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.