Anton Perich

Andrea Feldman, Max’s Kansas City, 1972

Courtesy of the artist and Steven Kasher Gallery

(Editor’s Note: Yvette Durant will be offering regular reviews here of the New York art scene with a feature called “Art Walk”. If you need any more information on shows, please feel free to leave a question in the comments.)

Hello Everyone,

I’m happy to be back with Art Walk.  Here’s little background for those who don’t know me.

I collect contemporary art, mostly by emerging artists. I’m usually in the Manhattan art districts, two Saturdays each month. Other times, I visit museums and art fairs. I’ve been to Art Basel Miami twice and the first Freize Art Fair in London in 2005. I don’t lament the end of summer because I know what’s next, a new art season.

In Chelsea last Saturday, these were among the 20 shows I saw that are worth visiting:

Steven Kasher Gallery: Max’s Kansas City

If you want to see how Patty Smith, Deborah Harry, Warhol, Morrissey, Jagger Joplin, Mapplethorpe, et al, partied, do see this show of black and white photos. Max’s had it all, great musicians, visual artists, models and actors. The scene was cool and hip, every night. All kinds of people mingled, white, black, gay, straight, rich and poor (many struggling artists waited tables at Max’s). I was fortunate to experience Max’s in person (no age guessing please). What an experience.

A jukebox at the front of the gallery is filled with music from ’65-70’, everything you would have heard if you were at Max’s. Visitors are invited to actually play the jukebox. Several works by artists who hung out at Max’s are also there. There are several pieces of sculpture by regulars; a piece by John Chamberlain greets you at the door.

It’s a show that everyone will find interesting, some of us for a taste of nostalgia, and some to see what these icons did when they weren’t doing what made them the icons they are today. This exhibit continues through Oct. 9.

Steven Kasher Gallery is located at 521 West 23^rd Street

50 Years at Pace

Pace Gallery is 50 years old. The celebration is spread among three galleries in Chelsea and at their Midtown gallery. Each gallery depicts a different era or aspect of the direction the gallery took over 50 years. My favorite show was at the 535 W. 25^th Street location, Pop Art and Abstract Impressionism.

You’ll see works by Jackson Pollack, Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns and Mark Rothko.

It’s wonderful show if you want to see the genesis of Pop Art. I described the show to a friend as “The Classics”. There is a back room filled with ephemera, early art opening announcements (one looked like a birth announcement), posters, letters to and from and about artists, and black and white snapshots.

An app to compliment the show catalog “50 Years at Pace” will be available to download from the iphones store, free of charge.

50 Years at Pace will be on view at the following locations:

32 East 57^th St., Historical exhibits until October 23^rd

534 West 25^th St., Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism until October 23^rd

510 West 25^th St., Contemporary Art in the 21^st Century until October 16^th

545 West 22^nd St., Minimalist Art and the Post Modern Movement until October 23^rd

Marc Newson: Transport at Gagosian

If you’re interested in design and process, this presentation is sleek and perfect. Think Man and His Flying Machine, Boat, Car and Surfboard. There actually is a flying machine for one available.

Gagosian

522 West 21^st Street until October 16^th.

Black Cowboys at Sonnenbend

Sonnabend has a wonderful show of photography on the Black Cowboy. The show recalls Richard Prince’s, “The Marlboro Man”, without any appropriations. This is the real McCoy.

Sonnabend

536 West 22^nd Street until October 23

–Yvette Durant