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Mark Tansey (New York: Gagosian, 2013)

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Mark Tansey

Mark Tansey is available for online reading from April 19 to May 18 as part of Artist Spotlight: Mark Tansey. The publication documents nine paintings made by the artist between 2006 and 2012. The works are painted in ultramarine, a color that combines the depth and complexities of black with the lightness and transparency of blue and that imparts the historicizing feel of the now-obsolescent blueprint. Each work is shown with numerous details, allowing the viewer to discover Tansey’s visual allegories and philosophical references within each composition.

Mark Tansey (New York: Gagosian, 2013)

Installation view, American Pastoral, Gagosian, Britannia Street, London, January 23–March 14, 2020. Artwork, left to right: © Theaster Gates, © Adam McEwen, Thomas Moran, © Richard Prince, © Banks Violette, © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Lucy Dawkins

Tour

American Pastoral

Thursday, March 5, 2020, 6:30pm
Gagosian, Britannia Street, London

Join Gagosian for a tour of the group exhibition American Pastoral. The show juxtaposes modern and contemporary works with historical American landscapes ranging from Albert Bierstadt’s depiction of the sublime in Sunset over the River (1877) to Edward Hopper’s tranquil seaside scene, Gloucester Harbor (1926). Gagosian’s Alice Godwin will focus on a select grouping of exhibited works that seek to challenge the idealized vision of the American Dream that has long been a rich topic of inquiry for artists in the United States. To attend the free event, RSVP to londontours@gagosian.com. Space is limited.

Installation view, American Pastoral, Gagosian, Britannia Street, London, January 23–March 14, 2020. Artwork, left to right: © Theaster Gates, © Adam McEwen, Thomas Moran, © Richard Prince, © Banks Violette, © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Lucy Dawkins

Mark Tansey, Push/Pull, 2003 © Mark Tansey

In Conversation

Mark Tansey
Peter Drake

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 6:30pm
New York Academy of Art
www.nyaa.edu

Mark Tansey and Peter Drake will participate in a talk in conjunction with the exhibition they co-curated, Figurative Diaspora. The show presents works of “unofficial art”—subversive, non-state sanctioned art—created by five Soviet artists and five contemporary Chinese artists. It is the first exhibition to trace the direct artistic influences of the USSR on the artists of the People’s Republic of China.

Mark Tansey, Push/Pull, 2003 © Mark Tansey

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Gagosian App for iPad
Issue 2

Gagosian announces the release of issue 2 of the Gagosian App for iPad on September 22, 2011. Artists featured in this issue include Cecily Brown, John Chamberlain, Douglas Gordon, Arshile Gorky, Joel Morrison, Takashi Murakami, Elizabeth Peyton, Pablo Picasso, Ed Ruscha, Mark Tansey, Robert Therrien, and Andy Warhol.

In issue 2 experience Douglas Gordon’s film k.364 (2010)through a dual-channel 3-D room, explore the world of Robert Therrien as he transforms elements from everyday life into works of art that evoke mythic archetypes, and trace the evolution of economics over time through key figures identified in Mark Tansey’s EC 101 (2009), viewing fine-grained detail in high resolution with gigapixel zoom and artwork rotator. We also introduce the issue manager, which allows users to store and browse multiple issues at once.

Museum Exhibitions

Installation view, Figurative Diaspora, New York Academy of Art, January 16–March 4, 2018. Artwork, left to right: © Vitaly Komar, © Xie Dongming, © Liu Xiadong, © Komar and Melamid, © Oleg Vassiliev, © Yu Hong. Photo: courtesy New York Academy of Art

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Figurative Diaspora

January 16–March 4, 2018
New York Academy of Art
nyaa.edu

Curated by Mark Tansey and Peter Drake, dean of the New York Academy of Art, Figurative Diaspora presents works of “unofficial art”—subversive, non-state-sanctioned art—created by six Soviet artists and five contemporary Chinese artists. It is the first exhibition to trace the direct influences of the USSR on the artists of the People’s Republic of China.

Installation view, Figurative Diaspora, New York Academy of Art, January 16–March 4, 2018. Artwork, left to right: © Vitaly Komar, © Xie Dongming, © Liu Xiadong, © Komar and Melamid, © Oleg Vassiliev, © Yu Hong. Photo: courtesy New York Academy of Art

Richard Artschwager, Cerise, 2002 © 2015 Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Literary Devices

October 11, 2014–March 15, 2015
Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York
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Literary Devices, which comprises works representing text, literary themes, and books themselves, explores the tension between language and image. The exhibition features works by over forty artists, including Richard Artschwager, Gregory Crewdson, Neil Jenney, Donald Judd, Mike Kelley, Anselm Kiefer, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Mark Tansey, and Cy Twombly.

Richard Artschwager, Cerise, 2002 © 2015 Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Mark Tansey, Valley of Doubt, 1990 © Mark Tansey. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

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Legacy
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection

June 5–September 14, 2014
San José Museum of Art, California
sjmusart.org

Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection presents a selection of works from the historic gift of art pledged to the Whitney in May 2010 by longtime museum trustee Emily Fisher Landau. The exhibition, which includes more than seventy works by thirty-eight artists, traces many of the ideas that have preoccupied artists in the United States, particularly since the 1960s. Questions about the relevance of painting in the aftermath of Minimalism, debates about representation, “culture wars,” and a revived interest in personal narratives are explored. This exhibition has traveled from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Work by Richard Artschwager, Gregory Crewdson, Willem de Kooning, Nan Goldin, Neil Jenney, Vera Lutter, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Mark Tansey, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol is included.

Mark Tansey, Valley of Doubt, 1990 © Mark Tansey. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

Mark Tansey, Duet, 2004 © Mark Tansey

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The Big Picture
Desiderio, Fischl, Rauch, Saville, Tansey

January 28–March 9, 2014
New York Academy of Art
nyaa.edu

The Big Picture presents monumental canvases by five figurative artists—Vincent Desiderio, Eric Fischl, Neo Rauch, Jenny Saville, and Mark Tansey—who share a connection to the New York Academy of Art. The works included demand the viewer’s attention, making a statement that is at once grand in scale, conceptually ambitious, and specific to their moment.

Mark Tansey, Duet, 2004 © Mark Tansey

Installation view, Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February 10–May 1, 2011. Artwork, left to right © Mark Tansey, © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

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Legacy
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection

February 10–May 1, 2011
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
whitney.org

Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection presents a selection of works from the historic gift of art pledged to the Whitney in May 2010 by longtime museum trustee Emily Fisher Landau. The exhibition, which includes works by fifty-three artists, traces many of the ideas that have preoccupied artists in the United States, particularly since the 1960s. Questions about the relevance of painting in the aftermath of Minimalism, debates about representation, “culture wars,” and a revived interest in personal narratives are explored. Work by Richard Artschwager, Gregory Crewdson, Willem de Kooning, Nan Goldin, Neil Jenney, Vera Lutter, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Mark Tansey, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol is included.

Installation view, Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February 10–May 1, 2011. Artwork, left to right © Mark Tansey, © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

Mark Tansey, Triumph of New York, 1984 © Mark Tansey

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Mark Tansey

May 5–July 17, 2005
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
www.wkv-stuttgart.de

This exhibition is the first comprehensive show in Germany dedicated to Mark Tansey, who attracted international attention at Documenta 8 in 1987. It centers on seven new large-format paintings made between 2002 and 2004. Many preliminary studies—presented here for the first time—and a selection of works from the 1980s round out the exhibition, offering further insight into Tansey’s revelatory practice.

Mark Tansey, Triumph of New York, 1984 © Mark Tansey

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