Top five shows: August 25--September 7, 2011
The best of the week in art.
Wed Aug 24 2011
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Photograph: Courtesy Rachel Uffner
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Orlando
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, "Remote" at Rachel Uffner
The artist offers more of her haunting photographic works, which have the mottled look of snapshots left out in the rain. Wed 7--Oct 23
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Photograph: Courtesy the artist and Corcoran Gallery of Art; Washington; D.C.
Elena del Rivero, [Swi:t] Home: A CHANT
Elena Rivero, [Swi:t] Home: A CHANT at New Museum of Contemporary Art
Sept 11, 2001 is remembered in work made from memos and other papers from offices in the Twin Towers. Wed 7--Sept 26
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Photograph: Anne Phlmann; Courtesy of Alexander and Bonin; New York
If a house, if a cause (Tafel 5)
Diango Hernndez, "If I send you this" at Alexander and Bonin
A classic site-specific work by Gordon Matta-Clark inspires this Cuban artist's meditations on the spatial interplay between freedom and restriction. Tue 6--Oct 12
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Photograph: Uwe Walter; Courtesy David Zwirner
Neo Rauch, Chor
"Artists for Haiti" at David Zwirner
Ben Stiller and former President Bill Clinton are cochairs for this event, auctioning off works by the biggest names in art, to benefit the Caribbean nation. This exhibit serves as the presale preview. Tue 6--Sept 10
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Photograph: Courtesy the artist
Rachel LaBine, Untitled
"Fresh Paint from Bushwick" at Standpipe Gallery
Artists escape hipsterville for Chelsea in this late-summer roundup of young painters from the borough of Kings. The show is curated by Deborah Brown, codirector of Brooklyn's Storefront Gallery. Through Fri 2
