of works by William Eggleston and John McCrackenthe first time these two iconic American artists have been featured together. On view at the gallerys East 69th Street location in New York, True Stories places Eggleston and McCracken into dialogue around their expressive use of color and light, and their distinct versions of American vernacular culture.
Born within five years of one anotherMcCracken in Berkeley, California, in 1934, and Eggleston in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1939the two artists came of age outside of the dominant centers of the art world, internalizing the spaces and light of the American West and South. Working in sculpture and photography, respectively, each would go on to
James Cohan opens an exhibition of new works by Michelle Grabner
Michelle Grabner, Untitled, 2021. Bronze, patinated bronze and found jam jar lids in relief on solid soft maple wood panel, 17 1/2 x 15 x 2 in. 44.5 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm.
NEW YORK, NY
.-James Cohan is presenting an exhibition of new works by Michelle Grabner, on view from March 5 through April 3 at 291 Grand Street. This is Grabners third solo exhibition with the gallery.
Michelle Grabner is known for her broad perspective developed as teacher, writer and critic over the past 30 years. The site where it all comes together is the studio. Her artmaking is driven by a distinctive value in the productivity of work and takes place outside of dominant systems.
Members of the Godzilla collective, ca. 1990. Courtesy Godzilla.
The Museum of Chinese in America in New York has called off an exhibition focusing on a 1990s Asian American art collective after the majority of the participating artists withdrew.
The 19 artists, who were members of the group Godzilla, oppose the museum’s acceptance of $35 million in city funds, which they say suggests its complicity in the construction of a new jail in Chinatown that is part of Mayor Bill De Blasio’s plan to close the notorious Rikers Island jail.
Among the signatories to the letter are Byron Kim, Paul Pfeiffer, and Lynne Yamamoto.
Ming Smith, the first female member of the Kamoinge Workshop, into dialogue with critic and musician
Greg Tate, one of the book’s contributors. Presenting four decades of Smith’s work, the publication celebrates her enduring vision and ongoing contributions to the medium of photography. The program is introduced by
Rujeko Hockley, assistant curator
Presented in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art, this series of programs features conversations with artists from the Kamoinge Workshop included in the exhibition
Working Together: Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop currently on view at the Whitney. The talks explore the group’s genesis in Harlem in the 1960s, its role in the Black Arts movement, and the multidisciplinary interests and practices of its members, bringing together artists from the Kamoinge Workshop with scholars and critics of Black arts and culture.
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