GK Art Notes

Koons: High-priest of banality

Posted on July 4, 2012 by GalleriaKlik

Koons took over the Schirn Kunsthalle (art gallery) Frankfurt and infused the antiquity of Leibieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung. The Schirn’s promo literature calls the Leibieghaus infusion a dialogue between Koon’s and the historical exhibits “spanning 5,000 years of sculpture” , I call it an effective gimmick. Conceptual art can, sometimes, be alienating, this gimmick was a way of making Koon’s accessible. Both exhibitions feature all the Koon classics including the contrived “Made in Heaven” series. Ah, the “Made in Heaven” series; porn in nature, creatively licensed by heavy dose of interpretation!

Posted in Art exhibition, Contemporary artist | Tagged Cicciolina, Jeff Koons, Leibieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung, porn, Schirn Kunsthalle | Leave a comment

Our man at Kassel

Posted on July 2, 2012 by GalleriaKlik

GalleriaClic will be reporting from documentA in a few days time!

Posted in documentA | Tagged biennial, conceptual art, documentA, Germany, Kassel | Leave a comment

GalleriaClic update: Dazed and looking ahead

Posted on June 19, 2012 by GalleriaKlik

Dazed and refused
Edward Ofosu is a talented portrait artist whose art we hope you will be seeing more of on GalleriaClic. You will be able to see one of Ofosu’s portraits at Dazed and Refused. Dazed and Refused opens on Thursday 21 June at The Arch Gallery. So why are we Dazed and Refused? Well it is a case of refused first then dazed as this is an exhibition of the pieces that did not make it into the BP Portrait Award 2012. However, no one was dazed for long, as they decided to turn the negative of rejection into this positive exhibition. Dazed and Refused ends on Saturday, 30 June, so hurry and catch a glimpse of all that talent and creativity that could not possibly fit into the National Portrait Gallery.

Looking forward to our new space
Apologies to anyone who might have wondered down to The Bookshop Gallery Hoxton in the last week. GalleriaClic and the resident artist Matteo Merla have moved away from that space. The good news is come mid-July we will be in a new space, please stay connected to GalleriaClic for more information on our new gallery.

Posted in Edward Ofosu, GalleriaClic, GalleriaClic artists | Tagged BP Portrait Award 2012, contemporary portraits, Edward Ofosu, National Portrait Gallery, NPG, portraiture | Leave a comment

Adamus: Last chance

Posted on May 9, 2012 by GalleriaKlik

Adamus: Contemporary Takes on the Original Man ends on Sunday 13 May 2012. In Adamus, the artists Matteo Merla, Ian Thompson and Joáo Trindade each explore the male form in their own unique and contrasting style. Each artist takes their lead from the classical practice of masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo and the strong examples of their representations of the male form. Drawing on the inspiration of this classical heritage, each proceeds to represent the male form in their own unique and contrasting chosen contemporary settings.

Reproduction prints of one artwork from each of the exhibiting artists are available for sale at the gallery. Online purchasing of these prints and other affordable reproduction prints will soon be available on www.GalleriaClic.com.

Adamus is at the Bookshop Gallery Hoxton, 83 Kingsland Road E2 8AG (Google map), which is a short walk from Hoxton Overground station. The gallery is open daily from 12 noon to 7pm. The Bookshop Gallery Hoxton, is located between Flowers Gallery and the Geffrye Museum both on Kingsland road, two landmarks of the burgeoning east London art scene.

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