Julius von Bismarck, “Punishment I”, 2012

“Punishment I” consists of photographs, film and artefact showcasing the journey made by german artist von Bismarck in his quest ‘to whip nature’. The gesture is a pretext to express artist’s anxiety against socialization, while questioning at the same time the value of societal constructs and authorities. 

For his solo show at Family Business, 520 W 21st Street, the artist went as far as to whip the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Opening tomorrow at 7PM as part of “These Peanuts are Bullets” organized by Le Dictateur.

Nina Beier, “Tragedy”, persian rug, dog, dimension variable, 2011. Part of the exhibition “DOGMA” at Metro Pictures. From the Press Release: «The origin of the term dog days can be traced back to the ancient Romans who attributed the heat of the summer to Sirius, the brightest star in the night’s sky, which they referred to as the Dog Star due to its position in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog). Dog days were long believed to be maddening and wicked times that turned food and wine sour and pushed man to hysteria. The sweltering days of July and August then are the perfect time to exhibit works that look beyond the cuddly cuteness of dogs to focus on the idiosyncratic, interconnected fates of man and his best friend».
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Nina Beier, “Tragedy”, persian rug, dog, dimension variable, 2011.

Part of the exhibition “DOGMA” at Metro Pictures.

From the Press Release: «The origin of the term dog days can be traced back to the ancient Romans who attributed the heat of the summer to Sirius, the brightest star in the night’s sky, which they referred to as the Dog Star due to its position in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog). Dog days were long believed to be maddening and wicked times that turned food and wine sour and pushed man to hysteria. The sweltering days of July and August then are the perfect time to exhibit works that look beyond the cuddly cuteness of dogs to focus on the idiosyncratic, interconnected fates of man and his best friend».

Mathias Kessler, “Nowhere to be found”, mixed media installation, 2010. Part of the exhibition “The Nature of Disappearance” at Marianne Boesky Gallery. From the Press Release: «Thereby the exhibition explores the nature of disappearance, that is, the concept of the literal, physical loss of the artwork and in doing so further analyzes how artists who have come after Strindberg and Munch not only question the intactness of the object and the artwork, but also literally allow nature to create the work and challenge material integrity, ultimately annihilating the art object […]. With the disappearance of the art object, art became not only an end, but also a means -a process for the artist. The artwork became assailable, vulnerable, and destructible».
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Mathias Kessler, “Nowhere to be found”, mixed media installation, 2010.

Part of the exhibition “The Nature of Disappearance” at Marianne Boesky Gallery.

From the Press Release: «Thereby the exhibition explores the nature of disappearance, that is, the concept of the literal, physical loss of the artwork and in doing so further analyzes how artists who have come after Strindberg and Munch not only question the intactness of the object and the artwork, but also literally allow nature to create the work and challenge material integrity, ultimately annihilating the art object […]. With the disappearance of the art object, art became not only an end, but also a means -a process for the artist. The artwork became assailable, vulnerable, and destructible».