Sergei Jensen 2011
&
Louise Nevelson 1969

"the leftovers"

Sergei Jensen, PS1 January 23, 2011 - May 2, 2011

"In a way that connects to postwar art tendencies like French Situationism, Italian Arte Povera and even relational aesthetics, Sergej Jensen emphasizes interactivity and randomness, embraces accident and takes what comes.

(He has a tendency, for example, to take a decidedly unprecious approach to lighting, and usually accepts whatever has carried over from the previous show.)


taken from Roberta Smith's glowing review...here


(on a side note, Sergej Jensen has work up now at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Sewn, orn, and beautiful, they took me by suprise. A certain sadness + triump in these works. Don't miss them!)

louise nevelson, 1969

"Louise Nevelson became renowned during the Abstract Expressionist period for constructing crated assemblages full of wooden items grouped together into monochromatically painted cubic structures. Her aim to reinvigorate found objects with a spiritual life was informed by feminist ideals and Nevelson's strong persona, which inspired multitudinous female artists associated with the women's movement.

Influenced by Duchamp's found object sculptures, Nevelson sought to build abstract wooden environments, painted gold, black, or white, that obscured original content to historicize debris with a second, more mysterious narrative life. The narratives in her artwork originated from her personal migration history as a Jewish woman who relocated to America, and from her active life in New York's artistic community. "

taken from here...










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Born: Sept 23, 1899
Louise Nevelson
































“But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color.
It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance.

Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all. ….You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing. There is no color that will give you the feeling of totality. Of peace. Of greatness. Of quietness. Of excitement. I have seen things that were transformed into black, that took on just greatness. I don’t know a lesser word.”

Early Nevelson show in Los Angeles,
at Margo Leavin Gallery...

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Louise
Nevelson
(on 1st dibs)

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"”When you put together things that other people have thrown out,
you’re really bringing them to life –
a spiritual life that surpasses the life for which they were originally created."


louise nevelson



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Incised Plaster Sculpture
by Louise Nevelson

This is a striking yet somber sculpture by the famed NYC abstract expressionist. It is cast plaster with incisions throughout and mounted on a stained wood base.

"Untitled" is an edition 2 of 4.

Born in Russia, Nevelson grew up in Rockland, Maine then moved to NYC with her husband after 1918. She studied at the Art Students League under George Grosz , worked as an apprentice to legendary master, Diego Rivera and taught at the Educational Alliance in the Lower East Side


via 1st dibs here.
more nevelson here...

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