A short list of the can’t-miss new exhibition openings (and closings) this week, by city. See last week’s list for other recent openings, and for a more comprehensive guide, see our Itinerary.
NEW YORK
Eckhaus Latta “Possessed”
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street
OPENS: August 3
In their first solo museum show, Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta present an installation demonstrating the same self-aware, experimental, and convention-busting smarts that have served their seven-year-old fashion label well. This exhibition includes a series of the label’s photo spreads that plays on the tropes of the fashion industry, and a mock retail environment—created in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Jeffrey Joyal and Sophie Stone—that offers a critique on the consumer experience.
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“Evidence”
Metro Pictures
519 W 24th Street
CLOSES: August 3
Metro Pictures brings together a number of politically charged multimedia works by a variety of artists (including Oto Gillen, Allyson Vieira, and Liz Magic Laser) who highlight issues of political manipulation and social and economic inequality today. Curated by New York–based artist Josh Kline, whose 3D-printed disembodied sculptural portraits of service staff at national chain restaurants feature in the show, these works question the nature of living in “post-truth” America.
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Sue de Beer “The White Wolf”
Marianne Boesky Gallery
507 W 24th Street
CLOSES: August 3
Werewolves, a mysterious doctor (played by New York–based experimental musician and composer Yuka Honda), and a fictional New England island all feature in Sue de Beer’s take on a B-grade thriller. The film’s disjointed narrative, dance sequences, and handmade sets explore the themes of memory, transformation, and the ephemeral self. Her early horror-inspired photographs show alongside the film, the multimedia artist’s sixth so far.
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Alexis Rockman: New Mexico Field Drawings
Sperone Westwater
257 Bowery
CLOSES: August 3
New York City—based Alexis Rockman depicts the environmental calamity that fuels his complex work, an oeuvre of ominous, baroque, pop art–inspired wildlife paintings, which evoke John James Audubon, if John James Audubon liked to watch Godzilla movies and drop acid. This show features smaller scale works depicting life forms native to the region, created with pigments derived from local dirt and mud found in the area.
(Opening image: Alexis Rockman, “Untitled (Cherry Blossoms),” 2013. Watercolor, ink, and gouache on paper. 72 ½ x 52 inches. Image: Courtesy Sperone Westwater)
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LONDON
“Prototypes and Experiments X”
Aram Gallery
110 Drury Lane
London
OPENS: August 2
The 10th installment of the London gallery’s exhibition series on experimental and prototypical design turns its focus on the architectural process—in particular, how physical models are critical to a design’s development. More than 10 participating practices, including Adjaye Associates, dRMM, and PUP Architects, present a mix of models, studies, and prototypes that aid in exploring ideas and evoking space.
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Carol Bove
David Zwirner
24 Grafton Street
London
CLOSES: August 3
David Zwirner dedicates two floors of its London gallery to new steel sculptures by artist Carol Bove. A continuation of her “collage sculptures” series, Bove’s brightly colored pieces subvert the form and texture of the steel tubes with which she works, creating twisting assemblages that highlight the seemingly malleable shapes of the metal.
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Beth Letain “Signal Hill”
Pace London
6 Burlington Gardens
London
CLOSES: August 4
The title of Beth Letain’s first exhibition with Pace refers to a specific place in the artist’s native Canada, the location where the first Morse Code signal was received. This historical and thematic allusion informs Letain’s new paintings: minimalist, geometric works of colored lines and shapes divided by empty bands of space—which provoke reflection on communication, logic, and transference.
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ELSEWHERE
Seattle Art Fair 2018
CenturyLink Field Event Center
800 Occidental Avenue S
Seattle
OPENS: August 2
In its fourth edition, the fair continues to showcase contemporary art, while celebrating the dynamic artistic community of the Pacific Northwest. Featured here are some 100 national and international galleries, alongside on-site projects such as a video series on Seattle’s history by conceptual artist C. Davida Ingram, an installation of 14 foot-tall puppets by set designer Wayne White, and a machine-driven performance piece by industrial artist Mark Pauline.
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SITElines.2018
SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe
OPENS: August 3
Titled “Casa Tomada (House Taken Over),” the third iteration of SITE Santa Fe’s biennial explores the mutable boundaries of private property—be it the mind, body, land, or culture. Featuring 23 participating artists from eight countries, this edition unveils 10 new commissions including sculptures by Tania Pérez Córdova that investigate presence and absence, neon text and video work by Sable Elyse Smith that examines violence and masculinity, and a cardboard house built by Fernanda Laguna and filled with her paintings.
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