21 New York Gallery Shows You Won’t Want to Miss This Fall, From Amy Sherald at Hauser & Wirth to Joe Zucker at Marlborough

It’s that time of year again… back to school, back to work, and
back to the galleries. With so many venues, it can be daunting to
try to figure out what’s worth your time and Instagram attention.
So we’ve put together a handy list of the shows we’re most looking
forward to this season. Happy gallery hopping!

 

“George Byrne: Exit Vision” at
Olsen Gruin Gallery
September 4–October 6

George Byrne’s photographs capture pastel hues seen on the
streets of Sydney, Miami, and Los Angeles. The photos are then
rearranged into collage, somethings to the point of near
abstraction.

Olsen Gruin Gallery is located at 20 Orchard
Street.

 

“Hayv Kahraman: Not Quite Human” at Jack
Shainman Gallery
September 5–October 26

For Iraqi-born, Los Angeles-based artist Hayv Kahraman’s fourth
solo show at Jack Shainman, she turns her attention to the physical
and mental contortions demanded of women by internal and external
forces. Her work addresses how those designated as “other” engage
with the world around them.

Jack Shainman is located at 513 West 20th Street and 524
West 24th Street.

“Judith Hopf: Alifi” at Metro
Pictures
September 5–October
5

Berlin-based artist Judith Hopf’s first show with Metro Pictures
will see her continue her practice of forming abstract sculptures
as a commentary on societal dynamics.

Metro Pictures is located at 519 West 24th Street.

 

“Joe Zucker: 100-Foot-Long
Piece, 1968–1969” at Marlborough
September
5–October 5

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Zucker’s monumental,
multi-panel work, which will be on view at Marlborough’s downtown
Manhattan location alongside archival pieces related to its
completion. The work, though presented horizontally as a frieze of
sorts, can be approached from any point, and viewed as an
encyclopedic guide to styles of painting: it is just as much
naturalistic as it is abstract.

Marlborough is located at 545 West 25th Street.

 

“Lili Jamail: Rollercoaster” at Team
Gallery
September 5–October 5

New York-based photographer Lili Jamail’s intimate works
straddle the genres of landscape and portraiture and are described
by the gallery as “conveying the calm before the storm, or the
stunned silence that follows.” The show’s title, “Rollercoaster,”
also nods toward extreme moods, but also towards excitement and
frivolity.

Team Gallery is located at 83 Grand Street.

 

“Sarah Sze” at Tanya
Bonakdar
September 5–October 19

The author Zadie Smith said of Sarah Sze that her work is “the
seam between the real and the image.” This show will span the
entirety of the gallery, with the first floor dedicated to a
“studio space” where Sze will put her source materials on display.
Upstairs galleries will focus on her interpretations of those
materials.

Tanya Bonakdar is located at 521 West 21st Street.

 

“Suh Seung Wong: Early Works, 1960s
to 1980s” at Tina Kim
September 5–October 12

Suh Seung Wong, a leading Korean Modernist, gets his first show
at Tina Kim. The guiding principle for Suh’s work is
“simultaneity,” his theory of presenting harmonious color, space,
and form into their most reductive state.

Tina Kim Gallery is located at 525 West 21st
Street.

 

“Constructing Her Universe: Loló
Soldevilla” at Sean Kelly
September 5–October 19

Loló Soldevilla (1901–1971), a pioneering Cuban artist of the
1950s, gets her first comprehensive US exhibition, showcasing her
contributions to geometric abstraction.

Sean Kelly is located at 475 Tenth Avenue.

 

“William T. Williams: Recent Paintings” at
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
September 6–November 9

Some 35 paintings from Williams’s “465” series will be on
display at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, all completed in the artist’s
new rural studio in Connecticut. His renewed commitment to working
with color is informed by the rustic environs of a rehabbed barn
studio with windows that look into the changing landscape of the
seasons.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is located at 100 11th
Avenue.

 

“Erin O’Keefe: Seeing Things”
at Denny Dimin Gallery
September 6–October 27

In addition to a BFA, Erin O’Keefe has a masters in
architecture, and the two disciplines are both in evidence in her
painted wall sculptures and photographs of painted wooden blocks.
Both bodies of work play with space, creating strange interplays of
color and form. The photographs strangely flatten O’Keefe’s still
life arrangements, while the sculptures incorporate mirrors,
creating reflections that play with viewers’ perceptions.

Denny Dimin Gallery is located at 39 Lispenard
Street.

 

“Jess Johnson: Panspermia, Sing
Omega” at Jack Hanley Gallery
September 6–October
6

Jess Johnson’s fever-dreamy works are back for her second solo
show at the gallery, this time incorporating aspects of virtual
reality, a future of gender neutrality, and video game
graphics.

Jack Hanley Gallery is located at 327 Broome
Street.

 

“Tony Toscani: Daydreamers” at
Massey Klein
September 6–October 13

Brooklyn-based artist Tony Toscani’s first show at Massey Klein
is a funhouse mirror reflection of millennials, lumbering and
confused despite having more information at their fingertips than
could possibly be consumed, let alone applied to the real world in
any productive way.

Massey Klein is located at 124 Forsyth Street.

 

“Chris Bogia: Under the
Bonsai Tree” at Mrs. Gallery
September 7–November
2

For his first solo show with the gallery, Chris Bogia is
bringing his colorful abstractions of bonsai trees to Queens. The
plant is considered a symbol of harmony and patience.

Mrs. Gallery is located at 60–40 56th Drive in Masbeth,
Queens.

 

“Amy Sherald: The Heart of
the Matter…” at Hauser & Wirth
September
10–October 26

Amy Sherald joined mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth riding on the
wave of excitement produced by her portrait of First Lady Michelle
Obama. This show of monumental paintings is her first since at
Hauser she joined the gallery.

Hauser & Wirth is located at 548 West 22nd Street.

 

“Christian Marclay: 48 War
Movies and Screams” at Paula Cooper
September 12–October 19

Christian Marclay’s contribution to the current Venice
Biennale, 48 War Movies, is a nightmarish compilation
of 48 films about war, continuously playing side-by-side in a
massive, overwhelming grid. At his latest show at Paula Cooper,
he’s paired the film with a series of woodblocks depicting
appropriately horrified faces, drawn from Japanese manga and
Western comic books.

Paula Cooper is located at 524 West 26th Street.

 

“Pope.L, Jonathan Lyndon
Chase, Cheyenne Julien, & Tschabalala Self: Embodiment” at
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
September 12–October 26

This group show of all-stars from the gallery roster explores
the concept of the body, how it is envisioned, lived, and depicted
through two-dimensional art. Each of these artists approach the
body in a distinct way, underscoring the fundamental sameness of
every body.

Mitchell-Innes & Nash is located at 534 West 26th
Street.

 

“Ben Gocker: Foskers & Egg Whites” at
PPOW
September 12–October 12

Fragments of old paintings, rocks, board games, cardboard, and
more detritus are brought together in Ben Gocker’s quilt-like
assemblages.

PPOW is located at 535 West 22nd Street.

 

“Jeppe Hein: I Am With
You” at 303 Gallery
September 12–October 19

Jeppe Hein has essentially made an art form out of fun house
mirrors with his sculptures of tall mirrored strips anchored to the
floor. His delightful manipulation of the typical white cube
gallery space grows out of the artist’s interest in Eastern
philosophy.

303 Gallery is located at 555 West 21st Street.

Richard Serra at
Gagosian
September 16–November 2, September 17–December 7, September
17–February 2

Gagosian is staging a trio of exhibitions dedicated to
Richard Serra, with new drawings in “Triptychs and Diptychs” on the
Upper East Side and the artist’s signature large-scale Cor-Ten
steel sculptures at the two Chelsea locations. “Forged Rounds” will
include four new works, while “Reverse Curve” will present a
massive 99-foot-wide and 13-foot-tall work of the same name. The
piece was conceived for an unrealized public art project in Italy
in 2005, and has finally been completed for this show.

Gagosian is located at 980 Madison Avenue, 555
West 24th Street, and 522 West 21st Street.

 

“Walter Swennen: Leavin home
but there is no home at all” at Gladstone Gallery

September 18–October 19

Walter Swennen’s colorful paintings may look playful, but these
psychologically charged works are also rooted in the writings
of Sigmund Freud and Søren Kierkegaard and the artist’s
personal concerns about mass media.

Gladstone Gallery is located at 515 West 24th
Street.

 

“Henry Taylor: NIECE COUSIN
KIN LOOK HOW LONG IT’S BEEN” at Blum & Poe

September 24–November 2

Henry Taylor’s new works include portraits of people he’s met
in Senegal, Spain, Paris, and New York that paint a picture of
our broader society.

Blum & Poe is located at 19 East 66th Street.

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