Mickalene Thomas at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
April 11, 2012
Landscape Majestic, 2011, 52 x 68 5/8 inches, Woodblock, Silkscreen and Digital Print, edition of 30
Please join us in congratulating Mickalene Thomas on her current exhibition Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe at the Santa Monica Musuem of Art. The exhibition opens on Friday, April 13th and runs through August 19th. This is Mickalene’s first major solo museum exhibition. The show features a new suite of landscape paintings and portraits. The exhibition will travel to the Brooklyn Museumin the fall of 2012.
Landscape with Tree, 2012, Rhinestones, acrylic, oil, and enamel on wood panel, 100 x 90 inches, Courtesy of the Artist, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Interior: Blue Couch with Green Owl, 2012, Rhinestones, acrylic, oil, and enamel on wood panel, 108 x 84 inches, Collection of Michael Hoeh, New York, NY
Durham Press at the Dallas Art Fair
April 6, 2012
Durham Press will be returning to the Dallas Art Fair for our second year. We are looking forward to exhibiting new and recent prints by Hurvin Anderson, Polly Apfelbaum, Roland Fischer, Emil Lukas, Beatriz Milhazes, James Nares and Mickalene Thomas. The fair opens on with a Preview Gala on Thursday, April 12th and ends on Sunday, April 15th. We look forward to seeing our old Dallas friends and making new ones! Please visit us in booth F5.
Polly Apfelbaum, Love Alley, 2011, 32 x 68 inches, Edition of 25
Emil Lukas, Center Hum East & West, 2011, 37 1/2 x 29 inches, Edition of 25
Hurvin Anderson, Welcome Series: Black and White, 2011, Edition of 30
James Nares, You Don't Say 2, 2012, 28 x 75 inches, edition of 36
Mickalene Thomas at MoMA – Coversations: Among Friends
January 17, 2012
Mickalene Thomas, Landscape Majestic, 2011, 52 x 68 5/8 inches, Woodblock, Silkscreen and Digital Print
The Museum of Modern Art is hosting a panel discussion on Tuesday, January 24th, at 7:00 pm, which will include Mickalene Thomas. Conversations: Among Friends explores works of art as reflections of their political and social contexts. This program features a conversation between artists Derrick Adams, Clifford Owens, Xaviera Simmons, and Mickalene Thomas, with an introduction by Christopher Y. Lew, Assistant Curator, MoMA PS1.
Durham Press Artists in Miami
December 8, 2011
Durham Press had a great week exhibiting at Art Miami– we enjoyed seeing the other fairs and all that Miami had to offer. It was fun to see old friends and meet new ones. Several of the Durham Press artists were in and around Miami. Here are a few highlights:
Art Basel Miami Beach
James Nares unveiled his new film Street at Paul Kasmin. The film was recently completed and features music by Thurston Moore. Mickalene Thomas had paintings and photography at Lehmann Maupin, Rhona Hoffman and Susanne Vielmetter. Sperone Westwater exhibited Emil Lukas‘ string and larva paintings. Hurvin Anderson had two paintings in Thomas Dane’s booth.
Around Miami
Foundation Cartier presented Aquarium by Beatriz Milhazes in a temporary space in Miami. The mobile is comprised of over 14,980 carats of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and rare jewels.
James Nares, Street, 2011, video, Paul Kasmin Gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Mickalene Thomas, paintings, rhinestones, acrylic and enamel on wood panel, Lehmann Maupin at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Emil Lukas, string paintings, Sperone Westwater at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Hurvin Anderson, painting, Thomas Dane at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Beatriz Milhazes, Aquarium, Fondation Cartier in Miami.
Landscape Majestic in Art For Africa Auction
November 15, 2011
This Thursday, November 17th, at 6pm there will be an auction at Sotheby’s New York called Art for Africa. The works in the auction, generously donated by contemporary African and American artists, will support the Africa Foundation primarily in its efforts to improve the lives of many orphaned and vulnerable children across Africa, through education and healthcare. The Africa Foundation has been hard at work in more than 50 communities across South and Eastern Africa for 19 years – “Empowering communities through conservation.” Mickalane Thomas and Durham Press have donated one Mickalene’s incredible prints, Landscape Majestic, to this auction and I hope you will take some time to look at all the great lots at the auction and consider supporting it!
More Than Everything- Mickalene Thomas at Lehmann Maupin
September 13, 2011
Durham Press would like to congratulate Mickalene Thomas on her second solo exhibition at Lehmann Maupin. The exhibition, More Than Everything, opens on Thursday, September 15th and closes on Saturday, October 29th. The exhibition has already been named one of The 100 Best Fall Art Shows by Modern Painters magazine. More Than Everything presents a selection of works on paper that reveal her artistic process. Mickalene draws on many sources for her influences and often starts her paintings with collages and photographs. For a more in-depth look at Mickalene’s process, click here to see a video, interview and studio tour. Landscape Majesticwas created in 2011, and is a complicated woodblock, silkscreen and digital print that was collaged together. The print is available for sale through Durham Press.
Landscape Majestic, 2011, woodblock, silkscreen and digital print, 52 x 68 5/8 inches, edition of 30
Durham Press art and artists in Basel
June 15, 2011
When in Basel be sure to see….
1. Aquarium by Beatriz Milhazes. Milhazes in cooperation with Foundation Cartier will be unveiling a new sculpture during Art Basel 2011. The sculpture is a mobile adorned with fine and precious stones selected by Milhazes. The stones are incorporated into Milhazes’ abstract arabesques, rosettes and floral moteifs. The sculpture also incorporates metal and resin. Milhazes exhibited at the Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris in 2009.
detail of Aquarium by Beatriz Milhazes
2. Pendulum by James Nares. The film can be seen in at Art Unlimited in Booth U25. It was recently on view at the Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Kunsthalle Berlin. Pendulum was created in 1976 using a Super 8 camera. The film explores a dangerous movement of a metal wrecking ball-like machine in a quiet New York street.
still from Pendulum by James Nares
3. The Beyeler Foundation which will be releasing a new benefit print by Milhazes. The silkscreen print was printed at Durham Press in the late spring of 2011. It was produced with 18 colors and 23 runs from 7 screens. It is an edition of 50. The print is available for sale through the Foundation Beyeler.
New print by Beatriz Milhazes
4. Landscape with Woman Washing Her Feet by Mickalene Thomas at Lehman Maupin in Booth J9 at Art Basel 2011.
Landscape with Woman Washing Her Feet, 2008
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