Sebastian Black

Local Warming

C L E A R I N G

396 Johnson Avenue

Brooklyn

Bushwick

Mar 4th 2020 — Jul 3rd 2020

Since beginning his "Puppy Paintings" series in 2010, Sebastian Black has rendered countless dogs as geometric semi-abstract motifs. Not a moment too soon, for "Local Warming" the Brooklyn-based artist trained his attention on cats—here, rendered in oil-on-canvas as though seen through a thermal camera.

Despite the show's title alluding to global warming, these loosely figurative new paintings share titles with songs from the Frozen soundtrack.

Sebastian Black, In Summer, 2019. Oil on linen, 80 x 60 inches.

Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys
Emperor Ro: The Report of a Coup in Belgium
Maxwell Graham/Essex Street
Through
Oct 16th
At Maxwell Graham/Essex Street, Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys reprise a 1993 installation documenting a fictional coup in Belgium.
Paul Thek
Relativity Clock
Alexander and Bonin
Through
Oct 16th
On view at Alexander and Bonin, “Relativity Clock” turns back the clock, showcasing important work from across Thek’s long but nonetheless prematurely curtailed career tapping, which tap into a sense of suspended or queered time.
3.0
Chapter NY
Through
Oct 16th
“3.0” inaugurates Chapter NY’s third space, on Walker Street. The group show features new works from all 15 artists on the gallery’s roster—heralding Chapter NY’s arrival in Tribeca while paying homage to its Lower East Side beginnings.
Rosemary Mayer
Ways of Attaching
Swiss Institute
Through
Jan 9th 2022
“Ways of Attaching” at the Swiss Institute traces Rosemary Mayer’s desire to connect the tactile beauty of textile to semiotics, historical figures, and female empowerment.
Tyler Mitchell
Dreaming in Real Time/ I Can Make You Feel Good
Jack Shainman Gallery
Through
Oct 31st
Tyler Mitchell’s first two shows expand a conception of Americana aesthetics to include idyllic scenes from Black history, domestics, and everyday life.
Tacita Dean
The Dante Project · One Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting · Pan Amicus · Significant Form · Monet Hates Me
Marian Goodman Gallery
Through
Oct 23rd
In her newest exhibition at Marian Goodman, Tacita Dean raises a pantheon of figures dead or lost, spanning centuries, continents, and the artistic imagination.
Marcel Dzama
Who Loves the Sun
David Zwirner
Through
Oct 23rd
Marcel Dzama’s works at David Zwirner are nostalgic not just for life before the current pandemic, but also for a time long ago, when nature retained an unknowable allure.
The Secret Life of Objects
Curated by Barbara Ess and organized by Peggy Ahwesh
Magenta Plains
Through
Oct 9th
The late Barbara Ess was the rare figure whose strength lay in navigating that oft-maddening void between an impalpable idea and its physical articulation. Ess was in the process of curating this exhibition when she passed away in March 2021. Her longtime friend and collaborator, the filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh, stepped in to see the project through.
The New Woman Behind the Camera
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Through
Oct 3rd
“The New Woman Behind the Camera” showcases 120 artists from more than 20 countries, capturing but a portion of a wave of photographic production by women that swept the world.
The Poet-Engineers
Miguel Abreu Gallery
Final Week
Through
Sep 25th
Spread across both Miguel Abreu's Lower East Side galleries, “The Poet-Engineers” brings together an array of mostly sculptural works that pose, and respond, to their own hermetic riddles.
Gregg Bordowitz
I Wanna Be Well
MoMA PS1
Through
Oct 12th
Polymathic artist, writer, and performer Gregg Bordowitz’s mid-career survey at MoMA PS1, “I Wanna Be Well,” memorializes, mourns, and agitates for awareness of the AIDS epidemic.
Social Photography IX
carriage trade
Through
Sep 30th
The ninth iteration of an exhibition which has all but documented the rise of the personal cell-phone camera, “Social Photography IX” includes a lengthy roster of artists—all 5 x 7 inch prints, priced at an affordable $50 - $75—a benefit exhibition to support the gallery program.
Mathew Cerletty
This
Karma
Final Week
Through
Sep 25th
Mathew Cerletty’s solo show at Karma meditates on how we imbue the non-precious with sentimental meaning.
Nicole Storm
White Columns
Through
Oct 16th
Nicole Storm creates an immersive installation that combines drawings, paintings, and sculptural works at White Columns.
Oscar yi Hou
A sky-licker relation
James Fuentes
Final Week
Through
Sep 26th
In the work of Oscar yi Hou, sitter, setting, and painter meet in a whirlwind of jewel-toned signifiers.
Deana Lawson
Centropy
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Through
Oct 11th
Centropy —the coming together of energy, or the opposite of entropy—is the guiding light of this Guggenheim exhibition of Deana Lawson’s recent work,
Daniel Arsham
Objects for Living: Collection II
Friedman Benda
Final Week
Through
Sep 25th
“Objects for Living: Collection II,” an exhibition of the work of artist-designer Daniel Arsham, reinvents the home with objects sinewy, curvy, and bulbous.
Get Lifted!
organized by Hilton Als
Karma
Through
Oct 2nd
As the curator behind Karma’s sprawling summer group show, Hilton Als considers human nature in terms of essential survival instincts.

Sebastian Black

Local Warming

Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys

Emperor Ro: The Report of a Coup in Belgium

Paul Thek

Relativity Clock

3.0

Rosemary Mayer

Ways of Attaching

Tyler Mitchell

Dreaming in Real Time/ I Can Make You Feel Good

Tacita Dean

The Dante Project · One Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting · Pan Amicus · Significant Form · Monet Hates Me

Marcel Dzama

Who Loves the Sun

The Secret Life of Objects

Curated by Barbara Ess and organized by Peggy Ahwesh

The New Woman Behind the Camera

The Poet-Engineers

Gregg Bordowitz

I Wanna Be Well

Social Photography IX

Mathew Cerletty

This

Nicole Storm

Oscar yi Hou

A sky-licker relation

Deana Lawson

Centropy

Daniel Arsham

Objects for Living: Collection II

Get Lifted!

organized by Hilton Als