Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts at Guggenheim Bilbao

Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum
Opening February 12th-September 12th, 2010

Gluts represents Rauschenberg's final series of sculptures, bringing to life assemblages of found objects. Rauschenberg always had a spirited enthusiasm for Frank Gehry's architecture, especially his museum in Bilbao, Spain. Playing off of the grandiose exhibition space, larger and more elaborate Gluts are being added to this exhibition.

"Well, I have sympathy for abandoned objects, so I always try to rescue them as much as I can"
- Robert Rauschenberg


Robert Rauschenberg, Mercury Zero Summer Glut, 1987

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MIAMI ARTIST CALL-OUT!

KiptonART has confirmed a kick-off event in Bal Harbor, Florida for early April and would like to feature Miami-based artists.  If you are an artist from Miami (or have a studio there),  please register today and help us get the word out.  There is no fee to enter for consideration; however, all artists interested must register on KiptonART and complete the entire artist profile.   The event and exhibition will be in SAKS Fifth Avenue in the Bal Harbor Mall and more details will be coming soon.

To create your profile, click here.  If you are already a Miami-based artist and have an existing profile on KiptonART, please email team@kiptonart.com and put in the subject line "MIAMI ARTIST" so we can confirm your interest. 

Deadline for entries is Sunday, February 21st.  After this date, we will share the list of Miami-based artists in our directory with the curatorial team who will then make final selections by the end of the month.

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Miroslav Tichy at The International Center of Photography

                                                                                                  

Tichy at the International Center of Photography, New York

A sneak peek into the recluse world of the Czech photographer Miroslav Tichy, this exhibition shares small moments in everyday life caught by his homemade cameras. These moments capture women peeking into doorways, eating ice cream and sunbathing by the pool. During the 1960s and 70s, a time of public oppression in Tichy's homeland of Czechoslovakia, he found personal pleasure capturing his favorite subject. The blurry, imperfected photographs reveal a shade of grace and intrigue, inviting the observer to appreciate the female beauty of everyday. Tichy's secret archive of prints remained largely unknown until 2004.  This is his first American exhibition.

Open through May 9th, 2010 at ICP, New York.

Miroslav Tichy, Untitled

Courtesy of Foundation Tichy Ocean

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Weekend Art Picks, New York

Elisabeth Bernstein, Scapes
Elisabeth Bernstein's first solo exhibition challenges the observer's notion of traditional landscape photography by depicting panoramic vista that initially manifest themselves as familiar locations. Upon closer inspection, the viewer discerns Bernstein's innovative treatment of light and camera perspective, which has produced the illusory scenes out of paint pigments on a tabletop. The photographic installation of five large-scale prints is viscerally surreal and genuinely thought-provoking.

Scapes is on view through March 6th at The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street.
www.thewildproject.com 

Elisabeth Bernstein
Scape #3, 2008
C-Print, 48 x 60 inches
Courtesy The Wild Project

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DENIM Exhibition Opens at 80WSE Gallery

NYU's 80WSE Gallery opened Tuesday night with the group show DENIM. Works of sculpture, installation, and photography help creates a seemingly obvious and superficial theme on jeans compelling. This show is the perfect precursor to upcoming Fashion Week. However, denim has not always been in style, as pointed out by curator David Rimanelli. Originally the material was a symbol of the working class that would later grow to represent rebellion in film and culture. Andy Warhol's infamous film Blow Job runs for 35 minutes, as the camera remains focused on the face of actor DeVeren Bookwater who is enjoying assumed oral pleasure from an unseen chap... 

Work on view February 2-March 13 2010 at 80WSE Gallery (80 Washington Square West)

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Image: Andy Warhol's "Sticky Fingers" cover for the Rolling Stones

Check out NBC Artlog Segment featuring KiptonART

Artlog's Manish Vora shot an NBC segment on artistic gift ideas for Valentines Day and ends with a short interview on KiptonART's rental program.  Kipton Cronkite speaks of the new art rental option available for those who may not have the budget but still wish to bring beauty to their space.  Artists works shown and mentioned include all six KiptonART Rising Winners: Kiritin Beyer, Julie Combal, Bon Duke, Emily Korman, Avery McCarthy and Matthew Satz. Kipton also mentioned the talents of Sarah Dueth who was awarded the prestigious residency at Yale Universities Art and Music at Norfolk. To see the video, click here!

For more information on the Art Rental Program click here!

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Image: Sarah Dueth's, "Lace", oil on canvas, 35" x 35"

Giacometti Fetches Auction Record at 58 Million Quid ($104 million)

A Giacometti sculpture barely out beat Picasso as the highest sold work of art at auction. "L'Homme Qui Marche I", a looming life-size bronze man, crafted by the Swiss artist sold for 58 million pounds at Sotheby's London on February 3, 2010 (including premium a total of 65 million pounds, equivalent to $104.3 million). It was estimated to sell between 12-18 million pounds. Prior to this sale, the highest paid work of art at an auction was Pablo Picasso's "Garcon a la pipe" sold in New York for $104 million in 2004. According to the editor-at-large of The Art Newspaper, Georgina Adam, the reason the Giacometti sold for such a high amount is because they are rarely seen at auction.  The Giacometti sold to an unknown collector. Kipton Cronkite of KiptonART states, "This sale re-enforces that the most astute collectors are continuing to support the blue chip artists. Though I have esteemed respect for the masterpieces created by Alberto Giacometti, $100 million could do so much to support the emerging artists in any community." 
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Image courtesy of AFB/Getty Images; Carl de Souza