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    Hey followers! Welcome to the ‘Cold weather get out of my face, it’s Spring’ edition of FSS! Show Mother Nature who’s boss and take yourself out on the town this weekend for some art and culture. 

Friday, March 22nd

Justin Matherly: All Industrious People

    Wanna get conceptual? In his first solo event at Paula Cooper gallery, Justin Matherly uses inspiration from the culture, folklore, and artwork of the ancient Turkish temple-tomb, Nemrud Dagi. His show is inspired by stone reliefs found in this temple, known as stelae, used to establish the divinity of the temple’s occupant, Hellenistic king Antiochus I. Constructed out of cast concrete and ambulatory equipment, the pieces focus on the gestures in the ancient reliefs, using his modern aesthetic to raise questions about how we as a modern society deify public figures. 

6-9pm @ Paula Cooper Gallery, 521 West 21st Street, New York NY

Saturday, March 23rd

Panel Discussion: Germania with Hans Haacke and Irving Sandler

    Join artist Han Haacke at the New Museum in discussing the effects and implications of his contribution to the German Pavilion at the 1993 Venice Biennale. This talk is paired in conjunction with their current exhibit “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star”. Come for some insight on a landmark piece of art in the 90’s, stay for the half price tickets to the rest of the exhibits!

$8, 3pm @ The New Museum, 231 Bowery, New York NY 

Sunday, March 24th

Leonardo Silaghi

    Come out on Sunday for a look at paintings by Romanian artist Leonardo Silaghi, featured in a solo exhibition at a dual opening at Marc Straus Gallery. His work is highly expressive, charged with movement, and depicts his perspective on the hardened industrial nature of life in eastern Europe. Although his paintings address darker ideas of decay, entropy, and decomposition, they also share a level of vibrancy that creates an eerily romantic sense of nostalgia.

5pm @ Marc Straus Gallery, 299 Grand Street, New York NY (Chinatown/LES)

    So there you have it. This weekend has a lot to offer intellectually. Take advantage of what the city has to offer!

New York based artist and Seoul, South Korea expatriot Do Ho Suh has often times with his work inspired viewers to look outside of themselves at a larger picture. However, his show “Perfect Home”, which just finished a four month stint at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan tells a much more personal story. These pieces, constructed out of steel armatures and translucent nylon fabric are recreations of the homes that he has lived, loved, lost, failed, and flourished in. The result of these constructions is nothing short of awe inspiring; the semi-transparent spaces he creates indicate an interesting intention. The artist becomes as translucent as the works themselves. This being said, no wall or stair is transparent, as no person truly is.

    Sharing with people the spaces that he cared for provides viewers with an intimate view of one level of his personal life, but without sharing so much detail that their story is obvious. We are not defined by where we live; we create the definitions of the spaces we choose to occupy by what we do in them.

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      Hi all, and welcome to what we’ll call the St. Patty’s Day Edition of FSS. Just on the off-chance that you don’t plan to puke up green beer all weekend, here’s what’s going on in the NYC art world.

Friday, March 15th

Six Degrees of Separation

This group exhibition promises to be fairly eclectic, and although the flyer makes you ache for Kevin Bacon-centric pieces, something tells me that the image is just good PR (After all, who doesn’t love a good K-Bac appearance?) This should prove to be an exciting show, as this is the grand opening of the new Brooklyn gallery space.  Although there is no evidence of the K.B. brand surfacing anywhere, this is a great opportunity to be a part of the first ever exhibition of a young gallery.

Opening Reception 7-10pm @ The Bishop on Bedford, 916 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn NY

Saturday, March 16th

Rochelle Feinstein-

For something on the more abstract side, check out Rochelle Feinstein’s solo show of her minimal mixed media paintings paired with her new body of video artwork. The simplicity of her work juxtaposed to the depth of concept that it carries exhibits an intriguing dichotomy. A solo show is a great opportunity to explore the more cerebral qualities of her body of work.

Opening Reception 8-10pm @ On Stellar Rays, 980 Madison Avenue, New York NY

Sunday, March 17th

Guy Ben-Ari: Out of Sight

In his first solo exhibition on NYC, painter Guy Ben-Ari intends to “examine the condition of image consumption as mediated through digital technology.” Essentially a study on the growing efficacy of being a digital voyeur, this show will cause viewers to take a look at themselves, and how we as a society continue to get better at being nosey as information travels faster.

Opening Reception 5-7pm @ Scaramouche Gallery, 52 Orchard Street, New York NY

So there you have it! This week you get a nice solid bit of variety: a chance to see fresh talent in the gallery scene, get weird with an introspective show, and address social change in another. There’s a little something for everybody! Enjoy your weekend NYC! Keep it artsy.

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Although he is often considered a member of the original group of Impressionists, Edgar Degas always stood apart from the group as a realist in his approach to drawing and painting. Unlike his Impressionist colleagues, he foundationally approached his work with a draftsman’s eye, and is arguably one of the finest of the 19th Century. He is known the world over for his uncanny depictions of movement, inspired by his studies in dance studios, bathhouses, horse tracks, and social events for the bourgeois.

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