Liu Xiaodong, Brawl 打斗 (2018). Oil on canvas. 250 x 300 x 5 cm. © Liu Xiaodong. Courtesy Lisson Gallery.
Antonio Henrique Amaral, Na paisagem, um grupo... (In the landscape, a group...) (1996). Oil on canvas. 200.7 x 200.7 cm. © Instituto Henrique Antonio Amaral. Courtesy Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
Raul Guerrero, The Ear Inn: New York (2022). Oil on linen. 116.8 x 91.4 x 3.2 cm. Courtesy David Kordansky Gallery. Photo: Jeff McLane.
Mathew Cerletty, Kohler (2007). Graphite on paper. 31.8 x 42.6 cm. © Mathew Cerletty. Courtesy the artist and Karma.
Derrick Alexis Coard, Brotherhood of Aaron (2015). Graphite on paper. 60.96 x 48.26 cm. © Derrick Alexis Coard. Courtesy the artist and Karma.
Toshiko Takaezu, Untitled (c. 1990s). Glazed stoneware. 96.5 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm. Courtesy James Cohan, New York. Photo: Izzy Leung.
Into the organisation’s 60th year, Art Dealers Association of America present their largest edition yet of The Art Show between 2–6 November.
Connecting America’s finest galleries, we preview a selection of our favourite artworks at the fair.
On display with Lisson Gallery, Liu Xiaodong‘s magnificent painting Brawl 打斗 (2018) caught our attention. The Beijing-based artist’s large-scale work captures a snapshot of modern life in the Shaanbei region of China, an area experiencing civic change. Detailed and intensely colourful, Xiaodong’s painting merges rural and urban scenarios.
In conversation with Ocula Magazine in 2016, Xiaodong remarked, ‘I like to visit places of complexity, places that can show the dynamics of society. I want to work somewhere with contradiction and conflict’.
We also loved Antonio Henrique Amaral‘s oil on canvas painting, Na paisagem, um grupo... (In the landscape, a group...) (1996), presented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery. Contemplating concerns with existential discontent, the Brazilian painter’s work depicts an ominous form separating sea from sky. Amaral’s fantastical landscape captures the artist’s masterful painting techniques while evoking a sense of intrigue.
Deftly painted in oil on linen, Raul Guerrero‘s composition The Ear Inn: New York (2022) demonstrates the California-born artist’s apt use of colour. Presented by David Kordansky Gallery, Guerrero’s painting features deep auburns and burnt yellows.
The brilliant Karma has given us a first-class education in the art of framing, bringing together an extensive selection of works on paper in exquisitely crafted frames. New to their work, we particularly love Mathew Cerletty and Derrick Alexis Coard‘s respective drawings within this comprehensive presentation.
On display with James Cohan, Toshiko Takaezu’s series of abstract sculptures left us wanting more. Takaezu’s rounded vessels are captivating fair-goers and highlights the American artist’s dexterity as both ceramicist and sculptor.
Main image: Antonio Henrique Amaral, Na paisagem, um grupo... (In the landscape, a group...) (1996). Oil on canvas. 200.7 x 200.7 cm. © Instituto Henrique Antonio Amaral. Courtesy Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
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