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Postmasters Gallery, New York, presented new works by Eddo Stern. It was the artist s third solo show with the gallery. Los Angeles based Stern has been involved in video gaming culture as a practitioner and theorist for many years. He is presently on the faculty at California Institute of the Arts. The works in the show are a result of the artist s obsessive participation in online fantasy games, most recently a yearlong immersion (2000 hours played) in World of Warcraft, the most popular MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games) with more than 10 million players worldwide His new works - kinetic shadow sculptures and 3D computer animation videos - use a mash-up of documentary material from online forums, clip art, YouTube videos, midi music, electronics, and hand made puppets . (excerpts from the press release). Upcoming show from 20th October: New works by Kristin Lucas. September 15, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, presents recent work by Swiss artist Not Vital (born 1948). The exhibition entitled Lotus, Coffee and Stone Pine, Portraits, Snow and Boyfriend is Not Vital s fourth solo show at the gallery. It features new sculpture as well as works on paper. We tried to give you an impression of the exhibition, but if you want to experience the exhibition with all your senses, we recommend to have a look yourself. Opening reception, New York, September 15, 2007. The exhibition runs through October 27, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Yvon Lambert s Project Space in Chelsea, New York, presents Tsang Kin-Wah. Tsang Kin-Wah lives and works in Hongkong. The works presented at Yvon Lambert Project Space New York center around sex as one of the motivations of human beings. The works on display are to a large extent text-based. In the main room text on the walls is intermittendly illuminated by two lights. The second room features wallpapers and paintings. The exhibition will consist of floral patterns of text and paintings mingled with rhythmic pulses of light The walls of the second gallery have been covered with traditional Chinese lotus patterns in soothing blue and pink, a pattern that repeats in accompanying paintings. While the lotus flower is closely associated with Buddhism in the East to symbolize purity, upon closer inspection Tsang’s flowers spell out pornographic texts. Tsang Kin-Wah (b.1976) was born in China and is a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Camberwell College of Arts at the London Institute. (excerpts from the press release). Tip: Have a close look at the paintings that seem to merge with the wallpaper - there s not only text and patterns. Yvon Lambert New York Project Space, opening reception, September 14, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The paintings by Michael Cline entitled “Folks” are reminiscent of George Grosz and Pierre Klossowski. Michael Cline (born in Cape Canaveral, Florida), lives and works in New York. He received an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. His work has been included in “Happy Days Are Here Again” at David Zwirner Gallery and will be subject of a solo exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. Opening reception at Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, September 15, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The famous Hotel Chelsea in New York is the place where Daniel Reich Gallery presents the works of Camilla Low, Mamiko Otsubo, and Stefan Thater. The exhibition is curated by Marina Leuenberger and Daniel Schmidt. Camilla Low contributes sculptures with a cool, high-gloss surface; Mamiko Otsubo a rarge moon leaning on a curved wall outside the exhibitions space and Stefan Thater a series of black and white works on a narrow shelf, leaned onto the wall. Daniel Reich Gallery, Temporary Space at the Hotel Chelsea, New York, September 8, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Gallery Sara Tecchia Roma New York starts the Fall season with works by David Fried (born 1962 in New York City). On display are his kinetic art pieces (tables with sound-activated spheres), and color photograms. His hand-crafted SELF ORGANIZING STILL LIFE objects consist of interactive, sound-activated spheres, which dance in real-time in response to ambient sound, visualizing the live acoustics in a spontaneous and elegantly fluid choreography before one s eyes. When sound is no longer detected, the spheres come to rest, playing still-life With his series of color photograms titled IN BED WITH LUCY AND DOLLY, Fried uses photo-sensitive film and flashes of light to capture the shadows of fleeting bubble formations - no camera or lens is used. (excerpts from the press release). Opening reception at Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, September 14, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Greene Naftali Gallery presents the second New York solo exhibition by Jim Drain. On display are four new large-scale sculptures, furniture works, collages, photographs, stained glass, wallpaper, and a curtain dividing the space. All the elements create a brightly colored environment. Jim Drain: I Would Gnaw on My Hand at Greene Naftali Gallery, New York. September 15, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Spencer Brownstone Gallery presents new works by Ian Burns. In these works Ian Burns uses both high- and low-tech to create images which are displayed on TV monitors and wall projections. It s Ian Burns second solo show at the gallery. He has featured in major exhibitions including ‘Greater New York’ at PS1; The Turin Triennial, Castello di Rivoli, Turin; ‘Stereovision’ at South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa; and ‘New York States of Mind’ at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Ian Burns will have his first one-person museum show at Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art in 2008, which will be accompanied by the publication of a major catalog. Ian Burns: The Manner of Work (until October 20, 2007) at Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York. September 13, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Daniel Rozin (born 1961 in Jerusalem) creates interactive installations and sculptures. His works have the ability to respond to the presence of a viewer. Currently, Bitforms Gallery, New York, presents three new works by Daniel Rozin. Daniel Rozin s “Weave Mirror”, “Peg Mirror”, and “Snow Mirror”. The exhibition runs until October 6, 2007. Bitforms Gallery, New York. September 14, 2007. PS: There s an artist talk on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at Bitforms Gallery, New York. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The Writer s Brush is an exhibition based on Donald Friedman s book “The Writer s Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers ” (release date September 2007). The show, curated by Donald Friedman and John Woronski includes more than 120 unique works of art by 80 of the world s most celebrated writers. Among them are Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Jean Cocteau, Douglas Coupland, Aldous Huxley, Henry Miller, Kurt Vonnegut, William Butler Yeats, and many more. The Writer s Brush: Paintings and Drawings by Writers at Anita Shapolsky Gallery. The exhibition runs until October 27, 2007. Impressions from the opening reception at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, September 13, 2007. Book link PS: Interview with Donald Friedman, the author of The Writer s Brush, at New Hampshire Public Radio (Audio). Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The Fall program of Envoy at 131 Chrystie Street, New York, starts with two artist: Simon Henwood and Raphael Neil. Simon Henwood s works are black and white oil paintings of 60 s and 70 s actors who never made it in Hollywood, plus a large painting of the office of a talent agency. Raphael Neil s are also related to the movies: Bates Productions is his faux production company that supposedly released three movies: “A Boy s Room”, “Doppelgänger”, and “Aliocha”. In Raphael Neal s exhibition at Envoy we see the movie posters for these movies. Simon Henwood: There For the Grace of God, and Raphael Neal: Bates Productions (both exhibitions run until 6th October 2007), Envoy. September 13, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Works by Shirana Shahbazi and Wilhelm Sasnal are on display at the Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art in New York. Shirana Shahbahzi (born in Tehran in 1974) presents a selection of color photographs and a painting transcribed from one of her photographs by a team of Iranian artists. It s the largest exhibition of Shahbazi s work to date in the United States. Wilhelm Sasnal (born in Poland in 1972) presents a new 16-mm film which is based on found footage of several Elvis performances and of American outsider musician Daniel Johnston. Shirana Shahbazi: Meanwhile and Wilhelm Sasnal: Untitled (both exhibitions run until October 27, 2007), Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art, New York. Opening, September 12, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

With her exhibition at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Christine Tarkowski has her first solo show in New York City. The exhibition entitled “Whale Oil, Slave Ships and Burning Martyrs” is a mixed media installation consisting of a geodesic dome, broadsides, photographs and songs (created in collaboration with Jon Langford). With her work, Christine Tarkowski “explores the manner in which systems of belief pervade all aspects of our lives, through the construction of her own faith-based order” (excerpt from the press release). She lives and works in Chicago, IL. Christine Tarkowski: Whale Oil, Slave Ships and Burning Martyrs at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York. Opening reception, September 6, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Kent Henricksen s exhibition “Divine Deviltries” at the Chelsea-based gallery John Connelly Presents is the artist s second solo exhibition in New York at the gallery. The gallery s walls are covered with a series of wallpapers and art work which look nice from a distance, but turn evil when you have a close look. Kent Henricksen, born 1974 in New Haven, Connecticut, lives and works in New York. An interview (Kent Henricksen in Conversation with Bob Nickas) is available at the gallery s website. Kent Henricksen: Devine Deviltries, Opening at John Connelly Presents, New York, September 6, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Sean Kelly Gallery presents a major exhibition of new work by artist Wolfgang Laib (born 1950 in Metzingen, Germany). It s Wolfgang Laib s first show since joining the gallery. The exhibition entitled “Without Time - Without Body - Without Place” is organized around one of Laib s most important new, large-scale pollen and rice installations. On display are also a monumental double staircase, new black and red houses of Indian granite, and wax sculptures. Wolfgang Laib is know for the use of materials such as milk, pollen, rice, wax and marble. His installations utilize elemental forms such as cones and ziggurats. Wolfgang Laib: Without Time - Without Body - Without Place (until October 13, 2007), opening reception at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, September 6, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Pace Wildenstein presents for the first time in America Keith Tyson s installation “Large Field Array”. Keith Tyson s work is named after the Very Large Array (VLA), a field of Radio Telescopes in New Mexico. “The VLA focuses on one spot from multiple viewpoints to give us a clearer picture of the universe. Similarly, Tyson s monumental modular work combines over 220 separate sculptural forms into a single Field Array, which is designed to operate as a gigantic experimental lens for viewing some of the fundamental forces that make up reality” (excerpt from the press release (PDF)). VernissageTV used the day after the crowded opening to have a closer look at the impressive installation. It s not possible to capture every single element of the Large Field Array. We tried to give you an impression of the installation, but if you have the chance, have a look yourself. The exhibition runs until October 20, 2007. Keith Tyson: Large Field Array, Pace Wildenstein at 545 West 22nd Street, New York. September 8, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window. (more )

Metro Pictures Gallery, New York, opens the fall season with new wall-size collages and a three part film by T. J. Wilcox. The exhibition includes 15 large scale collages and films that tell stories about the spectrum of innocence through the viewpoints of a child, a princess and an ambitious beauty. T. J. Wilcox was born in 1965 in Seattle, Washington. He lives and works in New York City. Recently, he had exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Kunstverein Munich; Sadie Coles HQ, London; Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna; and Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne. Impressions from the opening reception, September 7, 2007. Metro Pictures, New York. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window. (more )

Andrea Rosen Gallery presents “Twilight”, an exhibition incorporating sculpture, painting, and photography by German artist Friedrich Kunath. Friedrich Kunath was born in Chemnitz in 1974. Recently he participated in a group show at Tate Modern, London and had solo shows at BQ, Cologne and Blum Poe, Los Angeles. In 2005 was awarded the Jürgen Ponto-Foundation Stipend, Frankfurt. “Twilight” is Friedrich Kunath s first main room exhibition at Andrea Rosen Gallery following his Gallery 2 show in 2005. Andrea Rosen Gallery, impressions from the opening reception, September 7, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

For the Art Parade, artists, performers and designers are invited to create floats, balloons, placards, portable sculptures, performances and street spectacles. On September 8th, 2007 the Art Parade took place for the third time on West Broadway, between Houston and Grand Street. This year s Art Parade included over 75 projects, including those by Tauba Auerbach, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Matthew Rodriguez, The Dazzle Dancers, Kenny Scharf, COCO s Demoiselles, Trevor Stone and The Conundrums. The Art Parade 2007 involved over 700 participants. The Art Parade is a produced by Deitch Projects, Creative Time and Paper Magazine. Art Parade, New York, September 8, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Zach Feuer Gallery presents its third solo exhibition of paintings by Jules de Balincourt. Jules de Balincourt (born 1972 in Paris, France) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His work has been exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; the Royal Academy of Art, London; Shanghai Museum, China; Prague Biennial 3, Czech Republic and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York. Jules de Balincourt: Unknowing Man s Nature, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York. Opening, September 6, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.