Gagosian Gallery

12/8/2012

On my last visit to this location of Gagosian Gallery in October the best thing was the cables. They were draped across the floor in long, slender coils that got smaller and accumulated in little piles near the display equipment. Very nice. The videos they were powering, not so much. They were by Douglas Gordon and were shot in the Scottish highlands: views of a lone grand piano in the hills, set on fire and burning. A wannabe-lyrical platitudinous parable about nature and culture.

5/31/2009

The Picasso exhibit was amazing - one of the largest free collections I have ever seen in one place and better than the Chelsea Art Museum hands down.  Featuring the later works of Picasso rarely seen outside of private collections, a true treat.

A friendly and knowledgable staff compliments the art.

11/15/2013

I just got done walking through Richard Serra's 'Inside Out' sculpture at Gagosian. This sculpture is huge enough to walk through and made of steal. When entering the gallery, the colossal structure greats you and you enter it. The piece begins as a long and narrow pathway that leads further into itself.The narrow hallways dip and wanes at different vertical points within the wall. This  played with my equilibrium and made me feel disorientated and slightly dizzy, while walking through.  After you've made your way into the maze, created by the massive sculpture, you come across elliptical spaces within it. Winding through you find your self on both the convex and concave sides of the ellipse. Each two different spaces with two very different psychologies. One closed in and trapped the other free and spacious.

9/10/2013

Exhibitions are always inspiring- one of the top galleries in Chelsea.

12/18/2011

Group of friends and I randomly stopped by here during a break in-between events at the nearby pier, and was pleasantly surprised to find art galleries open to guests close to the water.

Simple, and the staff is unobtrusive unless you want a lesson in the art history. It's a mostly private art-lovers gallery here. I'm impressed at the displays, but like Ligaya T. noted, some of the galleries seemed... out of place. Not that I'm an art expert, by any means, but our group noticed it.

1/19/2013

Go check Henry Moore's large scale sculpture before it's gone. Size impacts, and this time, I felt so little next to these giant sculptures.
The Gagossian gallery once again does not disappoint me, not event a bit. Everytime is always a wonder to come check these great artists.

4/2/2010

You've got to hand it to the Gagosians, they wrangle in some preeminent artists in their spaces, from Picasso to most recently Calder. I'd never seen his metalmobiles in a collection and was amped to experience the fullness.

What we encountered were two mobiles and two enormous sculptures in a huge, white-walled room. This was the entire gallery. I quickly realized that Calder wasn't meant to be viewed in this context; his pieces need the elements to be fully appreciated, wind to turn its leaves, to be framed by a dynamic environment.

Hit this gallery up if you're on the 21st gallery strip, but for thought-provoking art, wander on.

8/25/2011

Constantly bringing in top notch artists - the 2 Richard Serra shows I've seen there were brilliant. Not afraid to go big, you've got to like that in a gallery.

4/26/2009

How many Gagosian galleries does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

My gawd.
I went to the wrong one the first time, looking for Picasso, who I don't always like that much.
But this exhibit was awesome.
There are two I wanted to have for myself, could I afford it.

I took out my ipod touch to make a note of the names, and the security guard, in broken English, tried to tell me to put it away.
"Please, no, put away"
"Why?"
"No."  
"Why?"
"No photo, please"
"It isn't a camera, see?"
Then he walked away.
I made my notes, then left.
Of course, I deleted my notes, and have no idea what the names of those paintings are, but the exhibit was nice.
oh, and it was FREE!

10/15/2011

I really these galleries, I came here for the andy warhol

1/4/2011

I don't know why I would need to review the Gagosian galleries. Everyone knows they are one of the best to bring in blue chip artists. The spaces are huge and viewing everything is always relaxing. The staff is always hospitable. Unlike smaller galleries that are trying to prove themselves, Gagosian galleries knows their top rank and do not act arrogant. Come in, look at art, enjoy.

3/13/2010

We went to see the giant Calders. What an amazing space! It's hard to believe that there's this much real estate in Manhattan that's not occupied by humans.

7/8/2009

As good as any museum except the attitude of the staff could freeze the Dead Sea.

2/13/2010

hand down THE BEST gallery in town.... makes for a perfect day, swim across the street at the Chelsea piers pool and then check out some great art. don't say anything to the receptionist, they are not allowed to speak to visitors...it is chelsea :)