Maybe it's the rainy weather, but these days I've been feeling extra nostalgic for my old arthouse fi
| Maybe it’s the rainy weather, but these days I’ve been feeling extra nostalgic for my old arthouse film haunts — the (often tiny) theaters that screened an eclectic mix of experimental films, video art, and more that you won’t generally find on streaming sites. These days, the Brooklyn Museum’s Art on the Stoop series is attempting to fill a bit of that gap by projecting video works by the likes of Arthur Jafa, Wangechi Mutu, Sara Cwynar, and Jeffrey Gibson.Nostalgia also sits front and center in Kevin Beasley’s current show at Casey Kaplan, which Alexandra Thomas calls a tribute to the “materiality and memories of traditions disrupted by the pandemic.” And Thomas shares her thoughts on the stunning Julia Phillips exhibition on view at Matthew Marks. Also worth catching: this timely film series focused on voting rights, Joan Witek’s buzz-worthy, (almost) all-black show at Minus Space, and James Luna’s exhibition at Garth Greenan — the first since the radical artist’s death. Don’t forget your mask.– Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews | |
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| Sunset Screenings at the Brooklyn Museum |
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| | Art on the Stoop: Sunset Screenings at the Brooklyn Museum (image courtesy the Brooklyn Museum) |
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| Since September, the Brooklyn Museum has been putting on Art on the Stoop: Sunset Screenings, a free outdoor exhibition which presents video art works from the museum’s collection (along with a few key loans).Starting October 14, the museum will screen a special program featuring moving image works by artists such as Howardena Pindell, Jeffrey Gibson, and Adama Delphine Fawundu, projected on a 30-foot screen for viewers gathered on the museum’s expansive public plaza. |
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| Getting Buzzed on the Color Black Few artists unlock the optical potential of black better than Joan Witek, whose compositions hum with subtle illusions. Daniel Larkin |
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| New Work from Steve McQueen |
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| Robert Kobayashi: Moe’s Meat Market at Susan Inglett, through November 7“Kobayashi subverted the stereotype of cheap production by elevating a painted object fashioned of recycled tin into the realm of art.” – John Yau Martha Tuttle: A stone that thinks of Enceladus at Storm King, through November 9“Tuttle lets the installation stand as the answer to its own questions, even if it can feel that much is left unsaid.” – Louis Bury Hope Wanted at New York Historical Society, through November 29“As budgets continue to remain tight for many across the city, Hope Wanted offers a crucial free opportunity to ruminate on not just on art, but also local history in the making.” – Dessane Lopez Cassell Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde at MoMA, through January 2Félix Fénéon was an activist when young, an anarchist (like many of his artist friends) who later became a communist. He never gave up his leftist convictions. – David Carrier Judd at MoMA, through January 9In his late work, Judd becomes a materially sensual colorist working within severe, self-imposed limits. Was his use of colors such as pink and egg yolk yellow an unexpected development, or was the tendency there all along? – John Yau |
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