Artists JR and Jose Parla take their recent collaboration The Wrinkles of the City from the streets to Bryce Wolkowitz's 24th Street gallery. In 2012, both men traveled to Cuba to interview residents and create works of art that tell stories accesible to the public. JR's sincere and honest black and white portraits capture each sitter's personality while Parla's narrative of Cuba reads through shape, color and form. On view through July 12th 2013 at Bryce Wolkowitz, 505 West 24th Street, New York. Photo and text Juliana Balestin
Ugo Rondinone's new show with Gladstone Gallery showcases the artist's continued use of unexpected materials in new formats. For soul, Rondinone offers untreated, rough stone blocks stacked into the shapes of humans. Playing with repetition and scale, the artist creates a space for contemplation and shifts the mood of the gallery from light and airy towards somber and self-reflective. On view through July 3rd 2013 at Gladstone Gallery, 530 West 21st Street, New York. Photo and text Juliana Balestin
Matthew Marks presents a multi-venue exhibition of artist Ellsworth Kelly. In conjunction with his 90th birthday, Kelly offers viewers a selection of recent works that reveal the physical but intimate brand of abstraction distinct to the artist. Canvas works placed on top of other canvases enhance the power of Kelly's color and dynamic force of his shapes. At Ninety is on view through June 29th 2013 at Matthew Marks, 522 West 22nd Street, 523 West 24th Street and 502 West 22nd Street, New York. Photo and text Juliana Balestin
Jeff Koons' first exhibition with David Zwirner features a new series of sculptures inspired by lawn ornaments from the artist's childhood. Koons places these reproduced reflective blue balls on plaster sculptures. The startling white figures and objects feature references to both antiquity and the modern world. The repitition of the blue spheres through the gallery offers a sense of order and contrast between mass production and intimacy. Gazing Ball is on view through June 29th 2013 at David Zwirner, 525 West 19th Street, New York. Photo and text Juliana Balestin
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