David Zwirner opens an exhibition of works by William Eggleston and John McCracken
Installation view, William Eggleston and John McCracken: True Stories, David Zwirner, New York, March 9 April 24, 2021. Courtesy David Zwirner.
NEW YORK, NY
.-David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of works by William Eggleston and John McCrackenthe first time these two iconic American artists have been featured together. On view at the gallerys East 69th Street location in New York, True Stories places Eggleston and McCracken into dialogue around their expressive use of color and light, and their distinct versions of American vernacular culture.
Born within five years of one anotherMcCracken in Berkeley, California, in 1934, and Eggleston in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1939the two artists came of age outside of the dominant centers of the art world, internalizing the spaces and light of the American West and South. Working in sculpture and photography, respectively, each would go on to
Karen Carson s first solo show at Gavlak Los Angeles explores her expansive five-decade career
Karen Carson, Untitled #20, 2018.
LOS ANGELES, CA
.-GAVLAK Los Angeles is presenting Karen Carson: Middle Ground, the artists first solo exhibition with the gallery running from January 9 through March 6, 2021. Centered around her current bas relief works and her early zipper series, both bodies of work deploy geometric configurations to explore the convergence of gender, nature and the material world. The exhibitions title refers to the interplay between these two series; both operate as key historical markers that speak to Carsons artistic importance for the past five decades, creating work with an expansive visual language that has engaged contemporary issues and political culture in myriad ways.