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GILBERT & GEORGE, Death Something, 2011
LONDON PICTURES
“…Gazing
fearfully at the huge town before them, as if foreboding that their
misery there would be but as a drop of water in the sea, or as a grain
of sea-sand on the shore…Food for the hospitals, the churchyards, the
prisons, the river, fever, madness, vice and death – they passed on to
the monster, roaring in the distance, and were lost." - Charles Dickens –
‘Dombey and Son’ 1847
Lehmann Maupin Gallery (info@lehmannmaupin.com) and Sonnabend Gallery are pleased to present Gilbert & George’s LONDON PICTURES on view 26 April – 23 June 2012 at both Lehmann Maupin locations 540 West 26th Street and 201 Chrystie Street, and at Sonnabend Gallery, 536 West 22nd Street.
For their first gallery exhibition in New York since THE PERVERSIVE PICTURES, 2004, Lehmann Maupin and Sonnabend present LONDON PICTURES. These monumental pictures with titles such as “ARRESTED”, “ATTACKED STRAIGHT”, “BOMB”, “LOVER”, “MISSING”, “SUICIDE”, take their names from newspaper posters and as a whole, portray the sorrow and humanity of western city life.
Gilbert & George have described in several interviews how London, its grandeur, mystery and drama has been a major inspiration of their determinedly confrontational and richly atmospheric art for nearly five decades. Over this period, Gilbert & George have shadowed London’s moods, identifying within the city’s sleepless thoroughfares all of the messy, precious, undeniable aspects of the modern human condition.
Lehmann Maupin Gallery (info@lehmannmaupin.com) and Sonnabend Gallery are pleased to present Gilbert & George’s LONDON PICTURES on view 26 April – 23 June 2012 at both Lehmann Maupin locations 540 West 26th Street and 201 Chrystie Street, and at Sonnabend Gallery, 536 West 22nd Street.
For their first gallery exhibition in New York since THE PERVERSIVE PICTURES, 2004, Lehmann Maupin and Sonnabend present LONDON PICTURES. These monumental pictures with titles such as “ARRESTED”, “ATTACKED STRAIGHT”, “BOMB”, “LOVER”, “MISSING”, “SUICIDE”, take their names from newspaper posters and as a whole, portray the sorrow and humanity of western city life.
Gilbert & George have described in several interviews how London, its grandeur, mystery and drama has been a major inspiration of their determinedly confrontational and richly atmospheric art for nearly five decades. Over this period, Gilbert & George have shadowed London’s moods, identifying within the city’s sleepless thoroughfares all of the messy, precious, undeniable aspects of the modern human condition.
On
Saturday, April 28th, 1-3 PM, Gilbert & George will sign copies of
their latest publication, LONDON PICTURES, at Lehmann Maupin Gallery's
540 West 26th Street location. The first 100 guests will receive a free
copy of LONDON PICTURES.
For further information please contact:
Bethanie Brady at 212 254 0054, Bethanie@LehmannMaupin.com, or visit our website.
Ana Miranda at 212 627 1018, Ana@Sonnabendgallery.com
For further information please contact:
Bethanie Brady at 212 254 0054, Bethanie@LehmannMaupin.com, or visit our website.
Ana Miranda at 212 627 1018, Ana@Sonnabendgallery.com
The New Review’s Jubiillee Concert in honor off the 70th anniiversary off
Novyii Zhurnall / The New Reviiew
James Memorial Chapel, Friday, April 27th, 2012, at 7:00 pm
Opening Remarks: Sergei Hollerbach, President, The New Review, Inc.
Russian Literary New York: Four Émigré Generations –Together
Poetry readings: Ina Bliznetsova, Dmitry Bobyshev, Rudolf Furman, Vladimir Gandelsman,
Andrei Gritsman, Bakhyt Kenjeev, Gary Light, Vera Pavlova, Alexander Petrov, Valentina
Sinkevich, Gregory Starikovsky, Alexander Stesin
In memory of:
Olga Anstey (1912−1985), Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996), Igor Chinnov (1909–1996), Yury Ivask (1907−1986),
Lev Losev (1937−2009), Ivan Elagin (1918−1987), Vladimir Nabokov (1899−1977), Oleg Ilyinsky (1932−2003),
Nikolay Morshen (1917−2001), Mikhail Tsetlin - Amary (1882–1945)
reading by Peter von Berg
Intermission
Alexander Tcherepnin: “Musical Citizen of the World”
Dedicated to the great Russian American composer, pioneer in new musical techniques, - Alexander Nikolaevich Tcherepnin (1899-1977)/ Program arranged by D. Bagrationi and B. Folkman. Host: Benjamin Folkman, President, The Tcherepnin Society, New York. A. Tcherepnin. Selections from the Bagatelles op.5 for the piano. Igor Stravinsky. Three movements from the ballet “Petrushka”,
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux from the “Nutcracker” Suite (in Mikhail Pletnev’s solo piano arrangement), Piano: Alexander Beridze,
Gold Medalist at the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati ( 2009), the Jacob Flier International Piano Competition in New-Paltz, NY (2004)/
Concert was organized by The New Review, Inc. with the support of the following partners and sponsors: the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Tcherepnin Society, Princess Diana Bagrationi Foundation, and VK-Studio.
For more information: newreview@msn.com; 212-353-1478
James Memorial Chapel, 3041 Broadway, at 121st Street, New York (sbw: Red-1, Columbia University)
at the Met Opera Shop! Friday, April 27 at 5pm
Natalie Dessay, currently starring in La Traviata, will be signing copies of her CDs and DVDs
Mark Belitskiy, Mikhail Etelzon. 4-28-12, 5:30pm
Russian Bookstore No 21 bookinfo@russianbookstore21.
174 5th ave (btw. 22-23 streets) 2nd. Fl. Manhattan, 212 924 5477. Free
Hester Street Fair, Sat Apr 28, 10:00a.m.
Hester St at Essex St. Subway: F to Delancey St; J, Z, M to Delancey–Essex Sts. The
third installment of this annual outdoor market, organized by MTV News
correspondent SuChin Pak, is the largest yet. More than 20 local and
indie vendors are hawking handmade and vintage goods, such as
WinkandFlip bib necklaces ($40), Tattly temporary tattoos ($8) and
Scared Panda tees ($20–$25). As always, you could spend the whole day
eating—Chozen kosher ice-cream treats ($4) and zucchini pies ($5) from
Upper West Side restaurant Anthi's Greek Food will ensure you don't shop
hungry.
TIMES SQUARE MOMENT: A DIGITAL GALLERY to Feature Robert Wilson, 5/1-31
See the newest art gallery in the sky. Approximately a dozen digital signs in Times Square will come together to exhibit dynamic, high-quality art at a regularly scheduled time each day. The official launch of “Times Square Moment: A Digital Gallery” will feature the work of renowned artist Robert Wilson starting Tuesday, May 1 to Thursday, May 31 at 11:57 p.m. on multiple screens in Times Square. This first of its kind program is presented by the Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and curated by the Times Square Arts, the public art program of the Times Square Alliance.
Robert Wilson is among the world's foremost theater and visual artists. The video workthat will appear on the Times Square digital signs -- Robert Wilson Video Portraits -- has toured the globe in some of the most prestigious museums, galleries and public spaces. The exhibition’s stop at the Crossroads of the World will include video portraits of actors, artists, dancers, writers, athletes, people of all backgrounds, and animals that reflect the breadth of Wilson’s career. For more details on the artist, visit www.robertwilson.com.
Times Square Moment: A Digital Gallery runs May 1- 31, 2012, each day at 11:57 p.m. (three-minute show) on digital signs in Times Square. Best viewing is from Duffy Square and/or Military Plaza. Plus, it's free!
| Parade of Illuminations: Opening Procession for the PEN World Voices Festival |
| Monday, April 30 The High Line, Gansevoort St. Entrance, New York City Dusk; 7:30 p.m. to participate With Processional Arts Workshop and the PEN community. Free and open to the public. Join the parade! The parade is open to all. Just fill out PAW's online form to participate Pen World Voices April 30 - May 6. |
| In Conversation: Ludmila Ulitskaya, Friday, May 4 |
8–9:30 p.m. With Anderson Tepper
| Tickets: $15/$10 PEN Members and students with valid ID. Call (866) 811-4111 or visit ovationtix.c |
| Recipient of the 2002 Russian Booker Prize, Ludmila Ulitskaya is considered the heir to Chekhov and among the most important writers in Russia today. In 2008, Ulitskaya began secretly corresponding with Amnesty International “prisoner of conscience” Mikhail Khordorkovsky, the anti-Putin Russian oligarch serving 14 years in a Siberian camp. The author will read excerpts from that correspondence and discuss the current political, cultural, and social situation in Russia, with special attention to the ongoing anti-Putin protests and the recent presidential election. |
Participant: Gary Shteyngar
Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and came to the United States when he was seven years old.He is the author of the novels The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, which won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction, and Absurdistan, which was chosen as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and Time. His most recent novel is Super Sad True Love Story.
His fiction and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Esquire, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. His work has been published in 19 countries.
He currently lives in New York.
John Cage: How to Get Started Friday, May 4
Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th St.), New York City
11 a.m.–9 p.m.
With David Harrington of Kronos Quartet, Aleksander Hemon, Etgar Keret, Sonia Sanchez, and you!
Tickets: Call 212-864-5400 or visit www.symphonyspace.org.
Day program: $15/$12 PEN and Symphony Space members/$10 students with valid ID
Evening program: $20/$17 PEN and Symphony Space members/$10 students with valid ID
Full day package: $30/$25 PEN and Symphony Space members/$17 students with valid ID
EXHIBIT "Before They Were Famous" The Working Studios of Andy Warhol & Robert Indiana
"Before They Were Famous" offers a rare glimpse into the working studios of Pop Art giants Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana, two artists who shaped the direction of American art in the 1960s. This is the collection’s New York City debut. William John Kennedy shot the images of Warhol and Indiana, which had been forgotten in storage in the photographer’s studio for over four decades!
Before They Were Famous will be on view till May 29 at Site.109 on Norfolk Street in New York City--just blocks from where some of these historic images were taken.
12:00PM - 6:00PM
Site 109, 109 Norfolk St. (212) 260-8110
Natalia Sharymova
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