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On Line

El Lissitzy

MOMA's current exhibition, "On Line" is a must see for anyone who appreciates art. Through Feb.7. Here are some of my favorites.

"Surface Tension - This first section explores artists’ drive to construct and represent movement through line within the flat picture plane, including examples of the Futurist exploration of speed and movement in form around 1910, and the advent of Cubist collage, originating in 1912— considered a first attempt to move from the imaginary surface of representation to the space of the real world."

Kurt Schwitters

Lyubov Popova

Umberto Buccioni

Vasily Kandinsky

"Line Extension - Works in this section play with lines that extend beyond flatness into real space—that is, into social space."

Alexander Calder

Anna Maria Maiolino

Atsuko Tanaka

Paul Klee

"Confluence of Line and Plane - In the exhibition's final section, artists push their lines, both literally and conceptually, out into the “real” world: onto the walls of buildings, into the earth, and into the spaces of our daily life"

Emily Kam Kngwarray

Giuseppe Penone

Gordon Matta-Clark

Julie Mehretu

Michelle Stuart

Edith Dekynd

Kerut Home's New Acquisitions in Art

Framed Antique American Flag. Late 1800's

"L'Aube I" Framed Mezzotint by Mikio Watanabe. 1987

"Nude" Framed Henri Matisse Lithograph. Signed in stone 1948

Framed Abstract lithograph. Artist unkown

Ron Gilad - Functional Aesthetically Angled Abstracts

Coffee Table No 1. enameled brass, leather

New York resident, Ron Gilad's modern approach to furniture making is so abstract and angular. His work contains an industrial cold sensibility in a good way. I like the unexpected and awkwardness of it all.

Coffee Table No 2. enameled brass, ultra clear glass

Dining Table. Powder Coated steel, glass

Fruit Bowl No 1.1. Swiss pear, enameled brass, felt

Void Stool. Corian

Birth of a Chair. Enameled sterling silver

Open unfolded space. Enameled brass

Cube corner door. Enameled brass

Art Basel, Miami Beach

Scott Burton, Hectapod Table 1982. Andrew Kreps Gallery

Art Basel is one of the leading art shows in the country and is certainly worth visiting, or at least the online galleries. The show offers a lot of art work from new up and coming artists which is affordable since they are not well known yet! I've included some of my favorites from the Miami Beach show on December 2-5.

Geraldo De Barros, Untitled 1949. Luciano Brito Galeria

Leon Ferrari, Untitled 1964. Jorge Mara-La Roche

Christina Garcia Robero, Los Hermanos, Kutaisi. Galeria Juana de Aizpuru

Keith Haring, Untitled 1981. Skarstedt Gallery

Tom LaDuke, Untitled 2010. CRG Gallery

Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith 1976. Xavier Hufkens Gallery

Marilyn Minter, Blade Runner 2010. Gaulak Gallery

Joan Miro, Peinture 1925. Galerie Gmurzynska Zug

Koike Shoko, Pottery Inspiration #3

When I was at the Arts and Antique show a couple weeks ago I discovered a wonderful gallery called Dai Ichi Arts here in NYC which specializes in Chinese and Japanese ceramics. One particular artist from the gallery that caught my interest was Koike Shoko. Her work (above) is so Kerut Home. The organic shapes and textural surfaces look like something you would find from the sea.

X- Ray for Art

"We live in a world obsessed with image. what we look like, what our clothes look like, houses, cars...I like to counter this obsession with superficial appearance by using X-rays to strip back the layers and show what it is like under the surface. Often the integral beauty adds intrigue to the familiar. We all make assumptions based on the external visual aspects of what surrounds us and we are attracted to people and forms that are aesthetically pleasing. I like to challenge this automatic way that we react to just physical appearance by highlighting the, often surprising, inner beauty." - Nick Veasey.

I love Nick's art work! So graphic, simple, and mysterious. Large pieces like these would be perfect in a contemporary space with white lacquered walls and a few traditional pieces here and there...