Maurizio Cattelan in VICE magazine

I've mentioned Maurizio Cattelan a few times recently and it seems the artist has been busy in his self-imposed retirement from art as his work is featured in this months VICE Magazine. The magazine's website also has some great content from the Creator's Project which they sponsor, above is a piece on one of my favorite installations at this summers show, Origin by UVA.

Smithtown Alumni Art Shows

Over the February break I had a chance to check out Smithtown alumn Andrew Brischler's work at Maurizio Cattelan's new Family Business Gallery. Andrew has three paintings included in the "The Virgins Show" which was curated by my former painting professor Marilyn Minter. It was so cool to see the work of a former student in a Chelsea show and I was excited to hear that he has his first solo show on the way, amazing!

Another former student, Jess Brett, who recently spoke to our AP Art class has a show opening Thursday at 7pm this week as well in Toast Coffeehouse in Port Jefferson. Jess recently graduated from the Hartford Art School and the show, which will run throughout March, will showcase some of her new work.

'The Virgins Show'

My former teacher Marilyn Minter is the curator for the upcoming 'The Virgins Show' which will feature my former student, Smithtown grad Andrew Brischler at the new Family Business exhibition space on 21st Street in Chelsea which is run by Massimiliano Gioni and Maurizio Cattelan fresh off his retrospective at the Guggenheim. Andrew has been doing some amazing work recently and we are very proud of his achievements thus far, check out some of his work at AndrewBrischler.com

Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim

I had a chance to catch the Maurizio Cattelan: All show at the Guggenheim NYC yesterday just before it closed which was thankful because it was without question one of the most tremendous installations I've seen there. If you're not familiar with Cattelan's work, he is an Italian artist who primarily works in sculpture with a definite sense of humor and social satire. The show was as interesting technically as it was thought-provoking which is the most an artist can ask for!

Maurizio Cattelan @ the Guggenheim

The NY based Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan currently has a retrospective entitled "All" at the Guggenheim that runs through January 22, 2012 and I would strongly suggest checking it out before it closes. The artist will be present in the museum on Monday for a book signing and the show features 130 sculptural works from the artist's career hung through the center of the museum, it's a perfect fit for the space!