A Conversation:
Robert Grosvenor
Wednesday, January 24, 6–7 pm
Karma
22 East 2nd Street
New York, New York
Karma presents a conversation between writer Randy Kennedy and artist Mark Handforth moderated by writer and curator Bob Nickas, on the occasion of Robert Grosvenor’s exhibition at 22 East 2nd Street, New York, on view from January 6–March 2, 2024.
Mark Handforth’s works are interventions in space: they offer novel engagements within existing environments and assert new perspectives on familiar fixtures. His sculptures displace quotidian objects and recontextualize their forms in unexpected articulations. In some of his iconic works, the bodies of streetlamps, traffic signs, and telephones whimsically buckle, twist, and droop. The seemingly defunct and defeated contortions of Handforth’s forms is countered by a gracefulness imparted by his meticulous craftsmanship; this incongruity imbues the works with a wry humor and an endearing pathos. Incorporating materials such as spray-painted metals, burning candles, and neon lights, Handforth’s works reference urban streetscapes in their post-punk aesthetic and utilitarian minimalism, while the capricious scale and juxtapositions draw on the legacies of Surrealism and Dadaist absurdism.
Randy Kennedy is a writer, editor and curator. He worked for 25 years for The New York Times, much of that time writing about the art world, and he has also written for Aperture, The Paris Review, The Art Newspaper and numerous other publications. His first novel, Presidio, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2018. He is currently the editor of Ursula magazine, published by Hauser & Wirth.
Bob Nickas is a writer and curator based in New York, is the author of numerous books and catalogs, including two on the work of Robert Grosvenor. His most recent collection of essays and interviews, Corrected Proofs: Previously Unpublished, Uncollected, Unwanted, was published by At Last in September 2023.
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Robert Grosvenor, Untitled, 2021-2022, auto body shell, resin, oil paint, 53 × 185 × 63 inches; 134.62 × 469.9 × 160.02 cm
A Conversation on Robert Grosvenor
at Karma, Los Angeles
Tuesday December 20, 7pm
On the occasion of Robert Grosvenor, Karma is pleased to present a conversation moderated by Bob Nickas along with artists Paul McCarthy and Davina Semo.
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Dike Blair, Untitled, 2018, oil on aluminum, 21 × 28 inches; 53.3 × 71.1 cm, 22 × 29 inches (framed); 55.9 × 73.7 cm (framed)
Dike Blair and Robert Grosvenor in STUFF
at Pace Gallery, New York
June 29 — August 19, 2022
540 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
The show brings together work by more than 50 artists within and beyond Pace’s program, including Lynda Benglis, Huma Bhabha, Nicole Eisenman, Peter Hujar, Wifredo Lam, Arthur Jafa, Donald Judd, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Tony Smith, Mickalene Thomas, Lawrence Weiner, and Stanley Whitney. Shechet’s installation of these varied works, presented in dialogue with one another, will offer new and unexpected associations, cultivating connections across time and place while forging a dynamic patchwork of exchanges and meanings. A deeply personal expression of Shechet’s love of art, the exhibition, which eschews historical and chronological constraints in its format, speaks to art’s ability to reinvent, engage, and adapt into new conversations.
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Robert Grosvenor solo exhibition, Galerie Greta Meert, 2022, Installation view Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Robert Grosvenor solo exhibition
at Galerie Greta Meert, Brussles
May 12 – July 2, 2022
13 rue du Canal
1000 Brussels
Galerie Greta Meert is pleased to present an exhibition of sculptures and photographs by Robert Grosvenor. This is the artist’s first presentation at the gallery since his 1992 exhibition Sculpture and Drawings.
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Robert Grosvenor, Untitled, 2020, concrete blocks, rubber liner, water, 216 × 120 × 36 inches; 548.6 × 304.8 × 91.4 cm
Robert Grosvenor in the Venice Biennale 2022
at Giardini and Arsenale
April 23, 2022 – November 27, 2022
Giardini and Arsenale
Venice, Italy
The 59th International Art Exhibition will take place from 23 April to 27 November 2022 (pre-opening on 20, 21 and 22 April), curated by Cecilia Alemani. “As the first Italian woman to hold this position, I intend to give voice to artists to create unique projects that reflect their visions and our society”, Alemani has declared.
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Robert Grosvenor, Untitled. Installation view of ’A Show About Nothing,’ 2021, Hangzhou, By Art Matters. Photographer: Wu Qingshan
Robert Grosvenor in A Show About Nothing
at BY ART MATTERS on the OōEli campus in Hangzhou
December 25, 2021 – May 8, 2022
398 Tianmushan Road
Hangzhou, China
The inaugural exhibition of BY ART MATTERS, a contemporary art venue in Hangzhou, “A Show About Nothing” will bring together more than 30 artists, including Francis Alÿs, Maurizio Cattelan, Geng Jianyi, Robert Grosvenor, Hans Haacke, Ghislaine Leung, Li Liao, Liu Guoqiang, Cady Noland, Yoko Ono, Tino Sehgal, Rudolf Stingel, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tong Wenmin and others. With the presentation of their seminal works and newly commissioned pieces according to the venue’s characteristics, the exhibition explores how contemporary Chinese and foreign artists deal with the concept of “nothingness.” The exhibition concept was proposed by Francesco Bonami, director of BY ART MATTERS, curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, a renowned Italian curator, together with Wu Tian and Sun Man.
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Untitled, 2014, wood, fiberglass, aluminum, acrylic motor - 2000, aluminum, steel, 24 × 195 × 60 inches; 60.9 × 495.3 × 152.4 cm
Robert Grosvenor
at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
January 7, 2022 —February 26, 2022
Bleibtreustraße 15/16
10623 Berlin
Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to present an exhibition with sculptures by Robert Grosvenor at Bleibtreustraße 15/16, his seventh solo exhibition with the gallery.
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Robert Grosvenor, Untitled , 1968/2019, at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Photo: Adam Fratus.
The spring program of Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) includes a presentation of the large-scale sculpture Untitled (1968/2019) by Robert Grosvenor, the 2020 recipient of the Ezratti Family Prize for Sculpture. Upon its installation at ICA Miami in 2019, the seminal work, which marks a crucial transformation in the artist’s work, had not been restaged for 40 years. Set to be reinstalled at ICA Miami this spring, the work was recently acquired by ICA Miami thanks to the Prize. The Ezratti Family Prize for Sculpture is awarded by ICA Miami to a living artist in recognition of their exceptional contributions in the area of sculpture. The inaugural winner, Damián Ortega, was awarded the prize upon its launch in 2019. Building on the museum’s history of commissioning and presenting new works, the prize reflects ICA Miami’s ongoing commitment to promoting experimentation in artistic practice and providing an international platform for influential voices in contemporary art.
“ICA Miami’s spring program showcases artists whose works advance important and inclusive narratives of contemporary art. Through these exhibitions, we invite audiences to engage with thrilling new works, grapple with some of the most pressing matters of our time, and consider how contemporary art challenges and responds to our current world,” said ICA Miami Artistic Director Alex Gartenfeld . “This spring, we also celebrate the pioneering artist Robert Grosvenor as the recipient of the annual Ezratti Family Prize for Sculpture. Grosvenor’s contributions to sculpture and influence on his generation merit greater recognition, and we are pleased to collect and preserve an important and monumental work by the artist.”
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Installation view, Robert Grosvenor, Untitled, 1968/2019, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Photo: Adam Fratus.
Robert Grosvenor at ICA Miami
ICA Miami
February 1 – June 9, 2019
61NE 41st Street
Miami, FL 33137
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