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(2003), which looked at painting’s New York gallerist Zach Feuer is one
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resurgence among young German of those before-the-age-of-thirty
artists. In 2005 he was also one of success stories that are great to read
the organisers of the important about if you are before the age of
touring exhibition Populism (2005), thirty. Since his graduation from art
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and was last year appointed director school in 2000, the New Jersey native
of Witte de With in Rotterdam, has opened a successful gallery in
succeeding Catherine David. Chelsea (LFL), bought out his two
In addition to helming the Witte de partners, renamed the gallery after
Nicolaus Schafhausen
With he is presently also working himself (Zach Feuer Gallery) and
Zach Feuer
Category: Curator with the organisation Das Loch to moved it to an even better location. Category: Gallerist
Nationality: German set up the European Kunsthalle He boasts partnerships in the Nationality: American
Last Year: New in Cologne. Kantor/Feuer Gallery in LA and in Last Year: 70
London’s recently established Brown
With his high-concept, often political Gallery, run by his former director Feuer, naturally, is directed at his
programming, it was perhaps not a Kimberly Brown, and in 2002 was a list of artists, and his stable – which
surprise that the exhibition Nicolaus co-founder of NADA, the New Art includes Dana Schutz, Jules de
Schafhausen curated for this year’s Dealers Alliance, which operates a Balincourt and Anton Henning – is
German Pavilion at the Venice satellite fair during Art Basel Miami as young, promising and publicity-
Biennale – by artist Isa Genzken – Beach. Much interest focused on friendly as he is. Schutz, for
would be called Oil. The Dusseldorf- example, is widely discussed in New
born curator has been an important York for her reinvigoration of large-
figure in the European art scene scale, colour-soaked painting, and
for a number of years, particularly a number of Feuer’s artists showed
in Germany, where he was head of work in the American art surveys
the Frankfurter Kunstverein from – both Saatchi’s and the Serpentine’s
1999 to 2005. During those years – that opened in London last year.
he transformed the exhibition space It seems only a matter of months
into a major centre for German before the ‘relative newcomer’
ideas, through such shows as Neue graduates to ‘veteran dealer’.
Welt, Neu Heimat, non-places
(2001–2), a trio on the subject
of globalisation, and the popular
deutschemalereizweitausenddrei
Like a man with a moustache atop promising new galleries, an archive
a placated horse, the Cuban-born and education spaces. While that’s
gallerist Javier Peres presides over happening, Blazwick’s programming
a dark, brooding clan of artists team has been busy with Whitechapel
– young emotive punks such as Laboratory, an interim programme
Terence Koh, Kaye Donachie and that has featured such talents as
Amie Dicke – who have garnered political-art duo Allora & Calzadilla,
er (98)
substantial interest, particularly in British performance artist Marcus
New York and Los Angeles, over the Coates and American filmmaker
Susanne Schley
past five years. Mark Titchner, whom and painter Sarah Morris. For all her
he represents in his LA gallery, work, though, it looks like Blazwick
Peres Projects, was nominated for will have to refrain from making
the Turner Prize last year, and the any big opening-show promises:
prolific Koh has been gaining critical the brand-new Whitechapel was
os Angeles & Berlin (95),
, L
acclaim for his romantic homoerotic German ones – and throughout Good things come to those who slated to open its doors in summer
r
ojects
performances, sculptures and this summer he ran a project space wait, and with the current buzz of 2008, but builders being what they es P
er
photographs. In 2005 Peres opened in Athens (it coincided with the 1st commercial activity in London’s East are, that date has now fallen back to
a second space in Berlin – which Athens Biennial, and closes this End, the area is looking forward to early 2009.
, courtesy P
showed mostly US artists and a few month). Peres, as he will point out, is the major expansion of Whitechapel
os
akk
more than a dealer, and collaborates Gallery, the area’s biggest public
with his artists in gleeful, campy gallery. Director Iwona Blazwick
Charlie M
celebrations of all things priapic must be waiting more impatiently
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– for instance, the journal Daddy or, than most. Since taking over in
with Koh, the Asian Song Society 2001, Blazwick has quickly ramped
(aka, ASS), a project space in New up the Whitechapel’s exhibitions
York that opened in 2006 with the profile, staging important shows of
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y (94),
euer Galler
ach F
exhibition Future Cock. Though international artists such as Albert
his artists are enjoying what might Oehlen and Paul McCarthy, putting
be a career peak, especially on the the venerable Whitechapel Gallery
Javier Peres
biennial circuit, perhaps the future firmly back on the international
Iwona Blazwick
Category: Gallerist will see something new from Peres. map. But since last November the Category: Curator
Nationality: American gallery has had the builders in, Nationality: British
Last Year: 59 for a £10 million redevelopment, Last Year: 43 photos: Berndt Bodtlaender (93), courtesy Z
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