Hi everyone!
OPENING SOON at Thomas Dane, Naples—Push Me, Pull You, curated by Jenni Lomax! May 27 – September 27! From the Press release:
“Featuring works by nine artists from past and present generations, Push Me, Pull You arrives out of a conversation held in 2018 with the artist Amy Sillman. The note ‘pushing to the edge, pulling back from the brink’ arose from a discussion about painting in general, and the artist Prunella Clough in particular. What connects the artists in this exhibition is the sense that they think and – to quote Clough – ‘fight’ with their materials. By taking things emotionally and physically to an edge, before bringing them back into view, each artist allows shape, imagery and atmosphere to emerge. They therefore build a conversation that goes back-and-forth between the materiality of the process and something drawn from the back of the mind or caught out of the corner of the eye.”
– Jenni Lomax, 2025
Cahier # 66
ANNUAL ARTIST ISSUE: AMY SILLMAN
I got to fill the pages of this issue of Cahier with process images and installation shots from my show at the Ludwig Forum Aachen, collages, other inspo and even a Mel Bochner excerpt! Cahier’s usual list of exhibitions in the region around Aachen is there as well. Look for a copy wherever they’re available! More info HERE.
I’m beyond excited to announce the second iteration of my show Oh, Clock! at the Ludwig Forum Aachen in Germany! It’s a solo show of some of my work from the past few years (painting, drawing, installation, video) AND another expansive show of work that I curated from the Ludwig collection in Aachen, this time hung on giant movable walls that I painted in the museum, improvisationally! (No sketches or plans!) It’s a massive show full of unlikely pairings, lesser known artists from the former East bloc, and pieces from the collection that have never been shown in the Museum before. The show opened on Friday, March 21 and runs through August 31, 2025. More information HERE.
A really long article about my show in Bern (with beautiful pix by the BEST photographer, Annik Wetter) came out today by Sascha Behrendt. Thank you Sascha & Annik (and to Curator magazine). The show closes this Sunday Feb 2! But it goes to Ludwig Forum, Aachen next with a NEW collection show there, in March —meanwhile the Bern collection show I organized will **remain** at Km Bern ’til Nov 25! So… l hope you can check it out! See the article HERE!
I have two things in Issue 248 of Frieze Magazine! A to-do list for 2025 as well as some words about the great Joan Mitchell. You can read my essay along with writings by Andrew Durbin, Emily LaBarge, and Lucy Ives HERE.
Check out Fall: Abstraction as X-ray, my third guest opinion column for the Washington Post! Just like the last two, it’s comprised of a written piece and a one minute animation with another amazing score by Marina Rosenfeld. You can check it out in the Writing section of my website or CLICK HERE to see it all on the Post’s website
Opening November 6: Nothing Is: Sun Ra and Others’ Covers at Corbett vs. Dempse! I created a Sun Ra album cover along with many other amazing artists that will be on view in both Chicago and Cologne. More info HERE!
Please come to my artist talk at the Kunstmuseum Bielefeld on Wednesday, October 30 at 6pm!
Artur-Ladebeck-Straße 5, 33602 Bielefeld, Germany
It’s Ei Arakawa-Nash’s show in Tokyo!!! (I’m included with some of our collaborations – including these wearable “vestments” I made for people to wear during performances of Ei’s at the Guggenheim in nyc some years ago! I love them. They’re made on old cut-up auction catalogs…. (+ a movie we made last summer with Leidy Churchman that I haven’t even seen!!) I wish I could see the rest of the show, I bet it’s AMAZING! The show runs from October 30 to December 16, 2024. More info HERE!
I gave a CSCA (Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art) lecture at the IAS Forum, UCL in London on Friday, October 25!
I am so pleased to announce my show Oh, Clock! at the Kunstmuseum Bern in Switzerland! It spans both floors of the new wing of the museum—downstairs a solo show of my work (paintings, drawings, prints, and videos) and upstairs a curated intervention that includes works that I chose from the Kunstmuseum collection on top of walls I painted. It’s a sort of mini gesamtkunstwerk!! The show opens to the public Thursday, September 19, 6:30-8:00 pm and runs through February 2. If you’re in Europe come see it! See more HERE.
In the Washington Post on August 9: Summer: Abstraction as apprehension, the second installment of my seasonal opinion column! It includes a piece of writing and a one minute animation with sound by Marina Rosenfeld. CLICK HERE to check it out!
My Art 21, Amy Sillman: To Abstract is out now as a part of their digital series Extended Play! CLICK HERE to see it!
I was glad to celebrate the launch of my exhibition catalogue for To Be Other-Wise at Gladstone Gallery. This event also celebrated the closing of the show and concluded with brief remarks by the author of the catalogue, Felix Bernstein. Catalogues are available HERE.
Book Launch & Closing Celebration
Thursday, June 13, 5pm – 7pm
To attend, kindly email rsvp@gladstonegallery.com
515 West 24th Street, New York
