Ones to Watch for 2004
by Walter Robinson
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The art world always has its eye out for talent, whether brand new or rediscovered. Here, we put our ears to the ground to see what kinds of vibrations we can pick up -- important shows, new publications, that mysterious buzz. The invisible hand of the market is always at work, elevating the reputations of some artists as it dispenses with others. Here, we pick six artists to watch in the coming months.
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Vega Fr
Robert Sandelson
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Victor Vasarely (1908-1997)
During the 1960s, the celebrated Op Art painter became a cultural touchstone, with his eye-popping geometric designs literally transforming the way we look at the world. But with familiarity came disinterest, and the art world turned to other things. But with the 100th anniversary of the artist coming up in 2005, the Vasarely Foundation, headed up by Michèle Vasarely, is ready for a resurgence. A retrospective exhibition is touring five cities in Latin America, and a recent exhibition at Robert Sandelson Gallery in London got huge press. And the Robert Miller Gallery in New York looking at a Vasarely show for the spring.
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Figure in Chair with Sculpture Bust
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries
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Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922-93)
The celebrated figurative colorist, who studied with Joseph Albers and Hans Hofmann and showed with Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of this Century Gallery before becoming a SoHo pioneer (and father to actor Robert De Niro, who is now in charge the estate), is slated for a major show at Salander-O'Reilly Galleries in New York next October. The exhibition is to be accompanied by a monograph by Peter Frank, published under Salander-O’Reilly’s own imprint.
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Untitled (cheese grater, cup)
Sonnabend Gallery
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Haim Steinbach (b. 1944)
The Israel-born, Brooklyn-based artist became a leader of the 1980s "commodity art" movement with shelf sculptures that are usually lined with multiple selections of glossy consumer products. His work got a boost last month when it was associated with the new "Modern Gothic" movement in the popular "Scream" show at Anton Kern Gallery in Chelsea. Now, Steinbach has further exhibitions coming up at Deitch Projects, Gavin Brown Enterprises and Sonnabend, his home gallery.
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Equilibre VII
Joel Soroka Gallery
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Beatrice Helg (b. 1956)
An up-and-coming Swiss artist who has shown her crisp, abstract still-life photographs, which emphasize an exquisitely appealing sense of color and texture, at Joel Soroka Gallery in Aspen and Robert Klein Gallery in Boston, and is also represented by galleries in Geneva, La Jolla and Paris.
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Mered River at Yosemite Village
Galerie Fahnemann
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Michael Wesely (b. 1963)
The young German photographer, who shows his colorful abstract photographs at Galerie Fahnemann in Berlin, uses a camera obscura and exceptionally long exposure times -- more than two years for his photographs of Berlin's Potsdamer Platz. His work is gaining the attention of the New York art world through his project to similar pictures during the construction of the new Museum of Modern Art from 2001 to 2005.
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Still Life
Galeria Javier Lopez
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Jane Simpson (b. 1965)
The London artist, a veteran of the "Sensation" exhibition, has gained a reputation for sculptures of kitchenware based on Morandi paintings, as well as presentations of everyday objects cast in brightly colored rubber or attached to refrigeration units so that they become covered with ice crystals. A book on her work, with an essay by Royal Academy curator Norman Rosenthal, has been published by Other Criteria, Damien Hirst’s publishing company.
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