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ARTISTS FOR BIDEN FUNDRAISER

Over 100 artists and estates have donated works for a fundraiser supporting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.* Presented on Platform.art—an initiative developed by David Zwirner—participating galleries include Regen Projects, Jack Shainman, Gladstone, Lehmann Maupin, Petzel, and Marian Goodman, as well as Gemini G.E.L.

Following a virtual kickoff earlier this week with vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris, Carrie Mae Weems, and Catherine Opie, the sale is now live. See link below for details.

ARTISTS FOR BIDEN

October 2–October 8, 2020.

Platform.art

*Participating artists and estates include Marina Adams, Doug Aitken, Richard Aldrich, John Baldessari (donated by Gemini G.E.L.), Alvin Baltrop, Walead Beshty, McArthur Binion, Dike Blair, Sebastian Blanck, Carol Bove, Cecily Brown, George Condo, Patricia Cronin, Sarah Crowner, N. Dash, Tara Donovan, Carroll Dunham, Marcel Dzama, William Eggleston, Rafa Esparza, Shepard Fairey, Rochelle Feinstein, Radamés “Juni” Figueroa​, Spencer Finch, Suzan Frecon, Charles Gaines, Jerrell Gibbs, Sam Gilliam, Joanne Greenbaum, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Thomas Hager, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Tyler Haughey, Michael Heizer, Carmen Herrera, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Jenny Holzer, Ridley Howard, Alex Hubbard, John Huggins, Ayana V. Jackson, Rashid Johnson, Deborah Kass, KAWS, Ellsworth Kelly, Jon Kessler, Toba Khedoori, Christine Sun Kim, Jeff Koons, Doron Langberg, Liz Larner, Bonnie Lautenberg, An-My Lê, Roy Lichtenstein, Maya Lin, Robert Longo, Emmanuel Lubezki, Brice Marden, Julie Mehretu, Marilyn Minter, Ivan Morley, Rebecca Morris, Vik Muniz, Wangechi Mutu, Jordan Nassar, Alice Neel, Shirin Neshat, Catherine Opie, Angel Otero, Jack Pierson, Lari Pittman, Martin Puryear, Christina Quarles, Robert Rauschenberg (donated by Gemini G.E.L.), Alexis Rockman, Ugo Rondinone, Victoria Roth, Ed Ruscha, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, Fred Sandback, Fanny Sanín, Kenny Scharf, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, Amy Sillman, Gary Simmons, Laurie Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Vaughn Spann, Tavares Strachan, Sarah Sze, Mika Tajima, Kyle Thurman, Fred Tomaselli, Leo Villareal, Charline von Heyl, Carrie Mae Weems, Lawrence Weiner, James Welling, Stanley Whitney, Kehinde Wiley, Chloe Wise, Christopher Wool, Rob Wynne, Lisa Yuskavage, and Andrea Zittel.

From top: Carrie Mae WeemsRemember to Dream, 2020, screenprint on rag paper, printed by Kaleb Hunkele of Standard Art Supply, image courtesy and © the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; Michael Heizer, Blue Diorite, 1981, 89-lb. blue diorite in aluminum frame, image © Michael Heizer, courtesy Agnes Gund, the artist, and Gagosian, photograph by Rob McKeever, donated by a private collector; Carol BoveCoy Satanism, 2020, stainless steel and urethane paint, image courtesy and © the artist and David Zwirner; Liz Larner, Fictile, 2010–2011, ceramic and epoxy, image courtesy and © the artist and Regen Projects; Kyle Thurman, Suggested Occupation 56 (Spring Image, travel nightly), 2020, gouache, graphite, and watercolor on paper in artist’s frame, image courtesy and © the artist and David Lewis; Charline von Heyl, The Sticky Hour, 2018, acrylic and crayon on linen, image courtesy and © the artist and Petzel Gallery; Tavares StrachanWe Are in This Together (Multi),, 2019, neon and transformers, image courtesy and © the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery; Jenny Holzer, selection from Truisms: Abuse of power comes as no surprise, 2015, dark labradorite footstool, image courtesy and © the artist and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Sam Gilliam, Untitled, 2020, watercolor on washi paper, image courtesy and © the artist and David Kordansky Gallery; KAWS, Together, 2017, painted bronze, image courtesy and © the artist; Alvin Baltrop, The Piers (profile portrait), n.d., gelatin silver print, image courtesy and © the Alvin Baltrop Trust, Third Streaming, and Galerie Buchholz; Lari Pittman, Portrait of a Human (Pathos, Ethos, Logos, Kairos #17), 2018, cel vinyl and spray paint on linen on wood panel, image courtesy and © the artist and Regen Projects; Ed RuschaWe (#1), dry pigment and acrylic on paper, 2020, image courtesy and © the artist.

RICHARD ALDRICH | GLADSTONE GALLERY | BRUSSELS

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels, (image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels
(image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

RICHARD ALDRICH

Gladstone Gallery, Brussels

Exhibition on view until June 7, 2014

Gladstone Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Richard Aldrich at our Brussels location. The exhibition is being presented in collaboration with dépendance, which will host a concurrent exhibition on view April 24 through May 24. The two exhibitions feature paintings, drawings, and sculptures created over the course of the past decade that highlight Aldrich’s interest in the way in which objects can be used to explore the impact of time on our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Through each work, many of which were created over the course of multiple years, or returned to after a duration of time, Aldrich provides a rich visual representation of the evolution of objects — how, as we age and change, our conception of the things close to us is altered as well. This notion is reflected in his works, which, even when finished, evince a sense of continuous becoming, suggesting the possibility of future growth and change.

Eschewing a particular art-historical definition of or vantage point from which to view his art, Aldrich sees his artistic practice as a constantly evolving force. Taken as a whole, his work defies a singular style, and in his drawings, paintings, and sculptures, Aldrich is able to move effortlessly between figuration, abstraction, and representation – often combining imagery variously inspired by people and places close to him, visual artists, writers, and musicians whom he finds interesting, and experiences drawn from his everyday life. Using a variety of techniques, such as thick and thin painting, removing portions of canvas from his work, and multi-media assemblage, Aldrich has developed an artistic style that turns away from the canonical understanding of art historically, in favor of exploring new conceptual processes through which to view the contemporary world as he sees it.

The works on view represent the broad spectrum of Aldrich’s practice and, when taken together, read as a microcosm that encapsulates a series of moments caught in time. Among the works on view are Reality Painting #6 (A Wall in My Bedroom) part of Aldrich’s ‘Reality Painting Series,’ a body of work that playfully adopts the art-historical idea of a series as a way to organize ideas, and which depicts scenes from Aldrich’s everyday life. Also on view is Stacks, a sculpture that brings together four elements of previously exhibited sculptures to create a new complete work. This piece reflects Aldrich’s interest in using re-contextualization to explore new ways in which objects can be engaged with and understood, an idea that is further expanded upon by virtue of the fact that this work was shown in his recent show at Bortolami Gallery in New York, and is now being revisited and approached anew. Among the works on view at dépendance are Untitled, a painting that is composed of a trilogy of novels from the Cyberpunk role-playing game universe Shadowrun, suspended from the canvas in mid-air, and the drawing One Kind of Sleight of Hand, which features the transparency that was used to create the painting Two bodies as One that was shown at dépendance in 2009.

Aldrich was born in Hampton, Virginia, and currently lives and works in New York. He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, and the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. He has also been included in group exhibitions at notable institutions including: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas; Tokyo City Opera, Tokyo; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels (image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels
(image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels (image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels
(image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels (image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels
(image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels (image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

Richard Aldrich, installation view, Gladstone Gallery Brussels
(image http://www.gladstonegallery.com)

 

THE HAWKER

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The Hawker, 2014, Installation view (image Carlos/Ishikawa)

The Hawker

dépendance at Carlos/Ishikawa, London

March 14 – April 12, 2014

ARTISTS: Richard Aldrich, Marie Angeletti, Thomas Bayrle, Will Benedict, Merlin Carpenter, Michaela Eichwald, Jana Euler, Christian Flamm, Olivier Foulon, Manuel Gnam, Thilo Heinzmann, Karl Holmqvist, Tom Humphreys, Sergej Jensen, Dorota Jurczak, Michael Krebber, Martin Laborde, Linder, Michaela Meise, Oscar Murillo, Shelly Nadashi, Henrik Olesen, Benjamin Saurer, Nora Schultz, Hanna Schwarz, Lucie Stahl, Josef Strau, Simon Thompson, Harald Thys & Jos de Gruyter, Oscar Tuazon, Peter Wächtler, and Haegue Yang.

 

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The Hawker, 2014, Installation view (image Carlos/Ishikawa)

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The Hawker, 2014, Installation view (image Carlos/Ishikawa)

Jana Euler, Human Small World, 2011, Papier-mâché, 60 x 20 x 20 cm

Jana Euler, Human Small World, 2011, Papier-mâché, 60 x 20 x 20 cm (image Carlos/Ishikawa)

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The Hawker, 2014, Installation view (image Carlos/Ishikawa)

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Oscar Murillo, another kind of breed (detail), 2014, Wooden crates and porcelain 34 x 72 x 183 cm (image Carlos/Ishikawa)