The Art Show 2019: Collaborations, Female Artists & Other Highlights
Presentation, presentation, presentation, it’s what continues to set the Art Show apart from other fairs. Produced by the Art Dealers Association of America, the 2019 edition is on now through March 3 at the Park Avenue Armory. For the second year, the fair gets a jump on Armory Arts Week, which begins March 4.
A joint presentation of Fraenkel Gallery & David Zwirner feat. Alice Neel & Diane Arbus
Over 70 ADAA member galleries are participating in this year’s event, which features three stunning collaborative presentations. Fraenkel Gallery and David Zwirner teamed up for an installation that compares Alice Neel’s paintings to Diane Arbus’ photographs. Anglim Gilbert Gallery and P•P•O•W combined their efforts, juxtaposing painter Judith Linhares with sculptor Annabeth Rosen. And, Salon 94 and Jessica Silverman Gallery crafted a show around Judy Chicago which is complemented with work by emerging female artists.
Julie Saul Gallery’s Booth feat. Maira Kalman
Women are a force at this year’s fair, with several galleries devoting their booths to female artists. In the mix are Galerie Lelong & Co.’s solo exhibition of painting constructions and boxes by Carolee Schneemann, Fergus McCaffrey’s selection of Anna Conway’s otherworldly landscapes and interiors, and Julie Saul Gallery’s presentation of new work by Maira Kalman, which finds the artist illustrating Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Also of note, Hirschl & Adler Galleries has curated a exhibit entitled A Modern Sisterhood that showcases three generations of women artists born between 1950 and 1920. Among those featured are Irene Rice Pereira, Marguerite Zorach, and Mary Cassatt.
Modernism’s booth feat. Jacques Villeglé
Other highlights of the Art Show include the décollages of French artist Jacques Villeglé in Modernism’s booth, the exquisite hand-cut paper works of Uruguayan artist Marco Maggi presented by San Francisco’s Hosfelt Gallery, and Venus Over Manhattan’s thematic show of artist-made boxes by the likes of Mike Kelley, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Damien Hirst, Lucas Samaras and Louise Nevelson. We were also taken by Nohra Haime Gallery’s booth which features the work of Lesley Dill, a Brooklyn-based artist “working at the intersection of language and fine art”, and Weinstein Hammons Gallery’s exhibition of Nicolas Africano which includes sculptures modeled after Cecil Beaton’s images of Greta Garbo dressed as Pierrot the Clown.
See the gallery below for highlights from The Art Show. For additional information, visit the fair’s website.
