Oct. 22 Field Trip

Field trip to DUMBO:

The morning class will meet in the classroom, or meet at 10:30 the BAC Gallery, 55 Washington Street, Suite 218, Brooklyn

BY SUBWAY
Take the A or C train to High Street (first stop in Brooklyn). Exit at the Cadman Plaza West stairwell towards the rear of the train. Cross Cadman Plaza Park to Cadman Plaza East. Take a left on Cadman Plaza East, which turns into Washington Street and continue walking under the Brooklyn Bridge overpass, towards the river.

Take the F train to York Street (first stop in Brooklyn). Exit the station and go right onto Jay Street and take an immediate left on York Street. Walk three blocks on York Street and take a right on Washington Street.


Afternoon class: meet at 2:15PM at the A.I.R. Gallery, 111 Front Street, #228


Subway
Take the F train to York St. (the first stop in Brooklyn)
Turn right as you exit the station, walk 1 block down hill to Front st. Turn left on Front St. and walk 2 1/2 blocks (you will pass under the manhattan bridge). 111 Front st. will be on your right (look for bright orange)
or
Take the A, C train to High St. and exit at Cadman Plaza West/Henry St Walk across the street and through Cadman Plaza Park. Curve to the left and walk downhill three blocks towards the water & under two overpasses. This road will turn into Washinton St. and you will hit Front St., turn right to reach 111 Front st.

Field trip to Chelsea 2, Thurs. October 8, 2009

Morning class, meet in classroom or at 535 W. 22nd at 10:30 or so, in exhibitions 1 or 2.
Afternoon class, meet at Starbucks at 8th Avenue and 23rd Street, at 2PM--be on time.
Call with questions: 917-379-5015

1. Hellen Van Meene. Yancey Richardson, 535 W 22nd nr. 10th Ave. – Oct 31

2. Sarah Anne Johnson, Julie Saul Gallery, 535 W. 22nd, 6th Floor - Nov. 14

3. Rebecca Warren, Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 W. 22nd St. – Oct. 24

4. X-Initiative, Tris Vonna-Michell, Luke Fowler, and Keren Cytter, and Pool Noodle Roof by Jeffrey Inaba’s Los Angeles-based practice, INABA, 548 W. 22nd nr. 11th, --Oct. 17 Wed. – Sat. 11-6

5. Chris Ofili, David Zwirner, 525 19th St. near 10th, -- Oct. 24

6. “One Minute More” The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th nr. 10th Ave. – Oct. 31, noon – 6.

All class members see Georgia O'Keeffe at the Whitney Museum before next Thursday, Oct. 15!

Class 4, 9/24, Chelsea Field trip, Suggested Galleries

If you didn't make it to class, here are the galleries to see for discussion Thurs. Oct. 1:
Hung Liu, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, 520 W. 27th --Oct. 31, 10-6
Joan Vennum, Sundaram Tagore, 547 W 27th –Oct. 31, 10-6
Ted Kurahara, Walter Randel Gallery, 287 10 Ave, 2nd Fl. btw. 26 & 27th St.--Oct. 22
Juergen Teller, Lehmann Maupin Galleru, 540 W. 26th, --Oct. 17
Israel Hershberg, Marlborough Gallery, 545 W. 25th, --Oct. 1
Simen Johan, Yossi Milo 525 W. 25th – Oct. 31
Anselm Reyle; Takashi Murakami, Gagosian, 555 W. 24th, --Oct. 24
Dasha Shishkin, Zach Feuer, 530 W. 24th, nr. 10th avenue, -- Oct. 17

September 10 Field Trip

Along with the Jack Tworkov show at UBS, the James Ensor and Ron Arad exhibitions at MOMA,
we also saw Milton Avery at DC Moore Gallery, and Larry Rivers at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 724 5th Avenue.
Please check out the review links on the left--to access the NY Times online reviews you may have to set up an account, but it's free.

September 10, second class: Field trip to UBS Gallery, 1285 Ave. of the Americas (6th Ave.) at 51st St.
to see Jack Tworkov retrospective. Then to Museum of Modern Art, 53rd St. between 5th and 6th Avenues to see James Ensor and Ron Arad shows.

Fall 2009: Welcome

The first day of class is Thursday, Sept. 3rd. Watch this site for further announcements and the class schedule for the semester.

End of Spring Semester

Thanks to all the spring people for a great semester. Have a great summer, keep in touch.
I'll see some of you next semester.

Artist statement tutorial

Bring paper and pencils, kids. And if you've done an artist's statement already, bring it along to update and polish.
Remember, no class on April 2nd--go to PS1 at some point before the next class discussion on April 9th.

Field trip to MOMA

Change of plans for this week's field trip--we'll be going to the Museum of Modern Art to see the retrospective of Martin Kippenberger. There's been a lot of buzz about this show: read the review by Jerry Saltz in New York Magazine (click on title of this post to access it).
Morning class: meet in classroom at 9:30 or in the Museum lobby at 10:20 or so.
Afternoon class: meet in museum lobby at 2:15.
Don't forget your Pratt ID!!!!!

Field trip to galleries on 57th Street

Both classes:
Zone Contemporary Art
41 W. 57th 2nd Floor
Jack Sal: Re/Vision, --Feb. 28

Ana Tzarev: Journey of Discovery
24 W. 57th

Washburn Gallery
20 W. 57th, 8th Floor
The Cedar Bar: Pollock, deKooning, etc.—Mar. 14

Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art
20 W. 57th, 2nd floor
Judy Pfaff

Forum Gallery
745 5th Avenue
Reiko Fujinami –Feb. 21
Holy Hip-Hop, Alex Melamid –Mar. 14

Mary Boone Gallery
745 5th Avenue, 4th floor
Will Cotton: New Paintings, - Mar. 28

David McKee Gallery
745 5th Avenue, 4th floor
Group show

Morning only:

Pace/Wildenstein
32 E. 57th
Matta: Five Decades of Painting –Feb. 28
and/or
DC Moore Gallery
724 5th Avenue, 8th Floor
Janet Fish: Recent Paintings - Mar. 14

February 26th class: meet on 57th Street, Zone Gallery, 41 West 57th, 2nd floor,
10:30ish morning class; 2:15ish, afternoon class. F train 57th Street stop is very close.

Morning class meet in classroom or at Katerina Lanfranco show at 10:30ish.
Afternoon class meet in Ellsworth Kelly show at 2:15, Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 W. 22nd St.

Chelsea Field Trip: Galleries visited

Morning class:

Katerina Lanfranco: Below a Sea of Stars; Nancy Hoffman, 520 W 27th 10 - 6

James Nares; Paul Kasmin Gallery, 293 10th Avenue (bet. 27 & 26 St.) --Feb. 21, 10-6

Al Held; Pace Prints, 521 W. 26th, 3rd floor 10-6 Sat. 11-6, --March 7

Bruce Robbins, Jane Dickson; Marlborough Chelsea, 545 W 25th--Feb. 14th

Richard Klein and Julie Rofman, Caren Golden, 539 W. 23rd –Feb. 21

Robert Irwin Light and Space IV; Pace Wildenstein, 10-6 545 W 22nd --Feb. 28th

Ellsworth Kelly; Matthew Marks Galleries, 522 and 526 W. 22nd St., 11- 6, thru. April 11th



Afternoon class:
Piero Manzoni; Gagosian, 555 W. 24th, open through March 21

Jeremy Earhart, Goff+Rosenthal, 537B W. 23rd Street, --Feb. 21

Richard Klein and Julie Rofman, Caren Golden, 539 W. 23rd –Feb. 21

Robert Irwin Light and Space IV; Pace Wildenstein, 10-6 545 W. 22nd --Feb. 28th

Dane Patterson, Proposition Gallery, 539 W. 22nd –Feb. 28th

Ellsworth Kelly; Matthew Marks Galleries, 522 and 526 W. 22nd St., 11- 6, thru. April 11th

Mary Heilman; 303 Gallery, 547 W. 21st Street,

Hiroshi Sugimoto; Gagosian, 522 W. 21st –Feb. 14th



Optional:

Nancy Haynes; Elizabeth Harris Gallery, 529 W. 20th, 6th Floor

also at 529 W. 20th: Group shows Kim Foster, 1st floor, Bitforms 2nd floor

Third week, Feb. 5

Discussion in class of the art we saw in SoHo last week--make comments here if you're so inclined.
Like it? Hate it? Indifferent?

1/29, WEEK 2:
MORNING CLASS: Meet in classroom 9:30, or meet in SoHo, 10:15, at the Ronald Feldman Gallery, 31 Mercer Street, 1 block north of Canal Street--A/C train to Canal.
We'll also go to the Drawing Center, 35 Wooster, www.drawingcenter.org/
And probably the Painting Center, 52 Greene Street, www.thepaintingcenter.org/

AFTERNOON CLASS: Meet at 2PM at the New Museum, 235 Bowery at Prince St., F train to Broadway Lafayette.
Bring your student ID and 8 dollars to get in.
We'll also visit the Ronald Feldman Gallery, see above.

Francine Grenci wins First Prize.

See you all in class Thursday. Call me if you have problems, 917-379-5015.