Top NYC Exhibitions Opening This Week (May 13 – 18)

Dan Colen: “The spirits that I called” at Oko
May 15 – June 15
Opening: May 15, 6-8PM
220 East 10th Street
Dubbed “the Miracle paintings” by the artist and inspired in part by Walt Disney’s celebrated 1940 animated film classic Fantasia, Dan Colen’s latest canvases depict non-figurative and relatively empty landscapes that quote the movie’s overwrought visual elements of magic and fantasy. These paintings are oriented around arcs of shimmering fairy dust – effects referred to by Colen as “miracles” – with trope l’oeil surfaces achieved through suspension of dry pigments in viscous paint and varnish.

THURSDAY

“video_dumbo” at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center
May 16 – May 25
Opening: May 16, 6-9PM
540 West 21st Street
video_dumbo presents its eighth annual festival and exhibition of contemporary moving image art, co-presented by Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. This year includes the work of 106 artists from 30 different countries, that include several US premieres and video works by: Christian Jankowski, Anton Ginzburg, Eija-Liisa Ahtilla, Nicolas Provost, Matthia Mueller/Christoph Girardet, Bjørn Melhus, John Grimonprez, Mike Hoolboom, and Mark Lewis.

SATURDAY

Joe Bradley: “Lotus Beaters” at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
May 18 – June 29
Opening: May 17, 6-8PM
620 Greenwich Street
A presentation of new works from New York based artists Joe Bradley.

Cover image:
Anton Ginzburg
Hyperborea
Courtesy of video_dumbo and Eyebeam Art + Technology Center