June 27, 2006
A week of artist-curated exhibitions
This week marks the apotheosis (to date, at least) of a recent trend: artist-curated summer group exhibitions. The festivities kick off tonight with "A four-dimensional being writes poetry on a field with sculptures," curated by Charles Ray, at Matthew Marks. Marks popularized the trend, allowing his gallery artists Katharina Fritsch (2003), Nayland Blake (2002), Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin (2001), and—perhaps most notably, though I didn't see the show—Robert Gober (1999) curate shows for his 22nd St. space.
Other artists tapped for the job this week include Justine Kurland and Dan Torop ("A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts" at Mitchell-Innes & Nash), Arturo Herrera ("I'm Yours Now" at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.), Banks Violette ("War on .45 / My Mirrors Are Painted Black (For You)" at Bortolami Dayan), Rob Pruitt and Jonathan Horowitz (at Andrew Kreps), and Matthew Higgs ("Dereconstruction" at Gladstone Gallery), among others.