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
Artist Thomas Ruff presents two distinct bodies of work as part of his new exhibition at David Zwirner. In ma.r.s, Ruff alters images of Mars culled from NASA's website by adding distinct colors and manipulated perspective. The artist offers vistors 3D glasses to create a cinematic view of a distant reality. Elsewhere in the space, Ruff's series photograms is an experiment in line, order and chaos. The extensive show reveals Ruff's ongoing process to merge photography's fiction, reality and technique. photograms and ma.r.s is on view through April 27th 2013 at David Zwirner, 525 West 19th Street, New York. Photo and text Juliana Balestin
David Zwirner's new presentation of Gordon Matta-Clark investigates the artist's role as filmmaker. Curator Jessamyn Fiore contrasts interior and exterior glimpses of the world captured by Matta-Clark in the years before his death. The artist takes on a series of contrasts between creation and destruction, upward and downward. Shifting points of view and unexpected angles leave viewers uneasy with their perspective. The results reveal a subversive urban existence unique to Matta-Clark's practice. Above and Below is on view through May 4th 2013 at David Zwirner, 519 West 19th Street, New York. Photo and text Juliana Balestin
Michael Riedel's work explores the dialogue between systems, post production and art. Powerpoint at David Zwirner offers new modes of visual communication that blur the lines between content and emptiness. Text and images from a variety of sources yield imperfect models and vague translations designed to confound and provoke viewers. On view through March 23rd 2013 at David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, New York. Photo and text Juliana Balestin
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