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Jordan Castel Paints her Community!

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Jordan Casteel Paints Her Community, a film by Art21 Summer of Shorts : Ten New Films  in Ten Weeks Premiering on Art21.org every Friday through  August 4 Art21  premieres its second film from its  Summer of Shorts ,  a dynamic ten-week roll-out of exclusive new short films documenting the life and work of the most compelling contemporary artists working today:  Meriem Bennani, Jordan Casteel, Stan Douglas, Theaster Gates, Liz Larner, Aki Sasamoto, Avery Singer, Jeff Wall, Chris Ware,  and  Caroline Woolard. Summer of Shorts  continues today with the premiere new film from Art21's  New York Close Up  series featuring artist  Jordan Casteel . WATCH ART21'S LATEST FILM:  Jordan Casteel Paints Her Community Through  August 4 , a new film will premiere at  noon  every Friday on  Art21.org  as well as on the  Art21 YouTube channel . Where does a painter find her subject matter?  With a process that takes her from the streets of Ha

Theater Gates on Collecting, A Film by Art21

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Theaster Gates on Collecting, a film by Art21 Summer of Shorts : Ten New Films  in Ten Weeks Premiering on Art21.org every  Friday  through  August 4 Art21  premieres its second film from its  Summer of Shorts ,  a dynamic ten-week roll-out of exclusive new short films documenting the life and work of the most compelling contemporary artists working today:  Meriem Bennani, Jordan Casteel, Stan Douglas, Theaster Gates, Liz Larner, Aki Sasamoto, Avery Singer, Jeff Wall, Chris Ware,  and  Caroline Woolard. Summer of Shorts  continues today with the premiere new film from Art21's  Extended Play  series featuring artist  Theaster Gates . WATCH ART21'S LATEST FILM:   Collecting - Theaster Gates Through  August 4 , a new film will premiere at  noon  every  Friday  on  Art21.org  as well as on the  Art21 YouTube channel . ABOUT THEASTER GATES Theaster Gates  creates sculptures with clay, tar, and renovated buildings, transforming the

Charles Anderson: Detroit Red Chris Riddell: Lavender

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TONIGHT AT REYES PROJECTS CHARLES ANDRESEN:  DETROIT RED CHRIS RIDDELL:  LAVENDER Opening Reception: 6-8 PM 100 Old S. Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI Charles Andresen,  Green Scene , 2015 Chris Riddell,  Untitled , 2017 Reyes Projects  is pleased to present new work by New York-based artist  Charles Andresen ,   and Detroit-based artist  Chris Riddell , with two solo exhibitions opening  tonight, June 7th,  from  6-8 PM . Charles Andresen’s  Detroit Red , will decorate the upper level of the gallery, and Chris Riddell's  Lavender , the lower level. The two are quintessentially local American artists, legends in their own cities. Charles Andresen, who has spent twenty-five years working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, was trained in the realist tradition but now practices biomorphic abstraction. Chris Riddell is a Michigan born-and-bred artist, who is famous for mining the detritus of the city as the source for his wo

Reyes Projects Presents Charles Andresen NYC and Chris Riddell DT

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REYES PROJECTS PRESENTS CHARLES ANDRESEN:  DETROIT RED CHRIS RIDDELL:  LAVENDER Opening  Wednesday, June 7th ,  6-8 PM 100 Old S. Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI Charles Andresen,  Mad Nomad , 2015 Chris Riddell,  Untitled , 2017 Reyes Projects  is pleased to present new work by New York-based artist  Charles Andresen ,   and Detroit-based artist  Chris Riddell , with two solo exhibitions opening  Wednesday, June 7, 2017 . Charles Andresen and Chris Riddell are two quintessentially local American artists, legends in their own cities. Charles Andresen, who has spent twenty-five years working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, was trained in the realist tradition but now practices biomorphic abstraction. Chris Riddell is a Michigan born-and-bred artist, who is famous for mining the detritus of the city as the source for his work in collage and found objects.   Charles Andresen’s  Detroit Red , on the upper level of the g

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Presents an Exhibition of Documents

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Garage Museum of Contemporary Art: Summer Exhibitions Chéri Chérin ,  Road to exile , 2004. Oil on canvas. RMCA Collection, Tervuren. Raymond Pettibon: The Cloud of Misreading June 7, 2017 - August 13, 2017   Raymond Pettibon ,  No Title (Till the Map…) , 2008. Courtesy of David Zwirner, New York.   Following its tradition of introducing internationally renowned artists to a local audience, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art will present the first solo exhibition of Raymond Pettibon in Russia. A major part of the Garage summer exhibition season, the show—curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Gary Carrion-Murayari from the New Museum in New York—brings together more than three hundred works, including ephemera and materials from the personal archive of a figure who has been key to the American art scene since the 1990s. Pettibon first received attention for his work when it was used in fliers, zines, and record covers in the