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In Washington, D.C., digital screens project artworks by Carrie Mae Weems and Jeffrey Gibson as part of the “Art for Action” campaign. (all images courtesy Orange Barrel Media)
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Kennedy Yanko with work Photo: Mike Vitelli.
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Installation shot of Beverly Fishman’s latest works, in the exhibition I Dream of Sleep, inspired by the recent death of her sister.
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Tony Tasset, Blob Monster, 2009
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Kennedy Yanko, Three Ways, 2019, public installation along the 1200 block of Poydras Street in New Orleans.
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South African artist Mary Sibande recently caught up with us from her home in Johannesburg, to let us know how she’s coping under lockdown, how the pandemic has affected her art making, and what her thoughts are about how her community is reacting to the rapidly changing conditions.
View the interview and more in our Viewing Room
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The Written Word, 2020, Installation View, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, USA
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Michael Joo, DRWN, Carunculatus (12), 2015, graphite impregnated urethane, dimensions variable (acquired 2016 by Tel Aviv Museum of Art.) Photo: Elad Sarig
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Installation View, With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith, San Jose Museum of Art, 2020.
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Manish Nai, Meridians, Art Basel Miami Beach, 2019, Installation View.
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Congrats Jeffrey!
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Tony Tasset, Deer, 2015, Collection of Gregg Rechler and Mitchell Rechler, Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta, Chicago , Photo: Christopher E. Manning
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Jessica Stockholder Angled Tangled, 2014, Installed at Crystal Bridges Museum
Two works by Jessica Stockholder are included in Color Field at Crystal Bridges
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Exhibition catalogue (front view) for About Face (featured image: Zanele Muholi, Phaphama, at Cassilhaus, North Carolina, 2016, Archival pigment print, 43 3/8 in x 30 in, courtesy of Wrightwood 659.)
We had the pleasure last week of attending the VIP premier of the exhibition About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art at Wrightwood 659. We were enthralled by the artist symposium that kicked off the night, which included captivating talks by Carl Pope, Harmony Hammond, María Elena González, Del LaGrace Volcano, Keijaun Thomas, Sophia Wallace, and Leonard Suryajaya.
Curated by Jonathan David Katz, PhD, Visiting Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at The University of Pennsylvania and chair of the doctoral program in Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo, the exhibition features more than 450 works by more than 40 artists. Of special note to us was the selection of three paintings on view by our own Roger Brown. From the exhibition catalogue:
“Roger Brown was a leading member of the Chicago Imagists, a group of artists united not necessarily by style, but through shared beliefs, such as a rejection of Abstract Expressionism in favor of works with concrete imagery, and an interest in surrealism, comics, and advertising. Memory and experience always saturated Brown’s art and, growing up, he found himself particularly influenced by Art Deco design and the aesthetics of pop culture, which he incorporated into his work, often in a humorous or satirical way. In a style that echoes comic strips, his paintings frequently employ supersaturated colors and a bright palette, sometimes functioning as multi-framed stories with symmetry, gradient backgrounds, and silhouetted figures.“
We were also thrilled to see one of Nick Cave’s Soundsuits prominently exhibited on the main floor of the exhibition. Again from the catalogue:
“Nick Cave is a Chicago-based visual, performance, and sculpture artist and dancer who weaves his artforms together to create pieces that are never a single, easily definable object. He is perhaps most well-known for his Soundsuits: large, often colorful sculptural costumes made from found materials, both something to be worn, but also structures that refuse simple categorization. The first one was spurred by the Rodney King riots, a series of events during which Cave confronted his own identity as a black man. Forced to think deeply about the dangers of racial profiling, he began collecting objects that had also been discarded or deemed devoid of value. He would then construct a suit out of what he found, realizing that they were meant to be worn, and that they made sound. These “secondary skins” and “suits of armor” erase the race, gender, and class of the wearer, allowing a space for appreciation without judgement. Cave continued his exploration of the adornment of a surface with his paintings, which act as bas-reliefs that protrude from walls like sculptures. This ambiguity of form is intentional for Cave, who wants viewers to wonder what they’re seeing.”
Congratulations from Kavi Gupta to all of the wonderful artists who are included in this groundbreaking exhibition. About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art is on view at Wrightwood 659 through Jul 20, 2019. The exhibition is supported by the Alphawood Foundation.
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Roger Brown at Museum of Art and Design NYC
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A look at the prepartions for AFRICOBRA in Venice
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Tony Tasset's Mood Sculpture installed at the Universtity of Kentucky.
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Angel Otero featured in Artnet
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Congrats Audrey!
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The Goldsmiths CCA gallery in London is presenting HOW CHICAGO!
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Africobra inculded in the 2019 Venice Biennale!
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Jeffrey Gibson curated into the 2019 Whitney Biennial.
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Congratualtions to Manish Nai on being featured on the Cover of ART India
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Congrats Firelei!
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Richard Hunt, Tubing Form, Executed in 1966
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Barbara Jones Hogu – Rise and Take Control (screen print), 1970
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Felix Art Fair is Coming Up!
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Devan Shimoyama, Cry Baby, Installation View, 2019, Andy Warhol Museum
Cry Baby In the New York Times
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AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People opened during Miami Art Week
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Kavi Gupta hosted its annual wine event for top collectors and curators at the Gates Hotel
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Titus Kaphar was recently featured in The New Haven Register
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Last week, "The Time Is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago's South Side, 1960-1980" opened at the Smart Museum of Art.
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Muses Opens at Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio.
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An Article on Richard Hunt's Upcoming Georgia Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition.
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AfriCOBRA 50, a retrospective, will open at Kavi Gupta Gallery at the end of September!
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Scott Reader: “How to Succeed as an Artist While Living outside of Art-World Capitals.”
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St. Louis-based fabric artist Basil Kincaid recently spent a week in the lobby of JPMorgan Chase & Co
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Jeffrey Gibon: THIS IS THE DAY Opens at the Wellin Museum.
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Young-Il Ahn, installation view at Kavi Gupta Gallery
Review of Young-Il Ahn's Show in NEWCITY!
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Richard Hunt, Special Olympics 50th Anniversary Sculpture, 2018
Richard Hunt's Special Olympics Memorial was unveiled outside of Soldier Field!
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Jeffrey Gibson LIKE A HAMMER, At the Denver Art Museum, 2018
Great press just keeps coming about Jeffrey Gibson: Like A Hammer!
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Jessica Stockholder's, Assist, Art Basel, 2018
Jessica Stockholder gave the city of Basel, Switzerland, a beautiful assist this year at Art Basel 2018.
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Young-Il Ahn on the cover of the latest issue of Western Humanities Review!
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Firelei Báez, Joy Out of Fire, 2018
Encouraging press has been coming out ever since Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire opened
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Manish Nai: Capturing Time will open on July 28th at The Noordbrabants Museum.
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El Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo (CGAC) Featured the work of Jessica Stockholder.
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Tony Tasset, Judy's Hand Pavilion, 2018, At Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Tony Tasset's monumental outdoor sculpture Arrived in Cleveland this week.
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In case you haven’t seen it yet, there are a few more days to experience The Let Go, Nick Cave’s spectacular performance installation at the Park Avenue Armory in New York.
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Young-Il Ahn, Soraya Ahn, Jacob Yi, and Jessica Moss in Young-Il Ahn's Studio (2018)
We visited Los Angeles, where we enjoyed a fruitful studio visit with Young-Il Ahn.
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Firelei Báez, Marie-Louise Coidavid, exiled, keeper of order, Anacaona, 2018, at the Berlin Biennale 2018
We’re so proud of Firelei Báez for her contribution to this year’s Berlin Biennale!
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Gallery owner Kavi Gupta with Roger Brown's "Hollywood With the Stars." Photo by Manuel Martinez
To Kick off the Blog we interviewed Kavi about the Gallery's history!