Artists Unite Issue

Summer shows are of two varieties. One, described nicely by Edward Winkleman is the “put on a smorgasbord of the gallery’s artists plus some potential newcomers” approach; the other is a theme group show.

While the first pretty much is what it is, and could definitely be a fun survey (as I hope the one I’m in is!), the second provides a nice chance to be meaningful, while maintaining a summery lightness. Like a beach read selected from NPR’s Must Read recommendations rather than from, say, either a subway ad on one end or the New York Review of Books on the other. So far I’ve seen two that I enjoyed like Campari sodas:

“Freeing the Line,” at Marian Goodman, curated by Catherine de Zegher (which we’ve written a lot about); and

“Data Mining,” at Wallspace, curated by Joe Scanlan. This one includes a carpet design by Gerhard Richter and some cool embroidered forms by Karen Reimer all emerging from a consideration of identifying patterns and exerting influence.
Got anything else to recommend?

Invitation to “Data Mining” (detail)