Artwork © Rudolf Polanszky; video: Pushpin Films
Rudolf Polanszky, Gagosian, 541 West 24th Street, New York, March 3–April 11, 2020
June 25, 2020
Rudolf Polanszky: Reconstructions
Gagosian director Ealan Wingate describes his first visit to Rudolf Polanszky’s studio outside Vienna and discusses the development of the artist’s practice, from his early works informed by the legacy of the Viennese Actionists to the Reconstructions, which he began in the 1990s. A selection of these assemblage-type wall works and sculptures was presented at Gagosian in New York in early 2020.
Rudolf Polanszky
Hans Ulrich Obrist visits the artist at his studio outside Vienna to discover more about the origins of his practice, his experiments in freedom, and the importance of drifting.
Now available
Gagosian Quarterly Winter 2019
The Winter 2019 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available, featuring a selection from Christopher Wool’s Westtexaspsychosculpture series on its cover.
Mark Grotjahn: Capri
Mark Grotjahn speaks to Sam Orlofsky about the stories and processes behind his Capri series, on the occasion of his exhibition New Capri, Capri, Free Capri in New York.
Casa Malaparte: A House Like Ourselves
Wyatt Allgeier explores the legacy of Curzio Malaparte and corresponds with the avant-garde author’s youngest descendant, Tommaso Rositani Suckert, on the subject of his decision to reproduce select pieces of furniture from the iconic Casa Malaparte in Capri, Italy.
There’s Honey in the Hollows: Piero di Cosimo’s Form-of-Life
Daniel Spaulding, prompted by an encounter with Piero di Cosimo’s Discovery of Honey by Bacchus (c. 1499), investigates the potential philosophical and political power embedded within the figure of the satyr.
Visions of the Self: Jenny Saville on Rembrandt
Jenny Saville reveals the process behind her new self-portrait, painted in response to Rembrandt’s masterpiece Self-Portrait with Two Circles.
Baselitz: Devotion
Georg Baselitz speaks with Sir Norman Rosenthal on the subject of his latest work. The two discuss these paintings, all depictions of self-portraits by artists from the past and present, and what it means to pay homage.
Before and After the Fall
Richard Calvocoressi examines the trajectory of pre- and postwar German and Austrian art from the 1930s through the mid-1950s, revealing how the events leading up to and following World War II affected this generation of artists.
Elemental
Brett Littman, the director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, met with Chef Daniel Humm, of Eleven Madison Park, and architect Brad Cloepfil, who recently renovated the famed restaurant with his team at Allied Works Architecture, to discuss creativity, cooking, art, and architecture.
Gold Standard
Michael Slenske discusses the uses of gold in art, from the Aztec Empire to Chris Burden and beyond.
Rudolf Stingel
In July 2017, a special installation of paintings was shown at Casa Malaparte, Capri, the famous house built by the author, publisher, diplomat, and filmmaker Curzio Malaparte.
Gagosian Quarterly Spring 2017
The Spring 2017 Gagosian Quarterly featuring a cover by Rudolf Stingel is now available.