Showing posts with label Dominique Lévy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dominique Lévy. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 February 2015

Sotto Voce - Dominique Lévy

Ben Nicholson, 1936 (White Relief), 1936
Sotto Voce is at Dominique Lévy until 18 April 2015. 
Sotto Voce, the second exhibition at Dominique Lévy looks to be as aesthetically thrilling as the first (see below). All the pieces in this show are abstract white reliefs - exhibited on grey walls. Artists featured include: Jean Arp, Ben Nicholson, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Enrico Castellani, Fausto Melotti, Günther Uecker, Luis Tomasello, Sergio Camargo and Mira Schendel.
Despite the seeming limitation of an exhibition consisting entirely of white monochromes, the works, which broadly span the period  from the 1930s to the 1970s, demonstrate a rich range of tone (from spiritual harmony to unsettling aggression) and aesthetic affiliation ranging from Surrealism (Arp), to Constructivism (Nicholson), to Spatialism and the Zero Group (Manzoni, Fontana, Uecker). 
Read articles by Sarah Kent, Wessie Du Toit and Natalia Rachlin.

Jean Arp, Composition schématique, 1943
Piero Manzoni, Achrome, 1958
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale - Attese, 1965
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1964
Sergio Camargo, Untitled (288), 1970

Günther Uecker, Untitled, 1967

Günther Uecker, Wind, 2009
Dominique Lévy gallery - installation view of Sotto Voce

Sunday, 28 December 2014

Castellani, Judd, Serra - Dominique Lévy

Frank Stella, Tetuan I, 1964
Local History: Castellani, Judd, Serra is at Dominique Lévy, London (and New York) until 17 January 2015.
How did I miss this? This exhibition opened on 13 October and I have only just picked up on it. An exhibition of early Stella and Judd (possibly my most favourite art of all time) alongside Enrico Castellani (who?). How did I not know about Castellani? I can't find him in any of my books about Minimalism or Judd - yet the press release for this exhibition asserts that Judd regarded [Castellani] as father of the style that came to be known as Minimalism. In fact he seems to be more readily contextualized in relation to Lucio Fontana and Piero Manzoni. Interesting.
Judging by the lists of works both shows look fabulous. 
Read a review by Roberta Smith.
The Stella above and the following works are included in the London exhibition:
Enrico Castellani, Superficie rossa, 1964

Donald Judd, Untitled (88-28 A/B Menziken), 1988
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1977
Frank Stella, Concentric Square, 1961
Frank Stella, Concentric Square, 1961
 The following works are included in the New York exhibition:
Frank Stella, East Broadway Sketch, 1958
Frank Stella, 5 Eldridge Street (Blue Horizon), 1958

Frank Stella, BAFT, 1965
Frank Stella, Ileana Sonnabend, 1963

Donald Judd, Untitled (DSS 41), 1963
Enrico Castellani, Superficie nera, 1959
Enrico Castellani, Superficie rigata bianca e blu, 1963