Haunch of Venison (London & New York) has the best gallery name ever. All galleries should name themselves after meat (or even lunchmeat..."Slice of Bratwurst" for instance). In addition to having a great name the gallery had, possibly, the most impressive collection of art at Expo Chicago.
One of the artists on display was Gunther Uecker. The piece, Nageledre 1979, is pictured above and below as a close up. Uecker, from Germany, and was a member of the avant-garde group ZERO. In the late 50s he was at the forefront of the movement to rejuvenate art (it is not a coincidence that this same period is when German filmmaking came alive again). Uecker is, indeed, a filmmaker. He works in a slew of media and as his career progressed he preferred to use natural materials. His work is at some of the finest modern museums in the world including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate Modern, Georges Pompidou Center and many others. His work was shown by other galleries as well and some of those pieces will come up later.
One of the artists on display was Gunther Uecker. The piece, Nageledre 1979, is pictured above and below as a close up. Uecker, from Germany, and was a member of the avant-garde group ZERO. In the late 50s he was at the forefront of the movement to rejuvenate art (it is not a coincidence that this same period is when German filmmaking came alive again). Uecker is, indeed, a filmmaker. He works in a slew of media and as his career progressed he preferred to use natural materials. His work is at some of the finest modern museums in the world including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate Modern, Georges Pompidou Center and many others. His work was shown by other galleries as well and some of those pieces will come up later.
Another piece shown by Haunch of Venison was Chiharu Shlota's State of Being (Children's Dress) 2007. This haunting piece was not easy to capture in a photo so I opted to try with video. Shiota was born in Osaka and now lives and works in Berlin. This work is similar to another, Stairway, shown at a solo show in Kiel, Germany. Find out more about the artist and see more work at www.chiharu-shiota.com.
Ged Quinn is an English artist and the photo below doesn't do his work justice. These photos never do but you should get enough to want to know and see more from the artist. His work has been featured in magazines like Frieze and shown by galleries (in addition to Haunch of Venison) such as, Saatchi Gallery and Stephen Friedman Gallery.
Observation on the Feeling of the Beautiful Sublimeby Ged Quinn
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